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2010–11 Heineken Cup pool stage

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The 2010–11 Heineken Cup pool stage was the first stage of the current season of the Heineken Cup, Europe's top competition for rugby union clubs. It involved 24 teams competing for eight quarter-final berths; the quarter-finalists will then participate in a knockout tournament that will ultimately end with the final on 21 May 2011 at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

The draw for the pool stage took place on 8 June 2010 in Cardiff. The competing teams were arranged into six pools consisting of four teams each, with the six pool winners and two best runners-up qualifying for the knockout stages. The third- through fifth-best runners-up parachuted into the knockout stage of the Amlin Challenge Cup.

The pool stage began with three matches on 8 October 2010 and ended with four matches on 23 January 2011.

Seeding

The seeding system was the same as in the 2009–10 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 applies (with the exception of the inclusion of the seventh French team).

The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the end of the 2009–10 season. Aironi inherited the ranking of Viadana, the principal shareholders in the new Magners League team.

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Ireland Munster (1)	FRA Toulouse (2)	Ireland Leinster (3)	ENG Leicester Tigers (4)
ENG London Wasps (7)	FRA Clermont (9)	WAL Ospreys (10)	ENG Northampton Saints (11)
FRA Perpignan (15)	ENG London Irish (16)	ENG Saracens (17)	Ireland Ulster (19)
WAL Newport Gwent Dragons (24)	ITA Benetton Treviso (28)	FRA Castres (29)	FRA Toulon (30)

Tiebreakers

The competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, has elaborate tiebreaking rules for both the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup, with a total of seven possible steps.

The first three apply only if tied teams are in the same pool:

Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
Total tries scored in head-to-head matches
Point differential in head-to-head matches

The remaining steps are used if tied teams are in different pools, or if the above steps cannot break a tie between teams in the same pool:

Tries scored in all pool matches
Point differential in all pool matches
Best disciplinary record (fewest players receiving red or yellow cards in all pool matches)
Coin toss

Results

	Third- through fifth-highest-scoring second-place teams
parachute into the knockout stage of the [Amlin Challenge Cup](2010-11-amlin-challenge-cup).
Seed # in brackets [ ].

All kickoff times are local to the match location.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Northampton Saints (1)	6	6	0	16	7	+9	155	87	+68	1	0	25
WAL Cardiff Blues	6	3	3	6	8	−2	107	113	−6	0	2	14
FRA Castres	6	2	4	10	12	−2	105	115	−10	0	3	11
SCO Edinburgh	6	1	5	10	10	0	98	150	−52	0	4	8

Foden 41' c Geraghty (1/1) Geraghty (1/2) 62' Myler (1/1) 78' Laulala 69' m Cairns 72' c

Andreu 39' m Andrews 79' c Talei 26' c Cairns 31' c Downey 40' m Diggin 53' c

Malonga 63' c Laidlaw (1/1) 39'

Ashton 42' c

Jones 21' c Webster 76' c D. Blair (1/1) Penalty try 66' c Tillous-Borde 71' m

This match was postponed from the original date of 19 December due to heavy snow in Edinburgh. The rescheduled match was held behind closed doors due to snow-related access issues in the stadium area.

Bernard 79'

Diggin (4) 30' m, 72' m, 77' c, 79' c Ford (1/1)

Tillous-Borde 76' m Dowson 27' c Foden 56' m

Halfpenny (5/5) 18', 60', 64', 66', 75'

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
IRE Leinster (2)	6	5	1	21	9	+12	179	104	+75	3	1	24
FRA Clermont [6]	6	4	2	14	9	+5	114	94	+20	2	1	19
FRA Racing Métro	6	2	4	9	17	−8	104	151	−47	0	1	9
ENG Saracens	6	1	5	9	18	−9	107	155	−48	0	2	6

Kearney 33' m Strauss 48' m Heaslip 62' c McFadden 79' m Steyn (2/3) 36', 51' Malzieu 24' m Nalaga 79' c James (0/1) Parra (2/3) 48', 65'

Goode (4/4) 55', 62', 68', 74'

Barritt 76' c Bobo 66' m Steyn (2/2) 18', 54'

Floch 53' c

Durand 52' c

O'Brien 50' c

Domingo 55' c White 61' c Rougerie 72' c Parra (1/1) Jané 64' c

D. Ryan (2) 11' c, 37' c McFadden 50' c Nacewa 60' c O'Malley 63' c Brown 32' m Mordt 80' m

O'Brien 19' c Sexton (2) 23' c, 62' m O'Driscoll 68' c

Wepener 34' m Lavea 62' c Paulo 77' m Lavea (1/2)

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Toulon (6)	6	4	2	13	13	0	143	134	+9	1	0	17
IRE Munster [7]	6	3	3	17	9	+8	143	122	+21	2	2	16
WAL Ospreys	6	3	3	7	11	−4	117	113	+4	0	2	14
ENG London Irish	6	2	4	9	13	−4	107	141	−34	0	1	9

D. Armitage (1/2) 73'

Williams 53' c Hook (1/1) Hook (1/1) 58' Buckley 20' c Howlett (2) 36' c, 62' c O'Driscoll 59' c Coughlan 79' c van Niekerk 75' m Wilkinson (0/1)

Wallace 58' c Murphy 63' c

Bowden (1/1) 79'

Earls 58' m

Ivaldi 40' c Contepomi 68' c May 72' c Loamanu 75' c Corbisiero 64' c

Ojo 41' c Lamb 78' Hook 65'

Sackey 37' c

Ronan 70' c Earls 73' c Hurley 79' c Tagicakibau 67' c Lamb (1/1)

A.W. Jones 76' c Hook (2/2) 56', 71' Henjak 19' c

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Biarritz (4)	6	4	2	16	9	+7	140	85	+55	4	2	22
IRE Ulster (8)	6	5	1	15	8	+7	145	93	+52	2	0	22
ENG Bath	6	2	4	20	8	+12	147	108	+39	2	4	14
ITA Aironi	6	1	5	4	30	−26	65	211	−146	0	0	4

Biarritz won the tiebreaker over Ulster with a 6–4 advantage in head-to-head competition points.

Humphreys 44' m Danielli 60' c Pienaar 67' c Humphreys (2/2)

Carraro 23' m Abendanon 36' c Watson 67' m Carizza 60' c Marconnet 66' c Ferris 80' c

Moody 23' m Toniolatti 48' c Pratichetti 63' c Ngwenya 16' c Balshaw 42' m Gimenez 58' c

Penalty try 22' c Ngwenya 46' c August 56' c

Banahan 69' m Spence 56' c

Watson (2) 20' c, 77' c Banahan (4) 29' c, 53' c, 58' c, 70' m

Wannenburg (2) 41' c, 46' c Penalty try 57' c Henry 67' c Danielli 78' m

Balshaw (2) 17' c, 41' c Ngwenya 63' m Biggs (2) 73' c, 80' c

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Perpignan (3)	6	4	1	1	23	9	+14	196	112	+84	4	0	22
ENG Leicester Tigers (7)	6	4	1	1	25	10	+15	215	118	+97	3	1	22
WAL Scarlets	6	3	0	3	16	24	−8	149	191	−42	3	0	15
ITA Benetton Treviso	6	0	0	6	11	32	−21	109	248	−139	0	1	1

;Notes:

Perpignan won the tiebreaker over Leicester Tigers with a 6–3 edge in head-to-head competition points.

Benvenuti 67' Newby 21' m Castrogiovanni 46' c Youngs 56' c A. Tuilagi 78' c King 45' c S. Jones 47' c Candelon 16' c Plante 55' c Tonița 69' m Chouly 78' c

Hume 55' c Penalty try 64' c Britz 69' c Chouly 74' c Mélé (1/1) Boulogne (1/1) Youngs 41' c Waldrom 48' c Croft (2) 51' c, 61' c Smith 73' m Twelvetrees (0/1)

Porical 50' m

King 23' c Turnbull 44' c Priestland (2/3) Priestland (2) 25', 36' Benvenuti 46' c Semenzato 53' c

Filippucci 53' m Newton 37' m Maule 59' c Fa'amatuainu 76' c Newton 45'

Sid 56' c N. Laharrague 60' c Candelon (2) 71' c, 80' c N. Laharrague (1/1)

Lamont 80'+1' m Youngs 61' m Mafi 78' c

Hamilton (2) 28' c, 71' c A. Tuilagi 39' c Waldrom 48' c M. Tuilagi 78' c Mafi 80' m Sgarbi 60' m

Tuilagi 10' c Sid 31' c Cazenave 47' c Britz 67' m Laharrague (1/2)

Pool 6

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Toulouse (5)	6	5	1	15	6	+10	155	85	+70	1	1	22
ENG London Wasps [5]	6	4	2	15	6	+8	145	106	+59	2	1	19
SCO Glasgow Warriors	6	3	3	10	15	−5	116	141	−25	0	0	12
WAL Newport Gwent Dragons	6	0	6	5	18	−13	77	161	−84	0	2	2

Thomson 44' m Weir (0/1)

Médard 63' c Picamoles 74' m Fritz (2/2) 36', 41' Varndell 25' c Jacobs 39' c Waldouck 63' c Hall 67' c Hall (1/1)

Jauzion 22' c Heymans 35' m

Lemi 45' m Varndell 55' m

Lacombe 23' c Poitrenaud 55' c Dusautoir 64' c Clerc 67' m

This match was postponed twice from its originally scheduled kickoff of 18 December. Weather-related travel delays prevented Glasgow from arriving in Toulouse until hours before the planned kickoff, causing a postponement to 19 December. The team's equipment, which was travelling on a separate flight, was further delayed, leading to the second postponement. van Gisbergen 65' c Varndell 70' c Berry 73' c

Clerc 35' m

Van der Merwe (2) 64' m, 71' c

Lemi 80' m

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	ENG Northampton Saints	25	16	+68
2	IRE Leinster	24	21	+75
3	FRA Perpignan	22	23	+84
4	FRA Biarritz	22	16	+55
5	FRA Toulouse	22	15	+70
6	FRA Toulon	17	11	+21
7	ENG Leicester Tigers	22	25	+97
8	IRE Ulster	22	15	+52
5C	ENG London Wasps	19	15	+39
6C	FRA Clermont	19	14	+20
7C	IRE Munster	16	17	+21
–	WAL Cardiff Blues	14	6	–6

References

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8727188.stm Wasps, Glasgow and Dragons to face champions Toulouse - BBC Sport]
"ERC European Rankings (May 2009)". European Rugby Cup.
"ERC Draw Regulations (May 2009)". European Rugby Cup.
"Key Tournament Rules". European Rugby Cup.
(2010-12-19). "Edinburgh to meet Castres on Monday behind closed doors". BBC Sport.
"Fixture moved from Rodney Parade due to frozen pitch".
(2010-12-19). "Glasgow face Toulouse on Tuesday after two call-offs". BBC Sport.

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