2010–11 British and Irish Cup

2010–11 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries  England
Ireland Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Date October 2010 - May 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams 24
Matches played 67
Attendance 81,295 (1,213 per match)
Tries scored 388 (5.79 per match)
Top point scorer(s) James Pritchard (Bedford Blues)
(128 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s) Handre Schmidt (Bedford Blues)
(11 tries)[2]
Final
Venue Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance 4,375
Champions England Bristol Rugby (1st title)
Runner-up England Bedford Blues
← 2009–10 (Previous) (Next) 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 British and Irish Cup was the 2nd season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. First round matches began on Friday 15 October 2010 and the final was held on Saturday 7 May 2011.

Defending champions Cornish Pirates were unable to make it out of the pool stages. Bristol lifted the cup, narrowly defeating Bedford Blues 17-14 in the first all-English final.

Teams

The allocation of teams was as follows:

England England Ireland Ireland Scotland Scotland Wales Wales

Competition format

The teams were divided into four pools of six, playing over five weekends during the Autumn International and Six Nations windows. The four pool winners and runners-up contested a knock-out stage, with quarter-finals on 5 or 6 March, semi-finals on 23 March and the final on 7 May.

Pool stages

Pool A

Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
England Worcester Warriors 5 4 0 1 175 87 88 22 3 0 19
Ireland Leinster A 5 4 0 1 138 117 21 18 3 0 19
England Cornish Pirates 5 3 0 2 175 108 67 23 4 1 17
Wales Newport 5 3 0 2 121 159 -38 16 3 1 16
England Plymouth Albion 5 1 0 4 76 144 -68 9 1 0 5
Scotland Currie 5 0 0 5 104 174 -70 11 0 2 2
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
17 October 2010
14:30
Newport Wales 28 – 33 Ireland Leinster A
Stats
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 881
11 December 2010
13:00
Worcester Warriors England 58 – 10 Wales Newport
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 2,844
11 December 2010
14:00
Leinster A Ireland 25 – 16 England Plymouth Albion
Stats
Greystones RFC
Attendance: 500
11 December 2010
15:00
Cornish Pirates England 54 – 31 Scotland Currie
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 923
19 December 2010
14:00
Cornish Pirates England 43 – 12 Ireland Leinster A
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,026
14 January 2011
19:30
Currie Scotland 23 – 25 Wales Newport
Stats
Malleny Park
Attendance: 600
16 January 2011
13:00
Leinster A Ireland 38 – 23 England Worcester Warriors
Stats
Donnybrook
Attendance: 485
16 January 2011
14:00
Cornish Pirates England 34 – 3 England Plymouth Albion
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,207
21 January 2011
19:15
Newport Wales 34 – 32 England Cornish Pirates
Stats
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 697
22 January 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors England 34 – 11 England Plymouth Albion
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 3,830
23 January 2011
14:00
Leinster A Ireland 30 – 7 Scotland Currie
Stats
Donnybrook
Attendance: 530
25 January 2011
19:45
Plymouth Albion England 13 – 24 Wales Newport
Stats
The Brickfields
Attendance: 762
9 February 2011
19:30
Currie Scotland 16 – 32 England Worcester Warriors
Stats
Watsonians RFC
Attendance: 400
26 February 2011
15:00
Plymouth Albion England 33 – 27 Scotland Currie
Stats
The Brickfields
Attendance: 921
26 February 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors England 28 – 12 England Cornish Pirates
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 4,042

Pool B

Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
England Bristol 5 4 0 1 161 95 66 22 3 0 19
Wales Llanelli 5 4 0 1 123 66 57 14 2 0 18
Ireland Munster A 5 3 0 2 149 79 70 18 2 1 15
England Nottingham 5 2 0 3 128 103 25 18 3 2 13
Scotland Melrose 5 2 0 3 104 147 -43 11 1 1 10
England Esher 5 0 0 5 46 221 -175 3 0 1 1
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
15 October 2010
19:30
Munster A Ireland 13 – 15 Wales Llanelli
Stats
Waterford Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,500
10 December 2010
19:45
Bristol England 23 – 37 England Nottingham
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,912
11 December 2010
14:00
Melrose Scotland 14 – 47 Ireland Munster A
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 1,017
11 December 2010
15:00
Esher England 14 – 33 Wales Llanelli
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 812
3 January 2011
14:00
Melrose Scotland 24 – 18 England Esher
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 600
14 January 2011
19:45
Esher England 5 – 55 England Bristol
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 719
14 January 2011
19:45
Nottingham England 14 – 15 Ireland Munster A
Stats
Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,189
15 January 2011
13:30
Llanelli Wales 24 – 9 Scotland Melrose
Stats
21 January 2011
19:30
Munster A Ireland 64 – 9 England Esher
Stats
Garryowen RFC
Attendance: 500
23 January 2011
15:00
Bristol England 27 – 17 Wales Llanelli
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,228
23 January 2011
15:00
Nottingham England 29 – 31 Scotland Melrose
Stats
Meadow Lane
Attendance: 913
22 February 2011
19:45
Bristol England 27 – 10 Ireland Munster A
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,364
23 February 2011
19:30
Llanelli Wales 34 – 3 England Nottingham
Stats
26 February 2011
14:00
Melrose Scotland 26 – 29 England Bristol
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 594
26 February 2011
15:00
Esher England 0 – 45 England Nottingham
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 200

Pool C

Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
England Bedford Blues 5 5 0 0 164 66 98 18 3 0 23
England Moseley 5 4 0 1 117 113 4 16 2 0 18
Wales Neath 5 3 0 2 78 76 2 9 0 2 14
England London Welsh 5 2 0 3 93 99 -6 14 1 2 11
Ireland Ulster Ravens 5 1 0 4 109 128 -19 13 1 2 7
Wales Swansea 5 0 0 5 61 140 -79 7 0 2 2
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
16 October 2010
14:30
Swansea Wales 12 – 32 Ireland Ulster Ravens
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 1,200
11 December 2010
14:00
London Welsh England 21 – 24 England Moseley
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 675
11 December 2010
15:00
Bedford Blues England 36 – 22 Ireland Ulster Ravens
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,105
14 January 2011
19:00
Ulster Ravens Ireland 20 – 25 Wales Neath
Stats
Instonians RFC
Attendance: 400
15 January 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues England 44 – 14 England London Welsh
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,416
15 January 2011
15:00
Moseley England 28 – 22 Wales Swansea
Stats
Billesley Common
Attendance: 429
19 January 2011
19:30
Neath Wales 6 – 13 England Bedford Blues
Stats
The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000
22 January 2011
14:00
London Welsh England 29 – 11 Ireland Ulster Ravens
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 785
22 January 2011
15:00
Moseley England 24 – 18 Wales Neath
Stats
Billesley Common
Attendance: 526
8 February 2011
19:15
Swansea Wales 9 – 43 England Bedford Blues
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 800
15 February 2011
19:30
Swansea Wales 12 – 15 Wales Neath
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 250
23 February 2011
14:00
Ulster Ravens Ireland 24 – 26 England Moseley
Stats
25 February 2011
19:15
Neath Wales 14 – 7 England London Welsh
Stats
The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000
26 February 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues England 28 – 15 England Moseley
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,908
27 February 2011
14:00
London Welsh England 22 – 6 Wales Swansea
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 237

Pool D

Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
Wales Pontypridd 5 5 0 0 140 80 60 18 3 0 23
Scotland Ayr 5 3 1 1 93 101 -8 13 0 0 14
England Doncaster 5 2 0 3 142 128 14 15 1 2 11
England Birmingham & Solihull 5 2 0 3 95 90 5 13 1 2 11
Wales Llandovery 5 2 0 3 92 106 -14 9 0 1 9
England Rotherham 5 0 1 4 83 140 -57 13 1 0 3
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
16 October 2010
14:30
Llandovery Wales 18 – 28 Wales Pontypridd
Stats
Church Bank
Attendance: 1,200
11 December 2010
14:00
Rotherham England 17 – 34 Wales Llandovery
Stats
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 350
12 December 2010
12:30
Pontypridd Wales 33 – 12 Scotland Ayr
Stats
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 1,000
9 January 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull England 35 – 29 England Doncaster
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 317
15 January 2011
14:30
Pontypridd Wales 21 – 12 England Rotherham
Stats
Sardis Road
Attendance: 2,050
15 January 2011
15:00
Llandovery Wales 6 – 27 England Doncaster
Stats
Church Bank
16 January 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull England 12 – 18 Scotland Ayr
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 350
22 January 2011
14:00
Rotherham England 20 – 20 Scotland Ayr
Stats
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 587
22 January 2011
14:30
Doncaster England 23 – 35 Wales Pontypridd
Stats
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,227
25 January 2011
19:45
Pontypridd Wales 23 – 15 England Birmingham & Solihull
Stats
Sardis Road
Attendance: 1,200
12 February 2011
12:00
Ayr Scotland 20 – 19 Wales Llandovery
Stats
Millbrae
Attendance: 670
14 February 2011
15:00
Llandovery Wales 15 – 14 England Birmingham & Solihull
Stats
Church Bank
Attendance: 200
15 February 2011
19:30
Doncaster England 46 – 29 England Rotherham
Stats
Castle Park
Attendance: 864
26 February 2011
12:00
Ayr Scotland 23 – 17 England Doncaster
Stats
Millbrae
Attendance: 860
27 February 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull England 19 – 5 England Rotherham
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 300

Knock-out stages

Qualifiers

The four pool winners and the four runners up proceeded to the knock out stages. The best four qualifiers (pool winners) had home advantage in the quarter finals.

Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
Pool C Winner England Bedford Blues 5 5 0 0 164 66 98 18 3 0 23
Pool D Winner Wales Pontypridd 5 5 0 0 140 80 60 18 3 0 23
Pool A Winner England Worcester Warriors 5 4 0 1 175 87 88 22 3 0 19
Pool B Winner England Bristol 5 4 0 1 161 95 66 22 3 0 19
Pool A Runner-up Ireland Leinster A 5 4 0 1 138 117 21 18 3 0 19
Pool B Runner-up Wales Llanelli 5 4 0 1 123 66 57 14 2 0 18
Pool C Runner-up England Moseley 5 4 0 1 117 113 4 16 2 0 18
Pool D Runner-up Scotland Ayr 5 3 1 1 93 101 -8 13 0 0 14
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
5 March 2011 - Sardis Road        
 Wales Pontypridd  12
23 April 2011 - Sardis Road
 Wales Llanelli  10  
 Wales Pontypridd  25
6 March 2011 - Memorial Stadium
     England Bristol  36  
 England Bristol  29
7 May 2011 - Memorial Stadium
 Scotland Ayr  19  
 England Bristol  17
5 March 2011 - Goldington Road    
   England Bedford Blues  14
 England Bedford Blues  50
23 April 2011 - Goldington Road
 Ireland Leinster A  15  
 England Bedford Blues  43
5 March 2011 - Sixways Stadium
     England Worcester Warriors  27  
 England Worcester Warriors  57
 England Moseley  15  
 

Quarter-finals

5 March 2011
14:30
Pontypridd Wales 12 - 10 Wales Llanelli
Pen: Humberstone 5'c, 30'c, 68'c (3/3), Gunter 79'c (1/1)
 Report
Stats		 Try: Hopkins 38'c
Con: Shingler (1/1)
Drop: Shingler 76'c (1/1)
Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Luke Pearce
5 March 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors England 57 - 15 England Moseley
Try: Sanderson 10'c, 24'c, Garvey 27'c, 38'c, Crockett 30'c, Frost 44'c, Grove 50'c, Shervington 74'm
Con: Carlisle (7/8)
Pen: Carlisle 20'c (1/1)
 Report
Stats		 Try: Sigley 64'm, Borgen 80'c
Con: Thomas (1/2)
Pen: Thomas 2'c (1/1)
Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 2,461
Referee: Leo Colgan
5 March 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues England 50 - 15 Ireland Leinster A
Try: Schmidt 14'm, 20'm, 58'c, 64'c, Dodge 32'c, Thrower 79'c
Con: Pritchard (4/6)
Pen: Pritchard 19'c, 43'c, 46'c, 76'c (4/4)
 Report
Stats		 Try: Auva'a 53'c, 73'm
Con: Madigan (1/2)
Pen: Madigan 36'c (1/1)
Goldington Road, Bedford
Attendance: 1,313
Referee: David Jones
6 March 2011
15:00
Bristol England 29 - 19 Scotland Ayr
Try: Gadd 9'm, Merriman 15'c, 39'c, Watkins 41'c
Con: Barnes (3/4)
Pen: Barnes 5'm, 73'c (1/2)
 Report
Stats		 Try: Taylor 30'm, Manning 48'c, Ferguson 69'c
Con: Curle (2/3)
Pen: Curle 40'm (0/1)
Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 1,595
Referee: Neil Hennessey

Semi-finals

23 April 2011
14:30
Pontypridd Wales 25 - 36 England Bristol
Try: Siggery 13'c, Humberstone 74'c, Waters 78'm
Con: Humberstone (2/3)
Pen: Humberstone 34'c, 39'c (2/2)
 Report
Stats		 Try: Norton 4'c, 69'c, Penalty try 15'c, Blaney 51'm, Watkins 64'c
Con: Barnes (4/5)
Pen: Barnes 3'c
Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leo Colgan
23 April 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues England 43 - 27 England Worcester Warriors
Try: Seal 13'c, Tupai 17'c, 30'c, Rae 23'm, Pritchard 47'c, Thrower 60'c
Con: Pritchard (5/6)
Pen: Pritchard 53'c
 Report
Stats		 Try: Carlisle 4'c, Grove 6'c, King 76'c
Con: Carlisle (2/2), Walker (1/1)
Pen: Walker 26'c, 45'c (2/2)
Goldington Road, Bedford
Attendance: 2,049
Referee: Michael Tutty

Final

7 May 2011
17:05
Bristol England 17 - 14 England Bedford Blues
Try: Elliott 51'm
Con: Barnes (0/1)
Pen: Barnes 13'm, 33'c, 36'c, 40'c, 75'c (4/5)
 Report
Stats		 Try: Schmidt 80'm
Con: Pritchard (0/1)
Pen: Pritchard 9'c, 61'c, 64'm, 70'c (3/4)
Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 4,375
Referee: Scotland Andrew McMenemy
FB 15England George Watkins
RW 14England Anthony Elliott
OC 13England Jack Adams
IC 12New Zealand Junior Fatialofa
LW 11England Dan Norton
FH 10England Ed Barnes
SH 9 United States Robbie Shaw  80'
N8 8 Australia Dan Montagu
OF 7 Wales James Merriman
BF 6 England Iain Grieve (c)
RL 5 England Roy Winters
LL 4 Argentina Mariano Sambucetti  71'
TP 3 England Darren Crompton  57'
HK 2 Ireland David Blaney
LP 1 England Mark Irish  74'
Replacements:
HK 16England Ollie Hayes
PR 17England Wayne Thompson  57'
PR 18England Mako Vunipola  74'
LK 19England Darren Barry  71'
N8 20England Marco Mama
SH 21England Richard Bolt  80'
FH 22England Mark Davies
Coach: England Paul Hull
FB 15England Edd Thrower  52'
RW 14South Africa Handre Schmidt
OC 13Australia Myles Dorrian
IC 12England Ollie Dodge
LW 11Canada James Pritchard (c)
FH 10England Jake Sharp
SH 9 England Will Chudley  52'
N8 8 Samoa Paul Tupai
OF 7 England Alex Rae 39' to 49'
BF 6 England Gregor Gillanders  71'
RL 5 England George Kruis
LL 4 England Mike Howard
TP 3 England Phil Boulton  61'
HK 2 England Dan Richmond
LP 1 England Dan Seal
Replacements:
HK 16England Chris Locke
PR 17England Sam Walsh  61'
LK 18Scotland Sean Tomes  71'
N8 19England Chris Goodman
SH 20South Africa Darryl Veenendaal  52'
CE 21England Tom Bedford
WG 22England Duncan Taylor  52'
Coach: Wales Mike Rayer

Touch judges:
Scotland Ian Heard
Scotland Graham Marshall

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank Player Team Points[1]
1 James Pritchard England Bedford Blues 128
2 Joe Carlisle England Worcester Warriors 75
3 Simon Humberstone Wales Pontypridd 61
4 Ed Barnes England Bristol 58
5 Handre Schmidt England Bedford Blues 55
6 Hayden Abercrombie Scotland Currie 49
Tristan Roberts England Doncaster
8 Steven Shingler Wales Llanelli 47
9 Rob Cook England Cornish Pirates 43
Christian Lewis-Pratt England Doncaster
Scott Wright Scotland Melrose

Top try scorers

Rank Player Team Tries[2]
1 Handre Schmidt England Bedford Blues 11
2 Andrew Conway Ireland Leinster A 6
George Watkins England Bristol
4 Wesley Davies England Cornish Pirates 5
5 Anthony Elliott England Bristol 4
Christian Lewis-Pratt England Doncaster
Matt Scott Scotland Currie

Geography

Team Stadium Capacity City/Area/Country
Scotland Ayr Millbrae Unknown Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland
England Bedford Blues Goldington Road 4,684 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
England Birmingham & Solihull Damson Park 3,050 Solihull, West Midlands, England
England Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,100 Bristol, England
England Cornish Pirates Mennaye Field 3,500 Penzance, Cornwall, England
Scotland Currie Malleny Park Unknown Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland
England Doncaster Castle Park 3,075 Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
England Esher Molesey Road Unknown Esher, England
Ireland Leinster A Donnybrook 7,000 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Wales Llandovery Church Bank 5,000 Llandovery, Wales
Wales Llanelli Parc y Scarlets 14,870 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
England London Welsh Old Deer Park 5,850 London, England
Scotland Melrose The Greenyards Unknown Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
England Moseley Billesley Common 3,000+ (650 seated) Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Ireland Munster A Musgrave Park 8,300 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Wales Neath The Gnoll 7,500 Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Wales Newport Rodney Parade 10,500 Newport, Wales
England Nottingham Meadow Lane 19,588 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
England Plymouth Albion The Brickfields 6,500 Plymouth, Devon, England
Wales Pontypridd Sardis Road 7,861 Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
England Rotherham Clifton Lane 2,500 Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Wales Swansea St Helens 4,500 Swansea, Wales
Ireland Ulster A Ravenhill Stadium 12,125 Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland
England Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium 12,068 Worcester, England

References

  1. 1 2 "British & Irish Cup Top Point Scorers". Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 "British & Irish Cup Top Try Scorers". Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Birmingham & Solihull 35 Doncaster Knights 29". Doncaster Free Press. 11 January 2011.

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