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
Date	4 November 2010 – 20 March 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	35
Attendance	272,795 (7,794 per match)
Tries scored	174 (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
Venue	Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance	6,848
Champions	Gloucester (5th title)
Runners-up	Newcastle Falcons
← 2009–10 (Previous) (Next) 2011–12 →

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 the 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

4

2

0

2

61

59

2

6

0

1

9

London Wasps

4

1

0

3

50

101

−51

4

0

1

4^{[n 1]}

Cardiff Blues

4

0

1

3

56

104

−48

4

0

2

Leicester Tigers

4

0

4

60

141

−81

6

0

^
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

4

0

123

65

58

13

1

0

17

Bath

4

3

0

1

110

51

59

12

1

14

Ospreys

4

3

0

1

82

55

27

8

1

14

Exeter Chiefs

4

2

1

90

56

34

9

1

0

11

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^[a]

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

4

3

0

1

75

69

6

8

0

12

Saracens

4

2

1

116

72

44

15

2

0

11^{[n 1]}

London Irish

4

1

0

3

75

125

−50

9

1

0

5

Leeds Carnegie

4

0

4

70

143

−73

8

1

2

^
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

4

3

0

1

119

52

67

18

3

1

16

Northampton Saints

4

2

1

108

86

22

14

1

0

11

Scarlets

4

2

0

2

93

89

4

9

1

0

9

Sale Sharks

4

2

0

2

89

109

−20

12

1

0

9

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-finals		Final

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

4

0

123

65

58

13

1

0

17

2

Gloucester

4

3

0

1

119

52

67

18

3

1

16

3

Newport Gwent Dragons

4

3

0

1

75

69

6

8

0

12

4

Newcastle Falcons

4

2

0

2

61

59

2

6

0

1

9

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'

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Attendance: 12,533
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

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)


FB	15	Olly Morgan
RW	14	Charlie Sharples
OC	13	Tim Molenaar
IC	12	Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu
LW	11	Tom Voyce
FH	10	Nicky Robinson
SH	9	Jordi Pasqualin
N8	8	Luke Narraway (c)
OF	7	Andy Hazell
BF	6	Akapusi Qera
RL	5	Alex Brown
LL	4	Jim Hamilton
TP	3	Rupert Harden
HK	2	Olivier Azam
LP	1	Nick Wood
Replacements:
HK	16	Darren Dawidiuk
PR	17	Yann Thomas
PR	18	Shaun Knight
LK	19	Will James
FL	20	Matt Cox
FH	21	Tim Taylor
FB	22	Freddie Burns
CE	23	Henry Trinder
Coach:
Bryan Redpath


FB	15	Alex Tait
RW	14	Luke Fielden
OC	13	Tane Tu'ipulotu
IC	12	James Fitzpatrick
LW	11	Luke Eves
FH	10	Jimmy Gopperth
SH	9	Micky Young
N8	8	Allister Hogg
OF	7	Brent Wilson
BF	6	Tim Swinson
RL	5	Andrew van der Heijden
LL	4	James Hudson (c)
TP	3	Kieran Brookes
HK	2	Matt Thompson
LP	1	Jon Golding
Replacements:
HK	16	Rob Vickers
PR	17	Grant Shiells
PR	18	James Hall
LK	19	Filipo Levi
FL	20	Mark Wilson
SH	21	Hall Charlton
CE	22	Gcobani Bobo
FB	23	Tom Catterick
Coach:
Alan Tait

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

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points^[1]
1	Nick Evans	Harlequins	48
2	Charlie Sharples	Gloucester	40
3	Matthew Jones	Newport Gwent Dragons	35
4	Matthew Morgan	Ospreys	33
5	Olly Barkley	Bath	25
6	Mark van Gisbergen	London Wasps	23
7	Steven Shingler	Scarlets	22
8	Jimmy Gopperth	Newcastle Falcons	21
9	Richard Wigglesworth	Saracens	20

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries^[2]
1	Charlie Sharples	Gloucester	8
2	Jonny Fa'amatuainu	Scarlets	3
	Adam Hughes	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Sam Smith	Harlequins
	Chris Wyles	Saracens

Notes

^ 15:15 GMT

External links

References

^ ^a ^b "Points". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Tries". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^ "Wasps/Quins game moved overseas". BBC Sport. 5 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b . LV=. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d . www.premiershiprugby.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ . www.wasps.co.uk. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/news/25156.php Wasps move LV= Cup fixture to Abu Dhabi
^ "Unregistered player gives Saracens one point deduction in LV Cup". www.rugbyworld.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[Wasps-7] London Wasps were deducted 1 competition point for fielding an ineligible player.^[6]

[Saracens-11] Saracens were deducted 1 competition point for fielding an ineligible player.^[8]

[8] 15:15 GMT

[ITS_Points-1] "Points". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

[ITS_Tries-2] "Tries". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

[3] "Wasps/Quins game moved overseas". BBC Sport. 5 January 2011.

[LV_FAQ-4] . LV=. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[Premiership-5] . www.premiershiprugby.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[6] . www.wasps.co.uk. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[9] ttp://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/news/25156.php Wasps move LV= Cup fixture to Abu Dhabi

[10] "Unregistered player gives Saracens one point deduction in LV Cup". www.rugbyworld.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

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Pool stages

Points system

Pool 1 v Pool 4

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Pool 2 v Pool 3

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Knock–out stage

Qualification criteria

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

See also

Notes

External links

References

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