2010–11 LV Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England  Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin andknockout
Date	4 November 2010 – 20 March 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	35
Attendance	272,795 (7,794 per match)
Tries scored	174 (4.97 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Nick Evans (Harlequins) (48 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s)	Charlie Sharples (Gloucester) (8 tries)[2]
Final
Venue	Franklin's Gardens,Northampton
Attendance	6,848
Champions	Gloucester (5th title)
Runners-up	Newcastle Falcons
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The2010–11 LV Cup (styled as theLV= Cup) was the 40th season of England's nationalrugby union cup competition, and the sixth to follow theAnglo-Welsh format.

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 whenLondon Wasps announced that their Round 3 match againstHarlequins would be played inAbu Dhabi on January 30, 2011 – making it the first competitive game between two English clubs to take place abroad.^[3]

Gloucester claimed the cup with a comprehensive 34–7 victory overNewcastle Falcons in the final atFranklin's Gardens inNorthampton. 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 in2005.

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)

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.

Pool 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Newcastle Falcons	4	2	0	2	61	59	+2	6	0	1	9
London Wasps	4	1	0	3	50	101	−51	4	0	1	4[a]
Cardiff Blues	4	0	1	3	56	104	−48	4	0	0	2
Leicester Tigers	4	0	0	4	60	141	−81	6	0	0	0

Pool 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Harlequins	4	4	0	0	123	65	+58	13	1	0	17
Bath	4	3	0	1	110	51	+59	12	1	1	14
Ospreys	4	3	0	1	82	55	+27	8	1	1	14
Exeter Chiefs	4	2	1	1	90	56	+34	9	1	0	11

5 November 2010 19:30

Leicester Tigers	25–34	Harlequins
	Report

Welford Road Attendance: 16,197 Referee:Dave Pearson (England)

5 November 2010 19:45

Bath	29–19	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Recreation Ground Attendance: 11,911 Referee:Greg Garner (England)

6 November 2010 15:00

Exeter Chiefs	29–6	London Wasps
	Report

Sandy Park Attendance: 7,799 Referee:Neil Paterson (Scotland)

6 November 2010 18:30

Newcastle Falcons	18–17	Ospreys
	Report

Kingston Park Attendance: 3,307 Referee:Tim Wigglesworth (England)

12 November 2010 19:30

Cardiff Blues	23–23	Exeter Chiefs
	Report

Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 7,018 Referee:David Jones (Wales)

12 November 2010 19:45

Ospreys	46–13	Leicester Tigers
	Report

Brewery Field Attendance: 6,632 Referee:Leighton Hodges (Wales)

14 November 2010 15:00

Harlequins	28–20	Newcastle Falcons
	Report

The Stoop Attendance: 9,450 Referee:David Rose (England)

14 November 2010 15:00

London Wasps	18–16	Bath
	Report

Adams Park Attendance: 6,518 Referee:Martin Fox (England)

29 January 2011 14:15

Bath	11–6	Newcastle Falcons
	Report

Recreation Ground Attendance: 11,631 Referee:Rob Debney (England)

29 January 2011 15:00

Exeter Chiefs	35–10	Leicester Tigers
	Report

Sandy Park Attendance: 7,445 Referee:Tim Hayes (Wales)

29 January 2011 18:30

Cardiff Blues	7–29	Ospreys
	Report

Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 10,320 Referee:Dave Pearson (England)

30 January 2011 19:15GST[a]

London Wasps	13–38	Harlequins
	Report

Emirates Palace,Abu Dhabi[7] Attendance: 4,856 Referee:Martin Fox (England)

4 February 2011 19:30

Leicester Tigers	12–26	Bath
	Report

Welford Road Attendance: 13,156 Referee:James Jones (Wales)

6 February 2011 15:00

Newcastle Falcons	17–3	Exeter Chiefs
	Report

Kingston Park Attendance: 3,863 Referee:Chris White (England)

6 February 2011 15:15

Harlequins	23–7	Cardiff Blues
	Report

The Stoop Attendance: 8,723 Referee:David Rose (England)

6 February 2011 15:00

Ospreys	18–13	London Wasps
	Report

Brewery Field Attendance: 4,800 Referee:Dean Richards (England)

Pool 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Newport Gwent Dragons	4	3	0	1	75	69	+6	8	0	0	12
Saracens	4	2	1	1	116	72	+44	15	2	0	11[b]
London Irish	4	1	0	3	75	125	−50	9	1	0	5
Leeds Carnegie	4	0	0	4	70	143	−73	8	1	1	2

Pool 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Gloucester	4	3	0	1	119	52	+67	18	3	1	16
Northampton Saints	4	2	1	1	108	86	+22	14	1	0	11
Scarlets	4	2	0	2	93	89	+4	9	1	0	9
Sale Sharks	4	2	0	2	89	109	−20	12	1	0	9

4 November 2010 19:35

Newport Gwent Dragons	18–12	Gloucester
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,244 Referee:James Jones (Wales)

5 November 2010 19:45

Sale Sharks	39–14	London Irish
	Report

Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,106 Referee:Llyr Ap Geraint-Roberts (England)

6 November 2010 12:00

Scarlets	52–13	Leeds Carnegie
	Report

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 5,013 Referee:Tim Hayes (Wales)

7 November 2010 15:00

Saracens	22–22	Northampton Saints
	Report

Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,015 Referee:Chris White (England)

12 November 2010 19:45

Northampton Saints	28–3	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 12,209 Referee:Sean Davey (England)

13 November 2010 13:00

Gloucester	36–10	Saracens
	Report

Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 10,120 Referee:C Hayes (England)

14 November 2010 14:30

London Irish	16–25	Scarlets
	Report

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,795 Referee:Greg Garner (England)

14 November 2010 15:00

Leeds Carnegie	17–23	Sale Sharks
	Report

Headingley Stadium Attendance: 3,184 Referee:Tim Wigglesworth (England)

28 January 2011 19:45

Sale Sharks	20–28	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,126 Referee:Wayne Barnes (England)

29 January 2011 15:00

Scarlets	7–34	Saracens
	Report

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,610 Referee:Llyr Ap Geraint-Roberts (England)

30 January 2011 15:00

Leeds Carnegie	16–30	Gloucester
	Report

Headingley Stadium Attendance: 1,498 Referee:Leighton Hodges (Wales)

30 January 2011 15:00

London Irish	37–20	Northampton Saints
	Report

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 8,636 Referee:James Jones (Wales)

3 February 2011 19:15

Newport Gwent Dragons	26–9	Scarlets
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,628 Referee:Greg Garner (England)

5 February 2011 15:00

Gloucester	41–8	London Irish
	Report

Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 10,686 Referee:Gwyn Morris (Wales)

5 February 2011 15:00

Northampton Saints	38–24	Leeds Carnegie
	Report

Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 13,456 Referee:Sean Davey (England)

6 February 2011 15:00

Saracens	50–7	Sale Sharks
	Report

Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,014 Referee:Leighton Hodges (Wales)

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 March 2011 –Kingsholm
	Gloucester	45
					20 March 2011 –Franklin's Gardens
	Newport Gwent Dragons	17
					Gloucester	34
	11 March 2011 –The Stoop
					Newcastle Falcons	7
	Harlequins	20
	Newcastle Falcons	21

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.

Qualifiers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
1	Harlequins	4	4	0	0	123	65	+58	13	1	0	17
2	Gloucester	4	3	0	1	119	52	+67	18	3	1	16
3	Newport Gwent Dragons	4	3	0	1	75	69	+6	8	0	0	12
4	Newcastle Falcons	4	2	0	2	61	59	+2	6	0	1	9

11 March 2011 20:00

Harlequins	20–21	Newcastle Falcons
Try:Dickson 1' c Brown 70' c Con:Clegg (2/2) Pen:Clegg (2/2) 5', 22'	Report	Try:Gopperth 56' c Tuʻipulotu 80' m Con:Gopperth (1/2) Pen:Gopperth (3/3) 6', 36', 64'

The Stoop, London Attendance: 6,555 Referee:Nigel Owens (Wales)

13 March 2011 13:00

Gloucester	45–17	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try:Hazell 3' m Fuimaono-Sapolu 11' c Robinson 32' m Sharples (4) 44' c, 53' c, 56' c, 64' c Con:Robinson (5/7) 11', 44', 53', 56', 64'	Report	Try:A. Jones 50' m Brew 71' m Groves 78' c Con:Tovey (1/3) 78'

Kingsholm Stadium,Gloucester Attendance: 12,533 Referee:Christophe Berdos (France)

20 March 2011 15:30

Gloucester	34–7	Newcastle Falcons
Try:Voyce 6' c Fuimaono-Sapolu 57' c Sharples 66' c Dawidiuk 80' c Con:Robinson (4/4) 6', 57', 66', 80' Pen:Robinson (2/2) 20', 51'	Report	Try:Eves 74' c Con:Gopperth (1/1) 74'

Franklin's Gardens,Northampton Attendance: 6,848 Referee:Dave Pearson (England)

FB 15 Olly Morgan RW 14 Charlie Sharples OC 13 Tim Molenaar IC 12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu LW 11 Tom Voyce FH 10 Nicky Robinson SH 9 Jordi Pasqualin N8 8 Luke Narraway (c) OF 7 Andy Hazell BF 6 Akapusi Qera RL 5 Alex Brown LL 4 Jim Hamilton TP 3 Rupert Harden HK 2 Olivier Azam LP 1 Nick Wood Replacements: HK 16 Darren Dawidiuk PR 17 Yann Thomas PR 18 Shaun Knight LK 19 Will James FL 20 Matt Cox FH 21 Tim Taylor FB 22 Freddie Burns CE 23 Henry Trinder Coach: Bryan Redpath

FB 15 Alex Tait RW 14 Luke Fielden OC 13 Tane Tuʻipulotu IC 12 James Fitzpatrick LW 11 Luke Eves FH 10 Jimmy Gopperth SH 9 Micky Young N8 8 Ally Hogg OF 7 Brent Wilson BF 6 Tim Swinson RL 5 Andrew van der Heijden LL 4 James Hudson (c) TP 3 Kieran Brookes HK 2 Matt Thompson LP 1 Jon Golding Replacements: HK 16 Rob Vickers PR 17 Grant Shiells PR 18 James Hall LK 19 Filipo Levi FL 20 Mark Wilson SH 21 Hall Charlton CE 22 Gcobani Bobo FB 23 Tom Catterick Coach: Alan Tait

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

Top points scorers [edit] Rank Player Team Points[1] 1 Nick Evans Harlequins 48 2 Charlie Sharples Gloucester 40 3 Matthew Jones Newport Gwent Dragons 35 4 Matthew Morgan Ospreys 33 5 Olly Barkley Bath 25 6 Mark van Gisbergen London Wasps 23 7 Steven Shingler Scarlets 22 8 Jimmy Gopperth Newcastle Falcons 21 9 Richard Wigglesworth Saracens 20

Top try scorers [edit] Rank Player Team Tries[2] 1 Charlie Sharples Gloucester 8 2 Jonny Fa'amatuainu Scarlets 3 Adam Hughes Newport Gwent Dragons Sam Smith Harlequins Chris Wyles Saracens

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