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2010–11 Leinster Rugby season

Field	Value
club	Leinster Rugby
season	2010–11
manager	NZL Joe Schmidt
captain	IRE Leo Cullen
league	Celtic League
league result	Runners-up
cup1	Heineken Cup
cup1 result	Winners
cup2	British and Irish Cup
cup2 result	Quarter-finals
league try scorer	Celtic League
Shane Horgan (7)
Heineken Cup
Seán O'Brien (4)
league points scorer	Celtic League
Isa Nacewa (142)
Heineken Cup
Johnny Sexton (138)
highest attendance	50,645 vs Munster
2 October 2010, Aviva Stadium
lowest attendance	9,790 vs Aironi
10 February 2011
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prevseason	2009–10
nextseason	2011–12

Shane Horgan (7)
Heineken Cup Seán O'Brien (4) Isa Nacewa (142)
Heineken Cup Johnny Sexton (138) 2 October 2010, Aviva Stadium 10 February 2011

The 2010–11 Leinster Rugby season was Leinster's tenth competing in the Celtic League, alongside which they competed in the 2010–11 Heineken Cup. The Leinster 'A' team competed in the British and Irish Cup for their second season.

Leinster reached the 2011 Celtic League Grand Final in Thomond Park, Limerick against Munster, after finishing 2nd in the league format & beating Ulster in the semi-finals, however Leinster were beaten by Munster who had won the league twice before. In the Heineken Cup, Leinster finished top of their pool which consisted of Clermont Auvergne, Racing Metro and Saracens. Leinster beat Leicester Tigers in the quarter-finals & Stade Toulousain in the semi-finals. Leinster beat Northampton Saints in the 2011 Heineken Cup Final in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to win the Heineken Cup for their second time. The Leinster 'A' team were beaten by the Bedford Blues in the British & Irish Cup Quarter-Finals.

Squad

Coaching and Management team

The current coaching team will change at the end of 2009–10 with Michael Cheika departing after 5 seasons. Cheika will be replaced by current Clermont backs coach Josef Schmidt. Schmidt is joining on a three-year contract and the rest of the coaching team will be announced before the end of the 2009–10 season.

Position	Name	Nationality
Head & Defence Coach	Josef Schmidt	NZL
Forwards Coach	Jono Gibbes	New Zealand
Scrum Coach	Greg Feek	New Zealand
Backs Coach	TBA
Skills & Kicking Coach	Richie Murphy	Ireland
Chief Executive	Mick Dawson	Ireland
Team Manager	Guy Easterby	Ireland
Physiotherapist	James Allen	Ireland
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Chris Dennis	Ireland
Chief Scout	Guy Easterby	Ireland
Baggage Master	Patrick Moloi	Botswana

Playing Squad 2010/2011

Bold indicates full international capped played.

In for 2010–11

IRE Isaac Boss (from Ulster)
ARG Mariano Galarza (from Universitario de La Plata)
IRE Ed O'Donoghue (from Ulster)
RSA Heinke van der Merwe (from Golden Lions)

Promoted from the Leinster Academy

IRE Niall Moris
IRE Andrew Conway
IRE Brendan Macken
IRE Jack McGrath
IRE Eoin Sherrif
IRE Paul Ryan
IRE Dominic Ryan
IRE Rhys Ruddock
IRE Ian Madigan

Out for 2010–11

IRE Malcolm O'Kelly (retiring)
IRE Girvan Dempsey (retiring)
ARG Mariano Galarza to Pampas XV
IRE Bernard Jackman (retiring)
IRE Chris Keane
RSA CJ van der Linde to Cheetahs

Celtic League

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Pts
1	IRE Munster	21	18	0	3	474	321	+153	41	22	5	2
2	IRE Leinster	21	14	1	6	457	333	+124	46	25	4	3
3	IRE Ulster	21	14	1	6	460	405	+55	41	34	3	2
4	WAL Cardiff Blues	21	13	1	7	456	354	+102	35	29	3	3
5	WAL Ospreys	21	11	1	9	541	408	+133	56	28	6	7
6	WAL Scarlets	21	11	1	9	465	430	+35	45	41	4	7
7	WAL Newport Gwent Dragons	21	10	1	10	431	442	−11	46	46	3	3
8	SCO Edinburgh	21	9	0	12	415	429	−14	39	41	2	5
9	IRE Connacht	21	7	1	13	388	437	−49	32	40	3	6
10	ITA Benetton Treviso	21	8	0	13	343	496	−153	26	58	0	2
11	SCO Glasgow Warriors	21	6	1	14	398	505	−107	33	44	1	6
12	ITA Aironi	21	1	0	20	237	505	−268	20	52	0	7
Correct as of 30 April 2011

Fixtures

Semi-final

Fitzgerald 72' c

Final

Main article: 2011 Celtic League Grand Final

Earls 66' m Penalty try 79' c

Heineken Cup

Pool table

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
IRE Leinster	6	5	1	21	9	+12	179	104	+75	3	1	24
FRA Clermont	6	4	2	14	9	+5	114	94	+20	2	1	19
FRA Racing Métro	6	2	4	9	17	−8	104	151	−47	0	1	9
ENG Saracens	6	1	5	9	18	−9	107	155	−48	0	2	6

Fixtures

Pool stage

Kearney 33' m Strauss 48' m Heaslip 62' c McFadden 79' m Steyn (2/3) 36', 51' Goode (4/4) 55', 62', 68', 74' Floch 53' c Healy 43' c O'Brien 50' c

D. Ryan (2) 11' c, 37' c McFadden 50' c Nacewa 60' c O'Malley 63' c Brown 32' m Mordt 80' m O'Brien 19' c Sexton (2) 23' c, 62' m O'Driscoll 68' c

Quarter-final

Semi-final

O'Driscoll 59' c Picamoles 43' c Bézy (1/1) 75'

Final

Main article: 2011 Heineken Cup Final

Foden 30' c Hartley 39' m Hines 64' c

British & Irish Cup

Pool stage

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
England Worcester Warriors	5	4	0	1	175	87	88	3	19
Ireland Leinster A	5	4	0	1	138	117	21	3	19
England Cornish Pirates	5	3	0	2	175	108	67	5	17
Wales Newport	5	3	0	2	121	159	-38	4	16
England Plymouth Albion	5	1	0	4	76	144	-68	0	5
Scotland Currie	5	0	0	5	104	174	-70	2	2
Correct as of 1 March 2011

Fixtures

Pool stage

Quarter-final

References

[http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/newsroom/4216.php Leinster statement on new Head Coach] Leinster Rugby, 28 December 2009
"Schmidt's reign begins". [[The Irish Times]].
(25 May 2010). "Van der Linde, Jackman and Keane to leave Leinster".
(26 May 2010). "Van der Linde signs for Cheetahs".

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