2013 Heineken Cup Final

2013 Heineken Cup Final
Event 2012–13 Heineken Cup
Date 18 May 2013
Venue Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Man of the Match Mathieu Bastareaud
Referee Alain Rolland (IRFU)
Attendance 50,148

The 2013 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2012–13 Heineken Cup, the 18th season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 18 May 2013 in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, kicking off at 5 pm (16:00 UTC).[1][2] The all-French game was won by Toulon, defeating Clermont 1615.[3][4][5]

Background

Under rules of the competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, the winner of the Heineken Cup receives an automatic entry into the following season's Heineken Cup, as does the winner of the Amlin Challenge Cup. If the Heineken Cup winner has already qualified through its domestic or regional league, the berth will normally pass to another team from its country; both Clermont and Toulon have qualified as the top two teams in the Top 14 home-and-away season. However, France is capped at seven Heineken Cup places (as is England).[6]

The final 2013–14 Heineken Cup participant was determined by the result of the Challenge Cup Final held the previous day at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Leinster's victory over Stade Français meant that the Heineken Cup winner's berth would now pass to the seventh-place team in Top 14, Perpignan.[7]

Route to final

On 6 April, Clermont defeated Montpellier 3614 at the Stade Marcel Michelin in the quarterfinals while Toulon defeated Leicester Tigers the following evening 2115. On 27 April, in the semifinals, Clermont won 1610 against Munster at Stade de la Mosson while Toulon beat Saracens 2614 at Twickenham the next day.[8]

Match

The European Champions Village was staged in Merrion Square and was a point for all travelling supporters to congregate before the match.[9]

Summary

The final was an all-French clash between Clermont and Toulon.[10][11] At half-time the score was 33, with Toulon's Jonny Wilkinson and Clermont's Morgan Parra scoring a penalty each.[12] Early in the second half, Clermont scored two tries (Napolioni Nalaga and Brock James) taking the score to 156, but despite this, Delon Armitage's converted try resulted in a 1615 win for Toulon.[12][13][14] Delon later apologized for mocking Brock James on the way to scoring the winning try, after being criticized for being unprofessional.[15][16]

Details

18 May 2013
17:00 IST
Clermont France 15–16 France Toulon
Try: Nalaga 42' m
James 48' c
Con: Parra (1/2)
Pen: Parra (1/1) 3'
Report Try: D. Armitage 64' c
Con: Wilkinson (1/1)
Pen: Wilkinson (3/3) 13', 45', 60'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 50,148
Referee: Alain Rolland (IRFU)
FB 15Wales Lee Byrne
RW 14New Zealand Sitiveni Sivivatu
OC 13France Aurélien Rougerie (c)  68'
IC 12France Wesley Fofana
LW 11Fiji Napolioni Nalaga
FH 10Australia Brock James  73'
SH 9 France Morgan Parra  71'
N8 8 France Damien Chouly
OF 7 South Africa Gerhard Vosloo  68'
BF 6 France Julien Bonnaire
RL 5 Scotland Nathan Hines
LL 4 Canada Jamie Cudmore
TP 3 Georgia (country) Davit Zirakashvili  73'
HK 2 France Benjamin Kayser  66'
LP 1 France Thomas Domingo  66'
Substitutions:
HK 16Samoa Ti'i Paulo  66'
PR 17France Vincent Debaty  66'
PR 18France Clement Ric  73'
LK 19France Julien Pierre
FL 20Portugal Julien Bardy  68'
SH 21France Ludovic Radosavljevic  71'
FH 22France David Skrela  73'
CE 23New Zealand Regan King  68'
Coach:
New Zealand Vern Cotter
FB 15England Delon Armitage
RW 14New Zealand Rudi Wulf
OC 13France Mathieu Bastareaud
IC 12Australia Matt Giteau
LW 11France Alexis Palisson
FH 10England Jonny Wilkinson (c)
SH 9 France Sébastien Tillous-Borde  50'
N8 8 New Zealand Chris Masoe  69'
OF 7 Argentina Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF 6 South Africa Danie Rossouw  50'
RL 5 England Nick Kennedy
LL 4 South Africa Bakkies Botha  69'
TP 3 New Zealand Carl Hayman  76'
HK 2 France Sebastien Bruno  50'
LP 1 England Andrew Sheridan  61'
Substitutions:
HK 16France Jean-Charles Orioli  50'
PR 17Wales Gethin Jenkins  61'
PR 18Georgia (country) Davit Kubriashvili  76'
N8 19South Africa Joe van Niekerk  50'
FL 20England Steffon Armitage  69'
CE 21France Maxime Mermoz
FH 22France Frédéric Michalak  50'
LK 23France Jocelino Suta  69'
Coach:
France Bernard Laporte

Touch judges:
England Wayne Barnes
Ireland George Clancy
Television match official:
Ireland Marshall Kilgore

Reaction

Wilkinson, who had turned down a place on the British and Irish Lions side to focus on his club rugby, said that winning the Heineken Cup was "right up there with winning the World Cup".[17] The following day, Wilkinson was named European Player of the Year following his performance in the Heineken Cup.[18]

Toulon's victory also doubled, to six, the number of players to have won titles in the premier club competitions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively the Heineken Cup and Super Rugby. Bakkies Botha and Danie Rossouw had won the then-Super 14 title with the Bulls in 2007, 2009, and 2010, while Matt Giteau had won the title with the Brumbies in 2004 when the competition was known as Super 12. The previous three players to have claimed both titles were Rod Kafer, Doug Howlett, and Brad Thorn.[19]

References

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