The eight teams played Competition in two groups of four , with the winners of each group proceeding to the final Process_end which was played Competition between Ireland and Canada at Grace Road in Leicester .

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It was held Hold at the Walkers Stadium Leicester for the first time , the previous Playoff Finals having been held Hold at the Britannia Stadium , Stoke .

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The match was contested Competition by Leicester Tigers of England and Leinster of Ireland .

While Leinster were making Action their first appearance in the Heineken Cup final , Leicester were playing Competition in their fifth , having won the competition twice , though not since 2002 ; they did , however , finish Process_end as runners-up in 2007 .

However , after Stan Wright was sin-binned on the half-hour mark for an off-the-ball challenge on Sam Vesty , Leicester reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the deficit to three points with another Dupuy penalty , before taking Getting a 13–9 half-time lead Causation via a converted try from Ben Woods .

Dupuy increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Leicester 's lead to seven points with a third penalty goal just after the interval , but a converted try from Jamie Heaslip brought the teams level with half an hour left to play .