2009–10 British and Irish Cup pool stage

The 2009-10 British and Irish Cup pool stage is a rugby union tournament to be played during November 2009, February and March 2010.

The twenty four teams were arranged into four pools of six, with each team playing the other team in their pool once and the four pool winners qualifying for the knockout stage.

The following point scoring system was used:

  • Four points for a win
  • Two points for a draw
  • One point for scoring four tries or more in a match
  • One point for losing a match by seven or less points
Key to colours
     Top team in each group advance to semi-finals

Pool A

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Team P W D L TF PF PA BP LB +/- Pts
  Cornish Pirates 5 4 0 1 13 115 63 2 1 +52 19
  Leinster A 5 4 0 1 9 89 65 1 1 +24 18
  Newport 5 3 1 1 10 81 54 1 1 +27 16
  Exeter Chiefs 5 2 0 3 11 79 85 1 1 -6 10
  Plymouth Albion 5 1 1 3 5 55 58 0 2 -3 8
  Gael Force 5 0 0 5 6 35 129 1 1 -94 2
2009-11-20
19:30
Newport  21 – 14  Exeter Chiefs
Tries: Wyatt (2)
Con: Wannell (1)
Pen: Wannell (3)
Tries: Stubble
Sestaret
Con: Gray (2)
Pen:
Rodney Parade
2009-11-21
16:30
Plymouth Albion  13 – 16  Leinster A
Tries: Gibson
Con: Davies
Pen: Davies (2)
Tries: Keatney
Con: Berne
Pen: Berne (3)
The Brickfields
2009-11-22
14:00
Cornish Pirates  29 – 8  Gael Force
Tries: Collins
Jackson
Cattle
Ward
Con: Cook (3)
Pen: Cook
reportTries: Kinloch
Con:
Pen: Blair
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2370

2009-11-27
16:00
Leinster A  12 – 10  Cornish Pirates
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Donnybrook
Attendance: 520
2009-11-27
19:30
Newport  3 – 3  Plymouth Albion
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Rodney Parade
2009-11-28
15:00
Exeter Chiefs  15 – 0  Gael Force
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Sandy Park

2010-02-12
19:30
Newport  v  Gael Force
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Rodney Parade
2010-02-13
15:00
Exeter Chiefs  v  Leinster A
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Sandy Park
2010-02-13
15:00
Plymouth Albion  9 – 13  Cornish Pirates
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The Brickfields
Attendance: 2413

2010-02-26
15:00
  Gael Forcev  Plymouth Albion
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2010-02-27
14:30
Leinster A  v  Newport
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RDS Arena
2010-02-28
14:00
Cornish Pirates  37 – 14  Exeter Chiefs
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Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2564

2010-03-06
15:00
Exeter Chiefs  v  Plymouth Albion
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Sandy Park
2010-03-07
15:00
Cornish Pirates  26 – 20  Newport
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Mennaye Field
Attendance: 3650
2010-03-10
19:00
Gael Force  v  Leinster A
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Pool B

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Team P W D L TF PF PA +/- Pts
  Munster A 5 5 0 0 14 111 41 +70 22
  Bristol 5 4 0 1 16 119 77 +42 18
  Nottingham 5 3 0 2 11 81 59 +22 14
  Neath 5 2 0 3 12 93 98 -5 11
  Coventry 5 1 0 4 20 126 144 -18 8
  Heriot's 5 0 0 5 8 57 168 -111 1
2009-11-20
19:30
Neath  11 - 18  Bristol
Tries: Farrell
Con:
Pen: Thomas (2)
Tries: Grieve
Alford
Con: Ashwin (1)
Pen: Ashwin (2)
The Gnoll
2009-11-20
19:45
Coventry  13 - 20  Munster A
Tries: Roberts
Merrigan
Con:
Pen: Carlisle
Tries: Williams
Coughlan
Gleeson
Nagle
Con:
Pen:
Butts Park Arena
2009-11-21
15:00
Heriot's  0 - 5  Nottingham
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Tries: Savage
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Pen:
Goldenacre

2009-11-27
19:30
Munster A  v  Bristol
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Musgrave Park
2009-11-27
19:45
Coventry  v  Heriot's
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Butts Park Arena
2009-11-29
14:30
Nottingham  v  Neath
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Meadow Lane

2010-02-13
15:00
Heriot's  v  Neath
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Goldenacre
2010-02-13
15:00
Munster A  v  Nottingham
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Musgrave Park
2010-02-14
13:00
Bristol  v  Coventry
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Memorial Stadium

2010-02-27
14:00
Neath  v  Munster A
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The Gnoll
2010-02-28
15:00
Bristol  v  Heriot's
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Memorial Stadium
2010-02-28
15:00
Nottingham  v  Coventry
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Meadow Lane

2010-03-06
14:30
Neath  v  Coventry
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The Gnoll
2010-03-06
15:00
Munster A  v  Heriot's
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Musgrave Park
2010-03-07
15:00
Nottingham  v  Bristol
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Meadow Lane

Pool C

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Team P W D L TF PF PA +/- Pts
  Ulster Ravens 5 4 1 0 22 165 62 +103 21
  London Welsh 5 4 0 1 18 137 78 +59 20
  Bedford Blues 5 3 0 2 11 92 94 -2 13
  Aberavon 5 2 0 3 4 51 131 -80 9
  Llanelli 5 1 1 3 11 106 117 -11 8
  Moseley 5 0 0 5 10 69 138 -69 1
2009-11-20
19:15
Llanelli  16 - 19  Aberavon
Tries: Ford
Con: Newton
Pen: Newton (3)
Tries: Pritchard
Con: Jarvis
Pen: Jarvis (4)
Parc y Scarlets
2009-11-20
19:30
Moseley  27 - 38  London Welsh
Tries: Bressington
Simpson-Daniel (2)
Thirlby
Con: Thirlby (2)
Pen: Roberts
Tries: Garvey
Claasens
Lewis-Pratt
Brown
Stevenson
Con: Lewis-Pratt (5)
Pen: Lewis-Pratt
Billesley Common
2009-11-20
19:30
Ulster A  29 - 3  Bedford Blues
Tries: Seymour
Fitzpatrick
Horua
Kyriacou
Con: O'Connor (3)
Pen: O'Connor
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Con:
Pen: Davies
Ravenhill

2009-11-27
19:15
Aberavon  v  London Welsh
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Talbot Athletic Ground
2009-11-27
19:30
Moseley  v  Ulster A
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Billesley Common
2009-11-28
15:00
Bedford Blues  v  Llanelli
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Goldington Road

2010-02-12
19:30
Aberavon  v  Moseley
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Talbot Athletic Ground
2010-02-13
14:00
London Welsh  v  Bedford Blues
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Old Deer Park
2010-02-13
15:00
Llanelli  vUlster A  
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Parc y Scarlets

2010-02-26
19:00
Ulster A  v  London Welsh
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Ravenhill
2010-02-27
14:00
Bedford Blues  v  Aberavon
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Goldington Road
2010-02-27
15:00
Llanelli  v  Moseley
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Parc y Scarlets

2010-03-05
19:45
Moseley  v  Bedford Blues
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Billesley Common
2010-03-06
14:00
London Welsh  v  Llanelli
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Old Deer Park
2010-03-12
19:00
Ulster A  v  Aberavon
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Ravenhill

Pool D

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Team P W D L TF PF PA +/- Pts
  Doncaster Knights 5 5 0 0 7 163 58 +105 25
  Cardiff 5 4 0 1 4 147 124 +23 19
  Rotherham Titans 5 2 0 3 3 147 127 +20 12
  Ayr 5 2 0 3 1 132 111 +21 11
  Pontypridd 5 2 0 3 1 99 124 -25 10
 Birmingham & Solihull 5 0 0 5 1 76 220 -144 1
2009-11-20
19:15
Pontypridd  16 - 22  Cardiff
Tries: Ballar
Con: Flanagan
Pen: Flanagan
Gunter (2)
Tries: Howell (2)
Sweet
Con: Davies (2)
Pen: Davies
Cardiff Arms Park*
2009-11-21
14:00
Rotherham Titans  52 - 10  Birmingham & Solihull
Tries: Skurr (2)
Henderson (2)
Voisey
Rhodes
Burrows
Con: West (3)
Rhodes (1)
Pen: West (3)
Tries: Hunt
Con: McLean
Pen: Patson
Clifton Lane
2009-11-22
15:00
Doncaster Knights  32 - 7  Ayr
Tries: Tonga'uiha
Planchant
Williams
Warnock
Con: Warnock (3)
Pen: Warnock (2)
Tries: Adair
Con: Stewart
Pen:
Castle Park
  • The round one game between Pontypridd RFC and Cardiff RFC, was played at Cardiff's home ground, due to Pontypridd's pitch being unplayable.*

2009-11-27
19:30
Pontypridd  v  Doncaster Knights
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Sardis Road
2009-11-27
20:00
Ayr  v  Rotherham Titans
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Millbrae
2009-11-28
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull  v  Cardiff
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Pen:
Sharmans Cross

2010-02-13
15:00
Ayr  v  Birmingham & Solihull
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Millbrae
2010-02-13
15:00
Doncaster Knights  v  Cardiff
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Castle Park
2010-02-13
15:00
Rotherham Titans  v  Pontypridd
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Clifton Lane

2010-02-27
15:00
Ayr  v  Pontypridd
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Millbrae
2010-02-27
15:00
Cardiff  v  Rotherham Titans
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Cardiff Arms Park
2010-02-28
15:00
Doncaster Knights  v  Birmingham & Solihull
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Pen:
Castle Park

2010-03-06
14:30
Cardiff  v  Ayr
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Cardiff Arms Park
2010-03-06
15:00
Birmingham & Solihull  v  Pontypridd
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Sharmans Cross
2010-03-06
15:00
Rotherham Titans  v  Doncaster Knights
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Clifton Lane

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