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2010–11 LV Cup

Field	Value
name	2010–11 LV Cup
imagesize	200px
caption	Official Logo
countries	England
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and knockout
date	4 November 2010 – 20 March 2011
teams	16
matches	35
attendance	272795
tries	174
top point scorer	Nick Evans (Harlequins)
(48 points)
top try scorer	Charlie Sharples (Gloucester)
(8 tries)
venue	Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
attendance2	6,848
champions	Gloucester
count	5
runner-up	Newcastle Falcons
website	[www.lv.com](http://www.lv.com/aboutus/sponsorship/rugby-sponsorship/lv-cup-teams-and-match-fixtures)
previous year	2009–10
previous tournament	2009–10 LV Cup
next year	2011–12
next tournament	2011–12 LV Cup

Wales (48 points) (8 tries) | runner-up = Newcastle Falcons

The 2010–11 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 40th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the sixth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.

The competition consisted of the four Welsh Magners League teams and the twelve Aviva Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. Teams were guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other. The competition took place on international fixture dates during the Autumn Internationals and Six Nations, thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.

The competition made history this season when London Wasps announced that their Round 3 match against Harlequins would be played in Abu Dhabi on January 30, 2011 – making it the first competitive game between two English clubs to take place abroad.

Gloucester claimed the cup with a comprehensive 34–7 victory over Newcastle Falcons in the final at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton. It was the fifth victory for Gloucester in the competition (including one shared title), and the first since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.

Pool stages

Points system

The points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows:

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match (TB)
1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less (LB)

The ranking criteria were:

If two or more clubs in the same pool end the pool stage equal on match points, then the order in which they have finished will be determined by:
- i. the greater number of matches won by the club and
- ii. if the number of matches won is equal, the club with the greater total number of tries scored and
- iii. if the total number of tries scored is equal, the club with the greater points difference (points scored for, less points scored against) and
- iv. if the points difference is equal, the club with the fewer number of red cards and
- v. if the number of red cards is the same, by the toss a coin.

Pool 1 v Pool 4

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Pool 2 v Pool 3

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Knock–out stage

| 13 March 2011 – Kingsholm | ENG Gloucester | 45 | WAL Newport Gwent Dragons | 17 | 11 March 2011 – The Stoop | ENG Harlequins | 20 |ENG Newcastle Falcons| 21 | 20 March 2011 – Franklin's Gardens | ENG Gloucester | 34 | ENG Newcastle Falcons | 7 }}

Qualification criteria

The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages. The pool winners will be decided by the following criteria: :1. The pool winner will be the club with the highest number of match points in each pool. The pool winners will be ranked 1 to 4 by reference to the number of match points earned in the pools. :2. If two or more clubs in the same pool end the pool stage equal on match points, then the order in which they have finished will be determined by:

::ii. if the number of matches won is equal, the club with the greater total number of tries scored and ::iii. if the total number of tries scored is equal, the club with the greater points difference (points scored for, less points scored against) and ::iv. if the points difference is equal, the club with the fewer number of red cards and ::v. if the number of red cards is the same, by the toss a coin. Each of the four qualifying clubs shall be ranked as above and shall play each other as follows: :Semi-final 1 – 1st ranked club v 4th ranked club :Semi-final 2 – 2nd ranked club v 3rd ranked club The first club listed in each of the semi-final matches shall be the home club. ### Semi-finals Brown 70' c Tuʻipulotu 80' m ---- Fuimaono-Sapolu 11' c Robinson 32' m Sharples (4) 44' c, 53' c, 56' c, 64' c Brew 71' m Groves 78' c ### Final Fuimaono-Sapolu 57' c Sharples 66' c Dawidiuk 80' c ::data[format=table] | SCO Bryan Redpath | |---| :: ::data[format=table] | SCO Alan Tait | |---| :: **Touch judges:** Wayne Barnes (England) Paul Dix (England) ## Top scorers ### Top points scorers ::data[format=table] | Rank | Player | Team | Points | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | NZL Nick Evans | ENG Harlequins | 48 | | 2 | ENG Charlie Sharples | ENG Gloucester | 40 | | 3 | WAL Matthew Jones | WAL Newport Gwent Dragons | 35 | | 4 | WAL Matthew Morgan | WAL Ospreys | 33 | | 5 | ENG Olly Barkley | ENG Bath | 25 | | 6 | ENG Mark van Gisbergen | ENG London Wasps | 23 | | 7 | WAL Steven Shingler | WAL Scarlets | 22 | | 8 | NZL Jimmy Gopperth | ENG Newcastle Falcons | 21 | | 9 | ENG Richard Wigglesworth | ENG Saracens | 20 | :: ### Top try scorers ::data[format=table] | Rank | Player | Team | Tries | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | ENG Charlie Sharples | ENG Gloucester | 8 | | 2 | SAM Jonny Fa'amatuainu | WAL Scarlets | 3 | | WAL Adam Hughes | WAL Newport Gwent Dragons | | | | ENG Sam Smith | ENG Harlequins | | | | USA Chris Wyles | ENG Saracens | | | :: ## Notes ## References ## References 1. ["Points"](http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/stats-englishcup-2010.html). *itsrugby.co.uk*. 2. ["Tries"](http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/stats-englishcup-2010.html). *itsrugby.co.uk*. 3. (5 January 2011). ["Wasps/Quins game moved overseas"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/london_wasps/9273185.stm). *BBC Sport*. 4. ["About the LV= Cup"](http://www.lv.com/aboutus/sponsorship/rugby-sponsorship/lv-cup/). *LV=*. 5. (2 December 2010). ["London Wasps statement on LV=Cup point deduction"](http://www.wasps.co.uk/news/Wasps31986.ink). *www.wasps.co.uk*. 6. ["Group Tables LV= Cup Previous Seasons"](http://www.premiershiprugby.com/matchcentre/fixtures/previous_seasons_lv_cup.php?includeref=19578&season=2010-2011). *www.premiershiprugby.com*. 7. http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/news/25156.php Wasps move LV= Cup fixture to Abu Dhabi 8. (11 February 2011). ["Unregistered player gives Saracens one point deduction in LV Cup"](http://www.rugbyworld.com/news/unregistered-player-gives-saracens-one-point-deduction-in-lv-cup/). *www.rugbyworld.com*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010–11_LV_Cup) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010–11_LV_Cup?action=history). ::

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