2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage
2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage | |||
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Season | 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup | ||
Date | 12 November 2015 – 24 January 2016 | ||
Qualifiers | |||
Seed 1 | Harlequins | ||
Seed 2 | Gloucester | ||
Seed 3 | Sale Sharks | ||
Seed 4 | Grenoble | ||
Seed 5 | Connacht | ||
Seed 6 | Montpellier | ||
Seed 7 | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
Seed 8 | London Irish | ||
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The 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage was the first stage of competition in the second season of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
It involved 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 began on 12 November 2015 but one game was postponed following the November 2015 Paris attacks.[1] It is due to be completed on the weekend of 21–24 January 2016.
Seeding[]
The majority of teams were seeded based on their performance in the Premiership, the Pro12 and the Top 14. However, as the Premiership and Top 14 incorporate promotion and relegation into their competitions, three teams are seeded based on their performance in the Greene King IPA Championship and Pro D2 Leagues, having been promoted this season. Two final teams come from the Qualifying Competition involving emerging rugby nations, and some Italian Excellenza clubs.
Rank | Top 14 | Premiership | Pro 12 | Qualifying Competition |
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1 | Montpellier | Sale Sharks | Connacht | Calvisano |
2 | La Rochelle | Harlequins | Edinburgh | Enisey-STM |
3 | Brive | Gloucester | Newport Gwent Dragons | |
4 | Grenoble | London Irish | Cardiff Blues | |
5 | Castres Olympique | Newcastle Falcons | Zebre | |
6 | Pau | Worcester Warriors | ||
7 | Agen |
Teams were then placed into 4 Tiers, each containing 5 teams, based on their seeding. A draw determined which two second seeded teams completed Tier 1, and based on this, the fourth seeded teams were allocated to either Tier 2 and Tier 3.[2]
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 are automatically included in Tier 4, despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.
The brackets show each teams seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team has been seeded 1st from the Top 14).
Tier 1 | Connacht (1 Pro12) | Sale Sharks (1 AP) | Montpellier (1 Top 14) | La Rochelle (2 Top 14) | Edinburgh (2 Pro12) |
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Tier 2 | Harlequins (2 AP) | Newport Gwent Dragons (3 Pro12) | Gloucester (3 AP) | Brive (3 Top 14) | London Irish (4 AP) |
Tier 3 | Grenoble (4 Top 14) | Cardiff Blues (4 Pro12) | Zebre (5 Pro12) | Newcastle Falcons (5 AP) | Castres Olympique (5 Top 14) |
Tier 4 | Worcester Warriors (6 AP) | Pau (Top 14) | Agen (Top 14) | Calvisano (QC 1) | Enisey-STM (QC 2) |
Pool stage[]
The draw took place on 17 June 2015, at the Château de Neuchâtel, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
During the pool stage, the teams will play the 3 other teams in their pool twice, both at home and away,[3] Based on the result of the match, teams receive:[4]
- 4 points for a win,
- 2 points for a draw,
- 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match,
- 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or less.
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:[4]
- The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
- If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
- If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.
If this did not separate teams, and/or the tie related to teams that did not play each other (i.e., in different pools), the following tie breakers were used:
- If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
- The club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
- If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
- If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.
Fixtures for the competition were announced on 14 August 2015, with the exception of Pool 1, due to a delay in agreeing a suitable 'home' stadium for Enisey-STM, who normally play in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, where temperatures during tournament time can reach -20 °C.[5][6] It was later agreed by the four teams in the pool that Enisey-STM would host only its Round 1 game in Krasnoyarsk, with the club's remaining two "home" matches to be held in the considerably warmer city of Sochi. A draw was held on 4 September 2015 at the EPCR headquarters in Neuchâtel to determine which club would travel to Krasnoyarsk, and Connacht was drawn as the Round 1 opponent.[7]
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[]
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Connacht (5) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 96 | +51 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
Newcastle Falcons | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 97 | +40 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
Brive | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 88 | +26 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
Enisey-STM | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 180 | –117 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
13 November 2015
19:30 |
Brive | 13–9 | Newcastle Falcons (1 BP) |
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Try: 14' c Con: Bezy (1/1) 15' Pen: Bezy (2/4) 28', 34' |
Report[8] | Pen: (3/4) 31', 44', 60' |
14 November 2015
15:00 |
Enisey-STM | 14–31 | Connacht (1 BP) |
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Try: Polivalov (2) 72' c, 80' c Con: Kushnarev (2/2) 73', 80' |
Report[9] | Try: Adeolokun 49' m Muldoon 51' m Leader 62' m Parata 76' c Con: Leader (1/1) 76' Pen: MacGinty (3/4) 7', 36', 43' |
Central Stadium, Krasnoyarsk
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: (FFR) |
21 November 2015
17:00 |
Connacht | 21–17 | Brive (1 BP) |
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Try: Parata 35' m Marshall 45' m Marmion 50' m Pen: Carty (2/2) 33', 40' |
Report[10] | Try: 28' m Masilevu 47' m 73' c Con: Iribaren (1/1) 74' Pen: (0/2) |
22 November 2015
15:00 |
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons | 55–7 | Enisey-STM |
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Try: Kibirige (2) 6' m, 59' m M. Wilson (3) 15' c, 25' m, 30' c Watson (4) 17' m, 46' c, 74' c, 78' c Con: (5/9) 16', 31', 47', 75', 78' |
Report[11] | Try: Simplikevich 27' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 28' |
Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,093 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU) |
11 December 2015
19:45 |
Connacht | 25–10 | Newcastle Falcons |
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Try: Poolman 74' c Con: Carty (1/1) 76' Pen: Carty (6/7) 6', 16', 38', 47', 52', 69' |
Report[12] | Try: Mayhew 56' c Con: Willis (1/1) 57' Pen: Willis (1/2) 33' |
12 December 2015
16:00 |
Enisey-STM | 10–7 | Brive (1 BP) |
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Try: 29' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 30' Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 40' |
Report[13] | Try: 45' c Con: Bezy (1/1) 46' |
19 December 2015
15:00 |
(1 BP) Brive | 33–3 | Enisey-STM |
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Try: Septar 2' c Mignardi 38' c Koyamaibole 43' c Mafi 46' c 79' m Con: Laranjeira (4/4) 3', 39', 44', 47' |
Report[14] | Pen: Kushnarev (1/2) 6' |
20 December 2015
15:00 |
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons | 29–5 | Connacht |
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Try: Watson (2) 24' m, 57' m Penalty try (2) 41' c, 56' c Agulla 46' m Con: Willis (2/5) 42', 56' |
Report[15] | Try: Poolman 33' m |
16 January 2016
14:00 |
Enisey-STM | 24–7 | Newcastle Falcons |
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Try: Simplikevich 5' c Kacharava (2) 28' c, 42' c Con: Kushnarev (3/3) 6', 29', 43' Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 52' |
Report[16] | Try: Green 19' c Con: Penny (1/1) 20' |
16 January 2016
20:45 |
Brive | 21–18 | Connacht (1 BP) |
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Pen: Laranjeira (7/8) 6', 17', 26', 47', 58', 62', 80' |
Report[17] | Try: Parata 1' m Muldoon (2) 53' m, 78' m Pen: MacGinty (1/2) 42' |
23 January 2016
15:00 |
(1 BP) Connacht | 47–5 | Enisey-STM |
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Try: O'Halloran 16' m Healy (2) 20' c, 60' m Buckley 27' m Poolman 38' m Henshaw 41' m McCartney 52' m Blade 79' c Con: MacGinty (1/5) 21' Carty (1/3) 79' Pen: MacGinty (1/1) 11' |
Report[18] | Try: Orlov 46' m |
23 January 2016
15:00 |
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons | 27–23 | Brive (1 BP) |
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Try: Hammersley (2) 3' m, 74' m Tait 31' c M. Young 35' c Con: Willis (2/3) 32', 36' Socino (0/1) Pen: Willis (1/1) 21' |
Report[19] | Try: Bezy 41' c 68' c Con: Laranjeira (2/2) 41', 69' Pen: Laranjeira (3/3) 29', 49', 59' |
Pool 2[]
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Sale Sharks (3) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 78 | +76 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
Newport Gwent Dragons (7) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 117 | +34 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
Castres Olympique | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 136 | –12 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
Pau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 166 | –98 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 November 2015
20:45 |
(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons | 30–12 | Sale Sharks |
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Try: Griffiths 4' m Landman 27' c Hughes 34' m Screech 75' c Con: D. Jones (2/4) 27', 75' Pen: D. Jones (2/2) 50', 63' |
Report[21] | Try: Mitchell 47' c Mills 53' m Con: Macleod (1/2) 47' |
21 November 2015
14:30 |
(1 BP) Sale Sharks | 29–20 | Pau |
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Try: Mujati 3' c Jennings 27' c 50' c 77' m Con: Ford (3/4) 5', 29', 51' Pen: Ford (1/1) 41' |
Report[22] | Try: (2) 21' c, 44' c Con: Daubagna (2/2) 22', 45' Pen: Daubagna (2/2) 11', 40' |
21 November 2015
17:00 |
(1 BP) Castres Olympique | 32–29 | Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP) |
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Try: Kirkpatrick 14' c Palis 25' c Combezou 61' c Tulou 68' m Con: Palis (3/4) 15', 26', 62' Pen: Palis (2/3) 50', 65' |
Report[23] | Try: Meyer 48' c Dee 56' c Con: D. Jones (2/2) 48', 56' Pen: D. Jones (4/5) 18', 31', 36', 53' Meyer (1/1) 71' |
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 7,580 Referee: (IRFU) |
12 December 2015
14:30 |
Newport Gwent Dragons | 22–0 | Pau |
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Try: Pretorius 26' m D. Jones 56' m Pen: D. Jones (4/4) 12', 24', 41', 43' |
Report[24] |
12 December 2015
20:45 |
(1 BP) Castres Olympique | 10–17 | Sale Sharks |
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Try: 8' c Con: Dumora (1/1) 8' Pen: Dumora (1/1) 33' |
Report[25] | Try: Edwards 1' c Penalty try 73' c Con: Ford (2/2) 1', 73' Pen: Ford (1/3) 59' |
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 6,816 Referee: (IRFU) |
19 December 2015
14:30 |
Sale Sharks | 31–10 | Castres Olympique |
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Try: 44' c Briggs 71' m Leota 79' c Con: Ford (1/1) 45' Cipriani (1/2) 79' Pen: Ford (3/3) 3', 10', 29' Cipriani (1/2) 77' |
Report[26] | Try: Beattie 58' c Con: Palis (1/1) 59' Pen: Dumora (1/1) 43' |
19 December 2015
20:45 |
Pau | 17–34 | Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP) |
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Try: Butler 54' m 69' c Votu 79' m Con: Slade (1/3) 70' |
Report[27] | Try: Hill 5' c Hewitt 29' c Tovey 36' c Meyer 48' c Con: Tovey (4/4) 6', 30', 37', 49' Pen: Meyer (0/1) Tovey (1/1) 17' Drop: Tovey (1/1) 65' |
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU) |
9 January 2016[28]
21:00 |
Pau | 21–30 | Castres Olympique (1 BP) |
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Try: Bianchin 38' c 48' c Dougall 80' c Con: (3/3) 40', 49', 80' |
Report[29] | Try: Smith 11' c Sivivatu 54' c 56' m 75' m Con: Palis (2/4) 12', 55' Pen: Palis (2/4) 6', 25' |
15 January 2016
19:45 |
(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons | 31–18 | Castres Olympique |
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Try: Amos 1' c Cudd 27' c Evans 36' c Hewitt 72' c Con: Tovey (4/4) 1', 28', 37', 73' Pen: Tovey (1/1) 10' |
Report[30] | Try: Smith 40' c Samson 48' m Con: Palis (1/2) 40' Pen: Palis (2/2) 12', 56' |
15 January 2016
19:45 |
Pau | 3–27 | Sale Sharks (1 BP) |
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Pen: Marques (1/1) 15' |
Report[31] | Try: Ostrikov 1' c Edwards 27' m Addison 36' c Leota 79'm Con: Cipriani (2/3) 2', 37' Pen: Cipriani (1/1) 40' |
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: (IRFU) |
21 January 2016
19:45 |
(1 BP) Sale Sharks | 38–5 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
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Try: Mujati 13' c Penalty try 20' c Beaumont 40' Edwards 47' c Haley 76' c Con: Cipriani (4/4) 15', 21', 40', 48' Ford (1/1) 78' Pen: Cipriani (1/1) 11' |
Report[32] | Try: Hewitt 59' m |
22 January 2016
19:00 |
Castres Olympique | 24–7 | Pau |
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Try: Lamerat 17' c 75' m Con: Urdapilleta (1/1) 18' Pen: Urdapilleta (2/2) 8', 36' (1/1) 51' (1/1) 65' |
Report[33] | Try: 13' c Con: Slade (1/1) 14' |
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 6,025 Referee: (RFU) |
Pool 3[]
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Harlequins (1) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 225 | 123 | +102 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
Montpellier (6) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 221 | 116 | +105 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
Cardiff Blues | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 131 | +98 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
Calvisano | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 344 | –305 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 November 2015
19:45 |
(1 BP) Harlequins | 41–18 | Montpellier |
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Try: Wallace 28' m Easter 37' c Clifford 45' c Care 55' m Lindsay-Hague 63' c Robshaw 76' c Con: N. Evans (3/5) 38', 46', 64' Botica (1/1) 77' Pen: N. Evans (1/1) 22' |
Report[34] | Pen: Paillaugue (6/7) 8', 13', 20', 25', 49', 60' |
14 November 2015
15:00 |
Calvisano | 9–50 | Cardiff Blues (1 BP) |
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Pen: (3/4) 6', 39', 53' |
Report[35] | Try: L. Williams 16' m James 24' c E. Jenkins 44' c Fish 48' c Scully 57' c G. Evans 72' c Penalty try 79' c Con: Patchell (4/5) 25', 45', 49', 58' J. Evans (2/2) 73', 79' Pen: Patchell (1/1) 40' |
Peroni Stadium
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: (RFU) |
19 November 2015
19:45 |
Cardiff Blues | 20–32 | Harlequins (1 BP) |
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Try: Penalty try 69' c Hobbs 79' c Con: J. Evans (2/2) 69', 79' Pen: Patchell (2/2) 7', 12' |
Report[36] | Try: Visser 49' c Lindsay-Hague 51' c Walker 64' m Care 80' c Con: Botica (2/3) 49', 51' Swiel (1/1) 80' Pen: Botica (2/3) 33', 46' |
20 November 2015
20:30 |
(1 BP) Montpellier | 64–0 | Calvisano |
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Try: O'Connor 7' m Paillaugue 15' c Willemse 22' c Galletier 25' c Penalty try 40' c Mowen 43' c Tuitavake 47' m Malzieu 60' c Ebersohn 77' c Reilhac 80' m Con: Paillaugue (4/5) 16', 23', 27', 40' Catrakilis (3/5) 44', 61', 78' |
Report[37] |
11 December 2015
19:30 |
(1 BP) Cardiff Blues | 37–27 | Montpellier (1 BP) |
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Try: Patchell 1' c Navidi (2) 40' c, 69' c L. Williams 43' m Cuthbert 61' m Con: Patchell (3/5) 1', 40', 71' Pen: Patchell (2/3) 66', 80' |
Report[38] | Try: Mackintosh 5' c Nagusa 13' m Malzieu 19' m Geli 76' c Con: Paillaugue (1/3) 6' Catrakilis (1/1) 77' Pen: Paillaugue (1/1) 12' |
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4,602 Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU) |
12 December 2015
14:30 |
Calvisano | 10–50 | Harlequins (1 BP) |
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Try: Mbanda 59' c Con: Minozzi (1/1) 60' Pen: (1/1) 15' |
Report[39] | Try: Wallace (2) 1' m, 25' m Lambert 6' c Clifford 12' c Chisholm 32' m Hopper 55' c Sinckler 65' c Walker 70' c Con: Botica (5/8) 7', 13', 56', 65', 71' |
17 December 2015
20:45 |
Montpellier | 23–22 | Cardiff Blues (1 BP) |
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Try: Malzieu 39' c Willemse 80' c Con: Catrakilis (2/2) 40', 80' Pen: Catrakilis (3/4) 10', 23', 61' |
Report[40] | Try: Cuthbert 27' c Con: Patchell (1/1) 28' Pen: Patchell (3/3) 1', 15', 19' J. Evans (2/2) 68', 72' |
19 December 2015
15:00 |
(1 BP) Harlequins | 59–7 | Calvisano |
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Try: Yarde 15' c Sinckler 40' c Clifford 44' c Chisholm 46' m Roberts 53' c Walker 61' c Botica 65' c Swiel 67' m Dickson 71' c Con: Botica (7/9) 16', 40', 45', 54', 63', 66', 73' |
Report[41] | Try: Susio 29' c Con: Vlaicu (1/1) 31' |
16 January 2016
14:30 |
Calvisano | 7–47 | Montpellier (1 BP) |
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Try: Susio 78' c Con: (1/1) 80' |
Report[42] | Try: O'Connor (2) 7' c, 17' c Qera 14' c Fall (2) 21' c, 55' c J. du Plessis 33' c Ebersohn 66' m Con: Catrakilis (6/7) 8', 15', 17', 22', 34', 56' |
17 January 2016
15:15 |
(1 BP) Harlequins | 34–26 | Cardiff Blues (1 BP) |
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Try: Buchanan 4' c Clifford 11' c Yarde 22' c Chisholm 39' c Con: N. Evans (4/4) 5', 12', 23', 40' Pen: N. Evans (1/1) 55' Botica (1/1) 80' |
Report[43] | Try: Allen 42' c Fish (2) 49' m, 71' c L. Williams 67' c Con: Patchell (3/4) 43', 67', 72' |
22 January 2016
19:45 |
(1 BP) Cardiff Blues | 74–6 | Calvisano |
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Try: James (3) 5' c, 15' c, 51' m Allen (2) 8' c, 54' c Navidi 24' c Fish 29' m E. Lewis 48' m Cuthbert 63' c Summerhill 73' m Patchell 75' c Cook 80' m Con: Anscombe (7/12) 9', 9', 16', 25', 56', 64', 76' |
Report[44] | Pen: Vlaicu (2/2) 12', 60' |
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 5,490 Referee: (FFR) |
22 January 2016
20:45 |
(1 BP) Montpellier | 42–9 | Harlequins |
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Try: Mogg 14' m Liebenberg 38' c White 68' c Reilhac 77' c Geli 80' c Con: Catrakilis (2/3) 40', 69' Trinh-Duc (2/2) 78', 80' Pen: Catrakilis (3/3) 21', 54', 72' |
Report[45] | Pen: Botica (3/4) 4', 24', 33' |
Pool 4[]
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Gloucester (2) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 86 | +65 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
Zebre | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 92 | +22 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
La Rochelle | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 127 | –27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Worcester Warriors | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 148 | –60 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
14 November 2015
15:00 |
Worcester Warriors | 19–3 | La Rochelle |
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Try: Howard 77' c Con: Lamb (1/1) 79' Pen: Lamb (4/4) 4', 9', 14', 40' |
Report[46] | Pen: (1/3) 11' |
14 November 2015
15:15 |
Gloucester | 23–10 | Zebre |
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Try: Purdy 7' m Moriarty 12' c McColl 37' m Con: Burns (1/3) 12' Pen: Burns (2/2) 20', 27' |
Report[47] | Try: Penalty try 51' c Con: Padovani (1/1) 51' Pen: Padovani (1/1) 58' |
19 November 2015
20:45 |
La Rochelle | 20–33 | Gloucester |
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Try: Audy 9' c Eaton 43' c Con: (2/2) 10', 44' Pen: (2/4) 4', 40' |
Report[48] | Try: Morgan 5' c McColl 69' c Sharples 77' c Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 5' Twelvetrees (2/2) 70', 78' Pen: Laidlaw (4/4) 1', 24', 28', 36' |
21 November 2015
15:00 |
Zebre | 27–8 | Worcester Warriors |
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Try: Violi 1' c Boni 14' m Con: Canna (1/2) 1' Pen: Canna (4/4) 5', 33', 46', 69' Drop: Canna (1/1) 18' |
Report[49] | Try: Hammond 77' m Pen: Lamb (1/2) 22' |
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 1,784 Referee: (FFR) |
10 December 2015
19:45 |
Worcester Warriors | 22–34 | Gloucester (1 BP) |
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Try: Hammond 12' c Daniels 63' c O'Shea 78' m Con: Lamb (2/3) 14', 64' Drop: Lamb (1/1) 40' |
Report[50] | Try: Purdy (2) 34' c, 51' c Cook 57' m McColl 66' c Twelvetrees 72' m Con: Laidlaw (3/4) 35', 52', 68' Pen: Laidlaw (1/2) 9' |
11 December 2015
20:00 |
(1 BP) La Rochelle | 27–19 | Zebre |
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Try: Lapeyre 14' c Qovu 17' m Murimurivalu 31' m 57' c Con: (1/3) 15' (1/1) 58' Pen: (1/1) 10' |
Report[51] | Try: Toniolatti 61' m Palazzani 68' c Penalty try 80' c Con: Padovani (2/3) 68', 80' |
17 December 2015
19:45 |
Gloucester | 27–13 | Worcester Warriors |
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Try: Laidlaw 21' c Kvesic 67' m Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 22' Pen: Laidlaw (5/5) 10', 19', 40', 48', 53' |
Report[52] | Try: Howard 13' c Con: Lamb (1/1) 14' Pen: Lamb (2/2) 12', 50' |
19 December 2015
15:00 |
Zebre | 25–5 | La Rochelle |
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Try: Derbyshire 23' m Meyer 41' c Muliaina 75' c Con: Padovani (1/2) 42' Canna (1/1) 76' Pen: Padovani (2/4) 4', 9' |
Report[53] | Try: Januarie 80' m |
16 January 2016
15:00 |
Gloucester | 20–10 | La Rochelle |
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Try: Cook 16' c Twelvetrees 40' c Con: Laidlaw (2/2) 16', 40' Pen: Laidlaw (2/2) 8', 51' |
Report[54] | Try: Lapeyre 54' c Con: Audy (1/1) 55' Pen: Audy (1/1) 33' |
16 January 2016
15:00 |
(1 BP) Worcester Warriors | 15–22 | Zebre |
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Try: Baldwin 22' c Hammond 75' m Con: Symons (1/2) 23' Pen: Symons (1/1) 43' |
Report[55] | Try: van Zyl 17' c Con: Haimona (1/1) 18' Pen: Beyers (1/2) 10' Haimona (1/1) 26' Padovani (3/4) 59', 70', 80' |
22 January 2016
19:30 |
(1 BP) La Rochelle | 35–11 | Worcester Warriors |
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Try: Graham 49' m Lapeyre 52' c Murimurivalu 69' c Qovu 76' c Con: Audy (1/2) 53' Barraque (2/2) 70', 77' Pen: Holmes (2/2) 21', 31' Audy (1/1) 43' |
Report[56] | Try: Baldwin 65' m Pen: Symons (2/2) 3', 7' |
23 January 2016
15:00 |
(1 BP) Zebre | 11–14 | Gloucester |
---|---|---|
Try: van Schalkwyk 72' m Pen: Padovani (2/3) 1', 5' |
Report[57] | Try: Atkinson 51' m Pen: Burns (3/3) 28', 68', 75' |
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 2,413 Referee: (IRFU) |
Pool 5[]
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grenoble (4) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 187 | 154 | +33 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
London Irish (8) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 106 | +64 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
Edinburgh | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 103 | +22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Agen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 98 | 217 | –119 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 November 2015
19:30 |
Edinburgh | 28–10 | Grenoble |
---|---|---|
Try: du Preez (2) 5' m, 78' c Penalty try 59' c Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (1/2) 62' Tonks (1/1) 79' Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/3) 32', 39', 44' |
Report[58] | Try: 70' c Con: (1/1) 71' Pen: Hart (1/1) 49' |
14 November 2015
15:00 |
(1 BP) London Irish | 48–10 | Agen |
---|---|---|
Try: 10' m Ellis (2) 22' m, 36' c 30' c Lewington (2) 43' m, 67' m McCusker 56' c Maitland 59' c Con: Noakes (4/7) 30', 37', 58', 60' |
Report[59] | Try: 64' c Con: Darbo (1/1) 64' Pen: (1/1) 4' |
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 4,216 Referee: (IRFU) |
20 November 2015
19:30 |
Agen | 6–27 | Edinburgh |
---|---|---|
Pen: Darbo (2/2) 50', 55' |
Report[60] | Try: Penalty try 32' c du Preez 42' c Hardie 69' c Con: Tonks (3/3) 33', 43', 70' Pen: Tonks (2/2) 20', 23' |
21 November 2015
20:45 |
Grenoble | 27–20 | London Irish (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Heguy 5' c 10' c 80' c Con: (2/2) 6', 11' Loustalot (1/1) 80' Pen: (2/2) 17', 51' |
Report[61] | Try: 13' c Sinclair 40' c Con: Noakes (1/1) 14' Brophy-Clews (1/1) 40' Pen: Brophy-Clews (2/2) 44', 48' |
10 December 2015
20:45 |
Agen | 20–40 | Grenoble (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: (2) 47' m, 56' c 61' m Con: (1/3) 57' Pen: (1/1) 11' |
Report[62] | Try: (2) 1' c, 73' m Taumalolo (3) 5' c, 29' c, 34' c Penalty try 67' c Con: (4/4) 2', 6', 30', 36' Loustalot (1/2) 68' |
12 December 2015
15:00 |
(1 BP) London Irish | 38–6 | Edinburgh |
---|---|---|
Try: Fenby (3) 9' m, 13' c, 76' c Lewington 27' c 40' c Tikoirotuma 60' m Con: Geraghty (4/6) 14', 28', 40', 77' |
Report[63] | Pen: Tonks (2/3) 3', 8' |
17 December 2015
19:30 |
(1 BP) Grenoble | 48–45 | Agen (2 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Hunt 18' c Barcella 41' c Nemani (2) 46' c, 79' c Estebanez 56' c 73' c Con: Wisniewski (3/3) 18', 42', 47' Estebanez (1/1) 57' (2/2) 73', 80' Pen: Wisniewski (2/2) 33', 40' |
Report[64] | Try: 2' m 22' m Nakosi (2) 26' c, 67' c (2) 36' c, 61' c 63' c Con: (2/4) 28', 37' Darbo (3/3) 61', 64', 68' |
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 9,370 Referee: (RFU) |
18 December 2015
19:30 |
Edinburgh | 18–15 | London Irish (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Brown 16' c Hardie 71' m Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (1/2) 17' Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/3) 20', 36' |
Report[65] | Try: Ellis 8' m 59 'c Con: Geraghty (1/2) 60' Pen: Geraghty (1/1) 28' |
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,551 Referee: (IRFU) |
15 January 2016
19:30 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh | 23–0 | Agen |
---|---|---|
Try: Bradbury 35' m Coman 59' m Tonks 68' m Watson 73' m Pen: Tonks (1/1) 19' |
Report[66] |
16 January 2016
15:00 |
London Irish | 18–28 | Grenoble |
---|---|---|
Try: Waldouck 74' c Lewington 80' m Con: Geraghty (1/2) 75' Pen: Geraghty (2/2) 1', 15' |
Report[67] | Try: Batlle 18' m Hunt 27' c McLeod 44' c Con: Wisniewski (2/3) 28', 46' Pen: Wisniewski (3/3) 7', 10', 24' |
23 January 2016
20:45 |
Agen | 17–31 | London Irish (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Nakosi 30' c Narjissi 50' c Con: (2/2) 31', 51' Pen: (1/1) 26' |
Report[68] | Try: Narraway 3' m 16' c 27' c 64' m Penalty try 74' c Con: Geraghty (3/5) 18', 28', 75' |
23 January 2016
20:45 |
Grenoble | 34–23 | Edinburgh |
---|---|---|
Try: Heguy 30' c Aplon (2) 69' c, 78' m Con: Wisniewski (2/3) 32', 70' Pen: Wisniewski (5/6) 15', 18', 51', 57', 77' |
Report[69] | Try: Hardie 3' c Helu 34' c Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (2/2) 5', 35' Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/4) 27', 54', 67' |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Due to the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on 13 November 2015, all matches that were due to take place in France on 14 and 15 November were postponed.
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