2013 Heineken Cup Final

2013 Heineken Cup Final
Event 2012–13 Heineken Cup
Clermont Toulon
France France
15 16
Date 18 May 2013
Venue Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Man of the Match Mathieu Bastareaud
Referee Alain Rolland (IRFU)
Attendance 50,148

The 2013 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2012–13 Heineken Cup, the 18th season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 18 May 2013 in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, kicking off at 5 pm (16:00 UTC).[1][2] The all-French game was won by Toulon, defeating Clermont 16–15.[3][4][5]

Background

Under rules of the competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, the winner of the Heineken Cup receives an automatic entry into the following season's Heineken Cup, as does the winner of the Amlin Challenge Cup. If the Heineken Cup winner has already qualified through its domestic or regional league, the berth will normally pass to another team from its country; both Clermont and Toulon have qualified as the top two teams in the Top 14 home-and-away season. However, France is capped at seven Heineken Cup places (as is England).[6]

The final 2013–14 Heineken Cup participant was determined by the result of the Challenge Cup Final held the previous day at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Leinster's victory over Stade Français meant that the Heineken Cup winner's berth would now pass to the seventh-place team in Top 14, Perpignan.[7]

Route to final

On 6 April, Clermont defeated Montpellier 36–14 at the Stade Marcel Michelin in the quarterfinals while Toulon defeated Leicester Tigers the following evening 21–15. On 27 April, in the semifinals, Clermont won 16–10 against Munster at Stade de la Mosson while Toulon beat Saracens 26–14 at Twickenham the next day.[8]

Match

The European Champions Village was staged in Merrion Square and was a point for all travelling supporters to congregate before the match.[9]

Summary

The final was an all-French clash between Clermont and Toulon.[10][11] At half-time the score was 3–3, with Toulon's Jonny Wilkinson and Clermont's Morgan Parra scoring a penalty each.[12] Early in the second half, Clermont scored two tries (Napolioni Nalaga and Brock James) taking the score to 15–6, but despite this, Delon Armitage's converted try resulted in a 16–15 win for Toulon.[12][13][14] Delon later apologized for mocking Brock James on the way to scoring the winning try, after being criticized for being unprofessional.[15][16]

Details

18 May 2013
17:00 IST
Clermont France 15–16 France Toulon
Try: Nalaga 42' m
James 48' c
Con: Parra (1/2)
Pen: Parra (1/1) 3'
 Report Try: D. Armitage 64' c
Con: Wilkinson (1/1)
Pen: Wilkinson (3/3) 13', 45', 60'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 50,148
Referee: Alain Rolland (IRFU)
FB15Wales Lee Byrne
RW14New Zealand Sitiveni Sivivatu
OC13France Aurélien Rougerie (c) 68'
IC12France Wesley Fofana
LW11Fiji Napolioni Nalaga
FH10Australia Brock James 73'
SH9France Morgan Parra 71'
N88France Damien Chouly
OF7South Africa Gerhard Vosloo 68'
BF6France Julien Bonnaire
RL5Scotland Nathan Hines
LL4Canada Jamie Cudmore
TP3Georgia (country) Davit Zirakashvili 73'
HK2France Benjamin Kayser 66'
LP1France Thomas Domingo 66'
Substitutions:
HK16Samoa Ti'i Paulo 66'
PR17France Vincent Debaty 66'
PR18France Clement Ric 73'
LK19France Julien Pierre
FL20Portugal Julien Bardy 68'
SH21France Ludovic Radosavljevic 71'
FH22France David Skrela 73'
CE23New Zealand Regan King 68'
Coach:
New Zealand Vern Cotter
FB15England Delon Armitage
RW14New Zealand Rudi Wulf
OC13France Mathieu Bastareaud
IC12Australia Matt Giteau
LW11France Alexis Palisson
FH10England Jonny Wilkinson (c)
SH9France Sébastien Tillous-Borde 50'
N88New Zealand Chris Masoe 69'
OF7Argentina Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF6South Africa Danie Rossouw 50'
RL5England Nick Kennedy
LL4South Africa Bakkies Botha 69'
TP3New Zealand Carl Hayman 76'
HK2France Sebastien Bruno 50'
LP1England Andrew Sheridan 61'
Substitutions:
HK16France Jean-Charles Orioli 50'
PR17Wales Gethin Jenkins 61'
PR18Georgia (country) Davit Kubriashvili 76'
N819South Africa Joe van Niekerk 50'
FL20England Steffon Armitage 69'
CE21France Maxime Mermoz
FH22France Frédéric Michalak 50'
LK23France Jocelino Suta 69'
Coach:
France Bernard Laporte

Touch judges:
England Wayne Barnes
Ireland George Clancy
Television match official:
Ireland Marshall Kilgore

Reaction

Wilkinson, who had turned down a place on the British and Irish Lions side to focus on his club rugby, said that winning the Heineken Cup was "right up there with winning the World Cup".[17] The following day, Wilkinson was named European Player of the Year following his performance in the Heineken Cup.[18]

Toulon's victory also doubled, to six, the number of players to have won titles in the premier club competitions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively the Heineken Cup and Super Rugby. Bakkies Botha and Danie Rossouw had won the then-Super 14 title with the Bulls in 2007, 2009, and 2010, while Matt Giteau had won the title with the Brumbies in 2004 when the competition was known as Super 12. The previous three players to have claimed both titles were Rod Kafer, Doug Howlett, and Brad Thorn.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "2012/13 Heineken Cup Pool Draw" (Press release). European Rugby Cup. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Heinken Cup Final returns to Dublin in 2013". ERC Rugby Official Site. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Clermont Auvergne 15 Toulon 16: Made in England! Wilkinson and Armitage combine to win Heineken Cup in all French final". Daily Mail. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Heineken Cup final: Clermont Auvergne 15 Toulon 16: match report". Daily Telegraph. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Toulon claim Heineken Cup glory". ESPN. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rules". European Rugby Cup. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Amlin Challenge Cup final: Leinster 34-13 Stade Francais". BBC Sport. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Heineken Cup fixtures". ERC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Heineken Cup Final Update". ERC Rugby Official Site. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Butler, Eddie (27 April 2013). "Munster's final fades away as Morgan Parra puts boot in for Clermont". Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Kitson, Robert (28 April 2013). "Toulon's Jonny Wilkinson excels to ruin Saracens' Heineken Cup dream". Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  12. 1 2 Lewis, Aimee (18 May 2013). "Clermont Auvergne 15-16 Toulon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Toulon 16 Clermont Auvergne 15 Heineken Cup final match report: Delon Armitage and Jonny Wilkinson finally bring reward for Toulon". The Independent. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "Clermont Auvergne 15-16 Toulon". RTÉ Sport. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Delon Armitage admits: I was stupid to mock Clermont's Brock James | Sky Sports". Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  16. ↑ Moore, Brian (20 May 2013). "Delon Armitage's behaviour was not in keeping with the spirit Toulon showed when winning the Heineken Cup - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  17. ↑ Stafford, Ian (18 May 2013). "Clermont Auvergne 15 Toulon 16: Made in England! Wilkinson and Armitage combine to win Heineken Cup in all French final". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  18. ↑ "Jonny Wilkinson named European Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "The most glittering rugby CVs in the world?". ESPN Scrum. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

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