2000–2001 Tetley's Bitter Cup

2000–2001 Tetley's Bitter Cup
Tournament statistics
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The 2000–2001 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the thirtieth edition of England's rugby union club competition. Newcastle Falcons won the competition defeating Harlequins in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by Tetley's Brewery and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

Draw and Results

First Round (Sep 23)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Darlington	Aspatria	32-15
Darlington Mowden Park	Broughton Park	38-14
Dorchester	Staines	24-21
Dunstablians	Dudley Kingswinford	26-34
Gloucester Old Boys	Cheltenham	17-29
Gordano	Camborne	31-22
Halifax	Tynedale	18-19
Havant	Harlow	31-17
Launceston	Truro	26-20
Leicester Lions	Scunthorpe	28-14
Liverpool St Helens	Driffield	33-28
Longton	Hinckley	?
Norwich	Westcombe Park	3-7
Old Colleians	Basingstoke	39-3
Selby	West Park St Helens	14-20
Swanage & Wareham	Amersham & Chiltern	18-12
Weston-super-Mare	Barnstaple	15-46
Whitchurch	Spalding	22-9
Wimbledon	Haywards Heath	10-38
Worthing	Cheshunt	8-9

Second Round (Oct 7)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Barking	Tabard	24-8
Blackheath	Swanage & Wareham	9-7
Bracknell	Dorchester	45-0
Camberley	Barnstaple	28-26
Cheshunt	Clifton	18-12
Darlington Mowden Park	West Park St Helens	21-3
Fylde	Whitchurch	16-11
Havant	Penzance & Newlyn	13-32
Launceston	Gordano	40-10
Liverpool St Helens	Nuneaton	23-7
New Brighton	Leicester Lions	40-17
Newbury	Haywards Heath	45-21
Nottingham	Morley	19-23
Old Colleians	North Walsham	17-21
Plymouth	Westcombe Park	54-6
Preston Grasshoppers	Bedford Athletic	49-19
Reading	Cheltenham	49-8
Redruth	Esher	10-14
Rosslyn Park	Lydney	30-3
Rugby	Harrogate	16-15
Sandal	Tynedale	14-15
Sedgley Park	Kendal	17-9
Stourbridge	Doncaster	13-9
Walsall	Dudley Kingswinford	17-21
Wharfedale	Darlington	28-17
West Hartlepool	Longton	8-15

Third Round (Oct 21)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Barking	Rosslyn Park	17-29
Bedford	Sedgley Park	45-15
Birmingham/Solihull	Orrell	29-25
Bracknell	Cheshunt	33-3
Coventry	Preston Grasshoppers	30-19
Darlington Mowden Park	North Walsham	27-10
Esher	Camberley	38-24
Exeter	Stourbridge	29-15
Fylde	Manchester	10-33
Leeds Tykes	Morley	100-0
Liverpool St Helens	Rugby	17-0
London Welsh	Blackheath	44-3
Moseley	Worcester	6-34
New Brighton	Newbury	15-11
Otley	Henley Hawks	26-24
Penzance & Newlyn	Wakefield	22-25
Plymouth	Wharfedale	21-11
Reading	Launcesteon	31-25
Tynedale	Longton	23-11
Waterloo	Dudley Kingswinford	57-27

Fourth Round (Nov 4 & 5)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bath	Gloucester	18-24
Bedford	Saracens	24-54
Birmingham & Solihull	Darlington Mowden Park	16-10
Bristol	London Wasps	22-17
Esher	Waterloo	26-27
Exeter	London Irish	12-57
Leicester Tigers	Otley	83-11
New Brighton	London Welsh	17-32
Northampton Saints	Leeds Tykes	73-35
Plymouth	Harlequins	8-36
Reading	Rotherham	27-46
Rosslyn Park	Newcastle Falcons	13-25
Rugby	Manchester	26-38
Sale Sharks	Coventry	37-19
Tynedale	Worcester	12-76
Wakefield	Bracknell	31-23

Fifth Round (Nov 11 & 12)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Gloucester	Leicester Tigers	13-25
Harlequins	Manchester	38-8
London Welsh	London Irish	10-33
Newcastle Falcons	Bristol Shoguns	32-16
Northampton Saints	Birmingham/Solihull	47-14
Sale Sharks	Rotherham	20-12
Saracens	Worcester	42-13
Wakefield Trinity	Waterloo	23-35

Quarter Finals (Dec 9 & 10)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Harlequins	Northampton	11-6
Leicester Tigers	Saracens	41-24
Newcastle Falcons	London Irish	33-20
Sale Sharks	Waterloo	59-12

Semi Finals (Jan 6)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Harlequins	Leicester Tigers	22-18
Newcastle Falcons	Sale Sharks	37-25

Final

24 February 2001

Newcastle Falcons	30-27	Harlequins
Try: Tom May 2 Dave Walder Jim Jenner Con: Jonny Wilkinson 2 Pen: Jonny Wilkinson 2	Report	Try: David Wilson Paul Burke Con: Paul Burke Pen: Paul Burke 5

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Ed Morrison (Bristol)


	15	Dave Walder
	14	Michael Stephenson
	13	Jamie Noon
	12	Tom May
	11	Va'aiga Tuigamala
	10	Jonny Wilkinson
	9	Gary Armstrong
	8	Jim Jenner
	7	Andrew Mower
	6	Robert Devonshire
	5	Doddie Weir (c)
	4	Stuart Grimes
	3	Marius Hurter
	2	Ross Nesdale
	1	Micky Ward
Replacements:
	16	Hall Charlton
	17	Liam Botham
	18	Gareth Maclure
	19	Ian Peel
	20	Mike Howe
	21	Hugh Vyvyan
	22	Richard Arnold
Coach:
Steve Bates


	15	Ryan O'Neill
	14	Nick Greenstock
	13	Will Greenwood
	12	Nick Burrows
	11	Brendon Daniel
	10	Paul Burke
	9	Matt Powell
	8	Roy Winters
	7	David Wilson (c)
	6	Pat Sanderson
	5	Steve White-Cooper
	4	Garrick Morgan
	3	Jon Dawson
	2	Keith Wood
	1	Jason Leonard
Replacements:
	16	Peter Richards
	17	Craig Chalmers
	18	Ben Gollings
	19	Bruce Starr
	20	Tani Fuga
	21	Alex Codling
	22	Rory Jenkins
Coach:
Mark Evans

References

↑ "Newcastle fly past at the last". Guardian.
↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

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[1] "Newcastle fly past at the last". Guardian.

[2] "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

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