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2000–01 Heineken Cup pool stage
Season	2000–01 Heineken Cup
Date	6 October 2000 – 23 January 2001
Qualifiers
Seed 1	Stade Français
Seed 2	Leicester Tigers
Seed 3	Munster
Seed 4	Gloucester
Seed 5	Cardiff
Seed 6	Biarritz Olympique
Seed 7	Swansea
Seed 8	Pau
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In the 2000–2001 Heineken Cup pool stage matches, teams received

• 2 points for a win
• 1 points for a draw

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Biarritz Olympique	6	4	0	2	13	20	−7	164	152	12	8
Edinburgh Reivers	6	3	1	2	17	12	5	154	141	13	7
Leinster	6	3	1	2	13	14	−1	149	156	−7	7
Northampton	6	1	0	5	17	14	3	138	156	−18	2

Edinburgh finished above Leinster despite having a lower points difference, as the first tie-breaker was the results in the two matches between the teams.

Edinburgh	29–21	Leinster

Biarritz	37–30	Northampton Saints

Leinster	35–9	Biarritz

Northampton Saints	22–23	Edinburgh

Northampton Saints	8–14	Leinster

Biarritz	29–18	Edinburgh

Edinburgh	27–35	Biarritz

Leinster	40–31	Northampton Saints

Leinster	34–34	Edinburgh

Northampton Saints	32–24	Biarritz

Edinburgh	18–15	Northampton Saints

Biarritz	30–10	Leinster

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Stade Français	6	5	0	1	36	4	32	297	85	212	10
Swansea	6	4	0	2	28	11	17	244	123	121	8
Wasps	6	3	0	3	20	14	6	175	156	19	6
L'Aquila	6	0	0	6	3	58	−55	40	392	−352	0

Swansea	54–28	London Wasps

Stade Français	92–7	L'Aquila

Swansea	18–16	Stade Français

L'Aquila	10–39	London Wasps

Stade Français	40–10	London Wasps

L'Aquila	6–70	Swansea

Swansea	73–3	L'Aquila

London Wasps	28–31	Stade Français

L'Aquila	9–76	Stade Français

London Wasps	28–16	Swansea

Stade Français	42–13	Swansea

London Wasps	42–5	L'Aquila

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Cardiff	6	4	0	2	14	13	1	174	140	34	8
Saracens	6	4	0	2	18	13	5	182	146	36	8
Toulouse	6	2	1	3	19	15	4	171	182	−11	5
Ulster	6	1	1	4	11	21	−10	146	205	−59	3

Cardiff won the group despite having a lower points difference than Saracens, as the first tie-breaker was the results in the two matches between the teams.

Ulster	32 – 23	Cardiff
Try: Constable, Howe Con: Humphreys (2) Pen: Humphreys (5) Drop: Humphreys	Report	Try: Jenkins, Morgan Con: Jenkins (2) Pen: Jenkins (3)

Toulouse	22–32	Saracens

Cardiff	26–17	Toulouse

Saracens	55 – 25	Ulster
Try: Hill (2), McRae, Luger (3) Con: Castaignède (5) Pen: Castaignède (5)	Report	Try: Stewart Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys (6)

Saracens	23–32	Cardiff

Toulouse	35 – 35	Ulster
Try: Pelous, Labit, Fillol, Desbrosse Con: Marfaing (3) Pen: Marfaing (3)	Report	Try: Free, Howe, J. Bell, J. Topping Con: Humphreys (3) Pen: Humphreys (3)

Cardiff	24–14	Saracens

Ulster	25 – 29	Toulouse
Try: Ward Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys (6)	Report	Try: Desbrosse, Servat Con: Delaigue, Marfaing Pen: Delaigue (5)

Cardiff	42 – 16	Ulster
Try: Robinson (2), Jenkins, Quinnell Con: Jenkins (2) Pen: Jenkins (5) Drop: Jenkins	Report	Try: J. Topping (2) Pen: Humphreys (2)

Saracens	37–30	Toulouse

Ulster	13 – 21	Saracens
Try: Humphreys Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys (2)	Report	Try: Shanklin, McRae, Hill Con: McRae (3)

Toulouse	38–27	Cardiff

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Munster	6	5	0	1	15	7	8	154	109	45	10
Bath	6	4	0	2	14	11	3	139	106	33	8
Newport	6	2	0	4	10	22	−12	122	183	−61	4
Castres	6	1	0	5	14	13	1	135	152	−17	2

Munster	26–18	Newport

Bath	25–13	Castres

Newport	28–17	Bath

Castres	29–32	Munster

Munster	31–9	Bath

Newport	21–20	Castres

Bath	18–5	Munster

Castres	43–21	Newport

Castres	19–32	Bath

Newport	24–39	Munster

Munster	21–11	Castres

Bath	38–10	Newport

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Gloucester	6	4	1	1	13	11	2	186	140	46	9
Llanelli	6	4	0	2	18	8	10	187	103	84	8
Colomiers	6	3	1	2	14	11	3	148	120	28	7
Roma	6	0	0	6	10	25	−15	88	246	−158	0

Llanelli	20–27	Gloucester

Roma	5–14	Colomiers

Colomiers	6–19	Llanelli

Gloucester	52–12	Roma

Llanelli	46–0	Roma

Gloucester	22–22	Colomiers

Colomiers	30–19	Gloucester

Roma	21–41	Llanelli

Gloucester	28–27	Llanelli

Colomiers	55–21	Roma

Llanelli	34–21	Colomiers

Roma	29–38	Gloucester

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Leicester	6	5	0	1	15	9	6	178	105	73	10
Pau	6	4	0	2	19	10	9	154	142	12	8
Pontypridd	6	2	0	4	9	12	−3	136	131	5	4
Glasgow Caledonians	6	1	0	5	12	24	−12	137	227	−90	2

Pontypridd	40–25	Glasgow

Leicester Tigers	46–18	Pau

Pau	12–9	Pontypridd

Glasgow	21–33	Leicester Tigers

Pontypridd	18–11	Leicester Tigers

Glasgow	24–46	Pau

Pau	44–16	Glasgow

Leicester Tigers	27–19	Pontypridd

Pau	3–20	Leicester Tigers

Glasgow	25–23	Pontypridd

Leicester Tigers	41–26	Glasgow

Pontypridd	27–31	Pau

Seeding

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Stade Français	10	36	+212
2	Leicester Tigers	10	15	+73
3	Munster	10	15	+45
4	Gloucester	9	13	+46
5	Cardiff	8	18	+36
6	Biarritz Olympique	8	13	+12
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/−
7	Swansea	8	28	+121
8	Pau	8	19	+12
–	Llanelli	8	18	+84
–	Saracens	8	14	+34
–	Bath	8	14	+33
–	Edinburgh Reivers	7	17	+13

See also

• 2000–01 Heineken Cup

References

1. ERC Rugby – Key Rules Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. ERC Rugby – Key Rules Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
3. Jim Stokes, "Rugby: Super Ulster right back in business", Belfast Telegraph, 5 July 2008
4. Ian Malin, "Gallic genius triggers Luger", The Guardian, 16 October 2000
5. "Saracens too strong for Ulster", BBC Sport, 15 October 2000
6. "Ulster earn remarkable draw", BBC Sport, 22 October 2000
7. EPCR Stats
8. "RUGBY UNION: POOR ULSTER KEPT AT AN ARMS LENGTH; Cardiff 42 Ulster 16: Champions of 1999 are European flops in Cardiff.." The Free Library. 2001 MGN LTD 26 Feb. 2022
9. Jim Stokes, "Plenty of heart but it's a Sarri send-off", Belfast Telegraph, 20 January 2001

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