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2010–11 British and Irish Cup

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.

2010–11 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
Ireland 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
ChampionsEngland Bristol (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Bedford Blues
← 2009–10 (Previous)
(Next) 2011–12 →

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

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The allocation of teams was as follows:

England  England Ireland  Ireland Scotland  Scotland Wales  Wales

Competition format

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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

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1 England  Worcester Warriors 5 4 0 1 175 87 +88 22 3 0 19
2 Ireland  Leinster A 5 4 0 1 138 117 +21 18 3 0 19
3 England  Cornish Pirates 5 3 0 2 175 108 +67 23 4 1 17
4 Wales  Newport 5 3 0 2 121 159 −38 16 3 1 16
5 England  Plymouth Albion 5 1 0 4 76 144 −68 9 1 0 5
6 Scotland  Currie 5 0 0 5 104 174 −70 11 0 2 2
Source: [citation needed]
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 Wales 28 – 33Ireland  Leinster A
Stats
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 881
11 December 2010
13:00
Worcester Warriors England 58 – 10Wales  Newport
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 2,844
11 December 2010
14:00
Leinster A Ireland 25 – 16England  Plymouth Albion
Stats
Greystones RFC
Attendance: 500
11 December 2010
15:00
Cornish Pirates England 54 – 31Scotland  Currie
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 923
19 December 2010
14:00
Cornish Pirates England 43 – 12Ireland  Leinster A
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,026
14 January 2011
19:30
Currie Scotland 23 – 25Wales  Newport
Stats
Malleny Park
Attendance: 600
16 January 2011
13:00
Leinster A Ireland 38 – 23England  Worcester Warriors
Stats
Donnybrook
Attendance: 485
16 January 2011
14:00
Cornish Pirates England 34 – 3England  Plymouth Albion
Stats
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,207
21 January 2011
19:15
Newport Wales 34 – 32England  Cornish Pirates
Stats
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 697
22 January 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors England 34 – 11England  Plymouth Albion
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 3,830
23 January 2011
14:00
Leinster A Ireland 30 – 7Scotland  Currie
Stats
Donnybrook
Attendance: 530
25 January 2011
19:45
Plymouth Albion England 13 – 24Wales  Newport
Stats
The Brickfields
Attendance: 762
9 February 2011
19:30
Currie Scotland 16 – 32England  Worcester Warriors
Stats
Watsonians RFC
Attendance: 400
26 February 2011
15:00
Plymouth Albion England 33 – 27Scotland  Currie
Stats
The Brickfields
Attendance: 921
26 February 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors England 28 – 12England  Cornish Pirates
Stats
Sixways
Attendance: 4,042

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1 England  Bristol 5 4 0 1 161 95 +66 22 3 0 19
2 Wales  Llanelli 5 4 0 1 123 66 +57 14 2 0 18
3 Ireland  Munster A 5 3 0 2 149 79 +70 18 2 1 15
4 England  Nottingham 5 2 0 3 128 103 +25 18 3 2 13
5 Scotland  Melrose 5 2 0 3 104 147 −43 11 1 1 10
6 England  Esher 5 0 0 5 46 221 −175 3 0 1 1
Source: [citation needed]
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 Ireland 13 – 15Wales  Llanelli
Stats
Waterford Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,500
10 December 2010
19:45
Bristol England 23 – 37England  Nottingham
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,912
11 December 2010
14:00
Melrose Scotland 14 – 47Ireland  Munster A
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 1,017
11 December 2010
15:00
Esher England 14 – 33Wales  Llanelli
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 812
3 January 2011
14:00
Melrose Scotland 24 – 18England  Esher
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 600
14 January 2011
19:45
Esher England 5 – 55England  Bristol
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 719
14 January 2011
19:45
Nottingham England 14 – 15Ireland  Munster A
Stats
Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,189
15 January 2011
13:30
Llanelli Wales 24 – 9Scotland  Melrose
Stats
Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen
21 January 2011
19:30
Munster A Ireland 64 – 9England  Esher
Stats
Garryowen RFC
Attendance: 500
23 January 2011
15:00
Bristol England 27 – 17Wales  Llanelli
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,228
23 January 2011
15:00
Nottingham England 29 – 31Scotland  Melrose
Stats
Meadow Lane
Attendance: 913
22 February 2011
19:45
Bristol England 27 – 10Ireland  Munster A
Stats
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,364
23 February 2011
19:30
Llanelli Wales 34 – 3England  Nottingham
Stats
Parc y Scarlets
26 February 2011
14:00
Melrose Scotland 26 – 29England  Bristol
Stats
The Greenyards
Attendance: 594
26 February 2011
15:00
Esher England 0 – 45England  Nottingham
Stats
Molesey Road
Attendance: 200

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1 England  Bedford Blues 5 5 0 0 164 66 +98 18 3 0 23
2 England  Moseley 5 4 0 1 117 113 +4 16 2 0 18
3 Wales  Neath 5 3 0 2 78 76 +2 9 0 2 14
4 England  London Welsh 5 2 0 3 93 99 −6 14 1 2 11
5 Ireland  Ulster Ravens 5 1 0 4 109 128 −19 13 1 2 7
6 Wales  Swansea 5 0 0 5 61 140 −79 7 0 2 2
Source: [citation needed]
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 Wales 12 – 32Ireland  Ulster Ravens
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 1,200
11 December 2010
14:00
London Welsh England 21 – 24England  Moseley
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 675
11 December 2010
15:00
Bedford Blues England 36 – 22Ireland  Ulster Ravens
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,105
14 January 2011
19:00
Ulster Ravens Ireland 20 – 25Wales  Neath
Stats
Instonians RFC
Attendance: 400
15 January 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues England 44 – 14England  London Welsh
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,416
15 January 2011
15:00
Moseley England 28 – 22Wales  Swansea
Stats
Billesley Common
Attendance: 429
19 January 2011
19:30
Neath Wales 6 – 13England  Bedford Blues
Stats
The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000
22 January 2011
14:00
London Welsh England 29 – 11Ireland  Ulster Ravens
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 785
22 January 2011
15:00
Moseley England 24 – 18Wales  Neath
Stats
Billesley Common
Attendance: 526
8 February 2011
19:15
Swansea Wales 9 – 43England  Bedford Blues
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 800
15 February 2011
19:30
Swansea Wales 12 – 15Wales  Neath
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 250
23 February 2011
14:00
Ulster Ravens Ireland 24 – 26England  Moseley
Stats
Ravenhill
25 February 2011
19:15
Neath Wales 14 – 7England  London Welsh
Stats
The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000
26 February 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues England 28 – 15England  Moseley
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,908
27 February 2011
14:00
London Welsh England 22 – 6Wales  Swansea
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 237

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1 Wales  Pontypridd 5 5 0 0 140 80 +60 18 3 0 23
2 Scotland  Ayr 5 3 1 1 93 101 −8 13 0 0 14
3 England  Doncaster 5 2 0 3 142 128 +14 15 1 2 11
4 England  Birmingham & Solihull 5 2 0 3 95 90 +5 13 1 2 11
5 Wales  Llandovery 5 2 0 3 92 106 −14 9 0 1 9
6 England  Rotherham 5 0 1 4 83 140 −57 13 1 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
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 Wales 18 – 28Wales  Pontypridd
Stats
Church Bank
Attendance: 1,200
11 December 2010
14:00
Rotherham England 17 – 34Wales  Llandovery
Stats
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 350
12 December 2010
12:30
Pontypridd Wales 33 – 12Scotland  Ayr
Stats
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 1,000
9 January 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull England 35 – 29England  Doncaster
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 317
15 January 2011
14:30
Pontypridd Wales 21 – 12England  Rotherham
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Sardis Road
Attendance: 2,050
15 January 2011
15:00
Llandovery Wales 6 – 27England  Doncaster
Stats
Church Bank
16 January 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull England 12 – 18Scotland  Ayr
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 350
22 January 2011
14:00
Rotherham England 20 – 20Scotland  Ayr
Stats
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 587
22 January 2011
14:30
Doncaster England 23 – 35Wales  Pontypridd
Stats
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,227
25 January 2011
19:45
Pontypridd Wales 23 – 15England  Birmingham & Solihull
Stats
Sardis Road
Attendance: 1,200
12 February 2011
12:00
Ayr Scotland 20 – 19Wales  Llandovery
Stats
Millbrae
Attendance: 670
14 February 2011
15:00
Llandovery Wales 15 – 14England  Birmingham & Solihull
Stats
Church Bank
Attendance: 200
15 February 2011
19:30
Doncaster England 46 – 29England  Rotherham
Stats
Castle Park
Attendance: 864
26 February 2011
12:00
Ayr Scotland 23 – 17England  Doncaster
Stats
Millbrae
Attendance: 860
27 February 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull England 19 – 5England  Rotherham
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Damson Park
Attendance: 300

Knock-out stages

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Qualifiers

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

Quarter-finals

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5 March 2011
14:30
Pontypridd Wales 12 - 10Wales  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 England 57 - 15England  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 England 50 - 15Ireland  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 England 29 - 19Scotland  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

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23 April 2011
14:30
Pontypridd Wales 25 - 36England  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 England 43 - 27England  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

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7 May 2011
17:05
Bristol England 17 - 14England  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: Scotland  Andrew McMenemy
FB 15 England  George Watkins
RW 14 England  Anthony Elliott
OC 13 England  Jack Adams
IC 12 New Zealand  Junior Fatialofa
LW 11 England  Dan Norton
FH 10 England  Ed Barnes
SH 9 United States  Robbie Shaw downward-facing red arrow  80'
N8 8 Australia  Dan Montagu
OF 7 Wales  James Merriman
BF 6 England  Iain Grieve (c)
RL 5 England  Roy Winters
LL 4 Argentina  Mariano Sambucetti downward-facing red arrow  71'
TP 3 England  Darren Crompton downward-facing red arrow  57'
HK 2 Ireland  David Blaney
LP 1 England  Mark Irish downward-facing red arrow  74'
Replacements:
HK 16 England  Ollie Hayes
PR 17 England  Wayne Thompson upward-facing green arrow  57'
PR 18 England  Mako Vunipola upward-facing green arrow  74'
LK 19 England  Darren Barry upward-facing green arrow  71'
N8 20 England  Marco Mama
SH 21 England  Richard Bolt upward-facing green arrow  80'
FH 22 England  Mark Davies
Coach: England  Paul Hull
FB 15 England  Edd Thrower downward-facing red arrow  52'
RW 14 South Africa  Handre Schmidt
OC 13 Australia  Myles Dorrian
IC 12 England  Ollie Dodge
LW 11 Canada  James Pritchard (c)
FH 10 England  Jake Sharp
SH 9 England  Will Chudley downward-facing red arrow  52'
N8 8 Samoa  Paul Tupai
OF 7 England  Alex Rae yellow card  39' to 49'
BF 6 England  Gregor Gillanders downward-facing red arrow  71'
RL 5 England  George Kruis
LL 4 England  Mike Howard
TP 3 England  Phil Boulton downward-facing red arrow  61'
HK 2 England  Dan Richmond
LP 1 England  Dan Seal
Replacements:
HK 16 England  Chris Locke
PR 17 England  Sam Walsh upward-facing green arrow  61'
LK 18 Scotland  Sean Tomes upward-facing green arrow  71'
N8 19 England  Chris Goodman
SH 20 South Africa  Darryl Veenendaal upward-facing green arrow  52'
CE 21 England  Tom Bedford
WG 22 England  Duncan Taylor upward-facing green arrow  52'
Coach: Wales  Mike Rayer

Touch judges:
Scotland  Ian Heard
Scotland  Graham Marshall

Top scorers

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Geography

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

References

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  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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