2009–10 LV Cup

The 2009–10 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 39th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the fifth to follow the recently adopted Anglo-Welsh format.

Northampton Saints were crowned champions after beating Gloucester in the final at Worcester's Sixways Stadium.

The structure of the competition has been altered from previous years. The competition will continue to consist of the four Welsh Magners League teams and the twelve Guinness Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. However, the new format will see teams guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other.^[1] The competition is set to take place on international fixture dates during the Autumn Internationals and Six Nations, thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.^[2]

On 29 October 2009, little more than a week before the start of this season's competition, British insurer LV was unveiled as the new sponsor. The deal runs through the 2010–11 season.^[3]

1 Pool stage
- 1.1 Tables
- 1.2 Fixtures
2 Knockout stage
- 2.1 Semi-finals
- 2.2 Final
3 References
4 External links

Pool stage

Tables

Pool 1

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Saracens	4	2	2	83	69	2	10
Leicester Tigers	4	2	2	84	82	1	9
Sale Sharks	4	1	3	57	83	2	6
Ospreys	4	1	3	68	97	1	5

Pool 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Gloucester	4	2	0	2	87	81	3	11
Scarlets	4	2	1	1	88	83	1	11
London Irish	4	1	0	3	54	70	2	6
Newcastle Falcons	4	0	0	4	41	105	2	2

Pool 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Cardiff Blues	4	3	0	1	120	84	3	15
London Wasps	4	3	0	1	67	55	1	13
Harlequins	4	2	1	1	79	67	1	11
Worcester Warriors	4	2	0	2	73	64	1	9

Pool 4

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Northampton Saints	4	4	0	81	45	0	16
Newport Gwent Dragons	4	3	1	103	79	0	12
Bath	4	2	2	94	75	1	9
Leeds Carnegie	4	1	3	53	93	1	5

Fixtures

Round 1

5 November 2009 19:30	Ospreys	17 – 19	Northampton Saints	Liberty Stadium, Swansea Attendance: 4,322 Referee: James Jones
	Try: Spratt Hibbard Con: Owen Pen: Owen	Report	Try: Cannon Con: Myler Pen: Myler (4)

6 November 2009 19:30	Newport Gwent Dragons	20 – 9	Sale Sharks	Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,539 Referee: Martyn Fox
	Try: Connor Lee Con: Connor Greendale Pen: Connor Greendale	Report	Pen: Hodgson (3)

7 November 2009 12:30	Worcester Warriors	32 – 6	Newcastle Falcons	Sixways Stadium, Worcester
		Report		Sixways Stadium, Worcester

8 November 2009 13:45	Harlequins	15 – 15	Scarlets	The Stoop, London Attendance: 9,653 Referee: Tim Hayes
		Report		The Stoop, London Attendance: 9,653 Referee: Tim Hayes

8 November 2009 15:00	Leeds Carnegie	28 – 17	Leicester Tigers	Headingley Stadium, Leeds Attendance: 3,893 Referee: S Davey
		Report

8 November 2009 15:00	London Irish	20 – 24	London Wasps	Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 10,010 Referee: J Kaplan
		Report

8 November 2009 15:00	Saracens	30 – 22	Bath	Vicarage Road, Watford Attendance: 6,654 Referee: Dean Richards
		Report

8 November 2009 15:00	Gloucester	25 – 26	Cardiff Blues	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Attendance: 6,099 Referee: R Debney
		Report

Round 2

13 November 2009 19:45	Sale Sharks	27 – 3	Leeds Carnegie	Edgeley Park, Stockport Attendance: 5,536
	Try: Vakacegu Ripol O'Donnell Seymour Con: Hodgson (2) Pen: Hodgson	Report	Pen: Ford	Edgeley Park, Stockport Attendance: 5,536

14 November 2009 13:00	Bath	21 – 11	Ospreys	Recreation Ground, Bath Attendance: 10,789 Referee: S Davey
	Try: Watson Browne Con: Davis Pen: Davis (3)	Report	Try: Tipuric Pen: Davies Owen	Recreation Ground, Bath Attendance: 10,789 Referee: S Davey

14 November 2009 13:00	Northampton Saints	19 – 3	Saracens	Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Attendance: 12,037 Referee: G Morris
	Try: Ashton Reihana Pen: Myler (3)	Report	Pen: Goode

14 November 2009 15:00	Leicester Tigers	29 – 20	Newport Gwent Dragons	Welford Road, Leicester Attendance: 16,297 Referee: T Wigglesworth
	Try: Crane Allen Penalty Con: Staunton Pen: Staunton (2) Flood (2)	Report	Try: Tovey Brew Gomer-Davies Con: Connor Pen: Conner

14 November 2009 15:00	Scarlets	32 – 17	Worcester Warriors	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Attendance: 5,560 Referee: D Rose
	Try: Daniel Lyons Evans Priestland Con: Priestland (3) Pen: Priestland (2)	Report	Try: Cox Kitchener Con: MacRae (2) Pen: Crook	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Attendance: 5,560 Referee: D Rose

15 November 2009 13:45	Cardiff Blues	11 – 12	London Irish	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 7,778 Referee: JP Doyle
	Try: Rees Pen: Sweeney (2)	Report	Pen: Hewat (2) Homer Lamb

15 November 2009 15:00	London Wasps	21 – 14	Gloucester	Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 7,475 Referee: M Fox
	Try: Varndell Simpson Con: Walder Pen: Hickey Walder (2)	Report	Try: Burns (2) Con: Burns (2)	Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 7,475 Referee: M Fox

15 November 2009 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	8 – 19	Harlequins	Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Attendance: 4,650 Referee: G Garner
	Try: Tait Pen: Miller	Report	Try: Smith Con: Clegg Pen: Clegg (4)

Round 3

29 January 2010 19:30	Leeds Carnegie	5 – 28	Saracens	Headingley Stadium, Leeds Attendance: 1,781
	Try: Wackett	Report	Try: Joubert Brits Powell Marshall Con: Hougaard (3) Jackson	Headingley Stadium, Leeds Attendance: 1,781

29 January 2010 19:30	Newport Gwent Dragons	40 – 19	Ospreys	Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 6,172 Referee: James Jones
	Try: A. Jones Smith Brew Con: Tovey (2) Pen: Tovey (7)	Report	Try: Owen Penalty Prydie Con: Prydie (2)

29 January 2010 19:45	Sale Sharks	14 – 20	Northampton Saints	Edgeley Park, Stockport Attendance: 6,506
	Try: Hodgson Koyamailbole	Report	Try: Mayor Diggin Pen: Myler (2)	Edgeley Park, Stockport Attendance: 6,506

29 January 2010 19:45	Leicester Tigers	27 – 11	Bath	Welford Road, Leicester Attendance: 19,772 Referee: D Rose
	Try: Twelvetrees (2) Penalty Tuilagi Con: Vesty (2) Pen: Vesty	Report	Try: Fa'amatuainu Pen: Davis (2)	Welford Road, Leicester Attendance: 19,772 Referee: D Rose

30 January 2010 15:00	Gloucester	17 – 5	Worcester Warriors	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
	Try: Burns Qera Con: Robinson Pen: Robinson (2)	Report	Try: Pennell	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester

30 January 2010 17:45	London Wasps	13 – 18	Scarlets	Adams Park, High Wycombe Referee: Dean Richards
	Try: Varndell (2) Pen: Walder	Report	Pen: Priestland (6)	Adams Park, High Wycombe Referee: Dean Richards

31 January 2010 15:00	Cardiff Blues	45 – 24	Newcastle Falcons	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 6,000 Referee: James Jones
		Report

31 January 2010 15:00	London Irish	13 – 16	Harlequins	Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 10,030 Referee: Martin Fox
		Report

Round 4

4 February 2010 19:30	Ospreys	21 – 17	Leeds Carnegie	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
				Liberty Stadium, Swansea

6 February 2010 14:15	Bath	40 – 7	Sale Sharks	Recreation Ground, Bath
				Recreation Ground, Bath

6 February 2010 15:00	Northampton Saints	23 – 11	Leicester Tigers	Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Attendance: 13,092
				Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Attendance: 13,092

6 February 2010 15:00	Scarlets	23 – 38	Cardiff Blues	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
				Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

6 February 2010 15:00	Worcester Warriors	19 – 9	London Irish	Sixways Stadium, Worcester
				Sixways Stadium, Worcester

7 February 2010 15:00	Harlequins	29 – 31	Gloucester	The Stoop, London
				The Stoop, London

7 February 2010 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	3 – 9	London Wasps	Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
				Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

7 February 2010 15:00	Saracens	22 – 23	Newport Gwent Dragons	Vicarage Road, Watford
				Vicarage Road, Watford

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

14 March 2010 12:15	Cardiff Blues	18 – 29	Gloucester	Cardiff City Stadium
	Try: Laulala Sweeney Con: Blair Pen: Blair (2)	Report	Try: Burns Simpson-Daniel (3) Con: Robinson (3) Pen: Robinson	Cardiff City Stadium

14 March 2010 16:15	Northampton Saints	31 – 20	Saracens	Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Attendance: 11,894 Referee: Romain Poite
	Try: Dowson Mujati Diggin Best Con: Geraghty Pen: Geraghty (3)	Report	Try: Melck Pen: Hougaard 4 Jackson

Final

21 March 2010 15:30	Northampton Saints	30 – 24	Gloucester	Sixways Stadium, Worcester Attendance: 9,511 Referee: Alan Lewis
	Try: S Tonga'uiha J Downey L Dickson Con: S Myler (3) Pen: S Myler (3)	Report	Try: A Qera Penalty Con: N Robinson Pen: N Robinson (4)

References

^ "Anglo-Welsh Cup fixtures revealed". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8135166.stm. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
^ "Anglo-Welsh Cup set to carry on". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 6 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8036494.stm. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
^ "LV= sponsors rugby's Anglo-Welsh Tournament" (Press release). Rugby Football Union. 2009-10-29. http://www.rfu.com/News/2009/October/News%20Articles/291009_LV_Cup_announcement.aspx. Retrieved 2009-10-30.

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Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup		Mid-Year Tests				H. Cup	End of year Int'ls	H. Cup
				British & Irish Lions Tour
English Premiership								English Premiership
Celtic League								Celtic League
Top 14							Top 14
Top League							Top League
			Shute Shield
						Currie Cup
Sevens											Sevens
		World Cup Sevens	Pacific Rugby Cup		Churchill Cup	Air New Zealand Cup
	Super 14				Pacific Nations Cup	Tri Nations


Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup		Mid-Year Tests				H. Cup	End of year Int'ls	H. Cup
Guinness Premiership								Aviva Premiership
Celtic League								Celtic League
Top 14							Top 14
Top League							Top League
			Shute Shield
						Currie Cup
Sevens											Sevens
		Pacific Rugby Cup		Churchill Cup	ITM Cup
	Super 14				Pacific Nations Cup	Tri Nations

External links

Anglo Welsh Cup website