2007 Heineken Cup Final

2007 Heineken Cup Final
Event 2006–07 Heineken Cup
Date 20 May 2007
Venue Twickenham Stadium, London
Man of the Match Fraser Waters (London Wasps)
Referee Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Attendance 81,076

The 2007 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2006–07 Heineken Cup, the 12th season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 20 May 2007 at Twickenham Stadium in London. The match was contested by the Leicester Tigers and London Wasps, both of England. Wasps won their second Heineken Cup title with a 25–9 win.

Background

Both teams had won their respective pools to qualify for the knockout stage as 3rd (London Wasps) and 4th (Leicester Tigers) seeds, thereby securing home quarter-finals. Wasps beat Leinster 35–13 and Tigers narrowly defeated Stade Français 21–20. The semi-finals were played at neutral venues; Tigers beat the Llanelli Scarlets 33–17 at Walkers Stadium in Leicester, while Wasps defeated Northampton Saints 30–13 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

The all-English final at the home of English rugby in Twickenham Stadium attracted a then-record Heineken Cup attendance.

Match details

20 May 2007
14:30 BST
Leicester Tigers England 925 England London Wasps
Pen: Goode (3) 7', 15', 38'
Report Try: Reddan 13' m
Ibañez 34' m
Pen: King (4) 4', 42', 49', 73'
Drop: King 54'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,076
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
FB15Ireland Geordan Murphy
RW14Fiji Seru Rabeni
OC13England Danny Hipkiss
IC12New Zealand Daryl Gibson
LW11Samoa Alesana Tuilagi
FH10England Andy Goode
SH9Ireland Frank Murphy
N88England Martin Corry (c)
OF7Ireland Shane Jennings
BF6England Lewis Moody
RL5England Ben Kay
LL4England Louis Deacon
TP3England Julian White
HK2England George Chuter
LP1Argentina Marcos Ayerza
Replacements:
HK16England James Buckland
PR17Italy Alex Moreno
LK18Ireland Leo Cullen
FL19England Brett Deacon
FH20Ireland Ian Humphreys
FH21England Sam Vesty
CE22England Ollie Smith
Coach:
Australia Pat Howard
FB15England Danny Cipriani
RW14England Paul Sackey
OC13England Fraser Waters
IC12England Josh Lewsey
LW11England Tom Voyce
FH10England Alex King
SH9Ireland Eoin Reddan
N88England Lawrence Dallaglio (c)
OF7England Tom Rees
BF6England Joe Worsley
RL5England Tom Palmer
LL4England Simon Shaw
TP3England Phil Vickery
HK2France Raphaël Ibañez
LP1England Tom French
Replacements:
HK16England Joe Ward
PR17Ireland Peter Bracken
LK18Samoa Daniel Leo
FL19England James Haskell
CE20Scotland Mark McMillan
CE21England Dominic Waldouck
FB22England Mark van Gisbergen
Coach:
Scotland Ian McGeechan

Man of the Match:
England Fraser Waters (London Wasps)

Assistant referees
Ireland Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Ireland Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Fourth official
Ireland Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Television match official
Ireland David McHugh (Ireland)

See also

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