2010–11 LV Cup

The 2010–11 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 40th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the sixth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.

2010–11 LV Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
 Wales
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Date4 November 2010 – 20 March 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams16
Matches played35
Attendance272,795 (7,794 per match)
Tries scored174 (4.97 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Nick Evans (Harlequins)
(48 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s)Charlie Sharples (Gloucester)
(8 tries)[2]
Final
VenueFranklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance6,848
ChampionsGloucester (5th title)
Runners-upNewcastle Falcons

The competition consisted of the four Welsh Magners League teams and the twelve Aviva Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. Teams were guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other. The competition took place on international fixture dates during the Autumn Internationals and Six Nations, thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.

The competition made history this season when London Wasps announced that their Round 3 match against Harlequins would be played in Abu Dhabi on January 30, 2011 – making it first competitive game between two English clubs to take place abroad.[3]

Gloucester claimed the cup with a comprehensive 34–7 victory over Newcastle Falcons in the final at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton. It was the fifth victory for Gloucester in the competition (including one shared title), and the first since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.

Pool stages

Points system

The points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows:[4]

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match (TB)
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less (LB)

The ranking criteria were:

  • If two or more clubs in the same pool end the pool stage equal on match points, then the order in which they have finished will be determined by:
    • i. the greater number of matches won by the club and
    • ii. if the number of matches won is equal, the club with the greater total number of tries scored and
    • iii. if the total number of tries scored is equal, the club with the greater points difference (points scored for, less points scored against) and
    • iv. if the points difference is equal, the club with the fewer number of red cards and
    • v. if the number of red cards is the same, by the toss a coin.

Pool 1 v Pool 4
Pool 1
Team[5] P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
Newcastle Falcons 4202615926019
London Wasps 410350101−514014[n 1]
Cardiff Blues 401356104−484002
Leicester Tigers 400460141−816000
  1. London Wasps were deducted 1 competition point for fielding an ineligible player.[6]
    Pool 4
    Team[5] P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
    Harlequins 44001236558131017
    Bath 43011105159121114
    Ospreys 430182552781114
    Exeter Chiefs 421190563491011

    Round 1
    5 November 2010
    19:30
    Leicester Tigers 25–34 Harlequins
    Report
    Welford Road
    Attendance: 16,197
    Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
    5 November 2010
    19:45
    Bath 29–19 Cardiff Blues
    Report
    Recreation Ground
    Attendance: 11,911
    Referee: Greg Garner (England)
    6 November 2010
    15:00
    Exeter Chiefs 29–6 London Wasps
    Report
    Sandy Park
    Attendance: 7,799
    Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
    6 November 2010
    18:30
    Newcastle Falcons 18–17 Ospreys
    Report
    Kingston Park
    Attendance: 3,307
    Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (England)

    Round 2
    12 November 2010
    19:30
    Cardiff Blues 23–23 Exeter Chiefs
    Report
    Cardiff City Stadium
    Attendance: 7,018
    Referee: David Jones (Wales)
    12 November 2010
    19:45
    Ospreys 46–13 Leicester Tigers
    Report
    Brewery Field
    Attendance: 6,632
    Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
    14 November 2010
    15:00
    Harlequins 28–20 Newcastle Falcons
    Report
    The Stoop
    Attendance: 9,450
    Referee: David Rose (England)
    14 November 2010
    15:00
    London Wasps 18–16 Bath
    Report
    Adams Park
    Attendance: 6,518
    Referee: Martin Fox (England)

    Round 3
    29 January 2011
    14:15
    Bath 11–6 Newcastle Falcons
    Report
    Recreation Ground
    Attendance: 11,631
    Referee: Rob Debney (England)
    29 January 2011
    15:00
    Exeter Chiefs 35–10 Leicester Tigers
    Report
    Sandy Park
    Attendance: 7,445
    Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
    29 January 2011
    18:30
    Cardiff Blues 7–29 Ospreys
    Report
    Cardiff City Stadium
    Attendance: 10,320
    Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
    30 January 2011
    19:15 GST
    London Wasps 13–38 Harlequins
    Report
    Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi [7]
    Attendance: 4,856
    Referee: Martin Fox (England)

    Round 4
    4 February 2011
    19:30
    Leicester Tigers 12–26 Bath
    Report
    Welford Road
    Attendance: 13,156
    Referee: James Jones (Wales)
    6 February 2011
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons 17–3 Exeter Chiefs
    Report
    Kingston Park
    Attendance: 3,863
    Referee: Chris White (England)
    6 February 2011
    15:15
    Harlequins 23–7 Cardiff Blues
    Report
    The Stoop
    Attendance: 8,723
    Referee: David Rose (England)
    6 February 2011
    15:00
    Ospreys 18–13 London Wasps
    Report
    Brewery Field
    Attendance: 4,800
    Referee: Dean Richards (England)

    Pool 2 v Pool 3
    Pool 2
    Team[5] P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
    Newport Gwent Dragons 43017569680012
    Saracens 42111167244152011[n 1]
    London Irish 410375125−509105
    Leeds Carnegie 400470143−738112
    1. Saracens were deducted 1 competition point for fielding an ineligible player.[8]
      Pool 3
      Team[5] P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
      Gloucester 43011195267183116
      Northampton Saints 42111088622141011
      Scarlets 4202938949109
      Sale Sharks 420289109−2012109

      Round 1
      4 November 2010
      19:35
      Newport Gwent Dragons 18–12 Gloucester
      Report
      Rodney Parade
      Attendance: 5,244
      Referee: James Jones (Wales)
      5 November 2010
      19:45
      Sale Sharks 39–14 London Irish
      Report
      Edgeley Park
      Attendance: 5,106
      Referee: Llyr Ap Geraint-Roberts (England)
      6 November 2010
      12:00
      Scarlets 52–13 Leeds Carnegie
      Report
      Parc y Scarlets
      Attendance: 5,013
      Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
      7 November 2010
      15:00
      Saracens 22–22 Northampton Saints
      Report
      Vicarage Road
      Attendance: 6,015
      Referee: Chris White (England)

      Round 2
      12 November 2010
      19:45
      Northampton Saints 28–3 Newport Gwent Dragons
      Report
      Franklin's Gardens
      Attendance: 12,209
      Referee: Sean Davey (England)
      13 November 2010
      13:00
      Gloucester 36–10 Saracens
      Report
      Kingsholm Stadium
      Attendance: 10,120
      Referee: C Hayes (England)
      14 November 2010
      14:30
      London Irish 16–25 Scarlets
      Report
      Madejski Stadium
      Attendance: 9,795
      Referee: Greg Garner (England)
      14 November 2010
      15:00
      Leeds Carnegie 17–23 Sale Sharks
      Report
      Headingley Stadium
      Attendance: 3,184
      Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (England)

      Round 3
      28 January 2011
      19:45
      Sale Sharks 20–28 Newport Gwent Dragons
      Report
      Edgeley Park
      Attendance: 5,126
      Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
      29 January 2011
      15:00
      Scarlets 7–34 Saracens
      Report
      Parc y Scarlets
      Attendance: 6,610
      Referee: Llyr Ap Geraint-Roberts (England)
      30 January 2011
      15:00
      Leeds Carnegie 16–30 Gloucester
      Report
      Headingley Stadium
      Attendance: 1,498
      Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
      30 January 2011
      15:00
      London Irish 37–20 Northampton Saints
      Report
      Madejski Stadium
      Attendance: 8,636
      Referee: James Jones (Wales)

      Round 4
      3 February 2011
      19:15
      Newport Gwent Dragons 26–9 Scarlets
      Report
      Rodney Parade
      Attendance: 4,628
      Referee: Greg Garner (England)
      5 February 2011
      15:00
      Gloucester 41–8 London Irish
      Report
      Kingsholm Stadium
      Attendance: 10,686
      Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)
      5 February 2011
      15:00
      Northampton Saints 38–24 Leeds Carnegie
      Report
      Franklin's Gardens
      Attendance: 13,456
      Referee: Sean Davey (England)
      6 February 2011
      15:00
      Saracens 50–7 Sale Sharks
      Report
      Vicarage Road
      Attendance: 5,014
      Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

      Knock–out stage
       
      		Semi-finalsFinal
       
      		      
       
      		 13 March 2011 – Kingsholm
       
       
      		 Gloucester 45
       
      		 20 March 2011 – Franklin's Gardens
       
      		 Newport Gwent Dragons 17
       
      		 Gloucester 34
       
      		 11 March 2011 – The Stoop
       
      		 Newcastle Falcons 7
       
      		 Harlequins 20
       
       
      		 Newcastle Falcons 21
       

      Qualification criteria

      The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages. The pool winners will be decided by the following criteria:[4]

      1. The pool winner will be the club with the highest number of match points in each pool. The pool winners will be ranked 1 to 4 by reference to the number of match points earned in the pools.
      2. If two or more clubs in the same pool end the pool stage equal on match points, then the order in which they have finished will be determined by:
      i. the greater number of matches won by the club and
      ii. if the number of matches won is equal, the club with the greater total number of tries scored and
      iii. if the total number of tries scored is equal, the club with the greater points difference (points scored for, less points scored against) and
      iv. if the points difference is equal, the club with the fewer number of red cards and
      v. if the number of red cards is the same, by the toss a coin.

      Each of the four qualifying clubs shall be ranked as above and shall play each other as follows:

      Semi-final 1 – 1st ranked club v 4th ranked club
      Semi-final 2 – 2nd ranked club v 3rd ranked club

      The first club listed in each of the semi-final matches shall be the home club.

      Qualifiers
      Rank Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
      1 Harlequins 44001236558131017
      2 Gloucester 43011195267183116
      3 Newport Gwent Dragons 43017569680012
      4 Newcastle Falcons 4202615926019

      Semi-finals
      11 March 2011
      20:00
      Harlequins 20–21 Newcastle Falcons
      Try: Dickson 1' c
      Brown 70' c
      Con: Clegg (2/2)
      Pen: Clegg (2/2) 5', 22'
      		 Report Try: Gopperth 56' c
      Tu'ipulotu 80' m
      Con: Gopperth (1/2)
      Pen: Gopperth (3/3) 6', 36', 64'
      The Stoop, London
      Attendance: 6,555
      Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
      13 March 2011
      13:00
      Gloucester 45–17 Newport Gwent Dragons
      Try: Hazell 3' m
      Fuimaono-Sapolu 11' c
      Robinson 32' m
      Sharples (4) 44' c, 53' c, 56' c, 64' c
      Con: Robinson (5/7) 11', 44', 53', 56', 64'
      		 Report Try: A. Jones 50' m
      Brew 71' m
      Groves 78' c
      Con: Tovey (1/3) 78'

      Final
      20 March 2011
      15:30
      Gloucester 34–7 Newcastle Falcons
      Try: Voyce 6' c
      Fuimaono-Sapolu 57' c
      Sharples 66' c
      Dawidiuk 80' c
      Con: Robinson (4/4) 6', 57', 66', 80'
      Pen: Robinson (2/2) 20', 51'
      		 Report Try: Eves 74' c
      Con: Gopperth (1/1) 74'
      Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
      Attendance: 6,848
      Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
      FB15 Olly Morgan
      RW14 Charlie Sharples
      OC13 Tim Molenaar
      IC12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu
      LW11 Tom Voyce
      FH10 Nicky Robinson
      SH9 Jordi Pasqualin
      N88 Luke Narraway (c)
      OF7 Andy Hazell
      BF6 Akapusi Qera
      RL5 Alex Brown
      LL4 Jim Hamilton
      TP3 Rupert Harden
      HK2 Olivier Azam
      LP1 Nick Wood
      Replacements:
      HK16 Darren Dawidiuk
      PR17 Yann Thomas
      PR18 Shaun Knight
      LK19 Will James
      FL20 Matt Cox
      FH21 Tim Taylor
      FB22 Freddie Burns
      CE23 Henry Trinder
      Coach:
      Bryan Redpath
      FB15 Alex Tait
      RW14 Luke Fielden
      OC13 Tane Tu'ipulotu
      IC12 James Fitzpatrick
      LW11 Luke Eves
      FH10 Jimmy Gopperth
      SH9 Micky Young
      N88 Ally Hogg
      OF7 Brent Wilson
      BF6 Tim Swinson
      RL5 Andrew van der Heijden
      LL4 James Hudson (c)
      TP3 Kieran Brookes
      HK2 Matt Thompson
      LP1 Jon Golding
      Replacements:
      HK16 Rob Vickers
      PR17 Grant Shiells
      PR18 James Hall
      LK19 Filipo Levi
      FL20 Mark Wilson
      SH21 Hall Charlton
      CE22 Gcobani Bobo
      FB23 Tom Catterick
      Coach:
      Alan Tait

      Touch judges:
      Wayne Barnes (England)
      Paul Dix (England)

      Top scorers

      See also

      References
      1. "Points". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
      2. "Tries". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
      3. "Wasps/Quins game moved overseas". BBC Sport. 5 January 2011.
      4. "About the LV= Cup". LV=. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
      5. "Group Tables LV= Cup Previous Seasons". www.premiershiprugby.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
      6. "London Wasps statement on LV=Cup point deduction". www.wasps.co.uk. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
      7. http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/news/25156.php Wasps move LV= Cup fixture to Abu Dhabi
      8. "Unregistered player gives Saracens one point deduction in LV Cup". www.rugbyworld.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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