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1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage
Season	1997–98 Heineken Cup
Date	5 September 1997 – 12 October 1997
Qualifiers
Seed 1	London Wasps
Seed 2	Toulouse
Seed 3	Bath
Seed 4	Pau
Seed 5	Harlequins
Seed 6	Brive
Seed 7	Cardiff
Seed 8	Leicester Tigers
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The 1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage took place in September and October 1997. The winner of each pool advanced to the quarter-finals, with the runners-up and best third placed team entering the quarter-final play-offs for the final three quarter final places.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Toulouse	6	5	0	1	25	12	13	200	121	79	10
Leicester	6	4	0	2	16	14	2	163	117	46	8
Leinster	6	2	0	4	15	19	−4	137	167	−30	4
Milan	6	1	0	5	15	26	−11	111	206	−95	2

Leinster	25–34	Toulouse

Leicester Tigers	26–10	Milan

Leinster	16–9	Leicester Tigers

Milan	14–19	Toulouse

Milan	33–32	Leinster

Toulouse	17–22	Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers	47–22	Leinster

Toulouse	69–19	Milan

Leicester Tigers	22–23	Toulouse

Leinster	23–6	Milan

Toulouse	38–19	Leinster

Milan	29–37	Leicester Tigers

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Wasps	6	6	0	0	31	12	19	243	104	139	12
Glasgow	6	3	0	3	14	15	−1	132	167	−35	6
Swansea	6	2	0	4	15	16	−1	157	161	−4	4
Ulster	6	1	0	5	6	23	−17	95	195	−100	2

Swansea	25–31	London Wasps

Ulster	12 – 18	Glasgow
Pen: Laing (3) Drop: Laing	Report	Try: Craig, Wallace Con: Hayes Pen: Hayes (2)

Swansea	33 – 16	Ulster
Try: Gibbs H. Thomas Con: A. Thomas Pen: A. Thomas (7)	Report	Try: Gallick Con: Laing Pen: Laing (3)

Glasgow	22–46	London Waps

Glasgow	35–21	Swansea

London Wasps	56 – 3	Ulster
Try: Mitchell, Wood, King, Logan (3), Greenstock Rosier Con: Rees (5) Pen: Rees	Report	Pen: Laing

Ulster	28 – 20	Swansea
Try: Penalty try, Jackson, McWhirter Con: Laing (2) Pen: Laing (3)	Report	Try: Rees (2), Williams Con: Williams Pen: Williams

London Wasps	43–5	Glasgow

Ulster	21 – 38	London Wasps
Try: Jan Cunningham (2) Con: Laing Pen: Laing (3)	Report	Try: Henderson, Rosier, White, Greenstock, Dallaglio Con: Rees (5) Pen: Rees

Swansea	30–22	Glasgow

Glasgow	30 – 15	Ulster
Try: Penalty try, Stott, Hayes Con: Hayes (3) Pen: Hayes (3)	Report	Pen: Laing (5)

London Wasps	29–28	Swansea

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Bath	6	5	0	1	12	12	0	141	119	22	10
Brive	6	4	1	1	24	13	11	210	146	64	9
Pontypridd	6	2	1	3	17	13	4	154	147	7	5
Scottish Borders	6	0	0	6	14	29	−15	129	222	−93	0

Brive	56–18	Borders

Pontypridd	15–21	Bath

Borders	17–31	Bath

Brive	32–31	Pontypridd

Bath	27–25	Brive

Borders	16–23	Pontypridd

Pontypridd	29–29	Brive

Bath	27–23	Borders

Pontypridd	46–26	Borders

Brive	29–12	Bath

Bath	23–10	Pontypridd

Borders	29–39	Brive

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Harlequins	6	4	0	2	21	12	9	198	141	57	8
Cardiff	6	4	0	2	17	15	2	184	146	38	8
Munster	6	2	0	4	14	21	−7	141	180	−39	4
Bourgoin	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	93	149	−56	4

Bourgoin	26–25	Cardiff

Harlequins	48–40	Munster

Harlequins	45–7	Bourgoin

Cardiff	43–23	Munster

Munster	17–15	Bourgoin

Cardiff	21–28	Harlequins

Munster	32–37	Cardiff

Bourgoin	18–30	Harlequins

Bourgoin	21–6	Munster

Harlequins	31–32	Cardiff

Cardiff	26–6	Bourgoin

Munster	23–16	Harlequins

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Pau	6	4	0	2	27	8	19	203	89	114	8
Llanelli	6	4	0	2	15	18	−3	144	142	2	8
Benetton Treviso	6	2	0	4	18	19	−1	146	162	−16	4
Caledonia	6	2	0	4	8	23	−15	89	189	−100	4

Benetton Treviso	18–19	Pau

Caledonia	18–23	Llanelli Scarlets

Pau	44–12	Llanelli Scarlets

Caledonia	17–9	Benetton Treviso

Llanelli	39–18	Benetton Treviso

Pau	50–8	Caledonia

Benetton Treviso	52–6	Caledonia

Llanelli	14–10	Pau

Benetton Treviso	42–25	Llanelli

Caledonia	30–24	Pau

Llanelli	31–10	Caledonia

Pau	56–7	Benetton Treviso

See also

• 1997-98 Heineken Cup

External links

References

1. "Ulster throw away victory", Irish Independent, 9 September 1997
2. "Thomas gives Ulster the boot", Sunday Independent, 14 September 1997
3. "Thomas sends Ulster packing", Evening Herald, 13 September 1997
4. "Ulster badly stung", Irish Independent, 22 September 1997
5. Peter Llewellyn, "Rugby Union: Wasps bring lasting pain as Logan runs riot", The Independent, 21 September 1997
6. Micheal McGeary, "Ulster Thriller", Sunday Life, 28 September 1997
7. Jim Stokes, "Wasps have to fight for Ulster win", Belfast Telegraph, 4 October 1997
8. "Wasps take sting out of Ulster", Irish Independent, 4 October 1997
9. "Flat Ulster fail to learn hard lesson", Belfast Telegraph, 13 October 1997

• 1997–98 Heineken Cup
• Heineken Cup pool stages