The 2015–16 British and Irish Cup was the seventh season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland.
Matches were played on the same weekends as the European Rugby Champions and Challenge cups.
Matches take place on the same weekends as the European Rugby Champions and Challenge cups.
The allocation of teams is as follows: [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] [8] [9] [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] [8] [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] [8] [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] [8] [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] [8] The eight qualifiers are seeded according to performance in the pool stage, and competed in the quarter-finals, which are held on the weekend of 11/12/13 March 2016.
Teams are ranked by: [20] [21] [22] [23] 56 - 6 Yorkshire Carnegie at home to London Scottish on 13 December 2015 40 - 0 Doncaster Knights away to Connacht Eagles on 16 January 2015 62 - 16 Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015 Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015 Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015 Doncaster Knights away to Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select on 19 December 2015 London Scottish at home to Ospreys Premiership Select on 16 January 2016 Leinster A away to Moseley on 16 January 2016 Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham Rugby on 22 November 2015 Rotherham Titans at home to Moseley on 20 December 2015 Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select away to Jersey on 16 January 2016 Leinster A away to Rotherham Titans on 14 November 2015 [24][25][26][27] Matthew Morgan for Bristol Rugby at home to Ulster Ravens on 23 January 2016 Uili Koloʻofai for Jersey away to Connacht Eagles on 12 December 2015 Andy Saull for Yorkshire Carnegie at home to Munster A on 17 January 2016 Gavin Henson for Bristol Rugby at home to Scarlets Premiership Select on 22 November 2015 Peter Lydon for London Scottish at home to Ospreys Premiership Select on 16 January 2016 Cathal Marshal for Leinster A away to Moseley on 16 January 2016 Laurence May for Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham Rugby on 22 November 2015 Rhys Jones for Newport Gwent Dragons Premiership Select away to Jersey on 16 January 2016 Ross Byrne for Leinster A away to Rotherham Titans on 14 November 2015 [28][29][30][31][32]