2007-08 EDF Energy Cup

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 twelve teams of the Guinness Premiership and the four Welsh regions from the Magners League. The sixteen 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

rugbybox
date = 2007-10-27
time = 14:30
home = Worcester Warriors
score = 16 – 47
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_11371.php (Report)]
away = Ospreys
homescore = Try: Gillies 68' c
Con: Brown (1/1)
Pen: Drahm (3/3) 36', 40', 44'
awayscore = 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)
stadium = Sixways, Worcester
attendance = 10,119
referee = Nigel Owens ----rugbybox
date = 2007-10-28
time = 15:00
home = London Irish
score = 8 – 10
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_11377.php (Report)]
away = Harlequins
homescore = Try: Murphy 20' m
Pen: Armitage (1/1) 38'
awayscore = Try: Hala'ufia 32' c
Con: Jarvis (1/1)
Pen: Jarvis (1/2) 40'
stadium = Madejski Stadium, Reading
attendance = 6,632
referee = Roy Maybank ----rugbybox
date = 2007-11-03
time = 15:00
home = Harlequins
score = 22 – 23
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/11431.php (Report)]
away = Worcester Warriors
homescore = Tries: Monye (2) 16' c, 39' c
Brown 57' m
Con: Malone (2/3)
Pen: Malone (1/1) 20'
awayscore = Tries: Talei 11' m
Lutui 32' c
Sanderson 72' m
Con: Crichton (1/2)
Pen: Brown (1/1) 28'
Crichton (1/1) 40'
stadium = Twickenham Stoop Stadium, Twickenham
attendance = 8,829
referee = Chris White ----rugbybox
date = 2007-11-04
time = 15:00
home = Ospreys
score = 51 – 16
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_11439.php (Report)]
away = London Irish
homescore = 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'
awayscore = Try: de Vedia 12' c
Con: Hickey (1/1)
Pen: Hickey (3/5) 8', 23', 28'
stadium = Liberty Stadium, Swansea
attendance = 8,356
referee = Rob Debney ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-02
time = 15:00
home = London Irish
score = 48 – 27
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/11714.php (Report)]
away = Worcester Warriors
homescore = 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'
awayscore = Tries: Benjamin 22' m
Garvey 36' m
Horstmann 50' c
Bowley (2) 65' m, 79' m
Con: Carlisle
stadium = Madejski Stadium, Reading
attendance = 7,080
referee = Tim Wigglesworth ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-02
time = 15:10
home = Harlequins
score = 8 – 19
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_11710.php (Report)]
away = Ospreys
homescore = Try: Barry 47' m
Pen: Jarvis 14'
awayscore = Try: Henson 79' c
Con: Henson
Pen: Henson (4) 19', 24', 50', 74'
stadium = Twickenham Stoop Stadium, Twickenham
attendance = 8,283
referee = Huw Watkins

Group D

rugbybox
date = 2007-10-26
time = 20:00
home = Leeds Carnegie
score = 28 – 46
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/11366.php (Report)]
away = Saracens
homescore = 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'
awayscore = 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'
stadium = Headingley Stadium, Leeds
attendance = 2,639
referee = Malcolm Changleng ----rugbybox
date = 2007-10-28
time = 15:10
home = Bristol
score = 18 – 11
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_11378.php (Report)]
away = Llanelli Scarlets
homescore = Tries: Robinson 18' m
Blowers 30' c
Con: Hill (1/2)
Pen: Hill (2/2) 7', 44'
awayscore = Try: Stoddart 80+1' m
Pen: Priestland (1/2) 4'
S. Jones (1/1) 43'
stadium = Memorial Stadium, Bristol
attendance = 7,139
referee = Tim Hayes ----rugbybox
date = 2007-11-02
time = 19:10
home = Llanelli Scarlets
score = 59 – 19
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_11423.php (Report)]
away = Leeds Carnegie
homescore = 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'
awayscore = Tries: Biggs (2) 31' c, 44' m
Hepworth 72' c
Con: Di Bernardo (2/3)
stadium = Stradey Park, Llanelli
attendance = 7,672
referee = Tony Spreadbury ----rugbybox
date = 2007-11-04
time = 15:00
home = Saracens
score = 45 – 15
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_11437.php (Report)]
away = Bristol
homescore = 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'
awayscore = Tries: Blaney (2) 26' m, 68' c
Con: Strange (1/2)
Pen: Strange (1/1) 39'
stadium = Vicarage Road, Watford
attendance = 5,827
referee = Tim Wigglesworth ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-01
time = 14:30
home = Llanelli Scarlets
score = 36 – 32
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_11705.php (Report)]
away = Saracens
homescore = 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'
awayscore = Tries: Penalty try (2) 30' c, 68' c
Powell 47' c
Ratuvou 58' m
Con: Ross (2)
Farrell
Pen: Farrell (2) 73', 80+1'
stadium = Stradey Park, Llanelli
attendance = 6,625
referee = Dave Pearson ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-02
time = 15:00
home = Bristol
score = 13 – 13
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/11716.php (Report)]
away = Leeds Carnegie
homescore = Try: Blaney 22' c
Con: Strange
Pen: Strange (2) 40', 57'
awayscore = Try: Lund 46' c
Con: Brooks
Pen: Brooks (2) 30', 42'
stadium = Memorial Stadium, Bristol
attendance = 5,751
referee = Ashley Rowden

Knockout stage

4TeamBracket
RD1=Semi-finals
RD2=Final

RD1-team1=Leicester Tigers
RD1-score1=34
RD1-team2=London Wasps
RD1-score2=24

RD1-team3=Ospreys
RD1-score3=30
RD1-team4=Saracens
RD1-score4=3

RD2-team1=Leicester Tigers
RD2-score1=6
RD2-team2=Ospreys
RD2-score2=23

emi-finals

rugbybox
date = 2008-03-22
time = 14:30
home = Leicester Tigers
score = 34 – 24
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/12393.php (Report)]
away = London Wasps
homescore = Tries: Goode 34' c
Rabeni 44' c
Hipkiss 56' c
Castrogiovanni 68' c
Con: Goode (4)
Pen: Goode (2/2) 16', 28'
awayscore = Tries: Cipriani (2) 23' c, 76' c
Sackey (2) 30' m, 61' m
Con: Cipriani
Walder
stadium = Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance = 41,018
referee = Nigel Owens ----rugbybox
date = 2008-03-22
time = 17:15
home = Ospreys
score = 30 – 3
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_12396.php (Report)]
away = Saracens
homescore = Tries: S. Williams (2) 40' m, 70' m
Henson 51' c
Tiatia 62' c
Con: Hook (2)
Pen: Hook (2/2) 29', 59'
awayscore = Pen: Jackson (1/2) 44'
stadium = Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance = 41,018
referee = Wayne Barnes

Final

rugbybox
date = 2008-04-12
time = 14:30
home = Leicester Tigers
score = 6 – 23
report = [http://www.edfenergycup.com/9136_23673.php (Report)]
away = Ospreys
homescore = Pen: Goode (1/3) 6'
Drop: Goode 17'
awayscore = Tries: A. Bishop 23' c
A. W. Jones 48' c
Con: Hook (2)
Pen: Hook (3/5) 58', 73', 76'
stadium = Twickenham, London
attendance = 65,756
referee = Alain Rolland (Ireland)

External links

* [http://www.edfenergycup.com/ EDF Energy Cup Homepage]
* [http://www.edfenergycup.com/live Live Scores from EDF Energy Cup Site]