The 1997 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1996–97 Heineken Cup, the second season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 25 January 1997 at the Arms Park in Cardiff. The match was contested by Brive of France and Leicester of England. Brive won the match 28–9; they took the lead early on through a fourth-minute penalty from Christophe Lamaison, and Sébastien Viars extended that lead with an unconverted try two minutes later. Leicester responded with three penalties from John Liley, but Brive finally made their pressure show with three second-half tries, one of which was converted, before Lamaison added a drop goal to seal a 19-point victory.
Match details
FB 15 Sebastien ViarsRW 14 Gerald FabreOC 13 Christophe LamaisonIC 12 David VendittiLW 11 Sebastien CarratFH 10 Alain Penaud (c) SH 9 Philippe CarbonneauN8 8 Grzegorz KacalaOF 7 Francois Duboisset BF 6 Loic van der Linden RL 5 Grant RossLL 4 Eric Alegret TP 3 Richard CrespyHK 2 Laurent TraversLP 1 Didier Casadeï Replacements: 16 Romuald Paillat 17 Eric Bouti 18 Tony Rees 19 Yanni Domi 20 Thierry Labrousse 21 Sebastien Bonnet 22 Cédric Heymans FB O John LileyRW N Steve HackneyOC M Will GreenwoodIC L Stuart PotterLW K Rory Underwood FH J Rob LileySH I Austin HealeyN8 G Dean Richards (c) OF H Neil BackBF F John WellsRL E Matt PooleLL D Martin JohnsonTP C Darren Garforth HK B Richard CockerillLP A Graham RowntreeReplacements:WG P Leon Lloyd LP Q Perry Freshwater N8 R Eric Miller FH S Niall MaloneSH T Aadel KardooniHK U Dorian WestLK V Neil FletcherCoach: Bob Dwyer
See also 1996–97 Heineken Cup
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