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|stadium = [[Sixways Stadium]], [[Worcester]]
|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]]
|-
|FH ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[James Hook (rugby union)|James Hook]]
|-
|SH ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Greig Laidlaw]]
|-
|N8 ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ross Moriarty]]
|-
|OF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jacob Rowan]] || || {{suboff|58}}
|-
|BF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|TON}} [[Sione Kalamafoni]] || || {{suboff|45}} || {{subon|56}} || {{suboff|71}}
|-
|RL ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Palmer (rugby union)|Tom Palmer]]
|-
|LL ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Savage (rugby union)|Tom Savage]]
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|TP ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[John Afoa]] || {{sin bin|45|55}}
|-
|HK ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Richard Hibbard]] || || {{suboff|59}}
|-
|LP ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Wood]] || || {{suboff|58}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Replacements:'''
|-
|HK ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Darren Dawidiuk]] || || {{subon|59}}
|-
|PR ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Yann Thomas]] || || {{subon|58}}
|-
|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]]
|-
|FH ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Burns (rugby union)|Billy Burns]]
|-
|FB ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Steve McColl]] || || {{subon|66}}
|-
|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]]
|-
|IC ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julien Rey]]
|-
|LW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Blair Connor (rugby union)|Blair Connor]]
|-
|FH ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Pierre Bernard]]
|-
|SH ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Heini Adams]] || || {{suboff|56}}
|-
|N8 ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Peter Saili]]
|-
|OF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Hugh Chalmers]] || || {{suboff|45}} || {{subon|56}}
|-
|BF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Louis-Benoît Madaule]] || || {{suboff|56}}
|-
|RL ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Berend Botha]] || || {{suboff|36}}
|-
|LL ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Jandré Marais]]
|-
|TP ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Patrick Toetu]] || || {{suboff|40}}
|-
|HK ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|SAM}} [[Ole Avei]] || || {{suboff|69}}
|-
|LP ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jefferson Poirot]] || {{sin bin|45|55}} || || {{suboff|56}} || {{subon|71}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Replacements:'''
|-
|HK ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Clément Maynadier]] || || {{subon|69}}
|-
|PR ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Baptiste Poux]] || || {{subon|45}} || || {{suboff|71}}
|-
|PR ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Francisco Gomez Kodela]] || || {{subon|40}}
|-
|LK ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Adam Jaulhac]] || || {{subon|36}}
|-
|N8 ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Matthew Clarkin]] || || {{subon|56}}
|-
|SH ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Yann Lesgourgues]] || || {{subon|56}}
|-
|CE ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Jayden Spence]]
|-
|FB ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Baptiste Serin]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raphaël Ibañez]]
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 17:47, 31 May 2015

2015–16 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs
EventEuropean Rugby Champions Cup Qualification Play-off
Date23 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
Aviva Premiership Gloucester Irland David Humphreys Kingsholm Stadium
Guinness Pro12 Connacht Samoa Pat Lam Galway Sportsgrounds
Orange Top 14 Bordeaux Bègles Frankreich Raphaël Ibañez Stade André Moga

Matches

Match 1

24 May 2015
15:30 GMT
Gloucester England40−32
(a.e.t.)		Irland Connacht
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'		BerichtTry: 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)
FB 15 England Charlie Sharples downward-facing red arrow 64'
RW 14 England Jonny May
OC 13 Australien Bill Meakes
IC 12 England Billy Twelvetrees (c)
LW 11 England Henry Purdy downward-facing red arrow 50'
FH 10 Wales James Hook
SH 9 Scotland Greig Laidlaw
N8 8 England Ross Moriarty downward-facing red arrow 71' upward-facing green arrow 88'
OF 7 Wales Dan Thomas downward-facing red arrow 33' upward-facing green arrow 44' downward-facing red arrow 65'
BF 6 England Jacob Rowan
RL 5 England Tom Palmer
LL 4 England Tom Savage
TP 3 Neuseeland John Afoa yellow card 33' to 43' downward-facing red arrow 88'
HK 2 Wales Richard Hibbard downward-facing red arrow 59'
LP 1 England Nick Wood downward-facing red arrow 65'
Replacements:
HK 16 England Darren Dawidiuk upward-facing green arrow 59'
PR 17 England Yann Thomas upward-facing green arrow 65'
PR 18 England Shaun Knight upward-facing green arrow 33' downward-facing red arrow 44' upward-facing green arrow 88'
LK 19 England Elliott Stooke upward-facing green arrow 71'
FL 20 England Lewis Ludlow upward-facing green arrow 65' downward-facing red arrow 88'
SH 21 England Dan Robson upward-facing green arrow 64'
FH 22 England Billy Burns
FB 23 England Rob Cook upward-facing green arrow 50'
Coach:
Irland David Humphreys
FB 15 Irland Tiernan O'Halloran downward-facing red arrow 65'
RW 14 Irland Fionn Carr downward-facing red arrow 75'
OC 13 Irland Robbie Henshaw
IC 12 Neuseeland Bundee Aki
LW 11 Irland Matt Healy
FH 10 Irland Jack Carty
SH 9 Irland John Cooney downward-facing red arrow 64'
N8 8 Irland Eoin McKeon downward-facing red arrow 71'
OF 7 Irland Eoghan Masterson yellow card 55' to 65' downward-facing red arrow 33' upward-facing green arrow 44'
BF 6 Irland John Muldoon (c)
RL 5 Scotland Aly Muldowney
LL 4 Neuseeland George Naoupu downward-facing red arrow 54'
TP 3 Irland Rodney Ah You downward-facing red arrow 54'
HK 2 Neuseeland Tom McCartney downward-facing red arrow 70' upward-facing green arrow 79' downward-facing red arrow 90'
LP 1 Irland Denis Buckley yellow card 33' to 43'
Replacements:
HK 16 Irland Dave Heffernan yellow card 94' to 100' upward-facing green arrow 70' red cross icon 79' to 90'
PR 17 Irland JP Cooney upward-facing green arrow 33' downward-facing red arrow 44'
PR 18 Irland Finlay Bealham upward-facing green arrow 54'
LK 19 Irland Andrew Browne upward-facing green arrow 54'
FL 20 Irland James Connolly upward-facing green arrow 71'
SH 21 Irland Ian Porter upward-facing green arrow 64'
FH 22 Neuseeland Miah Nikora upward-facing green arrow 75'
CE 23 Kanada Shane O'Leary upward-facing green arrow 65'
Coach:
Samoa Pat Lam

Match 2

31 May 2015
17:00 GMT
Gloucester England22−23Frankreich Bordeaux Bègles
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)
FB 15 England Rob Cook
RW 14 England Charlie Sharples
OC 13 Australien Bill Meakes downward-facing red arrow 66'
IC 12 England Billy Twelvetrees (c)
LW 11 England Henry Purdy
FH 10 Wales James Hook
SH 9 Scotland Greig Laidlaw
N8 8 England Ross Moriarty
OF 7 England Jacob Rowan downward-facing red arrow 58'
BF 6 Tonga Sione Kalamafoni downward-facing red arrow 45' upward-facing green arrow 56' downward-facing red arrow 71'
RL 5 England Tom Palmer
LL 4 England Tom Savage
TP 3 Neuseeland John Afoa yellow card 45' to 55'
HK 2 Wales Richard Hibbard downward-facing red arrow 59'
LP 1 England Nick Wood downward-facing red arrow 58'
Replacements:
HK 16 England Darren Dawidiuk upward-facing green arrow 59'
PR 17 England Yann Thomas upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 18 England Shaun Knight upward-facing green arrow 45' downward-facing red arrow 56'
LK 19 England Elliott Stooke upward-facing green arrow 71'
N8 20 England Dan Thomas upward-facing green arrow 58'
SH 21 England Callum Braley
FH 22 England Billy Burns
FB 23 Scotland Steve McColl upward-facing green arrow 66'
Coach:
Irland David Humphreys
FB 15 Frankreich Lionel Beauxis downward-facing red arrow 46'
RW 14 Fidschi Metuisela Talebula
OC 13 Frankreich Félix Le Bourhis
IC 12 Frankreich Julien Rey
LW 11 Australien Blair Connor
FH 10 Frankreich Pierre Bernard
SH 9 Südafrika Heini Adams downward-facing red arrow 56'
N8 8 Neuseeland Peter Saili
OF 7 Neuseeland Hugh Chalmers downward-facing red arrow 45' upward-facing green arrow 56'
BF 6 Frankreich Louis-Benoît Madaule downward-facing red arrow 56'
RL 5 Südafrika Berend Botha downward-facing red arrow 36'
LL 4 Südafrika Jandré Marais
TP 3 Neuseeland Patrick Toetu downward-facing red arrow 40'
HK 2 Samoa Ole Avei downward-facing red arrow 69'
LP 1 Frankreich Jefferson Poirot yellow card 45' to 55' downward-facing red arrow 56' upward-facing green arrow 71'
Replacements:
HK 16 Frankreich Clément Maynadier upward-facing green arrow 69'
PR 17 Frankreich Jean-Baptiste Poux upward-facing green arrow 45' downward-facing red arrow 71'
PR 18 Argentinien Francisco Gomez Kodela upward-facing green arrow 40'
LK 19 Frankreich Adam Jaulhac upward-facing green arrow 36'
N8 20 Neuseeland Matthew Clarkin upward-facing green arrow 56'
SH 21 Frankreich Yann Lesgourgues upward-facing green arrow 56'
CE 22 Neuseeland Jayden Spence
FB 23 Frankreich Baptiste Serin upward-facing green arrow 46'
Coach:
Frankreich Raphaël Ibañez

See also

References

  1. ^ Revised playoff format agreed - EPCRugby.com
  2. ^ Key 2015/16 EPCR dates and Champions Cup play-offs
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
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