2007–08 EDF Energy Cup
2007–08 EDF Energy Cup | |||
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Tournament details | |||
Countries |
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Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout | ||
Date | October 2007 - April 2008 | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Teams | 16 | ||
Final | |||
Venue | Twickenham | ||
Attendance | 65,756 | ||
Champions |
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Runner-up |
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The 2007–08 EDF Energy Cup was the 37th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the third to follow the recently adopted Anglo-Welsh format.
As in the previous two years, the competition is contested between the 12 teams of the Guinness Premiership and the four Welsh regions from the Magners League. The 16 teams are arranged into four pools, with one Welsh and three English teams in each. Teams are randomly drawn into groups, as opposed to previous years when English sides were grouped according to proximity to one another. Each team plays the other team from their group only once, meaning that two teams in each group face two away games, whereas the other two teams have two home games.
Group stage
In the pool matches, teams receive:
- Four points for a win
- Two points for a draw
- A bonus point for scoring four or more tries, regardless of the match result
- A bonus point for losing by seven or fewer points
The winner of each pool advances to the semi-finals, at which stage a draw takes place to determine the teams that will play each other. The winners of the semi-final advance to the final to determine the competition winner; no "third place final" is played.
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | BP | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 35 | 1 | 11 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 58 | 2 | 8 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 66 | 1 | 7 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 45 | 3 | 5 |
27 October 2007 15:00 |
Gloucester ![]() |
18 – 18 | ![]() |
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Tries: Simpson-Daniel (2) 68' c, 80' m Con: Walker (1/2) Pen: Paterson (1/1) 3' Walker (1/2) 60' |
(Report) | Tries: Phillips 2' c Thompson m Con: Flood (1/2) Pen: Flood (2/2) 61', 65' |
27 October 2007 17:30 |
Newport Gwent Dragons ![]() |
3 – 3 | ![]() |
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Pen: Sweeney (1/1) 37' | (Report) | Pen: Cipriani (1/1) 56' |
3 November 2007 19:30 |
Newcastle Falcons ![]() |
29 – 24 | ![]() |
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Tries: Jones 20' c Wilson 26' c Phillips 43' m Rudd 69' c Con: Flood (2/3) Jones (1/1) Pen: Flood (1/1) 17' |
(Report) | Tries: M. Thomas 35' c R. Thomas (2) 49' m, 72' m Williams 57' c Con: A. Thomas (2/4) |
4 November 2007 15:00 |
London Wasps ![]() |
29 – 26 | ![]() |
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Tries: Voyce 54' m Haskell (2) 64' c, 71' c Hart 77' c Con: Cipriani (3/4) Pen: Cipriani (1/1) 40' |
(Report) | Tries: Lawson 4' c Azam 35' c Morgan 47' c Balshaw 61' m Con: Lamb (3/4) |
30 November 2007 19:30 |
Newport Gwent Dragons ![]() |
11 – 13 | ![]() |
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Try: Black 40' m Pen: Sweeney (2) 17', 62' |
(Report) | Try: Delve 80' c Con: Paterson Pen: Walker 4', 46' |
1 December 2007 15:00 |
London Wasps ![]() |
24 – 6 | ![]() |
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Tries: Reddan 22' m Penalty try 32' c Con: Cipriani Pen: Cipriani (4) 10', 16', 54', 78' |
(Report) | Pen: Wilkinson (2) 43', 47' |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | BP | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 48 | 3 | 11 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 63 | 1 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 53 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 74 | 0 | 4 |
26 October 2007 19:10 |
Cardiff Blues ![]() |
32 – 15 | ![]() |
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Tries: Spice 5' m Thomas (2) 21' c, 26' m Rush 30' c James 80+1' m Con: Robinson (2/5) Pen: Robinson (1/1) 19' |
(Report) | Tries: Thomas 67' c Lamont 79' m Con: Thomas (1/2) Pen: Thomas (1/1) 16' |
27 October 2007 14:15 |
Bath ![]() |
20 – 14 | ![]() |
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Tries: Penalty try 39' c Crockett 69' c Con: Davis (1/1) Berne (1/1) Pen: Davis (2/3) 4', 30' |
(Report) | Try: Vesty 27' m Pen: Humphreys (3/5) 7', 24', 43' |
2 November 2007 19:45 |
Sale Sharks ![]() |
25 – 10 | ![]() |
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Try: Bell 39' c Con: Hodgson (1/1) Pen: Hodgson (5/5) 11', 14', 37', 44', 59' Drop: Hodgson (1/1) 6' |
(Report) | Try: Ward 47' c Con: Berne (1/1) Pen: Berne (1/2) 19' |
3 November 2007 14:30 |
Leicester Tigers ![]() |
42 – 20 | ![]() |
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Tries: Varndell 44' c J. Murphy (2) 50' m, 70' c Hipkiss 66' c Penalty try 76' c Con: Goode (1/2) Burke (3/3) Pen: Goode (3/3) 14', 22', 40' |
(Report) | Tries: Rush 58' c Blair 79' c Con: Blair (2/2) Pen: Blair (2/3) 9', 25' |
30 November 2007 19:40 |
Bath ![]() |
6 – 14 | ![]() |
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Pen: Barkley (2) 25', 40+5' | (Report) | Try: Sowden-Taylor 80+1' m Pen: Flanagan (3) 15', 40+2', 67' |
30 November 2007 19:40 |
Leicester Tigers ![]() |
32 – 8 | ![]() |
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Tries: J. Murphy 3' c Hipkiss 49' c Varndell 76' c Croft 80+1' m Con: Goode (3) Pen: Goode (2) 39', 67' |
(Report) | Try: McAlister 54' m Pen: McAlister 12' |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | BP | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 40 | 2 | 14 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 50 | 1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 88 | 2 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 117 | 1 | 5 |
27 October 2007 14:30 |
Worcester Warriors ![]() |
16 – 47 | ![]() |
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Try: Gillies 68' c Con: Brown (1/1) Pen: Drahm (3/3) 36', 40', 44' |
(Report) | Tries: Byrne (2) 11' c, 76' c Walker 15' c Williams (2) 38' c, 72' m Parker 51' c Philips 74' c Con: Hook (4/4) Connor (2/3) |
28 October 2007 15:00 |
London Irish ![]() |
8 – 10 | ![]() |
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Try: Murphy 20' m Pen: Armitage (1/1) 38' |
(Report) | Try: Hala'ufia 32' c Con: Jarvis (1/1) Pen: Jarvis (1/2) 40' |
3 November 2007 15:00 |
Harlequins ![]() |
22 – 23 | ![]() |
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Tries: Monye (2) 16' c, 39' c Brown 57' m Con: Malone (2/3) Pen: Malone (1/1) 20' |
(Report) | Tries: Talei 11' m Lutui 32' c Sanderson 72' m Con: Crichton (1/2) Pen: Brown (1/1) 28' Crichton (1/1) 40' |
4 November 2007 15:00 |
Ospreys ![]() |
51 – 16 | ![]() |
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Tries: Thomas 14' c S. Williams (3) 32' c, 68' m, 74' c Phillips 48' c Lewis 58' c A. W. Jones 61' m Con: Hook (4/6) Connor (1/1) Pen: Hook (2/2) 3', 26' |
(Report) | Try: de Vedia 12' c Con: Hickey (1/1) Pen: Hickey (3/5) 8', 23', 28' |
2 December 2007 15:00 |
London Irish ![]() |
48 – 27 | ![]() |
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Tries: Tiesi 12' c S. Armitage 25' c Thorpe (2) 39' c, 61' m Tagicakibau 42' c Mordt 58' c Fury 68' m Con: Hickey (4) Mordt Pen: Hickey 43' |
(Report) | Tries: Benjamin 22' m Garvey 36' m Horstmann 50' c Bowley (2) 65' m, 79' m Con: Carlisle |
2 December 2007 15:10 |
Harlequins ![]() |
8 – 19 | ![]() |
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Try: Barry 47' m Pen: Jarvis 14' |
(Report) | Try: Henson 79' c Con: Henson Pen: Henson (4) 19', 24', 50', 74' |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | BP | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 79 | 4 | 12 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 69 | 3 | 11 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 69 | 0 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 118 | 1 | 3 |
26 October 2007 20:00 |
Leeds Carnegie ![]() |
28 – 46 | ![]() |
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Tries: Lund 35' m MacDonald 57' c Armstrong 69' m Satala 74' m Con: Di Bernardo (1/4) Pen: Di Bernardo (2/2) 3', 44' |
(Report) | Tries: Penney (2) 17' c, 50' c McMullen 45' c Thrower 60' m Rauluni 64' c Sorrell 80' c Con: Ross (5/6) Pen: Ross (2/2) 6', 35' |
28 October 2007 15:10 |
Bristol ![]() |
18 – 11 | ![]() |
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Tries: Robinson 18' m Blowers 30' c Con: Hill (1/2) Pen: Hill (2/2) 7', 44' |
(Report) | Try: Stoddart 80+1' m Pen: Priestland (1/2) 4' S. Jones (1/1) 43' |
2 November 2007 19:10 |
Llanelli Scarlets ![]() |
59 – 19 | ![]() |
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Tries: D. Evans (2) 3' c, 67' c Bater 10' c M. Jones 16' c Popham 38' c I. Thomas 51' c MacLeod 59' c Easterby 64' c Con: S. Jones (8/8) Pen: S. Jones (1/1) 26' |
(Report) | Tries: Biggs (2) 31' c, 44' m Hepworth 72' c Con: Di Bernardo (2/3) |
4 November 2007 15:00 |
Saracens ![]() |
45 – 15 | ![]() |
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Tries: Ratuvou (2) 33' c, 77' m Vyvyan 61' c Seymour 63' c Kyriacou 80' c Con: Ross (1/1) Jackson (3/4) Pen: Ross (4/4) 6', 13', 31', 36' |
(Report) | Tries: Blaney (2) 26' m, 68' c Con: Strange (1/2) Pen: Strange (1/1) 39' |
1 December 2007 14:30 |
Llanelli Scarlets ![]() |
36 – 32 | ![]() |
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Tries: MacLeod 35' c S. Jones 43' c J. Davies 51' m G. R. Evans 55' m Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones (4) 10', 16', 40', 62' |
(Report) | Tries: Penalty try (2) 30' c, 68' c Powell 47' c Ratuvou 58' m Con: Ross (2) Farrell Pen: Farrell (2) 73', 80+1' |
2 December 2007 15:00 |
Bristol ![]() |
13 – 13 | ![]() |
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Try: Blaney 22' c Con: Strange Pen: Strange (2) 40', 57' |
(Report) | Try: Lund 46' c Con: Brooks Pen: Brooks (2) 30', 42' |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
22 March 2008 14:30 |
Leicester Tigers ![]() |
34 – 24 | ![]() |
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Tries: Goode 34' c Rabeni 44' c Hipkiss 56' c Castrogiovanni 68' c Con: Goode (4) Pen: Goode (2/2) 16', 28' |
(Report) | Tries: Cipriani (2) 23' c, 76' c Sackey (2) 30' m, 61' m Con: Cipriani Walder |
22 March 2008 17:15 |
Ospreys ![]() |
30 – 3 | ![]() |
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Tries: S. Williams (2) 40' m, 70' m Henson 51' c Tiatia 62' c Con: Hook (2) Pen: Hook (2/2) 29', 59' |
(Report) | Pen: Jackson (1/2) 44' |
Final
12 April 2008 14:30 |
Leicester Tigers ![]() |
6 – 23 | ![]() |
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Pen: Goode (1/3) 6' Drop: Goode 17' |
(Report) | Tries: A. Bishop 23' c A. W. Jones 48' c Con: Hook (2) Pen: Hook (3/5) 58', 73', 76' |
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