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2011–12 British and Irish Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2011–12 British and Irish Cup |
| imagesize | 150px |
| caption | Official Logo |
| countries | |
| Ireland Ireland | |
| tournament format | Round-robin and knockout |
| date | September 2011 - April 2012 |
| teams | 24 |
| matches | 55 |
| attendance | {{#expr: |
| tries | {{#expr: |
| top point scorer | Noel Reid (Leinster A) |
| (80 points) | |
| top try scorer | Kristian Baller (Cross Keys) |
| (6 tries) | |
| venue | Musgrave Park, Cork |
| attendance2 | 2,500 |
| champions | IRE Munster A |
| count | 1 |
| runner-up | WAL Cross Keys |
| previous year | 2010–11 |
| previous tournament | 2010–11 British and Irish Cup |
| next year | 2012–13 |
| next tournament | 2012–13 British and Irish Cup |
Ireland Ireland
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The 2011–12 British and Irish Cup was the 3rd season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. First round matches began on Wednesday 21 September 2011 and the final was held on Friday 27 April 2012.
Defending champions Bristol had a very poor campaign and were unable to make it out of the pool stages. Munster A lifted the cup, comfortably defeating Cross Keys 31–12 in the final. They became the first Irish side to claim the title, and the third different side to win in the competition's three-year history.
Teams
The allocation of teams is as follows:
- ENG – 12 clubs from RFU Championship
- Ireland – 3 Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams.
- SCO – 3 top clubs from the Scottish Premiership.
- WAL – 6 top clubs from the Welsh Premier Division.
| England England | Ireland Ireland | Scotland Scotland | Wales Wales |
|---|
Competition format
The pool stage saw a change in format and consisted of six pools of four teams playing cross-pool matches, giving each team two home and two away matches. Matches between English teams were played mid-week. Pool matches took place from 21 September to 18 December. The top team from each pool qualified for the quarter-finals, together with the two runners–up with the best records.
- Pool 1 teams Ayr, Cornish Pirates, Moseley and Neath, played the teams in Pool 2 Bristol Rugby, Cross Keys, Plymouth Albion and Munster
- Pool 3 teams Aberavon, Bedford Blues, Leinster and London Scottish, played the teams in Pool 4: Esher Rugby, Llanelli, London Welsh and Melrose
- Pool 5: Currie, Doncaster, Rotherham and Pontypridd, played the teams in Pool 6: Leeds Carnegie, Nottingham Rugby, Swansea and Ulster Ravens
Pool stages
Pool 1 v Pool 2
Pool 3 v Pool 4
Pool 5 v Pool 6
Knock–out stages
Qualifiers
The six pool winners and the two best runners up proceeded to the knock out stages. The best four qualifiers (pool winners) had home advantage in the quarter finals.
|22 January 2012 – Donnybrook|Ireland Leinster A|32|WAL Pontypridd|0 |20 January 2012 – Ravenhill|Ireland Ulster Ravens|9|Ireland Munster A|20 |21 January 2012 – Pandy Park|WAL Cross Keys|32|WAL Llanelli|8 |22 January 2012 – Mennaye Field|ENG Cornish Pirates|33|ENG Nottingham|3 |6 April 2012 – RDS|Ireland Leinster A|29|Ireland Munster A|36 |7 April 2012 – Pandy Park|WAL Cross Keys|20|ENG Cornish Pirates|16 |27 April 2012 – Musgrave Park|Ireland Munster A|31|WAL Cross Keys|12
Quarter-finals
Stats Deasy 39' c
Stats Hodge 45' m Trowbridge 53' c
Stats Short 21' c Ward 65' m Cooper 70' c Cook 79' c
Stats Macken (2) 39' c, 53' c Hudson 72' m Marsh (0/1)
Semi-finals
(a.e.t.) Stats Ryan 49' c O'Dea 54' c Kilcoyne 80+9' c
Final
Stats O'Dea 43' c Dineen 67' m
Top scorers
Top points scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noel Reid | Ireland Leinster A | 80 |
| 2 | Scott Deasy | Ireland Munster A | 67 |
| 3 | Alex Davies | ENG London Welsh | 64 |
| 4 | Jordan Williams | WAL Llanelli | 58 |
| 5 | Rob Cook | ENG Cornish Pirates | 55 |
| 6 | Steffan Jones | WAL Cross Keys | 49 |
| 7 | James Stokes | ENG Nottingham | 46 |
| 8 | Jamie Forbes | SCO Currie | 43 |
| 9 | James McKinney | Ireland Ulster Ravens | 35 |
| 10 | Sam Davies | WAL Swansea | 34 |
Top try scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Tries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristian Baller | WAL Cross Keys | 6 |
| 2 | Brendan Macken | Ireland Leinster A | 5 |
| 3 | Peter Nelson | Ireland Ulster Ravens | 4 |
| Matthew Nuthall | WAL Pontypridd | ||
| David Ward | ENG Cornish Pirates |
Geography
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAL Aberavon | Talbot Athletic Ground | 3,000 | Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales |
| SCO Ayr | Millbrae | Unknown | Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland |
| ENG Bedford Blues | Goldington Road | 5,000 (1,700 seats) | Bedford, Bedfordshire, England |
| ENG Bristol | Memorial Stadium | 12,100 | Bristol, England |
| ENG Cornish Pirates | Mennaye Field | 3,500 | Penzance, Cornwall, England |
| WAL Cross Keys | Pandy Park | Unknown | Crosskeys, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales |
| 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 |
| ENG Leeds Carnegie | Headingley Stadium | 21,062 | Headingley, Leeds, England |
| Ireland Leinster A | Donnybrook | 7,000 | Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
| WAL Llanelli | Parc y Scarlets | 14,870 | Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| ENG London Scottish | Richmond Athletic Ground | 4,500 (1,000 seats) | Richmond, London, England |
| 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 |
| 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 | 12,125 | Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland |
References
References
- "British & Irish Cup Top Point Scorers".
- "British & Irish Cup Top Try Scorers".
- The Cornishman 23 June 2011.
- (20 June 2011). "Welsh clubs discover British and Irish Cup opponents". WalesOnline.
- "British Irish Cup - Cornish Pirates".
- "Ulster Rugby".
- (19 November 2009). "British & Irish Cup Tables". BBC.
- "Goldington Road". Napit.co.uk.
- (4 January 2013). "London Welsh keen to purchase Kassam Stadium". ESPN.
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