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|try1 = [[Henry Purdy (rugby union)|Purdy]] 15' c |
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|con1 = [[Greig Laidlaw|Laidlaw]] (1/1) 16' |
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|pen1 = [[Greig Laidlaw|Laidlaw]] (5/6) 2', 10', 24', 32', 70' |
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|try2 = [[Metuisela Talebula|Talebula]] (2) 37' c, 56' c |
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|con2 = [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Bernard]] (2/2) 39', 58' |
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|pen2 = [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Bernard]] (2/2) 28', 35' |
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|drop2 = [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Bernard]] (1/1) 80' |
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|stadium = [[Sixways Stadium]], [[Worcester]] |
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|referee = [[Leighton Hodges]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|WRU]]) |
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|FB ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rob Cook (rugby union)|Rob Cook]] |
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|RW ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charlie Sharples]] |
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|OC ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bill Meakes]] || || {{suboff|66}} |
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|IC ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Twelvetrees]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]]) |
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|LW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Henry Purdy (rugby union)|Henry Purdy]] |
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|FH ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[James Hook (rugby union)|James Hook]] |
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|SH ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Greig Laidlaw]] |
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|N8 ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ross Moriarty]] |
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|OF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jacob Rowan]] || || {{suboff|58}} |
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|BF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|TON}} [[Sione Kalamafoni]] || || {{suboff|45}} || {{subon|56}} || {{suboff|71}} |
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|RL ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Palmer (rugby union)|Tom Palmer]] |
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|LL ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Savage (rugby union)|Tom Savage]] |
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|TP ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[John Afoa]] || {{sin bin|45|55}} |
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|HK ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Richard Hibbard]] || || {{suboff|59}} |
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|LP ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Wood]] || || {{suboff|58}} |
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|HK ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Darren Dawidiuk]] || || {{subon|59}} |
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|PR ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Yann Thomas]] || || {{subon|58}} |
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|PR ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Shaun Knight]] || || {{subon|45}} || {{suboff|56}} |
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|LK ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Elliott Stooke]] || || || || {{subon|71}} |
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|N8 ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dan Thomas (rugby player)|Dan Thomas]] || || {{subon|58}} |
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|SH ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Callum Braley]] |
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|FH ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Burns (rugby union)|Billy Burns]] |
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|FB ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Steve McColl]] || || {{subon|66}} |
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:''' |
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[David Humphreys (rugby union)|David Humphreys]] |
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|FB ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lionel Beauxis]] || || {{suboff|46}} |
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|RW ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Metuisela Talebula]] |
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|OC ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Félix Le Bourhis]] |
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|IC ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julien Rey]] |
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|LW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Blair Connor (rugby union)|Blair Connor]] |
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|FH ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Pierre Bernard]] |
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|SH ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Heini Adams]] || || {{suboff|56}} |
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|N8 ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Peter Saili]] |
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|OF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Hugh Chalmers]] || || {{suboff|45}} || {{subon|56}} |
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|BF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Louis-Benoît Madaule]] || || {{suboff|56}} |
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|RL ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Berend Botha]] || || {{suboff|36}} |
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|LL ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Jandré Marais]] |
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|TP ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Patrick Toetu]] || || {{suboff|40}} |
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|HK ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|SAM}} [[Ole Avei]] || || {{suboff|69}} |
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|LP ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jefferson Poirot]] || {{sin bin|45|55}} || || {{suboff|56}} || {{subon|71}} |
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|HK ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Clément Maynadier]] || || {{subon|69}} |
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|PR ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Baptiste Poux]] || || {{subon|45}} || || {{suboff|71}} |
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|PR ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Francisco Gomez Kodela]] || || {{subon|40}} |
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|LK ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Adam Jaulhac]] || || {{subon|36}} |
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|N8 ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Matthew Clarkin]] || || {{subon|56}} |
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|SH ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Yann Lesgourgues]] || || {{subon|56}} |
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|CE ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Jayden Spence]] |
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|FB ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Baptiste Serin]] || || {{subon|46}} |
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:''' |
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raphaël Ibañez]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 17:47, 31 May 2015
This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2015) |
Event | European Rugby Champions Cup Qualification Play-off |
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Date | 23 and 30 May 2015 |
The 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off will be the second play-off for entry into the top level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.
Format
Following the two-team play-off in 2014–15, an expanded, four-team format was due to be used. However, on 24 September 2014, it was announced this would instead be a three-team play-off, with the highest placed non-qualifying team taking part.[1]
To accommodate the longer season in the French Top 14, the format was announced as follows:
- The 7th place team in the Aviva Premiership will play a single match against the 8th placed team (or highest placed team not already qualified) in the Pro12. Home advantage in the match will be decided by a coin toss. In the event that the 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup winner is an Aviva Premiership club, and that this club has not automatically qualified for the Champions Cup, it will take the place allocated to the 7th place team in the Premiership.[2] As it transpired, Gloucester – who were ninth in the Aviva Premiership – qualified for the play-off, having beaten Edinburgh 19–13 in the Challenge Cup final.
- The winner of that game will host the 7th placed team in the French Top 14. The winner of that game will be considered the winner of the play-off and qualify for the Champions Cup.
Gloucester became the first team to qualify for the play-off, taking the place allocated to the Aviva Premiership, when they beat Edinburgh 19-13 in the Challenge Cup final on 1 May 2015. This result meant that the 7th place team in the 2014–15 Premiership will no longer take part in the play-off, and will compete in the Challenge Cup.
Connacht qualified next, when the finished seventh in the 2014–15 Pro12 with 50 points, narrowly edging Edinburgh who had 48 points. Connacht will play Gloucester away at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium on Sunday 24 May 2015,[3] with the venue having been decided earlier by a coin toss.[4][5] Should Gloucester win, the second play-off match will be played at Sixways Stadium in Worcester, to avoid a clash of fixtures with a Madness concert.[5]
Teams
League | Team | Coach | Stadium |
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Aviva Premiership | Gloucester | ![]() |
Kingsholm Stadium |
Guinness Pro12 | Connacht | ![]() |
Galway Sportsgrounds |
Orange Top 14 | Bordeaux Bègles | ![]() |
Stade André Moga |
Matches
Match 1
24 May 2015 15:30 GMT |
Gloucester ![]() | 40−32 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
Try: Moriarty 1' c Sharples 26' m Meakes 80' c Dawidiuk 95' m May 98' c Con: Laidlaw (3/5) 1', 80', 98' Pen: Laidlaw (2/3) 19', 43' Hook (1/1) 92' | Bericht | Try: J. Cooney 8' c Carty 29' c Healy (2) 60' m, 92' c Con: Carty (3/4) 9', 30', 92' Pen: Carty (2/3) 7', 79' |
Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Attendance: 7,633 Referee: Romain Poite (FFR) |
Match 2
31 May 2015 17:00 GMT |
Gloucester ![]() | 22−23 | ![]() |
Try: Purdy 15' c Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 16' Pen: Laidlaw (5/6) 2', 10', 24', 32', 70' | Try: Talebula (2) 37' c, 56' c Con: Bernard (2/2) 39', 58' Pen: Bernard (2/2) 28', 35' Drop: Bernard (1/1) 80' |
Sixways Stadium, Worcester Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU) |
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See also
References
- ^ Revised playoff format agreed - EPCRugby.com
- ^ Key 2015/16 EPCR dates and Champions Cup play-offs
- ^ "Connacht lose but make Champions Cup play-off". RTE. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
Connacht will now play Gloucester away at Kingsholm next Sunday, with the winner of that tie playing the French Top 14 seventh-placed side for a spot in next year's Champions Cup.
- ^ Mike Brown (2 May 2015). "Gloucester's Champions Cup play-off home advantage to be settled by Twickenham coin toss". Gloucester Citizen. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
The coin toss will take place during coverage of the Champions Cup final between Clermont Auvergne and Toulon at Twickenham.
- ^ a b Andrew Baldock, Press Association (6 May 2015). "Gloucester drawn at home in first Champions Cup play-off but Madness concert will prevent them playing at Kingsholm again if they win". Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
Gloucester win coin toss for home advantage in Champions Cup play-off. ... Gloucester have secured home advantage in the first play-off fixture to secure a European Champions Cup spot next season - but a Madness concert could hinder their chances of qualifying should they progress. ... 'We are delighted to have won the toss to stage the first fixture, and now look forward to seeing who we will meet in that game,' Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan told the club's official website.'Should we win that match, and no-one is taking anything for granted, we have had to make contingency plans for the second play-off game, and that contingency would be for us to play at Sixways Stadium in Worcester.