2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League

2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League
Countries  Scotland  Wales
Champions Wales Llanelli RFC
Runners-up Wales Newport RFC
Matches played 110

Llanelli won the third and final Welsh-Scottish League.[1][2][3][4]

2001-2002 League Table

The top 5 Welsh teams plus Glasgow and Edinburgh qualified for next season's Heineken Cup. At the end of this season Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby left the Scottish-Welsh League; making the 2002-03 a nine team Welsh Premier Division. The bottom side Caerphilly thus avoided regulation.

Team P W D L PF PA Tries Pts
Wales Llanelli RFC 2015055834026045
Wales Newport RFC 2014155764156843
Wales Neath RFC 2014066163666442
Wales Cardiff RFC 2013164984045640
Wales Swansea RFC 2011094514044233
Scotland Edinburgh 2010284985125532
Wales Pontypridd RFC 2090114414404127
Scotland Glasgow 2081114755275025
Wales Bridgend RFC 2071124985455022
Wales Ebbw Vale RFC 2050154076093615
Wales Caerphilly RFC 201019379798403

Results

With 11 teams in the league it was impossible to have an even round system where each team played one another in a weekend. (One team would always have to sit out.)

The fixture list was instead devised so that teams would fulfil their fixtures in weekend or mid-week slots.

Each team would play 20 rounds in total.

The first 4 or 5 rounds for each club were hosted jointly by the Celtic League (dependent on which Celtic League pool those teams were in).

Welsh-Scottish and Celtic League fixtures

These rounds counted both for the Welsh-Scottish League and for the Celtic League.

Pool A of the Celtic League had 8 teams, Pool B had 7 teams in total. Of that, Pool A had 6 Scottish-Welsh teams and Pool B had 5 Scottish-Welsh teams.

Thus Scottish and Welsh teams of Pool A had 5 matches against one another. Scottish and Welsh teams of Pool B had 4 matches against one another.

These matches were played first in allocated slots.

Slot 1

17 August 2001
Bridgend Wales 19 – 27 Wales Pontypridd
18 August 2001
Caerphilly Wales 13 – 43 Wales Neath

18 August 2001
Llanelli Wales 46 – 16 Wales Ebbw Vale

Slot 2

24 August 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales 18 – 13 Wales Pontypridd

24 August 2001
Neath Wales 25 – 14 Wales Cardiff

25 August 2001
Newport Wales 50 – 22 Wales Caerphilly

25 August 2001
Swansea Wales 16 – 25 Wales Bridgend

Slot 3

28 August 2001
Edinburgh Scotland 20 – 32 Wales Neath
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28 August 2001
Pontypridd Wales 6 – 11 Wales Swansea

29 August 2001
19:00
Bridgend Wales 50 – 15 Scotland Glasgow
Try: Adrian Durston
Gareth Thomas x 2
Gareth Jones
Maama Molitika
Con: Cerith Rees x 5
Pen: Cerith Rees x 5
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Report
Report
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Report		 Try: James Craig
Roland Reid
Con: Barry Irving
Pen: Barry Irving
Brewery Field
Attendance: 4,300
29 August 2001
Cardiff Wales 20 – 14 Wales Newport

Slot 4

1 September 2001
Caerphilly Wales 15 – 49 Wales Cardiff

1 September 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales 21 – 26 Wales Swansea

1 September 2001
Llanelli Wales 36 – 3 Wales Bridgend

1 September 2001
Newport Wales 29 – 11 Scotland Edinburgh

Slot 5

7 September 2001
Edinburgh Scotland 27 – 20 Wales Caerphilly

8 September 2001
Pontypridd Wales 17 – 19 Wales Llanelli

8 September 2001
Swansea Wales 13 – 21 Scotland Glasgow

Slot 6

11 September 2001
Cardiff Wales 32 - 24 Scotland Edinburgh

11 September 2001
Glasgow Scotland 58 - 22 Wales Ebbw Vale

11 September 2001
Llanelli Wales 21 - 27 Wales Swansea

Slot 7

14 September 2001
Glasgow Scotland 15 - 9 Wales Llanelli

15 September 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales 17 - 18 Wales Bridgend

15 September 2001
Neath Wales 11 - 19 Wales Newport

After 7 slots, each team had now played 4 or 5 rounds (depending on whether they were in Celtic League Pool A or B).

The remaining slots and rounds played were purely for the Welsh-Scottish League.

Welsh-Scottish League fixtures

Slot 8

22 September 2001
Bridgend Wales 26 - 35 Wales Newport

22 September 2001
Cardiff Wales 25 - 13 Wales Swansea

22 September 2001
Neath Wales 26 - 41 Wales Llanelli

22 September 2001
Pontypridd Wales 38 - 8 Wales Caerphilly

Slot 9

12 October 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales 15 - 10 Scotland Edinburgh

12 October 2001
Glasgow Scotland 40 - 22 Wales Caerphilly
Try: Cameron Blades
Alan Bulloch
Roland Reid x 2
Nathan Ross
Con: Tommy Hayes x 3
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 3
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Report		 Try: David Hawkins
Con: Luke Richards
Pen: Luke Richards x 4
Drop: Luke Richards
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2973
Referee: Malcolm McEwan (Hawick)

Slot 10

19 October 2001
Newport Wales 25 - 19 Wales Swansea

19 October 2001
Edinburgh Scotland 13 - 11 Wales Pontypridd

20 October 2001
Bridgend Wales 19 - 21 Wales Neath

20 October 2001
Caerphilly Wales 25 - 30 Wales Ebbw Vale

20 October 2001
Llanelli Wales 28 - 25 Wales Cardiff

Slot 11

1 December 2001
Swansea Wales 22 - 14 Wales Ebbw Vale

1 December 2001
postponed to
30 April 2002
Glasgow Scotland 19 - 22 Wales Cardiff
Try: Kenny Sinclair
Con: Kenny Sinclair
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4
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Report		 Try: M Allen
N Walne
Con: N Robinson
Pen: N Robinson x 4
Hughenden Stadium
Referee: John Steele (Dumfries)

Slot 12

7 December 2001
Edinburgh Scotland 27 - 22 Wales Bridgend

7 December 2001
Llanelli Wales 17 - 13 Wales Newport

8 December 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales 6 - 45 Wales Neath

8 December 2001
Swansea Wales 36 - 21 Wales Caerphilly

Slot 13

14 December 2001
Swansea Wales 3 - 12 Wales Pontypridd

15 December 2001
Bridgend Wales 28 - 24 Wales Ebbw Vale

15 December 2001
Caerphilly Wales 20 - 46 Wales Newport

15 December 2001
Cardiff Wales 16 - 12 Wales Neath

15 December 2001
Llanelli Wales 42 - 17 Scotland Edinburgh

Slot 14

21 December 2001
Edinburgh Scotland 51 - 18 Wales Swansea

21 December 2001
Llanelli Wales 39 - 27 Wales Neath

22 December 2001
Bridgend Wales 25 - 25 Wales Cardiff

22 December 2001
Caerphilly Wales 35 - 16 Scotland Glasgow
Try: David Hawkins
Geraint Lewis
Ben Watkins
Graham Thomas
Con: Luke Richards x 3
Pen: Luke Richards x 3
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Preview
Report
Report		 Try: Alan Bulloch
Graeme Beveridge
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 2
Virginia Park
Attendance: 650
Referee: Hugh Lewis (Pontypridd)
22 December 2001
Pontypridd Wales 33 - 13 Wales Ebbw Vale

Slot 15

26 December 2001
Cardiff Wales 28 - 20 Wales Pontypridd

26 December 2001
Neath Wales 38 - 33 Wales Caerphilly

26 December 2001
Newport Wales 35 - 25 Wales Ebbw Vale

26 December 2001
Swansea Wales 35 - 9 Wales Llanelli

26 December 2001
postponed to
29 March 2002
Glasgow Scotland 19 - 23 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Graeme Beveridge
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4
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Report
Report		 Try: David Officer
Kevin Utterson
Con: Duncan Hodge x 2
Pen: Duncan Hodge x 2
Drop: Duncan Hodge
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4358
Referee: Paddy O"Brien (New Zealand)

Slot 16

28 December 2001
Pontypridd Wales 6 - 33 Wales Newport

29 December 2001
Bridgend Wales 31 - 33 Wales Llanelli

29 December 2001
Caerphilly Wales 21 - 35 Scotland Edinburgh

29 December 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales 22 - 20 Wales Cardiff

29 December 2001
Neath Wales 31 - 15 Wales Swansea

Slot 17

18 January 2002
Newport Wales 24 - 9 Wales Llanelli

19 January 2002
Caerphilly Wales 16 - 36 Wales Pontypridd

19 January 2002
Cardiff Wales 29 - 12 Scotland Glasgow
Try: Matt Allen
Francois Mounier
Gary Powell
Rhys Williams
Con: Nicky Robinson x 3
Pen: Nicky Robinson
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Report
Report
Report		 Pen: Graeme Kiddie x 4
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4000
Referee: David R. Davies (Llanbradach)

Slot 18

8 February 2002
Ebbw Vale Wales 3 - 16 Wales Llanelli

8 February 2002
Edinburgh Wales 19 - 19 Wales Newport

9 February 2002
Caerphilly Wales 3 - 38 Wales Swansea

9 February 2002
Neath Wales 35 - 21 Wales Bridgend

9 February 2002
Pontypridd Wales 25 - 20 Scotland Glasgow
Try: Jason Lewis
Con: Nicky Little
Pen: Nicky Little x 5
Ceri Sweeney
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Report
Report
Report		 Try: Andrew Henderson
Rory Kerr
Con: Tommy Hayes x 2
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 2
Sardis Road
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Phil Fear (Llanharan)

Slot 19

22 February 2002
Edinburgh Scotland 13 - 13 Scotland Glasgow
Try: Derrick Lee
Martin Leslie
Pen: Brendan Laney
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Report		 Try: Alan Bulloch
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 2
Myreside
Attendance: 2732
Referee: Rob Dickson (Madras College FP)

Slot 20

8 March 2002
Pontypridd Wales 17 - 12 Wales Neath

9 March 2002
Caerphilly Wales 21 - 34 Wales Bridgend

9 March 2002
Cardiff Wales 26 - 16 Wales Ebbw Vale

9 March 2002
Swansea Wales 22 - 27 Scotland Edinburgh

Slot 21

15 March 2002
Ebbw Vale Wales 22 - 32 Wales Newport

15 March 2002
Glasgow Scotland 20 - 27 Wales Neath
Try: Jon Petrie
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 5
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Report		 Try: Gareth Llewellyn
Nathan Bonner-Evans
Con: Lee Jarvis
Pen: Lee Jarvis x 5
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2421
Referee: Iain Ramage (Berwick)
16 March 2002
Bridgend Wales 53 - 30 Scotland Edinburgh

16 March 2002
Llanelli Wales 62 - 18 Wales Caerphilly

16 March 2002
Pontypridd Wales 18 - 21 Wales Cardiff

Slot 22

13 April 2002
Neath Wales 46 - 8 Scotland Glasgow
Try: Kevin James x 4
Gareth Morris
Barry Williams
Dave Tiueti
Andrew Howell
Con: Lee Jarvis x 3
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Report
Report
Report
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Report		 Try: Michael Bartlett
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Calvin Howarth
The Gnoll
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Hugh Watkins (WRU)

Slot 23

16 April 2002
Llanelli Wales 26 - 20 Wales Pontypridd

17 April 2002
Cardiff Wales 27 - 16 Wales Caerphilly

17 April 2002
Newport Wales 20 - 36 Wales Neath

Slot 24

19 April 2002
Edinburgh Scotland 32 - 10 Wales Cardiff

19 April 2002
Pontypridd Wales 32 - 13 Wales Bridgend

20 April 2002
Llanelli Wales 40 - 14 Scotland Glasgow
Try: Mark Jones x 3
Leigh Davies
Salesi Finau
Con: Gareth Bowen x 3
Pen: Gareth Bowen x 3
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Report		 Try: Jon Steel
Pen: Calvin Howarth x 3
Stradey Park
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Colin Saunders (Wales)
20 April 2002
Neath Wales 50 - 8 Wales Ebbw Vale

20 April 2002
Swansea Wales 52 - 13 Wales Newport

Slot 25

23 April 2002
Edinburgh Scotland 49 - 31 Wales Ebbw Vale

Slot 26

26 April 2002
Newport Wales 14 - 17 Wales Cardiff

27 April 2002
Bridgend Wales 6 - 21 Wales Swansea

27 April 2002
Ebbw Vale Wales 18 - 37 Scotland Glasgow
Try: Rhys Shorney
Iestyn Thomas
Con: Gareth Cull
Pen: Gareth Cull x 2
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Report
Report
Report		 Try: Graeme Beveridge x 2
Donnie Macfadyen x 2
Glenn Metcalfe
Con: Tommy Hayes x 2
Calvin Howarth
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 2
Eugene Cross Park
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Keri Evans (WRU)
27 April 2002
Neath Wales 36 - 3 Wales Edinburgh

Slot 27

3 May 2002
Edinburgh Scotland 40 - 8 Wales Llanelli

3 May 2002
Glasgow Scotland 26 - 28 Wales Newport
Try: Calvin Howarth
Rory Kerr
Roland Reid
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes
Calvin Howarth x 2
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Report		 Try: Llyr Lane
Matt Mostyn x 2
Con: Shane Howarth x 2
Pen: Shane Howarth
Jason Strange x 2
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: John Hogg (Hawick)
3 May 2002
Neath Wales 47 - 14 Wales Pontypridd

4 May 2002
Bridgend Wales 33 - 24 Wales Caerphilly

4 May 2002
Swansea Wales 24 - 20 Wales Cardiff

Slot 28

7 May 2002
Caerphilly Wales 6 - 54 Wales Llanelli

7 May 2002
Cardiff Wales 47 - 27 Wales Bridgend

7 May 2002
Swansea Wales 20 - 16 Wales Neath

8 May 2002
Newport Wales 34 - 23 Wales Pontypridd

Slot 29

10 May 2002
Cardiff Wales 25 - 28 Wales Llanelli

10 May 2002
Ebbw Vale Wales 66 - 20 Wales Caerphilly

10 May 2002
Glasgow Scotland 37 - 20 Wales Swansea
Try: Jon Steel
Kenny Sinclair
Jon Petrie
Con: Tommy Hayes
Calvin Howarth
Pen: Tommy Hayes x 5
Drop: James McLaren
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Report
Report		 Try: Matt Taylor
Nik Witkowski
Selilio Martens
Con: Gavin Henson
Pen: Gavin Henson
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3560
Referee: Andy Ireland (Edinburgh Referees Society)
11 May 2002
Newport Wales 38 - 29 Wales Bridgend

11 May 2002
Pontypridd Wales 59 - 27 Scotland Edinburgh

References

  1. ↑ "- The history of rugby through its competitions".
  2. ↑ "BBC SPORT - Rugby Union - Celtic - Welsh-Scottish League 2001/2".
  3. ↑ "The end is nigh for Welsh/Scottish League". ESPN scrum.
  4. ↑ "BBC SPORT - CELTIC - Welsh/Scottish League Q&A".
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