Английская Википедия:2016–17 British and Irish Cup

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The 2016–17 British and Irish Cup was the eighth season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. London Welsh were the defending champions having won the 2015–16 final against Yorkshire Carnegie 10–33 at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds on 10 April 2016. There have been six different winners and six different losing finalists in the seven seasons of its existence. The format of the competition is similar to last season with Scottish clubs not competing. For the second consecutive season the four Welsh teams were the reserve sides of the teams competing in the Pro12 competition instead of clubs from the Welsh Premier Division.

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, progress to the knockout stage. The eight quarter-finalists are ranked, with top four teams having home advantage. The four winning quarter-finalists progress to the semi-final draw. Most of the matches are played on the same weekends as the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. First round matches began on 14 October 2016 and the final was held on the 21 April 2017.

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
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	N/A	Cardiff Arms Park Sardis Road The Wern	12,125 7,861 4,500	Cardiff Pontypridd Merthyr Tydfil
Connacht Eagles	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship	Galway Sportsgrounds Dubarry Park	9,500 10,000	Galway Athlone
Cornish Pirates	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Mennaye Field	4,000	Penzance
Doncaster Knights	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Castle Park	5,000	Doncaster
Ealing Trailfinders	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,020	West Ealing, London
Jersey Reds	Шаблон:Flagicon England Шаблон:Efn	RFU Championship	St. Peter	4,000	Saint Peter
Leinster A	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship	Donnybrook Stadium	6,000	Dublin
London Irish	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Madejski Stadium	7,579Шаблон:Efn	Reading, Berkshire
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	Richmond, London
Munster A	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship	Towns Park The Showgrounds Old Chapel Irish Independent Park CIT Stadium	400 1,000 N/A 8,200 1,100	Midleton Ennis Bandon Cork Cork
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	N/A	Pandy Park CCB Centre	3,000 1,000	Crosskeys Ystrad Mynach
Nottingham Rugby	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Lady Bay Sports Ground	3,000	Nottingham
Ospreys Premiership Select	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	N/A	The Gnoll Talbot Athletic Ground Llynfi Road	5,000 3,000 N/A	Neath Port Talbot Maesteg
Richmond	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Richmond Athletic Ground	4,500	Richmond, London
Rotherham Titans	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham
Scarlets Premiership Select	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales	N/A	Church Bank Playing Fields Carmarthen Park Parc y Scarlets	3,000 3,000 14,870	Llandovery Carmarthen Llanelli
Ulster A	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship	Shaw's Bridge Eaton Park Kingspan Stadium	1,300 1,000 18,196	Belfast Ballymena Belfast
Yorkshire Carnegie	Шаблон:Flagicon England	RFU Championship	Sandhill Lane Stadium Moor Lane Silver Royd	N/A N/A 1,950	Selby Pontefract Scalby

Pool stages

Key to colours

	Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
	Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Jersey Reds	6	5	0	1	181	94	87	3	0	23
Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster A	6	4	0	2	153	124	29	2	2	20
Шаблон:Flagicon London Scottish	6	2	0	4	134	157	−23	2	2	12
Шаблон:Flagicon Cardiff Blues Premiership Select	6	1	0	5	104	197	−93	0	3	7
Source: Updated: 10 March 2017 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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Round 6

• Postponed from 21 January due to frozen pitch.

Pool 2

London Welsh entered liquidation on 8 December 2016 and were disqualified from the competition and their results from rounds 1 and 2 annulled.

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Munster A	4	4	0	0	121	55	66	3	0	19
Шаблон:Flagicon Rotherham Titans	4	1	0	3	73	102	−25	0	1	5
Шаблон:Flagicon Doncaster Knights	4	1	0	3	61	98	−41	0	0	4
Source : Updated: 21 January 2017 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

Round 1

• London Welsh expelled from the competition

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Round 2

• London Welsh expelled from the competition.

• Match postponed due to the death of Munster Rugby's head coach Anthony Foley and played on 7 January 2016.

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Round 2 (rescheduled game)

• Match postponed from 22 October 2016.

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Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon London Irish	6	5	0	1	154	97	57	4	1	25
Шаблон:Flagicon Cornish Pirates	6	4	0	2	188	99	89	3	1	20
Шаблон:Flagicon Ospreys Premiership Select	6	3	0	3	130	155	−25	2	0	14
Шаблон:Flagicon Connacht Eagles	6	0	0	6	82	223	−141	1	1	2
Source: Updated: 21 January 2017 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 Scarlets Premiership Select	6	4	0	2	198	149	49	5	1	22
Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster A	6	3	0	3	256	133	123	3	1	16
Шаблон:Flagicon Nottingham Rugby	6	3	0	3	148	136	12	3	0	15
Шаблон:Flagicon Richmond	6	2	0	4	100	284	−184	1	0	9
Source: Updated: 21 January 2017 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 Ealing Trailfinders	6	4	1	1	194	123	71	3	2	23
Шаблон:Flagicon Yorkshire Carnegie	6	4	0	2	156	130	26	3	1	20
Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	6	2	0	4	118	170	−52	1	2	11
Шаблон:Flagicon Bedford Blues	6	1	1	4	119	173	−54	1	1	8
Source: Updated: 21 January 2017 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 were seeded according to performance in the pool stage. The four top seeds hosted the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 format. If two teams qualified from the same group they could not be drawn together despite the seeding, therefore, Jersey Reds did not play against Ulster A. The quarter-finals were held over the weekend of 10/11/12 March 2017, the semi-finals were held over the weekend of 31 March and 1 & 2 April 2017 and the final was played on 21/22/23 April 2017.

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 London Irish	25	5	57
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Jersey Reds	23	5	87
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Ealing Trailfinders	23	4	71
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Scarlets Premiership Select	22	4	49
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Munster A	19	4	66
Seed	Pool Runners–up	Pts	Wins	Pts diff
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Cornish Pirates	20	4	89
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster A	20	4	29
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Yorkshire Carnegie	20	4	26
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster A	16	3	123
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Rotherham Titans	5	1	−25

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 23 January 2017, with the matches to be played on the weekend of 10–13 March 2017. Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox

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Attendances

Club	Home matches	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	3	5,799	1,933	2,218	1,707	32%
Cardiff Premiership Select	3	2,085	695	973	325	11%
Connacht Eagles	3	1,314	438	695	200	5%
Cornish Pirates	3	3,951	1,317	1,426	1,120	33%
Doncaster Knights	2	2,181	1,091	1,207	974	22%
Ealing Trailfinders	4	1,979	495	650	428	16%
Jersey Reds	4	5,623	1,406	1,551	1,151	35%
Leinster A	3	2,641	880	1,018	673	14%
London Irish	5	10,898	2,180	3,109	1,394	9%
London Scottish	3	2,253	751	947	400	17%
London Welsh	1	728	728	728	728	12%
Munster A	6	4,152	692	983	350	42%
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	3	1,167	389	652	200	34%
Nottingham Rugby	3	3,242	1,081	1,367	791	36%
Ospreys Premiership Select	3	2,914	971	1,500	542	24%
Richmond	3	1,393	464	512	396	10%
Rotherham Titans	2	1,454	727	750	704	29%
Scarlets Premiership Select	3	850	283	350	250	7%
Ulster A	3	6,314	2,105	4,813	200	47%
Yorkshire Carnegie	3	1,885	628	834	428	43%

Individual statistics

• 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 Johnny McPhillips	Ulster A	6	62
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Billy McBryde	Scarlets PS	7	56
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Warren Seals	Yorkshire Carnegie	7	52
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Arwel Robson	Newport-Gwent Dragons PS	6	51
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Katz	Jersey Reds	6	50
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Myles Dorrian	Bedford Blues	6	45
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Laurence May	Cornish Pirates	6	43
8	Шаблон:Flagicon David Johnston	Munster A	8	42
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Daly	Leinster A	4	40
	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Williams	Scarlets PS	6	40

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Williams	Scarlets PS	6	8
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Walker	Ealing Trailfinders	4	6
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Barney Nightingale	Newport-Gwent Dragons PS	5	6
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Jay Baker	Ospreys PS	3	5
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob O'Donnell	Yorkshire Carnegie	3	5
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Daly	Leinster A	4	5
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Morgan Allen	Scarlets PS	6	5
	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Haining	Jersey Reds	6	5
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jimmy O'Brien	Leinster A	6	5
	Шаблон:Flagicon Keiran Williams	Ospreys PS	6	5
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex O'Meara	Cornish Pirates	7	5

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 77 points

84 – 7 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Largest away win — 49 points

68 – 19 Leinster A away to Richmond on 15 October 2016

Most points scored — 84 points

84 – 7 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most tries in a match — 12

Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most conversions in a match — 10

Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most penalties in a match — 5

Rotherham Titans at home to Doncaster Knights on 15 October 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

Richmond away to Leinster on 20 January 2017

Player

Most points in a match — 26

Шаблон:Flagicon Rory Clegg for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most tries in a match — 4

Шаблон:Flagicon Rob O'Donnell for Yorkshire Carnegie at home to Bedford Blues on 23 October 2016

Most conversions in a match — 10

Шаблон:Flagicon Rory Clegg for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most penalties in a match — 5

Шаблон:Flagicon Lloyd Evans for Rotherham Titans at home to Doncaster Knights on 15 October 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

Шаблон:Flagicon Freddy Gabbitass for Richmond away to Leinster on 20 January 2017

Attendances

Highest — 4,813

Ulster A at home to London Scottish on 13 January 2017

Lowest — 200 (x3)

Ulster A at home to Jersey Reds on 14 October 2016
Connacht Eagles at home to Cornish Pirates on 16 October 2016
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 22 October 2016

Highest Average Attendance — 2,180 (London Irish)

Lowest Average Attendance — 283 Scarlets Premiership Select)

External links

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