2001–02 Powergen Cup

2001–02 Powergen Cup
2001–02 Powergen Cup
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The 2001–02 Powergen Cup was the 31st 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)

London

Northampton


	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.

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

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

[3] "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

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