Английская Википедия:2015–16 British and Irish Cup

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The 2015–16 British and Irish Cup was the seventh season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. Worcester Warriors were the defending champions having won the 2014–15 final against Doncaster Knights 35–5 at Castle Park, Doncaster on 3 April 2015. There have been five different winners and six different losing finalists of the competition in the six seasons of its existence. The format of the competition was similar to last season with Scottish clubs not competing. This season the four Welsh teams are the reserve sides of the teams competing in the Pro 12 competition instead of clubs from the Welsh Premier Division.

Matches were played on the same weekends as the European Rugby Champions and Challenge cups. First round matches began on 13 November 2015 and the final was held on 10 April 2016.

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 top four teams having home advantage. The four winning quarter-finalists will progress to the semi-final draw. Matches take place on the same weekends as the European Rugby Champions and Challenge cups.

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 Welsh regions represented by Premiership Select teams.

Club	Country	League	Stadium	Capacity	Area
Bedford Blues	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Goldington Road	6,000	Bedford
Bristol	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Ashton Gate Stadium	21,497	Bristol
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	N/A	Cardiff Arms Park	12,125	Cardiff
Connacht Eagles	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship	Galway Sportsgrounds	9,500	Galway
Cornish Pirates	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Mennaye Field	4,000	Penzance
Doncaster Knights	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Castle Park rugby stadium	5,000	Doncaster
Ealing Trailfinders	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,020 (1,020 seats)	West Ealing, London
Jersey	Шаблон:Flagicon England Шаблон:Efn	RFU Championship	St. Peter	5,000	Saint Peter
Leinster A	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship	Donnybrook Stadium	6,000 (2,500 seats)	Dublin
London Scottish	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Richmond Athletic Ground	4,500	Richmond, London
London Welsh	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Old Deer Park	5,850 (1,000 seats)	Richmond, London
Moseley	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Billesley Common	3,000+	Birmingham
Munster A	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship	Snugmore Rosbrien New Ormond Park	7,500 4,000 1,000	Kinsale Limerick Nenagh
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	N/A	Pandy Park The Bridge Field Eugene Cross Park	3,000 2,000 8,000	Cross Keys Bedwas Ebbw Vale
Nottingham Rugby	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Lady Bay Sports Ground	2,000 (est)	Nottingham
Ospreys Premiership Select	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	N/A	Talbot Athletic Ground Brewery Field The Gnoll	3,000 8,000 5,000	Port Talbot Bridgend Neath
Rotherham Titans	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham
Scarlets Premiership Select	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	N/A	Carmarthen Park Parc y Scarlets Station Road	3,000 14,870 2,500	Carmarthen Llanelli Bristol
Ulster Ravens	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship	Kingspan Stadium Eaton Park Deramore Park	18,196 1,000 1,000+	Belfast Ballymena Belfast
Yorkshire Carnegie	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Headingley Carnegie Stadium Silver Royd Lockwood Park	21,062 1,950 1,500	Leeds Scalby Huddersfield

Pool stages

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster A	6	6	0	0	240	92	148	5	0	29
Шаблон:Flagicon Moseley	6	4	0	2	155	191	–36	4	0	20
Шаблон:Flagicon Rotherham Titans	6	2	0	4	155	120	35	3	2	13
Шаблон:Flagicon Ealing Trailfinders	6	0	0	6	100	247	–147	1	1	2
Source : Updated: 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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• Postponed due to frozen pitch. Game rescheduled to 20 February 2016.

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• Game rescheduled from 16 January 2016.

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Bedford Blues	6	5	0	1	166	144	22	4	0	24
Шаблон:Flagicon Bristol	6	4	0	2	200	112	88	3	0	19
Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster Ravens	6	2	0	4	112	143	–31	1	1	10
Шаблон:Flagicon Scarlets Premiership Select	6	1	0	5	114	193	–79	1	1	6
Source : Updated: 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 Yorkshire Carnegie	6	5	0	1	202	98	104	5	1	26
Шаблон:Flagicon London Scottish	6	4	0	2	151	144	7	2	1	19
Шаблон:Flagicon Munster A	6	3	0	3	153	134	19	3	1	16
Шаблон:Flagicon Ospreys Premiership Select	6	0	0	6	81	211	–130	1	1	2
Source : Updated: 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 Cornish Pirates	6	5	0	1	157	92	65	2	1	23
Шаблон:Flagicon London Welsh	6	4	0	2	169	139	30	3	1	20
Шаблон:Flagicon Cardiff Blues Premiership Select	6	1	1	4	117	141	–24	1	2	9
Шаблон:Flagicon Nottingham Rugby	6	1	1	4	82	153	–71	0	0	6
Source : Updated: 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 5

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Doncaster Knights	6	4	1	1	173	84	89	3	1	22
Шаблон:Flagicon Jersey	6	4	1	1	189	105	84	3	0	21
Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	6	3	0	3	119	134	–15	1	1	14
Шаблон:Flagicon Connacht Eagles	6	0	0	6	40	198	–158	0	1	1
Source : Updated: 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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Knock-out stage

The eight qualifiers are seeded according to performance in the pool stage, and competed in the quarter-finals, which are held on the weekend of 11/12/13 March 2016. The four top seeds host the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 format. However, if two teams have qualified from the same group then they cannot be drawn together despite the seeding. Hence Leinster A and Moseley were not drawn together leading to a 1 v 7, 2 v 8, 3 v 6, 4 v 5 format.

Teams are ranked by:

1 – competition points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw)

2 – where competition points are equal, greatest number of wins

3 – where the number of wins are equal, aggregate points difference

4 – where the aggregate points difference are equal, greatest number of points scored

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	Wins	Pts diff
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster A	29	6	148
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Yorkshire Carnegie	26	5	104
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Bedford Blues	24	5	22
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Cornish Pirates	23	5	65
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Doncaster Knights	22	4	89
Seed	Pool Runners–up	Pts	Wins	Pts diff
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Jersey	21	4	84
7	Шаблон:Flagicon London Welsh	20	4	30
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Moseley	20	4	–36
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Bristol	19	4	88
10	Шаблон:Flagicon London Scottish	19	4	7

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Attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	4	9,241	2,310	2,455	2,126	39%
Bristol Rugby	3	14,997	4,999	5,273	4,615	23%
Cardiff Premiership Select	3	2,142	714	850	628	6%
Connacht Eagles	3	450	150	225	100	2%
Cornish Pirates	4	4,492	1,123	1,160	1,073	28%
Doncaster Knights	3	3,682	1,227	1,386	1,051	25%
Ealing Trailfinders	3	1,616	539	804	356	18%
Jersey	3	5,026	1,675	1,772	1,606	34%
Leinster A	4	2,882	721	932	350	12%
London Scottish	3	2,672	891	941	849	20%
London Welsh	4	3,594	899	1,157	642	15%
Moseley	3	2,182	727	818	591	24%
Munster A	3	1,677	559	850	300	18%
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	3	800	267	400	200	7%
Nottingham Rugby	3	2,845	948	1,018	874	47%
Ospreys Premiership Select	3	1,200	400	500	325	9%
Rotherham Titans	3	2,316	772	1,017	618	31%
Scarlets Premiership Select	3	2,154	718	1,254	100	26%
Ulster Ravens	3	2,632	877	1,607	425	37%
Yorkshire Carnegie	6	6,239	1,040	3,107	580	15%

Individual statistics

• Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances is placed first (if they have the same number of games, then the less minutes played will rank first). Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Laurence May	Cornish Pirates	8	70
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Sinfield	Yorkshire Carnegie	6	53
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Lydon	London Scottish	5	51
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Gareth Davies	Cardiff Blues Premiership Select	4	42
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Olly Barkley	London Welsh	8	38
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Windsor	Ulster Ravens	6	37
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Josh Lewis	Scarlets Premiership Select	6	36
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Cathal Marsh	Leinster A	3	35
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Dan Leavy	Leinster A	6	35
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Uili Koloʻofai	Jersey	8	35

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Dan Leavy	Leinster A	6	7
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Uili Koloʻofai	Jersey	8	7
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Walker	Yorkshire Carnegie	5	6
4	Шаблон:Flagicon James Lewis	London Welsh	7	6
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Josh Bainbridge	Yorkshire Carnegie	3	5
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Howe	Jersey	6	5
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Latu Makaafi	Doncaster Knights	6	5
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Taylor Prell	Yorkshire Carnegie	7	5
9	Шаблон:Flagicon James Freeman	Jersey	8	5
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Saull	Yorkshire Carnegie	2	4

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 50 pts

56 - 6 Yorkshire Carnegie at home to London Scottish on 13 December 2015

Largest away win — 40 pts

40 - 0 Doncaster Knights away to Connacht Eagles on 16 January 2015

Most points scored — 62

62 - 16 Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015

Most tries in a match — 9

Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015

Most conversions in a match — 7 (x4)

Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015
Doncaster Knights away to Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select on 19 December 2015
London Scottish at home to Ospreys Premiership Select on 16 January 2016
Leinster A away to Moseley on 16 January 2016

Most penalties in a match — 4 (x3)

Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham Rugby on 22 November 2015
Rotherham Titans at home to Moseley on 20 December 2015
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select away to Jersey on 16 January 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

Leinster A away to Rotherham Titans on 14 November 2015

Player

Most points in a match — 22

Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Morgan for Bristol Rugby at home to Ulster Ravens on 23 January 2016

Most tries in a match — 4 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Uili Koloʻofai for Jersey away to Connacht Eagles on 12 December 2015
Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Saull for Yorkshire Carnegie at home to Munster A on 17 January 2016

Most conversions in a match — 7 (x3)

Шаблон:Flagicon Gavin Henson for Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015
Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Lydon for London Scottish at home to Ospreys Premiership Select on 16 January 2016
Шаблон:Flagicon Cathal Marshal for Leinster A away to Moseley on 16 January 2016

Most penalties in a match — 4 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Laurence May for Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham Rugby on 22 November 2015
Шаблон:Flagicon Rhys Jones for Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select away to Jersey on 16 January 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Byrne for Leinster A away to Rotherham Titans on 14 November 2015

Attendances

Highest — 5,273

Bristol Rugby at home to Ulster Ravens on 23 January 2016

Lowest — 100 (x2)

Scarlets Premiership Select at home to Ulster Ravens on 21 November 2015
Connacht Eagles at home to Doncaster Knights on 16 January 2016

Highest Average Attendance — 4,999

Bristol Rugby

Lowest Average Attendance — 150

Connacht Eagles

External links

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