2009–10 LV Cup

2009–10 LV Cup
2009–10 LV Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England; Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	November 2009 - March 2010
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	35
Attendance	278,978 (7,971 per match)
Tries scored	150 (4.29 per match)
Final
Venue	Sixways Stadium
Attendance	12,024
Champions	Northampton Saints (1st title)
Runners-up	Gloucester
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The 2009–10 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 39th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the fifth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.

Northampton Saints were crowned champions after beating Gloucester in the final at Worcester's Sixways Stadium.

The structure of the competition was altered from previous years. The competition continued to consist of the four Welsh Celtic League teams and the twelve Guinness Premiership clubs, arranged into pools consisting of three English teams and one Welsh. However, the new format saw teams guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other.^[1] The competition took place on international fixture dates during the Autumn Internationals and Six Nations, with the aim of allowing teams to develop their squad players.^[2]

On 29 October 2009, little more than a week before the start of this season's competition, British insurer LV was unveiled as the new sponsor.^[3]

Pool stage

Points system

The points scoring system for the pool stage was as follows:^[4]

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match (TB)
1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less (LB)

The ranking criteria were:

If two or more clubs in the same pool end the pool stage equal on match points, then the order in which they have finished will be determined by:
- i. the greater number of matches won by the club and
- ii. if the number of matches won is equal, the club with the greater total number of tries scored and
- iii. if the total number of tries scored is equal, the club with the greater points difference (points scored for, less points scored against) and
- iv. if the points difference is equal, the club with the fewer number of red cards and
- v. if the number of red cards is the same, by the toss a coin.

Pool 1 v Pool 4

Pool 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Saracens	4	2	2	83	69	+14	8	1	1	10
2	Leicester Tigers	4	2	2	84	82	+2	10	1	0	9
3	Sale Sharks	4	1	3	57	83	−26	7	1	1	6
4	Ospreys	4	1	3	68	97	−29	9	0	1	5

Source: ^[5]

Pool 4
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Northampton Saints	4	4	0	81	45	+36	7	0	0	16
2	Newport Gwent Dragons	4	3	1	103	79	+24	10	0	0	12
3	Bath	4	2	2	94	75	+19	12	1	0	9
4	Leeds Carnegie	4	1	3	53	93	−40	6	0	1	5

Source: ref name="Premiership" />

Round 1

5 November 2009
19:30

Ospreys	17–19	Northampton Saints
Try: Spratt Hibbard Con: Owen Pen: Owen	Report	Try: Cannon Con: Myler Pen: Myler (4)

Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 4,322
Referee: James Jones (WRU)

6 November 2009
19:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	20–9	Sale Sharks
Try: Connor Lee Con: Connor Greendale Pen: Connor Greendale	Report	Pen: Hodgson (3)

Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 4,539
Referee: Martin Fox (RFU)

8 November 2009
15:00

Leeds Carnegie	28–17	Leicester Tigers
	Report

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 3,893
Referee: Sean Davey (RFU)

8 November 2009
15:00

Saracens	30–22	Bath
	Report

Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 6,654
Referee: Dean Richards (RFU)

Round 2

13 November 2009
19:45

Sale Sharks	27–3	Leeds Carnegie
Try: Vakacegu Ripol O'Donnell Seymour Con: Hodgson (2) Pen: Hodgson	Report	Pen: Ford

Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 5,536

14 November 2009
12:30

Bath	21–11	Ospreys
Try: Watson Browne Con: Davis Pen: Davis (3)	Report	Try: Tipuric Pen: Davies Owen

Recreation Ground, Bath
Attendance: 10,789
Referee: Sean Davey (RFU)

14 November 2009
13:00

Northampton Saints	19–3	Saracens
Try: Ashton Reihana Pen: Myler (3)	Report	Pen: Goode

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance: 12,037
Referee: Gwyn Morris (WRU)

14 November 2009
15:00

Leicester Tigers	29–20	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Crane Allen Penalty Con: Staunton Pen: Staunton (2) Flood (2)	Report	Try: Tovey Brew Gomer-Davies Con: Connor Pen: Conner

Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance: 16,297
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (RFU)

Round 3

29 January 2010
19:15

Newport Gwent Dragons	40–19	Ospreys
Try: A. Jones Smith Brew Con: Tovey (2) Pen: Tovey (7)	Report	Try: Owen Penalty Prydie Con: Prydie (2)

Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 6,027
Referee: James Jones (WRU)

29 January 2010
19:30

Leeds Carnegie	5–28	Saracens
Try: Wackett	Report	Try: Joubert Brits Powell Marshall Con: Hougaard (3) Jackson

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 1,781

29 January 2010
19:45

Leicester Tigers	27–11	Bath
Try: Twelvetrees (2) Penalty Tuilagi Con: Vesty (2) Pen: Vesty	Report	Try: Fa'amatuainu Pen: Davis (2)

Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance: 19,772
Referee: David Rose (RFU)

29 January 2010
19:45

Sale Sharks	14–20	Northampton Saints
Try: Hodgson Koyamailbole	Report	Try: Mayor Diggin Pen: Myler (2)

Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 6,506

Round 4

4 February 2010
19:25

Ospreys	21–17	Leeds Carnegie
	Report

Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 2,557
Referee: Gwyn Morris (WRU)

6 February 2010
14:15

Bath	40–7	Sale Sharks
	Report

Recreation Ground, Bath
Attendance: 10,165
Referee: James Jones (WRU)

6 February 2010
15:00

Northampton Saints	23–11	Leicester Tigers
	Report

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance: 13,092
Referee: Dave Pearson (RFU)

7 February 2010
15:00

Saracens	22–23	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 5,939
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

Pool 2 v Pool 3

Pool 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Gloucester	4	2	0	2	87	81	+6	12	1	2	11
2	Scarlets	4	2	1	1	88	83	+5	9	1	0	11
3	London Irish	4	1	0	3	54	70	−16	4	0	2	6
4	Newcastle Falcons	4	0	0	4	41	105	−64	5	1	1	2

Source: ^[5]

Pool 3
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Cardiff Blues	4	3	0	1	120	84	+36	14	2	1	15
2	London Wasps	4	3	0	1	67	55	+12	6	0	1	13
3	Harlequins	4	2	1	1	79	67	+12	7	0	1	11
4	Worcester Warriors	4	2	0	2	73	64	+9	8	1	0	9

Source: ^[5]

Round 1

7 November 2009
12:30

Worcester Warriors	32–6	Newcastle Falcons
	Report

Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 6,704

8 November 2009
13:45

Harlequins	15–15	Scarlets
	Report

The Stoop, London
Attendance: 9,653
Referee: Tim Hayes (WRU)

8 November 2009
15:00

Gloucester	25–26	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Attendance: 6,099
Referee: Rob Debney (RFU)

8 November 2009
15:00

London Irish	20–24	London Wasps
	Report

Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 10,010
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (SARU)

Round 2

14 November 2009
15:00

Scarlets	32–17	Worcester Warriors
Try: Daniel Lyons Evans Priestland Con: Priestland (3) Pen: Priestland (2)	Report	Try: Cox Kitchener Con: MacRae (2) Pen: Crook

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 5,560
Referee: David Rose (RFU)

15 November 2009
13:45

Cardiff Blues	11–12	London Irish
Try: Rees Pen: Sweeney (2)	Report	Pen: Hewat (2) Homer Lamb

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 7,778
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

15 November 2009
15:00

London Wasps	21–14	Gloucester
Try: Varndell Simpson Con: Walder Pen: Hickey Walder (2)	Report	Try: Burns (2) Con: Burns (2)

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 7,475
Referee: Martin Fox (RFU)

15 November 2009
15:00

Newcastle Falcons	8–19	Harlequins
Try: Tait Pen: Miller	Report	Try: Smith Con: Clegg Pen: Clegg (4)

Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Attendance: 4,650
Referee: Greg Garner (RFU)

Round 3

30 January 2010
15:00

Gloucester	17–5	Worcester Warriors
Try: Burns Qera Con: Robinson Pen: Robinson (2)	Report	Try: Pennell

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Attendance: 7,192

30 January 2010
17:45

London Wasps	13–18	Scarlets
Try: Varndell (2) Pen: Walder	Report	Pen: Priestland (6)

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 8,070
Referee: Dean Richards (RFU)

31 January 2010
15:00

Cardiff Blues	45–24	Newcastle Falcons
	Report

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: James Jones (WRU)

31 January 2010
15:00

London Irish	13–16	Harlequins
	Report

Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 10,030
Referee: Martin Fox (RFU)

Round 4

6 February 2010
15:00

Scarlets	23–38	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 5,671
Referee: Greg Garner (RFU)

6 February 2010
15:00

Worcester Warriors	19–9	London Irish
	Report

Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 7,501
Referee: David Bodilly (WRU)

7 February 2010
15:00

Harlequins	29–31	Gloucester
	Report

The Stoop, London
Attendance: 9,732
Referee: Sean Davey (RFU)

7 February 2010
15:00

Newcastle Falcons	3–9	London Wasps
	Report

Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Attendance: 4,651
Referee: Andrew Small (RFU)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

14 March 2010 - Franklin's Gardens

Northampton Saints	31
		21 March 2010 - Sixways Stadium
Saracens	20
		Northampton Saints	30
14 March 2010 - Cardiff City Stadium
		Gloucester	24
Cardiff Blues	18

Gloucester	29

Qualification criteria

The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stage. The pool winners were decided by the following criteria:^[4]

1. The pool winner will be the club with the highest number of match points in each pool. The pool winners will be ranked 1 to 4 by reference to the number of match points earned in the pools.

2. If two or more clubs in the same pool end the pool stage equal on match points, then the order in which they have finished will be determined by:

i. the greater number of matches won by the club and

ii. if the number of matches won is equal, the club with the greater total number of tries scored and

iii. if the total number of tries scored is equal, the club with the greater points difference (points scored for, less points scored against) and

iv. if the points difference is equal, the club with the fewer number of red cards and

v. if the number of red cards is the same, by the toss a coin.

Each of the four qualifying clubs shall be ranked as above and shall play each other as follows:

Semi-final 1 - 1st ranked club v 4th ranked club

Semi-final 2 - 2nd ranked club v 3rd ranked club

The first club listed in each of the semi-final matches shall be the home club.

Qualifiers
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Northampton Saints	4	4	0	81	45	+36	7	0	0	16
2	Cardiff Blues	4	3	1	120	84	+36	14	2	1	15
3	Gloucester	4	2	2	87	81	+6	12	1	2	11
4	Saracens	4	2	2	83	69	+14	8	1	1	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semi-finals

14 March 2010
12:15

Cardiff Blues	18–29	Gloucester
Try: Laulala Sweeney Con: Blair (2) Pen: Blair (2)	Report	Try: Burns Simpson-Daniel (3) Con: Robinson (3) Pen: Robinson

Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 8,378

14 March 2010
16:15

Northampton Saints	31–20	Saracens
Try: Dowson Mujati Diggin Best Con: Geraghty Pen: Geraghty (3)	Report	Try: Melck Pen: Hougaard (4) Jackson (1)

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance: 11,894
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)

Final

21 March 2010
15:30

Northampton Saints	30–24	Gloucester
Try: Tongaʻuiha Downey Dickson Con: Myler (3) Pen: Myler (3)	Report	Try: Qera Penalty try Con: Robinson Pen: Robinson (4)

Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 12,024
Referee: Alan Lewis (IRFU)


FB	15	Shane Geraghty
RW	14	Bruce Reihana
OC	13	Jon Clarke
IC	12	James Downey
LW	11	Paul Diggin
FH	10	Stephen Myler
SH	9	Lee Dickson
N8	8	Roger Wilson
OF	7	Neil Best
BF	6	Phil Dowson (c)
RL	5	Juandré Kruger
LL	4	Courtney Lawes
TP	3	Brian Mujati
HK	2	Brett Sharman
LP	1	Soane Tongaʻuiha
Replacements:
HK	16	Andy Long
PR	17	Regardt Dreyer
PR	18	Jon Vickers
FL	19	Mark Hopley
N8	20	Mark Easter
SH	21	Alan Dickens
FH	22	Barry Everitt
CE	23	Joe Ansbro
Coach:
Jim Mallinder


FB	15	Freddie Burns
RW	14	James Simpson-Daniel
OC	13	Tim Molenaar
IC	12	Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu
LW	11	Lesley Vainikolo
FH	10	Nicky Robinson
SH	9	Rory Lawson
N8	8	Adam Eustace
OF	7	Akapusi Qera
BF	6	Peter Buxton (c)
RL	5	Alex Brown
LL	4	Will James
TP	3	Pierre Capdevielle
HK	2	Olivier Azam
LP	1	Nick Wood
Replacements:
HK	16	Darren Dawidiuk
PR	17	Yann Thomas
PR	18	Rupert Harden
FL	19	Apolosi Satala
FL	20	Andy Hazell
SH	21	Dave Lewis
WG	22	Tom Voyce
WG	23	Charlie Sharples
Coach:
Bryan Redpath

External links

References

^ "Anglo-Welsh Cup fixtures revealed". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
^ "Anglo-Welsh Cup set to carry on". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
^ "LV= sponsors rugby's Anglo-Welsh Tournament" (Press release). Rugby Football Union. 2009-10-29. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
^ ^a ^b "About the LV= Cup". LV=. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Group Tables – LV= Cup – Previous Seasons". www.premiershiprugby.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[1] "Anglo-Welsh Cup fixtures revealed". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[2] "Anglo-Welsh Cup set to carry on". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[LV_sponsor-3] "LV= sponsors rugby's Anglo-Welsh Tournament" (Press release). Rugby Football Union. 2009-10-29. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2009-10-30.

[LV_FAQ-4] "About the LV= Cup". LV=. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[Premiership-5] "Group Tables – LV= Cup – Previous Seasons". www.premiershiprugby.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

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Pool stage

Points system

Pool 1 v Pool 4

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Pool 2 v Pool 3

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Knockout stage

Qualification criteria

Semi-finals

Final

See also

External links

References