1997 Heineken Cup Final

1997 Heineken Cup Final
Event 1996–97 Heineken Cup
Brive Leicester Tigers
France England
28 9
Date 25 January 1997
Venue Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee Derek Bevan (Wales)
Attendance 41,664

The 1997 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1996–97 Heineken Cup, the second season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 25 January 1997 at the Arms Park in Cardiff. The match was contested by Brive of France and Leicester of England. Brive won the match 28–9; they took the lead early on through a fourth-minute penalty from Christophe Lamaison, and Sébastien Viars extended that lead with an unconverted try two minutes later. Leicester responded with three penalties from John Liley, but Brive finally made their pressure show with three second-half tries, one of which was converted, before Lamaison added a drop goal to seal a 19-point victory.[1]

Match details

25 January 1997
14:30 GMT
Brive France 28 – 9 England Leicester Tigers
Tries: Viars
Fabre
Carrat (2)
Con: Lamaison
Pen: Lamaison
Drop: Lamaison		 Report Pen: J.Liley (3)
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 41,664
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
FB15France Sebastien Viars
RW14France Gerald Fabre
OC13France Christophe Lamaison
IC12France David Venditti
LW11France Sebastien Carrat
FH10France Alain Penaud (C) 69'
SH9France Philippe Carbonneau
N88Poland Grzegorz Kacala
OF7France Francois Duboisset 49'
BF6Belgium Loic van der Linden 77'
RL5New Zealand Grant Ross
LL4France Eric Alegret 67'
TP3France Richard Crespy
HK2France Laurent Travers
LP1France Didier Casadei 70'
Replacements:
16France Romuald Paillat 69'
17France Eric Bouti 70'
18Wales Tony Rees 67'
19France Yanni Domi 77'
20France Thierry Labrousse 49'
21France Sebastien Bonnet
22France Cedric Heymans
FBOEngland John Liley
RWNEngland Steve Hackney
OCMEngland Will Greenwood
ICLEngland Stuart Potter
LWKEngland Rory Underwood 72'
FHJEngland Rob Liley
SHIEngland Austin Healey
N8GEngland Dean Richards (c) 68'
OFHEngland Neil Back
BFFEngland John Wells
RLEEngland Matt Poole
LLDEngland Martin Johnson
TPCEngland Darren Garforth 17'  22'
HKBEngland Richard Cockerill
LPAEngland Graham Rowntree
Replacements:
WGPEngland Leon Lloyd 72'
LPQNew Zealand Perry Freshwater 17'  22'
N8RIreland Eric Miller 68'
FHSIreland Niall Malone
SHTEngland Aadel Kardooni
HKUEngland Dorian West
LKVEngland Neil Fletcher
Coach:
Australia Bob Dwyer

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mick Cleary and John Griffiths, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7732 X.
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