1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage

1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage
1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage
Season	1997–98 Heineken Cup
Date	5 September 1997 – 12 October 1997
Qualifiers
Seed 1	London Wasps
Seed 2	Toulouse
Seed 3	Bath
Seed 4	Pau
Seed 5	Harlequins
Seed 6	Brive
Seed 7	Cardiff
Seed 8	Leicester Tigers
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The 1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage took place in September and October 1997. The winner of each pool advanced to the quarter-finals, with the runners-up and best third placed team entering the quarter-final play-offs for the final three quarter final places.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Toulouse	6	5	1	25	12	13	200	121	79	10
Leicester	6	4	2	16	14	2	163	117	46	8
Leinster	6	2	4	15	19	−4	137	167	−30	4
Milan	6	1	5	15	26	−11	111	206	−95	2

6 September 1997
15:00

Leinster	25–34	Toulouse

Donnybrook
Attendance: 6,300

7 September 1997
15:00

Leicester Tigers	26–10	Milan

Welford Road
Attendance: 9,300

12 September 1997
17:30

Leinster	16–9	Leicester Tigers

Donnybrook
Attendance: 7,000

13 September 1997
16:00

Milan	14–19	Toulouse

Stadio Comunale Giuriati
Attendance: 2,000

20 September 1997
16:00

Milan	33–32	Leinster

Stadio Comunale Giuriati
Attendance: 1,100

20 September 1997
18:05

Toulouse	17–22	Leicester Tigers

Les Sept Deniers
Attendance: 11,000

27 September 1997
15:00

Leicester Tigers	47–22	Leinster

Welford Road
Attendance: 10,392

27 September 1997
18:00

Toulouse	69–19	Milan

Les Sept Deniers
Attendance: 7,000

4 October 1997
14:15

Leicester Tigers	22–23	Toulouse

Welford Road
Attendance: 10,600

4 October 1997
15:00

Leinster	23–6	Milan

Donnybrook
Attendance: 5,500

11 October 1997
15:20

Toulouse	38–19	Leinster

Les Sept Deniers
Attendance: 7,000

12 October 1997
15:00

Milan	29–37	Leicester Tigers

Stadio Comunale Giuriati
Attendance: 2,000

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Wasps	6	6	0	31	12	19	243	104	139	12
Glasgow	6	3	3	14	15	−1	132	167	−35	6
Swansea	6	2	4	15	16	−1	157	161	−4	4
Ulster	6	1	5	6	23	−17	95	195	−100	2

7 September 1997
15:15

Swansea	25–31	London Wasps

St. Helen's
Attendance: 5,000

8 September 1997
19:00

Ulster	12 – 18	Glasgow
Pen: Laing (3) Drop: Laing	Report^[1]	Try: Craig, Wallace Con: Hayes Pen: Hayes (2)

Ravenhill
Attendance: 2,100

13 September 1997
14:00

Swansea	33 – 16	Ulster
Try: Gibbs H. Thomas Con: A. Thomas Pen: A. Thomas (7)	Report^[2]^[3]	Try: Gallick Con: Laing Pen: Laing (3)

St. Helen's
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: K. McCartney

14 September 1997
15:00

Glasgow	22–46	London Waps

Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 3,500

21 September 1997
15:00

Glasgow	35–21	Swansea

Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 3,000

21 September 1997
15:00

London Wasps	56 – 3	Ulster
Try: Mitchell, Wood, King, Logan (3), Greenstock Rosier Con: Rees (5) Pen: Rees	Report^[4]^[5]	Pen: Laing

Loftus Road Stadium
Attendance: 4,120

27 September 1997
14:30

Ulster	28 – 20	Swansea
Try: Penalty try, Jackson, McWhirter Con: Laing (2) Pen: Laing (3)	Report^[6]	Try: Rees (2), Williams Con: Williams Pen: Williams

Ravenhill
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: George Hughes

28 September 1997
15:00

London Wasps	43–5	Glasgow

Loftus Road Stadium
Attendance: 3,825

3 October 1997
19:30

Ulster	21 – 38	London Wasps
Try: Jan Cunningham (2) Con: Laing Pen: Laing (3)	Report^[7]^[8]	Try: Henderson, Rosier, White, Greenstock, Dallaglio Con: Rees (5) Pen: Rees

Ravenhill
Attendance: 3,250

4 October 1997
14:15

Swansea	30–22	Glasgow

St. Helen's
Attendance: 3,000

12 October 1997
15:00

Glasgow	30 – 15	Ulster
Try: Penalty try, Stott, Hayes Con: Hayes (3) Pen: Hayes (3)	Report^[9]	Pen: Laing (5)

Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 4,000

12 October 1997
15:00

London Wasps	29–28	Swansea

Loftus Road Stadium
Attendance: 3,500

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Bath	6	5	0	1	12	12	0	141	119	22	10
Brive	6	4	1	1	24	13	11	210	146	64	9
Pontypridd	6	2	1	3	17	13	4	154	147	7	5
Scottish Borders	6	0	0	6	14	29	−15	129	222	−93	0

7 September 1997
14:15

Brive	56–18	Borders

Parc Municipal des Sports
Attendance: 8,000

7 September 1997
14:15

Pontypridd	15–21	Bath

Sardis Road
Attendance: 7,000

14 September 1997
14:30

Borders	17–31	Bath

Mansfield Park
Attendance: 5,000

14 September 1997
15:30

Brive	32–31	Pontypridd

Parc Municipal des Sports
Attendance: 4,500

20 September 1997
14:15

Bath	27–25	Brive

Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,500

20 September 1997
19:00

Borders	16–23	Pontypridd

Poynder Park
Attendance: 4,000

27 September 1997
14:15

Pontypridd	29–29	Brive

Sardis Road
Attendance: 7,800

27 September 1997
15:00

Bath	27–23	Borders

Recreation Ground
Attendance: 5,000

4 October 1997
14:15

Pontypridd	46–26	Borders

Sardis Road
Attendance: 4,500

5 October 1997
14:20

Brive	29–12	Bath

Parc Municipal des Sports
Attendance: 10,000

11 October 1997
14:15

Bath	23–10	Pontypridd

Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,500

12 October 1997
14:30

Borders	29–39	Brive

Netherdale
Attendance: 4,000

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Harlequins	6	4	2	21	12	9	198	141	57	8
Cardiff	6	4	2	17	15	2	184	146	38	8
Munster	6	2	4	14	21	−7	141	180	−39	4
Bourgoin	6	2	4	7	11	−4	93	149	−56	4

5 September 1997
16:05

Bourgoin	26–25	Cardiff

Stade Pierre Rajon
Attendance: 6,000

7 September 1997
14:00

Harlequins	48–40	Munster

Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,682

13 September 1997
14:15

Harlequins	45–7	Bourgoin

Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,700

13 September 1997
14:30

Cardiff	43–23	Munster

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4,500

20 September 1997
15:00

Munster	17–15	Bourgoin

Thomond Park
Attendance: 6,000

21 September 1997
14:15

Cardiff	21–28	Harlequins

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 6,000

27 September 1997
15:00

Munster	32–37	Cardiff

Musgrave Park
Attendance: 5,000

27 September 1997
18:05

Bourgoin	18–30	Harlequins

Stade Pierre Rajon
Attendance: 7,500

4 October 1997
15:00

Bourgoin	21–6	Munster

Stade Pierre Rajon
Attendance: 6,000

4 October 1997
15:00

Harlequins	31–32	Cardiff

Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 8,000

11 October 1997
14:30

Cardiff	26–6	Bourgoin

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 5,928

12 October 1997
14:30

Munster	23–16	Harlequins

Thomond Park
Attendance: 10,000

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Pau	6	4	2	27	8	19	203	89	114	8
Llanelli	6	4	2	15	18	−3	144	142	2	8
Benetton Treviso	6	2	4	18	19	−1	146	162	−16	4
Caledonia	6	2	4	8	23	−15	89	189	−100	4

6 September 1997
20:00

Benetton Treviso	18–19	Pau

Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 4,000

7 September 1997
15:00

Caledonia	18–23	Llanelli Scarlets

McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,300

13 September 1997
18:05

Pau	44–12	Llanelli Scarlets

Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 5,000

14 September 1997
15:00

Caledonia	17–9	Benetton Treviso

McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,000

20 September 1997
14:00

Llanelli	39–18	Benetton Treviso

Stradey Park
Attendance: 3,000

20 September 1997
18:00

Pau	50–8	Caledonia

Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 6,500

27 September 1997
15:00

Benetton Treviso	52–6	Caledonia

Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 3,500

28 September 1997
14:15

Llanelli	14–10	Pau

Stradey Park
Attendance: 3,500

4 October 1997
15:00

Benetton Treviso	42–25	Llanelli

Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 4,000

5 October 1997
15:00

Caledonia	30–24	Pau

McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,000

11 October 1997
14:00

Llanelli	31–10	Caledonia

Stradey Park
Attendance: 3,000

11 October 1997
19:30

Pau	56–7	Benetton Treviso

Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 7,500

External links

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References

^ "Ulster throw away victory", Irish Independent, 9 September 1997
^ "Thomas gives Ulster the boot", Sunday Independent, 14 September 1997
^ "Thomas sends Ulster packing", Evening Herald, 13 September 1997
^ "Ulster badly stung", Irish Independent, 22 September 1997
^ Peter Llewellyn, "Rugby Union: Wasps bring lasting pain as Logan runs riot", The Independent, 21 September 1997
^ Micheal McGeary, "Ulster Thriller", Sunday Life, 28 September 1997
^ Jim Stokes, "Wasps have to fight for Ulster win", Belfast Telegraph, 4 October 1997
^ "Wasps take sting out of Ulster", Irish Independent, 4 October 1997
^ "Flat Ulster fail to learn hard lesson", Belfast Telegraph, 13 October 1997

[1] "Ulster throw away victory", Irish Independent, 9 September 1997

[2] "Thomas gives Ulster the boot", Sunday Independent, 14 September 1997

[3] "Thomas sends Ulster packing", Evening Herald, 13 September 1997

[4] "Ulster badly stung", Irish Independent, 22 September 1997

[5] Peter Llewellyn, "Rugby Union: Wasps bring lasting pain as Logan runs riot", The Independent, 21 September 1997

[6] Micheal McGeary, "Ulster Thriller", Sunday Life, 28 September 1997

[7] Jim Stokes, "Wasps have to fight for Ulster win", Belfast Telegraph, 4 October 1997

[8] "Wasps take sting out of Ulster", Irish Independent, 4 October 1997

[9] "Flat Ulster fail to learn hard lesson", Belfast Telegraph, 13 October 1997

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Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

See also

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