1997 Heineken Cup Final

1997 Heineken Cup Final

Event	1996–97 Heineken Cup
Brive Leicester Tigers 28 9
Date	25 January 1997
Venue	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee	Derek Bevan (Wales)
Attendance	41,664
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The 1997 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1996–97 Heineken Cup, the second season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 25 January 1997 at the Arms Park in Cardiff. The match was contested by Brive of France and Leicester of England. Brive won the match 28–9; they took the lead early on through a fourth-minute penalty from Christophe Lamaison, and Sébastien Viars extended that lead with an unconverted try two minutes later. Leicester responded with three penalties from John Liley, but Brive finally made their pressure show with three second-half tries, one of which was converted, before Lamaison added a drop goal to seal a 19-point victory.^[1]

Match details[]

25 January 1997 14:30 GMT

Brive	28–9	Leicester Tigers
Try: Viars (2) Con: Lamaison Pen: Lamaison Drop: Lamaison	Report	Pen: J.Liley (3)

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 41,664 Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

FB 15 Sebastien Viars RW 14 OC 13 Christophe Lamaison IC 12 LW 11 FH 10 Alain Penaud (c)  69' SH 9 Philippe Carbonneau N8 8 Grzegorz Kacala OF 7  49' BF 6  77' RL 5 LL 4  67' TP 3 HK 2 LP 1  70' Replacements: 16  69' 17  70' 18  67' 19  77' 20  49' 21 22 Cedric Heymans

FB O John Liley RW N Steve Hackney OC M Will Greenwood IC L Stuart Potter LW K Rory Underwood  72' FH J Rob Liley SH I Austin Healey N8 G Dean Richards (c)  68' OF H Neil Back BF F John Wells RL E Matt Poole LL D Martin Johnson TP C Darren Garforth  17'  22' HK B Richard Cockerill LP A Graham Rowntree Replacements: WG P Leon Lloyd  72' LP Q Perry Freshwater  17'  22' N8 R Eric Miller  68' FH S Niall Malone SH T Aadel Kardooni HK U Dorian West LK V Neil Fletcher Coach: Bob Dwyer

See also[]

• 1996–97 Heineken Cup

References[]