2016–17 British and Irish Cup

Tournament details
Countries|  England
Ireland
Wales
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin and knockout
Date| 14 October 2016 — 21 April 2017
Tournament statistics
Teams| 19
Matches played| 63
Attendance| 62,823 (997 per match)
Highest attendance| 4,813
Ulster A v London Scottish
13 January 2017
Lowest attendance| 200 (x3)
Top point scorer(s)|  Johnny McPhillips
Ulster A 62
Top try scorer(s)|  Tom Williams
Scarlets PS 8
Final
Venue| Irish Independent Park
Champions| Munster A (2nd title)
Runners-up| Jersey Reds[1]

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The 2016–17 British and Irish Cup was the eighth season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. London Welsh were the defending champions having won the 2015–16 final against Yorkshire Carnegie 10–33 at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds on 10 April 2016. There have been six different winners and six different losing finalists in the seven seasons of its existence. The format of the competition is similar to last season with Scottish clubs not competing. For the second consecutive season the four Welsh teams were the reserve sides of the teams competing in the Pro12 competition instead of clubs from the Welsh Premier Division.

## Competition format

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The competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of five pools of four teams playing home and away matches. The top side in each pool, plus the three best runners-up, progress to the knockout stage. The eight quarter-finalists are ranked, with top four teams having home advantage. The four winning quarter-finalists progress to the semi-final draw. Most of the matches are played on the same weekends as the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. First round matches began on 14 October 2016 and the final was held on the 21 April 2017.

## Participating teams and locations

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The allocation of teams is as follows:

* – twelve clubs from RFU Championship
* – four Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams
* – four Welsh regions represented by Premiership Select teams.

Bedford

Blues

Connacht

Cornish Pirates

Doncaster

Ealing T

Jersey Reds

Leinster

L Irish

L Scottish

L Welsh

Munster

Dragons

Nottingham

Ospreys

Richmond

Rotherham

Scarlets

Ulster

Y Carnegie

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Locations of the 2016-17 British & Irish Cup teams

Club  | Country  | League  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Area

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Bedford Blues |  England | RFU Championship | Goldington Road | 6,000  | Bedford
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select |  Wales | N/A  | Cardiff Arms Park
Sardis Road
The Wern | 12,125
7,861
4,500  | Cardiff
Pontypridd
Merthyr Tydfil
Connacht Eagles |  Ireland | Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship | Galway Sportsgrounds
Dubarry Park | 9,500
10,000  | Galway
Athlone
Cornish Pirates |  England | RFU Championship | Mennaye Field | 4,000  | Penzance
Doncaster Knights |  England | RFU Championship | Castle Park | 5,000  | Doncaster
Ealing Trailfinders |  England | RFU Championship | Trailfinders Sports Ground | 3,020  | West Ealing, London
Jersey Reds |  England [a] | RFU Championship | St. Peter | 4,000  | Saint Peter
Leinster A |  Ireland | Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship | Donnybrook Stadium | 6,000  | Dublin
London Irish |  England | RFU Championship | Madejski Stadium | 7,579[b] | Reading, Berkshire
London Scottish |  England | RFU Championship | Richmond Athletic Ground | 4,500  | Richmond, London
London Welsh |  England | RFU Championship | Old Deer Park | 5,850  | Richmond, London
Munster A |  Ireland | Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship | Towns Park
The Showgrounds
Old Chapel
Irish Independent Park
CIT Stadium | 400
1,000[2]
N/A
8,200
1,100[3] | Midleton
Ennis
Bandon
Cork
Cork
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select |  Wales | N/A  | Pandy Park
CCB Centre | 3,000
1,000  | Crosskeys
Ystrad Mynach
Nottingham Rugby |  England | RFU Championship | Lady Bay Sports Ground | 3,000  | Nottingham
Ospreys Premiership Select |  Wales | N/A  | The Gnoll
Talbot Athletic Ground
Llynfi Road | 5,000
3,000
N/A  | Neath
Port Talbot
Maesteg
Richmond |  England | RFU Championship | Richmond Athletic Ground | 4,500  | Richmond, London
Rotherham Titans |  England | RFU Championship | Clifton Lane | 2,500  | Rotherham
Scarlets Premiership Select |  Wales | N/A  | Church Bank Playing Fields
Carmarthen Park
Parc y Scarlets | 3,000
3,000
14,870  | Llandovery
Carmarthen
Llanelli
Ulster A |  Ireland | Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship | Shaw's Bridge
Eaton Park
Kingspan Stadium | 1,300
1,000
18,196  | Belfast
Ballymena
Belfast
Yorkshire Carnegie |  England | RFU Championship | Sandhill Lane Stadium
Moor Lane
Silver Royd | N/A
N/A
1,950  | Selby
Pontefract
Scalby

1. ^ Jersey is listed in the English section because they play in the English RFU Championship.
2. ^ Although Madejski's full capacity is 24,161, for most matches only West Stand will be open with capacity of 7,579.

## Pool stages

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Key to colours  | Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.

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| Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.

### Pool 1

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification

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Jersey Reds | 6  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 181  | 94  | +87  | 3  | 0  | 23  | Qualified as pool winner
Ulster A | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 153  | 124  | +29  | 2  | 2  | 20  | Qualified
London Scottish | 6  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 134  | 157  | −23  | 2  | 2  | 12  |
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select | 6  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 104  | 197  | −93  | 0  | 3  | 7

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2017. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

#### Round 1

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14 October 2016
19:00

Ulster A| 19 – 6| Jersey Reds

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Shaw's Bridge, Belfast
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dewi Phillips

15 October 2016
14:30

(BP) Cardiff Blues Premiership Select| 21 – 26| London Scottish (BP)

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BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 787
Referee: Frank Murphy

[4]

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#### Round 2

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21 October 2016
19:45

(BP) Jersey Reds| 49 – 12| Cardiff Blues Premiership Select

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St Peter
Attendance: 1,551
Referee: Ben Blain

22 October 2016
14:30

(BP) London Scottish| 34 – 29| Ulster A (2BP)

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Athletic Ground
Attendance: 906
Referee: Gareth Newman

[5]

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#### Round 3

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9 December 2016
17:00

Ulster A| 16 – 10| Cardiff Blues Premiership Select (BP)

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Eaton Park, Ballymena
Attendance: 1,301
Referee: Veryan Boscawen

10 December 2016
14:30

London Scottish| 13 – 22| Jersey Reds

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Athletic Ground
Attendance: 947
Referee: Johnny Erskine

[6]

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#### Round 4

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16 December 2016
19:45

Jersey Reds| 23 – 19| London Scottish (BP)

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St Peter
Attendance: 1,151
Referee: Ben Blain

17 December 2016
14:30

(BP) Cardiff Blues premiership Select| 27 – 30| Ulster A

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Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Attendance: 325
Referee: Hamish Smales

[7]

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#### Round 5

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13 January 2017
19:00

(BP) Ulster A| 38 – 21| London Scottish

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Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 4,813
Referee: Joy Neville

14 January 2017

Cardiff Blues Premiership Select| 10 – 55| Jersey Reds (BP)

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The Wern, Merthyr Tydfil
Attendance: 973
Referee: Nigel Correll

[8]

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#### Round 6

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21 January 2017
14:00

(BP) Jersey Reds| 26 – 21| Ulster A (BP)

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St Peter
Attendance: 1,406
Referee: Craig Evans

10 March 2017
19:00

(BP) London Scottish| 21 – 24| Cardiff Blues Premiership Select

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Athletic Ground
Attendance: 400
Referee: Calum Howard

* Postponed from 21 January due to frozen pitch.[9][10]

[11]

### Pool 2

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London Welsh entered liquidation on 8 December 2016 and were disqualified from the competition and their results from rounds 1 and 2 annulled.[12]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification

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Munster A | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 121  | 55  | +66  | 3  | 0  | 19  | Qualified as pool winner
Rotherham Titans | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 73  | 102  | −29  | 0  | 1  | 5  |
Doncaster Knights | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 61  | 98  | −37  | 0  | 0  | 4

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2017. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

#### Round 1

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15 October 2016
14:30

Munster A| 15 – 30| London Welsh (BP)

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Towns Park, Midleton
Attendance: 350
Referee: Fergus Kirby

* London Welsh expelled from the competition

15 October 2016
15:00

Rotherham Titans| 34 – 17| Doncaster Knights

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Clifton Lane
Attendance: 750
Referee: Jake Makepeace

[4]

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#### Round 2

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22 October 2016
14:00

(BP) London Welsh| 40 – 24| Rotherham Titans

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Old Deer Park
Attendance: 728
Referee: Adam Leal

* London Welsh expelled from the competition.

22 October 2016
14:30

Doncaster Knights| P – P| Munster A

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Castle Park

* Match postponed due to the death of Munster Rugby's head coach Anthony Foley and played on 7 January 2016.[5][13]

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#### Round 3

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10 December 2016
14:00

Rotherham Titans| 24 – 35| Munster A (BP)

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Clifton Lane
Attendance: 704
Referee: Rhys Thomas

[6]

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#### Round 4

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18 December 2016
14:00

(BP) Munster A| 34 – 3| Rotherham Titans

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The Showgrounds, Ennis
Attendance: 350
Referee: Craig Evans

[7]

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#### Round 2 (rescheduled game)

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7 January 2016
14:30

Doncaster Knights| 12 – 28| Munster A (BP)

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Castle Park
Attendance: 974
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin

* Match postponed from 22 October 2016.

[15]

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#### Round 5

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13 January 2017
19:00

Munster A| 24 – 16| Doncaster Knights

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Old Chapel, Bandon
Attendance: 937
Referee: Dewi Phillips

[8]

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#### Round 6

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21 January 2017
14:00

Doncaster Knights| 16 – 12| Rotherham Titans (BP)

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Castle Park
Attendance: 1,207
Referee: Ben Blain

[10]

### Pool 3

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification

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London Irish | 6  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 154  | 97  | +57  | 4  | 1  | 25  | Qualified as pool winner
Cornish Pirates | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 188  | 99  | +89  | 3  | 1  | 20  | Qualified
Ospreys Premiership Select | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 130  | 155  | −25  | 2  | 0  | 14  |
Connacht Eagles | 6  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 82  | 223  | −141  | 1  | 1  | 2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2017. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

#### Round 1

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15 October 2016
14:30

Ospreys Premiership Select| 14 – 25| London Irish (BP)

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The Gnoll, Neath
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Matt Turvey

16 October 2016
14:30

Connacht Eagles| 10 – 23| Cornish Pirates

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Galway Sportsground
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ben Blain

[4]

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#### Round 2

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22 October 2016
15:00

(BP) London Irish| 34 – 3| Connacht Eagles

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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 3,109
Referee: Michael Hudson

23 October 2016
14:00

(BP) Cornish Pirates| 41 – 5| Ospreys Premiership Select

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Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,405
Referee: Sean Gallagher

[5]

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#### Round 3

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10 December 2016
14:30

(BP) Connacht Eagles| 17 – 20| Ospreys Premiership Select

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Galway Sportsground
Attendance: 419
Referee: Jack Makepeace

11 December 2016
15:00

(BP) London Irish| 33 – 24| Cornish Pirates

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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 2,695
Referee: Adam Jones

[6]

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#### Round 4

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18 December 2016
14:00

(BP) Cornish Pirates| 16 – 17| London Irish

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Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,426
Referee: Fergus Kirby

18 December 2016
14:00

(BP) Ospreys Premiership Select| 55 – 14| Connacht Eagles

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Talbot Athletic Ground, Port Talbot
Attendance: 542
Referee: Adam Leal

[7]

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#### Round 5

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14 January 2017
14:30

Connacht Eagles| 14 – 41| London Irish (BP)

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Dubarry Park, Athlone
Attendance: 695
Referee: Ben Blain

14 January 2017
14:30

Ospreys Premiership Select| 10 – 34| Cornish Pirates (BP)

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Llynfi Road, Maesteg
Attendance: 872
Referee: Jonny Erskine

[8]

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#### Round 6

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21 January 2017
14:00

(BP) Cornish Pirates| 50 – 24| Connacht Eagles (BP)

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Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,120
Referee: Matt Turvey

21 January 2017
14:00

(BP) London Irish| 24 – 26| Ospreys Premiership Select (BP)

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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Joy Neville

[10]

### Pool 4

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification

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Scarlets Premiership Select | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 198  | 149  | +49  | 5  | 1  | 22  | Qualified as pool winner
Leinster A | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 256  | 133  | +123  | 3  | 1  | 16  |
Nottingham Rugby | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 148  | 136  | +12  | 3  | 0  | 15
Richmond | 6  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 100  | 284  | −184  | 1  | 0  | 9

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2017. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

#### Round 1

[edit]

15 October 2016
15:00

Richmond| 19 – 68| Leinster A (BP)

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Athletic Ground
Attendance: 512
Referee: Adam Jones

16 October 2016
15:00

Nottingham Rugby| 11 – 33| Scarlets Premiership Select (BP)

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Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 791[16]
Referee: Sean Gallagher

[4]

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#### Round 2

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22 October 2016
14:30

(BP) Scarlets Premiership Select| 58 – 7| Richmond

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Church Bank Playing Fields, Llandovery
Attendance: 350
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin

23 October 2016
15:00

Leinster A| 21 – 29| Nottingham Rugby (BP)

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Donnybrook Stadium
Attendance: 950
Referee: Gary Glennon

[5]

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#### Round 3

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10 December 2016
14:00

(BP) Leinster A| 65 – 13| Scarlets Premiership Select

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Donnybrook Stadium
Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Ben Blain

11 December 2016
15:00

(BP) Nottingham Rugby| 43 – 3| Richmond

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| Report|
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,084
Referee: Hamish Smales

[6]

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#### Round 4

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17 December 2016
14:30

(BP) Scarlets Premiership Select| 27 – 7| Leinster A

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Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matt Turvey

17 December 2016
15:00

Richmond| 20 – 12| Nottingham Rugby

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Athletic Ground
Attendance: 485
Referee: Dew Phillips

[7]

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#### Round 5

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13 January 2017
19:45

(BP) Nottingham Rugby| 28 – 24| Leinster A (BP)

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Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,367
Referee: Rhys Thomas

14 January 2017
15:00

(BP) Richmond| 34 – 32| Scarlets Premiership Select (2BP)

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Athletic Ground
Attendance: 396
Referee: Adam Leal

[8]

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#### Round 6

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20 January 2017
19:30

(BP) Leinster A| 71 – 17| Richmond

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Donnybrook Stadium
Attendance: 673
Referee: Gareth Newman

21 January 2017
14:00

(BP) Scarlets Premiership Select| 35 – 25| Nottingham Rugby

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Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 250
Referee: Veryan Boscawen

[10]

### Pool 5

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification

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Ealing Trailfinders | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 194  | 123  | +71  | 3  | 2  | 23  | Qualified as pool winner
Yorkshire Carnegie | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 156  | 130  | +26  | 3  | 1  | 20  | Qualified
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select | 6  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 118  | 170  | −52  | 1  | 2  | 11  |
Bedford Blues | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 119  | 173  | −54  | 1  | 1  | 8

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2017. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

#### Round 1

[edit]

15 October 2016
15:00

(BP) Ealing Trailfinders| 51 – 35| Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)

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Trailfinders Sports Club
Attendance: 468
Referee: Veryan Boscawen

15 October 2016
15:00

(BP) Bedford Blues| 46 – 33| Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select (BP)

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Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,218
Referee: Joy Neville

[4]

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#### Round 2

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22 October 2016
14:30

(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie| 52 – 28| Bedford Blues

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Sandhill Lane Stadium, Selby
Attendance: 623
Referee: Fergus Kirby

22 October 2016
15:00

(BP) Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select| 27 – 28| Ealing Trailfinders

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Pandy Park, Crosskeys
Attendance: 200
Referee: Matt Turvey

[5]

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#### Round 3

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10 December 2016
15:00

Bedford Blues| 19 – 19| Ealing Trailfinders

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Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,707
Referee: Adam Leal

11 December 2016
14:15

Yorkshire Carnegie| 20 – 17| Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select (BP)

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Moor Lane, Pontefract
Attendance: 428
Referee: Nigel Correll

[6]

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#### Round 4

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17 December 2016
15:00

Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select| 22 – 20| Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)

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CCB Centre, Ystrad Mynach
Attendance: 315
Referee: Jonny Erskine

17 December 2016
15:00

(BP) Ealing Trailfinders| 40 – 23| Bedford Blues

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Trailfinders Sports Club
Attendance: 428
Referee: Gareth Newman

[7]

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#### Round 5

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14 January 2017
15:00

Bedford Blues| 12 – 29| Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)

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Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,874
Referee: Hamish Smales

14 January 2017
15:00

(BP) Ealing Trailfinders| 56 – 19| Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select

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Trailfinders Sports Club
Attendance: 433
Referee: Fergus Kirby

[8]

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#### Round 6

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21 January 2017
14:00

Yorkshire Carnegie| 14 – 10| Ealing Trailfinders (BP)

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Silver Royd, Scalby
Attendance: 834
Referee: Rhys Thomas

21 January 2017
16:30

Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select| 15 – 12| Bedford Blues (BP)

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CCB Centre, Ystrad Mynach[a 1]
Attendance: 652
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin

1. ^ *Initially due to be held at The Bridge Field, Bedwas but because of a frozen pitch, the venue was changed and the kick-off time moved from 14:00 to 16:30.[17]

[10]

## Knock-out stage

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The eight qualifiers were seeded according to performance in the pool stage. The four top seeds hosted the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 format. If two teams qualified from the same group they could not be drawn together despite the seeding, therefore, Jersey Reds did not play against Ulster A. The quarter-finals were held over the weekend of 10/11/12 March 2017, the semi-finals were held over the weekend of 31 March and 1 & 2 April 2017 and the final was played on 21/22/23 April 2017.

Teams are ranked by:

1 – competition points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw)
2 – where competition points are equal, greatest number of wins
3 – where the number of wins are equal, aggregate points difference
4 – where the aggregate points difference are equal, greatest number of points scored
Seed  | Pool winners  | Pts  | Wins  | Pts diff

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1 |  London Irish | 25 | 5 | 57
2 |  Jersey Reds | 23 | 5 | 87
3 |  Ealing Trailfinders | 23 | 4 | 71
4 |  Scarlets Premiership Select | 22 | 4 | 49
5 |  Munster A | 19 | 4 | 66
Seed  | Pool Runners–up  | Pts  | Wins  | Pts diff
6 |  Cornish Pirates | 20 | 4 | 89
7 |  Ulster A | 20 | 4 | 29
8 |  Yorkshire Carnegie | 20 | 4 | 26
9 |  Leinster A | 16 | 3 | 123
10 |  Rotherham Titans | 5 | 1 | −25

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 12 March 2017 - Irish Independent Park | | | | |

|  Munster A| 26

| 31 March - CIT Stadium

|  Ulster A| 3 |

|  Munster A| 25

| 11 March 2017 - Trailfinders Sports Ground

| | Ealing Trailfinders| 9 |

|  Ealing Trailfinders| 84

| | 21 April 2017 - Irish Independent Park, Cork

|  Scarlets Premiership Select| 7 |

|  Munster A| 29

| 11 March 2017 - Madejski Stadium

| |  Jersey Reds | 28

|  London Irish |  37

| 2 April 2017 - Madejski Stadium |

|  Yorkshire Carnegie|  14 |

|  London Irish|  17

| 10 March 2017 - St. Peter

| |  Jersey Reds |  25 |

|  Jersey Reds|  36

|  Cornish Pirates |  20 |

### Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 23 January 2017, with the matches to be played on the weekend of 10–13 March 2017.[18]

10 March 2017
19:45

Jersey Reds| 36 – 20| Cornish Pirates

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| Report|
St Peter
Attendance: 1,515
Referee: Jack Makepeace

11 March 2017
14:00

London Irish| 37 – 14| Yorkshire Carnegie

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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 1,479
Referee: Rhys Thomas

11 March 2017
14:00

Ealing Trailfinders| 84 – 7| Scarlets Premiership Select

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Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 650
Referee: Nigel Correll

12 March 2017
15:00

Munster A| 26 - 3| Ulster A

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Irish Independent Park, Cork
Attendance: 800
Referee: Fergus Kirby

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### Semi-finals

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31 March 2017
19:30

Munster A| 25 – 9| Ealing Trailfinders

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CIT Stadium, Cork
Attendance: 732
Referee: Rhys Thomas

2 April 2017
14:00

London Irish| 17 – 25| Jersey Reds

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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 1,394
Referee: Jack Makepeace

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### Final

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21 April 2017
19:30

Munster A| 29 – 28| Jersey Reds

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Irish Independent Park, Cork
Attendance: 983
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

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## Attendances

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Club  | Home
matches  | Total  | Average  | Highest  | Lowest  | % Capacity

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Bedford Blues | 3 | 5,799 | 1,933 | 2,218 | 1,707 | 32%
Cardiff Premiership Select | 3 | 2,085 | 695 | 973 | 325 | 11%
Connacht Eagles | 3 | 1,314 | 438 | 695 | 200 | 5%
Cornish Pirates | 3 | 3,951 | 1,317 | 1,426 | 1,120 | 33%
Doncaster Knights | 2 | 2,181 | 1,091 | 1,207 | 974 | 22%
Ealing Trailfinders | 4 | 1,979 | 495 | 650 | 428 | 16%
Jersey Reds | 4 | 5,623 | 1,406 | 1,551 | 1,151 | 35%
Leinster A | 3 | 2,641 | 880 | 1,018 | 673 | 14%
London Irish | 5 | 10,898 | 2,180 | 3,109 | 1,394 | 9%
London Scottish | 3 | 2,253 | 751 | 947 | 400 | 17%
London Welsh | 1[b 1] | 728 | 728 | 728 | 728 | 12%
Munster A | 6 | 4,152 | 692 | 983 | 350 | 42%
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select | 3 | 1,167 | 389 | 652 | 200 | 34%
Nottingham Rugby | 3 | 3,242 | 1,081 | 1,367 | 791 | 36%
Ospreys Premiership Select | 3 | 2,914 | 971 | 1,500 | 542 | 24%
Richmond | 3 | 1,393 | 464 | 512 | 396 | 10%
Rotherham Titans | 2[b 2] | 1,454 | 727 | 750 | 704 | 29%
Scarlets Premiership Select | 3 | 850 | 283 | 350 | 250 | 7%
Ulster A | 3 | 6,314 | 2,105 | 4,813 | 200 | 47%
Yorkshire Carnegie | 3 | 1,885 | 628 | 834 | 428 | 43%

[4][5][6][7][8][10][11][19][20][21][22]

1. ^ *London Welsh only played 1 home game as they were disqualified from the competition due to going into liquidation.[12]
2. ^ *Rotherham only played 2 home games due to London Welsh being disqualified from the competition due to going into liquidation.

## Individual statistics

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* Points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

### Top points scorers

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| Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Points

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1 |  Johnny McPhillips | Ulster A | 6 | 62
2 |  Billy McBryde | Scarlets PS | 7 | 56
3 |  Warren Seals | Yorkshire Carnegie | 7 | 52
4 |  Arwel Robson | Newport-Gwent Dragons PS | 6 | 51
5 |  Simon Katz | Jersey Reds | 6 | 50
6 |  Myles Dorrian | Bedford Blues | 6 | 45
7 |  Laurence May | Cornish Pirates | 6 | 43
8 |  David Johnston | Munster A | 8 | 42
9 |  Tom Daly | Leinster A | 4 | 40
Tom Williams | Scarlets PS | 6 | 40

[4][5][6][7][8][10][11][20][22]

### Top try scorers

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| Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Tries

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1 |  Tom Williams | Scarlets PS | 6 | 8
2 |  Alex Walker | Ealing Trailfinders | 4 | 6
3 |  Barney Nightingale | Newport-Gwent Dragons PS | 5 | 6
4 |  Jay Baker | Ospreys PS | 3 | 5
5 |  Rob O'Donnell | Yorkshire Carnegie | 3 | 5
6 |  Tom Daly | Leinster A | 4 | 5
7 |  Morgan Allen | Scarlets PS | 6 | 5
Nick Haining | Jersey Reds | 6 | 5
Jimmy O'Brien | Leinster A | 6 | 5
Keiran Williams | Ospreys PS | 6 | 5
8 |  Alex O'Meara | Cornish Pirates | 7 | 5

[4][5][6][7][8][10][11][20][22]

## Season records

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### Team

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Largest home win — 77 points

84 – 7 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Largest away win — 49 points

68 – 19 Leinster A away to Richmond on 15 October 2016

Most points scored — 84 points

84 – 7 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most tries in a match — 12

Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most conversions in a match — 10

Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most penalties in a match — 5

Rotherham Titans at home to Doncaster Knights on 15 October 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

Richmond away to Leinster on 20 January 2017

### Player

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Most points in a match — 26

Rory Clegg for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most tries in a match — 4

Rob O'Donnell for Yorkshire Carnegie at home to Bedford Blues on 23 October 2016

Most conversions in a match — 10

Rory Clegg for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 11 March 2017

Most penalties in a match — 5

Lloyd Evans for Rotherham Titans at home to Doncaster Knights on 15 October 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

Freddy Gabbitass for Richmond away to Leinster on 20 January 2017

### Attendances

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Highest — 4,813

Ulster A at home to London Scottish on 13 January 2017

Lowest — 200 (x3)

Ulster A at home to Jersey Reds on 14 October 2016
Connacht Eagles at home to Cornish Pirates on 16 October 2016
Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 22 October 2016

Highest Average Attendance — 2,180 (London Irish)

Lowest Average Attendance — 283 Scarlets Premiership Select)

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## References

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9. ^ "London Scottish v Cardiff Blues postponed". London Scottish FC. 20 January 2017.
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12. ^ a b "London Welsh: Liquidated club disqualified British & Irish Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2016.
13. ^ "POSTPONEMENT OF B&I MATCH V MUNSTER 'A'". Doncaster Knights. 22 October 2016.
14. ^ "RESCHEDULED FIXTURE: DONCASTER KNIGHTS V MUNSTER 'A'". Doncaster Knights. 2 November 2016.
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23. ^ "B&I CUP FINAL: MUNSTER A DEFEAT JERSEY REDS 29-28". England Rugby. 21 April 2017.

## External links

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* Unofficial British and Irish Cup website - latest news, teams etc

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British and Irish Cup

2017–18 Teams|

| English|

* Bedford Blues
* Bristol Bears
* Cornish Pirates
* Doncaster Knights
* Ealing Trailfinders
* Hartpury College
* Jersey Reds
* London Scottish
* Nottingham
* Rotherham Titans
* Richmond
* Yorkshire Carnegie

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Irish|

* Connacht Eagles
* Leinster A
* Munster A
* Ulster A

Welsh|

* Cardiff Blues PS
* Dragons PS
* Ospreys PS
* Scarlets PS

Former clubs|

| English|

* Birmingham & Solihull 2009–10, 2010–11
* Coventry 2009–10
* Esher 2010–11, 2011–12
* Exeter Chiefs 2009–10
* Newcastle Falcons 2012–13
* Plymouth Albion 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Worcester Warriors 2010–11, 2014–15

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Scottish|

* Ayr 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
* Currie 2010–11, 2011–12
* Dundee HSFP 2012–13
* Edinburgh Academicals 2013–14
* Gael Force 2009–10
* Gala 2012–13, 2013–14
* Heriot's FP 2009–10
* Melrose 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
* Stirling County 2012–13, 2013–14

Welsh|

* Aberavon 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Bedwas 2012–13
* Bridgend Ravens 2012–13
* Cardiff 2009–10, 2012–13
* Carmarthen Quins 2012–13, 2014–15
* Cross Keys 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Llandovery 2010–11, 2012–13
* Llanelli 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
* Neath 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
* Newport 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
* Pontypridd 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Swansea 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

Seasons|

* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18

Winners|

* 2010: Cornish Pirates
* 2011: Bristol
* 2012: Munster A
* 2013: Leinster A
* 2014: Leinster A
* 2015: Worcester Warriors
* 2016: London Welsh
* 2017: Munster A
* 2018: Ealing Trailfinders

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*[W]: Matches won
*[D]: Matches drawn
*[L]: Matches lost
*[PF]: Match points for
*[PA]: Match points against
*[PD]: Match points difference
*[TB]: Try bonus competition points
*[LB]: Losing bonus competition points
*[Pts]: Total competition points
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