2007–08 EDF Energy Cup

2007–08 EDF Energy Cup
2007–08 EDF Energy Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England; Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	October 2007 - April 2008
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Final
Venue	Twickenham
Attendance	65,756
Champions	Ospreys (1st title)
Runners-up	Leicester Tigers
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The 2007–08 EDF Energy Cup was the 37th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the third to follow the recently adopted Anglo-Welsh format.

As in the previous two years, the competition is contested between the 12 teams of the Guinness Premiership and the four Welsh regions from the Celtic League. The 16 teams are arranged into four pools, with one Welsh and three English teams in each. Teams are randomly drawn into groups, as opposed to previous years when English sides were grouped according to proximity to one another. Each team plays the other team from their group only once, meaning that two teams in each group face two away games, whereas the other two teams have two home games.

Group stage

In the pool matches, teams receive:

Four points for a win
Two points for a draw
A bonus point for scoring four or more tries, regardless of the match result
A bonus point for losing by seven or fewer points

The winner of each pool advances to the semi-finals, at which stage a draw takes place to determine the teams that will play each other. The winners of the semi-final advance to the final to determine the competition winner; no "third place final" is played.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
London Wasps	3	2	1	0	56	35	+21	1	11
Gloucester	3	1	1	1	57	58	−1	2	8
Newcastle Falcons	3	1	1	1	53	66	−13	1	7
Newport Gwent Dragons	3	0	1	2	38	45	−7	3	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

27 October 2007
15:00

Gloucester	18 – 18	Newcastle Falcons
Tries: Simpson-Daniel (2) 68' c, 80' m Con: Walker (1/2) Pen: Paterson (1/1) 3' Walker (1/2) 60'	(Report)	Tries: Phillips 2' c Thompson m Con: Flood (1/2) Pen: Flood (2/2) 61', 65'

Kingsholm, Gloucester
Attendance: 10,358
Referee: Bruce Robertson

27 October 2007
17:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	3 – 3	London Wasps
Pen: Sweeney (1/1) 37'	(Report)	Pen: Cipriani (1/1) 56'

Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 5,664
Referee: Dean Richards

3 November 2007
19:30

Newcastle Falcons	29 – 24	Newport Gwent Dragons
Tries: Jones 20' c Wilson 26' c Phillips 43' m Rudd 69' c Con: Flood (2/3) Jones (1/1) Pen: Flood (1/1) 17'	(Report)	Tries: M. Thomas 35' c R. Thomas (2) 49' m, 72' m Williams 57' c Con: A. Thomas (2/4)

Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Attendance: 7,406
Referee: James Jones

4 November 2007
15:00

London Wasps	29 – 26	Gloucester
Tries: Voyce 54' m Haskell (2) 64' c, 71' c Hart 77' c Con: Cipriani (3/4) Pen: Cipriani (1/1) 40'	(Report)	Tries: Lawson 4' c Azam 35' c Morgan 47' c Balshaw 61' m Con: Lamb (3/4)

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 7,802
Referee: Wayne Barnes

30 November 2007
19:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	11 – 13	Gloucester
Try: Black 40' m Pen: Sweeney (2) 17', 62'	(Report)	Try: Delve 80' c Con: Paterson Pen: Walker 4', 46'

Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 4,576
Referee: Dean Richards

1 December 2007
15:00

London Wasps	24 – 6	Newcastle Falcons
Tries: Reddan 22' m Penalty try 32' c Con: Cipriani Pen: Cipriani (4) 10', 16', 54', 78'	(Report)	Pen: Wilkinson (2) 43', 47'

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 7,490
Referee: Malcolm Changleng

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Leicester Tigers	3	2	1	88	48	+40	3	11
Cardiff Blues	3	2	1	66	63	+3	1	9
Bath	3	1	2	36	53	−17	0	4
Sale Sharks	3	1	2	48	74	−26	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 October 2007
19:10

Cardiff Blues	32 – 15	Sale Sharks
Tries: Spice 5' m Thomas (2) 21' c, 26' m Rush 30' c James 80+1' m Con: Robinson (2/5) Pen: Robinson (1/1) 19'	(Report)	Tries: Thomas 67' c Lamont 79' m Con: Thomas (1/2) Pen: Thomas (1/1) 16'

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 8,742
Referee: Dave Pearson

27 October 2007
14:15

Bath	20 – 14	Leicester Tigers
Tries: Penalty try 39' c Crockett 69' c Con: Davis (1/1) Berne (1/1) Pen: Davis (2/3) 4', 30'	(Report)	Try: Vesty 27' m Pen: Humphreys (3/5) 7', 24', 43'

Recreation Ground, Bath
Attendance: 10,555
Referee: Ashley Rowden

2 November 2007
19:45

Sale Sharks	25 – 10	Bath
Try: Bell 39' c Con: Hodgson (1/1) Pen: Hodgson (5/5) 11', 14', 37', 44', 59' Drop: Hodgson (1/1) 6'	(Report)	Try: Ward 47' c Con: Berne (1/1) Pen: Berne (1/2) 19'

Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 8,782
Referee: Peter Allan

3 November 2007
14:30

Leicester Tigers	42 – 20	Cardiff Blues
Tries: Varndell 44' c J. Murphy (2) 50' m, 70' c Hipkiss 66' c Penalty try 76' c Con: Goode (1/2) Burke (3/3) Pen: Goode (3/3) 14', 22', 40'	(Report)	Tries: Rush 58' c Blair 79' c Con: Blair (2/2) Pen: Blair (2/3) 9', 25'

Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance: 17,118
Referee: Nigel Owens

30 November 2007
19:40

Bath	6 – 14	Cardiff Blues
Pen: Barkley (2) 25', 40+5'	(Report)	Try: Sowden-Taylor 80+1' m Pen: Flanagan (3) 15', 40+2', 67'

Recreation Ground, Bath
Attendance: 9,510
Referee: Nigel Owens

30 November 2007
19:40

Leicester Tigers	32 – 8	Sale Sharks
Tries: J. Murphy 3' c Hipkiss 49' c Varndell 76' c Croft 80+1' m Con: Goode (3) Pen: Goode (2) 39', 67'	(Report)	Try: McAlister 54' m Pen: McAlister 12'

Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance: 17,172
Referee: Chris White

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Ospreys	3	3	0	117	40	+77	2	14
Harlequins	3	1	2	40	50	−10	1	5
London Irish	3	1	2	72	88	−16	2	6
Worcester Warriors	3	1	2	66	117	−51	1	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

27 October 2007
14:30

Worcester Warriors	16 – 47	Ospreys
Try: Gillies 68' c Con: Brown (1/1) Pen: Drahm (3/3) 36', 40', 44'	(Report)	Tries: Byrne (2) 11' c, 76' c Walker 15' c Williams (2) 38' c, 72' m Parker 51' c Philips 74' c Con: Hook (4/4) Connor (2/3)

Sixways, Worcester
Attendance: 10,119
Referee: Nigel Owens

28 October 2007
15:00

London Irish	8 – 10	Harlequins
Try: Murphy 20' m Pen: Armitage (1/1) 38'	(Report)	Try: Hala'ufia 32' c Con: Jarvis (1/1) Pen: Jarvis (1/2) 40'

Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 6,632
Referee: Roy Maybank

3 November 2007
15:00

Harlequins	22 – 23	Worcester Warriors
Tries: Monye (2) 16' c, 39' c Brown 57' m Con: Malone (2/3) Pen: Malone (1/1) 20'	(Report)	Tries: Talei 11' m Lutui 32' c Sanderson 72' m Con: Crichton (1/2) Pen: Brown (1/1) 28' Crichton (1/1) 40'

Twickenham Stoop, Twickenham
Attendance: 8,829
Referee: Chris White

4 November 2007
15:00

Ospreys	51 – 16	London Irish
Tries: Thomas 14' c S. Williams (3) 32' c, 68' m, 74' c Phillips 48' c Lewis 58' c A. W. Jones 61' m Con: Hook (4/6) Connor (1/1) Pen: Hook (2/2) 3', 26'	(Report)	Try: De Vedia 12' c Con: Hickey (1/1) Pen: Hickey (3/5) 8', 23', 28'

Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 8,356
Referee: Rob Debney

2 December 2007
15:00

London Irish	48 – 27	Worcester Warriors
Tries: Tiesi 12' c S. Armitage 25' c Thorpe (2) 39' c, 61' m Tagicakibau 42' c Mordt 58' c Fury 68' m Con: Hickey (4) Mordt Pen: Hickey 43'	(Report)	Tries: Benjamin 22' m Garvey 36' m Horstmann 50' c Bowley (2) 65' m, 79' m Con: Carlisle

Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 7,080
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth

2 December 2007
15:10

Harlequins	8 – 19	Ospreys
Try: Barry 47' m Pen: Jarvis 14'	(Report)	Try: Henson 79' c Con: Henson Pen: Henson (4) 19', 24', 50', 74'

Twickenham Stoop, Twickenham
Attendance: 8,283
Referee: Huw Watkins

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Saracens	3	2	0	1	123	79	+44	4	12
Llanelli Scarlets	3	2	0	1	106	69	+37	3	11
Bristol	3	1	1	1	46	69	−23	0	6
Leeds Carnegie	3	0	1	2	60	118	−58	1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 October 2007
20:00

Leeds Carnegie	28 – 46	Saracens
Tries: Lund 35' m MacDonald 57' c Armstrong 69' m Satala 74' m Con: Di Bernardo (1/4) Pen: Di Bernardo (2/2) 3', 44'	(Report)	Tries: Penney (2) 17' c, 50' c McMullen 45' c Thrower 60' m Rauluni 64' c Sorrell 80' c Con: Ross (5/6) Pen: Ross (2/2) 6', 35'

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 2,639
Referee: Malcolm Changleng

28 October 2007
15:10

Bristol	18 – 11	Llanelli Scarlets
Tries: Robinson 18' m Blowers 30' c Con: Hill (1/2) Pen: Hill (2/2) 7', 44'	(Report)	Try: Stoddart 80+1' m Pen: Priestland (1/2) 4' S. Jones (1/1) 43'

Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 7,139
Referee: Tim Hayes

2 November 2007
19:10

Llanelli Scarlets	59 – 19	Leeds Carnegie
Tries: D. Evans (2) 3' c, 67' c Bater 10' c M. Jones 16' c Popham 38' c I. Thomas 51' c MacLeod 59' c Easterby 64' c Con: S. Jones (8/8) Pen: S. Jones (1/1) 26'	(Report)	Tries: Biggs (2) 31' c, 44' m Hepworth 72' c Con: Di Bernardo (2/3)

Stradey Park, Llanelli
Attendance: 7,672
Referee: Tony Spreadbury

4 November 2007
15:00

Saracens	45 – 15	Bristol
Tries: Ratuvou (2) 33' c, 77' m Vyvyan 61' c Seymour 63' c Kyriacou 80' c Con: Ross (1/1) Jackson (3/4) Pen: Ross (4/4) 6', 13', 31', 36'	(Report)	Tries: Blaney (2) 26' m, 68' c Con: Strange (1/2) Pen: Strange (1/1) 39'

Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 5,827
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth

1 December 2007
14:30

Llanelli Scarlets	36 – 32	Saracens
Tries: MacLeod 35' c S. Jones 43' c J. Davies 51' m G. R. Evans 55' m Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones (4) 10', 16', 40', 62'	(Report)	Tries: Penalty try (2) 30' c, 68' c Powell 47' c Ratuvou 58' m Con: Ross (2) Farrell Pen: Farrell (2) 73', 80+1'

Stradey Park, Llanelli
Attendance: 6,625
Referee: Dave Pearson

2 December 2007
15:00

Bristol	13 – 13	Leeds Carnegie
Try: Blaney 22' c Con: Strange Pen: Strange (2) 40', 57'	(Report)	Try: Lund 46' c Con: Brooks Pen: Brooks (2) 30', 42'

Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 5,751
Referee: Ashley Rowden

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

22 March 2008
14:30

Leicester Tigers	34 – 24	London Wasps
Tries: Goode 34' c Rabeni 44' c Hipkiss 56' c Castrogiovanni 68' c Con: Goode (4) Pen: Goode (2/2) 16', 28'	(Report)	Tries: Cipriani (2) 23' c, 76' c Sackey (2) 30' m, 61' m Con: Cipriani Walder

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 41,018
Referee: Nigel Owens

22 March 2008
17:15

Ospreys	30 – 3	Saracens
Tries: S. Williams (2) 40' m, 70' m Henson 51' c Tiatia 62' c Con: Hook (2) Pen: Hook (2/2) 29', 59'	(Report)	Pen: Jackson (1/2) 44'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 41,018
Referee: Wayne Barnes

Final

12 April 2008
14:30

Leicester Tigers	6 – 23	Ospreys
Pen: Goode (1/3) 6' Drop: Goode 17'	(Report)	Tries: A. Bishop 23' c A. W. Jones 48' c Con: Hook (2) Pen: Hook (3/5) 58', 73', 76'

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 65,756
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)


FB	15	Johne Murphy
RW	14	Ollie Smith
OC	13	Dan Hipkiss
IC	12	Aaron Mauger
LW	11	Alesana Tuilagi
FH	10	Andy Goode
SH	9	Harry Ellis
N8	8	Jordan Crane
OF	7	Ben Herring
BF	6	Martin Corry (c)
RL	5	Ben Kay
LL	4	Louis Deacon
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni
HK	2	George Chuter
LP	1	Boris Stankovich
Replacements:
HK	16	Benjamin Kayser
PR	17	Julian White
LK	18	Richard Blaze
FL	19	Tom Croft
SH	20	Christophe Laussucq
FH	21	Sam Vesty
WG	22	Tom Varndell
Coach:
Marcelo Loffreda


FB	15	Lee Byrne
RW	14	Jonny Vaughton
OC	13	Sonny Parker
IC	12	Andrew Bishop
LW	11	Shane Williams
FH	10	James Hook
SH	9	Justin Marshall
N8	8	Filo Tiatia
OF	7	Marty Holah
BF	6	Ryan Jones (c)
RL	5	Ian Evans
LL	4	Alun Wyn Jones
TP	3	Adam R Jones
HK	2	Richard Hibbard
LP	1	Paul James
Replacements:
HK	16	Huw Bennett
PR	17	Duncan Jones
LK	18	Ian Gough
FL	19	Jonathan Thomas
FH	20	Gareth Owen
CE	21	Jonathan Spratt
WG	22	Aled Brew
Coach:
Lyn Jones

External links

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Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

See also

External links