2007-08 Heineken Cup

Pool 1

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Pool 4

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Knockout stage

Round8
April 5 - Madejski Stadium | flagicon|ENG London Irish | 20 | flagicon|FRA Perpignan | 9
April 6 - Stadium Municipal | flagicon|FRA Toulouse | 41 | flagicon|WAL Cardiff Blues | 17
April 6 - Vicarage Road | flagicon|ENG Saracens | 19 | flagicon|WAL Ospreys | 10
April 5 - Kingsholm Stadium | flagicon|ENG Gloucester | 3 | flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster | 16
April 26 - Twickenham | flagicon|ENG London Irish | 15 | flagicon|FRA Toulouse | 21
April 27 - Ricoh Arena | flagicon|ENG Saracens | 16 | flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster | 18
May 24 - Millennium Stadium | flagicon|FRA Toulouse | 13 | flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster | 16

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final 1rugbybox
date = 2008-04-05
time = 15:00
home = London Irish flagicon|ENG
score = 20 – 9
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8546.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Perpignan
homescore = Try: Danaher 31' m
Pen: Hewat (5) 21', 24', 53', 56', 62'
awayscore = Pen: Montgomery (3) 5', 27', 37'
stadium = Madejski Stadium, Reading
attendance = 16,048
referee = Alain Rolland flagicon|IRE|rugby

Quarter-final 2rugbybox
date = 2008-04-05
time = 17:30
home = Gloucester flagicon|ENG
score = 3 – 16
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8548.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster
homescore = Pen: Lamb 67'
awayscore = Tries: Dowling 37' m
Howlett 61' m
Pen: O'Gara (2) 15', 49'
stadium = Kingsholm, Gloucester
attendance = 16,500
referee = Nigel Owens flagicon|WAL

Quarter-final 3rugbybox
date = 2008-04-06
time = 12:30
home = Saracens flagicon|ENG
score = 19 – 10
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8547.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|WAL Ospreys
homescore = Try: Leonelli 42' c
Con: Jackson 43'
Pen: Jackson (3) 10', 15', 59'
Drop: Jackson 78'
awayscore = Try: James 74' c
Con: Hook 75'
Pen: Hook 2'
stadium = Vicarage Road, Watford
attendance = 18,214
referee = Alan Lewis flagicon|IRE|rugby

Quarter-final 4rugbybox
date = 2008-04-06
time = 16:00
home = Toulouse flagicon|FRA
score = 41 – 17
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8549.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|WAL Cardiff Blues
homescore = Tries: Medard 1' c
Kunavore 61' c
Clerc 71' c
Bouilhou 78' m
Con: Elissalde (3) 2', 62', 72'
Pen: Elissalde (3) 5', 22', 59'
Drop: Elissalde 27'
Heymans 80'
awayscore = Tries: Spice 17' c
Blair 67' c
Con: Blair (2) 18', 68'
Pen: Blair 27'
stadium = Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
attendance = 35,070
referee = Wayne Barnes flagicon|ENG

emi-finals

Semi-final 1rugbybox
date = 2008-04-26
time = 15:00
home = London Irish flagicon|ENG
score = 15 – 21
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_10054.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Toulouse
homescore = Tries: Ojo 20' c
Tagicakibau 44' m
Con: Hewat
Pen: Hewat 15'
awayscore = Tries: Ahotaeiloa 34' m
Nyanga 38' c
Con: Élissalde
Pen: Élissalde (3) 11', 48', 51'
stadium = Twickenham, Londoncite web|url=http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_9941.php |title=Semi-final venues announced |publisher=European Rugby Cup |date=2008-04-01 |accessdate=2008-04-01]
attendance = 30,559
referee = Alan Lewis flagicon|IRE|rugby [Alain Rolland, also of Ireland, was originally scheduled to be referee, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. cite web|url=http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_10209.php |title=Referee change |publisher=European Rugby Cup |date=2008-04-24 |accessdate=2008-04-24]

Semi-final 2rugbybox
date = 2008-04-27
time = 15:00
home = Saracens flagicon|ENG
score = 16 – 18
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_10055.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster
homescore = Try: Ratuvou 5' c
Con: Jackson
Pen: Jackson (3) 43', 57', 71'
awayscore = Tries: O'Gara 25' m
Quinlan 40' c
Con: O'Gara
Pen: O'Gara (2) 8', 62'
stadium = Ricoh Arena, Coventry
attendance = 30,325
referee = Nigel Owens flagicon|WAL

Final

rugbybox
date = 2008-05-24
time = 17:00
home = Toulouse flagicon|FRA
score = 13 – 16
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_10240.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster
homescore = Try: Donguy 54' c
Con: Élissalde 54'
Pen: Élissalde 40+1'
Drop: Élissalde 10'
awayscore = Try: Leamy 38' c
Con: O'Gara 39'
Pen: O'Gara (3) 39', 51', 64'
stadium = Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance = 74,417
referee = Nigel Owens flagicon|WAL [cite news |url=http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/5019_10282.php |title=Nigel Owens named as Heineken Cup final referee |publisher=ERCRugby.com |date=2008-05-08 |accessdate=2008-05-10 ]

The final was hosted at the neutral Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, and refereed by Welsh referee Nigel Owens. Toulouse kicked off and managed to regain possession.cite news |first=Mark |last=Orlovac |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7417577.stm |title=2008 Heineken Cup final |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2008-05-24 |accessdate=2008-05-26 ] Toulouse dominated the early parts of the game,cite news |first=James |last=Standley |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7408444.stm |title=2008 Heineken Cup final |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2008-05-24 |accessdate=2008-05-26 ] and although they missed a penalty goal five minutes into the game, scrum-half Jean-Baptiste Élissalde successfully kicked a drop-goal after eight minutes to give them a 3–0 lead. Toulouse continued to dominate territory but Munster winger Doug Howlett made a break in the 29th minute setting up a ruck close to the Toulouse try-line. Munster number 8 Denis Leamy then broke from a ruck and attempted to place the ball over the try-line, but lost it forward in the process. From the resulting scrum, Toulouse were pushed off their own ball and Munster gained possession from which Leamy scored. The try was converted by Ronan O'Gara to give Munster a 7–3 lead after 33 minutes. Three minutes later, Munster were awarded a penalty after Toulouse captain Fabien Pelous was caught not rolling away in the ruck. O'Gara kicked the penalty to extend Munster's lead to 10–3. On the forty-minute mark Leamy was penalised for going into a ruck off his feet and Élissalde kicked the penalty to reduce Munster's lead to four points at half-time.

Ten minutes into the second half, Munster rugbycentre Rua Tipoki threw a pass that would have given a try to Howlett, but the pass was deemed forward. One minute later Toulouse's Pelous kicked Munster flanker Alan Quinlan after Quinlan had stood on Pelous' hand.cite news |first=David |last=Hands |title=Munster secure second Heineken Cup title |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article4003922.ece |publisher=timesonline.co.uk |date=2008-05-26 |accessdate=2008-05-26 ] Pelous was shown a yellow card for his part in the incident and sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes. O'Gara kicked Munster's resulting penalty to give his team a 13–6 lead after 51 minutes. Three minutes later, Toulouse fullback Cédric Heymans threw the ball into himself, then kicked ahead before collecting his own kick. He then chipped ahead which Toulouse's Yannick Jauzion kicked once more before wing Yves Donguy grounded the ball to give Toulouse a try. Elissalde converted the try to tie the scores at 13–13 after 54 minutes. Pelous returned from the sin-bin in the 61st minute, and four minutes later was penalised yet again for not rolling away in the ruck. O'Gara kicked the penalty which gave Munster a 16–13 lead. For most of the remaining time, Munster employed the pick-and-go technique, where the forwards would drive the ball from ruck to ruck in an effort to retain possession and use up time. Munster were penalised in the 78th minute after 17 phases of play; the ball was kicked downfield by Toulouse who counter-attacked. Munster turned the ball over, however, and held on to win 16–13.

Calendar

Games will be played on the following weekends.

Notes and references