2015–16 British and Irish Cup

2015–16 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries  England
Ireland Ireland
 Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Date 13 November 2015 — 10 April 2016
Tournament statistics
Teams 20
Highest Attendance 5,273
Bristol v Ulster Ravens
23 January 2016
Attendance 72,839
(average 1,078 per match)
Lowest Attendance 100 (x2)
Scarlets Premiership Select
v Ulster Ravens
21 November 2015
Connacht Eagles
v Doncaster Knights
16 January 2016
Top point scorer(s) England Laurence May
Cornish Pirates 70 points
Top try scorer(s) Ireland Dan Leavy
Leinster A 7 tries
Final
Champions London Welsh (1st title)
Runner-up Yorkshire Carnegie
2014–15 (Previous) (Next) 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 British and Irish Cup is the seventh season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. Worcester Warriors are the defending champions having won the 2014–15 final against Doncaster Knights 35–5 at Castle Park, Doncaster on 3 April 2015.[1] There has been five different winners and six different losing finalists of the competition in the six seasons of its existence. The format of the competition is similar to last season with Scottish clubs not competing. This season the four Welsh teams are the reserve sides of the teams competing in the Pro 12 competition instead of clubs from the Welsh Premier Division.

Matches are played on the same weekends as the European Rugby Champions and Challenge cups. First round matches began on 13 November 2015 and the final was held on the 10 April 2016.

Competition format

The competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of five pools of four teams playing home and away matches. The top side in each pool, plus the three best runners-up, will progress to the knockout stage. The eight quarter-finalists will be ranked, with top four teams having home advantage. The four winning quarter-finalists will progress to the semi-final draw. Matches will take place on the same weekends as the European Rugby Champions and Challenge cups.

Participating teams and locations

The allocation of teams is as follows:

Club Country League Stadium Capacity Area
Bedford Blues England England RFU Championship Goldington Road 6,000 Bedford
Bristol England England RFU Championship Ashton Gate Stadium 21,497 Bristol
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select Wales Wales N/A Cardiff Arms Park 12,125 Cardiff
Connacht Eagles Ireland Ireland Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship Galway Sportsgrounds 9,500 Galway
Cornish Pirates Cornwall England[lower-alpha 1] RFU Championship Mennaye Field 4,000 Penzance
Doncaster Knights England England RFU Championship Castle Park rugby stadium 5,000 Doncaster
Ealing Trailfinders England England RFU Championship Trailfinders Sports Ground 3,020 (1,020 seats) West Ealing, London
Jersey Jersey England [lower-alpha 2] RFU Championship St. Peter 5,000 Saint Peter
Leinster A Ireland Ireland Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship Donnybrook Stadium 6,000 (2,500 seats) Dublin
London Scottish England England RFU Championship Richmond Athletic Ground 4,500 Richmond, London
London Welsh England England RFU Championship Old Deer Park 5,850 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London
Moseley England England RFU Championship Billesley Common 3,000+ Birmingham
Munster A Ireland Ireland Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship Snugmore
Rosbrien
New Ormond Park
7,500
4,000
1,000
Kinsale
Limerick
Nenagh
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select Wales Wales N/A Pandy Park
The Bridge Field
Eugene Cross Park
3,000
2,000
8,000
Cross Keys
Bedwas
Ebbw Vale
Nottingham Rugby England England RFU Championship Lady Bay Sports Ground 2,000 (est) Nottingham
Ospreys Premiership Select Wales Wales N/A Talbot Athletic Ground
Brewery Field
The Gnoll
3,000
8,000
5,000
Port Talbot
Bridgend
Neath
Rotherham Titans England England RFU Championship Clifton Lane 2,500 Rotherham
Scarlets Premiership Select Wales Wales N/A Carmarthen Park
Parc y Scarlets
Station Road
  
14,870
400 (seats)
Carmarthen
Llanelli
Bristol
Ulster Ravens Ireland Ireland Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship Kingspan Stadium
Eaton Park
Deramore Park
18,196
  
1,000+
Belfast
Ballymena
Belfast
Yorkshire Carnegie England England RFU Championship Headingley Carnegie Stadium
Silver Royd
Lockwood Park
21,062
1,950
1,500
Leeds
Scarborough
Huddersfield
  1. Cornish Pirates are listed in the English section because they play in the English RFU Championship.
  2. Jersey is listed in the English section because they play in the English RFU Championship.

Pool stages

Pool 1

Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
Ireland Leinster A 6 6 0 0 240 92 148 5 0 29
England Moseley 6 4 0 2 155 191 –36 4 0 20
England Rotherham Titans 6 2 0 4 155 120 35 3 2 13
England Ealing Trailfinders 6 0 0 6 100 247 –147 1 1 2
Source : Updated:
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
14 November 2015
14:00
(BP) Rotherham Titans 9 – 12 Leinster A
Report
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 1,017
Referee: Rhys Thomas
14 November 2015
15:00
(BP) Moseley 37 – 31 Ealing Trailfinders (2BP)
Report
Billesley Common
Attendance: 818
Referee: Elia Rizo

[2]


20 November 2015
19:30
(BP) Leinster A 55 – 12 Moseley
Report
Donnybrook
Attendance: 800
Referee: Mike Hudson
21 November 2015
15:00
Ealing Trailfinders 12 – 48 Rotherham Titans (BP)
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 356
Referee: Jack Makepeace

[3]


11 December 2015
19:30
(BP) Leinster A 45 – 13 Ealing Trailfinders
Report
Donnybrook
Attendance: 800
Referee: Craig Evans
12 December 2015
15:00
(BP) Moseley 26 – 10 Rotherham Titans
Report
Billesley Common
Attendance: 591
Referee: Adam Jones

[4]


19 December 2015
15:00
Ealing Trailfinders 10 – 36 Leinster A (BP)
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 804
Referee: Dan Jones
20 December 2015
14:00
(BP) Rotherham Titans 19 – 20 Moseley
Report
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 681
Referee: Ben Blain

[5]


16 January 2016
14:00
Rotherham Titans P – P Ealing Trailfinders
Clifton Lane
16 January 2016
15:00
(BP) Moseley 24 – 49 Leinster A (BP)
Report
Billesley Common
Attendance: 773
Referee: Michael Hudson

[7]


22 January 2015
19:30
(BP) Leinster A 43 – 24 Rotherham Titans (BP)
Report
Donnybrook
Attendance: 350
Referee: Dan Jones
23 January 2015
15:00
Ealing Trailfinders 27 – 36 Moseley (BP)
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 456
Referee: Fergus Kirby

[8]


20 February 2016
14:00
(BP) Rotherham Titans 45 − 7 Ealing Trailfinders
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 618
Referee: Jack Makepeace

[9]

Pool 2

Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
England Bedford Blues 6 5 0 1 166 144 22 4 0 24
England Bristol Rugby 6 4 0 2 200 112 88 3 0 19
Ireland Ulster Ravens 6 2 0 4 112 143 –31 1 1 10
Wales Scarlets Premiership Select 6 1 0 5 114 193 –79 1 1 6
Source : Updated:
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
13 November 2015
19:30
Ulster Ravens 30 – 5 Bristol Rugby
Report
Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Daniel Jones
15 November 2015
15:00
Scarlets Premiership Select 6 – 35 Bedford Blues (BP)
Report
Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen
Attendance: 800[10]
Referee: Frank Murphy

[2]


21 November 2015
14:30
Bedford Blues 27 – 18 Ulster Ravens
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,303
Referee: Craig Evans
22 November 2015
15:00
(BP) Bristol Rugby 62 – 16 Scarlets Premiership Select
Report
Ashton Gate
Attendance: 5,109
Referee: Sean Gallagher

[3]


11 December 2015
19:45
(BP) Bristol Rugby 52 – 3 Bedford Blues
Report
Ashton Gate
Attendance: 4,615
Referee: Matthew O'Grady
12 December 2015
15:00
Scarlets Premiership Select 19 – 27 Ulster Ravens (BP)
Report
Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mike Hudson

[4]


19 December 2015
14:30
Ulster Ravens 7 – 23 Scarlets Premiership Select
Report
Eaton Park, Ballymena
Attendance: 425
Referee: Christophe Ridley
19 December 2015
15:00
(BP) Bedford Blues 34 – 17 Bristol Rugby
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,357
Referee: Nigel Correll

[5]


15 January 2016
19:30
(BP) Ulster Ravens 17 – 22 Bedford Blues (BP)
Report
Deramore Park
Attendance: 600
Referee: David Jones
17 January 2016
15:00
Scarlets Premiership Select 16 – 17 Bristol Rugby
Report
Station Road, Bristol[a 1]
Attendance: 1,254
Referee: Frank Murphy

[7]

  1. Game was initially to be held at Church Bank Playing Fields (home of Llandovery) but due an unplayable pitch caused by heavy rain the fixture was switched to Station Road in Bristol (home of Clifton RFC and Bristol Rugby's training ground). Despite being held in Bristol it would be classed as a home game for the Scarlets with the gate fee going to that club.[11]

22 January 2016
19:45
(BP) Bristol Rugby 47 – 13 Ulster Ravens
Report
Ashton Gate
Attendance: 5,273
Referee: Craig Evans
23 January 2016
15:00
(BP) Bedford Blues 45 – 34 Scarlets Premiership Select (BP)
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,126
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin

[8]

Pool 3

Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
England Yorkshire Carnegie 6 5 0 1 202 98 104 5 1 26
England London Scottish 6 4 0 2 151 144 7 2 1 19
Ireland Munster A 6 3 0 3 153 134 19 3 1 16
Wales Ospreys Premiership Select 6 0 0 6 81 211 –130 1 1 2
Source : Updated:
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
13 November 2015
19:45
(BP) London Scottish 27 – 25 Munster A (BP)
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 941
Referee: Rob Price
15 November 2015
13:30
(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie 32 – 10 Ospreys Premiership Select
Report
Headingley[b 1]
Attendance: 627
Referee: Sam Grove-White

[2]

  1. Game was initially to be held at Laund Hill (home of Huddersfield YMCA) but due to an unplayable pitch caused by heavy rain the fixture was switched to Headingley.[12]

20 November 2015
19:30
(BP) Ospreys Premiership Select 16 – 23 London Scottish
Report
Talbot Athletic Ground, Port Talbot
Attendance: 325
Referee: Stuart Gaffkin
20 November 2015
20:00
Munster A 14 – 9 Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
Report
Snugmore, Kinsale
Attendance: 850
Referee: Fergus Kirby

[3]


11 December 2015
19:30
(BP) Munster A 28 – 8 Ospreys Premiership Select
Report
Rosbrien, Limerick
Attendance: 527
Referee: Christophe Ridley
13 December 2015
14:30
(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie 56 – 6 London Scottish
Report
Silver Royd, Scarborough
Attendance: 580[13]
Referee: Andrew Jackson

[4]


19 December 2015
15:00
(BP) London Scottish 24 – 29 Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 882
Referee: Craig Evans
20 December 2015
15:00
(BP) Ospreys Premiership Select 26 – 46 Munster A (BP)
Report
Brewery Field, Bridgend
Attendance: 375[14]
Referee: Fergus Kirby

[5]


16 January 2016
15:00
(BP) London Scottish 49 – 7 Ospreys Premiership Select
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 849
Referee: Ben Blain
17 January 2016
15:00
Yorkshire Carnegie 43 – 29 Munster A (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park, Huddersfield
Attendance: 584
Referee: Matthew Carley

[7]


23rd January 2016
14:00
Munster A 11 – 21 London Scottish
Report
New Ormond Park, Nenagh
Attendance: 300
Referee: Christophe Ridley
23rd January 2016
14:00
Ospreys Premiership Select 14 – 33 Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
Report
The Gnoll, Neath
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sean Gallagher

[8]

Pool 4

Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
Cornwall Cornish Pirates 6 5 0 1 157 92 65 2 1 23
England London Welsh 6 4 0 2 169 139 30 3 1 20
Wales Cardiff Blues Premiership Select 6 1 1 4 117 141 –24 1 2 9
England Nottingham Rugby 6 1 1 4 82 153 –71 0 0 6
Source : Updated:
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
14 November 2015
14:30
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select 20 – 20 Nottingham Rugby
Report
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 664[15]
Referee: Sean Gallagher
14 November 2015
15:00
Cornish Pirates 28 – 21 London Welsh (BP)
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,123
Referee: Greg Macdonald

[2]


21 November 2015
14:00
(BP) London Welsh 33 – 29 Cardiff Blues Premiership Select (2BP)
Report
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 1,157
Referee: Frank Murphy
22 November 2015
15:00
Nottingham Rugby 7 – 19 Cornish Pirates
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 953[16]
Referee: Ben Blain

[3]


12 December 2015
14:00
(BP) London Welsh 42 – 17 Nottingham Rugby
Report
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 836
Referee: Jack Makepeace
13 December 2015
15:00
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select 10 – 22 Cornish Pirates
Report
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 628[17]
Referee: Frank Murphy

[4]


19 December 2015
15:00
(BP) Cornish Pirates 15 – 18 Cardiff Premiership Select
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,073
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin
20 December 2015
15:00
Nottingham Rugby 0 – 24 London Welsh
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 874[18]
Referee: Michael Hudson

[5]


16 January 2016
14:30
(BP) Cardiff Blues Premiership Select 30 – 32 London Welsh (BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 850
Referee: Fergus Kirby
17 January 2016
15:00
(BP) Cornish Pirates 38 – 19 Nottingham Rugby
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,160
Referee: Matt O'Grady

[7]


22 January 2016
19:45
Nottingham Rugby 19 – 10 Cardiff Premiership Select
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Frank Murphy
23 January 2016
14:00
London Welsh 17 – 35 Cornish Pirates (BP)
Report
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 959
Referee: Steve Lee

[8]

Pool 5

Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
England Doncaster Knights 6 4 1 1 173 84 89 3 1 22
Jersey Jersey 6 4 1 1 189 105 84 3 0 21
Wales Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select 6 3 0 3 119 134 –15 1 1 14
Ireland Connacht Eagles 6 0 0 6 40 198 –158 0 1 1
Source : Updated:
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
14 November 2015
14:30
Connacht Eagles 10 – 34 Newport Dragons Premiership Select (BP)
Report
Sportsground
Attendance: 125
Referee: Matthew O'Grady
14 November 2015
14:30
Jersey 22 – 22 Doncaster Knights
Report
St Peter
Attendance: 1,772
Referee: Fergus Kirby

[2]


21 November 2015
14:30
(BP) Doncaster Knights 22 – 5 Connacht Eagles
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,245
Referee: Dan Jones
22 November 2015
15:00
Newport Dragons Premiership Select 30 – 27 Jersey (BP)
Report
Pandy Park, Cross Keys
Attendance: 200[19]
Referee: Christopher Ridley

[3]


12 December 2015
14:30
Connacht Eagles 10 – 40 Jersey (BP)
Report
Sportsground
Attendance: 225
Referee: Dan Jones
12 December 2015
14:30
Doncaster Knights 21 – 16 Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select (BP)
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,051
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin

[4]


19 December 2015
14:00
(BP) Jersey 52 – 12 Connacht Eagles
Report
St Peter
Attendance: 1,648
Referee: Jack Makepeace
19 December 2015
15:00
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select 17 – 49 Doncaster Knights (BP)
Report
The Bridge Field, Bedwas
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sean Gallagher

[5]


16 January 2015
13:00
Connacht Eagles 0 – 40 Doncaster Knights
Report
Sportsground
Attendance: 100
Referee: Adam Jones
16 January 2015
14:30
Jersey 24 – 12 Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select
Report
St Peter
Attendance: 1,606
Referee: Nigel Correll

[7]


23 January 2015
14:00
(BP) Doncaster Knights 19 – 24 Jersey
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,386
Referee: Michael Hudson
23 January 2015
15:00
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select 10 – 3 Connacht Eagles (BP)
Report
Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale
Attendance: 400
Referee: Matthew O'Grady

[8]

Knock-out stage

The eight qualifiers are seeded according to performance in the pool stage, and competed in the quarter-finals, which are held on the weekend of 11/12/13 Marchl 2016. The four top seeds host the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 format. If two teams have qualified from the same group then they cannot be drawn together despite the seeding.

Teams are ranked by:

1 – competition points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw)
2 – where competition points are equal, greatest number of wins
3 – where the number of wins are equal, aggregate points difference
4 – where the aggregate points difference are equal, greatest number of points scored
Seed Pool Winners Pts Wins Pts diff
1 Ireland Leinster A 29 6 148
2 England Yorkshire Carnegie 26 5 104
3 England Bedford Blues 24 5 22
4 Template:FlagiconCornwall Cornish Pirates 23 5 65
5 England Doncaster Knights 22 4 89
Seed Pool Runners–up Pts Wins Pts diff
6 England Jersey 21 4 84
7 England London Welsh 20 4 30
8 England Moseley 20 4 –36
9 England Bristol Rugby 19 4 88
10 England London Scottish 19 4 7
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
12 March 2016 - Donnybrook        
 Ireland Leinster A   39
19 March 2016 - Old Deer Park
 England London Welsh   45  
  London Welsh  36
13 March 2016 - Mennaye Field
     Cornish Pirates  15  
 Cornwall Cornish Pirates  38
10 April 2016 - Headingley Stadium
 England Doncaster Knights  19  
 London Welsh  33
11 March 2016 - Goldington Road    
   Yorkshire Carnegie  10
 England Bedford Blues   15
20 March 2016 - Headingley Stadium
 Jersey Jersey   19  
  Jersey   31
13 March 2016 - Headingley Stadium
     Yorkshire Carnegie  32  
 England Yorkshire Carnegie  50
 England Moseley  3  
 

Quarter-finals

11 March 2016
19:45
Bedford Blues 15 – 19 Jersey
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,455
Referee: Frank Murphy
12 March 2016
19:00
Leinster A 39 – 45 London Welsh
Report
Donnybrook
Attendance: 932
Referee: Craig Evans
13 March 2016
15:00
Cornish Pirates 38 – 19 Doncaster Knights
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,136
Referee: Stuart Townsend
13 March 2016
15:00
Yorkshire Carnegie 50 – 3 Moseley
Report
Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 715
Referee: Christophe Ridley

[20]


Semi-finals

19 March 2016
12:30
London Welsh 36 - 15 Cornish Pirates
Report
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 642
Referee: Andrew Jackson
20 March 2016
15:00
Yorkshire Carnegie 33 - 32 Jersey
Report
Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 626
Referee: Sean Gallagher

[21]


Final

10 April 2016
15:00
Yorkshire Carnegie 10 - 33 London Welsh
Report
Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: Craig Evans

Attendances

Club Home
Games
Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
Bedford Blues 4 9,241 2,310 2,455 2,126 39%
Bristol Rugby 3 14,997 4,999 5,273 4,615 23%
Cardiff Premiership Select 3 2,142 714 850 628 6%
Connacht Eagles 3 450 150 225 100 2%
Cornish Pirates 4 4,492 1,123 1,160 1,073 28%
Doncaster Knights 3 3,682 1,227 1,386 1,051 25%
Ealing Trailfinders 3 1,616 539 804 356 18%
Jersey 3 5,026 1,675 1,772 1,606 34%
Leinster A 4 2,882 721 932 350 12%
London Scottish 3 2,672 891 941 849 20%
London Welsh 4 3,594 899 1,157 642 15%
Moseley 3 2,182 727 818 591 24%
Munster A 3 1,677 559 850 300 18%
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select 3 800 267 400 200 7%
Nottingham Rugby 3 2,845 948 1,018 874 47%
Ospreys Premiership Select 3 1,200 400 500 325 9%
Rotherham Titans 3 2,316 772 1,017 618 31%
Scarlets Premiership Select 3 2,154 718 1,254 100 1%
Ulster Ravens 3 2,632 877 1,607 425 34%
Yorkshire Carnegie 6 6,239 1,040 3,107 580 15%

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Rank Player Team Appearances Points
1 Cornwall Laurence May Cornish Pirates 8 70
2 England Kevin Sinfield Yorkshire Carnegie 6 53
3 Ireland Peter Lydon London Scottish 5 51
4 Wales Gareth Davies Cardiff Blues Premiership Select 4 42
5 England Olly Barkley London Welsh 8 38
6 Australia Sam Windsor Ulster Ravens 6 37
7 Wales Josh Lewis Scarlets Premiership Select 6 36
8 Ireland Cathal Marsh Leinster A 3 35
9 Ireland Dan Leavy Leinster A 6 35
10 Tonga Uili Koloʻofai Jersey 8 35

[22]

Top try scorers

Rank Player Team Appearances Tries
1 Ireland Dan Leavy Leinster A 6 7
2 Tonga Uili Kolo'ofai Jersey 8 7
3 England Chris Walker Yorkshire Carnegie 5 6
4 Wales James Lewis London Welsh 7 6
5 England Josh Bainbridge Yorkshire Carnegie 3 5
6 England Tom Howe Jersey 6 5
7 Tonga Latu Makaafi Doncaster Knights 6 5
8 England Taylor Prell Yorkshire Carnegie 7 5
9 England James Freeman Jersey 8 5
10 England Andy Saull Yorkshire Carnegie 2 4

[23]

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 50 pts

56 - 6 Yorkshire Carnegie at home to London Scottish on 13 December 2015

Largest away win — 40 pts

40 - 0 Doncaster Knights away to Connacht Eagles on 16 January 2015

Most points scored — 62

62 - 16 Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015

Most tries in a match — 9

Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015

Most conversions in a match — 7 (x4)

Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015
Doncaster Knights away to Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select on 19 December 2015
London Scottish at home to Ospreys Premiership Select on 16 January 2016
Leinster A away to Moseley on 16 January 2016

Most penalties in a match — 4 (x3)

Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham Rugby on 22 November 2015
Rotherham Titans at home to Moseley on 20 December 2015<br. Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select away to Jersey on 16 January 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

Leinster A away to Rotherham Titans on 14 November 2015

[24][25][26][27]

Player

Most points in a match — 22

Wales Matthew Morgan for Bristol Rugby at home to Ulster Ravens on 23 January 2016

Most tries in a match — 4 (x2)

Tonga Uili Kolo'ofai for Jersey away to Connacht Eagles on 12 December 2015
England Andy Saull for Yorkshire Carnegie at home to Munster A on 17 January 2016

Most conversions in a match — 7 (x3)

Wales Gavin Henson for Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015
Ireland Peter Lydon for London Scottish at home to Ospreys Premiership Select on 16 January 2016
Ireland Cathal Marshal for Leinster A away to Moseley on 16 January 2016

Most penalties in a match — 4 (x2)

England Laurence May for Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham Rugby on 22 November 2015
Wales Rhys Jones for Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select away to Jersey on 16 January 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

Ireland Ross Byrne for Leinster A away to Rotherham Titans on 14 November 2015

[28][29][30][31][32]

Attendances

Highest — 5,273

Bristol Rugby at home to Ulster Ravens on 23 January 2016

Lowest — 100 (x2)

Scarlets Premiership Select at home to Ulster Ravens on 21 November 2015
Connacht Eagles at home to Doncaster Knights on 16 January 2016

Highest Average Attendance — 4,999

Bristol Rugby

Lowest Average Attendance — 150

Connacht Eagles

[33]

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