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cup competition, and the 11th to follow the

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format. The competition returned after a one-year hiatus due to being dropped due to the

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in England. The competition consisted of the four Welsh

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teams and the twelve

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clubs arranged in pools of three English and one Welsh team. English clubs were allocated to the pools depending on their final positions in the 2015–16 Aviva Premiership. Teams played two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other. The top team from each pool qualified for the semi-finals. The competition took place during the Autumn International window and during the Six Nations.

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were defending champions after claiming the cup with a 23–20 victory over

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in the 2014–15 final at

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. This was Saracens second title in the competition. The 2016–17 Anglo-Welsh Cup was won by

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who won their eighth cup title by defeating

16–12 in the final held at

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had an excellent tournament for the Tigers, scoring 64 points overall including 11 in the final, to finish as the competition's top point scorer, while Josh Adams was top try scorer with 6 tries from only 2 games for

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Teams & locations

Pool stages

;Points system The points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows: * 4 points for a win * 2 points for a draw * 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match (TB) * 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less (LB)

Pool 1 v Pool 4

Round 1 (England)

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Round 2

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Round 1 (Wales)

Round 3

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Round 4

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Pool 2 v Pool 3

Round 1 (England)

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Round 2

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Round 1 (Wales)

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Round 4

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Semi-finals

Final

Attendances

* Attendances do not include the final at Twickenham Stoop.

Individual statistics

* Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

Season records

Team

;Largest home win — 52 points 62-10 Wasps at home to Worcester Warriors on 13 November 2016 ;Largest away win — 24 points 31-6 Ospreys away to Cardiff Blues on 18 November 2016 ;Most points scored — 62 points (x2) 62-25 Exeter Chiefs at home to Cardiff Blues on 13 November 2016
62-10 Wasps at home to Worcester Warriors on 13 November 2016 ;Most tries in a match — 10 (x2) Exeter Chiefs at home to Cardiff Blues on 13 November 2016
Wasps at home to Worcester Warriors on 13 November 2016 ;Most conversions in a match — 6 (x3) Exeter Chiefs at home to Cardiff Blues on 13 November 2016
Wasps at home to Worcester Warriors on 13 November 2016
Exeter Chiefs at home to Wasps on 28 January 2017 ;Most penalties in a match — 4 (x2) Harlequins at home to Exeter Chiefs on 5 November 2016
Northampton Saints away to Newcastle Falcons on 6 November 2016
Bath at home to Gloucester on 27 January 2017 ;Most drop goals in a match — 1 Northampton Saints away to Newcastle Falcons on 6 November 2016

Player

;Most points in a match — 17 Joe Simmonds for Exeter Chiefs at home to Cardiff Blues on 13 November 2016 ;Most tries in a match — 3

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for Exeter Chiefs at home to Wasps on 28 January 2017 ;Most conversions in a match — 6 (x2) Joe Simmonds for Exeter Chiefs at home to Cardiff Blues on 13 November 2016
Joe Simmonds for Exeter Chiefs at home to Wasps on 28 January 2017 ;Most penalties in a match — 4 (x3) Nick Evans for Harlequins at home to Exeter Chiefs on 5 November 2016

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for Northampton Saints away to Newcastle Falcons on 6 November 2016

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for Bath at home to Gloucester on 27 January 2017 ;Most drop goals in a match — 1

for Northampton Saints away to Newcastle Falcons on 6 November 2016

Attendances

;Highest — 25,849 Leicester Tigers at home to Northampton Saints on 28 January 2017 ;Lowest — 1,370 Cardiff Blues at home to Worcester Warriors on 4 February 2017 ;Highest Average Attendance — 22,300 Leicester Tigers ;Lowest Average Attendance — 2,732 Cardiff Blues

References

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