2007-08 Heineken Cup pool stage

The pool stage of the 2007–08 Heineken Cup began on 9 November 2007, and was completed on 20 January 2008. Involved in the pool stage were the 23 clubs who qualified through their respective domestic leagues, and one who qualified via the Italo-Celtic Play-off match in May 2007. The 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with each team to play each of the others in their pool once at home and once away. At the end of the pool stage, the winners of each pool advanced to the quarter-finals, along with the two best-runners up. The teams were then seeded, first by pool position, and then by points attained, in order to determine which teams received home advantage for the quarter-finals.

The draw for the pool stage took place on 20 June 2007 at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

The 2007-08 Cup was the first in which no team had yet secured a quarter-final place by the end of Round 5. [cite web |url=http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8439.php |title=Its going down to the wire [sic] |publisher=ERCRugby.com |date=2007-01-15 |accessdate=2007-01-15 ]

All times are local to the match venue.

eeding and Runners-up

The winners of each of the six pools are seeded 1 to 6 first by points, then tries scored, and finally score difference. The runners-up are similarly sorted, and the best two are seeded seven and eight and progress to the quarter-finals alongside the six winners. The top four seeds are given home matches in the quarter-finals, with seed 1 playing seed 8, seed 2 playing seed 7 etc.

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-09
20:00
home = Ulster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 14 – 32
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7403.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG Gloucester | homescore = Tries: McCullough 29' c
Wallace 40' c
Con: Wallace (2)
awayscore = Tries: Vainikolo 7' m
Tindall 9' m
Lamb 18' c
Simpson-Daniel 22' m
Balshaw 26' c
Con: Lamb (2)
Pen: Lamb 67'
stadium = Ravenhill, Belfast
attendance = 13,000
referee = flagicon|WAL Nigel Owens

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-10
17:30
home = Ospreys flagicon|WAL
score = 22 – 15
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7404.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Bourgoin | homescore = Try: Henson 27' c
Con: Hook
Pen: Hook (5) 4', 19', 38', 46', 64'
awayscore = Pen: Laloo (2) 35', 40'
Boyet (3) 43', 60', 73'
stadium = Liberty Stadium, Swansea
attendance = 9,704
referee = flagicon|ENG Dave Pearson ----rugbybox
date = 2007-11-16
20:00
home = Gloucester flagicon|ENG
score = 26 – 18
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7443.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|WAL Ospreys | homescore = Tries: Allen 42' c
Simpson-Daniel 57' c
Con: Lamb
Paterson
Pen: Lamb (3) 10', 20', 40+3'
Paterson 72'
awayscore = Tries: Parker (2) 8' c, 24' m
Con: Hook
Pen: Hook (2) 46', 56'
stadium = Kignsholm, Gloucester
attendance = 16,500
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby George Clancy

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-16
21:00
home = Bourgoin flagicon|FRA
score = 24 – 17
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7453.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Ulster | homescore = Tries: Tchougong 56' c
Coux 64' m
Con: Boyet
Pen: Boyet 15', 28', 39', 80+4'
awayscore = Tries: Dawson 12' c
Danielli 23' c
Con: Wallace (2)
Pen: Wallace 31'
stadium = Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu
attendance = 6,000
referee = flagicon|ENG Wayne Barnes ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-07
20:00
home = Ospreys flagicon|WAL
score = 48 – 17
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7415.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Ulster | homescore = Tries: Parker 4' m
Marshall 19' c
A.W. Jones 44' c
Tiatia 46' c
Walker (2) 64' c, 80+3' c
Byrne 72' m
Con: Hook (5)
Pen: Hook 12'
awayscore = Tries: Boss 52' c
Danielli 68' c
Con: Wallace (2)
Pen: Wallace 21'
stadium = Liberty Stadium, Swansea
attendance = 8,082
referee = flagicon|ENG Chris White

rugbybox
date = 2007-12-07
21:00
home = Bourgoin flagicon|FRA
score = 7 – 31
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7417.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG Gloucester
homescore = Try: Frier 59' c
Con: Boyet
awayscore = Tries: Allen 5' c
Simpson-Daniel 34' c
Lamb 47' c
Titterell 80' c
Con: Lamb (4)
Pen: Lamb 21'
stadium = Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu
attendance = 6,500
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Alain Rolland ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-14
20:00
home = Ulster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 8 – 16
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7428.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|WAL Ospreys
homescore = Try: Danielli 38' m
Pen: O'Connor 17'
awayscore = Try: Marshall 54' c
Con: Hook
Pen: Hook (3) 12', 15', 56'
stadium = Ravenhill, Belfast
attendance = 9,665
referee = flagicon|SCO Malcolm Changleng

rugbybox
date = 2007-12-15
15:00
home = Gloucester flagicon|ENG
score = 51 – 27
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7433.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Bourgoin
homescore = Tries: Qera 19' c
Delve 22' c
Balshaw 37' c
Walker 46' c
Lamb 61' c
Vainikolo 70' c
Con: Lamb (6)
Pen: Lamb (3) 1', 6', 16'
awayscore = Tries: Nicolas 32' c
Genevois 65' c
Monzeglio 79' c
Con: Boyet (3)
Pen: Boyet (2) 3', 14'
stadium = Kingsholm, Gloucester
attendance = 12,370
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby George Clancy ----rugbybox
date = 2008-01-11
19:30
home = Ulster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 25 – 24
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8229.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Bourgoin
homescore = Tries: Bowe 44' c
Marshall 55' c
Trimble 78' m
Con: Humphreys (2)
Pen: Humphreys (2) 6', 13'
awayscore = Tries: Coux 2' m
Denos 20' m
Vigneaux 40' c
Petrilli 47' c
Con: Parra (2)
stadium = Ravenhill, Belfast
attendance = 8,340
referee = flagicon|WAL James Jones

rugbybox
date = 2008-01-12
17:30
home = Ospreys flagicon|WAL
score = 32 – 15
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8230.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG Gloucester
homescore = Tries: Williams 11' c
Hibbard 80' c
Con: Hook (2) 12', 80' m
Pen: Hook (6) 6', 20', 29', 37', 52', 69'
awayscore = Tries: Lawson 56'
Lamb 80+3'
Con: Paterson 56'
Pen: Lamb 26'
stadium = Liberty Stadium, Swansea
attendance = 18,017
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Alan Lewis ----rugbybox
date = 2008-01-20
13:00
home = Gloucester flagicon|ENG
score = 29 – 21
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8241.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Ulster
homescore = Tries: Qera (2) 7' c, 59' m
Strokosch 34' c
Balshaw 71' m
Narraway 80' m
Con: Paterson (2)
awayscore = Tries: Bowe (2) 21' c, 77' c
Trimble 44' c
Con: Wallace (2)
O'Connor
stadium = Kingsholm, Gloucester
attendance = 12,480
referee = flagicon|FRA Romain Poite

rugbybox
date = 2008-01-20
14:00
home = Bourgoin flagicon|FRA
score = 21 – 28
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8244.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|WAL Ospreys
homescore = Tries: Wihongi 54' m
Denos 80'+7' c
Con: Parra
Pen: Laloo (2) 4', 8'
Parra 80'
awayscore = Tries: Williams 26' c
Byrne 32' m
Thomas 80'+5' c
Con: Hook (2)
Pen: Hook 6', 20', 71'
stadium = Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu
attendance = 5,500
referee = flagicon|WAL Wayne Barnes

Pool 3

Notes:
*Munster place above Clermont by virtue of having earned more competition points in their two head-to-head matches: 6 to 4.

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-10
17:30
home = London Wasps flagicon|ENG
score = 24 – 23
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7408.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster | homescore = Tries: Flutey 30' c
Skivington 60' m
Con: Cipriani
Pen: Cipriani (4) 7', 29', 52', 56'
awayscore = Tries: Tipoki 20' c
Payne 40+1' c
Con: O'Gara (2)
Pen: O'Gara (3) 5', 16', 44'
stadium = Ricoh Arena, Coventry
attendance = 21,506
referee = flagicon|FRA Joël Jutge

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-11
16:00
home = Clermont flagicon|FRA
score = 48 – 21
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7409.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|WAL Llanelli Scarlets
homescore = Tries: Rougerie (3) 14' c, 28' m, 58' c
Malzieu 25' m
Bonnaire 43' c
B. James 62' c
Domingo 78' c
Con: B. James (4)
A. King
Pen: B. James 2'
awayscore = Tries: James 18' c
Peel 52' c
King 54' c
Con: S. Jones (3)
stadium = Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand
attendance = 13,000
referee = flagicon|ENG Chris White ----rugbybox
date = 2007-11-17
17:30
home = Llanelli Scarlets flagicon|WAL
score = 17 – 33
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7458.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG London Wasps | homescore = Tries: Easterby 24' c
M. Jones 79' c
Con: S. Jones (2)
Pen: S. Jones 34'
awayscore = Tries: Waters (2) 14' m, 19' c
Skivington 27' c
Cipriani 63' c
Flutey 70' c
Con: Cipriani (4)
stadium = Stradey Park, Llanelli
attendance = 9,557
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Alain Rolland

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-18
13:00
home = Munster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 36 – 13
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7459.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Clermont
homescore = Tries: Payne 7' c
Tipoki 40+1' c
Carney 51' c
Quinlan 76' c
Horan 79' m
Con: O'Gara (4)
Pen: O'Gara 36'
awayscore = Try: Joubert 64' c
Con: Bai
Pen: Bai (2) 12', 37'
stadium = Thomond Park, Limerick
attendance = 12,003
referee = flagicon|WAL Nigel Owens ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-08
14:35
home = Clermont flagicon|FRA
score = 37 – 27
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7419.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG London Wasps
homescore = Tries: Malzieu 21' c
Ledesma 40' c
Rougerie 80+7' m
Con: James (2)
Pen: James (6) 4', 13', 48', 57', 60', 73'
awayscore = Tries: Haskell (2) 33' c, 52' c
Payne 42' c
Con: Cipriani (3)
Pen: Cipriani (2) 6', 75'
stadium = Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand
attendance = 14,649
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Alan Lewis

rugbybox
date = 2007-12-08
17:30
home = Llanelli Scarlets flagicon|WAL
score = 16 – 29
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7423.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster
homescore = Try: King 24' c
Con: Priestland
Pen: Priestland (3) 20', 51', 59'
awayscore = Tries: Wallace 37' c
Horan 73' c
Con: O'Gara (2)
Pen: O'Gara (5) 7', 15', 31', 35', 40+3'
stadium = Stradey Park, Llanelli
attendance = 10,456
referee = flagicon|ENG Wayne Barnes ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-15
17:30
home = London Wasps flagicon|ENG
score = 25 – 24
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7436.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Clermont
homescore = Tries: Reddan 7' c
Voyce 14' m
Sackey 31' c
Con: Cipriani (2)
Pen: Cipriani (2) 18', 79'
awayscore = Tries: Rougerie 45' c
Delasau 64' c
Etien 80+3' c
Con: King (3)
Pen: King 34'
stadium = Adams Park, High Wycombe
attendance = 8,371
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Alain Rolland

rugbybox
date = 2007-12-16
13:00
home = Munster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 22 – 13
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7437.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|WAL Llanelli Scarlets
homescore = Tries: Flannery 6' m
Carney 73' m
Pen: O'Gara (4) 18', 24', 34', 61'
awayscore = Try: S. Jones 11' c
Con: S. Jones
Pen: S. Jones (2) 49', 63'
stadium = Thomond Park, Limerick
attendance = 13,200
referee = flagicon|ENG Dave Pearson ----rugbybox
date = 2008-01-13
13:00
home = London Wasps flagicon|ENG
score = 40 – 7
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8236.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|WAL Llanelli Scarlets
homescore = Tries: Waters 6' c
Vickery 15' m
Doherty 36' c
Waldouck 40' c
Hoadley 51' c
Sackey 69' c
Con: Cipriani (4)
Doherty
awayscore = Try: Manu 33' c
Con: Priestland
stadium = Adams Park, High Wycombe
attendance = 8,173
referee = flagicon|FRA Christophe Berdos

rugbybox
date = 2008-01-13
16:00
home = Clermont flagicon|FRA
score = 26 – 19
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8235.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Munster | homescore = Tries: Mignoni 18' c
Ledesma 34' c
Con: James (2)
Pen: James (4) 25', 32', 56', 80'
awayscore = Try: Mafi 60' c
Con: O'Gara
Pen: O'Gara (4) 11', 40+7', 72', 75'
stadium = Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand
attendance = 14,637
referee = flagicon|ENG Rob Debney ----rugbybox
date = 2008-01-19
17:35
home = Llanelli Scarlets flagicon|WAL
score = 0 – 41
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8249.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Clermont
homescore =
awayscore = Tries: Ledesma 8' c
Jacquet 30' m
James 46' c
Floch (2) 57' c, 80' m
Vermeulen 72' c
Con: James (4)
Pen: James 42'
stadium = Stradey Park, Llanelli
attendance = 6,491
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby George Clancy

rugbybox
date = 2008-01-19
17:35
home = Munster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 19 – 3
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8248.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG London Wasps
homescore = Try: Leamy 74' c
Con: O'Gara
Pen: O'Gara (4) 11', 36', 40+5', 54'
awayscore = Pen: Cipriani 4'
stadium = Thomond Park, Limerick
attendance = 12,257
referee = flagicon|WAL Nigel Owens

Pool 6

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-10
13:30
home = Leinster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 22 – 9
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7411.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG Leicester Tigers
homescore = Try: Horgan 53' c
Con: Contepomi
Pen: Contepomi (5) 6', 19', 43', 51', 68'
awayscore = Pen: Goode (3) 7', 17', 65'
stadium = RDS, Dublin
attendance = 18,500
referee = flagicon|FRA Christophe Berdos

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-11
15:30
home = Edinburgh flagicon|SCO
score = 15 – 19
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7410.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Toulouse
homescore = Tries: De Luca 55' m
Houston 66' c
Con: Godman
Pen: D. Blair 21'
awayscore = Try: Médard 46' c
Con: Élissalde
Pen: Élissalde (4) 3', 16', 24', 74'
stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh
attendance = 3,393
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby George Clancy ----rugbybox
date = 2007-11-17
15:00
home = Leicester Tigers flagicon|ENG
score = 39 – 0
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7455.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|SCO Edinburgh
homescore = Tries: Goode 4' c
Varndell 15' c
Murphy 40+1' c
Penalty try 45' c
Corry 80' m
Con: Goode (4)
Pen: Goode (2) 7', 39'
awayscore =
stadium = Welford Road, Leicester
attendance = 15,865
referee = flagicon|FRA Romain Poite

rugbybox
date = 2007-11-18
21:00
home = Toulouse flagicon|FRA
score = 33 – 6
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7461.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Leinster
homescore = Tries: Poitrenaud 41' m
Courrent 54' c
Heymans 65' c
Clerc 80+3' m
Con: Courrent (2)
Pen: Élissalde 22'
Courrent 48'
Drop: Courrent 34'
awayscore = Pen: Contepomi (2) 2', 36'
stadium = Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
attendance = 18,806
referee = flagicon|ENG Chris White ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-07
15:00
home = Leinster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 28 – 14
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7416.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|SCO Edinburgh
homescore = Tries: Heaslip 15' c
Gleeson 31' m
Contepomi 71' c
Con: Contepomi (2)
Pen: Contepomi (3) 3', 28', 55'
awayscore = Try: Houston 46' m
Pen: Godman (2) 5', 58'
D. Blair 63'
stadium = RDS, Dublin
attendance = 18,145
referee = flagicon|FRA Romain Poite

rugbybox
date = 2007-12-08
15:30
home = Leicester Tigers flagicon|ENG
score = 14 – 9
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7422.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Toulouse
homescore = Try: Smith 11' m
Pen: Goode (3) 29', 54', 72'
awayscore = Pen: Courrent (2) 8', 42'
Drop: Courrent 40'
stadium = Welford Road, Leicester
attendance = 17,498
referee = flagicon|WAL Nigel Owens ----rugbybox
date = 2007-12-15
15:30
home = Edinburgh flagicon|SCO
score = 29 – 10
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7434.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Leinster
homescore = Tries: Webster 33' c
Cairns 54' c
Con: Godman (2)
Pen: Godman (4) 13', 18', 29', 78'
Drop: M. Blair 42'
awayscore = Try: Penalty try 40+6' c
Con: Contepomi
Pen: Contepomi 4'
stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh
attendance = 3,567
referee = flagicon|WAL Tim Hayes

rugbybox
date = 2007-12-16
16:00
home = Toulouse flagicon|FRA
score = 22 – 11
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7439.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG Leicester Tigers
homescore = Tries: Poitrenaud 17' m
Clerc 62' m
Pen: Élissalde (2) 40+4', 72'
Drop: Courrent 4'
Élissalde 29'
awayscore = Try: Varndell 15' m
Pen: Goode (2) 32', 43'
stadium = Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
attendance = 32,500
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Alan Lewis ----rugbybox
date = 2008-01-12
13:30
home = Leinster flagicon|IRE|rugby
score = 20 – 13
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8237.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|FRA Toulouse
homescore = Tries: Fitzgerald (2) 32' c, 54' c
Con: Contepomi (2)
Pen: Contepomi 4'
Drop: Contepomi 80+4'
awayscore = Try: Donguy 69' c
Con: Courrent
Pen: Courrent 40', 54'
stadium = RDS, Dublin
attendance = 16,752
referee = flagicon|ENG Wayne Barnes

rugbybox
date = 2008-01-12
15:30
home = Edinburgh flagicon|SCO
score = 17 – 12
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8238.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|ENG Leicester Tigers
homescore = Tries: Godman 37' c
Ford 57' c
Con: Godman (2)
Pen: Godman 48'
awayscore = Pen: Goode (4) 4', 11', 40+3', 51'
stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh
attendance = 5,850
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Peter Fitzgibbon ----rugbybox
date = 2008-01-19
15:30
home = Leicester Tigers flagicon|ENG
score = 25 – 9
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8310.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|IRE|rugby Leinster
homescore = Tries: Deacon 20' m
Rabeni 23' c
Herring 75' c
Con: Goode (2)
Pen: Goode (2) 3', 54'
awayscore = Pen: Contepomi (3) 2', 7', 50'
stadium = Welford Road, Leicester
attendance = 17,033
referee = flagicon|FRA Christophe Berdos

rugbybox
date = 2008-01-19
16:30
home = Toulouse flagicon|FRA
score = 34 – 10
report = [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_8250.php (Report)]
away = flagicon|SCO Edinburgh
homescore = Tries: Clerc (2) 9' c, 36' m
Donguy 51' c
Perugini 60' m
Con: Élissalde
du Toit
Pen: Élissalde 2'
awayscore = Try: Gissing 73' c
Con: D. Blair
Pen: Godman 30'
stadium = Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
attendance = 18,890
referee = flagicon|ENG Dave Pearson

References

ee also

*2007-08 Heineken Cup

External links

* [http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/34_63.php European Rugby Cup : Pools]