2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage

The 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage was the first stage of the 21st season of European club rugby union, and the second under the European Rugby Champions Cup format.

2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
Season2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup
Date13 November 2015 – 24 January 2016
Qualifiers
Seed 1 Saracens
Seed 2 Leicester Tigers
Seed 3 Racing 92
Seed 4 Wasps
Seed 5 Exeter Chiefs
Seed 6 Toulon
Seed 7 Stade Français
Seed 8 Northampton Saints
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It involved 20 teams competing, across 5 pools of 4 teams, for 8 quarter-final places – awarded to the 5 pool winners and the 3 top-ranked pool runners-up.

The pool stage began on the weekend of 13 November 2015 but several games were postponed following the November 2015 Paris attacks.[1] It was completed on the weekend of 23–25 January 2016.

Seeding

Twenty teams were seeded based on their performance in the three major European domestic leagues - the Premiership, the Pro12 and the Top 14. Teams were seeded based on their performance in the regular season, and, where applicable, subsequent play-off to determine a league champion. Where teams were eliminated in the same round of a knock-out tournament, their league position at the end of the regular season determined which team received a higher seed.

Rank Top 14 Premiership Pro 12
1 Stade Français Saracens Glasgow Warriors
2 Clermont Bath Munster
3 Toulon Northampton Saints Ospreys
4 Toulouse Leicester Tigers Ulster
5 Racing 92 Exeter Chiefs Leinster
6 Oyonnax Wasps Scarlets
7 Bordeaux Bègles Benetton Treviso

Teams were then placed into 4 Tiers, each containing 5 teams, based on their seeding. A draw determined which two second seeded teams completed Tier 1, and based on this, the fourth seeded teams were allocated to either Tier 2 and Tier 3.[2]

The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).

Tier 1 Saracens (1 AP) Glasgow Warriors (1 Pro12) Stade Français (1 Top 14) Clermont (2 Top 14) Bath (2 AP)
Tier 2 Munster (2 Pro12) Northampton Saints (3 AP) Ospreys (3 Pro12) Toulon (3 Top 14) Ulster (4 Pro12)
Tier 3 Toulouse (4 Top 14) Leicester Tigers (4 AP) Exeter Chiefs (5 AP) Leinster (5 Pro12) Racing 92 (5 Top 14)
Tier 4 Scarlets (6 Pro12) Wasps (6 AP) Oyonnax (6 Top 14) Benetton Treviso (7 Pro12) Bordeaux Bègles (Play-Off)

Pool stage

The draw took place on 17 June 2015, at the Château de Neuchâtel, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

During the pool stage, the teams will play the 3 other teams in their pool twice, both at home and away,[3] Based on the result of the match, teams receive competition points as follows:[4]

  • 4 points for a win,
  • 2 points for a draw,
  • 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match,
  • 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or less.

Following the pool stage, the five winners from each group progress to the quarter-finals, along with the three best pool runners-up from the competition (the three of the five runners-up with the highest number of competition points). To seed the quarter-finals, the five pool winners will be ranked 1st to 5th and the three best-placed runners-up ranked 6th to 8th, based on who got the most competition points. In the event of a tie between two or more teams from the same pool, the following criteria would be used as tie-breakers:[4]

  1. The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
  2. If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
  3. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.

If this did not separate teams, and/or the tie related to teams that did not played each other (i.e., in different pools), the following tie breakers would be used:

  1. If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
  2. The club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
  3. If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
  4. If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.
Key to colours
     Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
     Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.
     Cannot advance to the quarter-finals.

Pool 1
Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Saracens (1) 660022073+1472684028
Ulster 6402169109+6021122018
Oyonnax 610599218–1191030127
Toulouse 610585173–881118015
14 November 2015
14:00
Oyonnax P–P[5][lower-alpha 1] Ulster
14 November 2015
17:15
Saracens 32–7 Toulouse
Try: M. Vunipola 14' c
Wyles (2) 36' m, 41' m
Con: Farrell (1/3) 15'
Pen: Farrell (5/5) 5', 11', 21', 24', 32'
 Report[6] Try: Tolofua 49' c
Con: Bézy (1/1) 51'
Allianz Park
Attendance: 9,674
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
20 November 2015
19:45
Ulster 9–27 Saracens (1 BP)
Pen: Jackson (2/2) 15', 25'
Drop: Jackson 20'
 Report[7] Try: Wyles 29' m
Goode 59' c
Taylor 64' m
B. Vunipola 79' c
Con: Farrell (1/3) 60'
Hodgson (1/1) 80'
Pen: Farrell (1/3) 73'
Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 17,209
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
21 November 2015
16:15
Toulouse 24–18 Oyonnax (1 BP)
Try: Matanavou 43' c
Médard 60' c
Fickou 74' c
Con: McAlister (3/3) 43', 60', 74'
Pen: McAlister (1/1) 14'
 Report[8] Try: Martin 70' m
Cibray 76' c
Con: Robinson (1/2) 76'
Pen: Lespinas (2/2) 8', 10'
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 10,469
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
11 December 2015
19:45
(1 BP) Ulster 38–0 Toulouse
Try: Williams 22' c
Trimble 38' c
Marshall 44' c
McCloskey 53' c
Henry 70' c
Con: Jackson (4/4) 23', 39', 45', 53'
Humphreys (1/1) 72'
Pen: Jackson (1/1) 29'
 Report[9]
Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 16,016
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
13 December 2015
14:00
Oyonnax 10–45 Saracens (1 BP)
Try: Aziza 75' c
Con: Lespinas (1/1) 77'
Pen: Clegg (1/3) 30'
 Report[10] Try: Penalty try 18' c
Goode 32' c
Wyles 36' c
Itoje 48' c
Wigglesworth 50' c
Brits 80' c
Con: Farrell (7/7) 18', 33', 37', 49', 51'
Hodgson (1/1) 80'
Pen: Farrell (1/2) 7'
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
19 December 2015
13:00
(1 BP) Saracens 55–13 Oyonnax
Try: Ashton (3) 12' c, 29' m, 75' c
Vunisa (2) 40' m, 43' c
Goode 48' c
Ellery 51' c
George 60' c
Con: Farrell (4/6) 13', 43', 49', 51'
Hodgson (2/2) 61', 77'
Pen: Farrell (1/1) 25'
 Report[11] Try: Vainikolo 66' c
Con: Clegg (1/1) 67'
Pen: Lespinas (2/2) 15', 33'
Allianz Park
Attendance: 9,207
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
20 December 2015
14:00
(1 BP) Toulouse 23–25 Ulster
Try: Fickou 50' c
Picamoles 78' c
Con: Bézy (1/1) 51'
Doussain (1/1) 79'
Pen: Bézy (3/3) 36', 42', 55'
 Report[12] Try: Pienaar 31' c
Trimble 45' m
Marshall 74' c
Con: Jackson (2/3) 32', 75'
Pen: Jackson (2/3) 2', 59'
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 13,852
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

10 January 2016[13]
14:00
(1 BP) Oyonnax 23–24 Ulster
Try: Maurouard 7' c
Tawalo 38' c
Con: Robinson (2/2) 8', 39'
Pen: Robinson (3/3) 14', 28', 33'
 Report[14] Try: Scholes 43' c
Gilroy 61' c
McCall 67' c
Con: Jackson (3/3) 44', 62', 68'
Pen: Jackson (1/1) 77'
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
16 January 2016
15:15
(1 BP) Saracens 33–17 Ulster
Try: Vunipola 37' c
Taylor 52' m
Itoje 58' m
Brits 62' m
Con: Farrell (2/4) 38', 63'
Pen: Farrell (3/5) 2', 20', 48'
 Report[15] Try: Marshall 4' c
Humphreys 70' c
Con: Jackson (1/1) 5'
Humphreys (1/1) 70'
Pen: Jackson (1/2) 44'
Allianz Park
Attendance: 9,642
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)
16 January 2016
16:15
(1 BP) Oyonnax 32–14 Toulouse
Try: Tian 1' c
Tuwalo 11' c
Cibray 48' m
Sheridan 75' m
Con: Robinson (2/3) 1', 12'
Lespinas (1/2) 72'
Pen: Robinson (1/1) 21'
Lespinas (1/1) 70'
 Report[16] Try: Galan (2) 32' c, 47' c
Con: Mélé (2/2) 33', 48'
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Greg Garner (RFU)
23 January 2016
13:00
(1 BP) Ulster 56–3 Oyonnax
Try: Herring 1' c
Cave 17' c
Scholes 26' c
Reidy 38' c
Gilroy 47' c
Diack 54' c
Humphreys 58' c
Payne 60' c
Con: Jackson (5/5) 2', 18', 27', 39', 48'
Humphreys (3/3) 55', 58', 61'
 Report[17] Pen: Clegg (1/2) 9'
Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 15,108
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
23 January 2016
14:00
Toulouse 17–28 Saracens
Try: McAlister (2) 37' c, 60' m
Médard 70' m
Con: Flood (1/3) 37'
 Report[18] Try: Spencer 45' c
Con: Farrell (1/1) 46'
Pen: Hodgson (2/2) 7', 25'
Farrell (4/4) 44', 67', 73', 80'
Drop: Hodgson (1/1) 11'
Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 12,498
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Pool 2
Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Exeter Chiefs (5) 6303148151–318183116
Bordeaux Bègles 6303149163–1418193116
Ospreys 6303138142–412162216
Clermont 6303159138+2119143015
15 November 2015
14:00
Bordeaux Bègles P–P[5][lower-alpha 1] Clermont
15 November 2015
17:15
Ospreys 25–13 Exeter Chiefs
Try: Matavesi 71' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 72'
Pen: Biggar (5/8) 7', 18', 42', 48', 68'
Drop: Biggar 61'
 Report[19] Try: Short 31' c
Con: Steenson (1/1) 32'
Pen: Steenson (2/2) 24', 58'
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,969
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
21 November 2015
19:45
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs 34–19 Bordeaux Bègles
Try: Woodburn (2) 10' m, 58' m
Low 19' c
Whitten 43' m
Con: Slade (1/4) 19'
Pen: Slade (4/4) 9', 22', 40', 73'
 Report[20] Try: Ducuing 16' c
Rey 51' m
Lesgourgues 63' c
Con: Beauxis (1/2) 16'
Lonca (1/1) 63'
Sandy Park
Attendance: 9,577
Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU)
22 November 2015
14:00
(1 BP) Clermont 34–29 Ospreys (2 BP)
Try: Strettle (2) 26' c, 67' c
Rougerie 36' c
Fofana 75' c
Con: Lopez (2/2) 26', 36'
Parra (2/2) 67', 75'
Pen: Lopez (2/2) 17', 40'
 Report[21] Try: Tipuric 49' c
Walker 51' c
Parry 79' m
Habberfield 80' c
Con: Biggar (3/4) 49', 51', 80'
Drop: Biggar 16'
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 16,838
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
12 December 2015
17:15
Ospreys 19–16 Bordeaux Bègles (1 BP)
Try: Biggar 51' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 52'
Pen: Biggar (4/4) 3', 15', 35', 42'
 Report[22] Try: Le Bourhis 30' c
Con: Bernard (1/1) 31'
Pen: Bernard (2/2) 5', 24'
Lonca (1/2) 56'
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 8,733
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)
12 December 2015
17:15
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs 31–14 Clermont
Try: Waldrom (2) 34' c, 46' c
Armand 73' c
Lees 80' c
Con: Steenson (4/4) 35', 47', 74', 80'
Pen: Steenson (1/1) 13'
 Report[23] Try: Gear 8' c
Rougerie 18' c
Con: Parra (2/2) 9', 19'
Sandy Park
Attendance: 10,930
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
19 December 2015
18:15
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles 33–27 Ospreys (2 BP)
Try: Rey 1' c
Botha 19' m
Guitoune 32' c
Lesgourgues 64' m
Con: Bernard (2/3) 1', 33'
Pen: Bernard (2/3) 8', 24'
Serin (1/1) 80'
 Report[24] Try: Tipuric 3' c
Walker 51' m
A. Jones 68' m
Biggar 73' c
Con: Biggar (2/3) 4', 74'
Pen: Biggar (1/1) 39'
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 20,152
Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
20 December 2015
16:15
(1 BP) Clermont 42–10 Exeter Chiefs
Try: Strettle 10' c
Lapandry 36' m
Lee 42' c
Vahaamahina 49' c
Davies 62' c
Con: Parra (3/4) 11', 44', 64'
Lopez (1/1) 50'
Pen: Parra (2/2) 5', 18'
Spedding (1/1) 8'
 Report[25] Try: Johnson 72' c
Con: Hooley (1/1) 72'
Pen: Steenson (1/3) 3'
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 16,768
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

8 January 2016[13]
20:45
Bordeaux Bègles 10–28 Clermont
Try: Maynadier 32' c
Con: Beauxis (1/1) 33'
Pen: Beauxis (1/1) 10'
 Report[26] Try: Abendanon 17' c
Lopez 37' c
Nakaitaci 70' m
Con: Parra (2/3) 18', 39'
Pen: Parra (3/4) 28', 44', 48'
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 28,483
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
15 January 2016
19:45
Ospreys 21–13 Clermont
Pen: Biggar (2/4) 8', 17'
S. Davies (4/4) 58', 67', 70', 78'
Drop: S. Davies (1/2) 62'
 Report[27] Try: Fofana 5' c
Con: Parra (1/1) 6'
Pen: Parra (2/3) 19', 37'
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 9,479
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
16 January 2016
14:00
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles 34–27 Exeter Chiefs (1 BP)
Try: Ashley-Cooper 13' m
Connor 16' m
Madaule 28' c
Auzqui 55' c
Tauleigne 70' c
Con: Bernard (1/3) 29'
Beauxis (2/2) 56', 70'
Pen: Bernard (1/1) 22'
 Report[28] Try: Lewis 26' c
McGuigan 30' c
Bodilly 59' c
Con: Hooley (3/3) 28', 32', 60'
Pen: Hooley (2/2) 3', 40'
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 17,233
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
24 January 2016
15:15
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs 33–17 Ospreys
Try: Horstmann 2' c
Waldrom (2) 9' c, 78' c
Short (2) 51' m, 64' c
Con: Steenson (3/4) 3', 10', 66'
Hooley (1/1) 79'
 Report[29] Try: Dirksen 7' c
Penalty try 70' c
Con: Biggar (2/2) 8', 71'
Pen: Biggar (1/2) 45'
Sandy Park
Attendance: 11,415
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)
24 January 2016
16:15
(1 BP) Clermont 28–37 Bordeaux Bègles (1 BP)
Try: Davies 1' c
Nakaitaci 3' c
Chouly 54' c
Jedrasiak 62' c
Con: Parra (4/4) 1', 4', 55', 63'
 Report[30] Try: Botha 13' c
Taofifénua 19' c
Riva 68' c
Saili 73' c
Con: Beauxis (2/2) 13', 20'
Bernard (2/2) 69', 74'
Pen: Serin (2/2) 40', 47'
Bernard (1/1) 77'
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 15,702
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

Pool 3
Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Racing 92 (3) 641117470+1042364022
Northampton Saints (8) 64119493+11291019
Glasgow Warriors 630311496+1810111114
Scarlets 600659182–123725022
14 November 2015
16:15
Racing 92 P–P[5][lower-alpha 1] Glasgow Warriors
14 November 2015
19:45
Northampton Saints 15–11 Scarlets (1 BP)
Try: K. Pisi 6' c
Waller 54' m
Con: Hanrahan (1/2) 7'
Pen: Hanrahan (1/3) 68'
 Report[31] Try: G. Davies 50' m
Pen: S. Shingler (2/3) 14', 37'
Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 14,512
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
21 November 2015
17:15
Scarlets 12–29 Racing 92 (1 BP)
Try: Thomas 57' m
Rawlins 66' c
Con: Thomas (1/2) 66'
 Report[32] Try: Machenaud 7' m
Rokocoko 17' c
Masoe 27' c
Andreu 38' c
Con: Machenaud (3/4) 18', 28', 40'
Pen: Goosen (1/1) 69'
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 8,512
Referee: Greg Garner (RFU)
21 November 2015
17:15
Glasgow Warriors 15–26 Northampton Saints
Try: P. Horne 33' c
Strauss 57' m
Con: Russell (1/2) 35'
Pen: Russell (1/3) 5'
 Report[33] Try: G. Pisi 7' c
Tuala (2) 29' m, 51' m
Con: Myler (1/3) 7'
Pen: Myler (3/3) 15', 21', 40'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)
12 December 2015
13:00
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors 43–6 Scarlets
Try: Weir 6' c
Malcolm 52' c
Naiyaravoro (3) 56' c, 69' c, 73' m
Swinson 80' c
Con: Weir (2/2) 7', 53'
Russell (3/4) 57' 70' 80'
Pen: Weir (1/1) 39'
 Report[34] Pen: Shingler (2/2) 11', 46'
Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 6,576
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
12 December 2015
16:15
(1 BP) Racing 92 33–3 Northampton Saints
Try: Chavancy 13' c
Ben Arous 18' c
Dulin (2) 35' c, 43' m
Imhoff 74' c
Con: Carter (3/4) 14', 20', 37'
Goosen (1/1) 75'
 Report[35] Pen: Hanrahan (1/1) 29'
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 8,733
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
18 December 2015
19:45
Northampton Saints 9–9 Racing 92
Pen: Myler (3/4) 10', 51', 61'
 Report[36] Pen: Carter (3/3) 18', 28', 59'
Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 15,064
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
19 December 2015
19:45
(1 BP) Scarlets 6–9 Glasgow Warriors
Pen: Thomas (2/4) 54', 67'
 Report[37] Pen: Russell (3/4) 4', 26', 45'
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 5,767
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)

9 January 2016[13]
13:00
(1 BP) Racing 92 34–10 Glasgow Warriors
Try: Tameifuna 28' c
Szarzewski 43' c
Ben Arous 50' c
Carizza 80' c
Con: Carter (3/3) 29', 44', 51'
Goosen (1/1) 80'
Pen: Carter (2/2) 24', 38'
 Report[38] Try: Nakarawa 59' c
Con: Russell (1/1) 59'
Pen: Russell (1/2) 14'
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 8,133
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
17 January 2016
14:00
(1 BP) Racing 92 64–14 Scarlets
Try: Imhoff (2) 12' c, 59' c
Laulala (3) 23' c, 39' c, 77' c
Claassen 26' c
Dupichot 32' c
Penalty try 56' c
Goosen 69' m
Con: Carter (5/5) 14', 25', 28', 34', 40'
Dulin (2/2) 56', 60'
Goosen (1/2) 79'
Pen: Carter (1/1) 8'
 Report[39] Try: Van der Merwe 41' c
G. Davies 50' c
Con: Shingler (2/2) 42', 51'
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
17 January 2016
17:30
Northampton Saints 19–15 Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Harrison 9' c
Day 51' m
Mallinder 78' c
Con: Hanrahan (1/2) 10'
Myler (1/1) 80'
 Report[40] Pen: Russell (4/6) 23', 32', 47', 56'
Hogg (1/2) 70'
Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 14,874
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
23 January 2016
17:30
Glasgow Warriors 22–5 Racing 92
Try: Hogg 55' c
Con: Russell (1/1) 56'
Pen: Russell (3/3) 7', 47', 61'
Weir (2/2) 69', 76'
 Report[41] Try: Khinchagishvili 65' m
Con: Dulin (0/1)
Rugby Park[42]
Attendance: 9,063
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
23 January 2016
17:30
Scarlets 10–22 Northampton Saints (1 BP)
Try: R. Jones 79' c
Con: Thomas (1/1) 80'
Pen: Thomas (1/1) 27'
 Report[43] Try: Mallinder 12' c
G. Pisi 20' m
S. Dickinson 46' m
North 55' m
Con: Myler (1/4) 12'
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 6,823
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)

Pool 4
Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Leicester Tigers (2) 650118591+9424113023
Stade Français (7) 6402186118+6825173019
Munster 6303118100+1815113015
Benetton Treviso 600653233–180833000
13 November 2015
19:45
(1 BP) Leicester Tigers 33–20 Stade Français
Try: Goneva 34' c
Smith 40' m
O'Connor 41' m
B. Youngs 55' c
Con: O. Williams (2/4) 35', 56'
Pen: O. Williams (2/2) 47', 71'
Bai (1/1) 80'
 Report[44] Try: Tomas 24' m
P. Williams 52' c
Arias 75' m
Con: Steyn (1/3) 53'
Pen: Steyn (1/1) 29'
Welford Road
Attendance: 20,286
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
14 November 2015
17:15
(1 BP) Munster 32–7 Benetton Treviso
Try: Botha 4' c
Stander 55' m
Casey 68' c
Zebo 75' c
Con: Keatley (3/4) 5', 69', 77'
Pen: Keatley (2/2) 19', 48'
 Report[45] Try: Steyn 16' c
Con: Hayward (1/1) 16'
Thomond Park
Attendance: 17,763
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
21 November 2015
14:00
Benetton Treviso 3–36 Leicester Tigers (1 BP)
Pen: Ambrosini (1/1) 38'
 Report[46] Try: Penalty try 18' c
Veainu (2) 35' m, 67' c
Betham 40' c
Bateman 79' c
Con: Bell (3/4) 19', 40', 68'
Bai (1/1) 80'
Pen: Bell (1/1) 6'
Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
22 November 2015
16:15
Stade Français P–P[47][lower-alpha 2] Munster
12 December 2015
16:15
Benetton Treviso 17–50 Stade Français (1 BP)
Try: Christie 58' m
Ragusi 71' c
Lazzaroni 78' m
Con: Hayward (1/3) 71'
 Report[48] Try: Nayacalevu 4' c
Arias 8' c
Williams (2) 11' m, 53' c
Nicolas 22' c
Bosman 27 c
Parisse 46' c
Con: Plisson (6/7) 5', 8', 23', 27', 47', 54'
Pen: Plisson (1/1) 2'
Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
12 December 2015
19:45
Munster 19–31 Leicester Tigers
Try: Cronin 41' m
Sherry 66' m
Con: Keatley (0/2)
Pen: Keatley (3/4) 13', 18', 45'
 Report[49] Try: Goneva 33' m
Fitzgerald 37' c
B. Youngs 53' c
Con: O. Williams (2/3) 39', 54'
Pen: O. Williams (2/2) 1', 28'
Bell (2/2) 69', 75'
Thomond Park
Attendance: 22,261
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
19 December 2015
16:15
(1 BP) Stade Français 40–14 Benetton Treviso
Try: Penalty try 8' c
Bonneval 12' c
Raisuqe (2) 20' c, 49' c
Zhvania 61' c
Doumayrou 78' m
Con: Steyn (5/6) 8', 12', 21', 50', 63'
 Report[50] Try: Sgarbi 56' c
Giazzon 73' c
Con: Hayward (1/1) 58'
Ambrosini (1/1) 74'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 9,785
Referee: Greg Garner (RFU)
20 December 2015
17:15
Leicester Tigers 17–6 Munster
Try: Slater 23' c
Goneva 65' c
Con: Burns (2/2) 24', 66'
Pen: Burns (1/2) 35'
 Report[51] Pen: Keatley (2/4) 6', 40'
Welford Road
Attendance: 21,645
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)

9 January 2016[13]
17:45
Stade Français 27–7 Munster
Try: Williams 32' c
Macalou 66' c
Bonneval 70' c
Con: Steyn (3/3) 33', 67', 72'
Pen: Steyn (2/3) 36', 54'
 Report[52] Try: Murray 74' c
Con: R. Scannell (1/1) 75'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 13,820
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
16 January 2016
13:00
(1 BP) Munster 26–13 Stade Français
Try: Sherry 18' m
Earls 39' c
Zebo 41' c
Stander 67' c
Con: Keatley (3/4) 40', 42', 68'
 Report[53] Try: Ross 62' c
Con: Steyn (1/1) 63'
Pen: Steyn (2/3) 1', 36'
Thomond Park
Attendance: 18,884
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)
16 January 2016
17:30
(1 BP) Leicester Tigers 47–7 Benetton Treviso
Try: Fitzgerald 1' c
Penalty try 19' c
Goneva 28' c
Thompstone 35' c
B. Youngs 43' m
Burns 52' c
Pearce 75' c
Con: Burns (6/7) 2', 20', 29', 37', 53', 76'
 Report[54] Try: Pratichetti 32' c
Con: Ambrosini (1/1) 33'
Welford Road
Attendance: 19,076
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
24 January 2016
14:00
Benetton Treviso 5–28 Munster (1 BP)
Try: Lazzaroni 36' m
 Report[55] Try: R. O'Mahony (2) 4' c, 65' c
Kilcoyne 16' c
Murray 49' c
Con: Keatley (4/4) 4', 16', 49', 66'
Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)
24 January 2016
14:00
(1 BP) Stade Français 36–21 Leicester Tigers
Try: Plisson 23' c
Nayacalevu 29' m
Slimani 33' c
Lakafia 53' c
Doumayrou 79' c
Con: Plisson (3/4) 24', 35', 54', 80'
Pen: Plisson (1/2) 68'
 Report[56] Try: Tuilagi 19' c
Barrow 58' c
Thacker 76' c
Con: Burns (1/1) 20'
Bell (2/2) 59', 77'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 12,073
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Pool 5
Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Wasps (4) 640218672+1141982220
Toulon (6) 65019691+5970020
Bath 620488131–43780210
Leinster 610582158–76517026
15 November 2015
13:00
Leinster 6–33 Wasps
Pen: Sexton (2/3) 9', 17'
 Report[57] Try: Wade 29' c
Simpson 47' c
Piutau 79' c
Con: Jackson (2/2) 30', 48'
Lozowski (1/1) 80'
Pen: Jackson (3/3) 3', 19', 69'
Daly (1/3) 25'
RDS Arena
Attendance: 16,791
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
15 November 2015
16:15
Toulon P–P[5][lower-alpha 1] Bath
21 November 2015
15:15
Bath 19–16 Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try 61' c
Con: Ford (1/1) 62'
Pen: Ford (3/3) 15', 45', 76'
Drop: Ford (1/1) 20'
 Report[58] Try: Van der Flier 69' c
Con: Sexton (1/1) 69'
Pen: Sexton (3/4) 8', 48', 55'
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 13,480
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)
22 November 2015
17:15
(1 BP) Wasps 32–6 Toulon
Try: Hughes (2) 9' c, 66' m
Jackson 11' c
Halai 51' c
Con: Jackson (3/4) 9', 11', 51'
Pen: Daly (1/1) 23'
Jackson (1/1) 30'
 Report[59] Pen: Pélissié (2/2) 17', 35'
Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 20,050
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
13 December 2015
16:15
Toulon 24–9 Leinster
Try: S. Armitage (2) 10' c, 79' m
Con: Escande (1/1) 11'
Pen: Escande (4/4) 20', 49', 53', 66'
 Report[60] Pen: Sexton (3/4) 3', 5', 23'
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 12,590
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
13 December 2015
17:15
(1 BP) Wasps 23–25 Bath
Try: Miller 58' m
Pen: Jackson (4/5) 5', 34', 40', 50'
Daly (1/3) 17'
Gopperth (1/1) 74'
 Report[61] Try: Joseph 13' c
Banahan 21' m
Watson 80+4' c
Con: Ford (2/3) 13', 80+6'
Pen: Ford (2/3) 11', 48'
Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 11,319
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)
19 December 2015
15:15
Bath 10–36 Wasps
Try: Rokoduguni 9' c
Con: Ford (1/1) 10'
Pen: Ford (1/1) 57'
 Report[62] Try: Daly 14' c
Gopperth 40' c
Leiua 73' c
Con: Gopperth (3/3) 15', 40', 74'
Pen: Gopperth (4/4) 13', 19', 25', 64'
Drop: Daly (1/1) 69'
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 12,961
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
19 December 2015
17:15
(1 BP) Leinster 16–20 Toulon
Try: Penalty try 17' c
Con: Sexton (1/1) 18'
Pen: Sexton (3/3) 10', 34', 39'
 Report[63] Try: Smith 27' m
Penalty try 57' m
Etrillard 64' m
Con: Escande (1/1) 28'
Taylor (1/2) 58'
Pen: Taylor (1/1) 73'
Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 44,925
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

10 January 2016[13]
16:15
Toulon 12–9 Bath (1 BP)
Pen: Escande (3/4) 15', 34', 45'
Michalak (1/1) 75'
 Report[64] Pen: Ford (1/1) 2'
Drop: Ford (2/3) 27', 41'
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 12,772
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
16 January 2016
17:30
Leinster 25–11 Bath
Try: Cronin 62' c
Con: Madigan (1/1) 63'
Pen: Madigan (6/7) 8', 33', 35', 40', 46', 76'
 Report[65] Try: Houston 59' m
Pen: Ford (1/1) 29'
Priestland (1/1) 67'
RDS Arena
Attendance: 14,569
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)
17 January 2016
16:15
Toulon 15–11 Wasps (1 BP)
Try: Cooper 12' m
Mitchell 80' c
Con: Michalak (1/1) 80'
Pen: Escande (1/1) 23'
 Report[66] Try: Thompson 70'm
Pen: Gopperth (2/2) 25', 62'
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 13,344
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
23 January 2016
15:15
(1 BP) Bath 14–19 Toulon
Try: Watson 45' m
Con: Ford (0/1)
Pen: Ford (3/5) 16', 26', 50'
 Report[67] Try: S. Armitage 18' m
Habana 57' m
Pen: O'Connor (3/4) 4', 11', 75'
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 13,285
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
23 January 2016
15:15
(1 BP) Wasps 51–10 Leinster
Try: Gopperth 11' c
Launchbury 16' m
Daly 45' c
Penalty try 53' c
Halai 60' c
Piutau 70' c
Johnson 78' m
Con: Gopperth (4/5) 12', 46', 54', 62'
Jackson (1/2) 71'
Pen: Gopperth (2/2) 38', 42'
 Report[68] Try: Kirchner 2' m
Reddan 30' m
Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 16,519
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

Notes
  1. Due to the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on 13 November 2015, all matches that were due to take place in France on 14 and 15 November were postponed.
  2. Due to the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on 13 November 2015, Stade Français announced to postpone this match as they did "not wish to overburden or complicate the work of the government and security forces by organising a sporting event".

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