1997 Heineken Cup Final

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]

1997 Heineken Cup Final
Event1996–97 Heineken Cup
Date25 January 1997
VenueCardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
RefereeDerek Bevan (Wales)
Attendance41,664

Match details

25 January 1997
14:30 GMT
Brive 28–9 Leicester Tigers
Try: 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)
FB15 Sebastien Viars
RW14 Gerald Fabre
OC13 Christophe Lamaison
IC12 David Venditti
LW11 Sebastien Carrat
FH10 Alain Penaud (c) 69'
SH9 Philippe Carbonneau
N88 Grzegorz Kacala
OF7 Francois Duboisset 49'
BF6 Loic van der Linden 77'
RL5 Grant Ross
LL4 Eric Alegret 67'
TP3 Richard Crespy
HK2 Laurent Travers
LP1 Didier Casadei 70'
Replacements:
16 Romuald Paillat 69'
17 Eric Bouti 70'
18 Tony Rees 67'
19 Yanni Domi 77'
20 Thierry Labrousse 49'
21 Sebastien Bonnet
22 Cedric Heymans
FBO John Liley
RWN Steve Hackney
OCM Will Greenwood
ICL Stuart Potter
LWK Rory Underwood 72'
FHJ Rob Liley
SHI Austin Healey
N8G Dean Richards (c) 68'
OFH Neil Back
BFF John Wells
RLE Matt Poole
LLD Martin Johnson
TPC Darren Garforth 17' 22'
HKB Richard Cockerill
LPA Graham Rowntree
Replacements:
WGP Leon Lloyd 72'
LPQ Perry Freshwater 17' 22'
N8R Eric Miller 68'
FHS Niall Malone
SHT Aadel Kardooni
HKU Dorian West
LKV Neil Fletcher
Coach:
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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