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2001 Heineken Cup final

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

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.

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 France30–34England Leicester Tigers
Pen: Dominguez (9) 4', 16', 21', 27', 39', 46', 57', 68', 71'
Drop: Dominguez 77'
EPC Report
BBC Report
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 France Christophe Dominici
RW 14 France Thomas Lombard
OC 13 France Franck Comba
IC 12 New Zealand Cliff Mytton
LW 11 France Arthur Gomes
FH 10 Italy Diego Domínguez
SH 9 Canada Morgan Williams
N8 8 France Christophe Juillet
OF 7 England Richard Pool-Jones
BF 6 France Christophe Moni
RL 5 Canada Mike James
LL 4 France David Auradou
TP 3 France Pieter de Villiers
HK 2 France Fabrice Landreau yellow card
LP 1 France Sylvain Marconnet
Replacements:
OC 16 France David Venditti
FL 17 France Patrick Tabacco
HK 18 France Mathieu Blin
N8 19 Uruguay Pablo Lemoine
LK 20 New Zealand Darren George
LP 21 France Julien Berthe
SH 22 France Christophe Laussucq
Coach:
Australia John Connolly
FB 15 England Tim Stimpson
RW 14 Ireland Geordan Murphy downward-facing red arrow 76'
OC 13 England Leon Lloyd
IC 12 Australia Pat Howard
LW 11 Canada Winston Stanley
FH 10 England Andy Goode downward-facing red arrow 72'
SH 9 England Austin Healey
N8 8 England Will Johnson downward-facing red arrow 36'
OF 7 England Neil Back
BF 6 England Martin Corry
RL 5 England Ben Kay
LL 4 England Martin Johnson (c) yellow card
TP 3 England Darren Garforth
HK 2 England Dorian West
LP 1 England Graham Rowntree
Replacements:
OC 16 South Africa Glenn Gelderbloom upward-facing green arrow 76'
SH 17 England Jamie Hamilton upward-facing green arrow 72'
HK 18 England Richard Cockerill
LP 19 England Perry Freshwater
TP 20 England Ricky Nebbett
N8 21 England Paul Gustard upward-facing green arrow 36'
FL 22 England Lewis Moody
Coach:
England Dean Richards

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