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2010–11 British and Irish Cup

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Teams
  
24

Matches played
  
67

Countries
  
England Ireland  Scotland  Wales

Tournament format(s)
  
Round-robin and knockout

Date
  
October 2010 - May 2011

Attendance
  
81,295 (1,213 per match)

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.

Contents

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.

    • 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.

  • This fixture would double up as a cup and 2010–11 RFU Championship game after the cup game was initially postponed.

    • Qualifiers

    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.

    References

    2010–11 British and Irish Cup Wikipedia
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