2012–13 British and Irish Cup

2012–13 British and Irish Cup
2012–13 British and Irish Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	October 2012 — May 2013
Tournament statistics
Teams	32
Matches played	103
Attendance	106,987 (1,039 per match)
Tries scored	602 (5.84 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	James Pritchard (Bedford Blues); (88 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Mark Kohler (Bedford Blues); James Stephenson (Bedford Blues); (8 tries)
Final
Venue	Kingston Park
Attendance	3,838
Champions	Leinster A (1st title)
Runners-up	Newcastle Falcons
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The 2012–13 British and Irish Cup was the fourth season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. The final was contest on 17 May 2013 and won by Leinster A with a 78th minute penalty by Noel Reid to beat Newcastle Falcons 18–17 at their home ground Kingston Park. The defending champions Munster A were eliminated in the semi–finals by the eventual winners and Bedford Blues was the other losing semi–finalists.

There has been four different winners and four different losing finalist of the competition. The format of the competition has been considerably revamped, with expansion to 32 teams playing each other home and away in the pool stages. Previously, 24 teams played home or away in the pool stages. First round matches began on the weekend of 13/14 October 2012 and the final was held on 17 May 2013.^[3]

Teams

The allocation of teams was as follows:

– 12 clubs from RFU Championship
– 4 Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams
– 4 top clubs from the Scottish Premiership
– 12 clubs from the Welsh Premier Division

England	Ireland	Scotland	Wales^[4]
Bedford Blues Bristol Cornish Pirates Doncaster Jersey^[a] Leeds Carnegie London Scottish Moseley Newcastle Falcons Nottingham Plymouth Albion Rotherham	Connacht Eagles Leinster A Munster A Ulster Ravens	Dundee HSFP Gala Melrose Stirling County	Aberavon Bedwas Bridgend Ravens Cardiff Carmarthen Quins Cross Keys Llandovery Llanelli Neath Newport Pontypridd Swansea

Competition format

The pool stage saw a considerable change in format and consisted of eight pools of four teams playing home and away matches. Pool matches took place on the same weekends as the Heineken and Amlin Cups. The top team from each pool qualified for the quarter-finals.^[3]

Pool stages

The fixture weekends have been announced.^[5]

Round 6 matches were badly affected by adverse weather. Pitches were frozen or snow-covered, or teams were unable to travel.

Pool 1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Bristol	6	6	0	203	73	+130	26	3	0	27
Ulster Ravens	6	4	2	199	100	+99	26	5	2	23
Bridgend Ravens	6	2	4	93	183	−90	7	0	0	8
Cardiff	6	0	6	68	207	−139	7	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

13 October 2012
14:30

Cardiff	14 – 23	Bristol
	Cardiff Bristol

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 810
Referee: Cammy Rudkin (SRU)

13 October 2012
14:30

(TB) Ulster Ravens	49 – 19	Bridgend Ravens
	Ulster Bridgend

Deramore Park (Belfast Harlequins)
Attendance: 352
Referee: John Meredith (RFU)

20 October 2012
14:30

Bridgend Ravens	25 – 7	Cardiff
	Bridgend^{[permanent dead link‍]} Cardiff

Brewery Field
Attendance: 940
Referee: Simon Rees (WRU)

21 October 2012
15:00

Bristol	34 – 28	Ulster Ravens (TB, LB)
	Bristol Ulster

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,003
Referee: Tim Hayes (WRU)

8 December 2012
14:30

Bridgend Ravens	8 – 32	Bristol (TB)
	Bridgend Bristol

Brewery Field
Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Keiran Barry (IRFU)

8 December 2012
14:30

(TB) Ulster Ravens	40 – 14	Cardiff
	Ulster Cardiff

Ravenhill
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)

14 December 2012
19:45

(TB) Bristol	41 – 3	Bridgend Ravens
	Bristol Bridgend

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,836
Referee: James Matthew (SRU)

15 December 2012
14:30

Cardiff	7 – 34	Ulster Ravens (TB)
	Cardiff Ulster

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 216
Referee: Greg MacDonald (RFU)

11 January 2013
19:30

(LB) Ulster Ravens	8 – 12	Bristol
	Ulster Bristol

Deramore Park (Belfast Harlequins)
Attendance: 340
Referee: Johann van der Merwe (SRU)

12 January 2013
14:30

Cardiff	14 – 24	Bridgend Ravens
	Cardiff Bridgend

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Simon Harding (RFU)

22 February 2013
19:45

(BP) Bristol	61 – 12	Cardiff
	Bristol Cardiff

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)

This match was postponed from 20 January 2013 as the pitch was deemed frozen and the surrounding areas unsafe for supporters.^[6]

5 April 2013
19:30

Bridgend Ravens	14 – 40	Ulster Ravens (TB)
	Bridgend Ulster

Brewery Field
Referee: John Meredith (RFU)

Match postponed from 19 January 2013 as Ulster were unable to fly due to the bad weather.^[7] Despite this match being a dead rubber (the outcome of this game will have no bearing on qualification for the knockout stages nor on the ranking of the qualifiers), the match was rearranged^[8] as Bridgend would lose revenue otherwise.^[9]

Pool 2

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Bedford Blues	6	6	0	354	89	+265	55	6	0	30
Stirling County	6	2	4	141	228	−87	13	2	1	11
Neath	6	3	3	137	229	−92	21	2	0	10^[b]
Bedwas	6	1	5	116	222	−106	15	2	1	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
Notes:

^ Jersey is listed in the English section because they play in the English RFU Championship.
^ Neath were deducted 4 competition points for fielding 2 ineligible players.^[10]

13 October 2012
14:30

Bedwas	23 – 48	Bedford Blues (TB)
	Bedwas Bedford

The Bridge Field
Attendance: 350
Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)

13 October 2012
15:00

(TB) Stirling County	40 – 25	Neath
	Stirling Neath

Bridgehaugh
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)

20 October 2012
14:30

(TB) Neath	45 – 27	Bedwas
	Neath Bedwas

The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Chris Williams (WRU)

20 October 2012
15:00

(TB) Bedford Blues	87 – 10	Stirling County
	Bedford Stirling

Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,801
Referee: Steve Lee (RFU)

8 December 2012
14:00

(TB) Stirling County	22 – 32	Bedwas (TB)
	Stirling Bedwas

Dunbar RFC^[11]
Attendance: 150^[12]
Referee: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

8 December 2012
14:30

Neath	12 – 62	Bedford Blues (TB)
	Neath Bedford

The Gnoll
Attendance: 700
Referee: Cammy Rudkin (SRU)

15 December 2012
14:30

(TB, LB) Bedwas	25 – 26	Stirling County
	Bedwas Stirling

The Bridge Field
Attendance: 350
Referee: Eanna O'Dowd (IRFU)

15 December 2012
15:00

(TB) Bedford Blues	69 – 23	Neath
	Bedford Neath

Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Mark Patton (IRFU)

12 January 2013
14:00

(LB) Stirling County	21 – 24	Bedford Blues (TB)
	Stirling Bedford

Bridgehaugh
Attendance: 550
Referee: Nigel Correll (IRFU)

12 January 2013
14:30

Bedwas	9 – 17	Neath
	Bedwas Neath

The Bridge Field
Attendance: 245
Referee: Justin Williams (WRU)

19 January 2013
14:00

(TB) Neath	35 – 22	Stirling County
	Neath Stirling

The Gnoll
Attendance: 700
Referee: Andrew Davies (WRU)

1 February 2013
19:30

(TB) Bedford Blues	64 – 0	Bedwas
	Bedford Bedwas

Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,191
Referee: Darren Gamage (RFU)

This match was originally scheduled to be played on 19 January 2013. Due to bad weather, the Bedwas team was unable to travel to Bedford.^[13]

Pool 3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Cornish Pirates	6	5	1	179	88	+91	22	3	1	24
Carmarthen Quins	6	4	2	150	123	+27	16	2	1	19
Swansea	6	2	4	98	137	−39	11	1	0	9
Dundee HSFP	6	1	5	85	163	−78	9	0	2	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

13 October 2012
14:30

(TB) Swansea	43 – 17	Dundee HSFP
	Swansea Dundee

St Helens
Attendance: 250
Referee: Eanna O'Dowd (IRFU)

14 October 2012
15:00

(TB) Cornish Pirates	44 – 32	Carmarthen Quins (TB)
	Pirates Quins

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,469
Referee: Simon Harding (RFU)

19 October 2012
19:15

(TB) Carmarthen Quins	41 – 17	Swansea
	Quins Swansea

Carmarthen Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Cammy Rudkin (SRU)

20 October 2012
15:00

Dundee HSFP	6 – 32	Cornish Pirates (TB)
	Dundee Pirates

Mayfield Playing Fields
Attendance: 400
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin (IRFU)

8 December 2012
14:30

Carmarthen Quins	20 – 17	Dundee HSFP (LB)
	Quins Dundee

Carmarthen Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ross Campbell (RFU)

9 December 2012
14:00

Cornish Pirates	27 – 9	Swansea
	Pirates Swansea

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: Greg MacDonald (RFU)

15 December 2012
14:00

Dundee HSFP	25 – 23	Carmarthen Quins (LB)
	Dundee Quins

Mayfield Playing Fields
Attendance: 400
Referee: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

15 December 2012
16:30

Swansea	10 – 30	Cornish Pirates
	Swansea Pirates

St Helens
Attendance: 300
Referee: Nigel Correll (IRFU)

12 January 2013
14:30

Swansea	8 – 17	Carmarthen Quins
	Swansea Quins

St Helens
Attendance: 250
Referee: Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (IRFU)

13 January 2013
14:00

(TB) Cornish Pirates	34 – 14	Dundee HSFP
	Pirates Dundee

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,536
Referee: Neil Perkins (WRU)

19 January 2013
14:00

Carmarthen Quins	17 – 12	Cornish Pirates (LB)
	Quins Pirates

Carmarthen Park
Attendance: 316
Referee: Johann van der Merwe (SRU)

19 January 2013
14:00

(LB) Dundee HSFP	5 – 11	Swansea
	Swansea

Mayfield Playing Fields
Attendance: 420
Referee: Nigel Correll (IRFU)

Pool 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Newcastle Falcons	6	6	0	0	255	27	+228	38	5	0	27^[a]
Newport	6	3	1	2	106	205	−99	11	0	0	14
Cross Keys	6	1	1	4	88	180	−92	9	1	1	8
Connacht Eagles	6	1	0	5	91	128	−37	7	0	3	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
Notes:

^ Newcastle Falcons were deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player.^[14]

13 October 2012
14:30

Newport	18 – 14	Connacht Eagles (LB)
	Newport Connacht

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,171
Referee: Greg MacDonald (RFU)

13 October 2012
15:00

(TB) Newcastle Falcons	52 – 5	Cross Keys
	Newcastle Cross Keys

Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,561
Referee: Johann van der Merwe (SRU)

19 October 2012
19:45

Connacht Eagles	3 – 34	Newcastle Falcons (TB)
	Connacht Newcastle

Dubarry Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Jason Bessant (WRU)

20 October 2012
14:30

(LB) Cross Keys	20 – 24	Newport
	Cross Keys Newport

Pandy Park
Attendance: 525
Referee: Ross Campbell (RFU)

8 December 2012
14:00

Cross Keys	17 – 12	Connacht Eagles (LB)
	Cross Keys

Pandy Park
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

8 December 2012^[15]
14:30

Newport	10 – 26	Newcastle Falcons (TB)
	Newport Newcastle

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 750
Referee: Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (IRFU)

15 December 2012
14:30

Connacht Eagles	31 – 16	Cross Keys
	Connacht Cross Keys

Dubarry Park
Referee: Michael Black (IRFU)

16 December 2012
15:00

(TB) Newcastle Falcons	93 – 0	Newport
	Newcastle Newport

Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,947
Referee: Neil Perkins (WRU)

12 January 2013
14:30

Newport	27 – 27	Cross Keys (TB)
	Newport Cross Keys

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 1,131
Referee: Darren Gamage(RFU)

12 January 2013
15:00

Newcastle Falcons	16 – 6	Connacht Eagles
	Newcastle Connacht

Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,819
Referee: Kevin White (SRU)

19 January 2013

Connacht Eagles	P – P	Newport

Dubarry Park

This match was postponed as the Newport team were unable to fly out of Bristol on 18 January due to snow^[16]

1 February 2013
19:00

Cross Keys	3 – 34	Newcastle Falcons (TB)
	Cross Keys Newcastle

Pandy Park
Attendance: 226
Referee: Eanna O'Dowd (IRFU)

27 April 2013
14:30

(LB) Connacht Eagles	25 – 27	Newport
	Connacht Newport

Dubarry Park
Referee: Eanna O'Dowd (IRFU)

This match was originally scheduled to be played on 19 January 2013 but was postponed due to heavy snow.^[17] The match was a dead rubber and the outcome had no bearing on qualification for the knockout stages nor on the ranking of the qualifiers.

Pool 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Leinster A	6	4	1	1	181	107	+74	24	3	1	22
Pontypridd	6	4	1	1	157	113	+44	18	2	0	20
Leeds Carnegie	6	1	1	4	134	177	−43	17	2	2	10
Jersey	6	1	1	4	107	182	−75	10	0	1	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

13 October 2012
15:00

Jersey	20 – 20	Pontypridd
Try: Nicky Griffiths, Penalty Try Con: Michael Le Bourgeois Pen: Michael Le Bourgeois	Jersey Pontypridd	Try: Craig Locke, Tom Pascoe Con: Dai Flanagan 2 Pen: Dai Flanagan Drop: Dai Flanagan

St. Peter
Attendance: 2,113
Referee: Nigel Correll (IRFU)

13 October 2012
19:00

(TB) Leinster A	47 – 18	Leeds Carnegie
	Leinster Leeds

Donnybrook
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Jason Bessant (WRU)

20 October 2012
14:00

Pontypridd	25 – 23	Leinster A (LB)
Try: Craig Locke, Dafydd Lockyer Pen: Dai Flanagan 4 Drop: Dai Flanagan	Pontypridd Leinster	Try: Andrew Boyle, Dan Leavy Con: Noel Reid 2 Pen: Noel Reid 3

Sardis Road
Attendance: 3,000^[18]
Referee: John Meredith (RFU)

21 October 2012
15:00

(LB) Leeds Carnegie	27 – 33	Jersey
	Leeds Jersey

Clifton Park, York RUFC^[19]
Attendance: 820
Referee: Charles Samson (SRU)

8 December 2012^[20]
15:00

(LB) Jersey	12 – 16	Leinster A
	Jersey Leinster

St. Peter
Attendance: 1,766
Referee: Simon Rees (WRU)

9 December 2012
15:00

(TB, LB) Leeds Carnegie	24 – 30	Pontypridd
	Leeds Pontypridd

The Sycamores, West Park Leeds RUFC
Attendance: 1,392
Referee: James Matthew (SRU)

15 December 2012
14:30

(TB) Pontypridd	25 – 8	Leeds Carnegie
	Pontypridd Leeds

Sardis Road
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Wayne Davies (WRU)

16 December 2012
14:30

(TB) Leinster A	44 – 13	Jersey
	Leinster Jersey

Donnybrook
Attendance: 450
Referee: Rhys Thomas (WRU)

12 January 2013
14:00

Leinster A	21 – 9	Pontypridd
	Leinster Pontypridd

Donnybrook
Attendance: 550
Referee: Steve Lee (RFU)

12 January 2013
16:00

Jersey	12 – 27	Leeds Carnegie (TB)
	Jersey Leeds

St. Peter
Attendance: 1,716
Referee: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

19 January 2013
12:45

Leeds Carnegie	30 – 30	Leinster A (TB)
	Leeds Leinster

The Sycamores, West Park Leeds RUFC
Referee: Simon Rees (WRU)

This fixture was moved to South Leeds Stadium^[21] as the RFU Championship game against Plymouth (on 6 January 2013) went to uncontested scrums within 16 minutes on the new pitch at Headingley.^[22] Subsequently, the match was moved to West Park Leeds RUFC as the pitch at South Leeds Stadium was uncovered and frozen.^[23] Finally, the game went ahead on the 3G pitch.^[24]

5 April 2013
19:30

(TB) Pontypridd	48 – 17	Jersey
	Pontypridd Jersey

Sardis Road

This match, originally scheduled for 19 January, was postponed due to the ground being under a seven to nine inch layer of snow and unplayable.^[25] Despite this match being a dead rubber (the outcome of this game will have no bearing on qualification for the knockout stages nor on the ranking of the qualifiers), the match was rearranged.^[26]

Pool 6

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Llanelli	6	4	2	184	148	+36	22	3	0	19
Moseley	6	4	2	134	146	−12	15	2	1	19
London Scottish	6	2	4	151	128	+23	18	2	3	13
Gala	6	2	4	106	153	−47	13	1	1	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

13 October 2012
14:30

Gala	27 – 23	London Scottish (LB)
	Gala Scottish

Netherdale
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Eddie Hogan-O'Connell (IRFU)

13 October 2012
15:00

(TB) Moseley	36 – 26	Llanelli
	Moseley Llanelli

Billesley Common
Attendance: 580
Referee: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

20 October 2012
15:00

(TB, LB) London Scottish	37 – 41	Moseley (TB)
	Scottish Moseley

Richmond Athletic Ground
Attendance: 1,078
Referee: Simon Harding (RFU)

20 October 2012
16:30

(TB) Llanelli	38 – 28	Gala (TB)
	Llanelli Gala

Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Nigel Correll (IRFU)

8 December 2012
15:00

Gala	18 – 11	Moseley (LB)
	Gala Moseley

Netherdale
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Mark Patton (IRFU)

9 December 2012
14:30

London Scottish	24 – 15	Llanelli
	Scottish Llanelli

Richmond Athletic Ground
Attendance: 721
Referee: Paul Haycock (IRFU)

15 December 2012
14:30

Llanelli	32 – 23	London Scottish
	Llanelli Scottish

Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 850
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)

15 December 2012
15:00

Moseley	16 – 13	Gala (LB)
	Moseley Gala

Billesley Common
Attendance: 516
Referee: Simon Harding (RFU)

11 January 2013
19:30

Moseley	13 – 12	London Scottish (LB)
	Moseley Scottish

Billesley Common
Attendance: 510
Referee: Simon Rees (WRU)

12 January 2013
15:00

Gala	20 – 33	Llanelli (TB)
	Gala Llanelli

Netherdale
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kieran Barry (IRFU)

19 January 2013
14:00

(TB) London Scottish	32 – 0	Gala
	Scottish Gala

Richmond Athletic Ground
Attendance: 1,178
Referee: Greg Morgan (WRU)

20 January 2013
14:30

(TB) Llanelli	40 – 17	Moseley
	Llanelli Moseley

Parc y Scarlets
Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)

Pool 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Munster A	6	5	1	0	123	77	+46	15	1	0	23
Rotherham	6	4	1	1	184	102	+82	22	2	0	20
Plymouth Albion	6	2	0	4	131	141	−10	18	2	1	11
Aberavon	6	0	0	6	73	191	−118	7	0	3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

13 October 2012
14:30

(LB) Aberavon	21 – 25	Rotherham
	Aberavon Rotherham

Talbot Athletic Ground
Attendance: 600
Referee: Charles Samson (SRU)

13 October 2012
15:00

(LB) Plymouth Albion	22 – 26	Munster A
	Plymouth Munster

The Brickfields
Attendance: 1,867
Referee: Gwyn Morris (WRU)

20 October 2012
13:00

Munster A	19 – 11	Aberavon
	Munster Aberavon

O'Dowd Park, Tralee RFC
Attendance: 400^[27]
Referee: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

20 October 2012
15:00

(TB) Rotherham	59 – 26	Plymouth Albion (TB)
	Rotherham Plymouth

Clifton Lane
Attendance: 934
Referee: Johann van der Merwe (SRU)

8 December 2012
14:00

Rotherham	21 – 36	Munster A (TB)
	Rotherham Munster

Clifton Lane
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: Greg Morgan (WRU)

8 December 2012
14:30

(LB) Aberavon	20 – 21	Plymouth Albion
	Aberavon Plymouth

Talbot Athletic Ground
Attendance: 328
Referee: Neil Perkins (WRU)

14 December 2012
19:00

Munster A	9 – 9	Rotherham
	Munster Rotherham

Musgrave Park
Attendance: 350
Referee: Simon Rees (WRU)

14 December 2012
19:45

(TB) Plymouth Albion	59 – 0	Aberavon
	Plymouth Aberavon

The Brickfields
Attendance: 842
Referee: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

12 January 2013
14:30

(LB) Aberavon	14 – 18	Munster A
	Aberavon Munster

Talbot Athletic Ground
Attendance: 732
Referee: Ross Campbell (RFU)

12 January 2013
15:00

Plymouth Albion	3 – 21	Rotherham
	Plymouth Rotherham

The Brickfields
Attendance: 1,037
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)

18 January 2013
19:00

Munster A	15 – 0	Plymouth Albion
	Munster Plymouth

Cork Constitution FC, Temple Hill, Cork^[28]
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Rhys Thomas (WRU)

23 February 2013
14:30

(BP) Rotherham	49 – 7	Aberavon
	Rotherham Aberavon

Clifton Lane
Attendance: 738
Referee: Simon Harding (RFU)

This match was postponed from 19 January 2013 due to a frozen pitch.^[29] Although this match is a dead rubber (the outcome of this game will have no bearing on qualification for the knockout stages nor on the ranking of the qualifiers), a new date was arranged.^[30]

Pool 8

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
Nottingham	6	4	2	167	128	+39	21	3	1	20
Llandovery	6	4	2	149	123	+26	19	3	1	20
Doncaster	6	2	4	132	123	+9	16	2	4	14
Melrose	6	2	4	121	195	−74	15	1	0	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

13 October 2012
14:30

(TB, LB) Doncaster	29 – 30	Melrose
	Doncaster Melrose

Castle Park
Attendance: 778
Referee: Simon Rees (WRU)

13 October 2012
15:00

Llandovery	28 – 21	Nottingham (LB)
	Llandovery Nottingham

Church Bank
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tim Hayes (WRU)

19 October 2012
19:45

Nottingham	13 – 27	Doncaster
	Nottingham Doncaster

Meadow Lane
Attendance: 1,034
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)

20 October 2012
15:00

Melrose	14 – 29	Llandovery (TB)
	Melrose Llandovery

Greenyards
Attendance: 555
Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)

7 December 2012
19:45

(TB) Nottingham	54 – 24	Melrose (TB)
	Nottingham Melrose

Meadow Lane
Attendance: 981
Referee: Kelvin Shorte (WRU)

8 December 2012
15:00

(LB) Llandovery	13 – 16	Doncaster
	Llandovery Doncaster

Church Bank
Referee: Simon Harding (RFU)

15 December 2012
13:45

Melrose	20 – 32	Nottingham (TB)
	Melrose Nottingham

Greenyards
Attendance: 568
Referee: Keiran Barry (IRFU)

15 December 2012
14:30

(TB, LB) Doncaster	29 – 30	Llandovery (TB)
	Doncaster Llandovery

Castle Park
Attendance: 1,036
Referee: Ross Campbell (RFU)

12 January 2013
14:30

(LB) Doncaster	12 – 14	Nottingham
	Doncaster Nottingham

Castle Park
Attendance: 1,174
Referee: Eanna O'Dowd (IRFU)

12 January 2013
15:00

(TB) Llandovery	34 – 12	Melrose
	Llandovery Melrose

Church Bank
Attendance: 600
Referee: Sean Brickell (WRU)

19 January 2013
13:45

Melrose	21 – 17	Doncaster (LB)
	Melrose Doncaster

Greenyards
Attendance: 367
Referee: Steve Lee (RFU)

24 February 2013
14:15

Nottingham	31 – 15	Llandovery
	Nottingham Llandovery

Meadow Lane
Attendance: 878
Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)

This match was postponed from 19 January after a pitch inspection deemed it unfit.^[31]

Knock–out stages

Qualifiers

The eight pool winners proceed to the knock out stages. The quarter-final matches were:^[32]

Seed 1 v Seed 8
Seed 2 v Seed 7
Seed 3 v Seed 6
Seed 4 v Seed 5

Teams are ranked by

1. Competition Points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw, etc)

2. where Competition Points are equal, greatest number of wins

3. where these are equal, aggregate points difference

4. where these are equal, greatest number of points scored

There are further criteria that can be applied if necessary.^[33]

Pool	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	TB	LB	Pts
2	Bedford Blues	6	6	0	0	354	89	+265	55	6	0	30
4	Newcastle Falcons	6	6	0	0	255	27	+228	38	5	0	27^[a]
1	Bristol	6	6	0	0	203	73	+130	26	3	0	27
3	Cornish Pirates	6	5	0	1	179	88	+91	22	3	1	24
7	Munster A	6	5	1	0	123	77	+46	15	1	0	23
5	Leinster A	6	4	1	1	181	107	+74	24	3	1	22
8	Nottingham	6	4	0	2	167	128	+39	21	3	1	20
6	Llanelli	6	4	0	2	184	148	+36	22	3	0	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
Notes:

^ Newcastle Falcons were deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player.^[14]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

6 April 2013 - Goldington Road

Bedford Blues	32
		27 April 2013 - Goldington Road
Llanelli	18
		Bedford Blues	15
5 April 2013 - Kingston Park
		Newcastle Falcons	18
Newcastle Falcons	72
				17 May 2013 – Kingston Park
Nottingham	17
				Newcastle Falcons	17
7 April 2013 - Mennaye Field
				Leinster A	18
Cornish Pirates	9
		26 April 2013 - Garryowen FC
Munster A	10
		Munster A	15
7 April 2013 - Memorial Stadium
		Leinster A	17
Bristol	26

Leinster A	30

Quarter-finals

5 April 2013
20:00

Newcastle Falcons	72 – 17	Nottingham
	Newcastle Nottingham

Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,130
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (RFU)

6 April 2013
15:00

Bedford Blues	32 – 18	Llanelli
	Bedford Llanelli

Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,162
Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)

7 April 2013
15:00

Bristol	26 – 30	Leinster A
	Bristol Leinster

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,408
Referee: Andy McMenemy (SRU)

7 April 2013
15:00

Cornish Pirates	9 – 10	Munster A
	Pirates Munster

Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,478
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

Semi-finals

26 April 2013
19:30

Munster A	15 – 17	Leinster A
	Munster Leinster

Garryowen FC, Dooradoyle
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Ian Tempest (RFU)

27 April 2013
15:00

Bedford Blues	15 – 18	Newcastle Falcons
	Bedford Newcastle

Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,991
Referee: Mark Patton (IRFU)

Final

17 May 2013
19:30

Newcastle Falcons	17 – 18	Leinster A
Try: Higgins 3' c Lawson 11' c Con: Hodgson (2/2) Pen: Hodgson (1) 3'	Newcastle Leinster Stats	Try: Carr 10' m Macken 27' c Con: Reid (1/2) Pen: Reid (2/2) 8', 78'

Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,838
Referee: Neil Hennessy (WRU)

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points^[1]
1	James Pritchard	Bedford Blues	88
2	Noel Reid	Leinster A	83
3	Dai Flanagan	Pontypridd	67
4	James Love	London Scottish	66
5	Jack Maynard	Carmarthen Quins	64
6	Jimmy Gopperth	Newcastle Falcons	61
7	Joel Hodgson	Newcastle Falcons	56
8	James McKinney	Rotherham	54
8	Owen Williams	Llanelli	54
10	Niall O'Connor	Ulster Ravens	52
10	Tristan Roberts	Bristol	52

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries^[2]
1	Mark Kohler	Bedford Blues	8
1	James Stephenson	Bedford Blues	8
3	Josh Bassett	Bedford Blues	7
4	Kevin James	Neath	6
4	Brendan Macken	Leinster A	6
5	Chris Cochrane	Ulster Ravens	5
5	James Pritchard	Bedford Blues	5
8	Leo Auva'a	Leinster A	4
	Adam D'Arcy	Ulster Ravens
	Jimmy Gopperth	Newcastle Falcons
	Corey Hircock	Munster A
	David Jackson	Nottingham
	Alex Lewington	Nottingham
	Chris Morgans	Neath
	Craig Robertson	Gala
	George Watkins	Bristol
	Curtis Wilson	Leeds Carnegie

Geography

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area/Country
Aberavon	Talbot Athletic Ground	3,000	Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	4,684	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Bedwas	The Bridge Field	Unknown	Bedwas, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales
Bridgend Ravens	Brewery Field	8,000	Bridgend, Bridgend County Borough, Wales
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Horfield, Bristol, England
Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park	13,500	Cardiff, Wales
Carmarthen Quins	Carmarthen Park	Unknown	Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Connacht Eagles	Dubarry Park^[34]	10,000	Athlone, Leinster, Ireland
Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	4,000	Penzance, Cornwall, England
Cross Keys	Pandy Park	Unknown	Crosskeys, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales
Doncaster	Castle Park	3,075	Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Dundee HSFP	Mayfield Playing Fields	Unknown	Dundee, Scotland
Gala	Netherdale	6,000	Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Jersey	St. Peter	5,000	Saint Peter, Jersey
Leeds Carnegie	Headingley Stadium^{[n 1]}	21,062	Headingley, Leeds, England
Leinster A	Donnybrook	7,000	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Llandovery	Church Bank	5,000	Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Llanelli	Parc y Scarlets	14,870	Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
London Scottish	Richmond Athletic Ground	4,500	Richmond, London, England
Melrose	Greenyards	Unknown	Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Moseley	Billesley Common	3,650	Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Munster A	Musgrave Park	8,300	Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Neath	The Gnoll	7,500	Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Newcastle Falcons	Kingston Park	10,200	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Newport	Rodney Parade	10,500	Newport, Wales
Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Plymouth Albion	The Brickfields	8,500	Plymouth, Devon, England
Pontypridd	Sardis Road	7,861	Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Rotherham	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Stirling County	Bridgehaugh	4,000	Stirling, Scotland
Swansea	St Helens	4,500	Brynmill, Swansea, Wales
Ulster Ravens	Ravenhill	12,125	Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland

Notes

^
Leeds will play a number of their matches away from Headingley Stadium as part of a "strategy to grow our business by developing a closer partnership with all clubs in Yorkshire".^[35]
- the match against Jersey (Sunday 21 October) at York R.U.F.C.
- the match against Moseley (in the Championship, Sunday 11 November) at Wharfedale R.U.F.C.
- the match against Bedford Blues (in the Championship, Sunday 2 December) at Otley R.U.F.C.
- the match against Pontypridd (Sunday 9 December) at West Park Leeds R.U.F.C.
- the match against London Scottish (in the Championship, Sunday 11 March) at Hull Ionians R.U.F.C.

Notes

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External links

Unofficial British and Irish Cup website - latest news, teams etc

[5] Jersey is listed in the English section because they play in the English RFU Championship.

[table_hth_NEA0.68101181773516-12] Neath were deducted 4 competition points for fielding 2 ineligible players.^[10]

[table_hth_NWC0.64114284172707-17] Newcastle Falcons were deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player.^[14]

[table_hth_NWC0.76547313703479-37] Newcastle Falcons were deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player.^[14]

[Leeds-40] Leeds will play a number of their matches away from Headingley Stadium as part of a "strategy to grow our business by developing a closer partnership with all clubs in Yorkshire".^[35]
the match against Jersey (Sunday 21 October) at York R.U.F.C.

the match against Moseley (in the Championship, Sunday 11 November) at Wharfedale R.U.F.C.

the match against Bedford Blues (in the Championship, Sunday 2 December) at Otley R.U.F.C.

the match against Pontypridd (Sunday 9 December) at West Park Leeds R.U.F.C.

the match against London Scottish (in the Championship, Sunday 11 March) at Hull Ionians R.U.F.C.

[6] the match against Jersey (Sunday 21 October) at York R.U.F.C.

[7] the match against Moseley (in the Championship, Sunday 11 November) at Wharfedale R.U.F.C.

[8] the match against Bedford Blues (in the Championship, Sunday 2 December) at Otley R.U.F.C.

[9] the match against Pontypridd (Sunday 9 December) at West Park Leeds R.U.F.C.

[10] the match against London Scottish (in the Championship, Sunday 11 March) at Hull Ionians R.U.F.C.

[Top_points-1] "British & Irish Cup Statistics - Top Point Scorers". Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[Top_tries-2] "British & Irish Cup Statistics - Top Try Scorers". Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[Connacht-3] "B&I Cup set to arrive in Connacht". www.connachtrugby.ie. 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

[4] "Bridgend & Carmarthen Quins set for Welsh Premiership reprieve". BBC. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

[6] "British Irish Cup 2012-13" (PDF). www.llandoveryrfc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "Cardiff Rearranged Fixture Date Announced". www.bristolrugby.co.uk. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

[8] "Bridgend Ravens v Ulster 'A' - POSTPONED". www.bridgendravens.co.uk. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[9] "Ravens v Ulster (h) fixture confirmed". www.bridgendravens.co.uk. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[10] "'Pointless' game must go ahead, demand Ravens". www.walesonline.co.uk. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

[11] "Neath RFC deducted 4 points in the British & Irish Cup". Huw Evans Agency. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

[13] "Bedwas Match switched to Dunbar". 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

[14] "Stirling County 22–32 Bedwas". Sky Sports. 8 December 2012.

[15] "Bedford Blues Game is Postponed due to Bad Weather". www.bedwasrfc.co.uk. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[Club_Statement-16] "Club Statement". Newcastle Falcons. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[18] Newport / Newcastle Falcons fixtures have been reversed from original order. "Advisory to fans ahead of British & Irish Cup". www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

[19] "B&IC game vs Connacht Eagles Off". Newport RFC. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[20] "Cross Keys v Falcons Postponed". www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[21] "Pontypridd 25 - 23 Leinster A". IRFU. 21 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[22] "Leeds Carnegie head to York". www.leedscarnegie.com. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[23] Leinster A / Jersey fixtures have been reversed from original order. "Leinster B&I fixtures confirmed". www.jrfc.je. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[24] "Leeds Carnegie switch Leinster A game to South Leeds Stadium". Leeds Carnegie. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

[25] "Leeds Carnegie 34 Plymouth Albion 16". Leeds Carnegie. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

[26] "Leinster A game switched to West Park Leeds". Leeds Carnegie. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[27] "Kick Off will go ahead at 12:45". 19 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[28] "Pontypridd v Jersey - match postponed". www.ponty.net. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

[29] "Ponty and Jersey set the date". www.jrfc.je. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[30] "MUNSTER A 19 - 11 ABERAVON". Aberavon Wizards. 20 October 2012.

[31] The game has been moved to Temple Hill due to a delay in ground works taking place at the original venue, Waterford Regional Sports Centre. "Venue Change For Munster A v Plymouth". Munster Rugby. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

[32] "Titans v Aberavon match postponed". www.rotherhamrugby.co.uk. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[33] "New Date For Titans v Aberavon". www.rotherhamrugby.co.uk. 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

[34] "Nottingham vs Llandovery Postponed". www.nottinghamrugby.co.uk. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[35] "British & Irish Cup Pool Tables 2012/13". Cornish Pirates. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

[36] "British & Irish Cup Regulations 2012-13". Retrieved 19 December 2012.

[38] "Dubarry Park announced as the home of the Connacht Eagles". www.connachtrugby.ie. 11 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[39] "On The Road". Leeds Carnegie. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

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