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2012–13 British and Irish Cup

Field	Value
name	2012–13 British and Irish Cup
imagesize	150px
caption	Official Logo
countries
Ireland Ireland

tournament format	Round-robin and knockout
date	October 2012 — May 2013
teams	32
matches	103
attendance	{{#expr:
tries	{{#expr:
top point scorer	James Pritchard (Bedford Blues)
(88 points)
top try scorer	Mark Kohler (Bedford Blues)
James Stephenson (Bedford Blues)
(8 tries)
venue	Kingston Park
attendance2	3,838
champions	Ireland Leinster A
count	1
runner-up	ENG Newcastle Falcons
previous year	2011–12
previous tournament	2011–12 British and Irish Cup
next year	2013–14
next tournament	2013–14 British and Irish Cup

Ireland Ireland

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The 2012–13 British and Irish Cup was the fourth season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. The final was contest on 17 May 2013 and won by Leinster A with a 78th minute penalty by Noel Reid to beat Newcastle Falcons 18–17 at their home ground Kingston Park. The defending champions Munster A were eliminated in the semi–finals by the eventual winners and Bedford Blues was the other losing semi–finalists.

There has been four different winners and four different losing finalist of the competition. The format of the competition has been considerably revamped, with expansion to 32 teams playing each other home and away in the pool stages. Previously, 24 teams played home or away in the pool stages. First round matches began on the weekend of 13/14 October 2012 and the final was held on 17 May 2013.

Teams

The allocation of teams was as follows:

ENG – 12 clubs from RFU Championship
Ireland – 4 Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams
SCO – 4 top clubs from the Scottish Premiership
WAL – 12 clubs from the Welsh Premier Division

England England	Ireland Ireland	Scotland Scotland	Wales Wales

Competition format

The pool stage saw a considerable change in format and consisted of eight pools of four teams playing home and away matches. Pool matches took place on the same weekends as the Heineken and Amlin Cups. The top team from each pool qualified for the quarter-finals.

Pool stages

The fixture weekends have been announced.

Round 6 matches were badly affected by adverse weather. Pitches were frozen or snow-covered, or teams were unable to travel.

Pool 1

This match was postponed from 20 January 2013 as the pitch was deemed frozen and the surrounding areas unsafe for supporters.

Ulster

Match postponed from 19 January 2013 as Ulster were unable to fly due to the bad weather. Despite this match being a dead rubber (the outcome of this game will have no bearing on qualification for the knockout stages nor on the ranking of the qualifiers), the match was rearranged as Bridgend would lose revenue otherwise.

Pool 2

This match was originally scheduled to be played on 19 January 2013. Due to bad weather, the Bedwas team was unable to travel to Bedford.

Pool 3

Pool 4

This match was postponed as the Newport team were unable to fly out of Bristol on 18 January due to snow

Newcastle

Newport

This match was originally scheduled to be played on 19 January 2013 but was postponed due to heavy snow. The match was a dead rubber and the outcome had no bearing on qualification for the knockout stages nor on the ranking of the qualifiers.

Pool 5

This fixture was moved to South Leeds Stadium as the RFU Championship game against Plymouth (on 6 January 2013) went to uncontested scrums within 16 minutes on the new pitch at Headingley. Subsequently, the match was moved to West Park Leeds RUFC as the pitch at South Leeds Stadium was uncovered and frozen. Finally, the game went ahead on the 3G pitch.

Jersey

This match, originally scheduled for 19 January, was postponed due to the ground being under a seven to nine inch layer of snow and unplayable. Despite this match being a dead rubber (the outcome of this game will have no bearing on qualification for the knockout stages nor on the ranking of the qualifiers), the match was rearranged.

Pool 6

Pool 7

This match was postponed from 19 January 2013 due to a frozen pitch. Although this match is a dead rubber (the outcome of this game will have no bearing on qualification for the knockout stages nor on the ranking of the qualifiers), a new date was arranged.

Pool 8

This match was postponed from 19 January after a pitch inspection deemed it unfit.

Knock–out stages

Qualifiers

The eight pool winners proceed to the knock out stages. The quarter-final matches were:

Seed 1 v Seed 8
Seed 2 v Seed 7
Seed 3 v Seed 6
Seed 4 v Seed 5 Teams are ranked by :1. Competition Points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw, etc) :2. where Competition Points are equal, greatest number of wins :3. where these are equal, aggregate points difference :4. where these are equal, greatest number of points scored There are further criteria that can be applied if necessary.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Leinster

Newcastle

Final

Leinster Stats Lawson 11' c Macken 27' c

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	James Pritchard	ENG Bedford Blues	88
2	Noel Reid	Ireland Leinster A	83
3	Dai Flanagan	WAL Pontypridd	67
4	James Love	ENG London Scottish	66
5	Jack Maynard	WAL Carmarthen Quins	64
6	Jimmy Gopperth	ENG Newcastle Falcons	61
7	Joel Hodgson	ENG Newcastle Falcons	56
8	James McKinney	ENG Rotherham	54
Owen Williams	WAL Llanelli
10	Niall O'Connor	Ireland Ulster Ravens	52
Tristan Roberts	ENG Bristol

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Mark Kohler	ENG Bedford Blues	8
James Stephenson	ENG Bedford Blues
3	Josh Bassett	ENG Bedford Blues	7
4	Kevin James	WAL Neath	6
Brendan Macken	Ireland Leinster A
5	Chris Cochrane	Ireland Ulster Ravens	5
James Pritchard	ENG Bedford Blues
8	Leo Auva'a	Ireland Leinster A	4
Adam D'Arcy	Ireland Ulster Ravens
Jimmy Gopperth	ENG Newcastle Falcons
Corey Hircock	Ireland Munster A
David Jackson	ENG Nottingham
Alex Lewington	ENG Nottingham
Chris Morgans	WAL Neath
Craig Robertson	SCO Gala
George Watkins	ENG Bristol
Curtis Wilson	ENG Leeds Carnegie

Geography

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area/Country
WAL Aberavon	Talbot Athletic Ground	3,000	Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
ENG Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	5,000 (1,700 seats)	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
WAL Bedwas	The Bridge Field	Unknown	Bedwas, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales
WAL Bridgend Ravens	Brewery Field	8,000	Bridgend, Bridgend County Borough, Wales
ENG Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Horfield, Bristol, England
WAL Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park	13,500	Cardiff, Wales
WAL Carmarthen Quins	Carmarthen Park	Unknown	Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Ireland Connacht Eagles	Dubarry Park	10,000	Athlone, Leinster, Ireland
ENG Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	4,000	Penzance, Cornwall, England
WAL Cross Keys	Pandy Park	Unknown	Crosskeys, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales
ENG Doncaster	Castle Park	3,075	Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
SCO Dundee HSFP	Mayfield Playing Fields	Unknown	Dundee, Scotland
SCO Gala	Netherdale	6,000	Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland
JER Jersey	St. Peter	5,000	Saint Peter, Jersey
ENG Leeds Carnegie	Headingley Stadium{{#tag:ref	Leeds will play a number of their matches away from Headingley Stadium as part of a "strategy to grow our business by developing a closer partnership with all clubs in Yorkshire".	21,062	Headingley, Leeds, England
Ireland Leinster A	Donnybrook	7,000	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
WAL Llandovery	Church Bank	5,000	Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
WAL Llanelli	Parc y Scarlets	14,870	Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
ENG London Scottish	Richmond Athletic Ground	4,500 (1,000 seats)	Richmond, London, England
SCO Melrose	Greenyards	Unknown	Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
ENG Moseley	Billesley Common	3,650	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 Newcastle Falcons	Kingston Park	10,200	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
WAL Newport	Rodney Parade	10,500	Newport, Wales
ENG Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
ENG Plymouth Albion	The Brickfields	8,500	Plymouth, Devon, England
WAL Pontypridd	Sardis Road	7,861	Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
ENG Rotherham	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
SCO Stirling County	Bridgehaugh	4,000	Stirling, Scotland
WAL Swansea	St Helens	4,500	Brynmill, Swansea, Wales
Ireland Ulster Ravens	Ravenhill	12,125	Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland

;Notes

Notes

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