2006–07 EDF Energy Cup

2006–07 EDF Energy Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England  Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	September 2006 - April 2007
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	27
Attendance	321,262 (11,899 per match)
Tries scored	142 (5.26 per match)
Final
Venue	Twickenham Stadium
Attendance	43,312
Champions	Leicester Tigers (6th title)
Runners-up	Ospreys
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The 2006–07 EDF Energy Cup marked the 36th season of English domestic rugby union cup competition. It was the second season under the Anglo-Welsh Cup format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor. The competition began on 1 September and concluded with the final on Sunday 15 April at Twickenham, where Leicester Tigers beat the Ospreys 41–35.

The teams competing remained the same as the

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Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts
1	Ospreys	3	3	0	0	114	46	+68	14	3	2	0	14
2	Gloucester	3	2	0	1	112	86	+26	13	11	2	0	10
3	Bristol	3	1	0	2	50	112	−62	6	15	0	0	4
4	Bath	3	0	0	3	51	83	−32	6	10	0	2	2

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts
1	Cardiff Blues	3	3	0	0	107	56	+51	11	5	1	0	13
2	London Irish	3	1	0	2	56	78	−22	7	7	1	0	5
3	Saracens	3	1	0	2	79	91	−12	6	13	0	0	4
4	London Wasps	3	1	0	2	58	75	−17	7	6	0	0	4

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts
1	Sale Sharks	3	3	0	0	77	37	+40	8	6	0	0	12
2	Newcastle Falcons	3	2	0	1	51	55	−4	7	5	0	0	8
3	Llanelli Scarlets	3	1	0	2	40	53	−13	5	6	1	0	5
4	NEC Harlequins	3	0	0	3	52	75	−23	7	10	1	2	3

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts
1	Leicester Tigers	3	2	0	1	81	55	+26	11	7	2	0	10
2	Worcester Warriors	3	2	0	1	67	57	+10	7	8	0	0	8
3	Newport Gwent Dragons	3	1	0	2	53	71	−18	5	9	0	0	4
4	Northampton Saints	3	1	0	2	37	55	−18	6	5	0	0	4

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Semi-finals

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Final

FB 15 Sam Vesty RW 14 Tom Varndell OC 13 Dan Hipkiss IC 12 Daryl Gibson LW 11 Alesana Tuilagi FH 10 Paul Burke SH 9 Harry Ellis N8 8 c ) OF 7 Shane Jennings BF 6 Tom Croft RL 5 Ben Kay LL 4 Leo Cullen TP 3 Julian White HK 2 George Chuter LP 1 Martin Castrogiovanni Replacements: HK 16 Gavin Hickie PR 17 Alex Moreno LK 18 Louis Deacon FL 19 Brett Deacon SH 20 Frank Murphy FH 21 Andy Goode FB 22 Geordan Murphy Coach: Pat Howard

FB 15 Lee Byrne RW 14 Shane Williams OC 13 Sonny Parker IC 12 Andrew Bishop LW 11 Nikki Walker FH 10 James Hook SH 9 Justin Marshall N8 8 Filo Tiatia OF 7 Jonathan Thomas BF 6 Ryan Jones RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones LL 4 Brent Cockbain TP 3 Adam Jones HK 2 Huw Bennett LP 1 Duncan Jones Replacements: HK 16 Barry Williams PR 17 Paul James LK 18 Mike Powell FL 19 Richie Pugh SH 20 Jason Spice FH 21 Shaun Connor WG 22 Stefan Terblanche Coach: Lyn Jones

Broadcast rights

Television rights for the competition were held exclusively by BBC Sport, with games shown as part of the BBC's Grandstand and Scrum V programmes, and on Welsh-language channel S4C.

See also

• 2006–07 English Premiership (rugby union)
• 2006–07 Celtic League

References