2002 Heineken Cup Final

2002 Heineken Cup Final
Event 2001–02 Heineken Cup
Leicester Tigers Munster
England Ireland
15 9
Date 25 May 2002
Venue Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee Joël Jutge (France)
Attendance 74,600

The 2002 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2001–02 Heineken Cup, the seventh season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 25 May 2002 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff; this was the third time the final had been played in Cardiff after the 1996 final won by Stade Toulouse and 1997 final won by CA Brive but the first since the substantial redevelopment of the ground for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

The match was contested by Leicester Tigers of England and Munster of Ireland. Munster were appearing in their second final after losing the 2000 Heineken Cup Final to Northampton Saints. Tigers were the defending champions having beaten Stade Francais in the 2001 Heineken Cup Final and were appearing in their third final after losing the 1997 final to Brive.

Leicester Tigers won the match 15-9, becoming the first team to defend the trophy successfully.[1] In the first minute Tigers had a try by Freddie Tuilagi ruled out for illegal blocking on Munster wing John Kelly.[2] Munster took a 3-0 lead from Ronan O'Gara's penalty before Tigers had a second try ruled out inside the first 10 minutes, Martin Johnson had pounced on a Frankie Sheahan over throw but referee Joël Jutge was not ready and the throw re-taken. After 20 minutes O'Gara slotted his second penalty for a 6-0 lead after Lewis Moody had been ruled offside. Geordan Murphy scored Tigers first try after a sweeping break from Tim Stimpson and dummy before finding Murphy to make it 6-5 when the conversion was missed. A scrum penalty against Darren Garforth gave O'Gara his third penalty goal for a 9-5 lead. However once Harry Ellis, a try scorer in the semi final, was introduced on 52 minutes the game swung into Leicester's favour. Tigers turned down kicks at goal in search of the try that came when Austin Healey darted over, Tim Stimpson's conversion gave Leicester a 12-9 lead. O'Gara missed an opportunity to level the scorers and seconds later Stimpson slotted the last points of the game for a 15-9 final score. More drama was to come though as Munster wing Kelly thought he had scored in the corner, only to be denied by a last ditch cover tackle by man of the match Healey.[3]

Match details

25 May 2002
15:00 BST
Leicester Tigers England 15 – 9 Ireland Munster
Tries: Murphy  26'
Healey  59'

Con: Stimpson  59'
Pen: Stimpson  70'

 Report Pen: O'Gara  7', 20', 49'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,600
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
Leicester Tigers
Munster
FB 15England Tim Stimpson
RW 14Ireland Geordan Murphy
OC 13England Ollie Smith  78'
IC 12Australia Rod Kafer
LW 11Samoa Freddie Tuilagi
FH 10England Austin Healey
SH 9 England Jamie Hamilton  52'
N8 8 England Martin Corry
OF 7 England Neil Back
BF 6 England Lewis Moody
RL 5 England Ben Kay
LL 4 England Martin Johnson (c)
TP 3 England Darren Garforth
HK 2 England Dorian West
LP 1 England Graham Rowntree  74'
Replacements:
SH 16 England Harry Ellis  52'
LP 17 England Perry Freshwater  74'
OC 18 South Africa Glenn Gelderbloom  78'
HK 19 England Richard Cockerill
N8 20 England Will Johnson
OF 21 New Zealand Josh Kronfeld
FH 22 England Andy Goode
Coach:
England Dean Richards
FB 15Ireland Dominic Crotty 66'
RW 14Ireland John Kelly
OC 13Ireland Rob Henderson 68'
IC 12Ireland Jason Holland
LW 11Ireland John O'Neill
FH 10Ireland Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Ireland Peter Stringer
N8 8 Ireland Anthony Foley 53'
OF 7 Ireland David Wallace
BF 6 Ireland Alan Quinlan
RL 5 Ireland Paul O'Connell 62'
LL 4 Ireland Mick Galwey (c)
TP 3 Ireland John Hayes
HK 2 Ireland Frankie Sheahan  18' 29'
LP 1 Ireland Peter Clohessy  61'
Replacements:
HK 16Ireland James Blaney 18' 29'
FL 17Australia Jim Williams 53'
LP 18Ireland Marcus Horan  61'
LK 19Ireland Mick O'Driscoll  62'
FH 20Ireland Jeremy Staunton  66'
WG 21Ireland Mike Mullins  68'
SH 22Ireland Mike Prendergast
Coach:
Ireland Declan Kidney

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tigers retain European Cup". BBC Sport. 9 March 2002. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tigers are Heineken champs once again". ESPNscrum. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Leicester hang on to defend Heineken crown". ESPNscrum. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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