European Challenge Cup 2009/10

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European Challenge Cup 2009/10
master WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff Blues (1st track)
Teams 20th
countries EnglandEngland England France Ireland Italy Romania Spain Wales
FranceFrance 
IrelandIreland 
ItalyItaly 
RomaniaRomania 
SpainSpain 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
Games 67  (of which 67 played)
Most of the points New ZealandNew Zealand Jimmy Gopperth , Newcastle (74)
Most attempts EnglandEngland Tom Varndell , Wasps (10)
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The European Challenge Cup 2009/10 was the 14th edition of the European Challenge Cup , the second-tier European cup competition in rugby union . For sponsorship reasons it was called the Amlin Challenge Cup . There were 23 teams involved - 20 in the group stage and an additional three in the knockout round, which were eliminated in the Heineken Cup 2009/10 . The competition began on October 9, 2009, and the final took place on May 23, 2010 at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille . The Welsh team Cardiff Blues won the title .

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All teams from the English Guinness Premiership , the French Top 14 and the international Magners League that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup took part in the European Challenge Cup. There were also four teams from the Italian Super 10 as well as one representative each from Romania and Spain.

The 20 participants in the group stage were divided into five groups of four teams each. The betting order was based on the placement in the pan-European club ranking. Each team played a home and an away game against the three group opponents. In the group stage, the teams received:

  • four points for a win
  • two points for a tie
  • a bonus point for four or more attempts
  • a bonus point for a loss of seven or less points

The five group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, plus the third to fifth best runners-up from the knockout round of the Heineken Cup 2009/10 .

Group stage

  • Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals

    • Group 1

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 6th 5 0 1 141: 86 + 55 3 23
    2. EnglandEngland Leeds Carnegie 6th 4th 0 2 160: 82 + 78 3 19th
    3. ItalyItaly Rugby Parma 6th 2 0 4th 78: 145 - 67 0 8th
    4th RomaniaRomania Bucureşti rugby 6th 1 0 5 70: 136 - 66 3 7th
    October 9, 2009
    7:30 PM CEST     		CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 29: 19 Leeds Carnegie Stade Pierre-Rajon , Bourgoin-Jallieu
    Spectators: 6,215
    report
    October 10, 2009
    1:00 p.m. ET     		Bucureşti rugby 21: 9 Rugby Parma Stadionul Arcul de Triumf , Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,000
    report
    October 17, 2009
    1:00 p.m. ET     		Bucureşti rugby 19:21 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,000
    report
    October 18, 2009
    15:00 CEST     		Leeds Carnegie 32: 13 Rugby Parma Headingley Stadium , Leeds
    Spectators: 2,886
    report
    December 12, 2009
    1:00 p.m. EET     		Bucureşti rugby 6:10 Leeds Carnegie Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,000
    report
    December 12, 2009
    14:00 CET     		Rugby Parma 14: 9 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Stadio XXV Aprile , Parma
    spectators: 1,050
    report
    December 17, 2009
    7:30 p.m. CET     		CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 31:10 Rugby Parma Stade Pierre-Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    December 20, 2009
    3:00 PM GMT     		Leeds Carnegie 47: 0 Bucureşti rugby Headingley Stadium, Leeds
    Spectators: 1,124
    report
    January 14, 2010
    7:30 PM CET     		CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 33:15 Bucureşti rugby Stade Pierre-Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu
    Spectators: 1,500
    report
    January 16, 2010
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Parma 16:38 Leeds Carnegie Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
    spectators: 1,050
    report
    January 23, 2010
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Parma 16: 9 Bucureşti rugby Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
    Spectators: 450
    report
    January 24, 2010
    3:00 PM GMT     		Leeds Carnegie 9:18 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Headingley Stadium, Leeds
    spectators: 2,698
    report

    Group 2

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Ireland Connacht rugby 6th 6th 0 0 199: 63 + 136 2 26th
    2. FranceFrance Montpellier Hérault RC 6th 4th 0 2 158: 92 + 66 3 19th
    3. EnglandEngland Worcester Warriors 6th 2 0 4th 140: 83 + 57 5 13
    4th SpainSpain Olympus Madrid 6th 0 0 6th 44: 303 - 259 0 0
    October 8, 2009
    7:45 pm WEST     		Worcester Warriors 97: 11 Montpellier Hérault RC Sixways Stadium , Worcester
    Attendance: 7,264
    report
    October 9, 2009
    6:30 pm WEST     		Connacht rugby 46: 6 Olympus Madrid Galway Sportsgrounds , Galway
    Spectators: 875
    report
    October 16, 2009
    8:00 p.m. CEST     		Montpellier Hérault RC 19:22 Connacht rugby Stade Yves-du-Manoir , Montpellier
    Spectators: 7,230
    report
    October 17, 2009
    4:30 PM CEST     		Olympus Madrid 5:38 Worcester Warriors Estadio Nacional Universidad Complutense , Madrid
    Spectators: 5,300
    report
    December 11, 2009
    8:00 p.m. CET     		Montpellier Hérault RC 57:24 Olympus Madrid Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier
    Spectators: 6,832
    report
    December 11, 2009
    3:00 PM GMT     		Worcester Warriors 21:26 Connacht rugby Sixways Stadium, Worcester
    Spectators: 6,662
    report
    December 18, 2009
    7:00 PM GMT     		Connacht rugby 19: 7 Worcester Warriors Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
    spectators: 1,400
    report
    December 19, 2009
    16:00 CET     		Olympus Madrid 6:42 Montpellier Hérault RC Estadio Nacional Universidad Complutense, Madrid
    Spectators: 3,000
    report
    January 15, 2010
    7:00 PM GMT     		Connacht rugby 20:10 Montpellier Hérault RC Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
    spectators: 1,700
    report
    January 16, 2010
    3:00 PM GMT     		Worcester Warriors 54: 3 Olympus Madrid Sixways Stadium, Worcester
    Spectators: 5,923
    report
    January 22, 2010 at
    8:00 p.m. CET     		Montpellier Hérault RC 8: 3 Worcester Warriors Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier
    Spectators: 7,497
    report
    January 23, 2010
    15:00 CET     		Olympus Madrid 0:66 Connacht rugby Estadio Nacional Universidad Complutense, Madrid
    Spectators: 4,500
    report

    Group 3

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance RC Toulon 6th 5 0 1 218: 88 + 130 3 23
    2. EnglandEngland Saracens 6th 5 0 1 184: 183 + 101 2 22nd
    3. FranceFrance Castres Olympique 6th 2 0 4th 173: 127 + 46 3 11
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Rovigo 6th 0 0 6th 41: 318 - 277 0 0
    October 9, 2009
    19:00 CEST     		Castres Olympique 17:33 RC Toulon Stade Pierre-Antoine , Castres
    spectators: 10,000
    report
    October 11, 2009
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		Saracens 36:12 Rugby Rovigo Vicarage Road , Watford
    Spectators: 5,678
    report
    October 15, 2009
    8:45 PM CEST     		RC Toulon 31:23 Saracens Stade Mayol , Toulon
    Spectators: 11,600
    report
    October 17th, 2009
    15:00 CEST     		Rugby Rovigo 11:76 Castres Olympique Stadio Mario Battaglini , Rovigo
    spectators: 1,500
    report
    December 11, 2009
    7:00 p.m. CET     		Castres Olympique 9:23 Saracens Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres
    spectators: 6,250
    report
    December 11, 2009
    7:30 p.m. CET     		RC Toulon 73: 3 Rugby Rovigo Stade Mayol, Toulon
    Spectators: 9,700
    report
    December 19, 2009
    8:00 PM GMT     		Saracens 18:14 Castres Olympique Vicarage Road, Watford
    Spectators: 5,452
    report
    December 20, 2009
    14:00 CET     		Rugby Rovigo 7:30 RC Toulon Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
    spectators: 1,000
    report
    January 14, 2010
    7:45 PM GMT     		Saracens 28: 9 RC Toulon Vicarage Road, Watford
    Spectators: 6,143
    report
    January 15, 2010 at
    7:00 p.m. CET     		Castres Olympique 47: 0 Rugby Rovigo Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres
    spectators: 2,500
    report
    January 23, 2010
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Rovigo 8:56 Saracens Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
    spectators: 1,500
    report
    January 23, 2010
    8:45 PM CET     		RC Toulon 42:10 Castres Olympique Stade Mayol, Toulon
    Spectators: 11,890
    report

    Group 4

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland London Wasps 6th 5 0 1 176: 69 + 107 3 23
    2. FranceFrance Aviron Bayonnais 6th 4th 0 2 184: 73 + 111 3 19th
    3. FranceFrance Racing Métro 92 6th 3 0 3 177: 85 + 92 4th 16
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Roma Olimpic 6th 0 0 6th 28: 338 - 310 0 0
    October 9, 2009
    7:30 PM CEST     		Aviron Bayonnais 61: 3 Rugby Roma Olimpic Stade Jean-Dauger , Bayonne
    Spectators: 6,000
    report
    October 11, 2009
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		London Wasps 9:23 Racing Métro 92 Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 7,841
    report
    October 17th, 2009
    15:00 CEST     		Rugby Roma Olimpic 0:57 London Wasps Stadio Tre Fontane , Rome
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    October 17th, 2009
    8:45 pm CEST     		Racing Métro 92 16:20 Aviron Bayonnais Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir , Colombes
    Spectators: 6,157
    report
    December 12, 2009
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Wasps 22:18 Aviron Bayonnais Adams Park, High Wycombe
    Spectators: 6,902
    report
    December 12, 2009
    8:45 PM CET     		Racing Métro 92 62: 0 Rugby Roma Olimpic Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
    Spectators: 3,200
    report
    December 17, 2009
    8:45 pm CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 3: 12 London Wasps Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 4,000
    report
    December 19, 2009
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Roma Olimpic 3:53 Racing Métro 92 Stadio Tre Fontane, Rome
    Spectators: 3,500
    report
    January 14, 2010
    8:00 PM GMT     		London Wasps 50:16 Rugby Roma Olimpic Adams Park, High Wycombe
    report
    January 16, 2010
    8:45 PM CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 27: 14 Racing Métro 92 Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 7,000
    report
    January 21, 2010
    8:45 PM CET     		Racing Métro 92 19: 17 London Wasps Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
    Spectators: 5,950
    report
    January 23, 2010
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Roma Olimpic 6:55 Aviron Bayonnais Stadio Tre Fontane, Rome
    Spectators: 500
    report

    Group 5

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Newcastle Falcons 6th 5 0 1 146: 77 + 69 3 23
    2. FranceFrance US Montauban 6th 5 0 1 132: 96 + 36 1 21st
    3. FranceFrance SC Albi 6th 2 0 4th 117: 137 - 20 4th 12
    4th ItalyItaly Petrarch Rugby Padova 6th 0 0 6th 95: 180 - 85 1 1
    October 9, 2009
    8:00 p.m. CEST     		SC Albi 7:17 US Montauban Stadium Municipal , Albi
    Spectators: 6,000
    report
    October 10, 2009
    15:00 CEST     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 27:29 Newcastle Falcons Stadio Plebiscito , Padua
    Spectators: 650
    report
    October 16, 2009
    8:30 PM CEST     		US Montauban 27:10 Petrarch Rugby Padova Stade Sapiac , Montauban
    Spectators: 5,635
    report
    October 18, 2009
    3:00 pm WEST     		Newcastle Falcons 45: 3 SC Albi Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 4,470
    report
    December 10, 2009
    7:45 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 17: 6 US Montauban Kingston Park, Newcastle
    Spectators: 3,988
    report
    December 12, 2009
    15:00 CET     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 16:35 SC Albi Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
    report
    December 18, 2009 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		US Montauban 24:19 Newcastle Falcons Stade Sapiac, Montauban
    Spectators: 5,650
    report
    December 20, 2009
    2:00 PM GMT     		SC Albi 38:16 Petrarch Rugby Padova Stadium Municipal, Albi
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    January 15, 2010 at
    8:00 p.m. CET     		SC Albi 14:16 Newcastle Falcons Stadium Municipal, Albi
    Spectators: 3,000
    report
    January 16, 2010
    15:00 CET     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 23:31 US Montauban Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
    Spectators: 800
    report
    January 22, 2010
    19:30 CET     		US Montauban 27:20 SC Albi Stade Sapiac, Montauban
    Spectators: 5,497
    report
    January 22, 2010
    8:00 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 20: 3 Petrarch Rugby Padova Kingston Park, Newcastle
    Spectators: 4,252
    report

    Knockout round

    Seeding list

    After the group stage, the five group winners and the third to fifth best runners-up of the Heineken Cup 2009/10 met each other.

    1. Connacht rugby
    2. RC Toulon
    3. London Wasps
    4. Newcastle Falcons
    5. (HC) Cardiff Blues
    6. (HC) Gloucester RFC
    7. (HC) Scarlets
    8. CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

    Quarter finals

    April 10, 2010
    1:00 p.m. WEST     		Ireland Connacht rugby 23:20 FranceFrance CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Galway Sportsgrounds , Galway
    Spectators: 3,500
    Referee: Andrew Small ( England )
    Attempts: Swift 17th received
    Muldoon 36th
    raised raises: Keatley (2/2)
    Penalty kicks : Nikora (2/2) 66th, 73rd Dropgoals
    : Nikora (1/1) 79.     		(14:10)
    Report     		Attempts: Kopelani 30th.
    Senio 59th.
    Increases: Boyet (2/2)
    Penalty kicks : Boyet (2/5) 39th, 44th.
    April 10, 2010
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		FranceFrance RC Toulon 38: 12 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Scarlets Stade Mayol , Toulon
    Spectators: 12,600
    Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Marienval 29th, 41st,
    single cell 72nd after
    Williams 76th ad.
    Missoup 80th + n.erh.
    Raise: Wilkinson (2/3)
    Penalty: Wilkinson (3/3) 9th, 36th, 40th
    		 (16: 6)
    Report     		Penalty kicks: Jones (4/6) 11th, 23rd, 44th, 47th
    April 11, 2010
    14:00 WEST     		EnglandEngland London Wasps 42: 26 EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 6,289
    Referee: Christophe Berdos ( France )
    Attempts: Jacobs 6th
    increased Betsen 22nd
    increased Varndell 33rd increased, 72nd increased, 80th
    increased increases: Cipriani (4/5)
    Penalty kicks: Cipriani (3/3) 18th, 40th , 43.
    		 (27:16)
    Report     		Attempts: Eustace 25th.
    Sharples 77th.
    Increases: Robinson (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: Robinson (4/4) 5th, 10th, 38th, 56th.
    April 11, 2010
    15:00 CEST     		EnglandEngland Newcastle Falcons 20:55 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff Blues Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 4,346
    Referee: Jérôme Garcès ( France )
    Attempts: Amesbury 15th received
    Young 66th
    raised increases: Gopperth (2/2)
    Penalty kicks : Gopperth (2/3) 11th, 18th
    		 (13:17)
    Report     		Attempts: Laulala 9th received
    Williams 13th
    raised Filise 42nd raised, 57th raised
    Blair 52nd raised
    Roberts 55th raised
    Sweeney 74th
    raised increases: Blair (7/7)
    Penalty kicks: Blair (2 / 2) 32nd, 46th

    Semifinals

    April 30, 2010
    7:45 PM WEST     		Ireland Connacht rugby 12: 19 FranceFrance RC Toulon Galway Sportsgrounds , Galway
    Spectators: 7,000
    Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
    Penalty kicks: Keatley (4/4) 2nd, 21st, 37th, 44th
    		 (9:19)
    Report     		Attempts: Kefu 40th +
    increments: Wilkinson (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Wilkinson (3/3) 10th, 19th, 35th
    Dropgoals: Wilkinson (1/3) 26th
    May 1, 2010
    6:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland London Wasps 15:18 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff Blues Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 8,413
    Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
    Penalty kicks: Walder (5/6) 20., 32., 35., 41., 62.
    		 (0: 0)
    report     		Attempts: Halfpenny 27. n.erh.
    Jenkins 59th
    increments: Blair (1/2)
    Penalty kicks: Blair (2/5) 38th, 52nd

    final

    May 23, 2010
    15:00 CEST     		WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff Blues 28:21 FranceFrance RC Toulon Stade Vélodrome , Marseille
    Spectators: 48,990
    Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Roberts 50th received
    halfpenny 65th received
    Davies 69th
    incremental increases: Blair (2/3)
    Penalty kicks: Halfpenny (1/2) 6.
    Blair (2/2) 22., 60.
    		 (6:13)
    Report     		Attempts: Williams 37th received
    Sourice 77th received
    Increases: Wilkinson (1/1)
    penalty kicks: Wilkinson (2/3) 12, 32.
    May (1/1) 55th

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