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2010–11 European Challenge Cup

Field	Value
name	2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup
image	Cab munster 007.JPG
imagesize	220px
caption	European challenge cup 2010-11
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Romania
Spain
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	7 October 2010 to 20 May 2011
teams	23
matches	67
top point scorer	Julien Caminati (Brive)
(97 points)
top try scorer	Tom Brady (Sale)
Sam Gerber (Bayonne)
Nicolas Jeanjean (Brive)
Nick Macleod (Sale)
Pierre Rabadan (Stade Français)
James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester)
Henry Trinder (Gloucester)
(5 tries)
venue	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
champions	ENG Harlequins
count	3
runner-up	FRA Stade Français
website	https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
previous year	2009–10
previous tournament	2009–10 European Challenge Cup
next year	2011–12
next tournament	2011–12 Amlin Challenge Cup

France Ireland Italy Romania Spain (97 points) Sam Gerber (Bayonne) Nicolas Jeanjean (Brive) Nick Macleod (Sale) Pierre Rabadan (Stade Français) James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester) Henry Trinder (Gloucester) (5 tries) | runner-up = FRA Stade Français

The 2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup was the 15th season of the European Challenge Cup, Europe's second-tier club rugby union competition, and the second to be sponsored by the British insurance company Amlin. The tournament began on 7 October 2010, with the final played on 20 May 2011 at Cardiff City Stadium, the day before the 2011 Heineken Cup Final in the same city at Millennium Stadium. A total of 23 teams from six countries participated. The competition began with 20 teams; three more teams that began their seasons in the Heineken Cup parachuted into the knockout stage. Cardiff Blues did not defend their title, as by winning the 2009–10 cup, they qualified for the 2010–11 Heineken Cup, and did not parachute into the Challenge Cup.

Harlequins claimed the title with a 19–18 win over Stade Français, becoming the first team to win the Challenge Cup three times. The victory also sent Quins into the 2011–12 Heineken Cup.

Teams

The allocation of teams is as follows:

England: 6 teams — all teams from the Aviva Premiership that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup
France: 7 teams — all teams from the Top 14 that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup. Normally 8 teams, but Toulouse's win in the 2009–10 Heineken Cup gave France an extra place in the 2010–11 Heineken Cup.
Italy: 4 teams — the top four teams from the 2009–10 Super 10 (now Top12) that did not move to the Celtic League for 2010–11
Ireland: 1 team — the Irish team that failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup through the Magners League
Spain: 1 team — the champion of the previous season's División de Honor
Romania: 1 team specially created for the competition

England	France	Ireland	Italy	Romania	Spain

Seeding

Teams that did not qualify for the 2010–11 Heineken Cup were ordered into four tiers according to the European Rugby Club Ranking. Five pools of four teams were drawn comprising one team from each tier.

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

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
FRAStade Français (8)	ENGGloucester (13)	ENGSale Sharks (18)	FRABourgoin (20)
ENGNewcastle Falcons (25)	FRABrive (28)	IRE Connacht (31)	FRAAgen (33)
ENGLeeds Carnegie (38)	FRAMontpellier (39)	FRABayonne	ITAPetrarca Padova
FRALa Rochelle	ITACavalieri Prato	ENGExeter Chiefs	ROMBucurești Oaks

Pool stage

Main article: 2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage

The draw for the pool stage took place on 9 June 2010.

:{| class="wikitable"

+ Key to colours
Winner of each pool advances to quarterfinals.
Seed # in parentheses.
}

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Harlequins (4)	6	5	1	21	6	+15	189	84	+105	3	1	24
IRE Connacht	6	3	3	19	8	+11	173	99	+74	1	2	15
FRA Bayonne	6	3	3	19	12	+7	163	116	+47	2	1	15
ITA Cavalieri Prato	6	1	5	8	41	−33	77	303	−226	0	0	4

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Brive (2)	6	6	0	34	3	+31	257	54	+203	3	0	27
ENG Sale Sharks	6	4	2	39	4	+35	279	58	+221	4	1	21
ITA Petrarca Padova	6	1	5	10	26	−16	88	213	−125	1	1	6
ESP El Salvador	6	1	5	6	56	−50	69	368	−299	0	0	4

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Montpellier (8)	6	5	1	10	11	−1	147	101	+46	1	0	21
ENG Exeter Chiefs	6	3	3	16	10	+6	154	113	+41	1	3	16
FRA Bourgoin	6	2	4	10	12	−2	119	130	−11	2	1	11
ENG Newcastle Falcons	6	2	4	7	10	−3	66	142	−76	0	1	9

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Stade Français (1)	6	6	0	29	7	+22	216	73	+143	5	0	29
ENG Leeds Carnegie	6	4	2	24	6	+18	173	88	+85	3	0	19
ROM București Oaks	6	1	5	4	17	−13	74	148	−74	0	1	5
ITA Crociati Parma	6	1	5	3	30	−27	70	224	−154	0	1	5

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA La Rochelle (3)	6	5	1	26	10	+16	197	91	+106	3	1	24
ENG Gloucester	6	4	2	35	7	+28	255	77	+178	3	2	21
FRA Agen	6	3	3	21	18	+3	167	158	+9	2	1	15
ITA Rugby Rovigo	6	0	6	6	53	−47	55	348	−293	0	0	0

Knockout stage

Seeding

Following the end of the pool stage, the 5 pool winners were seeded alongside the top 3 2010–11 Heineken Cup pool runners-up who failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

(HC) Means a team has entered the competition from the Heineken Cup

Seed	Team
1	FRA Stade Français
2	FRA Brive
3	FRA La Rochelle
4	ENG Harlequins
5 (HC)	ENG London Wasps
6 (HC)	FRA Clermont
7 (HC)	IRE Munster
8	FRA Montpellier

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were decided based on the above seeding. All game times are local.

Murimurivalu 71' c

Rabadan 30' m Penalty try 53' c Burban 59' c Beauxis (2/2) Lagarde (4) 35', 48', 61', 63'

Fa'asavalu 4' c Lindsay 51' c Haughton 71' m

Estebanez 20' c Palisson 70' c Perry 80' c Earls (2) 4' c, 46' c Stringer 50' c

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals of both the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup took place after the Pool 6 Heinieken Cup match between London Wasps and Toulouse on 23 January 2011. The draw was conducted in the Sky Sports booth by Ieuan Evans and Jean-Pierre Lux, Chairman of ERC, at Adams Park, High Wycombe.

In last season's Challenge Cup, any semi-final that involved a club that started the season in the Challenge Cup and a club that started in the Heineken Cup would be hosted by the club that started in the Challenge Cup. This rule was abandoned for 2010–11; the home club in each semi-final is now determined strictly by the draw.

Boussès 65' c Russell 48' c Cudmore 76' m

Howlett 78' m Care 34' c Care (1/1)

Final

The final of the Amlin Challenge Cup took place at Cardiff City Stadium on 20 May 2011. Harlequins won the trophy for the third time with a 19–18 victory over Stade Francais.

Rodríguez (1/2) 72'

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Player	Team	Points
FRA Julien Caminati	FRA Brive	97
NZL Nick Evans	ENG Harlequins	94
IRE Ian Keatley	IRE Connacht	71
FRA Raphaël Lagarde	FRA Montpellier	65
ENG Freddie Burns	ENG Gloucester	64
WAL Nick Macleod	ENG Sale Sharks	58
FRA Lionel Beauxis	FRA Stade Français	53
ENG Rob Miller	ENG Sale Sharks	48
ENG Ryan Davis	ENG Exeter Chiefs	47
RSA Greg Goosen	FRA La Rochelle	47

Top try scorers

Player	Team	Tries
ENG Tom Brady	ENG Sale Sharks	5
RSA Sam Gerber	FRA Bayonne	5
FRA Nicolas Jeanjean	FRA Brive	5
WAL Nick Macleod	ENG Sale Sharks	5
FRA Pierre Rabadan	FRA Stade Français	5
ENG James Simpson-Daniel	ENG Gloucester	5
ENG Henry Trinder	ENG Gloucester	5
FRA Julien Caminati	FRA Brive	4
FRA Jonathan Elgoyhen	FRA Brive	4
SAM Henry Fa'afili	ENG Leeds	4

References

(20 May 2011). "Harlequins 19-18 Stade Francais". BBC Sport.
(20 May 2011). "Quins claim Challenge Cup glory". espnscrum.
(20 May 2011). "Harlequins 19 Stade Francais 18". Daily Telegraph.
"Amlin Challenge Cup: Points Scorers". European Rugby Cup.
"Amlin Challenge Cup: Try Scorers". European Rugby Cup.

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