2001–02 Powergen Cup

2001–2002 Powergen Cup
Tournament statistics
← 2000-01 (Previous)	(Next) 2002-2003 →

The 2001-2002 Powergen Cup was the thirty-first edition of England's rugby union club competition. London Irish won the competition defeating Northampton Saints in the final.^[1]^[2] The event was sponsored by Powergen and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[3]

Draw and Results

First Round (Sep 15)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bromsgrove	Darlington Mowden Park	6-48
Doncaster	Sandal	41-8
Dudley Kingswinford	West Hartlepool	59-3
Hull Ionians	Westoe	13-12
Morley	Liverpool St Helens	23-28
Morpeth	Bedford Athletic	17-32
New Brighton	Whitchurch	35-21
Nuneaton	Tynedale	17-9
Scunthorpe	Winnington Park	20-18
Walsall	Blaydon	17-21
Barking	Old Patesians	26-16
Barnstaple	Launceston	7-35
Blackheath	Haywards Heath	26-11
Kettering	Lydney	16-29
Marlow	Clifton	24-14
Norwich	Redruth	22-13
Penzance & Newlyn	Cinderford	80-12
Staines	North Walsham	15-28
Stroud	Camberley	32-12
Swanage & Wareham	Old Colleians	10-32
Tabard	London Nigerians	23-38
Westcombe Park	Reading	16-18

Second Round (Sep 29)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bedford Athletic	Preston Grasshoppers	16-44
Blaydon	Fylde	22-28
Dudley Kingswinford	Nottingham	36-3
Kendal	Doncaster	30-17
Liverpool St Helens	Hull Ionians	37-15
New Brighton	Harrogate	13-5
Nuneaton	Wharfedale	31-29
Orrell	Scunthorpe	83-8
Sedgley Park	Stourbridge	33-13
Waterloo	Darlington Mowden Park	20-32
Barking	Old Colleians	27-18
Blackheath	Newbury	18-37 aet
Launceston	Esher	19-10
London Nigerians	Marlow	18-15
Lydney	Reading	21-10
North Walsham	Penzance & Newlyn	20-10
Norwich	Stroud	21-16
Rosslyn Park	Plymouth	15-6

Third Round (Oct 13)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bedford	Wakefield	19-22
Darlington Mowden Park	Dudley Kingswinford	31-25
Henley Hawks	Liverpool St Helens	54-14
Kendal	Manchester	6-16
Launceston	Exeter	26-40
London Nigerians	London Welsh	8-43
Lydney	Worcester	0-45
Moseley	North Walsham	25-17
Newbury	Barking	36-23
Norwich	Fylde	20-32
Nuneaton	New Brighton	31-7
Otley	Bracknell	23-19
Preston Grasshoppers	Birmingham & Solihull	15-59
Rosslyn Park	Orrell	32-40
Rotherham	Rugby	48-3
Sedgley Park	Coventry	22-40

Fourth Round (Nov 3)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Birmingham & Solihull	Wakefield	35-6
Darlington Mowden Park	Manchester	27-39
Exeter	London Welsh	30-3
Henley Hawks	Otley	48-30
Moseley	Worcester	3-50
Newbury	Nuneaton	29-8
Orrell	Fylde	37-9
Rotherham	Coventry	51-27

Fifth Round (Nov 26)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Birmingham & Solihull	Henley Hawks	35-22
Manchester	Exeter	20-30
Newbury	Orrell	25-30
Worcester	Rotherham	19-26

Sixth Round (Dec 15 & 16)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bath	London Irish	12-20
Bristol Shoguns	Gloucester	23-37
Leicester Tigers	Exeter	27-0
Newcastle Falcons	London Wasps	24-22
Northampton Saints	Birmingham & Solihull	32-19
Orrell	Leeds Tykes	22-31
Sale Sharks	Harlequins	25-32
Saracens	Rotherham	43-17

Quarter Finals (Jan 19)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Harlequins	Leicester Tigers	22-20
Leeds Tykes	Newcastle Falcons	24-41
London Irish	Gloucester	25-10
Saracens	Northampton Saints	28-30

Semi Finals (Mar 9)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Northampton Saints	Newcastle Falcons	38-7
Harlequins	London Irish	27-32

Final

20 April 2002

London Irish	38-7	Northampton Saints
Try: Geoff Appleford 2 Justin Bishop 2 Michael Horak Con: Barry Everitt 5 Pen: Barry Everitt		Try: Ben Cohen Con: Paul Grayson

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Steve Lander (Liverpool)


	15	Michael Horak
	14	Paul Sackey
	13	Geoff Appleford
	12	Brendan Venter (player/coach)
	11	Justin Bishop
	10	Barry Everitt
	9	Hentie Martens
	8	Chris Sheasby
	7	Declan Danaher
	6	Eddie Halvey
	5	Steve Williams
	4	Ryan Strudwick (c)
	3	Rob Hardwick
	2	Naka Drotské
	1	Mike Worsley
Replacements:
	16	Richard Kirke
	17	Simon Halford
	18	Glenn Delaney
	19	James Cockle
	20	Darren Edwards
	21	James Brown
	22	Rob Hoadley
Coach:
Brendan Venter


	15	Nick Beal
	14	Craig Moir
	13	Peter Jorgensen
	12	John Leslie
	11	Ben Cohen
	10	Paul Grayson
	9	Matt Dawson
	8	Grant Seeley
	7	Budge Pountney (c)
	6	Andrew Blowers
	5	Olivier Brouzet
	4	Johan Ackermann
	3	Mattie Stewart
	2	Steve Thompson
	1	Tom Smith
Replacements:
	16	Dan Richmond
	17	Robbie Morris
	18	Jon Phillips
	19	Andrew Rennick
	20	Dominic Malone
	21	Mark Tucker
	22	James Brooks
Coach:
Wayne Smith

References

↑ "Exiles claim Cup glory". BBC Sport.
↑ "Dream start to Exiles' grand ambition". The Guardian.
↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Exiles claim Cup glory". BBC Sport.

[2] "Dream start to Exiles' grand ambition". The Guardian.

[3] "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

Anglo-Welsh Cup
RFU National Competition	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Anglo-Welsh Cup	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2016–17 2017–18