The 2007–08 EDF Energy Cup was the 37th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the third to follow the recently adopted Anglo-Welsh format.

As in the previous two years, the competition is contested between the 12 teams of the Guinness Premiership and the four Welsh regions from the Celtic League. The 16 teams are arranged into four pools, with one Welsh and three English teams in each. Teams are randomly drawn into groups, as opposed to previous years when English sides were grouped according to proximity to one another. Each team plays the other team from their group only once, meaning that two teams in each group face two away games, whereas the other two teams have two home games.

Group stage In the pool matches, teams receive: Four points for a win Two points for a draw A bonus point for scoring four or more tries, regardless of the match result A bonus point for losing by seven or fewer points

The winner of each pool advances to the semi-finals, at which stage a draw takes place to determine the teams that will play each other. The winners of the semi-final advance to the final to determine the competition winner; no "third place final" is played.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

FB 15 Johne MurphyRW 14 Ollie SmithOC 13 Dan HipkissIC 12 Aaron MaugerLW 11 Alesana TuilagiFH 10 Andy GoodeSH 9 Harry EllisN8 8 Jordan CraneOF 7 Ben HerringBF 6 Martin Corry (c)RL 5 Ben KayLL 4 Louis DeaconTP 3 Martin CastrogiovanniHK 2 George ChuterLP 1 Boris StankovichReplacements:HK 16 Benjamin KayserPR 17 Julian WhiteLK 18 Richard BlazeFL 19 Tom CroftSH 20 Christophe LaussucqFH 21 Sam VestyWG 22 Tom VarndellCoach: Marcelo Loffreda

FB 15 Lee ByrneRW 14 Jonny VaughtonOC 13 Sonny ParkerIC 12 Andrew BishopLW 11 Shane WilliamsFH 10 James HookSH 9 Justin MarshallN8 8 Filo TiatiaOF 7 Marty HolahBF 6 Ryan Jones (c)RL 5 Ian EvansLL 4 Alun Wyn JonesTP 3 Adam R JonesHK 2 Richard HibbardLP 1 Paul JamesReplacements:HK 16 Huw BennettPR 17 Duncan JonesLK 18 Ian GoughFL 19 Jonathan ThomasFH 20 Gareth OwenCE 21 Jonathan SprattWG 22 Aled BrewCoach: Lyn Jones

See also 2007–08 English Premiership (rugby union) 2007–08 Celtic League

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