Английская Википедия:2014–15 British and Irish Cup

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The 2014–15 British and Irish Cup is the sixth season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. Leinster A are the defending champions having won the 2013–14 final against Yorkshire Carnegie 44–17 at Donnybrook on 23 May 2014. There has been four different winners and five different losing finalists of the competition in the five seasons of its existence.

The format of the competition has been changed once again, with the Scottish withdrawing from the competition because of an increase, from four to six, in the number of the group matches before Christmas. Scottish Rugby felt that Scottish teams would not be able to compete fully in both the British and Irish Cup and the Scottish Premiership, the top-flight league for clubs in Scotland. The Welsh teams selection is based on regional play-offs involving the 2013–14 Premier Division clubs at the start of the season. This process yielded Pontypridd to represent the Cardiff Blues Region, Cross Keys to represent the Dragons Region, Aberavon to represent the Ospreys Region, and Carmarthen Quins to represent the Scarlets Region.

Matches in the competition proper were played on the same weekends as the European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup. First round matches began on 10 October 2014 and the final was held on 3 April 2015. Worcester Warriors beat Doncaster Knights 35 – 5 in the final held at Castle Park, Doncaster; the home ground of the Knights.

Participating teams and locations

The allocation of teams is as follows:

• Шаблон:Flagicon – twelve clubs from RFU Championship
• Шаблон:Flagicon – four Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams
• Шаблон:Flagicon – four clubs from the Welsh Premier Division

Club	Country	League	Stadium	Capacity	Area
Aberavon	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	Welsh Premier Division	Talbot Athletic Ground	3,000	Port Talbot
Bedford Blues	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Goldington Road	6,500	Bedford
Bristol	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Ashton Gate Stadium	21,497	Bristol
Carmarthen Quins	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	Welsh Premier Division	Carmarthen Park Parc y Scarlets	3,000 14,870	Carmarthen Llanelli
Connacht Eagles	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Inter-Provincial Championship	Galway Sportsgrounds	7,500	Galway
Cornish Pirates	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Mennaye Field	3,500	Penzance
Cross Keys	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	Welsh Premier Division	Pandy Park	3,000	Crosskeys
Doncaster Knights	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Castle Park rugby stadium	5,000	Doncaster
Jersey	Шаблон:Flagicon EnglandШаблон:Efn	RFU Championship	St. Peter	5,000	Saint Peter
Leinster A	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Inter-Provincial Championship	Donnybrook Stadium	6,000	Dublin
London Scottish	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Richmond Athletic Ground	4,500	London
Moseley	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Billesley Common	3,000+	Birmingham
Munster A	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Inter-Provincial Championship	Musgrave Park Clonmel Rugby Club Temple Hill	9,251    1,000	Cork Clonmel Cork
Nottingham Rugby	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Meadow Lane Lady Bay Sports Ground	19,588 2,000 (est)	Nottingham
Plymouth Albion	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	The Brickfields	8,500	Plymouth
Pontypridd	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	Welsh Premier Division	Sardis Road	7,861	Pontypridd
Rotherham Titans	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham
Ulster Ravens	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Inter-Provincial Championship	Kingspan Stadium Deramore Park	18,196 1,000+	Belfast
Worcester Warriors	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Sixways Stadium	12,024	Worcester
Yorkshire Carnegie	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Headingley Rugby Stadium Silver Royd Brantingham Park Laund Hill	20,250 1,950 1,500 2,000	Leeds Scalby Brantingham Huddersfield

Welsh qualification

The Welsh teams are selected, based on regional play-offs involving the twelve clubs from the 2013–14 Premier Division and played at the start of the season. Teams gained home advantage depending upon their finishing position at the end of last season.

Cardiff Blues Region

The two constituent clubs of the Cardiff Blues played in a one-off game to determine the region's representative in the Cup. Шаблон:Rugbybox

Dragons Region

The four teams that make up the Newport Gwent Dragons each played in semi-finals, with the winner of each progressing to play off for the opportunity to represent the region. Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox

Ospreys Region

With three teams making up the Ospreys region, Aberavon and Neath faced each other first, with the winner going into the final play-off with Bridgend. Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox

Scarlets Region

Like the Ospreys, the Scarlets region has three constituent clubs, so two teams played each other in a preliminary game for the chance to face the third team in the deciding match. Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox

Competition format

The competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of five pools of four teams playing home and away matches. The top side in each pool, plus the three best runners-up, will progress to the knockout stage. The eight quarter-finalists will be ranked, with teams ranked 1-4 having home advantage. The four winning quarter-finalists will progress to the semi-final draw. Matches will take place on the same weekends as the European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup cups.

Pool stages

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Bristol	6	6	0	0	181	119	62	3	0	27
Шаблон:Flagicon Pontypridd	6	4	0	2	158	115	43	2	1	19
Шаблон:Flagicon London Scottish	6	1	0	5	110	129	–19	0	3	7
Шаблон:Flagicon Connacht Eagles	6	1	0	5	111	197	–86	1	0	5
Source : BBC Updated: 13 December 2014 Points breakdown: *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

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Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Rotherham Titans	6	5	0	1	204	104	100	4	1	25
Шаблон:Flagicon Yorkshire Carnegie	6	5	0	1	208	110	98	4	0	24
Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster Ravens	6	1	0	5	121	162	–41	1	3	8
Шаблон:Flagicon Aberavon	6	1	0	5	89	246	–157	1	0	5
Source : BBC Updated: 13 December 2014 Points breakdown: *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

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Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors	6	6	0	0	189	94	95	3	0	27
Шаблон:Flagicon Munster A	6	4	0	2	149	112	37	1	2	19
Шаблон:Flagicon Moseley	6	2	0	4	95	172	–77	1	1	10
Шаблон:Flagicon Nottingham	6	0	0	6	109	164	–55	1	3	4
Source : BBC Updated: 13 December 2014 Points breakdown: *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

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Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Doncaster Knights	6	6	0	0	204	122	82	5	0	29
Шаблон:Flagicon Bedford Blues	6	3	0	3	180	154	26	3	2	17
Шаблон:Flagicon Cornish Pirates	6	2	0	4	187	189	–2	4	4	16
Шаблон:Flagicon Cross Keys	6	1	0	5	119	225	–106	2	1	7
Source : BBC Updated: 13 December 2014 Points breakdown: *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

• This match finished with a 35 – 34 victory to Cornish Pirates. However, in the 72nd minute the match went to uncontested scrums as Pirates were unable to provide a front-row replacement for injured prop Tyler Gendall. Pirates should have reduced to 14 men on the pitch, in accordance with the regulations but, instead, Gendall was replaced with fly-half Bertie Hokpin (who scored the winning try) and continued with 15 men. The Organising Committee decided to award the match to Bedford with a 28 – 34 scoreline, the score at the time that the scums went uncontested. Pirates are considering an appeal. Pirates' appeal failed to overturn the decision.

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Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster A	6	5	0	1	229	115	114	3	1	24
Шаблон:Flagicon Carmarthen Quins	6	4	0	2	126	169	–43	1	0	17
Шаблон:Flagicon Jersey	6	2	0	4	109	128	–19	1	1	10
Шаблон:Flagicon Plymouth Albion	6	1	0	5	121	173	–52	2	3	9
Source : BBC Updated: 13 December 2014 Points breakdown: *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

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Total season attendances

• Does not include Welsh qualification matches.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Aberavon	3	1,530	510	830	250	17%
Bedford Blues	3	6,645	2,215	2,425	2,002	37%
Bristol Rugby	4	21,475	5,369	7,640	3,467	25%
Carmarthen Quins	3	800	267	400	200	5%
Connacht Eagles	2	459	230	250	209	3%
Cornish Pirates	3	3,758	1,253	1,320	1,149	36%
Cross Keys	3	1,251	417	650	200	14%
Doncaster Knights	6	9,051	1,509	3,115	785	30%
Jersey	3	5,653	1,884	2,204	1,695	38%
Leinster A	3	2,286	762	827	720	13%
London Scottish	3	4,544	1,515	1,640	1,296	34%
Moseley	3	2,677	892	1,483	250	30%
Munster A	3	1,585	528	600	435	52%
Nottingham Rugby	3	2,444	815	1,119	569	13%
Plymouth Albion	3	2,945	982	1,047	875	12%
Pontypridd	3	9,900	3,300	5,800	1,500	42%
Rotherham Titans	4	4,081	1,020	1,167	827	41%
Ulster Ravens	3	1,150	383	600	150	19%
Worcester Warriors	5	26,579	5,316	6,916	3,760	44%
Yorkshire Carnegie	3	1,996	665	864	482	36%

Individual statistics

• Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances will come first. Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Douglas Flockhart	Doncaster Knights	8	89
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Tiff Eden	Worcester Warriors	6	75
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Barrett	Rotherham Titans	6	70
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Humberstone	Pontypridd	7	68
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Cathal Marsh	Leinster A	6	66
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Rory Scannell	Munster A	7	65
7	Шаблон:Flagicon James Pritchard	Bedford Blues	4	52
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Aaron Penberthy	Jersey	6	47
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Byrne	Leinster A	3	45
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Kieran Hallett	Cornish Pirates	3	45

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Cian Kelleher	Leinster A	8	9
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Jonah Holmes	Yorkshire Carnegie	4	7
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Coghlan-Murray	Leinster A	8	7
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Jarvis	Doncaster Knights	9	7
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Robinson	Bristol	3	6
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Preece	Rotherham Titans	7	6
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Betty	Worcester Warriors	3	5
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Keating	Rotherham Titans	5	5
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Tapley	Bedford Blues	5	5
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Belcher	Pontypridd	6	5

External links

• Unofficial British and Irish Cup website - latest news, teams etc