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1997 Heineken Cup final

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1997 Heineken Cup Final
Event1996–97 Heineken Cup
Date25 January 1997
VenueCardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
RefereeDerek Bevan (Wales)
Attendance41,664
1996
1998

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

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25 January 1997
14:30 GMT
Brive France28–9England Leicester Tigers
Try: Viars
Fabre
Carrat (2)
Con: Lamaison
Pen: Lamaison
Drop: Lamaison
ReportPen: J.Liley (3)
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 41,664
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)


Brive
Leicester


FB 15 France Sebastien Viars
RW 14 France Gerald Fabre
OC 13 France Christophe Lamaison
IC 12 France David Venditti
LW 11 France Sebastien Carrat
FH 10 France Alain Penaud (c) downward-facing red arrow 69'
SH 9 France Philippe Carbonneau
N8 8 Poland Grzegorz Kacala
OF 7 France Francois Duboisset downward-facing red arrow 49'
BF 6 Belgium Loic van der Linden downward-facing red arrow 77'
RL 5 New Zealand Grant Ross
LL 4 France Eric Alegret downward-facing red arrow 67'
TP 3 France Richard Crespy
HK 2 France Laurent Travers
LP 1 France Didier Casadeï downward-facing red arrow 70'
Replacements:
16 France Romuald Paillat upward-facing green arrow 69'
17 France Eric Bouti upward-facing green arrow 70'
18 Wales Tony Rees upward-facing green arrow 67'
19 France Yanni Domi upward-facing green arrow 77'
20 France Thierry Labrousse upward-facing green arrow 49'
21 France Sebastien Bonnet
22 France Cédric Heymans
FB O England John Liley
RW N England Steve Hackney
OC M England Will Greenwood
IC L England Stuart Potter
LW K England Rory Underwood downward-facing red arrow 72'
FH J England Rob Liley
SH I England Austin Healey
N8 G England Dean Richards (c) downward-facing red arrow 68'
OF H England Neil Back
BF F England John Wells
RL E England Matt Poole
LL D England Martin Johnson
TP C England Darren Garforth downward-facing red arrow 17' upward-facing green arrow 22'
HK B England Richard Cockerill
LP A England Graham Rowntree
Replacements:
WG P England Leon Lloyd upward-facing green arrow 72'
LP Q New Zealand Perry Freshwater upward-facing green arrow 17' downward-facing red arrow 22'
N8 R Ireland Eric Miller upward-facing green arrow 68'
FH S Ireland Niall Malone
SH T England Aadel Kardooni
HK U England Dorian West
LK V England Neil Fletcher
Coach:
Australia Bob Dwyer

See also

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References

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