# 2012–13 European Challenge Cup pool stage

The 2012–13 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 17th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began with a match between Mont-de-Marsan and Gloucester on Thursday 11 October 2012 and ended on 19 January 2013 when Stade Français hosted competition newcomers London Welsh.
Twenty teams participated in this phase of the competition; they were divided into five pools of four teams each, with each team playing the others home and away. Competition points are earned using the standard bonus point system. The pool winners advanced to the knockout stage, where they were joined by three entrants from the Heineken Cup pool stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at the RDS Arena in Dublin on 17 May 2012.

## Results

All times are local to the game location.
    Key to colours   Winner of each pool advances to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses.

### Pool 1

| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| Gloucester (2) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 86 | +93 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| London Irish | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 139 | +35 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Mont-de-Marsan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 156 | −56 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Bordeaux-Bègles | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 82 | 154 | −72 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Source : www.ercrugby.com Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Points breakdown: *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 |||||||||||||
* 11 October 2012 20:30
| (1 BP) Mont-de-Marsan | 6–11 | Gloucester |
| Pen: Claverie (2/2) 54', 73' | Report | Try: Clark 29' m Pen: Taylor (1/3) 52' Twelvetrees (1/1) 61' |
* Stade Guy Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan Attendance: 4,160 Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
* 13 October 2012 21:00
| Bordeaux-Bègles | 16–43 | London Irish (1 BP) |
| Try: Brousse 78' c Con: Serin (1/1) Pen: Munro (2/2) 1', 13' Talebulamaijaina (1/1) 44' | Report | Try: Hala'ufia 14' c Ojo 21' c Aulika 49' c Tagicakibau (2) 54' c, 63' m Joseph 71' c Con: Humphreys (4/5) Shingler (1/1) Pen: Humphreys (1/1) 42' |
* Stade André Moga, Bègles Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
* 18 October 2012 19:45
| (1 BP) Gloucester | 25–13 | Bordeaux-Bègles |
| Try: James 5' m Twelvetrees 11' m Sharples (2) 24' m, 35' c Con: Twelvetrees (1/4) Pen: Twelvetrees (1/3) 34' | Report | Try: Gibouin 80' c Con: Lopez (1/1) Pen: Sánchez (2/3) 17', 23' |
* Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 9,576 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* 20 October 2012 15:00
| (1 BP) London Irish | 69–26 | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Try: Gibson 1' c Evans 3' m Humphreys 21' m Aulika 30' c Joseph 43' c Tagicakibau 51' m Watson (2) 56' m, 79' c Ojo (2) 60' c, 74' c Winter-Moates 63' c Con: Humphreys (4/8) Shingler (3/3) | Report | Try: Giudicelli 49' c Liebenberg 70' c Con: Duvallet (2/2) Pen: Duvallet (4/4) 8', 14', 28', 37' |
* Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 5,720 Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
* 6 December 2012 20:30
| (1 BP) Bordeaux-Bègles | 13–20 | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Try: Domvo 35' c Con: Munro (1/1) Pen: Munro (2/4) 19', 22' | Report | Try: Pic 32' c Beaulavon 39' c Con: Douvesy (2/2) Pen: Douvesy (2/4) 8', 69' |
* Stade André Moga, Bègles Attendance: 2,468 Referee: JP Doyle (England)
* 8 December 2012 15:00
| (1 BP) London Irish | 22–29 | Gloucester |
| Try: Tagicakibau 2' c Aulika 44' c Watson 47' m Con: Humphreys (2/3) Pen: Humphreys (1/2) 25' | Report | Try: Murphy 55' c F. Burns 61' c Con: F. Burns (2/2) Pen: F. Burns (5/6) 5', 33', 42', 69', 73' |
* Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 7,309 Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
* 14 December 2012 19:00
| Mont-de-Marsan | 18–7 | Bordeaux-Bègles |
| Try: Pic 11' c Ryder 50' m Con: Douvesy (1/2) Pen: Douvesy (2/4) 40', 47' | Report | Try: Gibouin 76' c Con: Sánchez (1/1) |
* Stade Guy Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan Attendance: 2,194 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
* 15 December 2012 15:00
| (1 BP) Gloucester | 47–3 | London Irish |
| Try: Monahan (4) 34' c, 40' c, 59' c, 71' m Cook 43' c Robson 73' m Con: F. Burns (4/6) Pen: F. Burns (3/3) 6', 23', 39' | Report | Pen: Homer (1/2) 11' |
* Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 10,535 Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
* 10 January 2013 19:00
| (1 BP) Mont-de-Marsan | 14–20 | London Irish |
| Try: Lucu (2) 55' c, 74' c Con: Duvallet (1/1) Claverie (1/1) | Report | Try: Winter-Moates (2) 26' c, 46' c Con: Shingler (2/2) Pen: Shingler (2/3) 12', 71' |
* Stade Guy Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* 11 January 2013 19:00
| (1 BP) Bordeaux-Bègles | 26–31 | Gloucester |
| Try: Carballo 17' c Leupolu 39' c Con: Munro (2/2) Pen: Munro (4/4) 2', 13', 45', 57' | Report | Try: Dawidiuk 30' c Con: F. Burns (1/1) Pen: F. Burns (8/8) 4', 20', 24', 36', 54', 62', 75', 80' |
* Stade André Moga, Bègles Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
* 19 January 2013 15:00
| (1 BP) Gloucester | 36–16 | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Try: May (2) 9' m, 78' c Sharples 22' m Trinder (2) 59' m, 63' m Con: Twelvetrees (1/4) Pen: F. Burns (1/1) 2' Twelvetrees (2/2) 21', 50' | Report | Try: Brethous 27' c Con: Claverie (1/1) Pen: Claverie (3/4) 4', 13', 18' |
* Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 8,955 Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
* 19 January 2013 15:00
| London Irish | 17–7 | Bordeaux-Bègles |
| Try: Joseph 28' c Yarde 56' c Con: Shingler (2/2) Pen: Shingler (1/2) 40' | Report | Try: Larrieu 10' c Con: Sánchez (1/1) |
* Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 1,800 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)

### Pool 2

| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| Perpignan (3) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 293 | 89 | +204 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Worcester Warriors | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 354 | 78 | +276 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Gernika | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 309 | −229 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rovigo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 67 | 318 | −251 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Source : www.ercrugby.com Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Points breakdown: *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 |||||||||||||
* Per the Competition Rules, Perpignan and Worcester were level on the first tiebreaker of head-to-head competition points (5–5); Perpignan topped the pool on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head try count (3–1).
* 13 October 2012 15:00
| Rovigo | 12–79 | Perpignan (1 BP) |
| Pen: Basson (4/4) 5', 13', 19', 26' | Report | Try: Batlle (2) 10' c, 30' c Planté 37' c Piukala 45' c Mafi (2) 50' c, 57' c penalty try 58' c Michel (2) 68' m, 78' m Vahaamahina (2) 74' c, 75' c Con: Mélé (9/11) Pen: Mélé (2/2) 3', 21' |
* Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
* 13 October 2012 16:00
| Gernika | 5–85 | Worcester Warriors (1 BP) |
| Try: Mazzochi 58' m | Report | Try: Cowan (2) 7' c, 12' c Howard (2) 15' m, 63' m Short (2) 26' c, 31' c Hodgson (2) 40' c, 50' c Porter 41' c Stelling (3) 71' m, 74' c, 78' c Grove 76' c Con: Carlisle (10/13) |
* Estadio Urbieta, Gernika Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini (Italy)
* 20 October 2012 15:00
| (1 BP) Worcester Warriors | 90–3 | Rovigo |
| Try: Betty 5' c Claassens 7' m Lemi (4) 13' m, 25' c, 42' c, 53' c Short (3) 21' c, 65' c, 75' m Kvesic (2) 49' c, 71' c Carlisle (2) 51' c, 57' m Gillies 61' c Con: Carlisle (10/14) | Report | Pen: Basson (1/2) 28' |
* Sixways, Worcester Attendance: 6,147 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
* 20 October 2012 19:00
| (1 BP) Perpignan | 90–12 | Gernika |
| Try: Planté (5) 1' m, 13' c, 71' c, 77' m, 80' c Hume (2) 6' c, 58' c Guiry 18' c Sid 24' c Michel (2) 46' m, 50' c Delonca 54' m Vilaceca 63' c Piukala 75' c Con: Bosch (10/14) | Report | Pen: Cusack (4/4) 11', 20', 28', 40' |
* Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan Attendance: 7,182 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
* 6 December 2012 19:45
| Worcester Warriors | 22–21 | Perpignan (1 BP) |
| Try: Goode 34' c Con: Goode (1/1) Pen: Goode (5/5) 3', 8', 26', 65', 77' | Report | Try: Cazenave 16' m penalty try 63' c Con: Hook (1/2) Pen: Hook (2/3) 46', 53' Drop: Hook (1/2) 40' |
* Sixways, Worcester Attendance: 7,801 Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
* 8 December 2012 16:00
| Gernika | 13–3 | Rovigo |
| Try: Magunazelaia 37' c Con: Cusack (1/1) Pen: Cusack (2/2) 59', 71' | Report | Pen: Duca (1/2) 47' |
* Estadio Urbieta, Gernika Attendance: 600 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
* 15 December 2012 15:00
| (1 BP) Rovigo | 10–16 | Gernika |
| Try: Montauriol 22' c Con: Wilson (1/1) Pen: Lenarduzzi (1/1) 73' | Report | Try: Olaeta 11' Cusack 59' m Pen: Cusack (2/2) 3', 45' |
* Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo Attendance: 600 Referee: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
* 15 December 2012 21:00
| Perpignan | 13–6 | Worcester Warriors (1 BP) |
| Try: Haughton 8' c Con: Hook (1/1) Pen: Hook (2/4) 33', 37' | Report | Pen: Goode (2/2) 35', 50' |
* Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan Attendance: 10,135 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
* 12 January 2013 15:00
| Rovigo | 17–80 | Worcester Warriors (1 BP) |
| Try: Montauriol 33' c Menon 40' c Con: Basson (2/2) Pen: Basson (1/1) 48' | Report | Try: Walker (2) 13' c, 71' c Cowan (2) 21' m, 75' m Drauniniu (3) 24' c, 29' c, 80' c Abbott 51' c Short 54' c Stelling (2) 58' c, 69' c Best 76' c Con: Gray (10/12) |
* Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo Attendance: 500 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
* 12 January 2013 16:00
| Gernika | 15–50 | Perpignan (1 BP) |
| Try: Dias 14' m Olaeta 25' c Con: Cusack (1/2) Pen: Cusack (1/1) 30' | Report | Try: Mafi (3) 3' m, 7' c, 58' c Batlle (2) 10' c, 78' m Cazenave 17' c Schuster 36' c Sid 71' m Con: Bosch (5/8) |
* Estadio Urbieta, Gernika Attendance: 500 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
* 17 January 2013 21:00
| (1 BP) Perpignan | 40–22 | Rovigo |
| Try: Sid (2) 4' c, 7' c Batlle 21' c Pulu 29' c penalty try 54' c Hook 74' m Con: Bosch (5/6) | Report | Try: Mahoney 10' m Bacchetti (2) 31' c, 64' c Con: Basson (2/3) Pen: Basson (1/2) 15' |
* Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan Attendance: 5,278 Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
* 19 January 2013 15:00
| (1 BP) Worcester Warriors | 71–19 | Gernika |
| Try: Drauniniu (2) 4' c, 80' c Claassens (2) 8' m, 31' c Walker (2) 18' c, 58' m Abbott 27' m Gray 38' c Cowan 49' c Lutui 61' c Howard 73' c Con: Gray (8/11) | Report | Try: Salas 10' c Con: Cusack (1/1) Pen: Cusack (4/4) 15', 21', 40', 53' |
* Sixways, Worcester Attendance: 2,424 Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)

### Pool 3

| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| London Wasps (4) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 92 | +139 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| Bayonne | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 201 | 91 | +110 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Newport Gwent Dragons | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 171 | 108 | +63 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Mogliano | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 341 | −312 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source : www.ercrugby.com Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Points breakdown: *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 |||||||||||||
* 12 October 2012 20:00
| (1 BP) Bayonne | 71–7 | Mogliano |
| Try: Manukula 3' c O'Connor (2) 10' c, 55' m Bernad 13' c penalty try 16' c Gerber 24' c Boutaty 35' m Carillo 51' c Lacroix 68' c Rokocoko 72' m Ugalde 80' c Con: Boyet (5/6) Ugalde (3/5) | Report | Try: Barbini 48' c Con: Galon (1/1) |
* Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne Attendance: 5,550 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
* 13 October 2012 20:10
| (1 BP) London Wasps | 38–25 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
| Try: Wallace 5' c Staibano 14' c Vunipola 29' m Simpson 58' c Con: Robinson (3/4) Pen: Robinson (4/5) 9', 18', 44', 49' | Report | Try: Hughes 2' m O. Evans 34' c Dixon 74' c Con: Robling (2/3) Pen: Robling (2/2) 40', 55' |
* Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 4,186 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
* 20 October 2012 20:10
| (1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons | 19–22 | Bayonne |
| Try: Brown 5' c Con: Prydie (1/1) Pen: Prydie (4/4) 14', 20', 31', 52' | Report | Try: Chisholm 36' c Con: Boyet (1/1) Pen: Boyet (5/7) 9', 13', 39', 47', 68' |
* Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,054 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
* 21 October 2012 14:30
| Mogliano | 12–59 | London Wasps (1 BP) |
| Try: Maso 28' m Galon 54' c Con: Galon (1/1) | Report | Try: T. Thomas 7' c Poff 18' c Southwell 25' c Wade (2) 30' c, 63' c Masi 33' c Johnson 48' c Payne 69' m Launchbury 80' m Con: Bell (7/9) |
* Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano Veneto Attendance: 1,950 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
* 8 December 2012 14:00
| Mogliano | 0–33 | Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP) |
| | Report | Try: Tuilagi 7' c I. Jones (2) 22' c, 44' m Harries 27' c Prydie 70' c Con: Prydie (4/5) |
* Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano Veneto Attendance: 885 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
* 8 December 2012 21:00
| Bayonne | 13–13 | London Wasps |
| Try: O'Connor 39' c Con: Potgieter (1/1) Pen: Potgieter (2/2) 24', 67' | Report | Try: Wade 58' m Swainston 72' m Pen: Robinson (1/2) 51' |
* Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne Attendance: 9,658 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* 13 December 2012 19:45
| London Wasps | 30–16 | Bayonne |
| Try: Daly 31' m Masi 73' c Con: Robinson (1/1) Pen: St. Jones (4/4) 2', 5', 13', 49' Daly (1/1) 36' Robinson (1/1) 77' | Report | Try: Rokocoko 40' c Con: Potgieter (1/1) Pen: Potgieter (3/5) 44', 51', 60' |
* Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 4,040 Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
* 16 December 2012 17:35
| (1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons | 53–3 | Mogliano |
| Try: D. Evans 6' c Poole 19' m penalty try 29' c W. Evans 37' c Leach 59' m J. Evans 69' c Price 75' m Dixon 80' c Con: D. Evans (3/5) Robling (2/3) Pen: D. Evans (1/1) 13' | Report | Pen: Endrizzi (1/1) |
* Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,473 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
* 10 January 2013 20:45
| Bayonne | 25–22 | Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP) |
| Try: Roumieu 54' c Gerber 64' m Phillips 76' c Con: Potgieter (1/1) Ugalde (1/2) Pen: Potgieter (2/3) 1', 20' | Report | Try: L. Evans 21' c Con: Prydie (1/1) Pen: Prydie (5/7) 10', 29', 35', 52', 68' |
* Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne Attendance: 1,922 Referee: Andrew Small (England)
* 12 January 2013 15:00
| (1 BP) London Wasps | 71–7 | Mogliano |
| Try: Varndell (3) 1' c, 6' c, 13' c C. Bell 16' c Cannon 33' m Wallace 40' c Davies (2) 45' c, 64' c Lindsay 59' m Wentzel 67' m Masi 74' c Con: Robinson (8/11) | Report | Try: Candiago 51' c Con: Endrizzi (1/1) |
* Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 5,744 Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
* 17 January 2013 19:45
| (1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons | 19–20 | London Wasps |
| Try: D. Evans 25' Con: Prydie (1/1) Pen: Prydie (3/6) 13', 39', 52' Steffan Jones (1/1) 74' | Report | Try: penalty try 35' c Robinson 56' c Con: Robinson (2/2) Pen: Robinson (2/5) 20', 29' |
* Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,089 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* 19 January 2013 14:00
| Mogliano | 0–54 | Bayonne (1 BP) |
| | Report | Try: Fuster (2) 14' m, 56' c Potgieter 17' c Gerber 21' c Phillips 24' c O'Connor 26' c Lovobalavu 53' c Lacroix 79' c Con: Potgieter (5/6) Boyet (2/2) |
* Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano Veneto Attendance: 1,332 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

### Pool 4

| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| Bath (1) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 79 | +166 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| Agen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 154 | 120 | +34 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| București Wolves | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 215 | −94 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Calvisano | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 223 | −106 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Source : www.ercrugby.com Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Points breakdown: *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 |||||||||||||
* 13 October 2012 15:00
| București Wolves | 17–40 | Bath (1 BP) |
| Try: Surugiu 39' c Munteanu 71' c Con: Vlaicu (1/1) Wiringi (1/1) Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 55' | Report | Try: Spencer 20' c Batty 33' c Vesty 45' c Devoto 66' m Palma-Newport 78' m Con: Vesty (3/5) Pen: Vesty (3/3) 1', 11', 27' |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
* 13 October 2012 19:00
| (2 BP) Calvisano | 31–36 | Agen (1 BP) |
| Try: Brancoli 2' c Erasmus (2) 37' c, 51' c Vunisa 61' c Con: Griffen (4/4) Pen: Griffen (1/1) 24' | Report | Try: Bastien 5' c Fono 20' c Dupuy 33' c Vaquin 39' c Tagotago 41' m Con: Lagarde (4/5) Pen: Lagarde (1/1) 10' |
* Peroni Stadium, Calvisano Attendance: 1,100 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
* 18 October 2012 20:45
| (1 BP) Agen | 22–27 | Bath (1 BP) |
| Try: Petre 3' c Con: Lagarde (1/1) Pen: Lagarde (5/5) 21', 44', 48', 58', 71' | Report | Try: Claassens 33' m Eastmond 46' c Donald 54' m Louw 79' c Con: Donald (2/4) Pen: Donald (1/2) 5' |
* Stade Armandie, Agen Attendance: 4,576 Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
* 20 October 2012 15:00
| (1 BP) București Wolves | 42–27 | Calvisano |
| Try: Rus 1' c Botezatu 35' m Filip 51' m Turashvili 65' c Lemnaru 71' c Wiringi 79' m Con: Filip (1/3) Wiringi (2/3) Pen: Filip (2/2) 14', 37' | Report | Try: Vilk 26' c Griffen 64' c Lovotti 76' c Con: Griffen (3/3) Pen: Griffen (2/3) 16', 34' |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)
* 8 December 2012 14:15
| (1 BP) Bath | 67–11 | Calvisano |
| Try: Köster 25' m Day 39' c Ovens 42' c Mercer 46' m Agulla (2) 48' c, 57' c McMillan 53' c penalty try 66' c Palma-Newport 71' m Attwood 80' c Con: Heathcote (7/10) Pen: Heathcote (1/1) 3' | Report | Try: Castello 17' m Pen: Griffen (2/3) 31', 42' |
* Recreation Ground, Bath Attendance: 11,445 Referee: Cédric Marchat (France)
* 8 December 2012 15:00
| București Wolves | 25–22 | Agen (1 BP) |
| Try: Botezatu 2' m Fercu 43' c Dinis 53' c Con: Wiringi (1/2) Vlaicu (1/1) Pen: Wiringi (1/2) 28' Vlaicu (1/1) 79' | Report | Try: Fonua 39' m Agulla 63' c penalty try 74' c Con: Lamoulie (2/3) Pen: Lamoulie (1/1) 6' |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini (Italy)
* 14 December 2012 19:00
| (1 BP) Agen | 39–9 | București Wolves |
| Try: Barthomeuf 6' c Fono 56' c Agulla 64' c Petre 69' m Lamoulie 75' c Con: Lamoulie (4/5) Pen: Lamoulie (2/2) 27', 33' | Report | Pen: Vlaicu (3/4) 14', 29', 42' |
* Stade Armandie, Agen Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
* 15 December 2012 14:30
| Calvisano | 5–39 | Bath (1 BP) |
| Try: Ferraro 78' m | Report | Try: Sharman 2' c Agulla (3) 11' m, 31' m, 80' m Biggs 36' c Cuthbert 45' m Ovens 68' m Con: Donald (2/5) |
* Peroni Stadium, Calvisano Attendance: 800 Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)
* 12 January 2013 14:15
| Bath | 19–16 | Agen (1 BP) |
| Try: James 30' c Con: Heathcote (1/1) Pen: Heathcote (4/7) 3', 7', 45', 63' | Report | Try: Fono 57' c Con: Lagarde (1/1) Pen: Lagarde (3/3) 5', 23', 33' |
* Recreation Ground, Bath Attendance: 9,131 Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
* 12 January 2013 14:30
| (1 BP) Calvisano | 34–20 | București Wolves |
| Try: Scanferla (2) 29' c, 72' c Gerosa 39' c Vilk 67' c Con: Griffen (4/4) Pen: Griffen (2/2) 1', 22' | Report | Try: Surugiu 7' c Dascălu 31' c Con: Vlaicu (2/2) Pen: Vlaicu (2/3) 16', 70' |
* Peroni Stadium, Calvisano Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
* 18 January 2013 19:00
| Agen | 19–9 | Calvisano |
| Try: Janaudy 30' c Julien 45' m Erbani 53' c Con: Lagarde (2/3) | Report | Pen: Griffen (3/3) 2', 14', 34' |
* Stade Armandie, Agen Attendance: 1,170 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
* 19 January 2013 14:00
| (1 BP) Bath | 53–8 | București Wolves |
| Try: Dunn 13' c penalty try 20' c Cuthbert (3) 24' m, 27' m, 71' c Agulla 41' m Köster 59' c Cook 68' m Skuse 75' m Con: Heathcote (3/6) Vesty (1/3) | Report | Try: Diaconescu 45' m Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 15' |
* Recreation Ground, Bath Attendance: 9,873 Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)

### Pool 5

| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| Stade Français (8) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 105 | +105 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Grenoble | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 81 | +92 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| London Welsh | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 170 | +1 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Cavalieri Prato | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 266 | −198 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Source : www.ercrugby.com Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Points breakdown: *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 |||||||||||||
* 12 October 2012 19:30
| (1 BP) Grenoble | 59–3 | Cavalieri Prato |
| Try: Nicolas 6' m Darbo 26' c penalty try 34' c Coetzee 42' c Hegarty 49' m Nouhaillaguet 60' c Fabro 67' c Pollard 70' c Pelissie 77' c Con: Darbo (3/5) Laharrague (4/4) | Report | Pen: Della Rossa (1/1) 10' |
* Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
* 13 October 2012 15:00
| London Welsh | 19–68 | Stade Français (1 BP) |
| Try: George 30' c Con: Henson (1/1) Pen: Henson (4/4) 4', 9', 35', 43' | Report | Try: Bonfils (2) 1' c, 53' c Bonneval (2) 16' m, 72' c Vuidarvuwalu (2) 19' c, 27' c Fainifo 47' c Guillemain 58' c Contepomi 75' m Con: Contepomi (7/9) Pen: Contepomi (2/2) 13', 39' Drop: Bonneval (1/1) 40' |
* Kassam Stadium, Oxford Attendance: 3,748 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* 20 October 2012 14:00
| (2 BP) Cavalieri Prato | 31–32 | London Welsh |
| Try: Majstorovic 38' c Ngawini 50' c Tempestini 69' c Bernini 75' c Con: Della Rossa (1/1) Patelli (1/1) Frati (2/2) Pen: Della Rossa (1/1) 14' | Report | Try: George 11' c Ajuwa (2) 25' m, 46' m Con: Ross (1/3) Pen: Ross (3/5) 18', 31', 57' Davies (2/2) 67', 78' |
* Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
* 20 October 2012 21:00
| Stade Français | 28–25 | Grenoble (1 BP) |
| Try: Bonfils 2' c Con: Dupuy (1/1) Pen: Dupuy (3/4) 6', 30', 40' Contepomi (2/3) 68', 77' Drop: Bézy (1/2) 21' Plisson (1/1) 51' | Report | Try: Nicolas 72' c Con: Darbo (1/1) Pen: Laharrague (5/6) 12', 28', 32', 50', 54' Darbo (1/1) 74' |
* Stade Océane, Le Havre Attendance: 11,548 Referee: Andrew Small (England)
* 7 December 2012 19:30
| Grenoble | 20–9 | London Welsh |
| Try: Campo 50' c Farley 76' c Con: Darbo (1/1) Hart (1/1) Pen: Darbo (2/4) 12', 39' | Report | Pen: Davies (3/6) 24', 28', 47' |
* Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
* Grenoble won the game 20–9, but London Welsh were retroactively awarded a 28–0 victory and five match points, after Grenoble admitted fielding an ineligible player, Lotu Taukeiaho, during the match.
* 8 December 2012 14:00
| Cavalieri Prato | 23–37 | Stade Français (1 BP) |
| Try: Ruffolo 11' m Sepe 21' c Cannone 80' c Con: Frati (1/2) Pen: Frati (2/2) 18', 52' | Report | Try: Fainifo (3) 6' c, 53' m, 77' m Fillol 9' c penalty try 66' c Con: Bézy (3/5) Pen: Bézy (2/2) 14', 31' |
* Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
* 13 December 2012 20:45
| (1 BP) Stade Français | 29–6 | Cavalieri Prato |
| Try: Guillemain 21' m Garrault 49' c Sinzelle 73' c Fainifo 75' c Con: Porical (3/4) Pen: Porical (1/2) 13' | Report | Pen: Ragusi (2/3) 15', 27' |
* MMArena, Le Mans Attendance: 12,186 Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
* 15 December 2012 13:30
| London Welsh | 13–27 | Grenoble (1 BP) |
| Try: Denbee 70' c Con: Davies (1/1) Pen: Davies (2/3) 33', 35' | Report | Try: Bouchet (2) 19' c, 27' m Ninard 42' c Taukeiaho 73' m Con: Courrent (2/3) Pen: Courrent (1/1) 3' |
* Old Deer Park, London Attendance: 1,630 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* 12 January 2013 14:00
| (1 BP) London Welsh | 62–5 | Cavalieri Prato |
| Try: Beach 7' c George 18' c Lewis 27' m Arscott (2) 34' c, 62' m Davies 55' c Mackenzie 57' c Smith 74' c Hills 79' c Con: Davies (7/9) Pen: Davies (1/1) 12' | Report | Try: Damiani 53' m |
* Kassam Stadium, Oxford Attendance: 1,580 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
* 12 January 2013 21:00
| Grenoble | 15–9 | Stade Français (1 BP) |
| Pen: Darbo (4/6) 8', 36', 44', 62' Laharrague (1/1) 73' | Report | Pen: Porical (3/5) 15', 20', 59' |
* Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble Attendance: 6,209 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
* 19 January 2013 14:00
| Cavalieri Prato | 0–47 | Grenoble (1 BP) |
| | Report | Try: Tuculet (2) 4' m, 38' c Bouchet (3) 9' c, 26' c, 29' c Butonidualevu 14' c Jaouher 68' c Con: Laharrague (6/7) |
* Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato Attendance: 350 Referee: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
* 19 January 2013 21:00
| (1 BP) Stade Français | 39–17 | London Welsh |
| Try: Arias 9' m Papé 27' m Doumayrou 34' m penalty try 46' c Bonfils 53' c Fainifo 74' c Con: Bézy (3/6) Pen: Bézy (1/1) 19' | Report | Try: Mackenzie (2) 57' c, 61' c Con: Davies (2/2) Pen: Davies (1/2) 3' |
* Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes Attendance: 9,972 Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)