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
[edit]| 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 | report | Tries: Kinloch Con: Pen: Blair |
| Mennaye Field Attendance: 2370 |
| 2009-11-27 16:00 |
| Leinster A | 12 – 10 | Cornish Pirates |
| Tries: Con: Pen: | report | Tries: Con: Pen: |
| Donnybrook Attendance: 520 |
| 2010-02-13 15:00 |
| Plymouth Albion | 9 – 13 | Cornish Pirates |
| Tries: Con: Pen: | report | Tries: Con: Pen: |
| The Brickfields Attendance: 2413 |
| 2010-02-28 14:00 |
| Cornish Pirates | 37 – 14 | Exeter Chiefs |
| Tries: Con: Pen: | report | Tries: Con: Pen: |
| Mennaye Field Attendance: 2564 |
| 2010-03-07 15:00 |
| Cornish Pirates | 26 – 20 | Newport |
| Tries: Con: Pen: | report | Tries: Con: Pen: |
| Mennaye Field Attendance: 3650 |
Pool B
[edit]| 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 |
Pool C
[edit]| 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 | Tries: Con: Pen: Davies |
| Ravenhill |
Pool D
[edit]| 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.*
| 2010-02-28 15:00 |
| Doncaster Knights | v | Birmingham & Solihull |
| Tries: Con: Pen: | Tries: Con: Pen: |
| Castle Park |