2006-07 Heineken Cup
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! colspan="2" style="font-size: medium;" | 2006-07 Heineken Cup
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|colspan=2|[[Image:Rugby.gif|center]]
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|'''Date'''
|[[October 20]] to [[May 20]]
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|'''Teams'''
|24
|-
|'''Matches played'''
|79
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|'''Attendance'''
|914,048 (11,570 per match)
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|colspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|'''Final'''
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|'''Venue'''
|[[Twickenham Stadium]], [[London]] {{flagicon|ENG}}
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|'''Attendance'''
|81,076
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|'''Champions'''
|[[London Wasps]] {{flagicon|ENG}}
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|'''Runner-up'''
|[[Leicester Tigers]] {{flagicon|ENG}}
|}
The '''2006-07 Heineken Cup''' was the twelfth edition of the European [[Heineken Cup]] rugby union club tournament. The pool draw took place on June 21 at Twickenham. The pool stages started on October 20 and concluded in January, going for six rounds. Following the quarter- and semi-finals, the final was played on [[20 May]] before a near-capacity crowd at the 82,000-seat redeveloped [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] in [[London]]. [[London Wasps]] defeated [[Leicester Tigers]] 25-9, denying Tigers the domestic and European treble.
==Draw==
The top seeds from each of the participant nations (France, England, Scotland, Italy, Wales and Ireland) were all drawn into separate pools. These top seeds were; [[Benetton Rugby Treviso|Benetton Treviso]] (pool 1), [[Edinburgh Rugby|Edinburgh]] (pool 2), [[Sale Sharks]] (pool 3), [[Cardiff Blues]] (pool 4), [[Ulster Rugby|Ulster]] (pool 5) and [[Biarritz Olympique|Biarritz]] (pool 6). Rules state that no two sides from the same country could be allocated the same pool. However, the seventh French club [[Castres Olympique|Castres]] could be drawn into any pool. The draw took place on June 21. The greatest team representation is from France, which has seven teams participating in the tournament. England has the second largest representation with six teams. Ireland, Wales and Italy all have three teams, and Scotland have two.
==Competition format==
[[Image:BO against BR.JPG|thumb|200px|Round 5 action - [[Border Reivers (Rugby)|Border Reivers]] against [[Biarritz Olympique]] at Parc des Sports d'Aguilera in [[Biarritz]], [[France]].]]
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
Ties between two teams are broken in the following order:
# ''Competition points earned in head-to-head matches.'' For example, if tied teams are in the same pool, and split their head-to-head matches, but one team earned a bonus point and the other failed to do so, the team that earned the bonus point will win.
# ''Tries scored in head-to-head matches.''
# ''Point difference in head-to-head matches.''
# ''Tries scored in all pool matches.'' This is the first tiebreaker between teams in different pools, which can come into play for determining seeding among first-place teams (and did in 2006-07), or breaking ties among second-place teams.
# ''Point difference in all pool matches.''
# ''Best disciplinary record in pool play.'' The team with the fewest players sent off or sin-binned during pool play wins.
# ''Coin toss.''
The quarterfinals are seeded from 1 to 8. The six pool winners receive the top six seeds, based on their point totals. The top two second-place finishers are seeded 7 and 8. The seeds of the qualifying teams are in parentheses next to their names in the tables.
==Pool Stage==
''Full results can be found at [[2006-07 Heineken Cup Pool Stage]].''<br />
''All times are local to the match location.''
[[Image:DSCF1628.JPG|thumb|200px|Referee Donal Courtney settling the players in Biarritz before play continues.]]
:{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key to colours
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| style="background: #ccffcc;" |
|Winner of each pool, plus two highest-ranked second-place teams,<br/>advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
|}
===Pool 1===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|TF
!width="20"|PF
!width="20"|PA
!width="25"|+/-
!width="20"|BP
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[London Wasps]] (3)'''
|6||5||0||1||23||195||64||+131||3||'''23'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[USA Perpignan|Perpignan]]
|6||4||0||2||19||161||108||+53||2||'''18'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Castres Olympique|Castres]]
|6||3||0||3||17||146||136||+10||4||'''16'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Benetton Rugby Treviso|Benetton Treviso]]
|6||0||0||6||11||83||277||-194||0||'''0'''
|}
'''Notes:'''
*Wasps earn third seed over Leicester Tigers on the first possible tiebreaker, scoring 23 tries in pool play to Leicester's 22.
===Pool 2===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|TF
!width="20"|PF
!width="20"|PA
!width="25"|+/-
!width="20"|BP
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} '''[[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]] (6)'''
|6||4||0||2||21||174||97||+77||5||'''21'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne|Agen]]
|6||4||0||2||12||119||119||0||1||'''17'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gloucester RFC|Gloucester]]
|6||3||0||3||19||152||144||+8||3||'''15'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Edinburgh Rugby|Edinburgh]]
|6||1||0||5||10||95||180||-85||1||'''5'''
|}
===Pool 3===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|TF
!width="20"|PF
!width="20"|PA
!width="25"|+/-
!width="20"|BP
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Stade Français Paris|Stade Français]] (5)'''
|6||4||1||1||20||174||80||+94||4||'''22'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ospreys (rugby team)|Ospreys]]
|6||4||1||1||19||147||108||+39||2||'''20'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sale Sharks]]
|6||3||0||3||16||147||90||+57||3||'''15'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ghial Rugby Calvisano|Calvisano]]
|6||0||0||6||6||74||264||-190||0||'''0'''
|}
===Pool 4===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|TF
!width="20"|PF
!width="20"|PA
!width="25"|+/-
!width="20"|BP
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Leicester Tigers]] (4)'''
|6||5||0||1||22||172||60||+112||3||'''23'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} '''[[Munster Rugby|Munster]] (7)'''
|6||5||0||1||16||152||112||+40||3||'''23'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Cardiff Blues]]
|6||2||0||4||8||87||138||-51||1||'''9'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[CS Bourgoin-Jallieu|Bourgoin]]
|6||0||0||6||13||95||196||-101||4||'''4'''
|}
'''Notes:'''
*Leicester Tigers win the pool on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head tries, 3-2.
===Pool 5===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|TF
!width="20"|PF
!width="20"|PA
!width="25"|+/-
!width="20"|BP
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| {{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Llanelli Scarlets]] (2)'''
|6||6||0||0||20||169||120||+49||3||'''27'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Toulousain|Toulouse]]
|6||3||0||3||18||147||145||-2||5||'''17'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} [[Ulster Rugby|Ulster]]
|6||2||0||4||10||111||129||-18||2||'''10'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[London Irish]]
|6||1||0||5||15||124||157||-33||5||'''9'''
|}
'''Notes:'''
* Llanelli Scarlets become only the fifth team in the history of the Heineken Cup to win all their pool matches (after Wasps in 1997-98, [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] in 2000-01, and Leinster in both 2002-03 and 2004-05). They also set a record for most points earned in pool play since the competition adopted a bonus-point system in 2003-04. This record would be broken about two hours later by Biarritz.
===Pool 6===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|TF
!width="20"|PF
!width="20"|PA
!width="25"|+/-
!width="20"|BP
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Biarritz Olympique|Biarritz]] (1)'''
|6||6||0||0||29||186||45||+141||5||'''29'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Northampton Saints]] (8)'''
|6||4||0||2||27||188||92||+96||4||'''20'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Border Reivers (Rugby)|Border Reivers]]
|6||1||0||5||15||121||166||-45||2||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=white
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Parma Rugby|Parma]]
|6||1||0||5||9||79||271||-192||1||'''5'''
|}
'''Notes:'''
*Biarritz entered their final pool match away to Northampton Saints on [[January 21]], [[2007]] with a chance to become the first club since the Heineken Cup adopted the bonus-point system in [[2003-04 Heineken Cup|2003-04]] to score bonus-point wins in all their pool matches. Biarritz won, becoming the sixth team to win all their pool matches, but failed to earn a bonus point. They also broke the record for competition points earned in pool play set earlier that day by Llanelli Scarlets.
==Knockout stage==
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>[[April 1]] - [[Welford Road]]</small> | {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Leicester Tigers]]''' | 19 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Français]] | 10
|<small>[[March 30]] - [[Stradey Park]]</small> | {{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Llanelli Scarlets]]''' | 11 | {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} [[Munster Rugby|Munster]] | 6
|<small>[[April 1]] - [[Estadio Anoeta]]</small> | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Biarritz Olympique|Biarritz]] | 35 | {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Northampton Saints]]''' | 41
|<small>[[March 31]] - [[Adams Park]]</small> | {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[London Wasps]]''' | 35 | {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]] | 13
<!--semi finals -->
|<small>[[April 21]] - [[Walkers Stadium]]</small> | {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Leicester Tigers]]''' | 18 | {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Llanelli Scarlets]] | 9
|<small>[[April 22]] - [[Ricoh Arena]]</small> | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Northampton Saints]] | 6 | {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[London Wasps]]''' | 30
<!--final -->
|<small>[[May 20]] - [[Twickenham Stadium]]</small> | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Leicester Tigers]] | 9 | {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[London Wasps]]''' | 25
}}
===Quarter-finals===
{{rugbybox |
date = [[2007-03-30]]<br />1930 |
home = [[Llanelli Scarlets]] {{flagicon|WAL}} |
score = 24 – 15 |
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_6391.php (Report)] |
away = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} [[Munster Rugby|Munster]] |
homescore = '''Tries:''' [[Dafydd James|James]] 5' c<br />[[Gavin Thomas|G. Thomas]] 40' c<br />[[Barry Davies (rugby player)|B. Davies]] 73' c<br />'''Con:''' [[Stephen Jones (rugby player)|S. Jones]] (3)<br />'''Pen:''' [[Barry Davies (rugby player)|B. Davies]] 37' |
awayscore = '''Tries:''' [[Ian Dowling|Dowling]] 66' m<br />[[Donnacha Ryan|Ryan]] 78' c<br />'''Con:''' [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]]<br />'''Pen:''' [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]] 60' |
stadium = [[Stradey Park]], [[Llanelli]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scarlets.co.uk/features/NewsDetails.aspx?ID=162 |title=It's Stradey! |publisher=Llanelli Scarlets |date=[[22 January]] [[2007]]}}</ref> |
attendance = 10,800 |
referee = [[Chris White (referee)|Chris White]] {{flagicon|ENG}} }}
{{rugbybox |
date = [[2007-03-31]]<br />1745 |
home = [[London Wasps]] {{flagicon|ENG}} |
score = 35 – 13 |
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_6392.php (Report)] |
away = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]] |
homescore = '''Tries:''' [[Eoin Reddan|Reddan]] (2) 33' c, 66' c<br />[[James Haskell|Haskell]] 42' c<br />[[Daniel Cipriani|Cipriani]] 50' m<br />'''Con:''' [[Alex King|King]] (3)<br />'''Pen:''' [[Alex King|King]] (3) 3', 12', 63' |
awayscore = '''Try:''' [[Chris Whitaker|Whitaker]] 20' c<br />'''Con:''' [[Felipe Contepomi|Contepomi]]<br />'''Pen:''' [[Felipe Contepomi|Contepomi]] (2) 40', 60' |
stadium = [[Adams Park]], [[High Wycombe]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wasps.co.uk/newspage.ink?nid=27832 |title=Tickets now on sale for Heineken Cup Quarter Final |publisher=London Wasps |first=Fiona |last=Hackett |date=[[31 January]] [[2007]]}}</ref> |
attendance = 10,000 |
referee = [[Nigel Owens]] {{flagicon|WAL}} }}
{{rugbybox |
date = [[2007-04-01]]<br />1400 |
home = [[Biarritz Olympique]] {{flagicon|FRA}} |
score = 6 – 7 |
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_6393.php (Report)] |
away = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Northampton Saints]] |
homescore = '''Pen:''' [[Dimitri Yachvili|Yachvili]] (2) 40', 61' |
awayscore = '''Try:''' [[Robbie Kydd|Kydd]] 66' c<br /> '''Con:''' [[Carlos Spencer|Spencer]] |
stadium = [[Estadio Anoeta]], [[Donostia|Donostia-San Sebastián]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bo-pb.com/actu_breve.php?id=10946&cat=Br%E8ves&PHPSESSID=1b8c922212cac046a23c5c495f770972 |title=Biarritz-Northampton à Anoeta le 1er avril (Biarritz-Northampton at Anoeta on 1 April) |publisher=Biarritz Olympique |language=French |date=[[22 January]] [[2007]]}}</ref> |
attendance = 32,000|
referee = [[Alain Rolland]] {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} }}
{{rugbybox |
date = [[2007-04-01]]<br />1530 |
home = [[Leicester Tigers]] {{flagicon|ENG}} |
score = 21 – 20 |
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_6394.php (Report)] |
away = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Français Paris|Stade Français]] |
homescore = '''Tries:''' [[Seru Rabeni|Rabeni]] 3' m<br />[[Tom Varndell|Varndell]] 72' c<br />'''Con:''' [[Andy Goode|Goode]]<br />'''Pen:''' [[Andy Goode|Goode]] (3) 24', 26', 52' |
awayscore = '''Try:''' [[Juan Martín Hernández|Hernández]] 20' m<br />'''Pen:''' [[David Skrela|Skrela]] (4) 6', 35', 45', 64'<br />'''Drop:''' [[David Skrela|Skrela]] 70' |
stadium = [[Welford Road Stadium|Welford Road]], [[Leicester]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestertigers.com/29_8167.php?PHPSESSID=d0b5c2b614e566467a11c6f5e804f2db |title=Tigers to face Stade on Sunday April 1 |publisher=Leicester Tigers |author=Sherrard, Gary |date=[[25 January]] [[2007]]}}</ref> |
attendance = 16,815 |
referee = [[Alan Lewis]] {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} }}
===Semi-finals===
{{rugbybox |
date = [[2007-04-21]]<br />1500 |
home = [[Leicester Tigers]] {{flagicon|ENG}}|
score = 33 – 17 |
report = |
away = {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Llanelli Scarlets]] |
homescore = '''Tries:''' [[Andy Goode|Goode]] 34' c<br />[[Shane Jennings|Jennings]] 52' c<br />[[Louis Deacon|L. Deacon]] 75' c<br />'''Con:''' [[Andy Goode|Goode]] (3)<br />'''Pen:''' [[Andy Goode|Goode]] (4) 2', 5', 22', 63' |
awayscore = '''Tries:''' [[Mark Jones (rugby player born 1979)|M. Jones]] 37' c<br />[[Matthew Rees|Rees]] 50' c<br />'''Con:''' [[Stephen Jones (rugby player)|S. Jones]] (2)<br />'''Pen:''' [[Stephen Jones (rugby player)|S. Jones]] 10' |
stadium = [[Walkers Stadium]], [[Leicester]] |
attendance = 30,121 |
referee = [[Alain Rolland]] {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} }}
{{rugbybox |
date = [[2007-04-22]]<br />1500 |
home = [[Northampton Saints]] {{flagicon|ENG}}|
score = 13 – 30 |
report = |
away = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[London Wasps]] |
homescore = '''Try:''' [[Bruce Reihana|Reihana]] 3' c<br />'''Con:''' [[Bruce Reihana|Reihana]]<br />'''Pen:''' [[Bruce Reihana|Reihana]] (2) 13', 17' |
awayscore = '''Tries:''' [[Paul Sackey|Sackey]] 34' m, 70' c<br />[[James Haskell|Haskell]] 60' m<br />[[Josh Lewsey|Lewsey]] 77' c <br />'''Con:''' [[Mark van Gisbergen|Gisbergen]] (2)<br />'''Pen:''' [[Mark van Gisbergen|Gisbergen]] (2) 28', 50' |
stadium = [[Ricoh Arena]], [[Coventry]] |
attendance = 18,500 |
referee = [[Alan Lewis]] {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} }}
===Final===
{{rugbybox |
date = [[2007-05-20]]<br />1430 |
home = [[Leicester Tigers]] {{flagicon|ENG}}|
score = 9 – 25 |
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_6932.php (Report)] |
away = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[London Wasps]] |
homescore = '''Pen:''' [[Andy Goode|Goode]] (3) 7', 15', 38' |
awayscore = '''Tries:''' [[Eoin Reddan|Reddan]] 13' m<br />[[Raphael Ibanez|Ibanez]] 34' m<br />'''Pen:''' [[Alex King|King]] (4) 4', 42', 49', 73'<br />'''Drop:''' [[Alex King|King]] 54' |
stadium = [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]], [[London]] |
attendance = 81,076 |
referee = [[Alan Lewis]] {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} }}
[[Image:Wasps HEC Final 2007.JPG|centre|500px|Wasps celebrate after their win in 2007]]
==Notes and references==
*Venues and attendances: [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/31_58.php?includeref=345&nocache=1&season=2006&round=league Heineken Cup 2006-07 Fixtures & Results (pool stages).] European Rugby Cup. Accessed 22 January 2007.
*Referees: [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/31_59.php?includeref=345&season=2006&round=league Heineken Cup 2006-07 Match Officials (pool stages).] European Rugby Cup. Accessed 22 January 2007.
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==External links==
*[http://www.ercrugby.com/ ERCrugby.com]
*[http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_5459.php Details of the draw]
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