# 2002–03 Heineken Cup

The 2002–03 Heineken Cup was the eighth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners and two best runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.

## Teams

| France | England | Wales | Scotland | Ireland | Italy |
| Béziers Perpignan Bourgoin Montferrand Toulouse Biarritz Olympique | Leicester Tigers Gloucester Sale Sharks Bristol London Irish Northampton Saints | Neath Llanelli Swansea Newport Cardiff | Glasgow Rugby Edinburgh Rugby | Munster Leinster Ulster | Calvisano Viadana |

## Pool stage

In the pool matches teams received
* 2 points for a win
* 1 points for a draw

### Pool 1

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
| Leicester Tigers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 232 | 71 | 161 | 11 |
| Neath | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 151 | 139 | 12 | 5 |
| L'Amatori & Calvisano | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 34 | −24 | 105 | 236 | −131 | 4 |
| Béziers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 109 | 151 | −42 | 4 |

### Pool 2

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
| Perpignan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 176 | 156 | 20 | 8 |
| Munster | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 206 | 107 | 99 | 8 |
| Gloucester | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 241 | 140 | 101 | 8 |
| Arix Viadana | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 52 | −37 | 128 | 348 | −220 | 0 |

### Pool 3

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
| Llanelli | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 201 | 130 | 71 | 10 |
| Bourgoin | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 190 | 142 | 48 | 8 |
| Glasgow Rugby | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 86 | 185 | −99 | 4 |
| Sale Sharks | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 123 | 143 | −20 | 2 |

### Pool 4

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
| Leinster | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 188 | 93 | 95 | 12 |
| Bristol Shoguns | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 149 | 144 | 5 | 6 |
| Montferrand | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 141 | 120 | 21 | 4 |
| Swansea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 109 | 230 | −121 | 2 |

### Pool 5

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
| Toulouse | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 241 | 118 | 123 | 10 |
| London Irish | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 158 | 118 | 40 | 6 |
| Edinburgh Rugby | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 125 | 188 | −63 | 4 |
| Newport | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 117 | 217 | −100 | 4 |

### Pool 6

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
| Northampton Saints | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 172 | 110 | 62 | 8 |
| Biarritz Olympique | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 138 | 73 | 65 | 8 |
| Ulster | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 116 | 106 | 10 | 8 |
| Cardiff | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 78 | 215 | −137 | 0 |

## Seeding

| Seed | Pool Winners | Pts | TF | +/− |
| 1 | Leinster | 12 | 22 | +95 |
| 2 | Leicester Tigers | 11 | 31 | +161 |
| 3 | Toulouse | 10 | 29 | +123 |
| 4 | Llanelli | 10 | 22 | +71 |
| 5 | Perpignan | 8 | 31 | +101 |
| 6 | Northampton Saints | 8 | 21 | +62 |
| Seed | Pool Runners-up | Pts | TF | +/− |
| 7 | Munster | 8 | 27 | +99 |
| 8 | Biarritz Olympique | 8 | 14 | +65 |
| – | Bourgoin | 8 | 21 | +48 |
| – | Bristol Shoguns | 6 | 15 | +5 |
| – | London Irish | 6 | 12 | +40 |
| – | Neath | 5 | 18 | +12 |

## Knockout stage
### Quarter-finals

* 12 April 2003 14:45
| Toulouse | 32–16 | Northampton Saints |
* Stade Municipal Attendance: 36,500
* 12 April 2003 15:35
| Leinster | 18–13 | Biarritz |
* Lansdowne Road Attendance: 46,000
* 13 April 2003 16:00
| Leicester Tigers | 7–20 | Munster |
| | Report | |
* Welford Road Attendance: 17,500
* 16 April 2003 19:30
| Llanelli | 19–26 | Perpignan |
* Stradey Park Attendance: 10,800

### Semi-finals

* 26 April 2003 15:35
| Toulouse | 13–12 | Munster |
| | Report | |
* Stade Municipal Attendance: 36,500
* 27 April 2003 14:45
| Leinster | 14–21 | Perpignan |
* Lansdowne Road Attendance: 37,000

### Final

* 24 May 2003 15:00
| Toulouse | 22–17 | Perpignan |
| Try: Clerc 33' c Con: Delaigue Pen: Delaigue (5) 3', 18', 27', 40', 80+1' | Report | Try: Bomati 80+4' m Pen: Edmonds (4) 44', 51', 57', 70' |
* Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 28,600 Referee: Chris White (England)  12' Tony Spreadbury (England)  12'
Toulouse became the second team to win the competition more than once.