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2009–10 Heineken Cup

International rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	2009–10 Heineken Cup
imagesize	200px
caption	Official logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	Oct 2009 – May 2010
teams	24
matches	79
attendance	1080598
top point scorer	FRA Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz) (113 points)
top try scorer	IRE Tommy Bowe (Ospreys) (7 tries)
venue	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
attendance2	78,962
champions	FRA Toulouse
count	4
runner-up	FRA Biarritz Olympique
website	https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
previous year	2008–09
previous tournament	2008–09 Heineken Cup
next year	2010–11
next tournament	2010–11 Heineken Cup

France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales | runner-up = FRA Biarritz Olympique The 2009–10 Heineken Cup was the 15th season of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby. It started in October 2009 and ended on 22 May 2010 with the final at Stade de France in which Toulouse defeated Biarritz 21–19 to win the trophy for the fourth time.

Teams

Seven English teams participated, as an English team, Leicester Tigers, progressed further in the previous year's tournament than any French or Italian team. France had six participants, Ireland three, Wales four, Italy two and Scotland two.

On 29 May 2009, Newport Gwent Dragons defeated Calvisano 42–17 in a play-off to secure the 24th and final qualification place.

England	France	Wales	Ireland	Scotland	Italy

Seeding

The seeding system was the same as in the 2008–09 tournament. The 24 competing teams are ranked based on past Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup performance, with each pool receiving one team from each quartile, or Tier. The requirement to have only one team per country in each pool, however, still applied (with the exception of the inclusion of the seventh English team).

The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the start of the 2009–10 season.

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Ireland Munster (1)	ENG Leicester Tigers (2)	Ireland Leinster (3)	FRA Toulouse (4)
WAL Cardiff Blues (8)	FRA Stade Français (9)	ENG Gloucester (10)	FRA Perpignan (11)
ENG Northampton Saints (15)	ENG Sale Sharks (16)	FRA Clermont (17)	WAL Scarlets (18)
ENG Harlequins (23)	SCO Glasgow Warriors (24)	SCO Edinburgh (26)	ITA Benetton Treviso (28)

Pool stage

The draw for the pool stage took place on 9 June 2009 in Paris.

:{| class="wikitable"

+ Key to colours
Winner of each pool, and best two runners-up,
advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
-
Third- through fifth- highest-scoring second-place teams
parachute into the knockout stage of the European Challenge Cup.
Seed # in brackets
}

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Ireland Munster (1)	6	5	1	19	10	9	185	94	91	3	1	24
ENG Northampton Saints (8)	6	4	2	16	8	8	138	104	34	2	1	19
FRA Perpignan	6	2	4	12	10	2	108	123	−15	1	2	11
ITA Benetton Treviso	6	1	5	7	26	−19	68	178	−110	0	1	5

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Biarritz (2)	6	5	1	19	8	11	188	97	91	3	0	23
ENG Gloucester [6]	6	4	2	12	12	0	119	129	−10	1	0	17
SCO Glasgow Warriors	6	2	4	9	14	−5	120	140	−20	0	1	9
WAL Newport Gwent Dragons	6	1	5	12	18	−6	108	169	−61	0	2	6

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Clermont Auvergne (5)	6	4	0	2	24	11	13	201	120	81	3	2	21
WAL Ospreys (7)	6	4	1	1	21	11	10	188	121	67	2	0	20
ENG Leicester Tigers	6	3	1	2	23	10	13	187	123	64	3	1	18
ITA Viadana	6	0	0	6	6	42	−36	83	295	−212	0	0	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Stade Français (6)	6	4	2	11	7	4	124	95	29	1	1	18
Ireland Ulster	6	4	2	11	6	5	127	94	33	0	1	17
SCO Edinburgh	6	3	3	3	10	−7	64	94	−30	0	1	13
ENG Bath	6	1	5	6	8	−2	84	116	−32	0	3	7

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Toulouse (3)	6	5	1	13	9	4	143	92	51	2	1	23
WAL Cardiff Blues [5]	6	4	2	14	10	4	149	104	45	1	1	18
ENG Sale Sharks	6	3	3	15	16	−1	126	153	−27	1	1	14
ENG Harlequins	6	0	6	13	20	−7	102	171	−69	0	2	2

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Ireland Leinster (4)	6	4	1	1	19	6	13	154	60	94	3	1	22
WAL Scarlets [7]	6	4	0	2	12	20	−8	116	147	−31	1	0	17
ENG London Irish	6	3	1	2	16	8	8	140	94	46	2	1	17
FRA Brive	6	0	0	6	7	20	−13	68	177	−109	0	1	1

Scarlets win the tiebreaker over London Irish by virtue of winning both of the matches between the two teams.

Seeding and runners-up

Bare numbers indicate Heineken Cup quarterfinal seeding.
Numbers with "C" indicate Challenge Cup quarterfinal seeding.

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Ireland Munster	24	19	+91
2	FRA Biarritz	23	19	+91
3	FRA Toulouse	23	14	+51
4	Ireland Leinster	22	19	+94
5	FRA Clermont	21	24	+81
6	FRA Stade Français	18	11	+29
7	WAL Ospreys	20	17	+67
8	ENG Northampton	19	16	+34
5C	WAL Cardiff Blues	18	14	+45
6C	ENG Gloucester	17	12	−10
7C	WAL Scarlets	17	12	−29
–	Ireland Ulster	17	11	+33

Knock-out stage

The semi-final draw was conducted on 24 January in Paris. The winner of the topmost quarter-final on each side of the bracket receives home-country advantage in its semi-final. (The competition organisers have traditionally allowed Biarritz to take semi-finals to Spain, as it has stadiums that meet Heineken Cup semi-final hosting requirements that are far closer to Biarritz than any acceptable venue in France. The club also enjoys large support in the Basque Country of Spain, a region with which it shares a cultural affinity.)

All times are local times.

Quarter-finals

Balshaw 50' c Byrne 35' m Walker 75' c

Howlett (2) 24' m, 75' c de Villiers 52' c

Albacete 58' c Heymans 74' c

Semi-finals

Skrela 60' c Kearney (1/1) 42'

Final

Main article: 2010 Heineken Cup Final

The final was played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis.

Skrela (3/5) 33', 36', 65' Skrela (2/2) 51', 58'

Leading scorers

Points

Rank	Name	Club	Appearances	Points
1	FRA Dimitri Yachvili	FRA Biarritz	7	113
2	IRE Ronan O'Gara	IRE Munster	8	98
3	WAL Dan Biggar	WAL Ospreys	7	90
4	AUS Brock James	FRA Clermont Auvergne	7	76
5	NZL Ben Blair	WAL Cardiff Blues	6	75

Tries

Rank	Name	Club	Appearances	Tries
1	IRE Tommy Bowe	WAL Ospreys	7	7
2	ENG Chris Ashton	ENG Northampton Saints	6	6
NZL Scott Hamilton	ENG Leicester Tigers	6	6
USA Takudzwa Ngwenya	FRA Biarritz	7	6
5	FRA Julien Malzieu	FRA Clermont Auvergne	6	5
FIJ Napolioni Nalaga	FRA Clermont Auvergne	5	5

References

Kitson, Robert. (2010-05-22). "Toulouse outmuscle Biarritz to win uninspiring Heineken Cup final". [[The Guardian]].
(2009-05-29). "Calvisano 17–42 NG Dragons". BBC.
"ERC European Rankings (May 2009)". European Rugby Cup.
"ERC Draw Regulations (May 2009)". European Rugby Cup.
"Résultat et résumé Biarritz – Toulouse, match en direct – Coupe d'Europe 2009–2010, Finale, Samedi 22 Mai 2010".

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