2008–09 EDF Energy Cup

2008–09 EDF Energy Cup
Tournament details
Countries  England
 Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Date October 2008 - April 2009
Tournament statistics
Teams 16
Final
Venue Twickenham
Attendance 54,899
Champions Cardiff Blues (1st title)
Runner-up Gloucester
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The 2008-09 EDF Energy Cup is the 38th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the fourth to follow the recently adopted Anglo-Welsh format.

As in the previous two years, the competition is contested between the twelve teams of the Guinness Premiership and the four Welsh regions from the Magners League. The sixteen teams are arranged into four pools, with one Welsh and three English teams in each. Teams are randomly drawn into groups, as opposed to previous years when English sides were grouped according to proximity to one another. Each team plays the other team from their group only once, meaning that two teams in each group face two away games, whereas the other two teams have two home games.

Contents

Group stage

In the pool matches, teams receive:

The winner of each pool advances to the semi-finals, at which stage a draw takes place to determine the teams that will play each other. The winners of the semi-final advance to the final to determine the competition winner; no "third place final" is played.

Group A

Team Pld W D L F A BP Pts
Gloucester 3 3 0 0 60 49 1 13
London Wasps 3 2 0 1 66 47 2 10
Newport Gwent Dragons 3 1 0 2 55 60 1 5
Newcastle Falcons 3 0 0 3 37 62 1 1
3 October 2008
19:05		 Newport Gwent Dragons 25 – 14 Newcastle Falcons Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 4,683
Referee: Rob Debney
Tries: Stcherbina 20' c
Isaacs 60' c
Tovey 69' m
Con: Tovey (2)
Pen: Tovey (2) 6', 40'		 Report Tries: Penalty try 36' c
Phillips 44' c
Con: Clegg (2)
4 October 2008
14:30		 Gloucester 24 – 19 London Wasps Kingsholm, Gloucester
Attendance: 7,864
Vainikolo 23' m
Walker 47' c
Con: Walker
Pen: Walker (3) 17', 31', 70'
Drop: Lamb 20'		 Report Tries: Robinson 5' m
Haskell 38' m
Pen: Staunton (2) 29', 51'
Walder 77'
24 October 2008
20:00		 Newcastle Falcons 13 – 26 London Wasps Kingston Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 5,202
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
Try: Vickers 73' c
Con: Clegg
Pen: Clegg (2) 2', 27'		 Report Tries: Sackey 12' m
Rees 37' c
Voyce 49' c
Simpson 78' c
Con: Cipriani (3)
25 October 2008
15:00		 Gloucester 25 – 20 Newport Gwent Dragons Kingsholm, Gloucester
Attendance: 8,057
Tries: Vainikolo 17' c, 65' m
Lawson 34' m
Balshaw 67' m
Con: Barkley
Pen: Barkley 78'		 Report Tries: Fussell 20' m
Webb 28' c
Tovey 80' m
Con: Connor
Pen: Connor 46'
2 November 2008
15:00		 London Wasps 21 – 10 Newport Gwent Dragons Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 7,980
Referee: Chris White
Report
2 November 2008
15:00		 Newcastle Falcons 10 – 11 Gloucester Kingston Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 3,614
Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L F A BP Pts
Cardiff Blues 3 3 0 0 65 44 0 12
Leicester Tigers 3 2 0 1 58 58 0 8
Bath 3 1 0 2 57 64 2 6
Sale Sharks 3 0 0 3 58 72 2 2
4 October 2008
14:15		 Bath 15 – 19 Leicester Tigers Recreation Ground, Bath
Attendance: 10,600
Tries: Higgins (2) 5' c, 33' m
Con: Kydd
Pen: Kydd 52'		 Report Try: Youngs 18' c
Con: Hougaard
Pen: Hougaard (3) 7', 15', 60'
Drop: Hougaard 70'
4 October 2008
15:00		 Sale Sharks 17 – 18 Cardiff Blues Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 7,485
Try: Keil 16' m
Pen: Macleod (4) 2', 32', 44', 53'		 Report Tries: Halfpenny 12' c
Mustoe 74' m
Con: Blair
Pen: Blair 29'
Sweeney 58'
24 October 2008
19:45		 Sale Sharks 21 – 24 Bath Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 7,659
Referee: Peter Allan
Tries: Bell (2) 24' c, 73' m
Con: Hodgson
Pen: Hodgson (3) 2', 9', 49'		 Report Tries: Hooper 40' c
Hape 52' c
Stephenson 56' c
Con: Cuthbert (3)
Pen: Cuthbert 47'
25 October 2008
14:35		 Cardiff Blues 23 – 9 Leicester Tigers Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 9,815
Referee: Dave Pearson
Tries: Robinson 44' c
Spice 79' c
Con: Blair (2)
Pen: Blair (3) 6', 14', 73'		 Report Pen: Hougaard (3) 40+1', 49', 67'
31 October 2008
19:35		 Cardiff Blues 24 – 18 Bath Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 10,139
Referee: Nigel Owens
Tries: Molitika 4' c
Filise 69' m
Con: Blair
Pen: Blair (4) 10', 20', 55', 80'		 Tries: Maddock 60' m
Higgins 74' c
Con: Berne
Pen: Cuthbert 3'
Maddock 53'
31 October 2008
19:35		 Leicester Tigers 30 – 20 Sale Sharks Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance: 16,550
Referee: James Jones
Tries: Penalty try 19' c
Youngs 57' c
Crane 80' c
Con: Hougaard (2)
Newby
Pen: Hougaard (3) 11', 14', 77'		 Tries: Bell (2) 50' c, 70' c
Con: Macleod (2)
Pen: Macleod (2) 45', 48'

Group C

Team Pld W D L F A BP Pts
Ospreys 3 2 0 1 80 68 2 10
London Irish 3 2 0 1 60 58 1 9
Harlequins 3 1 0 2 67 70 1 5
Worcester Warriors 3 1 0 2 58 69 1 5
5 October 2008
15:00		 Worcester Warriors 22 – 5 London Irish Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 7,433
Tries: Benjamin (2) 16' c, 61' m
Kitchener 30' m
Crichton 76' m
Con: Jones		 Report Try: Richards 54'
5 October 2008
15:05		 Ospreys 24 – 23 Harlequins Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 8,057
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
Tries: Williams 35' m
Bowe 78' c
Con: Hook
Pen: Hook (4) 13', 23', 33', 62'		 Report Tries: de Wet Barry 44' c
Fuga 54' c
Con: Luveniyali (2)
Pen: Luveniyali (3) 29', 60', 65'
25 October 2008
15:00		 Harlequins 17 – 32 London Irish Twickenham Stoop, Twickenham
Attendance: 11,473
Tries: Davies 7' m
Amesbury 13' c
McMillan 46' m
Con: Jewell		 Report Tries: Thorpe 36' m
Hewat (2) 49' c, 78' c
Thompstone 54' m
Bailey 58' m
Con: Hewat
Hickey
Pen: Geraghty 62'
26 October 2008
15:05		 Ospreys 37 – 22 Worcester Warriors Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 7,025
Tries: Walker 31' m
Henson 39' m
Williams 44' c
Bowe 80+2' m
Con: Hook
Pen: Hook (5) 18', 28', 59', 63', 75'		 Report Try: Tuitupou 56' c
Con: Jones
Pen: Jones (5) 14', 34', 42', 48', 70'
2 November 2008
15:00		 London Irish 23 – 19 Ospreys Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 9,293
Report
2 November 2008
15:00		 Worcester Warriors 14 – 27 Harlequins Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 8,113
Report

Group D

Team Pld W D L F A BP Pts
Northampton Saints 3 2 0 1 82 70 2 10
Scarlets 3 2 0 1 73 50 0 8
Saracens 3 2 0 1 74 67 0 8
Bristol 3 0 0 3 39 81 1 1
4 October 2008
15:00		 Northampton Saints 30 – 17 Bristol Rugby Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance: 11,301
Referee: Nigel Owens
Tries: Diggin 8' m
Dickson 23' m
Ashton 48' c
Mayor 55' c
Con: Everitt (2)
Pen: Everitt (2) 35', 79'		 Report Tries: Turner (2) 3' m, 21' m
Lilo 71' c
Con: Ashwin
5 October 2008
15:00		 Saracens 17 – 26 Scarlets Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 6,068
Tries: Leonelli 12' c
Cato 18' c
Con: Ross (2)
Pen: Ross 43'		 Report Tries: Lyons 8' c
Meeuws 48' c
Con: S. Jones (2)
Pen: S. Jones (4) 24', 32', 40', 63'
24 October 2008
19:05		 Scarlets 27 – 0 Bristol Rugby Stradey Park, Llanelli
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: David Bodilly
Tries: Stoddart 3' c
Easterby 37' c
Higgitt 63' c
Con: S. Jones (3)
Pen: S. Jones (2) 15', 49'		 Report
26 October 2008
15:00		 Saracens 33 – 19 Northampton Saints Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 6,984
Referee: Martin Fox
Tries: Cato 12' m
Rauluni 23' c
Con: Ross
Pen: Ross (6) 17', 26', 49', 61', 68', 80'
Drop: Ross 40'		 Report Tries: Foden 24' m
Wilson 30' m
Pen: Myler (3) 14', 20', 56'
1 November 2008
14:30		 Bristol Rugby 22 – 24 Saracens Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 5,025
Report
1 November 2008
14:30		 Northampton Saints 33 – 20 Scarlets Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Tries: Ashton (2) 11' m, 29' m
Reihana 45' c
Sean Lamont
Con: Myler
Pen: Myler (2) 23' 61'		 Tries: King 5' m
Stoddart 8' m
Davies
Pen: C. Thomas 17'

Semi-finals

28 March 2009
14:30		 Gloucester 17 – 0 Ospreys Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Attendance: 26,744
Referee: Nigel Owens
Try: Balshaw 76' m
Pen: Lamb (3) 5', 45', 72'
Drop: Lamb 67'		 Report
28 March 2009
17:15		 Cardiff Blues 11 – 5 Northampton Saints Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Attendance: 26,744
Referee: George Clancy
Try: Spice 33' m
Pen: Blair (2) 2', 72'		 Report Try: Ansbro 42' m

Final

18 April 2009
14:30		 Gloucester 12 – 50 Cardiff Blues Twickenham, London
Attendance: 54,899
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Tries: Foster 29' m
Penalty try 73' c
Con: Barkley		 Report Tries: Halfpenny (2) 11' c, 20' c
James 37' m
Blair (2) 66' c, 77' c
Sweeney 68' c
Shanklin 80' c
Con: Blair (6)
Pen: Blair 19'

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