2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup

2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup 200px Official Logo EnglandWales Round-robin and knockout 30 September 2005 – 9 April 2006 16 27 Twickenham Stadium 57,212 ENG London Wasps 6 WAL Llanelli Scarlets 2004–05 2004–05 Powergen Cup 2006–07 2006–07 EDF Energy Cup The 2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup was the 35th annual rugby union cup competition in England, and the first since it incorporated the four Welsh regional sides to become the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Whereas the competition previously featured teams from the lower levels of the English rugby pyramid, this season it was contested by the 12 teams from the English Premiership and the four Welsh regional sides from the Celtic League. The competition began with a pool stage, in which each pool consisted of a Welsh region and three English sides, with each team playing the others in the group once. Pool matches were played in September, October and December 2005. The team that finished top of each pool advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 4 March 2006, and the final was played at Twickenham Stadium in London on 9 April. London Wasps beat Leicester Tigers 22–17 in their semi-final, while Llanelli Scarlets beat Bath 27–26 in theirs; Wasps then beat the Scarlets 26–10 in the final. Group stages Group A main WDL n y 4 2 points BAT ENG Bath GLO ENG Gloucester OSP WAL Ospreys BRI ENG Bristol 3 0 0 73 42 2 0 1 69 34 1 0 2 70 78 0 0 3 44 102 1 2 1 green1 C complete 1 October 2005 Bath ENG 25–10 Report ENG Bristol Recreation Ground, Bath 8,993 Rob Debney (England) 1 October 2005 Gloucester ENG 23–7 Report WAL Ospreys Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester 6,154 Roy Maybank (England) 9 October 2005 Bristol ENG 6–34 Report ENG Gloucester Memorial Stadium, Bristol 5,018 Sean Davey (England) 9 October 2005 Ospreys WAL 20–27 Report ENG Bath Liberty Stadium, Swansea 5,018 Nigel Owens (Wales) 3 December 2005 Bath ENG 21–12 Report ENG Gloucester Recreation Ground, Bath 8,563 Nigel Whitehouse (Wales) 4 December 2005 Bristol ENG 28–43 Report WAL Ospreys Memorial Stadium, Bristol 7,684 Bruce Robertson (England) Group B main WDL points n y 4 2 LWA ENG London Wasps CAR WAL Cardiff Blues LIR ENG London Irish SAR ENG Saracens 3 0 0 112 53 1 0 2 79 87 1 0 2 66 85 1 0 2 60 92 2 2 1 1 green1 C complete 1 October 2005 Cardiff Blues WAL 37–20 Report ENG Saracens Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 8,212 Phil Fear (Wales) 2 October 2005 London Irish ENG 26–30 Report ENG London Wasps Madejski Stadium, Reading 6,829 Ashley Rowden (England) 7 October 2005 London Wasps ENG 40–19 Report WAL Cardiff Blues Adams Park, High Wycombe 6,427 Chris White (England) 9 October 2005 Saracens ENG 32–13 Report ENG London Irish Vicarage Road, Watford 6,103 Dave Pearson (England) 4 December 2005 London Irish ENG 27–23 Report WAL Cardiff Blues Madejski Stadium, Reading 6,024 Sean Davey (England) 4 December 2005 London Wasps ENG 42–8 Report ENG Saracens Adams Park, High Wycombe 6,377 Ashley Rowden (England) Group C main WDL points n y 4 2 LLA WAL Llanelli Scarlets NEW ENG Newcastle Falcons SAL ENG Sale Sharks LEE ENG Leeds Tykes 3 0 0 74 50 1 1 1 72 49 1 0 2 77 68 0 1 2 35 91 2 2 green1 C complete 2 October 2005 Leeds Tykes ENG 7–28 Report WAL Llanelli Scarlets Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds 2,582 Tony Spreadbury (England) 2 October 2005 Newcastle Falcons ENG 34–9 Report ENG Sale Sharks Kingston Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4,917 Sean Davey (England) 7 October 2005 Sale Sharks ENG 45–10 Report ENG Leeds Tykes Edgeley Park, Stockport 4,572 Martin Fox (England) 9 October 2005 Llanelli Scarlets WAL 22–20 Report ENG Newcastle Falcons Stradey Park, Llanelli 7,195 Nigel Whitehouse (Wales) 2 December 2005 Leeds Tykes ENG 18–18 Report ENG Newcastle Falcons Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds 3,316 Wayne Barnes (England) 2 December 2005 Llanelli Scarlets WAL 24–23 Report ENG Sale Sharks Stradey Park, Llanelli 6,835 Jean-Pierre Matheu (France) Group D main WDL points n y 4 2 LEI ENG Leicester Tigers NOR ENG Northampton Saints NEW WAL Newport Gwent Dragons WOR ENG Worcester Warriors 2 0 1 86 56 2 0 1 70 43 2 0 1 64 57 0 0 3 33 97 2 1 green1 C complete 30 September 2005 Newport Gwent Dragons WAL 24–15 Report ENG Leicester Tigers Rodney Parade, Newport 6,327 Nigel Owens (Wales) 1 October 2005 Worcester Warriors ENG 7–22 Report ENG Northampton Saints Sixways Stadium, Worcester 7,561 Martin Fox (England) 8 October 2005 Leicester Tigers ENG 42–16 Report ENG Worcester Warriors Welford Road Stadium, Leicester 8,642 Alain Rolland (Ireland) 8 October 2005 Northampton Saints ENG 42–16 Report WAL Newport Gwent Dragons Franklin's Gardens, Northampton 11,695 Tony Spreadbury (England) 3 December 2005 Leicester Tigers ENG 29–16 Report ENG Northampton Saints Welford Road Stadium, Leicester 11,072 Chris White (England) 3 December 2005 Newport Gwent Dragons WAL 33–10 Report ENG Worcester Warriors Rodney Parade, Newport 4,017 Neil Ballard (Wales) Semi-finals 4 March 2006 London Wasps ENG 22–17 Report ENG Leicester Tigers Erinle Staunton Staunton (5) VarndellLloydHipkiss Goode Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 50,811 Nigel Owens (Wales) 4 March 2006 Bath ENG 26–27 Report WAL Llanelli Scarlets CrockettMaddock Malone (2) Malone (4) DunleaKingM. Jones Hercus (3) Hercus (2) Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 50,811 Malcolm Changleng (Scotland) Final 9 April 2006 Llanelli Scarlets WAL 10–26 Report ENG London Wasps Voyce (2) Van Gisbergen (2) Van Gisbergen (3) King B. Davies Hercus Hercus Twickenham Stadium, London 57,212 Alan Lewis (Ireland)Replaced by Simon McDowell (Ireland) in the 41st minute FB 15WAL Barry DaviesRW 14WAL Mark JonesOC 13WAL Matthew WatkinsIC 12NZL Regan KingLW 11WAL Dafydd JamesFH 10USA Mike HercusSH 9 ENG Clive Stuart-SmithN8 8 WAL Alix PophamOF 7 WAL Gavin ThomasBF 6 IRE rugby union Simon Easterby (c) 27RL 5 WAL Adam JonesLL 4 TON Inoke Afeaki 67TP 3 WAL John Davies 64HK 2 WAL Matthew Rees 73LP 1 WAL Phil JohnReplacements:HK 16WAL Aled Gravelle 73PR 17WAL Martyn Madden 64LK 18WAL Vernon Cooper 67FL 19WAL Dafydd Jones 27SH 20WAL Liam DaviesFH 21WAL Gareth BowenFB 22WAL Garan EvansCoach:WAL Gareth Jenkins 350px FB 15ENG Mark van GisbergenRW 14ENG Paul SackeyOC 13ENG Josh LewseyIC 12ENG Stuart AbbottLW 11ENG Tom VoyceFH 10IRE rugby union Jeremy Staunton 54SH 9 IRE rugby union Eoin Reddan 54N8 8 ENG Lawrence Dallaglio (c)OF 7 IRE rugby union Johnny O'Connor 1BF 6 ENG Joe Worsley 78RL 5 ENG Richard BirkettLL 4 ENG Simon ShawTP 3 ENG Tim PayneHK 2 FRA Raphaël Ibañez 61LP 1 ENG Alistair McKenzie 29Replacements:HK 16NZL Joe Ward 61PR 17IRE rugby union Peter Bracken 31LK 18SAM Daniel Leo 1 31FL 19ENG James Haskell 78SH 20ENG Matt Dawson 54FH 21ENG Alex King 54CE 22ENG Ayoola ErinleCoach:ENG Shaun Edwards Notes See also 2005–06 English Premiership (rugby union) 2005–06 Celtic League External links Powergen Cup on RFU.com Category:2005–06 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:2005–06 English Premiership (rugby union) Category:2005–06 in Welsh rugby union 2005-06