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The 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off was the second play-off for entry into the top level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.

Format

Following the two-team play-off in 2014–15, an expanded, four-team format was due to be used. However, on 24 September 2014, it was announced this would instead be a three-team play-off, with the highest placed non-qualifying team taking part.^[1]

To accommodate the longer season in the French Top 14, the format was announced as follows:

Gloucester became the first team to qualify for the play-off, taking the place allocated to the Premiership, when they beat Edinburgh 19–13 in the Challenge Cup final on 1 May 2015. This result meant that the 7th place team in the 2014–15 Premiership will no longer take part in the play-off, and will compete in the Challenge Cup. Connacht qualified next, when the finished seventh in the 2014–15 Pro12 with 50 points, narrowly edging Edinburgh who had 48 points. Bordeaux Bègles qualified for the play-off on 23 May 2015.

Connacht played Gloucester away at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium on Sunday 24 May 2015,^[3] with the venue having been decided earlier by a coin toss.^[4]^[5] It was decided that, in the event of a Gloucester win, the second play-off match would be played at Sixways Stadium in Worcester, to avoid a clash of fixtures with a Madness concert.^[5]

Teams

League

Team

Coach

Stadium

Premiership

Gloucester

IRE|rugby union}} David Humphreys

Kingsholm Stadium

Pro12

Connacht

SAM}} Pat Lam

Galway Sportsgrounds

Top 14

Bordeaux Bègles

FRA}} Raphaël Ibañez

Stade André Moga

Matches

Match 1

ENG}} Charlie Sharples

64}}

ENG}} Jonny May

AUS}} Bill Meakes

ENG}} Billy Twelvetrees (c)

ENG}} Henry Purdy

50}}

WAL}} James Hook

SCO}} Greig Laidlaw

ENG}} Ross Moriarty

71}}

88}}

WAL}} Dan Thomas

33}}

44}}

65}}

ENG}} Jacob Rowan

ENG}} Tom Palmer

ENG}} Tom Savage

NZL}} John Afoa

33|43}}

88}}

WAL}} Richard Hibbard

59}}

ENG}} Nick Wood

65}}

Replacements:

ENG}} Darren Dawidiuk

59}}

ENG}} Yann Thomas

65}}

ENG}} Shaun Knight

33}}

44}}

88}}

ENG}} Elliott Stooke

71}}

ENG}} Lewis Ludlow

65}}

88}}

ENG}} Dan Robson

64}}

ENG}} Billy Burns

ENG}} Rob Cook

50}}

Coach:

{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} David Humphreys

IRE|rugby union}} Tiernan O'Halloran

65}}

IRE|rugby union}} Fionn Carr

75}}

IRE|rugby union}} Robbie Henshaw

NZL}} Bundee Aki

IRE|rugby union}} Matt Healy

IRE|rugby union}} Jack Carty

IRE|rugby union}} John Cooney

64}}

IRE|rugby union}} Eoin McKeon

71}}

SCO}} Eoghan Masterson

55|65}}

33}}

44}}

IRE|rugby union}} John Muldoon (c)

ENG}} Aly Muldowney

NZL}} George Naoupu

54}}

IRE|rugby union}} Rodney Ah You

54}}

NZL}} Tom McCartney

70}}

79}}

90}}

IRE|rugby union}} Denis Buckley

33|43}}

Replacements:

IRE|rugby union}} Dave Heffernan

94|100}}

70}}

IRE|rugby union}} JP Cooney

33}}

44}}

IRE|rugby union}} Finlay Bealham

54}}

IRE|rugby union}} Andrew Browne

54}}

IRE|rugby union}} James Connolly

71}}

IRE|rugby union}} Ian Porter

64}}

NZL}} Miah Nikora

75}}

CAN}} Shane O'Leary

65}}

Coach:

{{flagicon|SAM}} Pat Lam

Match 2

ENG}} Rob Cook

ENG}} Charlie Sharples

AUS}} Bill Meakes

66}}

ENG}} Billy Twelvetrees (c)

ENG}} Henry Purdy

WAL}} James Hook

SCO}} Greig Laidlaw

ENG}} Ross Moriarty

ENG}} Jacob Rowan

58}}

TON}} Sione Kalamafoni

45}}

56}}

71}}

ENG}} Tom Palmer

ENG}} Tom Savage

NZL}} John Afoa

45|55}}

WAL}} Richard Hibbard

59}}

ENG}} Nick Wood

58}}

Replacements:

ENG}} Darren Dawidiuk

59}}

ENG}} Yann Thomas

58}}

ENG}} Shaun Knight

45}}

56}}

ENG}} Elliott Stooke

71}}

ENG}} Dan Thomas

58}}

ENG}} Callum Braley

ENG}} Billy Burns

SCO}} Steve McColl

66}}

Coach:

{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} David Humphreys

FRA}} Lionel Beauxis

46}}

FIJ}} Metuisela Talebula

FRA}} Félix Le Bourhis

FRA}} Julien Rey

AUS}} Blair Connor

FRA}} Pierre Bernard

RSA}} Heini Adams

56}}

NZL}} Peter Saili

NZL}} Hugh Chalmers

45}}

56}}

FRA}} Louis-Benoît Madaule (c)

56}}

RSA}} Berend Botha

36}}

RSA}} Jandré Marais

NZL}} Patrick Toetu

40}}

SAM}} Ole Avei

69}}

FRA}} Jefferson Poirot

45|55}}

56}}

71}}

Replacements:

FRA}} Clément Maynadier

69}}

FRA}} Jean-Baptiste Poux

45}}

71}}

ARG}} Francisco Gómez Kodela

40}}

FRA}} Adam Jaulhac

36}}

NZL}} Matthew Clarkin

56}}

FRA}} Yann Lesgourgues

56}}

NZL}} Jayden Spence

FRA}} Baptiste Serin

46}}

Coach:

{{flagicon|FRA}} Raphaël Ibañez

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.epcrugby.com/news/28940.php|title=European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)|website=epcrugby.com|accessdate=14 September 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.epcrugby.com/news/30479.php#.VSGSbpM2ffc|title=European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)|website=epcrugby.com|accessdate=14 September 2017}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2015/0516/701597-connacht-ospreys/|title=Connacht lose but make Champions Cup play-off|publisher=RTÉ|date=16 May 2015|accessdate=17 May 2015|quote=Connacht will now play Gloucester away at Kingsholm next Sunday, with the winner of that tie playing the French Top 14 seventh-placed side for a spot in next year's Champions Cup.}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucester-s-Champions-Cup-play-home-advantage/story-26430513-detail/story.html|title=Gloucester's Champions Cup play-off home advantage to be settled by Twickenham coin toss|publisher=Gloucester Citizen|author=Mike Brown|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=17 May 2015|quote=The coin toss will take place during coverage of the Champions Cup final between Clermont Auvergne and Toulon at Twickenham. |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506110224/http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucester-s-Champions-Cup-play-home-advantage/story-26430513-detail/story.html |archivedate=6 May 2015 |df=}}
5. ^¹{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-3070379/Gloucester-drawn-home-Champions-Cup-play-Madness-concert-prevent-playing-Kingsholm-win.html|title=Gloucester drawn at home in first Champions Cup play-off but Madness concert will prevent them playing at Kingsholm again if they win|publisher=Daily Mail|author=Andrew Baldock, Press Association|date=6 May 2015|accessdate=17 May 2015|quote=Gloucester win coin toss for home advantage in Champions Cup play-off. ... Gloucester have secured home advantage in the first play-off fixture to secure a European Champions Cup spot next season - but a Madness concert could hinder their chances of qualifying should they progress. ... 'We are delighted to have won the toss to stage the first fixture, and now look forward to seeing who we will meet in that game,' Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan told the club's official website.'Should we win that match, and no-one is taking anything for granted, we have had to make contingency plans for the second play-off game, and that contingency would be for us to play at Sixways Stadium in Worcester.}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/32803113|title=Champions Cup play-off: Gloucester 40-32 Connacht|date=24 May 2015|publisher=|accessdate=14 September 2017|via=www.bbc.com}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/32883925|title=European Rugby Champions Cup: Gloucester 22-23 Bordeaux-Begles|date=31 May 2015|publisher=|accessdate=14 September 2017|via=www.bbc.com}}