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+ The 128,587 fans who went through the turnstiles last weekend created a tournament record for Round 1 matches – and the tally is second only to last season’s tournament record of 136,965 who watched the 12 Round 2 games.

+ When Gloucester Rugby scored their fourth try in the 22nd minute of the 32-14 win over Ulster Rugby at Ravenhill it earned the tournaments’ quickest try bonus point. It beat the old mark of 26 minutes jointly set by Leinster at home to Bourgoin and Biarritz Olympique home to Rugby Calvisano in 2004 Pool matches.

+ Aurelien Rougerie scored the only try hat-trick in Round 1 – the first by any Clermont player in the 27 tournament matches they have played.

+ Glasgow Warriors, Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) and Shaun Payne (Munster) won ERC Elite Awards for 50 tournament matches.

+ London Wasps’ decision to move their match against 2006 champions Munster to Coventry paid off handsomely as they more than doubled their previous home crowd record with 21,506 going through the Ricoh Arena turnstiles. It is the sixth highest Pool match gate in the tournaments’ history.


HEINEKEN CUP 2007 / 2008 - (All kick-offs LOCAL times)
ROUND 2
FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 2007
Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Ospreys 20.00 Alan Lewis (I)
Sky Sports
Pool 2 Bourgoin v Ulster Rugby 21.00 Wayne Barnes (E)
Canal+ Sport / Sky Sports***
Pool 4 Glasgow Warriors v Viadana 19.30 James Jones (W)
SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 2007
Pool 1 Newport Gwent Dragons v London Irish 13.30 Christophe Berdos (F)
S4C** / Sky Sports
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Perpignan 14.30 Andrew Small (E)
Pool 3 Harlequins v Cardiff Blues 15.30 Pascal Gauzere (F)
Sky Sports
Pool 4 Biarritz Olympique v Saracens 16.30 Malcolm Changleng (S)
FR2
Pool 5 Llanelli Scarlets v London Wasps 17.30 Alain Rolland (I)
Sky Sports
Pool 6 Leicester Tigers v Edinburgh Rugby 15.00 Romain Poite (F)
SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 2007
Pool 3 Bristol Rugby v Stade Français Paris 15.00 George Clancy (I)
Sky Sports / FR2
Pool 5 Munster v ASM Clermont Auvergne 13.00 Nigel Owens (W)
Sky Sports / Sport+ / RTE**
Pool 6 Toulouse v Leinster 21.00 Chris White (E)
Canal+ / Sky Sports / RTE**

* Delayed ** Highlights *** Live via interactive