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2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage

Main article: 2012–13 Heineken Cup

The 2012–13 Heineken Cup pool stage was the first stage of the 18th season of the Heineken Cup, Europe's top competition for rugby union clubs. It involved 24 teams competing for eight quarter-final berths, awarded to the winners of each of six pools plus the two top-ranked second-place teams. The next three best runners-up were parachuted into the Amlin Challenge Cup.

The pool stage began with two matches on 12 October 2012 and ended on 20 January 2013. The first four rounds of fixtures were released on 26 July 2012. The quarter-finalists then participated in a knockout tournament that ultimately ended with the final on Saturday 18 May 2013 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Seeding

The seeding system was the same as in the 2011–12 tournament. The 24 competing teams were 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 applied (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 2011–12 season.

Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4
IRE Leinster (1)FRA Toulouse (2)FRA Biarritz (3)IRE Munster (4)
FRA Clermont Auvergne (7)IRE Ulster (8)ENG Leicester Tigers (9)ENG Harlequins (11)
WAL Ospreys (14)WAL Scarlets (18)SCO Glasgow Warriors (19)ENG Saracens (20)
ITA Benetton Treviso (27)FRA Castres (28)FRA Racing Métro (29)FRA Montpellier (30)

Pool stage

The draw for the pool stage took place on 12 June 2012 at Aviva Stadium.

Under rules of the competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, tiebreakers within each pool are as follows.

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

ERC has four additional tiebreakers, 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
Third- through fifth- highest-scoring second-place teams parachute into the knockout stage
of the [European Challenge Cup](2012-13-european-challenge-cup).

All kickoff times are local to the match location.

Pool 1

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
ENG Saracens **(3)**650118076+10415621**23**
IRE Munster **(8)**640213373+6014422**20**
FRA Racing Métro6303103125−2271100**12**
SCO Edinburgh600636178−14231800**0**

Bergamasco (1/1) 78' Zebo 71' c Keatley (1/1)

Farrell 59' m Ashton 65' c Goode 68' c Hodgson 75' c

Borthwick 28' c Fraser 76' c Germain (1/1) 69'

P. O'Mahony 70' c Dougall 73' m Varley 80' m

Ben Arous 60' m Machenaud (1/1) 77'

Germain (4/5) 7', 53', 61', 68'

Imhoff (2) 16' m, 20' c

Murray 61' c

Zebo (3) 28' m, 47' c, 54' m Sherry 35' m

Stevens 52' c Hodgson 74' c Wyles 80' c

Pool 2

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
ENG Leicester Tigers **(5)**6411119103+1613920**20**
FRA Toulouse640213284+4815421**19**
WAL Ospreys6213120124−4111511**12**
ITA Benetton Treviso6105107167−6092001**5**

Dirksen (2) 44' c, 72' m Beck 80' c McLean 57' c

Picamoles 58' c Clerc 63' c

Flood 70' c Youngs 75' m

Nyanga 15' m Clerc 55' m Johnston 62' m Huget 74' m Bevington 77' c Morgan (1/1)

Tuilagi 24' m Salvi (2) 29' c, 38' c Smith 55' c Cittadini 45' c Loamanu 64' m

penalty try 77' c

Spratt 75' m Morris 72' m

Albacete 29' c Clerc 44' c Fritz 61' c Huget 80' c

Pratichetti 79' c

Pool 3

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
ENG Harlequins **(1)**660024371+17228640**28**
FRA Biarritz6303123101+2214721**15**
IRE Connacht630396138−4251300**12**
ITA Zebre600672224−15262701**1**

Buchanan 44' c Turner-Hall 67' c Stegmann 78' c Botica (3/3)

Lesgourgues (2) 10' c, 52' c Ngwenya 17' m Taele 45' m Héguy 59' c Peyrelongue (1/1) Garcia (1/1) 29'

Chillon 74' c Easter 42' c penalty try (2) 56' c, 63' c Hopper 58' c Buchanan 70' m Botica 75' c Botica (1/1)

Burotu 79' c

penalty try 37' c Botica 42' c Easter 50' c Smith 57' c Care 64' m Dickson 75' c

Williams (2) 41' c, 52' m Monye 64' m Lowe 78' c Botica 80' c Botica (2/2)

Bosch (2) 31' c, 56' c Burotu 75' m

Pool 4

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
IRE Ulster **(6)**650112655+7112521**23**
ENG Northampton Saints630394109−1591112**15**
FRA Castres63037798−216602**14**
SCO Glasgow Warriors610570105−3571202**6**

P. Marshall (2) 21' c, 42' m Pienaar 80' c Garvey 51' c

Myler 43' m Artemyev 70' c Lamb (1/1) Lamont 28' m

Claassen 51' m Kockott (1/2) 32'

Bowe 33' m Payne 44' c Tuohy 78' m

Lamb (3/3) 65', 71', 78'

Payne 73' m Cave 78' m

Matawalu 66' c Horne 80' c Horne (1/1) G. Pisi 58' m Foden 71' m

Pool 5

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
FRA Clermont **(2)**660021364+14923340**28**
IRE Leinster640212496+2812522**20**
ENG Exeter Chiefs620493166−7361901**9**
WAL Scarlets600679183−10462002**2**

penalty try 41' c Byrne 47' c Chouly 53' c Bonnaire 70' m Nalaga 79' c James (1/1)

Fofana (2) 48' c, 73' c Bonnaire 51' m Sivivatu 71' c Skrela (2/2)

Thomas (1/1) 55'

Alcott 15' c Scaysbrook 78' c S. Williams 42' c

McFadden 78' m

Jennings 23' m Fitzgerald 32' c R. Kearney 43' c Madigan 79' c Madigan (1/1)

Buttin (2) 21' c, 73' c Chouly 60' c Skrela 69' c Nalaga 79' m Skrela (1/2)

penalty try 32' c R. Kearney 27' m O'Driscoll 44' c Heaslip 52' c

Parra 16' c Stanley 36' c Rougerie 65' m Skrela (1/2)

Pool 6

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
FRA Toulon **(4)**650118684+10223830**23**
FRA Montpellier **(7)**6501168109+5917920**22**
WAL Cardiff Blues6105143184−41122011**6**
ENG Sale Sharks610578198−12072200**4**

Jennings 63' c Buckley 74' c Miller (1/1) 77'

Botha 30' c D. Armitage (2) 46' m, 65' c Bastareaud 77' c Giteau (1/1) Paillaugue (1/1) 60'

Nagusa 55' c Tomas 59' c Vernon 74'

Gorgodze 64' m Nagusa 78' m

Jansen van Vuuren 26' c Audrin 41' c Beattie 56' c Cuthbert 51' c

Michalak 36' c Van Niekerk (2) 45' c, 66' c Kubriashvili 50' c S. Armitage 57' c D. Armitage 61' m Wulf 74' c Smith 79' m Wilkinson (1/2)

Beattie 32' m Bérard 48' m penalty try 77' c Escande (1/1)

Chiocci 26' c Orioli 35' m Mermoz 42' c Palisson 48' c Bastareaud 53' m Fresia 62' c Giteau (1/1) Cuthbert 65' m Hewitt 78' m

Paterson 73' c Croall 41' c

Paillaugue 46' c

References

References

  1. (26 July 2012). "Leinster open hat-trick bid against Exeter Chiefs". European Rugby Cup.
  2. (12 June 2012). "2012/13 Heineken Cup Pool Draw". European Rugby Cup.
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