1997 Heineken Cup Final

Event

1996–97 Heineken Cup

Brive	Leicester Tigers

28	9

Date

25 January 1997

Venue

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Referee

Derek Bevan (Wales)

Attendance

41,664

The 1997 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1996–97 Heineken Cup, the second season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 25 January 1997 at the Arms Park in Cardiff. The match was contested by Brive of France and Leicester of England. Brive won the match 28–9; they took the lead early on through a fourth-minute penalty from Christophe Lamaison, and Sébastien Viars extended that lead with an unconverted try two minutes later. Leicester responded with three penalties from John Liley, but Brive finally made their pressure show with three second-half tries, one of which was converted, before Lamaison added a drop goal to seal a 19-point victory.^[1]

Match details

25 January 1997
14:30 GMT

Brive	28 – 9	Leicester Tigers
Tries: Viars Fabre Carrat (2) Con: Lamaison Pen: Lamaison Drop: Lamaison	Report	Pen: Liley (3)

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 41,664
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

References

↑ Mick Cleary and John Griffiths, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7732 X.

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