Aviva Stadium-Heineken Cup: Facts And Figures
Over the years, Lansdowne Road has hosted some of the most famous Heineken Cup matches of all-time. The return of the tournament’s final to Dublin in 2013 will be a hugely anticipated event.
Leinster made their home debut in the Heineken Cup at Lansdowne Road on December 6, 1995 when they beat Pontypridd 23-22 – the first of 22 top flight European matches played at the ground.
Since then, the Dublin venue, now known as the Aviva Stadium, has hosted some of the most famous Heineken Cup matches of all-time:
1999 – Ulster became the first Irish province to win the Heineken Cup by beating Colomiers in the final
2004 – London Wasps defeated Munster 37-33 in a semi-final that still ranks with many as the greatest Heineken Cup game of all-time
2006 – Munster stormed to a 30-6 semi-final victory over arch rivals Leinster on their way to a first Heineken Cup title
2010/11 – Leinster defeated reigning French champions Clermont Auvergne, English champions Leicester Tigers and Heineken Cup champions Toulouse at the Aviva Stadium, on the road to a second Heineken Cup triumph.
HEINEKEN CUP MATCHES AT LANSDOWNE ROAD/AVIVA STADIUM:
1995-2011 – 22 MATCHES – TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 635,703
30/04/2011: Semi-final: Leinster 32 Toulouse 23, 50,073
09/04/2011: Quarter-final: Leinster 17 Leicester Tigers 10, 49,762
18/12/2010: Leinster 24 Clermont Auvergne 8, 44,873
09/12/2006: Leinster 26 Agen 10, 18,652
21/10/2006: Leinster 37 Gloucester 20, 22,530
23/04/2006: Semi-final: Leinster 6 Munster 30, 47,800
01/04/2006: Quarter-final: Munster 19 Perpignan 10, 48,500
02/04/2005: Leinster 13 Leicester Tigers 29, 48,500
15/01/2005: Leinster 57 Benetton Treviso 17, 12,750
04/12/2004: Leinster 92 Bourgoin 17, 9,100
30/10/2004: Leinster 30 Bath 11, 13,850
25/04/2004: Semi-final: Munster 32 London Wasps 37, 49,000
23/01/2004: Leinster 20 Cardiff Blues 17, 23,463
09/01/2004: Leinster 22 Sale Sharks 23, 14,200
06/12/2003: Leinster 32 Biarritz Olympique 6, 7,200
24/05/2003: Final: Toulouse 22 Perpignan 17, 28,600
27/04/2003: Semi-final: Leinster 14 Perpignan 21, 37,000
12/04/2003: Quarter-final: Leinster 18 Biarritz Olympique 13, 46,000
30/01/1999: Final: Ulster 21 Colomiers 6, 49,000
16/10/1996: Leinster 10 Leicester 27, 3,500
30/12/1995: Semi-final: Leinster 14 Cardiff 23, 7,350
06/12/1995: Leinster 23 Pontypridd 22, 4,000
HEINEKEN CUP FINALS:
2012 – Twickenham Stadium, May 19/20
2013 – Aviva Stadium, May 18/19