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2010–11 British and Irish Cup
2010–11 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	October 2010 - May 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams	24
Matches played	67
Attendance	81,295 (1,213 per match)
Tries scored	388 (5.79 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	James Pritchard (Bedford Blues); (128 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Handre Schmidt (Bedford Blues); (11 tries)
Final
Venue	Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance	4,375
Champions	Bristol (1st title)
Runners-up	Bedford Blues
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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.

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

The allocation of teams was as follows:

– 12 teams from RFU Championship
– 3 Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams.
– 3 Scottish sides, top clubs from the Scottish Premiership.
– 6 top clubs from the Principality Premiership.

England	Ireland	Scotland	Wales
Bedford Blues Birmingham & Solihull Bristol Cornish Pirates Doncaster Esher London Welsh Moseley Nottingham Plymouth Albion Rotherham Worcester Warriors	Leinster A Munster A Ulster Ravens	Ayr Currie Melrose	Llandovery Llanelli Neath Newport Pontypridd Swansea

Competition format

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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Worcester Warriors	5	4	1	175	87	+88	22	3	0	19
2	Leinster A	5	4	1	138	117	+21	18	3	0	19
3	Cornish Pirates	5	3	2	175	108	+67	23	4	1	17
4	Newport	5	3	2	121	159	−38	16	3	1	16
5	Plymouth Albion	5	1	4	76	144	−68	9	1	0	5
6	Currie	5	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	28 – 33	Leinster A
	Stats

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 881

11 December 2010
13:00

Worcester Warriors	58 – 10	Newport
	Stats

Sixways
Attendance: 2,844

11 December 2010
14:00

Leinster A	25 – 16	Plymouth Albion
	Stats

Greystones RFC
Attendance: 500

11 December 2010
15:00

Cornish Pirates	54 – 31	Currie
	Stats

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 923

19 December 2010
14:00

Cornish Pirates	43 – 12	Leinster A
	Stats

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,026

14 January 2011
19:30

Currie	23 – 25	Newport
	Stats

Malleny Park
Attendance: 600

16 January 2011
13:00

Leinster A	38 – 23	Worcester Warriors
	Stats

Donnybrook
Attendance: 485

16 January 2011
14:00

Cornish Pirates	34 – 3	Plymouth Albion
	Stats

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,207

21 January 2011
19:15

Newport	34 – 32	Cornish Pirates
	Stats

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 697

22 January 2011
15:00

Worcester Warriors	34 – 11	Plymouth Albion
	Stats

Sixways
Attendance: 3,830

23 January 2011
14:00

Leinster A	30 – 7	Currie
	Stats

Donnybrook
Attendance: 530

25 January 2011
19:45

Plymouth Albion	13 – 24	Newport
	Stats

The Brickfields
Attendance: 762

9 February 2011
19:30

Currie	16 – 32	Worcester Warriors
	Stats

Watsonians RFC
Attendance: 400

26 February 2011
15:00

Plymouth Albion	33 – 27	Currie
	Stats

The Brickfields
Attendance: 921

26 February 2011
15:00

Worcester Warriors	28 – 12	Cornish Pirates
	Stats

Sixways
Attendance: 4,042

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Bristol	5	4	1	161	95	+66	22	3	0	19
2	Llanelli	5	4	1	123	66	+57	14	2	0	18
3	Munster A	5	3	2	149	79	+70	18	2	1	15
4	Nottingham	5	2	3	128	103	+25	18	3	2	13
5	Melrose	5	2	3	104	147	−43	11	1	1	10
6	Esher	5	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	13 – 15	Llanelli
	Stats

Waterford Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,500

10 December 2010
19:45

Bristol	23 – 37	Nottingham
	Stats

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,912

11 December 2010
14:00

Melrose	14 – 47	Munster A
	Stats

The Greenyards
Attendance: 1,017

11 December 2010
15:00

Esher	14 – 33	Llanelli
	Stats

Molesey Road
Attendance: 812

3 January 2011
14:00

Melrose	24 – 18	Esher
	Stats

The Greenyards
Attendance: 600

14 January 2011
19:45

Esher	5 – 55	Bristol
	Stats

Molesey Road
Attendance: 719

14 January 2011
19:45

Nottingham	14 – 15	Munster A
	Stats

Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,189

15 January 2011
13:30

Llanelli	24 – 9	Melrose
	Stats

Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen

21 January 2011
19:30

Munster A	64 – 9	Esher
	Stats

Garryowen RFC
Attendance: 500

23 January 2011
15:00

Bristol	27 – 17	Llanelli
	Stats

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,228

23 January 2011
15:00

Nottingham	29 – 31	Melrose
	Stats

Meadow Lane
Attendance: 913

22 February 2011
19:45

Bristol	27 – 10	Munster A
	Stats

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,364

23 February 2011
19:30

Llanelli	34 – 3	Nottingham
	Stats

Parc y Scarlets

26 February 2011
14:00

Melrose	26 – 29	Bristol
	Stats

The Greenyards
Attendance: 594

26 February 2011
15:00

Esher	0 – 45	Nottingham
	Stats

Molesey Road
Attendance: 200

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Bedford Blues	5	5	0	164	66	+98	18	3	0	23
2	Moseley	5	4	1	117	113	+4	16	2	0	18
3	Neath	5	3	2	78	76	+2	9	0	2	14
4	London Welsh	5	2	3	93	99	−6	14	1	2	11
5	Ulster Ravens	5	1	4	109	128	−19	13	1	2	7
6	Swansea	5	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	12 – 32	Ulster Ravens
	Stats

St Helens
Attendance: 1,200

11 December 2010
14:00

London Welsh	21 – 24	Moseley
	Stats

Old Deer Park
Attendance: 675

11 December 2010
15:00

Bedford Blues	36 – 22	Ulster Ravens
	Stats

Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,105

14 January 2011
19:00

Ulster Ravens	20 – 25	Neath
	Stats

Instonians RFC
Attendance: 400

15 January 2011
15:00

Bedford Blues	44 – 14	London Welsh
	Stats

Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,416

15 January 2011
15:00

Moseley	28 – 22	Swansea
	Stats

Billesley Common
Attendance: 429

19 January 2011
19:30

Neath	6 – 13	Bedford Blues
	Stats

The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000

22 January 2011
14:00

London Welsh	29 – 11	Ulster Ravens
	Stats

Old Deer Park
Attendance: 785

22 January 2011
15:00

Moseley	24 – 18	Neath
	Stats

Billesley Common
Attendance: 526

8 February 2011
19:15

Swansea	9 – 43	Bedford Blues
	Stats

St Helens
Attendance: 800

15 February 2011
19:30

Swansea	12 – 15	Neath
	Stats

St Helens
Attendance: 250

23 February 2011
14:00

Ulster Ravens	24 – 26	Moseley
	Stats

Ravenhill

25 February 2011
19:15

Neath	14 – 7	London Welsh
	Stats

The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000

26 February 2011
15:00

Bedford Blues	28 – 15	Moseley
	Stats

Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,908

27 February 2011
14:00

London Welsh	22 – 6	Swansea
	Stats

Old Deer Park
Attendance: 237

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Pontypridd	5	5	0	0	140	80	+60	18	3	0	23
2	Ayr	5	3	1	1	93	101	−8	13	0	0	14
3	Doncaster	5	2	0	3	142	128	+14	15	1	2	11
4	Birmingham & Solihull	5	2	0	3	95	90	+5	13	1	2	11
5	Llandovery	5	2	0	3	92	106	−14	9	0	1	9
6	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	18 – 28	Pontypridd
	Stats

Church Bank
Attendance: 1,200

11 December 2010
14:00

Rotherham	17 – 34	Llandovery
	Stats

Clifton Lane
Attendance: 350

12 December 2010
12:30

Pontypridd	33 – 12	Ayr
	Stats

The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 1,000

9 January 2011
15:00

Birmingham & Solihull	35 – 29	Doncaster
	Stats

Damson Park
Attendance: 317

This fixture would double up as a cup and 2010–11 RFU Championship game after the cup game was initially postponed.^[3]

15 January 2011
14:30

Pontypridd	21 – 12	Rotherham
	Stats

Sardis Road
Attendance: 2,050

15 January 2011
15:00

Llandovery	6 – 27	Doncaster
	Stats

Church Bank

16 January 2011
15:00

Birmingham & Solihull	12 – 18	Ayr
	Stats

Damson Park
Attendance: 350

22 January 2011
14:00

Rotherham	20 – 20	Ayr
	Stats

Clifton Lane
Attendance: 587

22 January 2011
14:30

Doncaster	23 – 35	Pontypridd
	Stats

Castle Park
Attendance: 1,227

25 January 2011
19:45

Pontypridd	23 – 15	Birmingham & Solihull
	Stats

Sardis Road
Attendance: 1,200

12 February 2011
12:00

Ayr	20 – 19	Llandovery
	Stats

Millbrae
Attendance: 670

14 February 2011
15:00

Llandovery	15 – 14	Birmingham & Solihull
	Stats

Church Bank
Attendance: 200

15 February 2011
19:30

Doncaster	46 – 29	Rotherham
	Stats

Castle Park
Attendance: 864

26 February 2011
12:00

Ayr	23 – 17	Doncaster
	Stats

Millbrae
Attendance: 860

27 February 2011
15:00

Birmingham & Solihull	19 – 5	Rotherham
	Stats

Damson Park
Attendance: 300

Knock-out stages

Qualifiers

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	Pts
Pool C Winner	Bedford Blues	5	5	0	0	164	66	+98	18	3	23
Pool D Winner	Pontypridd	5	5	0	0	140	80	+60	18	3	23
Pool A Winner	Worcester Warriors	5	4	0	1	175	87	+88	22	3	19
Pool B Winner	Bristol	5	4	0	1	161	95	+66	22	3	19
Pool A Runner-up	Leinster A	5	4	0	1	138	117	+21	18	3	19
Pool B Runner-up	Llanelli	5	4	0	1	123	66	+57	14	2	18
Pool C Runner-up	Moseley	5	4	0	1	117	113	+4	16	2	18
Pool D Runner-up	Ayr	5	3	1	1	93	101	−8	13	0	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

5 March 2011 - Sardis Road

Pontypridd	12
		23 April 2011 - Sardis Road
Llanelli	10
		Pontypridd	25
6 March 2011 - Memorial Stadium
		Bristol	36
Bristol	29
				7 May 2011 - Memorial Stadium
Ayr	19
				Bristol	17
5 March 2011 - Goldington Road
				Bedford Blues	14
Bedford Blues	50
		23 April 2011 - Goldington Road
Leinster A	15
		Bedford Blues	43
5 March 2011 - Sixways Stadium
		Worcester Warriors	27
Worcester Warriors	57

Moseley	15

Quarter-finals

5 March 2011
14:30

Pontypridd	12 - 10	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	57 - 15	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	50 - 15	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	29 - 19	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

23 April 2011
14:30

Pontypridd	25 - 36	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	43 - 27	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

7 May 2011
17:05

Bristol	17 - 14	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:

Andrew McMenemy


FB	15	George Watkins
RW	14	Anthony Elliott
OC	13	Jack Adams
IC	12	Junior Fatialofa
LW	11	Dan Norton
FH	10	Ed Barnes
SH	9	Robbie Shaw	80'
N8	8	Dan Montagu
OF	7	James Merriman
BF	6	Iain Grieve (c)
RL	5	Roy Winters
LL	4	Mariano Sambucetti	71'
TP	3	Darren Crompton	57'
HK	2	David Blaney
LP	1	Mark Irish	74'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ollie Hayes
PR	17	Wayne Thompson	57'
PR	18	Mako Vunipola	74'
LK	19	Darren Barry	71'
N8	20	Marco Mama
SH	21	Richard Bolt	80'
FH	22	Mark Davies
Coach: Paul Hull


FB	15	Edd Thrower	52'
RW	14	Handre Schmidt
OC	13	Myles Dorrian
IC	12	Ollie Dodge
LW	11	James Pritchard (c)
FH	10	Jake Sharp
SH	9	Will Chudley	52'
N8	8	Paul Tupai
OF	7	Alex Rae	39' to 49'
BF	6	Gregor Gillanders	71'
RL	5	George Kruis
LL	4	Mike Howard
TP	3	Phil Boulton	61'
HK	2	Dan Richmond
LP	1	Dan Seal
Replacements:
HK	16	Chris Locke
PR	17	Sam Walsh	61'
LK	18	Sean Tomes	71'
N8	19	Chris Goodman
SH	20	Darryl Veenendaal	52'
CE	21	Tom Bedford
WG	22	Duncan Taylor	52'
Coach: Mike Rayer

Touch judges:
Ian Heard
Graham Marshall

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points^[1]
1	James Pritchard	Bedford Blues	128
2	Joe Carlisle	Worcester Warriors	75
3	Simon Humberstone	Pontypridd	61
4	Ed Barnes	Bristol	58
5	Handre Schmidt	Bedford Blues	55
6	Hayden Abercrombie	Currie	49
6	Tristan Roberts	Doncaster	49
8	Steven Shingler	Llanelli	47
9	Rob Cook	Cornish Pirates	43
	Christian Lewis-Pratt	Doncaster
	Scott Wright	Melrose

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries^[2]
1	Handre Schmidt	Bedford Blues	11
2	Andrew Conway	Leinster A	6
2	George Watkins	Bristol	6
4	Wesley Davies	Cornish Pirates	5
5	Anthony Elliott	Bristol	4
	Christian Lewis-Pratt	Doncaster
	Matt Scott	Currie

Geography

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area/Country
Ayr	Millbrae	Unknown	Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	4,684	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Birmingham & Solihull	Damson Park	3,050	Solihull, West Midlands, England
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Bristol, England
Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	3,500	Penzance, Cornwall, England
Currie	Malleny Park	Unknown	Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland
Doncaster	Castle Park	3,075	Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Esher	Molesey Road	Unknown	Esher, England
Leinster A	Donnybrook	7,000	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Llandovery	Church Bank	5,000	Llandovery, Wales
Llanelli	Parc y Scarlets	14,870	Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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
Newport	Rodney Parade	10,500	Newport, 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 Stadium	12,125	Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland
Worcester Warriors	Sixways Stadium	12,068	Worcester, England

References

^ ^a ^b "British & Irish Cup Top Point Scorers". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "British & Irish Cup Top Try Scorers". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^ "Birmingham & Solihull 35 Doncaster Knights 29". Doncaster Free Press. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

External links

Unofficial British and Irish Cup website - latest news, teams etc
Results from the BBC Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine

[Top_points-1] "British & Irish Cup Top Point Scorers". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[Top_tries-2] "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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