2010–11 British and Irish Cup
The 2010–11 British and Irish Cup was the 2nd season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. First round matches began on Friday 15 October 2010 and the final was held on Saturday 7 May 2011.
Defending champions Cornish Pirates were unable to make it out of the pool stages. Bristol lifted the cup, narrowly defeating Bedford Blues 17-14 in the first all-English final.
Teams
The allocation of teams was as follows:- – 12 teams from RFU Championship
- – 3 Irish provinces represented by 'A' teams.
- – 3 Scottish sides, top clubs from the Scottish Premiership.
- – 6 top clubs from the Principality Premiership.
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Competition format
The teams were divided into four pools of six, playing over five weekends during the Autumn International and Six Nations windows. The four pool winners and runners-up contested a knock-out stage, with quarter-finals on 5 or 6 March, semi-finals on 23 March and the final on 7 May.Pool stages
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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- This fixture would double up as a cup and 2010–11 RFU Championship game after the cup game was initially postponed.
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Knock-out stages
Qualifiers
The four pool winners and the four runners up proceeded to the knock out stages. The best four qualifiers had home advantage in the quarter finals.| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TB | LB | Pts | |
| Pool C Winner |  Bedford Blues | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 66 | 98 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Pool D Winner |  Pontypridd | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 80 | 60 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Pool A Winner | Worcester Warriors | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 87 | 88 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Pool B Winner | Bristol | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 95 | 66 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Pool A Runner-up | Leinster A | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 117 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Pool B Runner-up | Llanelli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 66 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Pool C Runner-up | Moseley | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 113 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Pool D Runner-up |  Ayr | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 101 | -8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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