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2011–12 LV Cup

Field	Value
name	2011–12 LV Cup
imagesize	200px
caption	Official Logo
countries	England
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and knockout
date	15 October 2011 – 18 March 2012
teams	16
matches	35
attendance	{{#expr:
tries	{{#expr:
venue	Sixways Stadium
attendance2	11,895
champions	Leicester Tigers
count	7
runner-up	Northampton Saints
website	[www.lv.com](http://www.lv.com/aboutus/sponsorship/rugby-sponsorship/lv-cup-teams-and-match-fixtures)
previous year	2010–11
previous tournament	2010–11 LV Cup
next year	2012–13
next tournament	2012–13 LV Cup

Wales

4646 + 11513 + 6250 + 6368 + 9934 + 10500 + 6314 + 3176
11576 + 4463 + 4492 + 4507 + 16408 + 4629 + 6913 + 5469
4896 + 11994 + 4877 + 4970 + 13099 + 13780 + 8117 + 4095
0 + 12128 + 5856 + 5557 + 19767 + 9221 + 3012 + 2093
10205 + 10377
11895
8 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 10 + 3 + 5 + 5
8 + 5 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 4 + 7
6 + 6 + 4 + 7 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 5
0 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 12
2 + 2
3 | runner-up = Northampton Saints

The 2011–12 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 41st season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the seventh to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.

The competition consisted of the four Welsh Pro12 teams and the 12 English 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, with the top team from each pool qualifying for the semi-finals. The competition took place during the autumn soon after the World Cup and on international fixture dates during the Six Nations, thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.

The defending champions were Gloucester, who this season failed to progress from the pool stage.

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)

Pool 1 v Pool 4

Tables

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Bath	4	4	0	0	169	46	123	24	4	0	20
ENG Saracens	4	2	1	1	90	70	20	9	2	0	12
WAL Ospreys	4	1	0	3	71	112	−41	7	1	0	5
ENG London Wasps	4	0	0	4	74	137	−63	8	1	2	3

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Northampton Saints	4	3	0	1	139	84	55	18	3	0	15
ENG Exeter Chiefs	4	2	0	2	88	99	−11	9	1	0	9
ENG Worcester Warriors	4	2	0	2	71	120	−49	8	0	0	8
WAL Newport Gwent Dragons	4	1	1	2	67	101	−34	5	0	1	7

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

This match was postponed due to a frozen pitch at Rodney Parade. The LV= Organising Committee subsequently awarded the match to Saracens by 20 points to nil (a bonus point win). Dragons were also fined £10,000 (suspended) for their failure under LV= Cup Regulation 6.7 (that the pitch was unplayable and no suitable alternative arrangements were in place). Dragons appealed this decision and their appeal was upheld. The decision was quashed, with the match instead being recorded as a 0–0 draw and the suspended fine reduced from £10,000 to £5,000.

Pool 2 v Pool 3

Tables

Team	P	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Leicester Tigers	4	3	1	86	67	19	9	1	0	13
ENG London Irish	4	2	2	100	91	9	7	1	1	10
WAL Cardiff Blues	4	1	3	54	143	−89	6	1	0	5
ENG Sale Sharks	4	1	3	78	146	−68	8	0	0	4

Team	P	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
WAL Scarlets	4	3	1	102	44	58	13	2	1	15
ENG Harlequins	4	2	2	112	108	4	12	2	1	11
ENG Gloucester	4	2	2	127	93	34	16	2	0	10
ENG Newcastle Falcons	4	2	2	106	73	33	13	2	0	10

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Knockout stage

|9 March 2012 – Recreation Ground|ENG Bath|16|ENG Leicester Tigers|17 |11 March 2012 – Franklin's Gardens|ENG Northampton Saints|27|WAL Scarlets|12 |18 March 2012 – Sixways Stadium|ENG Leicester Tigers|26|ENG Northampton Saints|14}}

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. ::data[format=table] | **Qualifiers** | |---| :: |- !width="30"|Rank ! style="width:200px;"|Team !width="30"|P !width="30"|W !width="30"|D !width="30"|L !width="30"|PF !width="30"|PA !width="30"|PD !width="30"|TF !width="30"|TB !width="30"|LB !width="30"|Pts |- | 1 ||align=left|ENG Bath | 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 169 || 46 || 123 || 24 || 4 || 0 || **20** |- | 2 ||align=left|ENG Northampton Saints | 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 139 || 84 || 55 || 18 || 3 || 0 || **15** |- | 3 ||align=left|WAL Scarlets | 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 102 || 44 || 58 || 13 || 2 || 1 || **15** |- | 4 ||align=left|ENG Leicester Tigers | 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 86 || 67 || 19 || 9 || 1 || 0 || **13** |} ### Semi-finals ---- Armstrong 47' m Lamb (1/1) 76' ### Final Hamilton 49' c ::data[format=table] | ENG Richard Cockerill | |---| :: ::data[format=table] | ENG Jim Mallinder | |---| :: |} ::data[format=table] | | |---| :: ## References ## References 1. ["Home"](http://www.lv.com/). 2. ["About the LV= Cup"](http://www.lv.com/aboutus/sponsorship/rugby-sponsorship/lv-cup/). *LV=*. 3. (3 February 2012). ["LV= Cup: Newport Gwent Dragons P-P Saracens (Fri)"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/16843757). *BBC*. 4. (8 February 2012). ["Dragons hit with £10,000 fine and forfeit"](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/dragons-hit-10000-fine-forfeit-2041627). 5. (21 February 2012). ["Dragons appeal over LV= Cup clash with Saracens upheld"](http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2012/02/21/dragons-appeal-over-lv=-cup-clash-with-saracens-upheld-91466-30374131/). *WalesOnline*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–12_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/2011–12_LV_Cup?action=history). ::

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