2016–17 British and Irish Cup

The 2016–17 British and Irish Cup was the eighth season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. London Welsh are the defending champions having won the 2015–16 final against Yorkshire Carnegie 10–33 at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds on 10 April 2016. There have been six different winners and six different losing finalists in the seven seasons of its existence. The format of the competition is similar to last season with Scottish clubs not competing. For the second consecutive season the four Welsh teams are the reserve sides of the teams competing in the Pro12 competition instead of clubs from the Welsh Premier Division.

2016–17 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England Ireland  Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	14 October 2016 — 21 April 2017
Tournament statistics
Teams	19
Matches played	63
Attendance	62,823 (997 per match)
Highest Attendance	4,813 Ulster A v London Scottish 13 January 2017
Lowest Attendance	200 (x3)
Top point scorer(s)	Johnny McPhillips Ulster A 62
Top try scorer(s)	Tom Williams Scarlets PS 8
Final
Venue	Irish Independent Park
Champions	Munster A (2nd title)
Runners-up	Jersey Reds [1]

Competition format

The competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of five pools of four teams playing home and away matches. The top side in each pool, plus the three best runners-up, progress to the knockout stage. The eight quarter-finalists are ranked, with top four teams having home advantage. The four winning quarter-finalists progress to the semi-final draw. Most of the matches are played on the same weekends as the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. First round matches began on 14 October 2016 and the final was held on the 21 April 2017.

Participating teams and locations

The allocation of teams is as follows:

• – twelve clubs from RFU Championship
• – four Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams
• – four Welsh regions represented by Premiership Select teams.

Club Country League Stadium Capacity Area Bedford Blues England RFU Championship Goldington Road 6,000 Bedford Cardiff Blues Premiership Select Wales N/A Cardiff Arms Park Sardis Road The Wern 12,125 7,861 4,500 Cardiff Pontypridd Merthyr Tydfil Connacht Eagles Ireland Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship Galway Sportsgrounds Dubarry Park 9,500 10,000 Galway Athlone Cornish Pirates England RFU Championship Mennaye Field 4,000 Penzance Doncaster Knights England RFU Championship Castle Park 5,000 Doncaster Ealing Trailfinders England RFU Championship Trailfinders Sports Ground 3,020 West Ealing, London Jersey Reds England [lower-alpha 1] RFU Championship St. Peter 4,000 Saint Peter Leinster A Ireland Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship Donnybrook Stadium 6,000 Dublin London Irish England RFU Championship Madejski Stadium 7,579[lower-alpha 2] Reading, Berkshire London Scottish England RFU Championship Richmond Athletic Ground 4,500 Richmond, London London Welsh England RFU Championship Old Deer Park 5,850 Richmond, London Munster A Ireland Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship Towns Park The Showgrounds Old Chapel Irish Independent Park CIT Stadium 400 1,000[2] N/A 8,200 1,100[3] Midleton Ennis Bandon Cork Cork Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select Wales N/A Pandy Park CCB Centre 3,000 1,000 Crosskeys Ystrad Mynach Nottingham Rugby England RFU Championship Lady Bay Sports Ground 3,000 Nottingham Ospreys Premiership Select Wales N/A The Gnoll Talbot Athletic Ground Llynfi Road 5,000 3,000 N/A Neath Port Talbot Maesteg Richmond England RFU Championship Richmond Athletic Ground 4,500 Richmond, London Rotherham Titans England RFU Championship Clifton Lane 2,500 Rotherham Scarlets Premiership Select Wales N/A Church Bank Playing Fields Carmarthen Park Parc y Scarlets 3,000 3,000 14,870 Llandovery Carmarthen Llanelli Ulster A Ireland Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship Shaw's Bridge Eaton Park Kingspan Stadium 1,300 1,000 18,196 Belfast Ballymena Belfast Yorkshire Carnegie England RFU Championship Sandhill Lane Stadium Moor Lane Silver Royd N/A N/A 1,950 Selby Pontefract Scalby Jersey is listed in the English section because they play in the English RFU Championship. Although Madejski's full capacity is 24,161, for most matches only West Stand will be open with capacity of 7,579.

Bedford Blues Connacht Cornish Pirates Doncaster Ealing T Jersey Reds Leinster L Irish L Scottish L Welsh Munster Dragons Nottingham Ospreys Richmond Rotherham Scarlets Ulster Y Carnegie Locations of the 2016-17 British & Irish Cup teams

Pool stages

Key to colours

	Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
	Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Jersey Reds	6	5	0	1	181	94	87	3	0	23
Ulster A	6	4	0	2	153	124	29	2	2	20
London Scottish	6	2	0	4	134	157	−23	2	2	12
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select	6	1	0	5	104	197	−93	0	3	7
Source: Updated: 10 March 2017 Points breakdown: *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

Round 1

14 October 2016 19:00

Ulster A	19 – 6	Jersey Reds
	Report

Shaw's Bridge, Belfast Attendance: 200 Referee: Dewi Phillips

15 October 2016 14:30

(BP) Cardiff Blues Premiership Select	21 – 26	London Scottish (BP)
	Report

BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 787 Referee: Frank Murphy

[4]

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Round 2

21 October 2016 19:45

(BP) Jersey Reds	49 – 12	Cardiff Blues Premiership Select
	Report

St Peter Attendance: 1,551 Referee: Ben Blain

22 October 2016 14:30

(BP) London Scottish	34 – 29	Ulster A (2BP)
	Report

Athletic Ground Attendance: 906 Referee: Gareth Newman

[5]

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Round 3

9 December 2016 17:00

Ulster A	16 – 10	Cardiff Blues Premiership Select (BP)
	Report

Eaton Park, Ballymena Attendance: 1,301 Referee: Veryan Boscawen

10 December 2016 14:30

London Scottish	13 – 22	Jersey Reds
	Report

Athletic Ground Attendance: 947 Referee: Johnny Erskine

[6]

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Round 4

16 December 2016 19:45

Jersey Reds	23 – 19	London Scottish (BP)
	Report

St Peter Attendance: 1,151 Referee: Ben Blain

17 December 2016 14:30

(BP) Cardiff Blues premiership Select	27 – 30	Ulster A
	Report

Sardis Road, Pontypridd Attendance: 325 Referee: Hamish Smales

[7]

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Round 5

13 January 2017 19:00

(BP) Ulster A	38 – 21	London Scottish
	Report

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 4,813 Referee: Joy Neville

14 January 2017

Cardiff Blues Premiership Select	10 – 55	Jersey Reds (BP)
	Report

The Wern, Merthyr Tydfil Attendance: 973 Referee: Nigel Correll

[8]

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Round 6

21 January 2017 14:00

(BP) Jersey Reds	26 – 21	Ulster A (BP)
	Report

St Peter Attendance: 1,406 Referee: Craig Evans

10 March 2017 19:00

(BP) London Scottish	21 – 24	Cardiff Blues Premiership Select
	Report

Athletic Ground Attendance: 400 Referee: Calum Howard

• Postponed from 21 January due to frozen pitch.[9][10]

[11]

Pool 2

London Welsh entered liquidation on 8 December 2016 and were disqualified from the competition and their results from rounds 1 and 2 annulled.[12]

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Munster A	4	4	0	0	121	55	66	3	0	19
Rotherham Titans	4	1	0	3	73	102	−25	0	1	5
Doncaster Knights	4	1	0	3	61	98	−41	0	0	4
Source : Updated: 21 January 2017 Points breakdown: *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

Round 1

15 October 2016 14:30

Munster A	15 – 30	London Welsh (BP)
	Report

Towns Park, Midleton Attendance: 350 Referee: Fergus Kirby

• London Welsh expelled from the competition

15 October 2016 15:00

Rotherham Titans	34 – 17	Doncaster Knights
	Report

Clifton Lane Attendance: 750 Referee: Jake Makepeace

[4]

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Round 2

22 October 2016 14:00

(BP) London Welsh	40 – 24	Rotherham Titans
	Report

Old Deer Park Attendance: 728 Referee: Adam Leal

• London Welsh expelled from the competition.

22 October 2016 14:30

Doncaster Knights	P – P	Munster A

Castle Park

• Match postponed due to the death of Munster Rugby's head coach Anthony Foley and played on 7 January 2016.[5][13]

[14]

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Round 3

10 December 2016 14:00

Rotherham Titans	24 – 35	Munster A (BP)
	Report

Clifton Lane Attendance: 704 Referee: Rhys Thomas

[6]

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Round 4

18 December 2016 14:00

(BP) Munster A	34 – 3	Rotherham Titans
	Report

The Showgrounds, Ennis Attendance: 350 Referee: Craig Evans

[7]

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Round 2 (rescheduled game)

7 January 2016 14:30

Doncaster Knights	12 – 28	Munster A (BP)
	Report

Castle Park Attendance: 974 Referee: Stuart Gaffikin

• Match postponed from 22 October 2016.

[15]

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Round 5

13 January 2017 19:00

Munster A	24 – 16	Doncaster Knights
	Report

Old Chapel, Bandon Attendance: 937 Referee: Dewi Phillips

[8]

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Round 6

21 January 2017 14:00

Doncaster Knights	16 – 12	Rotherham Titans (BP)
	Report

Castle Park Attendance: 1,207 Referee: Ben Blain

[10]

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
London Irish	6	5	0	1	154	97	57	4	1	25
Cornish Pirates	6	4	0	2	188	99	89	3	1	20
Ospreys Premiership Select	6	3	0	3	130	155	−25	2	0	14
Connacht Eagles	6	0	0	6	82	223	−141	1	1	2
Source: Updated: 21 January 2017 Points breakdown: *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

Round 1

15 October 2016 14:30

Ospreys Premiership Select	14 – 25	London Irish (BP)
	Report

The Gnoll, Neath Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Matt Turvey

16 October 2016 14:30

Connacht Eagles	10 – 23	Cornish Pirates
	Report

Galway Sportsground Attendance: 200 Referee: Ben Blain

[4]

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Round 2

22 October 2016 15:00

(BP) London Irish	34 – 3	Connacht Eagles
	Report

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 3,109 Referee: Michael Hudson

23 October 2016 14:00

(BP) Cornish Pirates	41 – 5	Ospreys Premiership Select
	Report

Mennaye Field Attendance: 1,405 Referee: Sean Gallagher

[5]

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Round 3

10 December 2016 14:30

(BP) Connacht Eagles	17 – 20	Ospreys Premiership Select
	Report

Galway Sportsground Attendance: 419 Referee: Jack Makepeace

11 December 2016 15:00

(BP) London Irish	33 – 24	Cornish Pirates
	Report

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,695 Referee: Adam Jones

[6]

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Round 4

18 December 2016 14:00

(BP) Cornish Pirates	16 – 17	London Irish
	Report

Mennaye Field Attendance: 1,426 Referee: Fergus Kirby

18 December 2016 14:00

(BP) Ospreys Premiership Select	55 – 14	Connacht Eagles
	Report

Talbot Athletic Ground, Port Talbot Attendance: 542 Referee: Adam Leal

[7]

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Round 5

14 January 2017 14:30

Connacht Eagles	14 – 41	London Irish (BP)
	Report

Dubarry Park, Athlone Attendance: 695 Referee: Ben Blain

14 January 2017 14:30

Ospreys Premiership Select	10 – 34	Cornish Pirates (BP)
	Report

Llynfi Road, Maesteg Attendance: 872 Referee: Jonny Erskine

[8]

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Round 6

21 January 2017 14:00

(BP) Cornish Pirates	50 – 24	Connacht Eagles (BP)
	Report

Mennaye Field Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Matt Turvey

21 January 2017 14:00

(BP) London Irish	24 – 26	Ospreys Premiership Select (BP)
	Report

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Joy Neville

[10]

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Scarlets Premiership Select	6	4	0	2	198	149	49	5	1	22
Leinster A	6	3	0	3	256	133	123	3	1	16
Nottingham Rugby	6	3	0	3	148	136	12	3	0	15
Richmond	6	2	0	4	100	284	−184	1	0	9
Source: Updated: 21 January 2017 Points breakdown: *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

Round 1

15 October 2016 15:00

Richmond	19 – 68	Leinster A (BP)
	Report

Athletic Ground Attendance: 512 Referee: Adam Jones

16 October 2016 15:00

Nottingham Rugby	11 – 33	Scarlets Premiership Select (BP)
	Report

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 791[16] Referee: Sean Gallagher

[4]

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Round 2

22 October 2016 14:30

(BP) Scarlets Premiership Select	58 – 7	Richmond
	Report

Church Bank Playing Fields, Llandovery Attendance: 350 Referee: Stuart Gaffikin

23 October 2016 15:00

Leinster A	21 – 29	Nottingham Rugby (BP)
	Report

Donnybrook Stadium Attendance: 950 Referee: Gary Glennon

[5]

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Round 3

10 December 2016 14:00

(BP) Leinster A	65 – 13	Scarlets Premiership Select
	Report

Donnybrook Stadium Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Ben Blain

11 December 2016 15:00

(BP) Nottingham Rugby	43 – 3	Richmond
	Report

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 1,084 Referee: Hamish Smales

[6]

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Round 4

17 December 2016 14:30

(BP) Scarlets Premiership Select	27 – 7	Leinster A
	Report

Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen Attendance: 250 Referee: Matt Turvey

17 December 2016 15:00

Richmond	20 – 12	Nottingham Rugby
	Report

Athletic Ground Attendance: 485 Referee: Dew Phillips

[7]

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Round 5

13 January 2017 19:45

(BP) Nottingham Rugby	28 – 24	Leinster A (BP)
	Report

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 1,367 Referee: Rhys Thomas

14 January 2017 15:00

(BP) Richmond	34 – 32	Scarlets Premiership Select (2BP)
	Report

Athletic Ground Attendance: 396 Referee: Adam Leal

[8]

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Round 6

20 January 2017 19:30

(BP) Leinster A	71 – 17	Richmond
	Report

Donnybrook Stadium Attendance: 673 Referee: Gareth Newman

21 January 2017 14:00

(BP) Scarlets Premiership Select	35 – 25	Nottingham Rugby
	Report

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 250 Referee: Veryan Boscawen

[10]

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
Ealing Trailfinders	6	4	1	1	194	123	71	3	2	23
Yorkshire Carnegie	6	4	0	2	156	130	26	3	1	20
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	6	2	0	4	118	170	−52	1	2	11
Bedford Blues	6	1	1	4	119	173	−54	1	1	8
Source: Updated: 21 January 2017 Points breakdown: *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

Round 1

15 October 2016 15:00

(BP) Ealing Trailfinders	51 – 35	Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
	Report

Trailfinders Sports Club Attendance: 468 Referee: Veryan Boscawen

15 October 2016 15:00

(BP) Bedford Blues	46 – 33	Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select (BP)
	Report

Goldington Road Attendance: 2,218 Referee: Joy Neville

[4]

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Round 2

22 October 2016 14:30

(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie	52 – 28	Bedford Blues
	Report

Sandhill Lane Stadium, Selby Attendance: 623 Referee: Fergus Kirby

22 October 2016 15:00

(BP) Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	27 – 28	Ealing Trailfinders
	Report

Pandy Park, Crosskeys Attendance: 200 Referee: Matt Turvey

[5]

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Round 3

10 December 2016 15:00

Bedford Blues	19 – 19	Ealing Trailfinders
	Report

Goldington Road Attendance: 1,707 Referee: Adam Leal

11 December 2016 14:15

Yorkshire Carnegie	20 – 17	Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select (BP)
	Report

Moor Lane, Pontefract Attendance: 428 Referee: Nigel Correll

[6]

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Round 4

17 December 2016 15:00

Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	22 – 20	Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
	Report

CCB Centre, Ystrad Mynach Attendance: 315 Referee: Jonny Erskine

17 December 2016 15:00

(BP) Ealing Trailfinders	40 – 23	Bedford Blues
	Report

Trailfinders Sports Club Attendance: 428 Referee: Gareth Newman

[7]

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Round 5

14 January 2017 15:00

Bedford Blues	12 – 29	Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
	Report

Goldington Road Attendance: 1,874 Referee: Hamish Smales

14 January 2017 15:00

(BP) Ealing Trailfinders	56 – 19	Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select
	Report

Trailfinders Sports Club Attendance: 433 Referee: Fergus Kirby

[8]

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Round 6

21 January 2017 14:00

Yorkshire Carnegie	14 – 10	Ealing Trailfinders (BP)
	Report

Silver Royd, Scalby Attendance: 834 Referee: Rhys Thomas

21 January 2017 16:30

Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	15 – 12	Bedford Blues (BP)
	Report

CCB Centre, Ystrad Mynach[a 1] Attendance: 652 Referee: Stuart Gaffikin

1. • Initially due to be held at The Bridge Field, Bedwas but because of a frozen pitch, the venue was changed and the kick-off time moved from 14:00 to 16:30.[17]

[10]

Knock-out stage

The eight qualifiers were seeded according to performance in the pool stage. The four top seeds hosted the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 format. If two teams qualified from the same group they could not be drawn together despite the seeding, therefore, Jersey Reds did not play against Ulster A. The quarter-finals were held over the weekend of 10/11/12 March 2017, the semi-finals were held over the weekend of 31 March and 1 & 2 April 2017 and the final was played on 21/22/23 April 2017.

Teams are ranked by:

1 – competition points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw)

2 – where competition points are equal, greatest number of wins

3 – where the number of wins are equal, aggregate points difference

4 – where the aggregate points difference are equal, greatest number of points scored

Seed	Pool winners	Pts	Wins	Pts diff
1	London Irish	25	5	57
2	Jersey Reds	23	5	87
3	Ealing Trailfinders	23	4	71
4	Scarlets Premiership Select	22	4	49
5	Munster A	19	4	66
Seed	Pool Runners–up	Pts	Wins	Pts diff
6	Cornish Pirates	20	4	89
7	Ulster A	20	4	29
8	Yorkshire Carnegie	20	4	26
9	Leinster A	16	3	123
10	Rotherham Titans	5	1	−25

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 March 2017 - Irish Independent Park
	Munster A	26
					31 March - CIT Stadium
	Ulster A	3
					Munster A	25
	11 March 2017 - Trailfinders Sports Ground
					Ealing Trailfinders	9
	Ealing Trailfinders	84
									21 April 2017 - Irish Independent Park, Cork
	Scarlets Premiership Select	7
									Munster A	29
	11 March 2017 - Madejski Stadium
									Jersey Reds	28
	London Irish	37
					2 April 2017 - Madejski Stadium
	Yorkshire Carnegie	14
					London Irish	17
	10 March 2017 - St. Peter
					Jersey Reds	25
	Jersey Reds	36
	Cornish Pirates	20

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 23 January 2017, with the matches to be played on the weekend of 10–13 March 2017.[18]

10 March 2017 19:45

Jersey Reds	36 – 20	Cornish Pirates
	Report

St Peter Attendance: 1,515 Referee: Jack Makepeace

11 March 2017 14:00

London Irish	37 – 14	Yorkshire Carnegie
	Report

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 1,479 Referee: Rhys Thomas

11 March 2017 14:00

Ealing Trailfinders	84 – 7	Scarlets Premiership Select
	Report

Trailfinders Sports Ground Attendance: 650 Referee: Nigel Correll

12 March 2017 15:00

Munster A	26 - 3	Ulster A
	Report

Irish Independent Park, Cork Attendance: 800 Referee: Fergus Kirby

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Semi-finals

31 March 2017 19:30

Munster A	25 – 9	Ealing Trailfinders
	Report

CIT Stadium, Cork Attendance: 732 Referee: Rhys Thomas

2 April 2017 14:00

London Irish	17 – 25	Jersey Reds
	Report

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Jack Makepeace

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Final

21 April 2017 19:30

Munster A	29 – 28	Jersey Reds
	Report

Irish Independent Park, Cork Attendance: 983 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

[22][23]

Attendances

Club	Home matches	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	3	5,799	1,933	2,218	1,707	32%
Cardiff Premiership Select	3	2,085	695	973	325	11%
Connacht Eagles	3	1,314	438	695	200	5%
Cornish Pirates	3	3,951	1,317	1,426	1,120	33%
Doncaster Knights	2	2,181	1,091	1,207	974	22%
Ealing Trailfinders	4	1,979	495	650	428	16%
Jersey Reds	4	5,623	1,406	1,551	1,151	35%
Leinster A	3	2,641	880	1,018	673	14%
London Irish	5	10,898	2,180	3,109	1,394	9%
London Scottish	3	2,253	751	947	400	17%
London Welsh	1[b 1]	728	728	728	728	12%
Munster A	6	4,152	692	983	350	42%
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select	3	1,167	389	652	200	34%
Nottingham Rugby	3	3,242	1,081	1,367	791	36%
Ospreys Premiership Select	3	2,914	971	1,500	542	24%
Richmond	3	1,393	464	512	396	10%
Rotherham Titans	2[b 2]	1,454	727	750	704	29%
Scarlets Premiership Select	3	850	283	350	250	7%
Ulster A	3	6,314	2,105	4,813	200	47%
Yorkshire Carnegie	3	1,885	628	834	428	43%

[4][5][6][7][8][10][11][19][20][21][22]

1. • London Welsh only played 1 home game as they were disqualified from the competition due to going into liquidation.[12]
2. • Rotherham only played 2 home games due to London Welsh being disqualified from the competition due to going into liquidation.

Individual statistics

• Points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Points 1 Johnny McPhillips Ulster A 6 62 2 Billy McBryde Scarlets PS 7 56 3 Warren Seals Yorkshire Carnegie 7 52 4 Arwel Robson Newport-Gwent Dragons PS 6 51 5 Simon Katz Jersey Reds 6 50 6 Myles Dorrian Bedford Blues 6 45 7 Laurence May Cornish Pirates 6 43 8 David Johnston Munster A 8 42 9 Tom Daly Leinster A 4 40 Tom Williams Scarlets PS 6 40 [4][5][6][7][8][10][11][20][22]

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Tom Williams Scarlets PS 6 8 2 Alex Walker Ealing Trailfinders 4 6 3 Barney Nightingale Newport-Gwent Dragons PS 5 6 4 Jay Baker Ospreys PS 3 5 5 Rob O'Donnell Yorkshire Carnegie 3 5 6 Tom Daly Leinster A 4 5 7 Morgan Allen Scarlets PS 6 5 Nick Haining Jersey Reds 6 5 Jimmy O'Brien Leinster A 6 5 Keiran Williams Ospreys PS 6 5 8 Alex O'Meara Cornish Pirates 7 5 [4][5][6][7][8][10][11][20][22]

Season records

Team Largest home win — 77 points 84 – 7 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017 Largest away win — 49 points 68 – 19 Leinster A away to Richmond on 15 October 2016 Most points scored — 84 points 84 – 7 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017 Most tries in a match — 12 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017 Most conversions in a match — 10 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017 Most penalties in a match — 5 Rotherham Titans at home to Doncaster Knights on 15 October 2016 Most drop goals in a match — 1 Richmond away to Leinster on 20 January 2017

Player Most points in a match — 26 Rory Clegg for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017 Most tries in a match — 4 Rob O'Donnell for Yorkshire Carnegie at home to Bedford Blues on 23 October 2016 Most conversions in a match — 10 Rory Clegg for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017 Most penalties in a match — 5 Lloyd Evans for Rotherham Titans at home to Doncaster Knights on 15 October 2016 Most drop goals in a match — 1 Freddy Gabbitass for Richmond away to Leinster on 20 January 2017 Attendances Highest — 4,813 Ulster A at home to London Scottish on 13 January 2017 Lowest — 200 (x3) Ulster A at home to Jersey Reds on 14 October 2016 Connacht Eagles at home to Cornish Pirates on 16 October 2016 Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 22 October 2016 Highest Average Attendance — 2,180 (London Irish) Lowest Average Attendance — 283 Scarlets Premiership Select)

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External links

• Unofficial British and Irish Cup website - latest news, teams etc