1997 Heineken Cup final
# 1997 Heineken Cup final

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

* 25 January 1997 14:30 GMT

| Brive | 28–9 | Leicester Tigers |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Viars Fabre Carrat (2) Con: Lamaison Pen: Lamaison Drop: Lamaison | Report | Pen: J.Liley (3) |

* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 41,664 Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

| FB | 15 | Sebastien Viars |
| - | - | - |
| RW | 14 | Gerald Fabre |
| OC | 13 | Christophe Lamaison |
| IC | 12 | David Venditti |
| LW | 11 | Sebastien Carrat |
| FH | 10 | Alain Penaud (c) | 69' |
| SH | 9 | Philippe Carbonneau |
| N8 | 8 | Grzegorz Kacala |
| OF | 7 | Francois Duboisset | 49' |
| BF | 6 | Loic van der Linden | 77' |
| RL | 5 | Grant Ross |
| LL | 4 | Eric Alegret | 67' |
| TP | 3 | Richard Crespy |
| HK | 2 | Laurent Travers |
| LP | 1 | Didier Casadei | 70' |
| Replacements: ||
| | 16 | Romuald Paillat | 69' |
| | 17 | Eric Bouti | 70' |
| | 18 | Tony Rees | 67' |
| | 19 | Yanni Domi | 77' |
| | 20 | Thierry Labrousse | 49' |
| | 21 | Sebastien Bonnet |
| | 22 | Cédric Heymans |
| FB | O | John Liley |
| RW | N | Steve Hackney |
| OC | M | Will Greenwood |
| IC | L | Stuart Potter |
| LW | K | Rory Underwood | 72' |
| FH | J | Rob Liley |
| SH | I | Austin Healey |
| N8 | G | Dean Richards (c) | 68' |
| OF | H | Neil Back |
| BF | F | John Wells |
| RL | E | Matt Poole |
| LL | D | Martin Johnson |
| TP | C | Darren Garforth | 17' | 22' |
| HK | B | Richard Cockerill |
| LP | A | Graham Rowntree |
| Replacements: ||
| WG | P | Leon Lloyd | 72' |
| LP | Q | Perry Freshwater | 17' | 22' |
| N8 | R | Eric Miller | 68' |
| FH | S | Niall Malone |
| SH | T | Aadel Kardooni |
| HK | U | Dorian West |
| LK | V | Neil Fletcher |
| Coach: ||
| Bob Dwyer ||
