1997 Heineken Cup Final

1997 Heineken Cup Final
Event 1996–97 Heineken Cup
Date 25 January 1997
Venue Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee Derek Bevan (Wales)
Attendance 41,664

The 1997 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1996–97 Heineken Cup, the second season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 25 January 1997 at the Arms Park in Cardiff. The match was contested by Brive of France and Leicester of England. Brive won the match 28–9; they took the lead early on through a fourth-minute penalty from Christophe Lamaison, and Sébastien Viars extended that lead with an unconverted try two minutes later. Leicester responded with three penalties from John Liley, but Brive finally made their pressure show with three second-half tries, one of which was converted, before Lamaison added a drop goal to seal a 19-point victory.[1]

Match details

25 January 1997
14:30 GMT
Brive France 28 9 England Leicester Tigers
Tries: Viars
Fabre
Carrat (2)
Con: Lamaison
Pen: Lamaison
Drop: Lamaison
Report Pen: J.Liley (3)
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 41,664
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
FB 15France Sebastien Viars
RW 14France Gerald Fabre
OC 13France Christophe Lamaison
IC 12France David Venditti
LW 11France Sebastien Carrat
FH 10France Alain Penaud (C)  69'
SH 9 France Philippe Carbonneau
N8 8 Poland Gregori Kacala
OF 7 France Francois Duboisset  49'
BF 6 Belgium Loic van der Linden  77'
RL 5 New Zealand Grant Ross
LL 4 France Eric Alegret  67'
TP 3 France Richard Crespy
HK 2 France Laurent Travers
LP 1 France Didier Casadei  70'
Replacements:
16 France Romuald Paillat  69'
17 France Eric Bouti  70'
18 Wales Tony Rees  67'
19 France Yanni Domi  77'
20 France Thierry Labrousse  49'
21 France Sebastien Bonnet
22 France Cedric Heymans
FB OEngland John Liley
RW NEngland Steve Hackney
OC MEngland Will Greenwood
IC LEngland Stuart Potter
LW KEngland Rory Underwood  72'
FH JEngland Rob Liley
SH I England Austin Healey
N8 G England Dean Richards (c)  68'
OF H England Neil Back
BF F England John Wells
RL E England Matt Poole
LL D England Martin Johnson
TP C England Darren Garforth  17'  22'
HK B England Richard Cockerill
LP A England Graham Rowntree
Replacements:
WG P England Leon Lloyd  72'
LP Q New Zealand Perry Freshwater  17'  22'
N8 R Ireland Eric Miller  68'
FH S Ireland Niall Malone
SH T England Aadel Kardooni
HK U England Dorian West
LK V England Neil Fletcher
Coach:
Australia Bob Dwyer

See also

References

  1. Mick Cleary and John Griffiths, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7732 X.
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