2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage

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2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage
Season2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup
Date13 October 2016 – 22 January 2017
Qualifiers
Seed 1Wales Ospreys
Seed 2England Gloucester
Seed 3Scotland Edinburgh
Seed 4England Bath
Seed 5France Brive
Seed 6France La Rochelle
Seed 7Wales Cardiff Blues
Seed 8France Stade Francais
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The 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage was the first stage of competition in the third 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 13 October 2016 and was 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 was 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:

  • The 5 pools each contain four clubs, one from each of the 4 Tiers.
  • Each pool is required to have one club from each league, drawn from Tier 1, 2 or 3. A second team will only be added to a pool during the Tier 4 allocation.

Pool stage[]

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

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

  • 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 progressed 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 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:

  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
England Gloucester (2) 6 5 0 1 237 110 +127 31 15 5 0 25
France La Rochelle (6) 6 5 0 1 203 104 +99 28 11 4 0 24
Italy Benetton Treviso 6 2 0 4 75 182 −107 9 23 0 0 8
France Bayonne 6 0 0 6 116 235 −119 14 33 0 1 1
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[4] 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
43' c
Con: (3/3) 27', 37', 43'
Pen: (2/2) 3', 14'
 Report[5] 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: (IRFU)
20 October 2016
20:45
(1 BP) La Rochelle France 51–24 France Bayonne
Try: Sazy 3' c
(2) 6' c, 34' c
Eaton 23' c
Barry 38' m
53' m
Botia 56' m
Cedaro 72' m
Con: James (4/8) 3', 6', 23', 34'
Pen: James (1/1) 19'
 Report[6] Try: 21' c
43' c
Penalty try 75' c
Con: (2/2) 21', 43'
Rouet (1/1) 75'
Pen: (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[7] Try: M. Tagicakibau 41' m
Pen: McKinley (1/1) 28'
Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 9,618
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
8 December 2016
19:45
(1 BP) Gloucester England 35–14 France La Rochelle
Try: Atkinson 20' c
Hohneck 29' m
Thorley 35' c
Scott 78' c
Con: Laidlaw (3/4) 21', 37', 79'
Pen: Laidlaw (3/3) 25', 55', 65'
 Report[8] Try: Gourdon 9' c
Raikuna 44' c
Con: Holmes (2/2) 10', 46'
Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 9,278
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
9 December 2016
20:00
Bayonne France 15–28 Italy Benetton Treviso
Try: 54' c
Thiéry 75'm
Con: (1/1) 54'
Pen: (1/1) 11'
 Report[9] Try: Odiete 26' c
Bigi 43' m
Sgarbi 49' c
Con: Allan (2/3) 28', 50'
Pen: Allan (3/4) 4', 17', 36'
Stade Jean-Dauger
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: (RFU)
17 December 2016
15:00
Benetton Treviso Italy 21–17 France Bayonne (1 BP)
Try: Odiete 17' c
Bigi 25' c
Penalty try 36' c
Con: Allan (3/3) 18', 26', 37'
 Report[10] Try: 14' c
Lacroix 54' c
Con: (2/2) 15', 54'
Pen: (1/2) 10'
Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: (RFU)
17 December 2016
20:45
(1 BP) La Rochelle France 42–13 England Gloucester
Try: Lacroix (2) 19' m, 56' m
Murimurivalu 31' c
Forbes 38' m
Botia 59' c
Penalty try 70' c
Con: James (2/5) 32', 60'
Holmes (1/1) 70'
Pen: James (2/2) 6', 11'
 Report[11] Try: Afoa 50' c
Con: Burns (1/1) 51'
Pen: Burns (2/2) 2', 29'
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 14,153
Referee: (WRU)
12 January 2017
20:45
Bayonne France 14–24 France La Rochelle
Try: Fuster 79' m
Pen: (3/3) 3', 26', 34'
 Report[12] Try: Cedaro 32' c
Boughanmi 40' c
Botia 42' c
Con: James (3/3) 33', 40', 43'
Pen: James (1/1) 9'
Stade Jean-Dauger
Attendance: 1,498
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
14 January 2017
17:00
Benetton Treviso Italy 0–41 England Gloucester (1 BP)
Report[13] Try: Hook 18' c
Hibbard (2) 37' c, 62' m
Scott 58' c
Halaifonua 75' m
Twelvetrees 80' c
Con: Laidlaw (2/2) 19', 38'
Burns (2/4) 59', 80'
Pen: Laidlaw (1/1) 7'
La Ghirada Sports Center
Attendance: 700
Referee: (FFR)

Due to a frozen pitch at the main ground at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo complex, kick off was delayed by 2 hours and moved to a nearby training ground.[14]

21 January 2017
20:00
(1 BP) Gloucester England 64–19 France Bayonne
Try: Ludlow 3' c
Heinz (3) 14' c, 24' c, 46' m
May 32' c
Dawidiuk 38' m
Symons 44' c
Purdy 53' c
Hohneck 58' c
Braley 60' m
Con: Burns (6/8) 4', 15', 25', 33', 45', 53'
Twelvetrees (1/2) 59'
 Report[15] Try: (3) 17' m, 26' c, 49' c
Con: (2/3) 27', 50'
Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 9,265
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)
21 January 2017
21:00
(1 BP) La Rochelle France 31–8 Italy Benetton Treviso
Try: Forbes 43' c
Amosa 65' c
(2) 68' c, 74' c
Con: Holmes (4/4) 44', 66', 69', 75'
Pen: Holmes (1/3) 57'
 Report[16] Try: Gori 29' m
Con: (0/1)
Pen: (1/1) 19'
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 13,123
Referee: (RFU)

Pool 2[]

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Wales Ospreys (1) 6 6 0 0 279 51 +228 42 7 6 0 30
France Lyon 6 3 0 3 187 164 +23 26 21 4 0 16
England Newcastle Falcons 6 2 0 4 158 180 −22 22 26 2 2 12
France Grenoble 6 1 0 5 74 303 −229 8 44 1 0 5
14 October 2016
19:30
Grenoble France 13–39 France Lyon (1 BP)
Try: 6' c
Con: (1/1) 6'
Pen: (2/2) 19', 29'
 Report[17] Try: 15' c
66' m
Fourie 76' m
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[18]
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,352
Referee: (IRFU)
22 October 2016
20:45
Lyon France 13–31 Wales Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: Browning 59' m
80' m
Pen: Potgieter (1/1) 25'
 Report[19] 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
25' c
Takulua 32' c
M. Wilson 40' c
Sowrey 44' c
Hodgson 52' m
Lawson 64' m
Watson 77' m
Con: Hodgson (5/8) 4', 25', 32', 40', 44'
 Report[20] Try: 73' c
Con: Mele (1/1) 73'
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,390
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)
9 December 2016
18:00
Grenoble France 7–59 Wales Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: 24' c
Con: (1/1) 25'
 Report[21] Try: Fonotia 4' c
Parry 11' c
A.W. Jones 26' c
Matavesi 38' c
Howells (2) 49' m, 57' c
Giles (2) 63' c, 75' c
Biggar 78' m
Con: Biggar (7/9) 5', 13', 28', 40', 57', 65', 76'
Stade Lesdiguières
Attendance: 6,754
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

Due to a frozen pitch on the 8 December, the game was postponed to the following day.

8 December 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Lyon France 42–12 England Newcastle Falcons
Try: Mavinga 12' c
Bonnefond (3) 27' c, 68' c, 79' c
Lambey 34' c
Figuerola 73' c
Con: Porical (6/6) 13', 28', 35', 70', 75', 80'
 Report[22] Try: 4' m
Vickers 44' c
Con: Connon (1/2) 45'
Matmut Stadium
Attendance: 8,892
Referee: (IRFU)
17 December 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Ospreys Wales 71–3 France Grenoble
Try: Cracknell 18' c
Beck 29' c
Baldwin (2) 33' c, 37' m
(2) 40' c, 74' c
Leonard 41' c
Biggar 55' c
Dirksen (2) 65' m, 77' m
Otten 71' c
Con: Biggar (8/11) 18', 29', 33', 40', 41', 55', 71', 74'
 Report[23] Pen: (1/1) 3'
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,039
Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
18 December 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons England 48–29 France Lyon (1 BP)
Try: Socino (2) 11' c, 16' c
Takulua 13' c
Hodgson 38' c
Kibirige 52' c
Chick 71' c
Con: Hodgson (5/5) 12', 14', 17', 39', 53'
Willis (1/1) 71' c
Pen: Hodgson (2/2) 9', 28'
 Report[24] Try: 24' c
41' c
66' m
Bonnefond 79' c
Con: Porical (3/4) 25', 42', 79'
Pen: Porical (1/1) 6'
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,507
Referee: (IRFU)
13 January 2017
19:00
(1 BP) Grenoble France 31–27 England Newcastle Falcons (1 BP)
Try: Mele 31' c
Penalty try 60' c
63' c
Estebanez 76' c
Con: (4/4) 32', 61', 65', 78'
Pen: (1/1) 42'
 Report[25] Try: C. Harris 9' c
Green 47' c
68' c
Con: Willis (3/3) 10', 48', 69'
Pen: Willis (2/2) 33', 56'
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 6,850
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu (FRR)
15 January 2017
15:00
(1BP) Ospreys Wales 47–7 France Lyon
Try: Baker 30' c
Fonotia 36' m
Dirksen 41' c
King 46' c
52' c
Tipuric 55' c
Beard 72' c
Con: Biggar (6/7) 31', 43', 47', 53', 56', 72'
 Report[26] Try: Browning 15' c
Con: Harris (1/1) 15'
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 6,986
Referee: (RFU)
21 January 2017
18:00
(1 BP) Lyon France 57–13 France Grenoble
Try: 1' c
4' c
17' c
Nalaga 21' m
Porical (2) 44' c, 55' m
Bonnefond 60' m
Penalty try 66' c
Browning 72' c
Con: (3/4) 2', 4', 18'
Porical (3/5) 45', 67', 73'
 Report[27] Try: Kimlin 32' c
Con: (1/1) 33'
Pen: (2/2) 13', 39'
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Attendance: 12,080
Referee: (IRFU)
21 January 2017
17:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons England 21–26 Wales Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: 11' c
Vickers 26' c
Harris 32' c
Con: Willis (3/3) 12', 27', 33'
 Report[28] Try: Webb 4' c
Dirksen 55' m
S. Davies 67' c
Otten 70' c
Con: S. Davies (3/4) 4', 68', 71'
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,551
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)

Following this win, Ospreys were the first-ever team in the history of either European rugby competition to get 30 match points out of 30 at the pool stage.

Pool 3[]

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
France Brive (5) 6 5 0 1 175 120 +55 16 13 3 0 23
Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 6 3 0 3 150 140 +10 19 19 2 0 14
England Worcester Warriors 6 2 0 4 147 117 +30 22 13 2 3 13
Russia Enisey-STM 6 2 0 4 107 202 –95 13 27 1 0 9
14 October 2016
19:30
(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 37–16 France Brive
Try: Landman 11' c
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[29] Try: Laranjeira 17' c
Con: Laranjeira (1/1) 17'
Pen: Laranjeira (3/3) 29', 36', 60'
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,126
Referee: (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[30] Try: Adams 10' c
Alo 70' m
Con: (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'
(2/2) 58', 80'
Pen: Heathcote (1/1) 47'
 Report[31] Try: Ngwenya 4' c
60' m
73' c
Con: Laranjeira (1/1) 4'
N. Bézy (1/1) 73'
Pen: Laranjeira (2/2) 9', 64'
Sixways Stadium
Attendance: 7,209
Referee: (IRFU)
22 October 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Enisey-STM Russia 38–18 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: (2) 28' c, 74' c
(2) 35' c, 63' c
Morozov 80' c
Con: Kushnarev (5/5) 28', 35', 63', 74', 80'
Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 17'
 Report[32] Try: Howard 20' c
Beard 31' m
Con: A. O'Brien (1/2) 20'
Pen: A. O'Brien (2/2) 55', 62'
Trud Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu (FRR)
10 December 2016
15:00
Enisey-STM Russia 8–43 France Brive (1 BP)
Try: Rudoy 16' m
Pen: Kushnarev (1/2) 30'
 Report[33] Try: Bezy 1' c
32' c
44' c
Masilevu 80' c
Con: Germain (3/3) 2', 33', 46'
Bezy (1/1) 80'
Pen: Germain (5/5) 10', 22', 27', 37', 41'
Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 300
Referee: (RFU)
10 December 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Worcester Warriors England 33–20 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Rapava-Ruskin 40' c
Hammond 42' m
Penalty try (2) 47' c, 58' c
Stelling 72' c
Con: Braid (4/5) 40', 48', 59', 73'
 Report[34] Try: Hewitt (2) 75' c, 77' c
Con: O'Brien (2/2) 76', 78'
Pen: O'Brien (1/1) 12'
Drop: O'Brien (1/1) 7'
Sixways Stadium
Attendance: 7,168
Referee: (FFR)
16 December 2016
19:00
(1 BP) Brive France 38–18 Russia Enisey-STM
Try: Masilevu 14' c
Snyman 20' c
Koyamaibole 30' c
Ngwenya (2) 52' m, 61' c
Le Devedec 77' m
Con: Laranjeira (4/5) 15', 21', 31', 62'
Pen: Laranjeira (0/1)
 Report[35] Try: Magomedov (2) 54' m, 80' c
Con: Kushnarev (1/2) 80'
Pen: Kushnarev (2/3) 1', 40'
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (RFU)
16 December 2016
19:30
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 22–7 England Worcester Warriors
Try: Knoyle 7' c
Morgan 50' m
Hobbs 57' c
Con: O'Brien (2/3) 7', 57'
Pen: O'Brien (1/2) 24'
 Report[36] Try: Braid 2' c
Con: Braid (1/1) 2'
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,096
Referee: (IRFU)
13 January 2017
19:30
(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 34–10 Russia Enisey-STM
Try: T. Thomas 19' c
Buckley 62' c
Keddie (2) 72' c, 74' c
Con: D. Jones (1/1) 20'
O'Brien (3/3) 63', 72', 75'
Pen: D. Jones (2/2) 4', 31'
 Report[37] Try: Simplikevich 53' m
80' m
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,544
Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)
14 January 2017
21:00
Brive France 17–14 England Worcester Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Luafutu 41' c
62' c
Con: Lapeyre (1/1) 41'
Germain (1/1) 63'
Pen: Germain (1/1) 80'
 Report[38] Try: Mama 20' c
Rapava-Ruskin 54' c
Con: Braid (1/1) 21'
Mills (1/1) 55'
Pen: Braid (0/1)
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: (WRU)
21 January 2017
15:00
(1 BP) Brive France 36–19 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Bekoshvili (2) 4' m, 64' c
Ngwenya 13' c
33' c
69' c
Con: Germain (4/5) 15', 34', 65', 70'
Pen: Germain (1/1) 12'
 Report[39] Try: Knoyle 19' c
Pretorius (2) 38' c, 47' m
Con: O'Brien (2/3) 19', 39'
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (RFU)
21 January 2017
14:00
(1 BP) Worcester Warriors England 57–14 Russia Enisey-STM
Try: Rapava-Ruskin 6' m
Hammond (3) 14' m, 29' m, 37' c
Betty 33' c
Howard 45' m
Penalty try 68' c
78' m
Stelling 80' m
Con: Braid (2/6) 34', 38'
(1/3) 69'
Pen: Braid (2/3) 3', 26'
 Report[40] Try: Gachechiladze 40' c
Morozov 53' c
Con: Kushnarev (2/2) 40', 54'
Sixways Stadium
Attendance: 6,097
Referee: (WRU)

Pool 4[]

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
England Bath (4) 6 5 0 1 214 91 +123 24 10 3 0 23
Wales Cardiff Blues (7) 6 5 0 1 150 115 +35 16 15 2 0 22
England Bristol 6 2 0 4 138 181 –43 19 22 2 0 10
France Pau 6 0 0 6 97 212 –115 13 25 0 2 2
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[41] 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: (2/3) 9', 40'
Pen: (1/2) 59'
 Report[42] 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: (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[43] Pen: Searle (1/1) 27'
Geraghty (1/1) 75'
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 13,257
Referee: (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'
 Report[44] Try: Ramsay 16' m
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 28–3 England Bath
Try: Morgan 49' m
Cuthbert 54' c
Andrews 78' c
Con: Shingler (2/3) 55', 78'
Pen: Shingler (3/4) 2', 9', 25'
 Report[45] Pen: Homer (1/1) 12'
BT Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 7,569
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
11 December 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Bristol England 41–14 France Pau
Try: Wallace 2' m
Varndell 17' m
Searle 25' m
Arscott 32' c
Palamo 41' c
Brooker (2) 71' c, 76' m
Con: Searle (2/5) 33', 42'
Jarvis (1/2) 72'
 Report[46] Try: Votu 20' c
Daubagna 78' c
Con: (2/2) 21', 79'
Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 7,559
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
15 December 2016
19:45
(1 BP) Bath England 38–3 Wales Cardiff Blues
Try: Batty (2) 26' c, 64' c
Wilson 43' c
Brew 51' c
Stooke 78' c
Con: Ford (4/4) 27', 44', 52', 65'
Homer (1/1) 79'
Pen: Ford (1/2) 32'
 Report[47] Pen: Shingler (1/2) 21'
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 12,556
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)
16 December 2016
20:00
Pau France 18–28 England Bristol (1 BP)
Try: Daubagna 12' c
Vatubua 15' m
Con: Daubagna (1/2) 13'
Pen: Daubagna (2/2) 5', 24'
 Report[48] Try: Wallace 9' c
Varndell (3) 39' c, 61' c, 70' c
Con: Woodward (1/1) 11'
Searle (1/1) 40'
Jarvis (2/2) 63', 71'
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 8,373
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)
13 January 2017
19:45
Bristol England 22–57 England Bath (1 BP)
Try: Varndell 33' c
R. Williams 55' c
80' m
Con: Searle (2/2) 34', 56'
Pen: Searle (1/1) 3'
 Report[49] Try: Dunn 5' c
Homer 16' c
Fruean 24' c
Fotuali'i (2) 31' c, 47' c
Ford 39' c
Rokoduguni 58' m
Cook 77' c
Con: Ford (6/6) 7', 17', 25', 32', 40', 49'
Homer (1/2) 78'
Pen: Ford (1/1) 22'
Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 13,140
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
14 January 2017
18:30
(1 BP) Pau France 21–22 Wales Cardiff Blues
Try: Dupichot 4' c
Tomas 19' c
67' c
Con: (3/3) 5', 20', 67'
 Report[50] Try: Halaholo 49' c
Con: Shingler (1/1) 50'
Pen: Shingler (5/5) 2', 12', 43', 60', 78'
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 6,050
Referee: (IRFU)
21 January 2017
15:00
Bath England 69–10 France Pau
Try: Dunn 1' c
Grant (2) 6' c, 42' m
Watson (2) 22' m, 51' c
Homer 28' c
Priestland 57' c
Mercer 71' c
Tapuai 75' c
Batty 79' c
Con: Ford (3/5) 2', 7', 28'
Homer (4/4) 52', 57', 71', 77'
Tapuai (1/1) 80'
Pen: Ford (1/1) 20'
 Report[51] Try: 61' c
Con: (1/1) 62'
Pen: (1/1) 40'
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 12,080
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
21 January 2017
15:00
(1 BP) Cardiff Blues Wales 37–21 England Bristol
Try: Dacey 20' m
Anscombe 23' c
Morgan (2) 43' m, 69' c
Warburton 74' c
Con: Shingler (3/5) 24', 70', 75'
Pen: Shingler (2/2) 30', 58'
 Report[52] Try: J. Williams (2) 31' c, 55' c
39' c
Con: Jarvis (3/3) 32', 39', 56'
BT Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 7,223
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Pool 5[]

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Scotland Edinburgh (3) 6 5 0 1 215 122 +93 30 15 3 1 24
France Stade Français (8) 6 4 0 2 152 108 +44 20 16 3 1 20
England Harlequins 6 3 0 3 230 113 +117 34 14 4 2 18
Romania Timișoara Saracens 6 0 0 6 26 280 –254 2 41 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 (2) 35' c, 41' m
Yarde 79' c
Con: Swiel (3/6) 5', 21', 35'
Jackson (1/1) 79'
 Report[53] Try: Macalou 32' c
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[54] 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: 3,500
Referee: (RFU)
20 October 2016
20:00
(1 BP) Stade Français France 27–0 Romania Timișoara Saracens
Try: Plisson 2' c
17' c
Camara 20' m
Nicolas 53' m
Con: M. Steyn (2/4) 2', 17'
Pen: M. Steyn (1/1) 9'
 Report[55]
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 6,511
Referee: (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
Watson 25' c
Hoyland 40' c
Brown 73' m
Con: Tovey (2/4) 20', 25'
Kinghorn (1/2) 40'
 Report[56] 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'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,326
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
10 December 2016
15:00
Timișoara Saracens Romania 3–42 England Harlequins (1 BP)
Pen: Calafeteanu (1/1) 20'
 Report[57] Try: Ward 26' c
Merrick 30' c
Morris 34' c
Walker (2) 41' c, 46' c
Marchant 50' c
Con: Jackson (6/6) 27', 31', 35', 41', 47', 51'
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)
10 December 2016
19:45
Edinburgh Scotland 28–23 France Stade Français (1 BP)
Try: Hoyland 46' m
Toolis 52' c
Hidalgo-Clyne 61' c
Con: Weir (2/3) 53', 62'
Pen: Weir (3/3) 33', 65', 79'
 Report[58] Try: Nayacalevu 3' c
Macalou 22' c
Con: Steyn (2/2) 3', 23'
Pen: Steyn (2/2) 38', 58'
Drop: Steyn (1/1) 7'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,055
Referee: (RFU)
15 December 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Stade Français France 26–20 Scotland Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: Bonfils 10' c
Bonneval 18' m
Penalty try 27' c
Doumayrou 32' c
Con: Plisson (3/4) 11', 28', 33'
 Report[59] Try: McKenzie 45' m
Mata 61' c
Hidalgo-Clyne 78' m
Con: Tovey (1/3) 62'
Pen: Tovey (1/1) 16'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 7,347
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)
17 December 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Harlequins England 75–3 Romania Timișoara Saracens
Try: Wallace 7' c
Visser 16' c
Roberts (3) 21' c, 28' c, 60' c
Brown (2) 35' c, 67' c
Yarde (2) 45' c, 63' c
Clifford 54' c
Swiel 79' m
Con: Jackson (5/5) 8', 17', 23', 29', 36'
Swiel (5/6) 46', 55', 60', 64', 68'
 Report[60] Pen: Conache (1/2) 57'
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 9,642
Referee: (FFR)
14 January 2017
14:00
Timișoara Saracens Romania Cancelled[a] France Stade Français
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Due to cancelling the game, Timișoara Saracens were fined €30,000. Stade Français were awarded 5 match points in lieu of playing.[62]

14 January 2017
15:00
(1 BP) Harlequins England 18–23 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Luamanu 78' c
Gray 80' m
Con: Jackson (1/2) 79'
Pen: Swiel (2/3) 13', 33'
 Report[63] Try: McKenzie 25' c
Dell 53' c
Con: Weir (2/2) 25', 54'
Pen: Weir (3/3) 10', 31', 71'
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 8,230
Referee: (IRFU)
20 January 2017
19:35
(1 BP) Edinburgh Scotland 49–3 Romania Timișoara Saracens
Try: Cochrane (2) 11' c, 50' c
du Preez 21' c
Kinghorn 29' c
Allen 38' c
Tovey 62' c
Hoyland 67' c
Con: Weir (5/5) 12', 23', 30', 39', 51'
Tovey (2/2) 63', 67'
 Report[64] Pen: Calafeteanu (1/1) 41'
New Myreside
Attendance: 5,235
Referee: Adam Jones (WRU)
22 January 2017
14:00
Stade Français France 27–17 England Harlequins
Try: Nayacalevu 15' c
Arias 23' c
Burden 51' c
Con: Plisson (3/3) 16', 24', 52'
Pen: Plisson (2/3) 39', 44'
 Report[65] Try: Luamanu 40' m
Yarde 57' c
J. Chisholm 77' m
Con: Swiel (1/2) 58'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 7,330
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Due to a frozen pitch, the game was postponed.[61]

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