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2009–10 Heineken Cup pool stage

The pool stage of the 2009–10 Heineken Cup was the opening phase of the annual competition, in which 24 teams were arranged into six pools contesting of four teams each and then competed in a home-and-away double round robin. Eight teams, specifically the six pool winners and the two best runners-up, qualified for the quarter-finals, starting a knock-out phase that will end with the final at Stade de France in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.

For the first time, the third- through fifth-ranking runners-up parachuted into the knockout stage of the European Challenge Cup. Also for the first time, the winner of the Heineken Cup will receive an automatic berth in the following season's competition. The draw for the pools took place on 9 June 2009 in Paris.

Seeding within pools

The seeding system was the same as in the 2008–09 tournament. The 24 competing teams were 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
IRE Munster (1)	ENG Leicester Tigers (2)	IRE 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)

Seeding for the knockout phase

The winners of each of the six pools were seeded 1 to 6 first by competition points, then tries scored, and finally score difference. The runners-up were similarly sorted, and the best two were seeded seven and eight and progressed to the quarter-finals alongside the six winners. The top four seeds are given home matches in the quarter-finals, with seed 1 playing seed 8, seed 2 playing seed 7, etc.

After the two second-place teams advancing to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals were determined, the next three second-place finishers parachuted into the quarter-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup. These teams became the 5th through 7th seeds in the Challenge Cup knockout phase, and played their quarter-finals away.

Pools

:{| class="wikitable"

+ Key to colours
Winner of each pool,
advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
-
Two highest-scoring second-place teams,
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
IRE 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

Pen: Porical (1/2) 54'

Geraghty 40' c Con: Geraghty (2/3) Pen: Geraghty (4/6) 10', 34', 38', 75' O'Leary 68' c Con: O'Gara (1/2) Pen: O'Gara (4/5) 32', 36', 49', 61' Drop: Warwick 20'

Marty 39' c Con: Porical (2/2) Pen: Porical (5/6) 7', 23', 51', 66', 70' Mujati 45' m Pen: Geraghty (1/1) 22'

Dowling (2) 40' m, 68' c Leamy 42' m Fogarty 54' m Wallace 64' c de Villiers 76' m Con: O'Gara (3/7) Vilk 25' m

Drop: O'Gara (1/2) 55' Durand 12' c Burger 70' m Con: Porical (1/2) Pen: Porical (1/1) 52' Mélé (1/1) 65'

Ansbro 43' m Ashton (2) 46' c, 53' c Con: Geraghty (2/4) Pen: Geraghty (1/2) 12' Myler (1/1) 67' Goosen 58' m Con: Botes (1/2) Drop: Goosen (2) 17', 34'

Penalty try 73' c Con: Botes (1/2) Pen: Goosen 58' Botes 55' Clarke 45' c Lawes 69' c Con: Myler (2/2) Geraghty (1/1)

Con: Mélé (1/1) Pen: Mélé (3/5) 4', 30', 35' Hurley 58' c de Villiers 69' c Howlett 80' c Con: O'Gara (3/3) Warwick (1/1) Pen: O'Gara (3/3) 13', 44', 49'

Earls (2) 6' m, 63' c O'Callaghan 11' c Warwick 33' c Ryan 80' c Warwick (1/1)

Dowson 54' c Dickson 61' c Clarke 80' c Myler (1/1)

Geraghty (1/2) 53' Myler (1/1) 74'

Țincu (2) 47' c, 70' m Vivalda 67' c Grandclaude 76' c Pen: Laharrague (1) 25' Con: Laharrague (2/4) Porical (1/1) Botes (1) 53'

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

Bearman 35' c

Bosch 40'

Charteris 38' m M. Thomas 40' c Tkachuk 55' c

Erinle 60' c Courrent 78' c Boer 67' c

Stortoni 37' c

Yachvili 29' c Ngwenya 31' c Balshaw (2) 45' m, 55' c Courrent 78' c Courrent (1/1)

This match was moved to the Scarlets' home ground due to a frozen pitch at the Dragons' home of Rodney Parade.

Brown 70' m

Beattie 3' m Thomson 63' m Gregor (1/1) 19' Harris 24' c Gomer-Davies 34' c Tovey (1/1) Arlidge (1/1) 61'

Molenaar 66' c

Ngwenys 64' c Penalty try 68' c Bolakoro 79' c Cusiter 49' c

Smith 80' c Tovey (1/1) Penalty try 69' c

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

Russell (2) 17' c, 73' c Debaty 57' m Privat 59' m James (1/1) Law (3/4) 25', 33', 50'

Twelvetrees 38' c González Amorosino 47' c Staunton 74' c Twelvetrees (1/1) Twelvetrees (1/2) 66' Bowe 31' c

Hamilton (3) 30' c, 60' m, 75' m Croft 36' c González Amorosino 67' c Penalty try 79' c Twelvetrees (2/4)

R. Jones 28' c Davies 40'+1' c Domingo 50' c Lapandry 53' c'

Walker 22' c Januarie 31' c Collins 33' c Hibbard (2) 42' c, 59' c Bowe 60' c Owen 67' c

Nalaga (2) 25' c, 40' m Parra 56' c Cudmore 73' m Flood 72' c Staunton 77' c

Tiatia 32' c Parker 37' c Owen 42'c Walker 74' c

Hamilton 75' c

Woods 20' c Flood 32' c Hamilton (2) 34' c, 39' c Mauger 74' m Vesty (1/2)

Nalaga 77' c

Krause 78' c Rougerie (2) 21' c, 34' c Nalaga (2) 25' m, 55' m Vermeulen 48' c Malzieu 51' c Penalty try 63' c Bonnaire 77' c Floch (1/1)

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
IRE 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

Faloon 52' c

Parisse 9' c Papé 23' c Beauxis 29' c

Carraro 25' c

Danielli 48' c

Stephenson 29' m

Kayser 66' c

This match was originally scheduled to be held at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, but heavy snowfall forced it to be moved to Paris.

Boss 55' c O'Connor (1/1) 80'

Cave 49' c Wallace 77' c

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

Halfpenny 79' c

Clerc (2) 13' c, 28' c Donguy (2) 41' m, 67' c Michalak (1/1) Cohen 80' c

Schofield 37' c Gaskell 42' c Sowden-Taylor 77' c Halfpenny (1/3) 29'

Sowerby 49' c Michalak (1/2) 63' Fritz (1/1) 79'

Halfpenny (1/1) 78' Michalak (1/1) 66'

Strettle 35' m Easter 44' m Macleod 10' c Seymour 21' c Cohen 51' m

Roberts 56' c Croall 29' c

Davies 46' c Rush 80'+2' c Halfpenny (1/3) 30' Tait 49' c Gaskell 78' c

Boulihou 48' c Heymans 58' m Médard 65' m Michalak (0/2) Monye (2) 75', 80'

Easter 23' m Care 38' c Blair 19' c Sweeney 29' c Rush 33' c Roberts (2) 49' c, 72' c

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
IRE 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 a head-to-head sweep.

Hewat (1/2) 39' Lamb (2/2) 65', 78'

R. Thomas 78' c Con: S. Jones (1/2) Pen: S. Jones (3/6) 4', 21', 53' Priestland (1/1) 68' Orquera (1/1) 55'

Seveali'i 27' c Tagicakibau 67' c Con: Lamb (2/3) Pen: Lamb (1/2) 17' Drop: Lamb 10' M. Jones 29' c Con: S. Jones (2/2) Pen: S. Jones (5/7) 26', 39', 54', 72', 78'

Con: Goode (1/1) Pen: Goode (2/2) 3', 29' McLaughlin (2) 68' c, 80' c Con: Sexton (2/2) Berne (1/1) Pen: Sexton (5/5) 9', 24', 34', 40', 42'

Con: S. Jones (1/1) D'Arcy 24 c Berne 29' m O'Brien 72' c Con: Berne (3/4) Pen: Berne (2/2) 19', 56'

Homer (2) 19' m, 78' c S. Armitage 49' c Thorpe 69' c Con: Malone (3/4) Lamb (1/1) Pen: Malone (1/1) 37'

Mapusua 33' c, Seveali'i 59' c D. Armitage 80' c Con: Malone (3/3) Lamb (1/1) Pen: Malone (2 ) 17', 29' Con: Orquera (1/1) Pen: Orquera (2) 13' 15'

Horgan 38' D'Arcy (2) 46'c, 58' c O'Driscoll (2) 56' m, 72'm Con: Berne (2/7) Con: S. Jones (1/1)

Nacewa 45' m D'Arcy 67' c O'Driscoll 80' m Spedding 76' m

McCusker (2) 62' c, 67' c Paice 15' c Hala'ufia 50' c

Agulla 24' m Cooke 58' c Stoddart 46' c

Seeding and runners-up

Bare numbers indicate Heineken Cup quarter-final seeding.
Numbers with "C" indicate Challenge Cup quarter-final 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

References

(15 June 2009). "Format and qualification changes for Europe". European Rugby Cup.
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8091210.stm BBC Sport: Clubs learn Heineken Cup groups]
"ERC".
"ERC European Rankings (May 2009)". European Rugby Cup.
"ERC Draw Regulations (May 2009)". European Rugby Cup.
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