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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.

2010–11 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
Ireland Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
DateOctober 2010 - May 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams24
Matches played67
Attendance81,295 (1,213 per match)
Tries scored388 (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
VenueMemorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance4,375
ChampionsEngland Bristol (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Bedford Blues
← 2009–10 (Previous)
(Next) 2011–12 →

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

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The allocation of teams was as follows:

  England   Ireland   Scotland   Wales

Competition format

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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

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Pool A

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

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

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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
6   Swansea 5 0 0 5 61 140 −79 7 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
16 October 2010
14:30
Swansea  12 – 32  Ulster Ravens
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 1,200
11 December 2010
14:00
London Welsh  21 – 24  Moseley
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 675
11 December 2010
15:00
Bedford Blues  36 – 22  Ulster Ravens
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,105
14 January 2011
19:00
Ulster Ravens  20 – 25  Neath
Stats
Instonians RFC
Attendance: 400
15 January 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues  44 – 14  London Welsh
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,416
15 January 2011
15:00
Moseley  28 – 22  Swansea
Stats
Billesley Common
Attendance: 429
19 January 2011
19:30
Neath  6 – 13  Bedford Blues
Stats
The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000
22 January 2011
14:00
London Welsh  29 – 11  Ulster Ravens
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 785
22 January 2011
15:00
Moseley  24 – 18  Neath
Stats
Billesley Common
Attendance: 526
8 February 2011
19:15
Swansea  9 – 43  Bedford Blues
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 800
15 February 2011
19:30
Swansea  12 – 15  Neath
Stats
St Helens
Attendance: 250
23 February 2011
14:00
Ulster Ravens  24 – 26  Moseley
Stats
Ravenhill
25 February 2011
19:15
Neath  14 – 7  London Welsh
Stats
The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,000
26 February 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues  28 – 15  Moseley
Stats
Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,908
27 February 2011
14:00
London Welsh  22 – 6  Swansea
Stats
Old Deer Park
Attendance: 237

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1   Pontypridd 5 5 0 0 140 80 +60 18 3 0 23
2   Ayr 5 3 1 1 93 101 −8 13 0 0 14
3   Doncaster 5 2 0 3 142 128 +14 15 1 2 11
4   Birmingham & Solihull 5 2 0 3 95 90 +5 13 1 2 11
5   Llandovery 5 2 0 3 92 106 −14 9 0 1 9
6   Rotherham 5 0 1 4 83 140 −57 13 1 0 3
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
16 October 2010
14:30
Llandovery  18 – 28  Pontypridd
Stats
Church Bank
Attendance: 1,200
11 December 2010
14:00
Rotherham  17 – 34  Llandovery
Stats
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 350
12 December 2010
12:30
Pontypridd  33 – 12  Ayr
Stats
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 1,000
9 January 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull  35 – 29  Doncaster
Stats
Damson Park
Attendance: 317
15 January 2011
14:30
Pontypridd  21 – 12  Rotherham
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Sardis Road
Attendance: 2,050
15 January 2011
15:00
Llandovery  6 – 27  Doncaster
Stats
Church Bank
16 January 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull  12 – 18  Ayr
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Damson Park
Attendance: 350
22 January 2011
14:00
Rotherham  20 – 20  Ayr
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Clifton Lane
Attendance: 587
22 January 2011
14:30
Doncaster  23 – 35  Pontypridd
Stats
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,227
25 January 2011
19:45
Pontypridd  23 – 15  Birmingham & Solihull
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Sardis Road
Attendance: 1,200
12 February 2011
12:00
Ayr  20 – 19  Llandovery
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Millbrae
Attendance: 670
14 February 2011
15:00
Llandovery  15 – 14  Birmingham & Solihull
Stats
Church Bank
Attendance: 200
15 February 2011
19:30
Doncaster  46 – 29  Rotherham
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Castle Park
Attendance: 864
26 February 2011
12:00
Ayr  23 – 17  Doncaster
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Millbrae
Attendance: 860
27 February 2011
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull  19 – 5  Rotherham
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Damson Park
Attendance: 300

Knock-out stages

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Qualifiers

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The four pool winners and the four runners up proceeded to the knock out stages. The best four qualifiers (pool winners) had home advantage in the quarter-finals.

Qualification Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
Pool C Winner   Bedford Blues 5 5 0 0 164 66 +98 18 3 0 23
Pool D Winner   Pontypridd 5 5 0 0 140 80 +60 18 3 0 23
Pool A Winner   Worcester Warriors 5 4 0 1 175 87 +88 22 3 0 19
Pool B Winner   Bristol 5 4 0 1 161 95 +66 22 3 0 19
Pool A Runner-up   Leinster A 5 4 0 1 138 117 +21 18 3 0 19
Pool B Runner-up   Llanelli 5 4 0 1 123 66 +57 14 2 0 18
Pool C Runner-up   Moseley 5 4 0 1 117 113 +4 16 2 0 18
Pool D Runner-up   Ayr 5 3 1 1 93 101 −8 13 0 0 14
Source: [citation needed]
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 March 2011 - Sardis Road
 
 
  Pontypridd12
 
23 April 2011 - Sardis Road
 
  Llanelli10
 
  Pontypridd25
 
6 March 2011 - Memorial Stadium
 
  Bristol36
 
  Bristol29
 
7 May 2011 - Memorial Stadium
 
  Ayr19
 
  Bristol17
 
5 March 2011 - Goldington Road
 
  Bedford Blues14
 
  Bedford Blues50
 
23 April 2011 - Goldington Road
 
  Leinster A15
 
  Bedford Blues43
 
5 March 2011 - Sixways Stadium
 
  Worcester Warriors27
 
  Worcester Warriors57
 
 
  Moseley15
 

Quarter-finals

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5 March 2011
14:30
Pontypridd  12 - 10  Llanelli
Pen: Humberstone 5'c, 30'c, 68'c (3/3), Gunter 79'c (1/1)Report
Stats		Try: Hopkins 38'c
Con: Shingler (1/1)
Drop: Shingler 76'c (1/1)
Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Luke Pearce
5 March 2011
15:00
Worcester Warriors  57 - 15  Moseley
Try: Sanderson 10'c, 24'c, Garvey 27'c, 38'c, Crockett 30'c, Frost 44'c, Grove 50'c, Shervington 74'm
Con: Carlisle (7/8)
Pen: Carlisle 20'c (1/1)		Report
Stats		Try: Sigley 64'm, Borgen 80'c
Con: Thomas (1/2)
Pen: Thomas 2'c (1/1)
Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 2,461
Referee: Leo Colgan
5 March 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues  50 - 15  Leinster A
Try: Schmidt 14'm, 20'm, 58'c, 64'c, Dodge 32'c, Thrower 79'c
Con: Pritchard (4/6)
Pen: Pritchard 19'c, 43'c, 46'c, 76'c (4/4)		Report
Stats		Try: Auva'a 53'c, 73'm
Con: Madigan (1/2)
Pen: Madigan 36'c (1/1)
Goldington Road, Bedford
Attendance: 1,313
Referee: David Jones
6 March 2011
15:00
Bristol  29 - 19  Ayr
Try: Gadd 9'm, Merriman 15'c, 39'c, Watkins 41'c
Con: Barnes (3/4)
Pen: Barnes 5'm, 73'c (1/2)		Report
Stats		Try: Taylor 30'm, Manning 48'c, Ferguson 69'c
Con: Curle (2/3)
Pen: Curle 40'm (0/1)
Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 1,595
Referee: Neil Hennessey

Semi-finals

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23 April 2011
14:30
Pontypridd  25 - 36  Bristol
Try: Siggery 13'c, Humberstone 74'c, Waters 78'm
Con: Humberstone (2/3)
Pen: Humberstone 34'c, 39'c (2/2)		Report
Stats		Try: Norton 4'c, 69'c, Penalty try 15'c, Blaney 51'm, Watkins 64'c
Con: Barnes (4/5)
Pen: Barnes 3'c
Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leo Colgan
23 April 2011
15:00
Bedford Blues  43 - 27  Worcester Warriors
Try: Seal 13'c, Tupai 17'c, 30'c, Rae 23'm, Pritchard 47'c, Thrower 60'c
Con: Pritchard (5/6)
Pen: Pritchard 53'c		Report
Stats		Try: Carlisle 4'c, Grove 6'c, King 76'c
Con: Carlisle (2/2), Walker (1/1)
Pen: Walker 26'c, 45'c (2/2)
Goldington Road, Bedford
Attendance: 2,049
Referee: Michael Tutty

Final

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7 May 2011
17:05
Bristol  17 - 14  Bedford Blues
Try: Elliott 51'm
Con: Barnes (0/1)
Pen: Barnes 13'm, 33'c, 36'c, 40'c, 75'c (4/5)		Report
Stats		Try: Schmidt 80'm
Con: Pritchard (0/1)
Pen: Pritchard 9'c, 61'c, 64'm, 70'c (3/4)
Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 4,375
Referee:   Andrew McMenemy
FB 15   George Watkins
RW 14   Anthony Elliott
OC 13   Jack Adams
IC 12   Junior Fatialofa
LW 11   Dan Norton
FH 10   Ed Barnes
SH 9   Robbie Shaw   80'
N8 8   Dan Montagu
OF 7   James Merriman
BF 6   Iain Grieve (c)
RL 5   Roy Winters
LL 4   Mariano Sambucetti   71'
TP 3   Darren Crompton   57'
HK 2   David Blaney
LP 1   Mark Irish   74'
Replacements:
HK 16   Ollie Hayes
PR 17   Wayne Thompson   57'
PR 18   Mako Vunipola   74'
LK 19   Darren Barry   71'
N8 20   Marco Mama
SH 21   Richard Bolt   80'
FH 22   Mark Davies
Coach:   Paul Hull
FB 15   Edd Thrower   52'
RW 14   Handre Schmidt
OC 13   Myles Dorrian
IC 12   Ollie Dodge
LW 11   James Pritchard (c)
FH 10   Jake Sharp
SH 9   Will Chudley   52'
N8 8   Paul Tupai
OF 7   Alex Rae   39' to 49'
BF 6   Gregor Gillanders   71'
RL 5   George Kruis
LL 4   Mike Howard
TP 3   Phil Boulton   61'
HK 2   Dan Richmond
LP 1   Dan Seal
Replacements:
HK 16   Chris Locke
PR 17   Sam Walsh   61'
LK 18   Sean Tomes   71'
N8 19   Chris Goodman
SH 20   Darryl Veenendaal   52'
CE 21   Tom Bedford
WG 22   Duncan Taylor   52'
Coach:   Mike Rayer

Touch judges:
  Ian Heard
  Graham Marshall

Top scorers

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Geography

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Team Stadium Capacity City/Area/Country
  Ayr Millbrae Unknown Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland
  Bedford Blues Goldington Road 4,684 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  Birmingham & Solihull Damson Park 3,050 Solihull, West Midlands, England
  Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,100 Bristol, England
  Cornish Pirates Mennaye Field 3,500 Penzance, Cornwall, England
  Currie Malleny Park Unknown Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Doncaster Castle Park 3,075 Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
  Esher Molesey Road Unknown Esher, England
  Leinster A Donnybrook 7,000 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
  Llandovery Church Bank 5,000 Llandovery, Wales
  Llanelli Parc y Scarlets 14,870 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  London Welsh Old Deer Park 5,850 London, England
  Melrose The Greenyards Unknown Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
  Moseley Billesley Common 3,000+ (650 seated) Birmingham, West Midlands, England
  Munster A Musgrave Park 8,300 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
  Neath The Gnoll 7,500 Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
  Newport Rodney Parade 10,500 Newport, Wales
  Nottingham Meadow Lane 19,588 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
  Plymouth Albion The Brickfields 6,500 Plymouth, Devon, England
  Pontypridd Sardis Road 7,861 Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
  Rotherham Clifton Lane 2,500 Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
  Swansea St Helens 4,500 Swansea, Wales
  Ulster A Ravenhill Stadium 12,125 Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland
  Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium 12,068 Worcester, England

References

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  1. ^ a b "British & Irish Cup Top Point Scorers". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "British & Irish Cup Top Try Scorers". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Birmingham & Solihull 35 Doncaster Knights 29". Doncaster Free Press. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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