2012–13 LV Cup
2012–13 LV Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Countries | England Wales |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
Date | 9 November 2012 – 17 March 2013 |
Tournament statistics | |
Teams | 16 |
Matches played | 35 |
Attendance | 266,587 (7,617 per match) |
Tries scored | 157 (4.49 per match) |
Top point scorer(s) | Ben Botica (Harlequins) (78 points)[1] |
Top try scorer(s) | Tonderai Chavhanga (Newport Gwent Dragons) Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks) Andy Fenby (Scarlets) Ben Morgan (Gloucester) Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath) Tom Williams (Harlequins) Marland Yarde (London Irish) (3 tries)[1] |
Final | |
Venue | Sixways Stadium, Worcester[2] |
Attendance | 8,100 |
Champions | Harlequins (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Sale Sharks |
The 2012–13 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) is the 42nd season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the eighth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.
The competition consists of the four Welsh Pro12 teams and the 12 English Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. English clubs have been allocated to the pools depending on their finish in the 2011-12 Aviva Premiership. Welsh regions have been allocated to the pools to avoid repeating fixtures from the Heineken and Amlin Challenge cups where possible. Teams are 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, with the top team from each pool qualifying for the semi finals.[3] The competition will take place during the Autumn Internationals window and during the Six Nations thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.
Leicester Tigers are defending champions this season after claiming the cup with a 26–14 victory over Northampton Saints in the final at Sixways Stadium in Worcester. It was the seventh victory for Leicester Tigers (a record) in the competition, and the second 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)
Pool 1 v Pool 4[]
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Team[3] | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Harlequins | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 60 | +31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
Exeter Chiefs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 63 | +36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
Newport Gwent Dragons | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 94 | +1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Gloucester | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 111 | −26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Team[3] | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Bath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 47 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
Northampton Saints | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 86 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
Ospreys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 84 | −12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
London Welsh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 153 | −98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round 1[]
9 November 2012
19:45 |
Ospreys | 33–27 | Gloucester |
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Try: Grabham 64' m Allen 78' c Con: Davies 79' Pen: Morgan (4) 10', 34', 40', 56' Davies 60' Drop: Morgan (2) 20', 29' |
Report | Try: Thomas 26' c Murphy 71' c Penalty try 75' c Con: Burns 27' Robson (2) 71', 76' Pen: Burns (2) 8', 16' |
10 November 2012
13:00 |
Northampton Saints | 30–31 | Harlequins |
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Try: Burrell 49' m May 59' c Con: Lamb 60' Pen: Lamb (5) 2', 10', 40', 48', 64' Drop: Lamb 77' |
Report | Try: Smith (2) 6' c, 33' c Sloan 25' c Botica 80' c Con: Botica (4) 7', 26', 34', 80' Pen: Botica 54' |
10 November 2012
14:15 |
Bath | 36–15 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
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Try: Rokoduguni (2) 8' c, 74' c Banahan 42' c Con: Heathcote (3) 8', 43', 75' Pen: Heathcote (5) 2', 20', 24', 34', 40' |
Report | Try: Wardle 5' c Evans 80' m Con: Jones 6' Pen: Jones 21' |
Recreation Ground, Bath
Attendance: 10,960 Referee: (England) |
11 November 2012
16:00 |
London Welsh | 15–42 | Exeter Chiefs |
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Pen: Ross (5) 6', 25', 38', 56', 58' |
Report | Try: Carrick-Smith 28' m Foster 49' c Nowell (2) 64' m, 77' c Sestaret (2) 68' c, 72' m Con: Slade (3) 50', 69', 78' Pen: Slade (2) 10', 43' |
Round 2[]
16 November 2012
19:45 |
Harlequins | 21–12 | Bath |
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Pen: Botica (5) 1', 4', 14', 18', 31' (2) 67', 71' |
Report | Pen: Donald (3) 16', 28', 45' Heathcote (1) 64' |
17 November 2012
16:30 |
Gloucester | 46–20 | London Welsh |
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Try: Monahan 7' c Morgan (3) 21' c, 36' c, 73' c Qera 29' c Britton 64' m Con: Burns (4) 8', 22', 29', 37' Cook 74' Pen: Burns (2) 4', 25' |
Report | Try: Scott 59' c 76' c Con: Ross 59' Davies 76' Pen: Ross (2) 10', 19' |
17 November 2012
17:00 |
Exeter Chiefs | 23–13 | Ospreys |
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Try: Carrick-Smith 28' c Dorrian 40' c Con: Slade (2) 28', 40' Pen: Slade (3) 2', 55', 66' |
Report | Try: Allen 10' c Con: Davies 10' Pen: Davies (2) 31', 45' |
18 November 2012
15:15 |
Newport Gwent Dragons | 20–30 | Northampton Saints |
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Try: Chavhanga (3) 34' c, 44' m, 70' m Con: Prydie 35' Pen: Prydie 22' |
Report | Try: Dowson 49' c Elliott 62' m Con: Lamb 50' Pen: Lamb (5) 13', 25', 43', 56', 59' Drop: Lamb 74' |
Round 3[]
26 January 2013
14:15 |
Bath | 16–6 | Exeter Chiefs |
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Try: Stringer (2) 56' m, 61' m Pen: Heathcote (2) 4', 31' |
Report | Pen: Slade (2) 8', 23' |
26 January 2013
15:00 |
Harlequins | 23–6 | London Welsh |
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Try: Lambert 15' c Ward 74' c Con: Botica (2/2) Pen: Botica (3) 20', 46', 65' |
Report | Pen: Davies (2) 14', 25' |
26 January 2013
15:00 |
Northampton Saints | 26–7 | Gloucester |
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Try: Burrell 32' Waller 66' Con: Lamb (1/1) Myler (1/1) Pen: Lamb (2) 9', 22' Myler (2) 55', 62' |
Report | Try: Mills 24' c Con: Mills |
26 January 2013
18:30 |
Dragons | 18–14 | Ospreys |
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Pen: S. Jones (6) 2', 7', 30', 49', 65', 73' |
Report | Try: Thomas 59' m Pen: Morgan (3) 24', 34', 38' |
Round 4[]
2 February 2013
14:00 |
Gloucester | 5–32 | Bath |
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Try: Edmonds 34' m |
Report | Try: Woodburn 11' m Abendanon 49' m Gilbert 64' m Rokoduguni 68' c Donald 75' c Con: Vesty (2) Pen: Vesty 61' |
2 February 2013
18:30 |
Exeter Chiefs | 28–19 | Northampton Saints |
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Try: White 7' c Nowell 15' m Votu 26' c Con: Mieres (2) Pen: Mieres 31', 63', 68' |
Report | Try: Waller 35' m Dickson 59' c, 76' c Con: Myler (2) |
3 February 2013
15:00 |
London Welsh | 14–42 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
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Try: Williamson 53' m Pen: Davies (3) 20', 25', 34' |
Report | Try: Amos 69' c I. Jones 73' c Groves 77' c Con: S Jones (3) Pen: S Jones (7) 17', 27', 42', 56', 60', 62', 80' |
3 February 2013
17:00 |
Ospreys | 12–16 | Harlequins |
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Pen: Morgan (4) 7', 34', 40', 54' |
Report | Try: Hopper 29' c Con: Botica (1) Pen: Botica (3) 12', 16', 80' |
Pool 2 v Pool 3[]
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Team[3] | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Sale Sharks | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 104 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
Leicester Tigers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 101 | −5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
Cardiff Blues | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
Worcester Warriors | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 114 | −25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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Team[3] | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Saracens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 69 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
London Irish | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 84 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
Scarlets | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 105 | −8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
London Wasps | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 108 | −25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Round 1[]
9 November 2012
19:30 |
Cardiff Blues | 22–17 | London Wasps |
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Try: Fish 12' c James 58' m Sweeney 69' c Con: Davies 13' Sweeney 70' Pen: Davies 44' |
Report | Try: Daly 35' m Pen: Bell (4) 14', 24', 39', 56' |
9 November 2012
19:45 |
Saracens | 38–21 | Leicester Tigers |
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Try: George 20' c Taylor 35' c Maddock 40' c Saull 64' m Con: Mordt (3) 21', 36', 40' Pen: Mordt (4) 6', 27', 47', 73' |
Report | Try: 52' c Noone 56' c Thacker 80' c Con: Cornwell (3) 53', 57', 80' |
10 November 2012
15:00 |
Worcester Warriors | 34–18 | Scarlets |
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Try: Howard 54' c Taulava 68' c Abbott 73' c Best 79' c Con: Carlisle (4) 55', 68', 73', 80' Pen: Carlisle (2) 3', 13' |
Report | Try: Fenby 16' c Phillips 76' m Con: O. Williams 17' Pen: O. Williams (2) 6', 11' |
11 November 2012
15:00 |
London Irish | 34–28 | Sale Sharks |
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Try: (2) 22' c, 63' c Skivington 50' c Geraghty 76' m Con: Humphreys (4) 23', 51', 64', 77' Pen: Humphreys (2) 31', 75' |
Report | Try: Peel 2' m Cipriani 38' c Amesbury 80' c Con: Cipriani 39' Miller 80' Pen: Cipriani (3) 17', 37', 43' |
Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 8,654 Referee: (England) |
Round 2[]
16 November 2012
20:00 |
Sale Sharks | 25–23 | Saracens |
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Try: Cueto 2' m Penalty try 19' c McKenzie 50' c Con: (2) 20', 52' Pen: Cipriani 56' Miller 72' |
Report | Try: Ratuvou 7' c Tomkins 40' c Con: Mordt (2) 8', 40' Pen: Mordt (2) 6', 36' Spencer 58' |
Salford City Stadium, Salford
Attendance: 5,243 Referee: (England) |
17 November 2012
18:30 |
Scarlets | 22–16 | Cardiff Blues |
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Try: Penalty try 35' c Con: Owen 35' Pen: Owen 6' Williams 40' Thomas (3) 64', 68', 71' |
Report | Try: Hamilton 15' c Con: Davies 16' Pen: Davies (3) 26', 31', 43' |
18 November 2012
15:00 |
Leicester Tigers | 22–15 | London Irish |
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Try: 19' c Con: Ford 20' Pen: Ford (5) 23', 39', 47', 57', 79' |
Report | Try: Watson 8' m Homer 69' c Con: Humphreys 70' Pen: Humphreys 3' |
18 November 2012
15:00 |
London Wasps | 28–19 | Worcester Warriors |
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Try: McIntyre 6' c Wallace 61' c Davies 71' m Con: Bell (2) 7', 62' Pen: Bell (3) 31', 38', 46' |
Report | Try: Grove 26' m Short 29' c Howard 69' c Con: Carlisle (2) 30', 70' |
Round 3[]
26 January 2013
15:00 |
Leicester Tigers | 34–8 | London Wasps |
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Try: Mulipola 17' c Noone 37' m Tait 61' m Goneva (2) 67' c, 77' c Con: Bowden (1) Cornwell (2) Pen: Bowden (1) 29' |
Report | Try: Southwell 74' m Pen: T. Bell (1) 46' |
26 January 2013
15:00 |
Sale Sharks | 36–17 | Scarlets |
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Try: Vernon 31' m Amesbury 40' c Cipriani 64' c 75' m Con: Cipriani (40, 64) Pen: Cipriani (4) 13', 24', 28', 56' |
Report | Try: Fenby 4' c G. Davies 20' c Con: O. Williams (2/2) Pen: O. Williams (1) 49' |
Salford City Stadium, Salford
Attendance: 3,108 Referee: (England) |
27 January 2013
15:00 |
London Irish | 46–24 | Worcester Warriors |
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Try: Aulika (2) 14' c, 29' c Yarde (3) 40' m, 65' c, 78' c A. Gray 55' c Con: Homer (5/6) Pen: Homer (2) 9', 42' |
Report | Try: D. Gray 52' c Lemi 64' c Percival 73' c Con: D. Gray (1/1) Goode (2/2) Pen: D. Gray (1) 2' |
27 January 2013
15:00 |
Saracens | 19–11 | Cardiff Blues |
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Try: Short 78' c Con: Mordt (1/1) Pen: Mordt (4) 3', 27', 49', 62' |
Report | Try: Copeland 35' m Pen: Sweeney (1) 5' Davies (1) 72' |
Round 4[]
1 February 2013
19:30 |
Cardiff Blues | 10–6 | London Irish |
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Try: Evans 33' c Con: Patchell (1) Pen: Patchell (1) 69' |
Report | Pen: Homer (2) 20', 55' |
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 5,938 Referee: (England) |
2 February 2013
14:00 |
London Wasps | 30–33 | Sale Sharks |
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Try: 4' c Davies 69' c Sam Jones 80' c Con: Stephen Jones (1) T. Bell (2) Pen: Stephen Jones (2) 12', 24' T. Bell (1) 35' |
Report | Try: Penalty try 17' c Myall 21' c Tuitupou 42' c Taylor 45' m Cipriani 48' m Con: Cipriani (4) |
Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 5,430 Referee: (England) |
2 February 2013
15:00 |
Worcester | 12–22 | Saracens |
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Try: Cowan 15' c Drauniniu 55' m Con: Goode (1) |
Report | Try: Joubert 2' c Con: Spencer (1) Pen: Spencer (5) 9', 40', 57', 73', 78' |
3 February 2013
13:00 |
Scarlets | 40–19 | Leicester Tigers |
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Try: Fenby 69' c Owen 76' m Reynolds 78' c Con: A. Thomas (2) Pen: O. Williams (7) 6', 14', 18', 21', 34', 44', 59' |
Report | Try: Waldrom 10' m Penalty try 30' c Forsyth 40' c Con: Cornwell (2) |
Knock–out stage[]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
9 March – Twickenham Stoop | ||||||
Harlequins | 31 | |||||
17 March – Sixways | ||||||
Bath | 23 | |||||
Harlequins | 32 | |||||
10 March – Salford City Stadium | ||||||
Sale Sharks | 14 | |||||
Sale Sharks | 21 | |||||
Saracens | 15 | |||||
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.
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Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TB | LB | Pts | |
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1 | Harlequins | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 60 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
2 | Sale Sharks | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 104 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
3 | Saracens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 69 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
4 | Bath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 47 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Semi-finals[]
9 March 2013
12:15 |
Harlequins | 31–23 | Bath |
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Try: Guest 8' c Williams 20' c, 52'c Dickson 36' c Con: Botica (4/4) Pen: Botica (1) 67' |
Report | Try: Louw 26' c Abendanon 58' c Con: Heathcote (2/2) Pen: Heathcote (3) 39', 42', 63' |
10 March 2013
13:00 |
Sale Sharks | 21–15 | Saracens |
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Try: Holmes 37' m Fowles 67' c Con: Cipriani (1/2) Pen: Cipriani (3) 4', 17', 78' |
Report | Pen: Spencer (5) 5', 8', 14', 24', 63' |
Salford City Stadium, Salford
Attendance: 3,129 Referee: JP Doyle (England) |
Final[]
17 March 2013
15:00 |
Harlequins | 32–14 | Sale Sharks |
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Try: Williams 9' m Guest 26' c Casson 44' c Wallace 53' c Con: Botica (3/4) Pen: Botica (2) 4', 33' |
Report | Try: Leota 56' m Pen: Cipriani (3) 15', 30', 42' |
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- Harlequins gain a place in the 2013–14 Heineken Cup by winning this competition.
Top scorers[]
Top points scorers[]
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Top try scorers[]
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See also[]
External links[]
- Official website
- Anglo Welsh Cup on Premiership Rugby website
- Anglo Welsh Cup website
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Anglo-Welsh Cup : Stat 2012/2013". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Worcester's Sixways chosen to stage third LV= Cup final". BBC. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "2012-13 LV= Cup fixtures unveiled". Premiership Rugby. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ a b "About the LV= Cup". LV=. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- 2012–13 in Welsh rugby union
- 2012–13 English Premiership (rugby union)
- Anglo-Welsh Cup
- 2012–13 rugby union tournaments for clubs