2013–14 LV Cup
2013–14 LV Cup | |||
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Tournament details | |||
Countries |
England Wales | ||
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout | ||
Date | 9 November 2013 – 16 March 2014 | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Teams | 16 | ||
Matches played | 35 | ||
Attendance | 282,621 (8,075 per match) | ||
Tries scored | 168 (4.8 per match) | ||
Final | |||
Venue | Sandy Park, Exeter[1] | ||
Attendance | 10,744 | ||
Champions | Exeter Chiefs (1st title) | ||
Runner-up | Northampton Saints | ||
Official website | www.lv.com | ||
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The 2013–14 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) is the 43rd season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the ninth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.
The competition consists of the four Welsh Pro 12 teams and the twelve English Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. English clubs have been allocated to the pools depending on their finish in the 2012–13 Aviva Premiership. Welsh regions have been allocated to the pools to avoid repeating fixtures from the Heineken and Amlin Challenge Cups where possible. Teams are 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, with the top team from each pool qualifying for the semi finals.[2] The competition will take place during the Autumn Internationals window and during the Six Nations thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.
Harlequins are defending champions this season after claiming the cup with a 32–14 victory over Sale Sharks in the final at Sixways Stadium in Worcester.[3] It was the third victory for Harlequins in the competition, and the first since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.
Pool stages
Points system
The points scoring system for the pool stages will be 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)
Pool 1 v Pool 4
Pool 1 | ||||||||||||
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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Saracens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 59 | 73 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
Gloucester | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
London Irish | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 100 | −17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Newport Gwent Dragons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 92 | −43 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Updated 2 February 2014 Source: Premiership Rugby |
Pool 4 | ||||||||||||
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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Northampton Saints | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 56 | 70 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
Newcastle Falcons | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 82 | −13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Scarlets | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 100 | −46 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
London Wasps | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 95 | −39 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Updated 2 February 2014 Source: Premiership Rugby |
Round 1
8 November 2013 19:30 |
(BP) London Wasps | 21–24 | Saracens (BP) |
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Try: Everard 15' c Cochrane 61' c Jacobs 71' c Con: Carlisle (3/3) |
Report | Try: Ransom 29' m Tompkins 40' c Barrington 51' c Wilson 55' m Con: Spencer (2/4) |
8 November 2013 19:30 |
Scarlets | 21–13 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
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Try: Knight 57' m McCusker 62' c Con: Lewis (1/1) Pen: Thomas (2/3) 7', 18' Lewis (1/2) 73' |
Report | Try: Burton 66' c Con: Burton (1/1) Pen: Burton (1/3) 44' R. Jones (1/1) 70' |
9 November 2013 17:00 |
(BP) Northampton Saints | 33–6 | Gloucester |
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Try: K. Pisi (2) 23' m, 29' c Day (2) 72' c, 78' m Con: Dickson (1/2) Olver (1/2) Pen: Dickson (3/3) 4', 17', 53' |
Report | Pen: Burns (2/2) 7', 12' |
10 November 2013 15:00 |
Newcastle Falcons | 29–21 | London Irish |
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Try: Fury 33' c Mayhew 53' c Con: Clegg (2/2) Pen: Clegg (5/6) 6', 12', 17', 47', 71' |
Report | Try: Fowlie 13' m Lewington 44' c Con: Geraghty (1/2) Pen: Geraghty (2/3) 19', 27' Dorrian (1/1) 66' |
Round 2
16 November 2013 12:00 |
Newport Gwent Dragons | 20–8 | London Wasps |
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Try: Pewtner 30' c Hewitt 71' c Con: R. Jones (2/2) Pen: R. Jones (2/2) 2', 21' |
Report | Try: Everard 27' m Pen: Carlisle (1/2) 5' |
16 November 2013 16:30 |
Gloucester | 20–3 | Newcastle Falcons |
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Try: Cook 8' c Tindall 61' c Con: Burns (2/2) Pen: Burns (2/3) 30', 42' |
Report | Pen: Clegg (1/1) 18' |
17 November 2013 15:00 |
London Irish | 18–39 | Northampton Saints |
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Try: Kenny 41' c Low 58' m Con: Dorrian (1/2) Pen: Dorrian (2/3) 35', 40+1' |
Report | Try: Packman 26' c Waller 37' c Nutley 64' c Con: Dickson (3/3) Pen: Dickson (6/7) 3', 18', 21', 33', 54', 61' |
17 November 2013 15:00 |
(BP) Saracens | 51–10 | Scarlets |
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Try: Hankin 7' c Wilson 12' c Wray 39' c George 47' c Earle 71' c Streather 78' c Con: Spencer (4/4) Mordt (2/2) Pen: Spencer (3/3) 22', 30', 34' |
Report | Try: Harris 25' c Con: Lewis (1/1) Pen: Lewis (1/1) 20' |
Round 3
24 January 2014 19:30 |
Scarlets | 13–7 | Gloucester (BP) |
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Try: Hughes 33' m A. Warren 76' m Pen: Lewis (1/1) 59' |
Report | Try: B. Burns 54' c Con: B. Burns (1/1) |
25 January 2014 14:30 |
Newport Gwent Dragons | 16–34 | Northampton Saints (BP) |
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Try: L. Jones 40' c Con: Tovey (1/1) Pen: Tovey (3/5) 12', 14', 26' |
Report | Try: Penalty try 21' c Autagavaia 27' m Haywood 45' c Denman 52' m Van Velze 68' c Con: Dickson (3/5) Pen: Dickson (1/1) 7' |
25 January 2014 15:00 |
London Wasps | 22–15 | London Irish (BP) |
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Try: Davies 3' c Jackson 19' m Bassett 23' c Con: Carlisle (2/3) Pen: Carlisle (1/2) 66' |
Report | Try: Tagicakibau 11' m Hala'ufia 35' m Hagan 62' m |
26 January 2014 15:00 |
(BP) Saracens | 41–8 | Newcastle Falcons |
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Try: Wray (2) 47' m, 51' c Ransom 63' c Jubb 78' c Con: Spencer (3/4) Pen: Spencer (5/5) 3', 9', 12', 21', 40+1' |
Report | Try: Catterick 14' m Pen: Hodgson (1/3) 29' |
Round 4
31 January 2014 19:45 |
(BP) Newcastle Falcons | 29–0 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
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Try: Godman 6' c Wilson (2) 19' m, 26' c McKenzie 77' c Con: Godman (2/3) Clegg (1/1) Pen: Godman (1/1) 40+1' |
Report |
1 February 2014 15:00 |
(BP) Gloucester | 36–5 | London Wasps |
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Try: Trinder (2) 13' m, 16' c Cox (2) 19' c, 58' c Murphy 72' c Con: Cook (4/5) Pen: Cook (1/2) 40+1' |
Report | Try: Johnson 23' m |
1 February 2014 15:00 |
Northampton Saints | 20–16 | Saracens (BP) |
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Try: Wilson 13' c Manoa (2) 51' m, 69' m Con: Hooley (1/2) Pen: Hooley (1/2) 56' |
Report | Try: Spencer 33' c Con: Spencer (1/1) Pen: Spencer (3/3) 25', 59', 65' |
1 February 2014 16:00 |
(BP) London Irish | 29–10 | Scarlets |
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Try: Fenby 3' m Geraghty 25' c Hagan 35' m Tagicakibau 40' m Dorrian 74' c Con: Geraghty (1/4) Humphreys (1/1) |
Report | Try: Earle 70' c Con: Owen (1/1) Pen: Lewis (1/1) 6' |
Pool 2 v Pool 3
Pool 2 | ||||||||||||
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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Exeter Chiefs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 67 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Sale Sharks | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 96 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Cardiff Blues | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 63 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Leicester Tigers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 89 | −6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Updated 2 February 2014 Source: Premiership Rugby |
Pool 3 | ||||||||||||
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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Bath | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 65 | 58 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
Ospreys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 132 | −44 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Harlequins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 91 | −35 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Worcester Warriors | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 99 | −51 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Updated 2 February 2014 Source: Premiership Rugby |
Round 1
8 November 2013 19:30 |
(BP) Cardiff Blues | 16–21 | Worcester Warriors |
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Try: Young 52' c Con: Humberstone (1/1) Pen: G. Davies (2/2) 8', 11' Humberstone (1/2) 65' |
Report | Try: O'Donnell 12' c Stephenson 26' c Stelling 37' c Con: Mieres (3/3) |
8 November 2013 19:45 |
(BP) Leicester Tigers | 39–16 | Ospreys |
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Try: Waldrom 27' m Harrison 61' c Wells 69' m Noone 79' c Con: O. Williams (2/4) Pen: O. Williams (5/6) 5', 7', 14', 43', 49' |
Report | Try: S. Williams 72' c Con: S. Davies (1/1) Pen: S. Davies (3/5) 16', 20', 33' |
8 November 2013 19:45 |
(BP) Sale Sharks | 20–27 | Bath |
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Try: Paterson 28' c Haley 76' c Con: Ford (1/1) Macleod (1/1) Pen: Ford (1/1) 1' Macleod (1/1) 69' |
Report | Try: Perenise 21' c Banahan 63' c Attwood 80+2' c Con: Heathcote (3/3) Pen: Heathcote (1/3) 37' Drop: Heathcote 55' |
9 November 2013 15:00 |
Exeter Chiefs | 19–5 | Harlequins |
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Try: Naqelevuki 59' c Con: Sweeney (1/1) Pen: Sweeney (4/5) 7', 16', 46', 54' |
Report | Try: Sackey 4' m |
Round 2
15 November 2013 19:30 |
Ospreys | 13–21 | Cardiff Blues |
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Try: Spratt 37' c Con: Morgan (1/1) Pen: Morgan (2/3) 20', 27' |
Report | Try: Dacey 24' m Cook 70' c Con: Humberstone (1/2) Pen: Humberstone (2/2) 7', 16' Drop: Humberstone (1) 73 |
15 November 2013 19:45 |
(BP) Harlequins | 26–31 | Sale Sharks (BP) |
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Try: Botica 8' c Walker 52' c Con: Botica (2/2) Pen: Botica (4/4) 40+2', 43', 62', 72' |
Report | Try: Seymour 17' c Miller 33' c Gaskell 47' c Cipriani 68' c Con: Macleod (4/4) Pen: Macleod (1/1) 23' |
15 November 2013 19:45 |
(BP) Worcester Warriors | 18–21 | Leicester Tigers |
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Try: Symons 5' m Abbott 16' m Scotland-Williamson 79' m Pen: Warwick (1/4) 52' |
Report | Try: Noone 45' m Penalty try 67' c Con: Williams (1/2) Pen: Williams (2/3) 19', 33' Drop: Williams 40' |
17 November 2013 13:00 |
(BP) Bath | 37–15 | Exeter Chiefs |
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Try: Banahan 1' c Garvey 2' c Roberts 32' c Beech 70' c Con: Ford (3/3) Heathcote (1/1) Pen: Ford (2/2) 39', 49' Heathcote (1/1) 79' |
Report | Try: Phillips 59' m Bateman 76' c Con: Sweeney (1/1) Pen: Slade (1/1) 7' |
Round 3
25 January 2014 14:00 |
Sale Sharks | 20–6 | Worcester Warriors |
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Try: Easter 56' c Ingall 70' c Con: Ford (2/2) Pen: Ford (2/2) 4', 41' |
Report | Pen: Davies (2/4) 49', 61' |
25 January 2014 15:00 |
(BP) Bath | 24–13 | Cardiff Blues |
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Try: Faosiliva 7' m Young 26' c Henson 48' c Mercer 74' m Con: Heathcote (2/4) |
Report | Try: Fish 76' c Con: Humberstone (1/1) Pen: Humberstone (2/3) 5', 35' |
25 January 2014 15:00 |
(BP) Exeter Chiefs | 36–22 | Ospreys (BP) |
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Try: Cowan-Dickie (2) 14' m, 48' c Scaysbrook 44' c Phillips 59' c Armand 70' c Con: Sweeney (4/5) Pen: Sweeney (1/1) 22' |
Report | Try: Howells 8' m Allen 17' m Jenkins 51' c Grabham 55' m Con: Morgan (1/4) |
25 January 2014 15:00 |
Harlequins | 20–6 | Leicester Tigers |
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Try: Sackey 11' m Fa'asavalu 17' m Guest 51' c Con: Botica (1/3) Pen: Botica (1/2) 37' |
Report | Pen: Lamb (2) 4', 32' |
Round 4
31 January 2014 19:05 |
(BP) Cardiff Blues | 35–5 | Harlequins |
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Try: Paulo 29' c Evans 34' c Fish 42' c T Williams 46' c Breeze 79' c Con: Humberstone (5/5) |
Report | Try: Lindsay-Hague 39' m |
31 January 2014 19:30 |
(BP) Ospreys | 37–36 | Sale Sharks (2 BP) |
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Try: Natoga (3) 8' c, 45' c, 80' c Baker 60' c Con: Davies (4/4) Pen: Davies (3/3) 7', 21', 67' |
Report | Try: Fihaki (3) 2' c, 12' c, 35' c Ingall 30' c Haley 47' m Con: Ford (4/5) Pen: Ford (1/1) 54' |
31 January 2014 19:45 |
Leicester Tigers | 17–35 | Bath (BP) |
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Try: Matera 8' c Scully 22' c Con: Williams (2/2) Pen: Williams (1/2) 31' |
Report | Try: Fa'osiliva 16' m Banahan 35' c Devoto 58' c Fearns 66' c Con: Henson (3/4) Pen: Henson (3/3) 1', 26', 52' |
1 February 2014 15:00 |
Worcester Warriors | 3–42 | Exeter Chiefs (BP) |
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Pen: Pennell (1/1) 27' |
Report | Try: James 4' m Steenson 37' c Thomas (2) 68' c, 77' c Sweeney 79' c Con: Steenson (4/5) Pen: Steenson (3/4) 21', 24', 48' |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
9 March – Recreation Ground | |||||||
Bath | 19 | ||||||
Exeter Chiefs | 22 | ||||||
16 March – Sandy Park | |||||||
Exeter Chiefs | 15 | ||||||
Northampton Saints | 8 | ||||||
8 March – Franklin's Gardens | |||||||
Northampton Saints | 26 | ||||||
Saracens | 7 |
Qualification criteria
The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages. The pool winners will be 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.
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Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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1 | Bath | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 65 | 58 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | |
2 | Northampton Saints | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 56 | 70 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |
3 | Saracens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 59 | 73 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
4 | Exeter Chiefs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 67 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Semi-finals
8 March 2014 12:30 |
Northampton Saints | 26 – 7 | Saracens |
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Try: G Pisi (3) 51' m, 64' m, 77' c Con: Myler (1/3) Pen: Hooley (2/2) 5', 9' Drop: Myler 59' |
Report | Try: Ransom 20' c Con: Spencer (1/1) |
9 March 2014 13:00 |
Bath | 19 – 22 | Exeter Chiefs |
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Try: Houston 1' c Con: Heathcote (1/1) Pen: Heathcote (4/5) 19', 35', 47', 63' |
Report | Try: Arscott (2) 26' m, 51' c Vainikolo 57' c Con: Slade (2/3) Pen: Slade (1/3) 8' |
Final
16 March 2014 15:00 |
Exeter Chiefs | 15–8 | Northampton Saints |
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Try: Whitehead 3' m Mumm 49' c Con: Slade (1/2) Pen: Slade (1/1) 36' |
Report | Try: Manoa 69' m Pen: Dickson (1/1) 11' |
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- In previous seasons, the winner of the Anglo-Welsh Cup (if English) was awarded with a place in the following season's Heineken Cup. This is no longer the case with the advent of the Rugby Champions Cup.[5]
Top scorers
Top points scorers
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Top try scorers |
See also
References
- 1 2 "Exeter Chiefs: Sandy Park to host LV= Cup final". BBC. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ↑ "Blues to face Worcester, Bath, Harlequins and Ospreys in LV=Cup". Premiership Rugby. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ↑ "Harlequins 32-14 Sale Sharks". Premiership Rugby. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- 1 2 "About the LV= Cup". LV=. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "Future of European Rugby resolved" (Press release). Rugby Football Union. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- 1 2 "Anglo-Welsh Cup : Stat 2012/2013". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Anglo Welsh Cup on Premiership Rugby website
- Anglo Welsh Cup website