2010–11 British and Irish Cup

2010–11 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
DateOctober 2010 - May 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams24
Matches played67
Attendance81,295 (1,213 per match)
Tries scored388 (5.79 per match)
Top point scorer(s)James Pritchard (Bedford Blues)
(128 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s)Handre Schmidt (Bedford Blues)
(11 tries)[2]
Final
VenueMemorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance4,375
Champions Bristol (1st title)
Runners-up Bedford Blues

The 2010–11 British and Irish Cup was the 2nd season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. First round matches began on Friday 15 October 2010 and the final was held on Saturday 7 May 2011.

Defending champions Cornish Pirates were unable to make it out of the pool stages. Bristol lifted the cup, narrowly defeating Bedford Blues 17–14 in the first all-English final.

Teams

The allocation of teams was as follows:

England Ireland Scotland Wales

Competition format

The teams were divided into four pools of six, playing over five weekends during the Autumn International and Six Nations windows. The four pool winners and runners-up contested a knock-out stage, with quarter-finals on 5 or 6 March, semi-finals on 23 March and the final on 7 May.

Pool stages

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1 Worcester Warriors 5 4 0 1 175 87 +88 22 3 0 19
2 Leinster A 5 4 0 1 138 117 +21 18 3 0 19
3 Cornish Pirates 5 3 0 2 175 108 +67 23 4 1 17
4 Newport 5 3 0 2 121 159 −38 16 3 1 16
5 Plymouth Albion 5 1 0 4 76 144 −68 9 1 0 5
6 Currie 5 0 0 5 104 174 −70 11 0 2 2
Source:
Rules for classification:
  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
17 October 2010
14:30
Newport 28 – 33 Leinster A
Stats
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 881
11 December 2010
13:00
Worcester Warriors 58 – 10 Newport
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 2,844
11 December 2010
14:00
Leinster A 25 – 16 Plymouth Albion
Stats
Greystones RFC
Attendance: 500
11 December 2010
15:00
Cornish Pirates 54 – 31 Currie
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 923
19 December 2010
14:00
Cornish Pirates 43 – 12 Leinster A
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,026
14 January 2011
19:30
Currie 23 – 25 Newport
Stats
Malleny Park
Attendance: 600
16 January 2011
13:00
Leinster A 38 – 23 Worcester Warriors
Stats
Donnybrook
Attendance: 485
16 January 2011
14:00
Cornish Pirates 34 – 3 Plymouth Albion
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,207
21 January 2011
19:15
Newport 34 – 32 Cornish Pirates
Stats
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 697
22 January 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors 34 – 11 Plymouth Albion
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 3,830
23 January 2011
14:00
Leinster A 30 – 7 Currie
Stats
Donnybrook
Attendance: 530
25 January 2011
19:45
Plymouth Albion 13 – 24 Newport
Stats
The Brickfields
Attendance: 762
9 February 2011
19:30
Currie 16 – 32 Worcester Warriors
Stats
Watsonians RFC
Attendance: 400
26 February 2011
15:00
Plymouth Albion 33 – 27 Currie
Stats
The Brickfields
Attendance: 921
26 February 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors 28 – 12 Cornish Pirates
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 4,042

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1 Bristol 5 4 0 1 161 95 +66 22 3 0 19
2 Llanelli 5 4 0 1 123 66 +57 14 2 0 18
3 Munster A 5 3 0 2 149 79 +70 18 2 1 15
4 Nottingham 5 2 0 3 128 103 +25 18 3 2 13
5 Melrose 5 2 0 3 104 147 −43 11 1 1 10
6 Esher 5 0 0 5 46 221 −175 3 0 1 1
Source:
Rules for classification:
  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
15 October 2010
19:30
Munster A 13 – 15 Llanelli
Stats
Waterford Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,500
10 December 2010
19:45
Bristol 23 – 37 Nottingham
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,912
11 December 2010
14:00
Melrose 14 – 47 Munster A
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 1,017
11 December 2010
15:00
Esher 14 – 33 Llanelli
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 812
3 January 2011
14:00
Melrose 24 – 18 Esher
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 600
14 January 2011
19:45
Esher 5 – 55 Bristol
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 719
14 January 2011
19:45
Nottingham 14 – 15 Munster A
Stats
Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,189
15 January 2011
13:30
Llanelli 24 – 9 Melrose
Stats
Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen
21 January 2011
19:30
Munster A 64 – 9 Esher
Stats
Garryowen RFC
Attendance: 500
23 January 2011
15:00
Bristol 27 – 17 Llanelli
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,228
23 January 2011
15:00
Nottingham 29 – 31 Melrose
Stats
Meadow Lane
Attendance: 913
22 February 2011
19:45
Bristol 27 – 10 Munster A
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,364
23 February 2011
19:30
Llanelli 34 – 3 Nottingham
Stats
Parc y Scarlets
26 February 2011
14:00
Melrose 26 – 29 Bristol
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 594
26 February 2011
15:00
Esher 0 – 45 Nottingham
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 200

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1 Bedford Blues 5 5 0 0 164 66 +98 18 3 0 23
2 Moseley 5 4 0 1 117 113 +4 16 2 0 18
3 Neath 5 3 0 2 78 76 +2 9 0 2 14
4 London Welsh 5 2 0 3 93 99 −6 14 1 2 11
5 Ulster Ravens 5 1 0 4 109 128 −19 13 1 2 7
6 Swansea 5 0 0 5 61 140 −79 7 0 2 2
Source:
Rules for classification:
  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
16 October 2010
14:30
Swansea 12 – 32 Ulster Ravens
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 1,200
11 December 2010
14:00
London Welsh 21 – 24 Moseley
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 675
11 December 2010
15:00
Bedford Blues 36 – 22 Ulster Ravens
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,105
14 January 2011
19:00
Ulster Ravens 20 – 25 Neath
Stats
Instonians RFC
Attendance: 400
15 January 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues 44 – 14 London Welsh
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,416
15 January 2011
15:00
Moseley 28 – 22 Swansea
Stats
Billesley Common
Attendance: 429
19 January 2011
19:30
Neath 6 – 13 Bedford Blues
Stats
The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000
22 January 2011
14:00
London Welsh 29 – 11 Ulster Ravens
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 785
22 January 2011
15:00
Moseley 24 – 18 Neath
Stats
Billesley Common
Attendance: 526
8 February 2011
19:15
Swansea 9 – 43 Bedford Blues
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 800
15 February 2011
19:30
Swansea 12 – 15 Neath
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 250
23 February 2011
14:00
Ulster Ravens 24 – 26 Moseley
Stats
Ravenhill
25 February 2011
19:15
Neath 14 – 7 London Welsh
Stats
The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000
26 February 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues 28 – 15 Moseley
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,908
27 February 2011
14:00
London Welsh 22 – 6 Swansea
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 237

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1 Pontypridd 5 5 0 0 140 80 +60 18 3 0 23
2 Ayr 5 3 1 1 93 101 −8 13 0 0 14
3 Doncaster 5 2 0 3 142 128 +14 15 1 2 11
4 Birmingham & Solihull 5 2 0 3 95 90 +5 13 1 2 11
5 Llandovery 5 2 0 3 92 106 −14 9 0 1 9
6 Rotherham 5 0 1 4 83 140 −57 13 1 0 3
Source:
Rules for classification:
  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
16 October 2010
14:30
Llandovery 18 – 28 Pontypridd
Stats
Church Bank
Attendance: 1,200
11 December 2010
14:00
Rotherham 17 – 34 Llandovery
Stats
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 350
12 December 2010
12:30
Pontypridd 33 – 12 Ayr
Stats
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 1,000
9 January 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull 35 – 29 Doncaster
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 317
15 January 2011
14:30
Pontypridd 21 – 12 Rotherham
Stats
Sardis Road
Attendance: 2,050
15 January 2011
15:00
Llandovery 6 – 27 Doncaster
Stats
Church Bank
16 January 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull 12 – 18 Ayr
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 350
22 January 2011
14:00
Rotherham 20 – 20 Ayr
Stats
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 587
22 January 2011
14:30
Doncaster 23 – 35 Pontypridd
Stats
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,227
25 January 2011
19:45
Pontypridd 23 – 15 Birmingham & Solihull
Stats
Sardis Road
Attendance: 1,200
12 February 2011
12:00
Ayr 20 – 19 Llandovery
Stats
Millbrae
Attendance: 670
14 February 2011
15:00
Llandovery 15 – 14 Birmingham & Solihull
Stats
Church Bank
Attendance: 200
15 February 2011
19:30
Doncaster 46 – 29 Rotherham
Stats
Castle Park
Attendance: 864
26 February 2011
12:00
Ayr 23 – 17 Doncaster
Stats
Millbrae
Attendance: 860
27 February 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull 19 – 5 Rotherham
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 300

Knock-out stages

Qualifiers

The four pool winners and the four runners up proceeded to the knock out stages. The best four qualifiers (pool winners) had home advantage in the quarter-finals.

Qualification Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
Pool C Winner Bedford Blues 5 5 0 0 164 66 +98 18 3 0 23
Pool D Winner Pontypridd 5 5 0 0 140 80 +60 18 3 0 23
Pool A Winner Worcester Warriors 5 4 0 1 175 87 +88 22 3 0 19
Pool B Winner Bristol 5 4 0 1 161 95 +66 22 3 0 19
Pool A Runner-up Leinster A 5 4 0 1 138 117 +21 18 3 0 19
Pool B Runner-up Llanelli 5 4 0 1 123 66 +57 14 2 0 18
Pool C Runner-up Moseley 5 4 0 1 117 113 +4 16 2 0 18
Pool D Runner-up Ayr 5 3 1 1 93 101 −8 13 0 0 14
Source:
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 March 2011 - Sardis Road
 
 
 Pontypridd12
 
23 April 2011 - Sardis Road
 
 Llanelli10
 
 Pontypridd25
 
6 March 2011 - Memorial Stadium
 
 Bristol36
 
 Bristol29
 
7 May 2011 - Memorial Stadium
 
 Ayr19
 
 Bristol17
 
5 March 2011 - Goldington Road
 
 Bedford Blues14
 
 Bedford Blues50
 
23 April 2011 - Goldington Road
 
 Leinster A15
 
 Bedford Blues43
 
5 March 2011 - Sixways Stadium
 
 Worcester Warriors27
 
 Worcester Warriors57
 
 
 Moseley15
 

Quarter-finals

5 March 2011
14:30
Pontypridd 12 - 10 Llanelli
Pen: Humberstone 5'c, 30'c, 68'c (3/3), Gunter 79'c (1/1)Report
Stats		Try: Hopkins 38'c
Con: Shingler (1/1)
Drop: Shingler 76'c (1/1)
Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Luke Pearce
5 March 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors 57 - 15 Moseley
Try: Sanderson 10'c, 24'c, Garvey 27'c, 38'c, Crockett 30'c, Frost 44'c, Grove 50'c, Shervington 74'm
Con: Carlisle (7/8)
Pen: Carlisle 20'c (1/1)		Report
Stats		Try: Sigley 64'm, Borgen 80'c
Con: Thomas (1/2)
Pen: Thomas 2'c (1/1)
Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 2,461
Referee: Leo Colgan
5 March 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues 50 - 15 Leinster A
Try: Schmidt 14'm, 20'm, 58'c, 64'c, Dodge 32'c, Thrower 79'c
Con: Pritchard (4/6)
Pen: Pritchard 19'c, 43'c, 46'c, 76'c (4/4)		Report
Stats		Try: Auva'a 53'c, 73'm
Con: Madigan (1/2)
Pen: Madigan 36'c (1/1)
Goldington Road, Bedford
Attendance: 1,313
Referee: David Jones
6 March 2011
15:00
Bristol 29 - 19 Ayr
Try: Gadd 9'm, Merriman 15'c, 39'c, Watkins 41'c
Con: Barnes (3/4)
Pen: Barnes 5'm, 73'c (1/2)		Report
Stats		Try: Taylor 30'm, Manning 48'c, Ferguson 69'c
Con: Curle (2/3)
Pen: Curle 40'm (0/1)
Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 1,595
Referee: Neil Hennessey

Semi-finals

23 April 2011
14:30
Pontypridd 25 - 36 Bristol
Try: Siggery 13'c, Humberstone 74'c, Waters 78'm
Con: Humberstone (2/3)
Pen: Humberstone 34'c, 39'c (2/2)		Report
Stats		Try: Norton 4'c, 69'c, Penalty try 15'c, Blaney 51'm, Watkins 64'c
Con: Barnes (4/5)
Pen: Barnes 3'c
Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leo Colgan
23 April 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues 43 - 27 Worcester Warriors
Try: Seal 13'c, Tupai 17'c, 30'c, Rae 23'm, Pritchard 47'c, Thrower 60'c
Con: Pritchard (5/6)
Pen: Pritchard 53'c		Report
Stats		Try: Carlisle 4'c, Grove 6'c, King 76'c
Con: Carlisle (2/2), Walker (1/1)
Pen: Walker 26'c, 45'c (2/2)
Goldington Road, Bedford
Attendance: 2,049
Referee: Michael Tutty

Final

7 May 2011
17:05
Bristol 17 - 14 Bedford Blues
Try: Elliott 51'm
Con: Barnes (0/1)
Pen: Barnes 13'm, 33'c, 36'c, 40'c, 75'c (4/5)		Report
Stats		Try: Schmidt 80'm
Con: Pritchard (0/1)
Pen: Pritchard 9'c, 61'c, 64'm, 70'c (3/4)
Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 4,375
Referee: Andrew McMenemy
FB 15 George Watkins
RW 14 Anthony Elliott
OC 13 Jack Adams
IC 12 Junior Fatialofa
LW 11 Dan Norton
FH 10 Ed Barnes
SH 9 Robbie Shaw  80'
N8 8 Dan Montagu
OF 7 James Merriman
BF 6 Iain Grieve (c)
RL 5 Roy Winters
LL 4 Mariano Sambucetti  71'
TP 3 Darren Crompton  57'
HK 2 David Blaney
LP 1 Mark Irish  74'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ollie Hayes
PR 17 Wayne Thompson  57'
PR 18 Mako Vunipola  74'
LK 19 Darren Barry  71'
N8 20 Marco Mama
SH 21 Richard Bolt  80'
FH 22 Mark Davies
Coach: Paul Hull
FB 15 Edd Thrower  52'
RW 14 Handre Schmidt
OC 13 Myles Dorrian
IC 12 Ollie Dodge
LW 11 James Pritchard (c)
FH 10 Jake Sharp
SH 9 Will Chudley  52'
N8 8 Paul Tupai
OF 7 Alex Rae 39' to 49'
BF 6 Gregor Gillanders  71'
RL 5 George Kruis
LL 4 Mike Howard
TP 3 Phil Boulton  61'
HK 2 Dan Richmond
LP 1 Dan Seal
Replacements:
HK 16 Chris Locke
PR 17 Sam Walsh  61'
LK 18 Sean Tomes  71'
N8 19 Chris Goodman
SH 20 Darryl Veenendaal  52'
CE 21 Tom Bedford
WG 22 Duncan Taylor  52'
Coach: Mike Rayer

Touch judges:
Ian Heard
Graham Marshall

Top scorers

Geography

Team Stadium Capacity City/Area/Country
Ayr Millbrae Unknown Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Bedford Blues Goldington Road 4,684 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Birmingham & Solihull Damson Park 3,050 Solihull, West Midlands, England
Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,100 Bristol, England
Cornish Pirates Mennaye Field 3,500 Penzance, Cornwall, England
Currie Malleny Park Unknown Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland
Doncaster Castle Park 3,075 Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Esher Molesey Road Unknown Esher, England
Leinster A Donnybrook 7,000 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Llandovery Church Bank 5,000 Llandovery, Wales
Llanelli Parc y Scarlets 14,870 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
London Welsh Old Deer Park 5,850 London, England
Melrose The Greenyards Unknown Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Moseley Billesley Common 3,000+ (650 seated) Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Munster A Musgrave Park 8,300 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Neath The Gnoll 7,500 Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Newport Rodney Parade 10,500 Newport, Wales
Nottingham Meadow Lane 19,588 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Plymouth Albion The Brickfields 6,500 Plymouth, Devon, England
Pontypridd Sardis Road 7,861 Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Rotherham Clifton Lane 2,500 Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Swansea St Helens 4,500 Swansea, Wales
Ulster A Ravenhill Stadium 12,125 Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland
Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium 12,068 Worcester, England

References

  1. ^ a b "British & Irish Cup Top Point Scorers". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "British & Irish Cup Top Try Scorers". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Birmingham & Solihull 35 Doncaster Knights 29". Doncaster Free Press. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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