2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage

2016–17 European Rugby Chamllenge Cup pool stage
Season 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup
Date 13 October 2016 – 22 January 2017
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The 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage will be the first stage of competition in the third season of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

It will involve 20 teams competing, across 5 pools of 4 teams, for 8 quarter-final places – awarded to the 5 pool winners and the 3 top-ranked pool runners-up.

The pool stage will begin on 13 October 2016 It is due to be completed on the weekend of 19–22 January 2017.

Seeding

The 20 competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team was seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower tier.[1]

Rank Top 14 Premiership Pro 12 Qualifying Competition
1 France Brive England Harlequins Wales Cardiff Blues Russia Enisey-STM
2 France La Rochelle England Gloucester Wales Ospreys Romania Timișoara Saracens
3 France Grenoble England Bath Scotland Edinburgh
4 France Pau England Worcester Warriors Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
5 France Stade Français England Newcastle Falcons Italy Treviso
6 France Lyon England Bristol
7 France Bayonne

Teams will be taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw was used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1; the remaining team went into Tier 2. This allocation indirectly determined which fourth-seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others entered Tier 3.

Given the nature of the Qualifying Competition, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, Rugby Europe 1 and Rugby Europe 2 were automatically included in Tier 4, despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.

The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).

Tier 1 England Harlequins (1 AP) Wales Cardiff Blues (1 Pro12) France Brive (1 Top 14) Wales Ospreys (2 Pro12) France La Rochelle (2 Top 14)
Tier 2 England Gloucester (2 AP) England Bath (3 AP) Scotland Edinburgh (3 Pro12) France Grenoble (3 Top 14) England Worcester Warriors (4 AP)
Tier 3 France Pau (4 Top 14) Wales Newport Gwent Dragons (4 Pro12) England Newcastle Falcons (5 AP) Italy Treviso (5 Pro12) France Stade Français (5 Top 14)
Tier 4 England Bristol (6 AP) France Lyon (6 Top 14) France Bayonne (7 Top 14) Russia Enisey-STM (QC 1) Romania Timișoara Saracens (QC 2)

The following restrictions apply to the draw:

Pool stage

The draw took place on 29 June 2016 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

During the pool stage, the teams will play the 3 other teams in their pool twice, both at home and away,[2] Based on the result of the match, teams receive:[3]

Following the pool stage, the five winners from each group progress to the quarter-finals, along with the three best pool runners-up from the competition. In the event of a tie between two or more teams from the same pool, the following criteria were used as tie-breakers:[3]

  1. The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
  2. If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
  3. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.

If this id not separate teams, and/or the tie related to teams that did not played each other (i.e., in different pools), the following tie breakers were used:

  1. If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
  2. The club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
  3. If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
  4. If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.
Key to colours
     Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
     Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.
     Cannot advance to the quarter-finals.

Pool 1

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
France La Rochelle 2 2 0 0 92 34 +58 13 4 2 0 10
England Gloucester 2 2 0 0 84 35 +49 10 4 2 0 10
France Bayonne 2 0 0 2 51 98 –47 6 14 0 0 0
Italy Benetton Treviso 2 0 0 2 18 78 –60 2 9 0 0 0
15 October 2016
15:00
Benetton Treviso Italy 10–41 France La Rochelle (1 BP)
Try: McLean 64' c
Con: McKinley (1/1) 64'
Pen: McKinley (1/1) 21'
 Report Try: Atonio (2) 17' c, 48' c
Forbes 43' c
Penalty try 72' c
Eaton 75' c
Con: James (3/3) 17', 43', 48'
Holmes (2/2) 72', 75'
Pen: James (2/2) 11', 39'
Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Greg Garner (RFU)
15 October 2016
17:00
Bayonne France 27–47 England Gloucester (1 BP)
Try: Lacroix 27' c
Labouyrie 37' c
Oulai 43' c
Con: Méret (3/3) 27', 37', 43'
Pen: Méret (2/2) 3', 14'
 Report Try: Atkinson (2) 5' c, 16' c
Scott 9' c
Twelvetrees 40' m
May 53' c
Savage 80' m
Con: Hook (4/6) 5', 9', 16', 53'
Pen: Hook (3/3) 30', 51', 77'
Stade Jean-Dauger
Attendance: 5,005
Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)
20 October 2016
20:45
(1 BP) La Rochelle France 51–24 France Bayonne
Try: Sazy 3' c
Bouldoire (2) 6' c, 34' c
Eaton 23' c
Barry 38' m
Retiere 53' m
Botia 56' m
Cedaro 72' m
Con: James (4/8) 3', 6', 23', 34'
Pen: James (1/1) 19'
 Report Try: Laveau 21' c
Huete 43' c
Penalty try 75' c
Con: Méret (2/2) 21', 43'
Rouet (1/1) 75'
Pen: Méret (1/1) 32'
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 14,634
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
22 October 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Gloucester England 37–8 Italy Benetton Treviso
Try: Ludlow 24' c
May 40' c
Scott 52' c
Braley 80' c
Con: Laidlaw (3/3) 24', 40', 52'
Hook (1/1) 80'
Pen: Laidlaw (3/3) 11', 19', 50'
 Report Try: M. Tagicakibau 41' m
Pen: McKinley (1/1) 28'
Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 9,618
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
8 December 2016
19:45
Gloucester England v France La Rochelle
Kingsholm Stadium
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
9 December 2016
20:00
Bayonne France v Italy Benetton Treviso
Stade Jean-Dauger
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)
17 December 2016
15:00
Benetton Treviso Italy v France Bayonne
Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (RFU)
17 December 2016
20:45
La Rochelle France v England Gloucester
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)
12/13/14/15 January 2017
Bayonne France v France La Rochelle
19/20/21/22 January 2017
Gloucester England v France Bayonne

Pool 2

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Wales Ospreys 2 2 0 0 76 13 +60 11 2 2 0 10
France Lyon 2 1 0 1 52 44 +8 6 5 1 0 5
England Newcastle Falcons 2 1 0 1 50 52 –2 8 8 1 0 5
France Grenoble 2 0 0 2 20 89 –69 2 12 0 0 0
14 October 2016
19:30
Grenoble France 13–39 France Lyon (1 BP)
Try: Jammes 6' c
Con: Bosch (1/1) 6'
Pen: Bosch (2/2) 19', 29'
 Report Try: Mapusua 15' c
Regard 66' m
Fourie 76' m
Clunies-Ross 80' c
Con: Potgieter (2/4) 15', 80'
Pen: Potgieter (5/5) 21', 27', 34', 42', 47'
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 7,003
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
14 October 2016
19:05
(1 BP) Ospreys Wales 45–0 England Newcastle Falcons
Try: Biggar 20' c
Webb 25' c
Beck 34' m
Baldwin 54' c
Tipuric 55' c
Giles (2) 61' c, 71' m
Con: Biggar (5/7) 20', 25', 54', 55', 61'
 Report
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,352
Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)
22 October 2016
20:45
Lyon France 13–31 Wales Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: Browning 59' m
Romanet 80' m
Pen: Potgieter (1/1) 25'
 Report Try: Giles (3) 15' c, 30' c, 45' c
Parry 79' c
Con: S. Davies (4/4) 15', 30', 45', 79'
Pen: S. Davies (1/1) 8'
Matmut Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
23 October 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons England 50–7 France Grenoble
Try: Welch 4' c
Witty 25' c
Takulua 32' c
M. Wilson 40' c
Sowrey 44' c
J. Hodgson 52' m
Lawson 64' m
M. Watson 77' m
Con: J. Hodgson (5/8) 4', 25', 32', 40', 44'
 Report Try: Sawailau 73' c
Con: Mele (1/1) 73'
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,390
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)
8 December 2016
19:45
Grenoble France v Wales Ospreys
9 December 2016
19:30
Lyon France v England Newcastle Falcons
Matmut Stadium
Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)
17 December 2016
15:00
Ospreys Wales v France Grenoble
Liberty Stadium
Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
18 December 2016
15:00
Newcastle Falcons England v France Lyon
Kingston Park
Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)
12/13/14/15 January 2017
Grenoble France v England Newcastle Falcons
12/13/14/15 January 2017
Ospreys Wales v France Lyon
19/20/21/22 January 2017
Lyon France v France Grenoble
19/20/21/22 January 2017
Newcastle Falcons England v Wales Ospreys

Pool 3

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Russia Enisey-STM 2 2 0 0 57 30 +27 6 3 1 0 9
Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 2 1 0 1 55 54 +1 7 6 1 0 5
France Brive 2 1 0 1 41 61 –20 4 8 0 0 4
England Worcester Warriors 2 0 0 2 36 44 –8 5 4 0 2 2
14 October 2016
19:30
(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 37–16 France Brive
Try: Landman 11' c
L. Evans 64' m
Hill 68' c
Amos 73' m
Warren 75' c
Con: Macleod (1/1) 11'
A. O'Brien (2/4) 68', 75'
Pen: Macleod (2/2) 3', 8'
 Report Try: Laranjeira 17' c
Con: Laranjeira (1/1) 17'
Pen: Laranjeira (3/3) 29', 36', 60'
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,126
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (RFU)
15 October 2016
15:00
Enisey-STM Russia 19–12 England Worcester Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Kacharava 6' c
Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 6'
Pen: Kushnarev (3/3) 2', 50', 64'
Drop: Gaisin (1/1) 75'
 Report Try: Adams 10' c
Alo 70' m
Con: Shillcock (1/2) 10'
Slava Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
22 October 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Worcester Warriors England 24–25 France Brive
Try: Bower 28' c
Penalty try 58' c
Short 80' c
Con: Heathcote (1/1) 28'
Shillcock (2/2) 58', 80'
Pen: Heathcote (1/1) 47'
 Report Try: Ngwenya 4' c
Hireche 60' m
Acquier 73' c
Con: Laranjeira (1/1) 4'
N. Bézy (1/1) 73'
Pen: Laranjeira (2/2) 9', 64'
Sixways Stadium
Attendance: 7,209
Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)
22 October 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Enisey-STM Russia 38–18 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Gerasimov (2) 28' c, 74' c
Selskiy (2) 35' c, 63' c
Morozov 80' c
Con: Kushnarev (5/5) 28', 35', 63', 74', 80'
Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 17'
 Report Try: Howard 20' c
Beard 31' m
Con: A. O'Brien (1/2) 20'
Pen: A. O'Brien (2/2) 55', 62'
Trud Stadium, Tomsk
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu (FRR)
10 December 2016
15:00
Enisey-STM Russia v France Brive
Yug Stadium
Referee: Ian Tempest (RFU)
10 December 2016
15:00
Worcester Warriors England v Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Sixways Stadium
Referee: Thomas Charabas (FFR)
16 December 2016
19:00
Brive France v Russia Enisey-STM
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)
16 December 2016
19:30
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales v England Worcester Warriors
Rodney Parade
Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)
12/13/14/15 January 2017
Brive France v England Worcester Warriors
12/13/14/15 January 2017
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales v Russia Enisey-STM
19/20/21/22 January 2017
Worcester Warriors England v Russia Enisey-STM

Pool 4

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Wales Cardiff Blues 2 2 0 0 60 32 +28 7 4 1 0 9
England Bath 2 2 0 0 47 28 +19 2 3 0 0 8
France Pau 2 0 0 2 34 52 –18 5 4 0 1 1
England Bristol 2 0 0 2 26 55 –29 2 5 0 0 0
14 October 2016
19:45
Bristol England 20–33 Wales Cardiff Blues (1 BP)
Try: Crumpton 15' c
Joyce 80' c
Con: Jarvis (1/1) 15'
Searle (1/1) 80'
Pen: Jarvis (2/2) 6', 27'
 Report Try: Lee-Lo 30' c
Turnbull 37' m
Cuthbert 48' c
James 73' m
Con: Anscombe (2/2) 30', 48'
Pen: Anscombe (3/3) 10', 19', 22'
Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 8,289
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)
15 October 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Pau France 22–25 England Bath
Try: Buros 8' c
Dougall 39' c
Votu 73' m
Con: Fajardo (2/3) 9', 40'
Pen: Fajardo (1/2) 59'
 Report Try: Rokoduguni 21' c
Con: Priestland (1/1) 22'
Pen: Priestland (6/6) 1', 13', 36', 56', 63', 70'
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 9,212
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)
20 October 2016
19:45
Bath England 22–6 England Bristol
Try: Banahan 80' c
Con: Priestland (1/1) 80'
Pen: Priestland (5/5) 7', 17', 35', 41', 65'
 Report Pen: Searle (1/1) 27'
Geraghty (1/1) 75'
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 13,257
Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)
21 October 2016
19:15
Cardiff Blues Wales 27–12 France Pau
Try: Scully 2' c
Allen (2) 49' c, 60' c
Con: S. Shingler (3/3) 2', 49', 60'
Pen: S. Shingler (2/2) 10', 24'
 Try: Ramsay 16' m
Dupouy 79' c
Con: Lacrampe (1/2) 79'
BT Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 6,960
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)
10 December 2016
14:30
Cardiff Blues Wales v England Bath
11 December 2016
15:00
Bristol England v France Pau
Ashton Gate Stadium
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
15 December 2016
19:45
Bath England v Wales Cardiff Blues
Recreation Ground
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)
16 October 2016
20:00
Pau France v England Bristol
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)
12/13/14/15 January 2017
Bristol England v England Bath
12/13/14/15 January 2017
Pau France v Wales Cardiff Blues
19/20/21/22 January 2017
Bath England v France Pau
19/20/21/22 January 2017
Cardiff Blues Wales v England Bristol

Pool 5

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Scotland Edinburgh 2 2 0 0 95 52 +43 15 7 2 0 10
England Harlequins 2 1 0 1 78 57 +21 12 9 2 1 7
France Stade Français 2 1 0 1 48 43 +5 7 7 1 0 5
Romania Timișoara Saracens 2 0 0 2 17 86 –69 2 13 0 0 0
13 October 2016
19:45
(1 BP) Harlequins England 43–21 France Stade Français
Try: Marler 5' c
Marchant 18' m
Visser (2) 21' c, 58' m
Chisholm 35' c, 41' m
Yarde 79' c
Con: Swiel (3/6) 5', 21', 35'
Jackson (1/1) 79'
 Report Try: Macalou 32' c
Daguin 61' c
Alberts 70' c
Con: Plisson (3/3) 32', 61', 70'
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 11,820
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
15 October 2016
14:00
Timișoara Saracens Romania 17–59 Scotland Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: Shennan (2) 15' c, 74' c
Con: Calafeteanu (2/2) 15', 74'
Pen: Calafeteanu (1/1) 9'
 Report Try: Allen 1' c
Mata (2) 4' c, 48' c
McInnaly (3) 12' m, 23' c, 31' m
Manu (3) 33' c, 37' c, 62' c
Con: Tovey (7/9) 1', 4', 23', 33', 37', 48', 62'
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 3,000[4]
Referee: Ian Tempest (RFU)
20 October 2016
20:00
(1 BP) Stade Français France 27–0 Romania Timișoara Saracens
Try: Plisson 2' c
Fartass 17' c
Camara 20' m
Nicolas 53' m
Con: M. Steyn (2/4) 2', 17'
Pen: M. Steyn (1/1) 9'
 Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 6,511
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)
22 October 2016
15:15
(1 BP) Edinburgh Scotland 36–35 England Harlequins (2 BP)
Try: Dell 5' m
Kinghorn 12' m
Manu 20' c
H. Watson 25' c
Hoyland 40' c
Brown 73' m
Con: Tovey (2/4) 20', 25'
Kinghorn (1/2) 40'
 Report Try: Walker 2' c
Penalty try (2) 38' c, 60' c
Sinckler 44' c
Luamanu 66' c
Con: N. Evans (3/3) 3', 38', 44'
Swiel (2/2) 60', 66'
BT Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,326
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
10 December 2016
15:00
Timișoara Saracens Romania v England Harlequins
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)
10 December 2016
19:45
Edinburgh Scotland v France Stade Français
BT Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (RFU)
15 December 2016
20:45
Stade Français France v Scotland Edinburgh
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
17 December 2016
15:00
Harlequins England v Romania Timișoara Saracens
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Thomas Charabas (FFR)
12/13/14/15 January 2017
Harlequins England v Scotland Edinburgh
19/20/21/22 January 2017
Edinburgh Scotland v Romania Timișoara Saracens
Myreside
19/20/21/22 January 2017
Stade Français France v England Harlequins

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Watch the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup Pool Draws live : News | ERC | Official Website". ERCRugby.com. 7 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
    2. ↑ EPCRugby.com - European heavyweights to clash following 2015/16 Pool Draws
    3. 1 2
    4. ↑ "Timișoara Saracens 17 Edinburgh 59 la debutul în Challenge Cup". EPCRugby. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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