2011–12 British and Irish Cup

2011–12 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England Ireland  Scotland  Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	September 2011 - April 2012
Tournament statistics
Teams	24
Matches played	55
Attendance	48,328 (879 per match)
Tries scored	271 (4.93 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Noel Reid (Leinster A) (80 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s)	Kristian Baller (Cross Keys) (6 tries)[2]
Final
Venue	Musgrave Park, Cork
Attendance	2,500
Champions	Munster A (1st title)
Runner-up	Cross Keys
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The 2011–12 British and Irish Cup was the 3rd season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. First round matches began on Wednesday 21 September 2011 and the final was held on Friday 27 April 2012.^[3]

Defending champions Bristol had a very poor campaign and were unable to make it out of the pool stages. Munster A lifted the cup, comfortably defeating Cross Keys 31–12 in the final. They became the first Irish side to claim the title, and the third different side to win in the competition's three-year history.

Teams

The allocation of teams is as follows:

• – 12 clubs from RFU Championship
• – 3 Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams.
• – 3 top clubs from the Scottish Premiership.
• – 6 top clubs from the Welsh Premier Division.

England	Ireland	Scotland	Wales
Bedford Blues Bristol Cornish Pirates Doncaster Esher Leeds Carnegie London Welsh London Scottish Moseley Nottingham Plymouth Albion Rotherham	Leinster A Munster A Ulster Ravens	Ayr Currie Melrose	Aberavon Cross Keys Llanelli Neath Pontypridd Swansea

Competition format

The pool stage saw a change in format and consisted of six pools of four teams playing cross-pool matches, giving each team two home and two away matches. Matches between English teams were played mid-week. Pool matches took place from 21 September to 18 December. The top team from each pool qualified for the quarter-finals, together with the two runners–up with the best records.

• Pool 1 teams Ayr, Cornish Pirates, Moseley and Neath, played the teams in Pool 2 Bristol Rugby, Cross Keys, Plymouth Albion and Munster
• Pool 3 teams Aberavon, Bedford Blues, Leinster and London Scottish, played the teams in Pool 4: Esher Rugby, Llanelli, London Welsh and Melrose
• Pool 5: Currie, Doncaster, Rotherham and Pontypridd, played the teams in Pool 6: Leeds Carnegie, Nottingham Rugby, Swansea and Ulster Ravens^[3][4][5]

Pool stages

Pool 1 v Pool 2

Pool 1
Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
Cornish Pirates	4	4	0	0	128	31	97	17	2	0	18
Ayr	4	2	0	2	44	72	-28	4	0	1	9
Moseley	4	2	0	2	46	106	-60	5	1	0	9
Neath	4	1	0	3	62	108	-46	6	1	0	5
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

Pool 2
Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
Cross Keys	4	3	0	1	122	58	64	15	3	0	15
Munster A	4	3	0	1	67	22	45	6	1	1	14
Plymouth Albion	4	1	0	3	66	91	-25	8	0	2	6
Bristol	4	0	0	4	62	109	-47	7	0	2	2
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 3 v Pool 4

Pool 3
Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
Leinster A	4	3	1	0	117	75	42	13	2	0	16
Bedford Blues	4	2	1	1	137	104	33	19	1	1	12
Aberavon	4	1	0	3	89	97	-8	12	1	1	6
London Scottish	4	1	0	3	47	162	-115	4	0	0	4
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

Pool 4
Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
Llanelli	4	2	1	1	148	66	82	16	2	1	13
London Welsh	4	2	1	1	125	85	40	12	1	1	12
Melrose	4	2	0	2	60	95	-35	7	0	0	8
Esher	4	1	0	3	105	144	-39	15	2	0	6
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 v Pool 6

Pool 5
Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
Pontypridd	4	2	0	2	90	61	29	12	1	2	11
Rotherham	4	1	0	3	57	76	-19	7	1	2	7
Doncaster	4	1	0	3	76	114	-38	9	1	2	7
Currie	4	1	0	3	83	103	-20	8	1	1	6
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

Pool 6
Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
Ulster Ravens	4	4	0	0	115	60	55	14	2	0	18
Nottingham	4	4	0	0	98	79	19	10	1	0	17
Leeds Carnegie	4	2	0	2	77	61	16	12	1	1	10
Swansea	4	1	0	3	64	106	-42	6	0	1	5
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 stages

Qualifiers

The six pool winners and the two best runners up proceeded to the knock out stages. The best four qualifiers (pool winners) had home advantage in the quarter finals.

	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TB	LB	Pts
Pool 1 Winner	Cornish Pirates	4	4	0	0	128	31	97	17	2	0	18
Pool 6 Winner	Ulster Ravens	4	4	0	0	115	60	55	14	2	0	18
Pool 3 Winner	Leinster A	4	3	1	0	117	75	42	13	2	0	16
Pool 2 Winner	Cross Keys	4	3	0	1	122	58	64	15	3	0	15
Pool 4 Winner	Llanelli	4	2	1	1	148	66	82	16	2	1	13
Pool 5 Winner	Pontypridd	4	2	0	2	90	61	29	12	1	2	11
Pool 6 Runner-up	Nottingham	4	4	0	0	98	79	19	10	1	0	17
Pool 2 Runner-up	Munster A	4	3	0	1	67	22	45	6	1	1	14

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 January 2012 – Donnybrook
	Leinster A	32
					6 April 2012 – RDS
	Pontypridd	0
					Leinster A	29
	20 January 2012 – Ravenhill
					Munster A	36
	Ulster Ravens	9
									27 April 2012 – Musgrave Park
	Munster A	20
									Munster A	31
	21 January 2012 – Pandy Park
									Cross Keys	12
	Cross Keys	32
					7 April 2012 – Pandy Park
	Llanelli	8
					Cross Keys	20
	22 January 2012 – Mennaye Field
					Cornish Pirates	16
	Cornish Pirates	33
	Nottingham	3

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Top scorers

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Points[1] 1 Noel Reid Leinster A 80 2 Scott Deasy Munster A 67 3 Alex Davies London Welsh 64 4 Jordan Williams Llanelli 58 5 Rob Cook Cornish Pirates 55 6 Steffan Jones Cross Keys 49 7 James Stokes Nottingham 46 8 Jamie Forbes Currie 43 9 James McKinney Ulster Ravens 35 10 Sam Davies Swansea 34

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Tries[2] 1 Kristian Baller Cross Keys 6 2 Brendan Macken Leinster A 5 3 Peter Nelson Ulster Ravens 4 Matthew Nuthall Pontypridd David Ward Cornish Pirates

Geography

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area/Country
Aberavon	Talbot Athletic Ground	3,000	Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Ayr	Millbrae	Unknown	Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	4,684	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Bristol, England
Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	3,500	Penzance, Cornwall, England
Cross Keys	Pandy Park	Unknown	Crosskeys, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales
Currie	Malleny Park	Unknown	Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland
Doncaster	Castle Park	3,075	Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Esher	Molesey Road	Unknown	Esher, England
Leeds Carnegie	Headingley Stadium	21,062	Headingley, Leeds, England
Leinster A	Donnybrook	7,000	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Llanelli	Parc y Scarlets	14,870	Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
London Scottish	Richmond Athletic Ground	1,000 seat stand	Richmond, London, England
London Welsh	Old Deer Park	5,850	London, England
Melrose	The Greenyards	Unknown	Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Moseley	Billesley Common	3,000+ (650 seated)	Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Munster A	Musgrave Park	8,300	Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Neath	The Gnoll	7,500	Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Plymouth Albion	The Brickfields	6,500	Plymouth, Devon, England
Pontypridd	Sardis Road	7,861	Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Rotherham	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Swansea	St Helens	4,500	Swansea, Wales
Ulster A	Ravenhill	12,125	Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland

References

External links

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

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