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2010–11 British and Irish Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2010–11 British and Irish Cup |
| imagesize | 150px |
| caption | Official Logo |
| countries | |
| Ireland Ireland | |
| tournament format | Round-robin and knockout |
| date | October 2010 - May 2011 |
| teams | 24 |
| matches | 67 |
| attendance | {{#expr: |
| tries | {{#expr: |
| top point scorer | James Pritchard (Bedford Blues) |
| (128 points) | |
| top try scorer | Handre Schmidt (Bedford Blues) |
| (11 tries) | |
| venue | Memorial Stadium, Bristol |
| attendance2 | 4,375 |
| champions | ENG Bristol |
| count | 1 |
| runner-up | ENG Bedford Blues |
| previous year | 2009–10 |
| previous tournament | 2009–10 British and Irish Cup |
| next year | 2011–12 |
| next tournament | 2011–12 British and Irish Cup |
Ireland Ireland
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The 2010–11 British and Irish Cup was the 2nd season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. First round matches began on Friday 15 October 2010 and the final was held on Saturday 7 May 2011.
Defending champions Cornish Pirates were unable to make it out of the pool stages. Bristol lifted the cup, narrowly defeating Bedford Blues 17–14 in the first all-English final.
Teams
The allocation of teams was as follows:
- ENG – 12 teams from RFU Championship
- Ireland – 3 Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams.
- SCO – 3 Scottish sides, top clubs from the Scottish Premiership.
- WAL – 6 top clubs from the Principality Premiership.
| England England | Ireland Ireland | Scotland Scotland | Wales Wales |
|---|
Competition format
The teams were divided into four pools of six, playing over five weekends during the Autumn International and Six Nations windows. The four pool winners and runners-up contested a knock-out stage, with quarter-finals on 5 or 6 March, semi-finals on 23 March and the final on 7 May.
Pool stages
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
- This fixture would double up as a cup and 2010–11 RFU Championship game after the cup game was initially postponed.
Knock-out stages
Qualifiers
The four pool winners and the four runners up proceeded to the knock out stages. The best four qualifiers (pool winners) had home advantage in the quarter-finals.
|5 March 2011 - Sardis Road |WAL Pontypridd|12|WAL Llanelli|10 |6 March 2011 - Memorial Stadium |ENG Bristol|29|SCO Ayr|19 |5 March 2011 - Goldington Road |ENG Bedford Blues|50|Ireland Leinster A|15 |5 March 2011 - Sixways Stadium |ENG Worcester Warriors|57|ENG Moseley|15 |23 April 2011 - Sardis Road |WAL Pontypridd|25|ENG Bristol|36 |23 April 2011 - Goldington Road |ENG Bedford Blues|43|ENG Worcester Warriors|27 |7 May 2011 - Memorial Stadium |ENG Bristol|17|ENG Bedford Blues|14
Quarter-finals
Stats
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Top scorers
Top points scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Pritchard | ENG Bedford Blues | 128 |
| 2 | Joe Carlisle | ENG Worcester Warriors | 75 |
| 3 | Simon Humberstone | WAL Pontypridd | 61 |
| 4 | Ed Barnes | ENG Bristol | 58 |
| 5 | Handre Schmidt | ENG Bedford Blues | 55 |
| 6 | Hayden Abercrombie | SCO Currie | 49 |
| Tristan Roberts | ENG Doncaster | ||
| 8 | Steven Shingler | WAL Llanelli | 47 |
| 9 | Rob Cook | ENG Cornish Pirates | 43 |
| Christian Lewis-Pratt | ENG Doncaster | ||
| Scott Wright | SCO Melrose |
Top try scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Tries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Handre Schmidt | ENG Bedford Blues | 11 |
| 2 | Andrew Conway | Ireland Leinster A | 6 |
| George Watkins | ENG Bristol | ||
| 4 | Wesley Davies | ENG Cornish Pirates | 5 |
| 5 | Anthony Elliott | ENG Bristol | 4 |
| Christian Lewis-Pratt | ENG Doncaster | ||
| Matt Scott | SCO Currie |
Geography
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCO Ayr | Millbrae | Unknown | Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland |
| ENG Bedford Blues | Goldington Road | 5,000 (1,700 seats) | Bedford, Bedfordshire, England |
| ENG Birmingham & Solihull | Damson Park | 3,050 | Solihull, West Midlands, England |
| ENG Bristol | Memorial Stadium | 12,100 | Bristol, England |
| ENG Cornish Pirates | Mennaye Field | 3,500 | Penzance, Cornwall, England |
| SCO Currie | Malleny Park | Unknown | Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| ENG Doncaster | Castle Park | 3,075 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England |
| ENG Esher | Molesey Road | Unknown | Esher, England |
| Ireland Leinster A | Donnybrook | 7,000 | Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
| WAL Llandovery | Church Bank | 5,000 | Llandovery, Wales |
| WAL Llanelli | Parc y Scarlets | 14,870 | Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| ENG London Welsh | Old Deer Park | 5,850 (1,000 seats) | London, England |
| SCO Melrose | The Greenyards | Unknown | Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland |
| ENG Moseley | Billesley Common | 3,000+ (650 seated) | Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Ireland Munster A | Musgrave Park | 8,300 | Cork, County Cork, Ireland |
| WAL Neath | The Gnoll | 7,500 | Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales |
| WAL Newport | Rodney Parade | 10,500 | Newport, Wales |
| ENG Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 19,588 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
| ENG Plymouth Albion | The Brickfields | 6,500 | Plymouth, Devon, England |
| WAL Pontypridd | Sardis Road | 7,861 | Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales |
| ENG Rotherham | Clifton Lane | 2,500 | Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England |
| WAL Swansea | St Helens | 4,500 | Swansea, Wales |
| Ireland Ulster A | Ravenhill Stadium | 12,125 | Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland |
| ENG Worcester Warriors | Sixways Stadium | 12,068 | Worcester, England |
References
References
- "British & Irish Cup Top Point Scorers".
- "British & Irish Cup Top Try Scorers".
- (11 January 2011). "Birmingham & Solihull 35 Doncaster Knights 29". Doncaster Free Press.
- "Goldington Road". Napit.co.uk.
- (4 January 2013). "London Welsh keen to purchase Kassam Stadium". ESPN.
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