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2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
 France
 Italy
 Romania
 Russia
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Date13 October 2016 – 12 May 2017
Tournament statistics
Teams20
Matches played66
Attendance483,750 (7,330 per match)
Highest attendance24,494
Gloucester v Stade Francais (12 May 2017)
Lowest attendance300
Enisey-ETM v Brive (10 December 2016)
Tries scored433 (6.56 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Dan Biggar (Ospreys)
(78 points)
Top try scorer(s)Keelan Giles (Ospreys)
(7 tries)
Final
VenueMurrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
ChampionsFrance Stade Français
Runners-upEngland Gloucester
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The 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup was the third edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup, an annual second-tier rugby union competition for professional clubs. Clubs from six European nations plus one Russian club competed. It was also the 21st season of the Challenge Cup competition in all forms, following on from the now defunct European Challenge Cup.

Montpellier were the reigning champions, having beaten Harlequins in the final of the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup. They did not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup as a result of the win.

The first round of the group stage began on the weekend of 13/14/15/16 October 2016, and the competition ended with the final on 12 May 2017 in Edinburgh.[1][2]

Stade Français won the final 25–17 against Gloucester.[3]

Teams

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20 teams qualified for the 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup; a total of 18 qualified from across the Premiership, Pro12 and Top 14, as a direct result of their domestic league performance, with two coming through a play-off. The expected distribution of teams was:

  • England: 6
  • France: 7
    • Any teams finishing between 8th-12th position in the Top 14. (5 Teams)
    • The champion, and the winner of the promotion play-off, from the Pro D2. (2 Teams)
  • Ireland, Italy, Scotland & Wales: 5 teams
    • Any teams that did not qualify for the European Rugby Champions Cup, through the Guinness Pro12 — namely the Pro12 bottom 5. (5 teams)

The French Top 14 had its allocation reduced by 1 place after Montpellier won the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup. This is after it was decided that, due to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there would be no qualification play-off.

  • Other European Nations: 2 teams

The following clubs qualified for the Challenge Cup.

Aviva Premiership Top 14 Pro12 Qualifying Competition
England England France France Italy Italy Scotland Scotland Wales Wales Europe Other

Qualifying competition

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Further information: European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition § 2015–16

Once again, EPCR expanded the qualifying competition.[4]

Eight teams were split into two pools of four. Each team played the four teams in the other pool once. The winner of each pool then played a two-legged final against last year's qualifying sides, and the winners, on aggregate, took the two remaining places in the Challenge Cup.

Pool A play-off

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9 April 2016
Rovigo Italy0 – 31Russia Enisey-STM
23 April 2016
Enisey-STM Russia39–5Italy Rovigo
  • Enisey-STM qualify with an aggregate score of 70–5

Pool B play-off

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9 April 2016
Timișoara Saracens Romania36–23Italy Calvisano
23 April 2016
Calvisano Italy17–28Romania Timișoara Saracens

Team details

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Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.

Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.

Team Coach /
Director of Rugby 		Captain Stadium Capacity Method of Qualification
England Bath New Zealand Todd Blackadder England Dave Attwood Recreation Ground 14,500 Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (9th)
France Bayonne France Vincent Etcheto France Jean Monribot Stade Jean Dauger 16,934 Pro D2 runner-up
Italy Benetton Treviso New Zealand Kieran Crowley Italy Alessandro Zanni Stadio Comunale di Monigo 6,700 Pro12 bottom 5 (12th)
England Bristol England Andy Robinson Samoa Jack Lam Ashton Gate Stadium 27,000 2015–16 RFU Championship Champion
France Brive France Nicolas Godignon France Arnaud Méla Stade Amédée-Domenech 16,000 Top 14 7th-12th (8th)
Wales Cardiff Blues England Danny Wilson Wales Gethin Jenkins BT Cardiff Arms Park 12,125 Pro12 bottom 5 (7th)
Scotland Edinburgh South Africa Alan Solomons Scotland Grant Gilchrist Murrayfield Stadium
New Myreside[a] 		67,144[b]
5,500 		Pro12 bottom 5 (9th)
Russia Enisey-STM Russia Alexander Pervukhin Latvia Uldis Saulite Slava Stadium
Trud Stadium
Sochi Central Stadium 		2,500
3,000
10,200 		Challenge Cup Qualification play-off
England Gloucester Ireland David Humphreys Scotland Greig Laidlaw Kingsholm Stadium 16,115 Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (8th)
France Grenoble Ireland Bernard Jackman France Jonathan Wisniewski Stade des Alpes 20,068 Top 14 7th-12th (10th)
England Harlequins England John Kingston England Danny Care Twickenham Stoop 14,800 Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (7th)
France La Rochelle France Patrice Collazo
France Xavier Garbajosa 		France Uini Atonio Stade Marcel-Deflandre 15,000 Top 14 7th-12th (9th)
France Lyon France Pierre Mignoni France Julien Puricelli Matmut Stadium 11,805 Pro D2 Champion
England Newcastle Falcons England Dean Richards England Will Welch Kingston Park 10,200 Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (11th)
Wales Newport Gwent Dragons Wales Kingsley Jones Wales T. Rhys Thomas Rodney Parade 8,800 Pro12 bottom 5 (11th)
Wales Ospreys Wales Steve Tandy Wales Alun Wyn Jones Liberty Stadium
Millennium Stadium 		20,827
74,500 		Pro12 bottom 5 (8th)
France Pau New Zealand Simon Mannix France Julien Pierre Stade du Hameau 13,819 Top 14 7th-12th (11th)
France Stade Français Argentina Gonzalo Quesada Italy Sergio Parisse Stade Jean-Bouin 20,000 Top 14 7th-12th (12th)
Romania Timișoara Saracens New Zealand Grainger Heikell Romania Cătălin Fercu Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu 32,972 Challenge Cup Qualification play-off
England Worcester Warriors Scotland Carl Hogg South Africa Gerrit-Jan van Velze Sixways Stadium 12,024 Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (10th)

Seeding

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The 20 competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team was seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower tier.[6]

Rank Top 14 Premiership Pro 12 Qualifying Competition
1 France Brive England Harlequins Wales Cardiff Blues Russia Enisey-STM
2 France La Rochelle England Gloucester Wales Ospreys Romania Timișoara Saracens
3 France Grenoble England Bath Scotland Edinburgh
4 France Pau England Worcester Warriors Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
5 France Stade Français England Newcastle Falcons Italy Treviso
6 France Lyon England Bristol
7 France Bayonne

Teams were taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw was used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1; the remaining team went into Tier 2. This allocation indirectly determined which fourth-seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others entered Tier 3.

Given the nature of the Qualifying Competition, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, Rugby Europe 1 and Rugby Europe 2 were automatically included in Tier 4, despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.

The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).

Tier 1 England Harlequins (1 AP) Wales Cardiff Blues (1 Pro12) France Brive (1 Top 14) Wales Ospreys (2 Pro12) France La Rochelle (2 Top 14)
Tier 2 England Gloucester (2 AP) England Bath (3 AP) Scotland Edinburgh (3 Pro12) France Grenoble (3 Top 14) England Worcester Warriors (4 AP)
Tier 3 France Pau (4 Top 14) Wales Newport Gwent Dragons (4 Pro12) England Newcastle Falcons (5 AP) Italy Treviso (5 Pro12) France Stade Français (5 Top 14)
Tier 4 England Bristol (6 AP) France Lyon (6 Top 14) France Bayonne (7 Top 14) Russia Enisey-STM (QC 1) Romania Timișoara Saracens (QC 2)

The following restrictions applied to the draw:

  • The 5 pools each contain four clubs, one from each of the 4 Tiers.
  • Each pool is required to have one club from each league, drawn from Tier 1, 2 or 3. A second team will only be added to a pool during the Tier 4 allocation.

Pool stage

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Main article: 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage

The draw took place on 29 June 2016, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Teams played each other twice, both at home and away, in the group stage, that began on weekend of 13/14/15/16 October 2016, and continued through to 19/20/21/22 January 2017, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter finals.

Teams were awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams received 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.[7]

In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers were used, as directed by EPCR:

  1. Where teams have played each other
    1. The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
    2. If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
    3. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.
  2. Where teams remain tied and/or have not played each other in the competition (i.e. are from different pools)
    1. The club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
    2. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
    3. If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
    4. If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.
Key to colours
     Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
     Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.
     Cannot advance to the quarter-finals.

Pool 1

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 England Gloucester (2) 6 5 0 1 237 110 +127 31 15 5 0 25
2 France La Rochelle (6) 6 5 0 1 203 104 +99 28 11 4 0 24
3 Italy Benetton Treviso 6 2 0 4 75 182 −107 9 23 0 0 8
4 France Bayonne 6 0 0 6 116 235 −119 14 33 0 1 1
Source: espn.co.uk

Pool 2

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Wales Ospreys (1) 6 6 0 0 279 51 +228 42 7 6 0 30
2 France Lyon 6 3 0 3 187 164 +23 26 21 4 0 16
3 England Newcastle Falcons 6 2 0 4 158 180 −22 22 26 2 2 12
4 France Grenoble 6 1 0 5 74 303 −229 8 44 1 0 5
Source: espn.co.uk

Pool 3

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 France Brive (5) 6 5 0 1 175 120 +55 16 13 3 0 23
2 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 6 3 0 3 150 140 +10 19 19 2 0 14
3 England Worcester Warriors 6 2 0 4 147 117 +30 22 13 2 3 13
4 Russia Enisey-STM 6 2 0 4 107 202 −95 13 27 1 0 9
Source: espn.co.uk

Pool 4

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 England Bath (4) 6 5 0 1 214 91 +123 24 10 3 0 23
2 Wales Cardiff Blues (7) 6 5 0 1 150 115 +35 16 15 2 0 22
3 England Bristol 6 2 0 4 138 181 −43 19 22 2 0 10
4 France Pau 6 0 0 6 97 212 −115 13 25 0 2 2
Source: espn.co.uk

Pool 5

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Scotland Edinburgh (3) 6 5 0 1 215 122 +93 30 15 3 1 24
2 France Stade Français (8) 6 4 0 2 152 108 +44 20 16 3 1 20
3 England Harlequins 6 3 0 3 230 113 +117 34 14 4 2 18
4 Romania Timișoara Saracens 6 0 0 6 26 280 −254 2 41 0 0 0
Source: espn.co.uk

Pool winners and runners-up rankings

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Seed Pool Winners Pts +/− TF
1 Wales Ospreys 30 +228 42
2 England Gloucester 25 +127 31
3 Scotland Edinburgh 24 +93 30
4 England Bath 23 +123 24
5 France Brive 23 +55 21
Seed Pool Runners-Up Pts +/− TF
6 France La Rochelle 24 +99 28
7 Wales Cardiff Blues 22 +35 16
8 France Stade Français 20 +44 20
9 France Lyon 16 +23 26
10 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 14 +10 19

Knock-out stage

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Format

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The eight qualifiers were ranked according to performance in the pool stages, and compete in the quarter-finals, which was held on the weekend of 30/31 March, 1/2 April 2017. The top four teams hosted the quarter-finals against the lower teams in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.

The semi-finals were played on the weekend of 21/22/23 April 2017. In lieu of the draw that used to determine the semi-final pairing, EPCR announced that a fixed semi-final bracket would be set in advance, and that home advantage would be awarded to a side based on "performances by clubs during the pool stages as well as the achievement of a winning a quarter-final match away from home".

Home advantage was awarded as follows:[7]

The winners of the semi-finals contested the final at Murrayfield on 12 May 2017.[2]

Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
3 Scotland Edinburgh 22
6 France La Rochelle 32
3 France La Rochelle 14
2 England Gloucester 16
2 England Gloucester 46
7 Wales Cardiff Blues 26
2 England Gloucester 17
8 France Stade Français 25
1 Wales Ospreys 21
8 France Stade Français 25
8 France Stade Français 28
4 England Bath 25
4 England Bath 34
5 France Brive 20

Quarter-finals

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31 March 2017
20:00
Edinburgh Scotland (3)22–32(6) France La Rochelle
Try: Burleigh 19' c
Ford 39' m
Watson 46' c
Con: Tovey (1/2) 20'
Hidalgo-Clyne (1/1) 48'
Pen: Weir (1/1) 65'		Report[8]Try: Maurouard (2) 5' c, 11' c
Retiere 24' m
Barry 35' c
Con: James (3/4) 6', 13', 35'
Pen: James (2/3) 69', 79'
Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,489
Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
1 April 2017
12:45
Bath England (4)34–20(5) France Brive
Try: Faletau (2) 21' c, 43' c
Homer 27' m
Rokoduguni (2) 31' m, 75' c
Con: Priestland (3/5) 22', 44', 77'
Pen: Priestland (1/1) 9'		Report[9]Try: Sanconnie (2) 49' c, 55' c
Con: Germain (2/2) 50', 56'
Pen: Germain (2/2) 14', 19'
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 11,677
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
1 April 2017
20:05
Gloucester England (2)46–26(7) Wales Cardiff Blues
Try: Moriarty 10' c
Marshall (2) 25' c, 58' c
May 54' c
Atkinson 65' c
Purdy 78' m
Con: Burns (1/1) 10'
Twelvetrees (4/5) 26', 55', 60', 66'
Pen: Burns (1/1) 17'
Twelvetrees (1/1) 23'		Report[10]Try: Cuthbert (2) 4' c, 34' c
Con: Shingler (2/2) 5', 35'
Pen: Shingler (3/3) 14', 21', 49'
Drop: Anscombe (1/1) 39'
Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 11,206
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)
2 April 2017
17:45
Ospreys Wales (1)21–25(8) France Stade Français
Try: Matavesi 47' m
Ardron 76' c
Con: Biggar (1/2) 76'
Pen: Biggar (3/3) 13', 33', 53'		Report[11]Try: Zhvania 30' m
Lakafia 54' c
Arias 59' c
Con: Plisson (2/3) 54', 59'
Pen: Plisson (2/2) 28', 44'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 12,127
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

Semi-finals

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22 April 2017
21:00
La Rochelle France14–16England Gloucester
Try: Lagrange 66' m
Pen: James (3/5) 24', 40', 65'		Report[12]Try: Burns 59' c
Con: Burns (1/1) 59'
Pen: Burns (3/3) 9', 18', 56'
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
23 April 2017
13:30
Stade Français France28–25England Bath
Try: Doumayrou 12' c
Plisson 48' m
Pyle 78' c
Con: Plisson (2/3) 12', 78'
Pen: Plisson (2/2) 5', 17'
Drop: Plisson (1/1) 80'		Report[13]Try: Rokoduguni 63' c
Fruean 68' m
Stooke 71' c
Con: Ford (2/3) 63', 71'
Pen: Ford (2/2) 10', 34'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 10,175
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

Final

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12 May 2017
20:00
Gloucester England17–25France Stade Français
Try: May 14' c
Moriarty 79' c
Con: Burns (2/2) 15', 79'
Pen: Burns (1/1) 22'		Report[14]Try: Parisse 32' c
Danty 57' m
Doumayrou 71' c
Con: Plisson (1/2) 32'
Steyn (1/1) 72'
Pen: Plisson (1/1) 27'
Steyn (1/1) 75'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 24,494
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
FB 15 New Zealand Tom Marshall
RW 14 England Charlie Sharples
OC 13 Scotland Matt Scott downward-facing red arrow 62'
IC 12 England Mark Atkinson downward-facing red arrow 72'
LW 11 England Jonny May
FH 10 Ireland Billy Burns
SH 9 England Willi Heinz (c) yellow card 33' to 43' downward-facing red arrow 43'
N8 8 England Ben Morgan
OF 7 England Lewis Ludlow
BF 6 Wales Ross Moriarty
RL 5 New Zealand Jeremy Thrush downward-facing red arrow 75'
LL 4 England Tom Savage downward-facing red arrow 60'
TP 3 New Zealand John Afoa downward-facing red arrow 22'
HK 2 Wales Richard Hibbard downward-facing red arrow 73'
LP 1 New Zealand Josh Hohneck downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutes:
HK 16 England Darren Dawidiuk upward-facing green arrow 73'
PR 17 England Yann Thomas upward-facing green arrow 63'
PR 18 Ireland Paddy McAllister upward-facing green arrow 22'
LK 19 Argentina Mariano Galarza upward-facing green arrow 60'
LK 20 England Freddie Clarke upward-facing green arrow 75'
SH 21 Scotland Greig Laidlaw upward-facing green arrow 43'
CE 22 England Billy Twelvetrees upward-facing green arrow 62'
CE 23 England Henry Trinder upward-facing green arrow 72'
Coach:
Ireland David Humphreys
FB 15 France Hugo Bonneval
RW 14 Fiji Waisea Nayacalevu
OC 13 France Geoffrey Doumayrou
IC 12 France Jonathan Danty downward-facing red arrow 73'
LW 11 France Djibril Camara
FH 10 France Jules Plisson downward-facing red arrow 67'
SH 9 Australia Will Genia downward-facing red arrow 70'
N8 8 Italy Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 South Africa Jono Ross
BF 6 France Antoine Burban downward-facing red arrow 59'
RL 5 France Paul Gabrillagues
LL 4 Australia Hugh Pyle downward-facing red arrow 67'
TP 3 France Rabah Slimani downward-facing red arrow 41'
HK 2 France Rémi Bonfils downward-facing red arrow 73'
LP 1 South Africa Heinke van der Merwe downward-facing red arrow 69'
Substitutions:
HK 16 France Laurent Panis upward-facing green arrow 73'
PR 17 Georgia (country) Zurabi Zhvania upward-facing green arrow 69'
PR 18 Samoa Paul Alo-Emile upward-facing green arrow 41'
LK 19 South Africa Willem Alberts upward-facing green arrow 67'
FL 20 France Raphaël Lakafia upward-facing green arrow 59'
SH 21 France Julien Dupuy upward-facing green arrow 70'
FH 22 South Africa Morné Steyn upward-facing green arrow 67'
CE 23 France Jérémy Sinzelle upward-facing green arrow 73'
Coach:
Argentina Gonzalo Quesada

Attendances

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  • Does not include final as this is held at a neutral venue.
Club Home
Games 		Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
England Bath 4 49,570 12,393 13,257 11,677 85%
France Bayonne 3 8,703 2,901 5,005 1,498 17%
Italy Benetton Treviso 3 4,100 1,367 1,900 700 25%
England Bristol 3 28,988 9,663 13,140 7,559 36%
France Brive 3 11,500 3,833 5,000 2,500 24%
Wales Cardiff Blues 3 21,752 7,251 7,569 6,960 60%
Scotland Edinburgh 4 20,105 5,026 5,489 4,055 29%
Russia Enisey-ETM 3 2,800 933 1,500 300 18%
England Gloucester 4 39,367 9,842 11,206 9,265 61%
France Grenoble 3 20,607 6,869 7,003 6,754 42%
England Harlequins 3 29,692 9,897 11,820 8,230 67%
France La Rochelle 4 56,910 14,228 15,000 13,123 95%
France Lyon 3 27,472 9,157 12,080 6,500 77%
England Newcastle Falcons 3 10,448 3,483 3,551 3,390 34%
Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 3 11,766 3,922 4,126 3,544 46%
Wales Ospreys 4 33,504 8,376 12,127 6,986 30%
France Pau 3 23,635 7,878 9,212 6,050 57%
France Stade Francais 4 31,363 7,841 10,175 6,511 39%
Romania Timișoara Saracens 2[a 1] 6,500 3,250 3,500 3,000 10%
England Worcester Warriors 3 20,474 6,825 7,209 6,097 57%
  1. ^ *Timișoara Saracens only played 2 home games as their final home game was cancelled due to a frozen pitch.[15]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ On 10 May 2016, it was announced that Edinburgh will move all their home games to Myreside for the second half of the season, as their new permanent home ground.[5]
  2. ^ Although Murrayfield's full capacity is 67,144, only the lower section of the West Stand, with a capacity of 12,464, is generally opened for Edinburgh fixtures.

References

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  2. ^ a b "Lyon to host 2016 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals with Edinburgh chosen for 2017". EPCRugby. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. ^ "European Challenge Cup final: Gloucester 17-25 Stade Francais". BBC Sport. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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  5. ^ "Edinburgh confirm move from Murrayfield to Myreside". BBC Sport. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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  7. ^ a b "EPCR Competition Rules". Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  8. ^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup (ECPR)". epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. ^ "REPORT: Bath reach Challenge Cup semi-finals". www.epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  10. ^ "REPORT: Gloucester win Kingsholm thriller". www.epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  11. ^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup (ECPR)". epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  12. ^ "REPORT: Gloucester become first team to win in La Rochelle". www.epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  13. ^ "REPORT: Plisson fires Stade into final". www.epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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  15. ^ "Timișoara Saracens v Stade Francais Paris – match cancelled". EPCR. EPCR. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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