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2010–11 LV Cup

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Countries
  
England  Wales

Venue
  
Franklin's Gardens

Matches played
  
35

Champion
  
Gloucester Rugby

Teams
  
16

Tries scored
  
174

Tournament format(s)
  
Round-robin and knockout

Date
  
4 November 2010 – 20 March 2011

Attendance
  
272,795 (7,794 per match)

Top point scorer(s)
  
Nick Evans (Harlequins) (48 points)

Top try scorer(s)
  
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester) (8 tries)

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The 2010–11 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 40th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the sixth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.

Contents

The competition consisted of the four Welsh Magners League teams and the twelve Aviva Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. Teams were 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. The competition took place on international fixture dates during the Autumn Internationals and Six Nations, thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.

The competition made history this season when London Wasps announced that their Round 3 match against Harlequins would be played in Abu Dhabi on January 30, 2011 – making it first competitive game between two English clubs to take place abroad.

Gloucester claimed the cup with a comprehensive 34–7 victory over Newcastle Falcons in the final at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton. It was the fifth victory for Gloucester in the competition (including one shared title), and the first since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.

Points system

The points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows:

  • 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)

    • The ranking criteria were:

  • 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.

    • Qualification criteria

    The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages. The pool winners will be decided by the following criteria:

    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:

    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.

    Semi-finals

    Touch judges:
    Rob Debney (England)
    Roy Maybank (England)

    Touch judges:
    Martin Fox (England)
    Paul Dix (England)

    Final

    Touch judges:
    Wayne Barnes(England)
    Paul Dix (England)

    References

    2010–11 LV Cup Wikipedia
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