2001 Heineken Cup final

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The 2001 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2000–01 Heineken Cup, the sixth season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 19 May 2001 at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The match was contested by Stade Français of France and Leicester Tigers of England. Leicester Tigers won the match 34–30.

2001 Heineken Cup Final
Event2000–01 Heineken Cup
Date19 May 2001
VenueParc des Princes, Paris
RefereeDavid McHugh (Ireland)
Attendance44,000
2000
2002

Going into the final stages of the game, the scores were level at 27–27. A drop goal from Diego Domínguez then put Stade three points ahead. Meanwhile, Leicester brought on replacement scrum-half Jamie Hamilton for starting fly-half Andy Goode, with starting scrum-half Austin Healey switching to fly-half. Glenn Gelderbloom was also brought on at outside centre, with Leon Lloyd switching from outside centre to wing.

Leicester won a penalty just inside their own half and kicked to the left-hand touchline. The resulting line-out throw was too high and but it was cleaned up by Neil Back at the back of the line. Back passed the ball to out to Healey, though the pass forced Healey to check his run to gather the ball. With the two sets of opposing backs 20 metres apart for the line-out, the Tigers backs executed a pre-called backs move. Healey would dummy scissors with inside centre Pat Howard, another dummy scissors with outside centre Glenn Gelderbloom before the ball would be passed to the big full back Tim Stimpson who would take the ball into contact. Howard drew Domínguez and Gelderbloom drew the Stade inside centre, but the Stade outside centre who had only been on the field a few minutes, drifted onto Stimpson. Healey broke the Stade defensive line through the gap, before drawing the full back and putting Leon Lloyd in the right hand corner.

Lloyd's second try of the game gave Leicester a two-point lead, with the conversion to come. If Stimpson missed, another goal would give Stade the lead. If he scored the conversion, however, Stade would need a try. The kick from the right-hand touchline was from the most difficult position on the field for a right-footed kicker. Stimpson however hit the conversion straight between the posts, and Leicester were able to hang on to their lead for victory.

Match details

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19 May 2001
15:00 CEST
Stade Français  30–34  Leicester Tigers
Pen: Dominguez (9) 4', 16', 21', 27', 39', 46', 57', 68', 71'
Drop: Dominguez 77'
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Try: Lloyd (2) 41' m, 79' c
Back 59' c
Con: Stimpson (2) 59', 79'
Pen: Stimpson (5) 6', 10', 30', 64', 73'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stade Français
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leicester Tigers
FB 15   Christophe Dominici
RW 14   Thomas Lombard
OC 13   Franck Comba
IC 12   Cliff Mytton
LW 11   Arthur Gomes
FH 10   Diego Domínguez
SH 9   Morgan Williams
N8 8   Christophe Juillet
OF 7   Richard Pool-Jones
BF 6   Christophe Moni
RL 5   Mike James
LL 4   David Auradou
TP 3   Pieter de Villiers
HK 2   Fabrice Landreau  
LP 1   Sylvain Marconnet
Replacements:
OC 16   David Venditti
FL 17   Patrick Tabacco
HK 18   Mathieu Blin
N8 19   Pablo Lemoine
LK 20   Darren George
LP 21   Julien Berthe
SH 22   Christophe Laussucq
Coach:
  John Connolly
FB 15   Tim Stimpson
RW 14   Geordan Murphy   76'
OC 13   Leon Lloyd
IC 12   Pat Howard
LW 11   Winston Stanley
FH 10   Andy Goode   72'
SH 9   Austin Healey
N8 8   Will Johnson   36'
OF 7   Neil Back
BF 6   Martin Corry
RL 5   Ben Kay
LL 4   Martin Johnson (c)  
TP 3   Darren Garforth
HK 2   Dorian West
LP 1   Graham Rowntree
Replacements:
OC 16   Glenn Gelderbloom   76'
SH 17   Jamie Hamilton   72'
HK 18   Richard Cockerill
LP 19   Perry Freshwater
TP 20   Ricky Nebbett
N8 21   Paul Gustard   36'
FL 22   Lewis Moody
Coach:
  Dean Richards

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