2010–11 British and Irish Cup

2010–11 British and Irish Cup
2010–11 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	October 2010 - May 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams	24
Matches played	67
Attendance	81,295 (1,213 per match)
Tries scored	388 (5.79 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	James Pritchard (Bedford Blues); (128 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Handre Schmidt (Bedford Blues); (11 tries)
Final
Venue	Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance	4,375
Champions	Bristol (1st title)
Runners-up	Bedford Blues
	← 2009–10 (Previous) (Next) 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 British and Irish Cup was the 2nd season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. First round matches began on Friday 15 October 2010 and the final was held on Saturday 7 May 2011.

Defending champions Cornish Pirates were unable to make it out of the pool stages. Bristol lifted the cup, narrowly defeating Bedford Blues 17-14 in the first all-English final.

Teams

The allocation of teams was as follows:

– 12 teams from RFU Championship
– 3 Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams.
– 3 Scottish sides, top clubs from the Scottish Premiership.
– 6 top clubs from the Principality Premiership.

England	Ireland	Scotland	Wales
Bedford Blues Birmingham & Solihull Bristol Cornish Pirates Doncaster Esher London Welsh Moseley Nottingham Plymouth Albion Rotherham Worcester Warriors	Leinster A Munster A Ulster Ravens	Ayr Currie Melrose	Llandovery Llanelli Neath Newport Pontypridd Swansea

Competition format

The teams were divided into four pools of six, playing over five weekends during the Autumn International and Six Nations windows. The four pool winners and runners-up contested a knock-out stage, with quarter-finals on 5 or 6 March, semi-finals on 23 March and the final on 7 May.

Pool stages

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Worcester Warriors	5	4	1	175	87	+88	22	3	0	19
2	Leinster A	5	4	1	138	117	+21	18	3	0	19
3	Cornish Pirates	5	3	2	175	108	+67	23	4	1	17
4	Newport	5	3	2	121	159	−38	16	3	1	16
5	Plymouth Albion	5	1	4	76	144	−68	9	1	0	5
6	Currie	5	0	5	104	174	−70	11	0	2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

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

17 October 2010
14:30

Newport	28 – 33	Leinster A
	Stats

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 881

11 December 2010
13:00

Worcester Warriors	58 – 10	Newport
	Stats

Sixways
Attendance: 2,844

11 December 2010
14:00

Leinster A	25 – 16	Plymouth Albion
	Stats

Greystones RFC
Attendance: 500

11 December 2010
15:00

Cornish Pirates	54 – 31	Currie
	Stats

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 923

19 December 2010
14:00

Cornish Pirates	43 – 12	Leinster A
	Stats

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,026

14 January 2011
19:30

Currie	23 – 25	Newport
	Stats

Malleny Park
Attendance: 600

16 January 2011
13:00

Leinster A	38 – 23	Worcester Warriors
	Stats

Donnybrook
Attendance: 485

16 January 2011
14:00

Cornish Pirates	34 – 3	Plymouth Albion
	Stats

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,207

21 January 2011
19:15

Newport	34 – 32	Cornish Pirates
	Stats

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 697

22 January 2011
15:00

Worcester Warriors	34 – 11	Plymouth Albion
	Stats

Sixways
Attendance: 3,830

23 January 2011
14:00

Leinster A	30 – 7	Currie
	Stats

Donnybrook
Attendance: 530

25 January 2011
19:45

Plymouth Albion	13 – 24	Newport
	Stats

The Brickfields
Attendance: 762

9 February 2011
19:30

Currie	16 – 32	Worcester Warriors
	Stats

Watsonians RFC
Attendance: 400

26 February 2011
15:00

Plymouth Albion	33 – 27	Currie
	Stats

The Brickfields
Attendance: 921

26 February 2011
15:00

Worcester Warriors	28 – 12	Cornish Pirates
	Stats

Sixways
Attendance: 4,042

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Bristol	5	4	1	161	95	+66	22	3	0	19
2	Llanelli	5	4	1	123	66	+57	14	2	0	18
3	Munster A	5	3	2	149	79	+70	18	2	1	15
4	Nottingham	5	2	3	128	103	+25	18	3	2	13
5	Melrose	5	2	3	104	147	−43	11	1	1	10
6	Esher	5	0	5	46	221	−175	3	0	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

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

15 October 2010
19:30

Munster A	13 – 15	Llanelli
	Stats

Waterford Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,500

10 December 2010
19:45

Bristol	23 – 37	Nottingham
	Stats

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,912

11 December 2010
14:00

Melrose	14 – 47	Munster A
	Stats

The Greenyards
Attendance: 1,017

11 December 2010
15:00

Esher	14 – 33	Llanelli
	Stats

Molesey Road
Attendance: 812

3 January 2011
14:00

Melrose	24 – 18	Esher
	Stats

The Greenyards
Attendance: 600

14 January 2011
19:45

Esher	5 – 55	Bristol
	Stats

Molesey Road
Attendance: 719

14 January 2011
19:45

Nottingham	14 – 15	Munster A
	Stats

Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,189

15 January 2011
13:30

Llanelli	24 – 9	Melrose
	Stats

Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen

21 January 2011
19:30

Munster A	64 – 9	Esher
	Stats

Garryowen RFC
Attendance: 500

23 January 2011
15:00

Bristol	27 – 17	Llanelli
	Stats

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,228

23 January 2011
15:00

Nottingham	29 – 31	Melrose
	Stats

Meadow Lane
Attendance: 913

22 February 2011
19:45

Bristol	27 – 10	Munster A
	Stats

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,364

23 February 2011
19:30

Llanelli	34 – 3	Nottingham
	Stats

Parc y Scarlets

26 February 2011
14:00

Melrose	26 – 29	Bristol
	Stats

The Greenyards
Attendance: 594

26 February 2011
15:00

Esher	0 – 45	Nottingham
	Stats

Molesey Road
Attendance: 200

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Bedford Blues	5	5	0	0	164	66	+98	18	3	0	23
2	Moseley	5	4	0	1	117	113	+4	16	2	0	18
3	Neath	5	3	0	2	78	76	+2	9	0	2	14
4	London Welsh	5	2	0	3	93	99	−6	14	1	2	11
5	Ulster Ravens	5	1	0	4	109	128	−19	13	1	2	7
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2010–11 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England Ireland Scotland Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	October 2010 - May 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams	24
Matches played	67
Attendance	81,295 (1,213 per match)
Tries scored	388 (5.79 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	James Pritchard (Bedford Blues) (128 points)^[1]
Top try scorer(s)	Handre Schmidt (Bedford Blues) (11 tries)^[2]
Final
Venue	Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance	4,375
Champions	Bristol (1st title)
Runners-up	Bedford Blues
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