Heineken Cup 2008/09

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Heineken Cup 2008/09
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master IrelandIreland Leinster Rugby (1st title)
Teams 24
countries EnglandEngland England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
FranceFrance 
IrelandIreland 
ItalyItaly 
ScotlandScotland 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
Games 79  (of which 79 played)
spectator 1,177,064  (ø 14,900 per game)
Most of the points New ZealandNew Zealand Ben Blair , Cardiff (99)
Most attempts IrelandIreland Brian O'Driscoll , Leinster (5)
← Heineken Cup 2007/08

The Heineken Cup 2008/09 was the 14th edition of the Heineken Cup (predecessor of the European Rugby Champions Cup ), the most important European cup competition in rugby union . 24 teams from six countries took part. The first of a total of 78 games was played on October 10, 2008, the final took place on May 23, 2009 at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh . The defending champion was the Irish team Munster Rugby , the title won the Irish team Leinster Rugby .

mode

On June 17, 2008, the participants were divided into six groups of four teams each. For the first time, the betting order was based on the results of the individual clubs in previous years. 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

For the quarter-finals, the six group winners (classified according to the number of points won in places 1–6) and the two best runners-up (classified in places 7–8) qualified. Teams ranked 1-4 had home rights in the quarter-finals. The first played against the eighth, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth.

Group stage

  • Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals
  • Two best runners-up, qualified for quarter-finals

    • Group 1

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Ireland Munster rugby 6th 5 0 1 161: 98 + 63 3 23
    2. EnglandEngland Sale Sharks 6th 3 0 3 136: 115 + 21 3 15th
    3. FranceFrance ASM Clermont Auvergne 6th 3 0 3 137: 129 + 8 1 13
    4th FranceFrance US Montauban 6th 1 0 5 81: 173 - 92 2 6th
    October 10, 2008
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		Munster rugby 19: 17 US Montauban Thomond Park , Limerick
    Spectators: 23,500
    report
    October 11, 2008
    2:35 p.m. CEST     		ASM Clermont Auvergne 15:32 Sale Sharks Stade Marcel-Michelin , Clermont-Ferrand
    spectators: 15,681
    report
    October 19, 2008
    1:00 p.m. WEST     		Sale Sharks 16:24 Munster rugby Edgeley Park , Stockport
    Spectators: 10,928
    report
    October 19, 2008
    16:00 CEST     		US Montauban 19:24 ASM Clermont Auvergne Stade Sapiac , Montauban
    Spectators: 8,000
    report
    December 5, 2008
    7:45 pm WEST     		Sale Sharks 36: 6 US Montauban Edgeley Park, Stockport
    Spectators: 6,962
    report
    December 7, 2008
    16:00 CEST     		ASM Clermont Auvergne 25:19 Munster rugby Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand
    spectators: 15,355
    report
    December 13, 2008
    3:30 pm WEST     		Munster rugby 23: 13 ASM Clermont Auvergne Thomond Park, Limerick
    Spectators: 25,623
    report
    December 13, 2008
    19:00 CEST     		US Montauban 16:12 Sale Sharks Stade Sapiac, Montauban
    Spectators: 7,668
    report
    January 16, 2009
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		Munster rugby 37: 14 Sale Sharks Thomond Park, Limerick
    Spectators: 26,000
    report
    January 16, 2009
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		ASM Clermont Auvergene 43:10 US Montauban Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand
    spectators: 11,540
    report
    January 24, 2009
    3:35 PM WEST     		Sale Sharks 26:17 ASM Clermont Auvergene Edgeley Park, Stockport
    Spectators: 7,466
    report
    January 25, 2009
    1:00 p.m. CEST     		US Montauban 13:39 Munster rugby Stade Sapiac, Montauban
    Spectators: 9,300
    report

    Group 2

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Ireland Leinster rugby 6th 4th 0 2 140: 70 + 70 4th 20th
    2. EnglandEngland London Wasps 6th 4th 0 2 114: 112 + 2 1 17th
    3. ScotlandScotland Edinburgh rugby 6th 2 0 4th 91: 103 - 12 1 9
    4th FranceFrance Castres Olympique 6th 2 0 4th 73: 133 - 60 1 9
    October 11, 2008
    1:35 pm WEST     		Edinburgh rugby 16:27 Leinster rugby Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh
    Spectators: 5,372
    report
    October 12, 2008
    15:00 WEST     		London Wasps 25: 11 Castres Olympique Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 8,800
    report
    October 18, 2008
    5:30 pm WEST     		Leinster rugby 41: 11 London Wasps RDS Arena , Dublin
    spectators: 18,300
    report
    October 18, 2008
    6:30 PM CEST     		Castres Olympique 6: 13 Edinburgh rugby Stade Pierre-Antoine , Castres
    spectators: 8,600
    report
    December 5, 2008
    7:30 PM GMT     		Edinburgh rugby 16:25 London Wasps Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
    Spectators: 7,711
    report
    December 6, 2008
    1:35 PM GMT     		Leinster rugby 33: 3 Castres Olympique RDS Arena, Dublin
    spectators: 16,500
    report
    December 12, 2008
    9:00 p.m. CET     		Castres Olympique 18:15 Leinster rugby Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres
    spectators: 6,788
    report
    December 14, 2008
    13:00 GMT     		London Wasps 19: 11 Edinburgh rugby Adams Park, High Wycombe
    Spectators: 7,596
    report
    January 16, 2009
    7:30 PM GMT     		Edinburgh rugby 32:14 Castres Olympique Murrayfield Stadium, Murrayfield
    Spectators: 2,331
    report

    Jan 17, 2009 5:35 PM GMT     		London Wasps 19:12 Leinster rugby Twickenham Stadium , London
    Spectators: 33,282
    report
    January 25, 2009
    1:00 PM GMT     		Leinster rugby 12: 3 Edinburgh rugby RDS Arena, Dublin
    spectators: 18,240
    report
    January 25, 2009
    14:00 CET     		Castres Olympique 21:15 London Wasps Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres
    spectators: 7,233
    report

    Group 3

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Leicester Tigers 6th 4th 0 2 191: 90 + 101 5 21st
    2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ospreys 6th 4th 0 2 155: 71 + 84 4th 20th
    3. FranceFrance USA Perpignan 6th 4th 0 2 154: 120 + 34 2 18th
    4th ItalyItaly Benetton Rugby Treviso 6th 0 0 6th 72: 291 - 219 0 0
    October 10, 2008
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		USA Perpignan 27:16 Benetton Rugby Treviso Stade Aimé-Giral , Perpignan
    Spectators: 11,151
    report
    October 12, 2008
    1:00 p.m. WEST     		Leicester Tigers 12: 6 Ospreys Welford Road Stadium , Leicester
    Spectators: 17,498
    report
    October 18, 2008
    2:35 pm CEST     		Benetton Rugby Treviso 16:60 Leicester Tigers Stadio Comunale di Monigo , Treviso
    Spectators: 5,000
    report
    October 18, 2008
    3:30 pm WEST     		Ospreys 15: 9 USA Perpignan Liberty Stadium , Swansea
    Spectators: 10,761
    report
    December 6, 2008
    3:00 PM GMT     		Ospreys 68: 8 Benetton Rugby Treviso Liberty Stadium, Swansea
    Spectators: 7,105
    report
    December 6, 2008
    17:30 CET     		Leicester Tigers 38: 27 USA Perpignan Welford Road Stadium, Leicester
    Spectators: 17,371
    report
    December 13, 2008
    2:35 pm CET     		Benetton Rugby Treviso 16:36 Ospreys Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
    Spectators: 3,000
    report
    December 14, 2008
    16:00 CET     		USA Perpignan 26:20 Leicester Tigers Stade Aimé-Giral, Perpignan
    Spectators: 14,466
    report
    January 17, 2009
    3:00 PM GMT     		Leicester Tigers 52-0 Benetton Rugby Treviso Welford Road Stadium, Leicester
    Spectators: 16,746
    report
    January 17, 2009
    4:35 pm CET     		USA Perpignan 17:15 Ospreys Stade Aimé-Giral, Perpignan
    Spectators: 13,356
    report

    Jan 24, 2009 5:35 PM GMT     		Ospreys 15: 9 Leicester Tigers Liberty Stadium, Swansea
    Spectators: 18,285
    report
    January 24, 2009
    6:35 pm CET     		Benetton Rugby Treviso 16:48 USA Perpignan Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
    Spectators: 3,500
    report

    Group 4

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Harlequins 6th 5 0 1 144: 115 + 29 2 22nd
    2. FranceFrance Stade Français 6th 3 0 3 131: 109 + 22 3 15th
    3. Ireland Ulster rugby 6th 2 1 3 113: 134 - 21 1 11
    4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Scarlets 6th 1 1 4th 124: 154 - 30 2 8th
    October 11, 2008
    3:30 pm WEST     		Scarlets 22:29 Harlequins Stradey Park , Llanelli
    spectators: 8,236
    report
    October 11, 2008
    3:30 pm WEST     		Ulster rugby 10:26 Stade Français Ravenhill Stadium , Belfast
    Spectators: 10,397
    report
    October 18, 2008
    2:35 pm CEST     		Stade Français 37:15 Scarlets Stade Jean-Bouin , Paris
    Spectators: 10,240
    report
    October 18, 2008
    15:00 WEST     		Harlequins 42: 21 Ulster rugby The Stoop , London
    Spectators: 12,368
    report
    December 5, 2008
    8:00 PM GMT     		Ulster rugby 26:16 Scarlets Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast
    Spectators: 8,729
    report
    December 6, 2008
    4:30 p.m. CET     		Stade Français 10:15 Harlequins Stade de France , Saint-Denis
    Spectators: 76,569
    report
    December 12, 2008
    8:00 PM GMT     		Scarlets 16:16 Ulster rugby Parc y Scarlets , Llanelli
    Spectators: 8,026
    report
    December 13, 2008
    5:30 PM GMT     		Harlequins 19: 17 Stade Français The Stoop, London
    audience: 12,638
    report

    Jan 17, 2009 1:35 PM GMT     		Ulster rugby 21:10 Harlequins Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast
    Spectators: 8,861
    report
    January 18, 2009
    3:00 PM GMT     		Scarlets 31:17 Stade Français Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
    Spectators: 7,417
    report
    January 24, 2009
    1:35 PM GMT     		Harlequins 29:24 Scarlets The Stoop, London
    Spectators: 11,083
    report
    January 24, 2009
    14:35 CET     		Stade Français 24:19 Ulster rugby Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
    Spectators: 8,450
    report

    Group 5

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Bath rugby 6th 4th 1 1 107: 92 + 15 3 21st
    2. FranceFrance Stade Toulousain 6th 4th 1 1 121: 88 + 33 2 20th
    3. ScotlandScotland Glasgow Warriors 6th 2 0 4th 134: 150 - 16 4th 12
    4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport Gwent Dragons 6th 1 0 5 83: 115 - 32 3 7th
    October 11, 2008
    2:30 p.m. WEST     		Newport Gwent Dragons 32:22 Glasgow Warriors Rodney Parade , Newport
    Spectators: 5,238
    report
    October 12, 2008
    16:00 CEST     		Stade Toulousain 18:16 Bath rugby Stadium Municipal , Toulouse
    Spectators: 31,885
    report
    October 17, 2008
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		Glasgow Warriors 16:22 Stade Toulousain Firhill Stadium , Glasgow
    spectators: 4,820
    report
    October 19, 2008
    1:00 p.m. WEST     		Bath rugby 13: 9 Newport Gwent Dragons Recreation Ground , Bath
    Spectators: 10,600
    report
    December 6, 2008
    2:35 pm CET     		Stade Toulousain 26: 7 Newport Gwent Dragons Stade Ernest-Wallon , Toulouse
    Spectators: 18,695
    report
    December 7, 2008
    13:00 GMT     		Bath rugby 35:31 Glasgow Warriors Recreation Ground, Bath
    Spectators: 10,600
    report
    December 13, 2008
    2:30 PM GMT     		Newport Gwent Dragons 13:26 Stade Toulousain Rodney Parade, Newport
    Spectators: 6,108
    report
    December 14, 2008
    2:00 PM GMT     		Glasgow Warriors 13:26 Bath rugby Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
    Spectators: 3,306
    report
    January 17, 2009
    2:35 pm CET     		Stade Toulousain 26:33 Glasgow Warriors Stade Municipal, Toulouse
    Spectators: 18,720
    report
    January 18, 2009
    1:00 PM GMT     		Newport Gwent Dragons 12:15 Bath rugby Rodney Parade, Newport
    Spectators: 6,108
    report
    January 25, 2009
    3:00 PM GMT     		Bath rugby 3: 3 Stade Toulousain Recreation Ground, Bath
    Spectators: 10,600
    report
    January 25, 2009
    3:00 PM GMT     		Glasgow Warriors 13:10 Newport Gwent Dragons Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
    spectators: 2,300
    report

    Group 6

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff Blues 6th 6th 0 0 202: 99 + 103 3 27
    2. FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique 6th 3 0 3 121: 88 + 33 3 15th
    3. EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC 6th 3 0 3 156: 109 + 47 3 15th
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Calvisano 6th 0 0 6th 87: 270 - 183 0 0
    October 11, 2008
    2:35 p.m. CEST     		Rugby Calvisano 20:56 Cardiff Blues Stadio Communale San Michele , Calvisano
    Spectators: 3,500
    report
    October 11, 2008
    5:30 pm WEST     		Gloucester RFC 22:10 Biarritz Olympique Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester
    Spectators: 11,723
    report
    October 18, 2008
    6:30 PM CEST     		Biarritz Olympique 41:10 Rugby Calvisano Parc des Sports d'Aguiléra , Biarritz
    Spectators: 7,500
    report
    October 19, 2008
    3:00 pm WEST     		Cardiff Blues 37:24 Gloucester RFC Millennium Stadium , Cardiff
    Spectators: 27,114
    report
    December 5, 2008
    8:00 PM GMT     		Cardiff Blues 21:17 Biarritz Olympique Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff
    Spectators: 11,210
    report
    December 6, 2008
    2:35 pm CET     		Rugby Calvisano 17:40 Gloucester RFC Stadio Communale San Michele, Calvisano
    Spectators: 3,500
    report
    December 13, 2008
    3:00 PM GMT     		Gloucester RFC 48: 5 Rugby Calvisano Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
    Spectators: 13,970
    report
    December 13, 2008
    6:30 p.m. CET     		Biarritz Olympique 6:10 Cardiff Blues Parc des Sports d'Aguiléra, Biarritz
    Spectators: 8,000
    report
    January 17, 2009
    2:35 pm CET     		Rugby Calvisano 15:23 Biarritz Olympique Stadio Communale San Michele, Calvisano
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    January 18, 2009
    3:00 PM GMT     		Gloucester RFC 12: 16 Cardiff Blues Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
    Spectators: 14,919
    report
    January 23, 2009
    8:00 PM GMT     		Cardiff Blues 62: 20 Rugby Calvisano Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
    Spectators: 11,203
    report
    January 23, 2009
    9:00 p.m. CET     		Biarritz Olympique 24:10 Gloucester RFC Parc des Sports d'Aguiléra, Biarritz
    Spectators: 7,000
    report

    Knockout round

    Seeding list

    1. Cardiff Blues
    2. Munster rugby
    3. Harlequins
    4. Leicester Tigers
    5. Bath rugby
    6. Leinster rugby
    7. Ospreys
    8. Toulouse

    Quarter finals

    April 11, 2009
    3:30 PM CEST     		WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff Blues 9: 6 FranceFrance Stade Toulousain Millennium Stadium , Cardiff
    Spectators: 36,728
    Referee: Chris White ( England )
    Penalty kicks: Blair (3/3) 1st, 30th, 57th
    		 (6: 3)
    Report     		Penalty kicks : Michalak (1/1) 5.
    Skrela (1/1) 64.
    April 11, 2009
    6:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland Leicester Tigers 20:15 EnglandEngland Bath rugby Walkers Stadium , Leicester
    Spectators: 26,100
    Referee: Alan Lewis ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Dupuy 80th n.erh.
    Penalty kicks : Vesty (5/5) 20th, 22nd, 51st, 55th, 67th
    		 (6: 7)
    Report     		Attempts: Berne 35th received
    Maddock 64th received
    Elevations: James (1/2)
    Penalty Kicks: James (1/2) 45.
    April 12, 2009
    1:00 p.m. WEST     		Ireland Munster rugby 43: 9 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ospreys Thomond Park , Limerick
    Spectators: 26,000
    Referees: Wayne Barnes ( England )
    Attempts: Warwick 34th raised
    O'Connell 55th raised
    Earls 63rd raised, 65th
    raised raises: O'Gara (4/4)
    Penalty kicks: O'Gara (3/3) 14th, 20th, 50.
    drop Goals: Warwick (2/2) 39., 58th     		(16: 6)
    Report     		Penalty kicks: Hook (3/6) 16., 30., 45.
    April 12, 2009
    3:30 pm WEST     		EnglandEngland Harlequins 5: 6 Ireland Leinster rugby The Stoop , London
    Spectators: 12,638
    Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
    Attempts: Brown 65th n.erh.
    		 (0: 6)
    report     		Penalty kicks: Contepomi (2/2) 16., 39.

    This game went down in history as "Bloodgate". Dean Richards, the Harlequins coach, was banned for three years for faking an injury to player Tom Williams with movie blood in order to make a tactical change. Williams himself was originally banned for a year; however, his sentence was reduced to four months after he revealed the background to the scandal.

    Semifinals

    May 2, 2009
    5:30 pm WEST     		Ireland Munster rugby 6:25 Ireland Leinster rugby Croke Park , Dublin
    Spectators: 82,208
    Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
    Penalty kicks: O'Gara (2/2) 18., 36.
    		 (6:11)
    Report     		Attempts: D'Arcy 30. A.D.
    Fitzgerald 42nd received
    O'Driscoll 61st
    raised increases: Sexton (2/3)
    Penalty kicks: Sexton (1/1) 26.
    Dropgoals: Contepomi (1/1) 15.
    May 3, 2009
    3:00 pm WEST     		WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff Blues 26: 26 a.d. EnglandEngland Leicester Tigers Millennium Stadium , Cardiff
    Spectators: 44,212
    Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Roberts 73rd raised
    James 74th
    raised raises: Blair (2/2)
    Penalties: Blair (2/2) 14th, 33rd
    Halfpenny (2/2) 27th, 35th
    		 (12:13)
    report     		Attempts: Hamilton 21st.
    Murphy 45th.
    Increases: Dupuy (2/2)
    Penalties: Dupuy (4/7) 24th, 38th, 54th, 56th.

    The game ended 26:26 after extra time. It was decided by the first penalty shootout in the history of the sport. The Leicester Tigers prevailed with 7: 6 converted penalties.

    final

    May 23, 2009
    5:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland Leicester Tigers 16:19 Ireland Leinster rugby Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh
    Spectators: 66,523
    Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
    Attempts: Woods 38th
    increases: Dupuy (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Dupuy (3/3) 8th, 33rd, 42nd
    		 (13: 9)
    Report     		Tries: Heaslip 49. erh.
    Increases: Sexton (1/1)
    penalty kicks: Sexton (2/3) 24, 70.
    Drop Goals: O'Driscoll (1/1) 5.
    Sexton (1/1) 17.
    15th Geordan Murphy ( c ) Changed after 47 minutes 47.
    14th Scott Hamilton
    13 Ayoola Erinle
    12 Dan Hipkiss
    11 Alesana Tuilagi
    10 Sam Vesty
    09 Julien Dupuy Changed after 75 minutes 75.
    08th Jordan Crane Changed after 29 minutes 29
    07th Ben Woods Changed after 60 minutes 60.
    06th Craig Newby
    05 Ben Kay
    04th Tom Croft
    03 Martin Castrogiovanni Changed after 52 minutes 52.
    02 George Chuter Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    01 Marcos Ayerza
    Substitute:
    16 Benjamin Kayser Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    17th Julian White Substituted after 52 minutes 52.
    18th Louis Deacon Substituted after 29 minutes 29
    19th Lewis Moody Substituted after 60 minutes 60.
    20th Harry Ellis Substituted after 75 minutes 75.
    21st Matt Smith Substituted after 47 minutes 47.
    22nd Johne Murphy
    15th Isa Nacewa
    14th Shane Horgan
    13 Brian O'Driscoll
    12 Gordon D'Arcy
    11 Luke Fitzgerald Changed after 71 minutes 71.
    10 Jonathan Sexton
    09 Chris Whitaker
    08th Jamie Heaslip
    07th Shane Jennings Changed after 36 minutes36. 42.Substituted after 42 minutes
    06th Rocky Elsom
    05 Malcolm O'Kelly
    04th Leo Cullen ( c )
    03 Stan Wright Time penalty from 32nd to 42nd minute 32nd to 42nd
    02 Bernard Jackman Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    01 Cian Healy Medical care from 60th to 64th minutes 60th to 64th
    Substitute:
    16 John Fogarty Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    17th Ronan McCormack Substituted after 36 minutes36. 42. 60. 64.Changed after 42 minutes Substituted after 60 minutes Changed after 64 minutes
    18th Devin Toner
    19th Sean O'Brien
    20th Simon Keogh
    21st Rob Kearney Substituted after 71 minutes 71.
    22nd Girvan Dempsey

    statistics

    Source: ERC statistics

    Most attempts made

    Surname team tries
    1 Ireland Brian O'Driscoll Leinster rugby 5
    2 Ireland Tommy Bowe Ospreys 4th
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Leigh Halfpenny Cardiff Blues 4th
    New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Hamilton Leicester Tigers 4th
    Ireland Johne Murphy Leicester Tigers 4th
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gareth Thomas Cardiff Blues 4th
    EnglandEngland Tom Williams Harlequins 4th

    Most points scored

    Surname team Points
    1 New ZealandNew Zealand Ben Blair Cardiff Blues 99
    2 Ireland Ronan O'Gara Munster rugby 86
    3 EnglandEngland Toby Flood Leicester Tigers 76
    4th AustraliaAustralia Brock James ASM Clermont Auvergne 65
    5 ArgentinaArgentina Felipe Contepomi Leinster rugby 64

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ The Heineken Cup Pool Draw Explained. ERC Rugby, June 17, 2008, archived from the original on June 20, 2008 ; accessed on June 17, 2008 (English).
    2. ↑ European Rankings. ERC Rugby, June 17, 2008, accessed June 17, 2008 .
    3. ↑ Dean Richards ban: how 'Bloodgate' saga unfolded. Daily Telegraph, August 18, 2009, accessed August 18, 2009 .
    4. ↑ Player Statistics ( English ) European Professional Club Rugby. Retrieved May 8, 2019.