1975–76 John Player Cup

English rugby cup 1975–76 John Player Cup 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 John Player Cup was the fifth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gosforth won the competition defeating Rosslyn Park in the final. In the final Bob Mordell of Rosslyn Park punched Dave Robinson and was sent off after only ten minutes of the game.Jenkins Vivian Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1976 Brickfield Publications Ltd 0362-00281-9 The event was sponsored for the first time by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives Oxfordshire Libraries Draw and results First round Team one Team two ScoreLondon Welsh Richmond 21-6Orrell Sale 9-15Maidenhead RFC Wakefield 0-20Liverpool Leicester 10-7Havant Thurrock 12-4London Irish Saracens 16-3Rosslyn Park Marlow 41-3London Scottish Wasps 19-0Kettering Coventry 12-20Plymouth Albion Gloucester 3-9Moseley Nottingham 25-12Gosforth Hartlepool Rovers 35-9Headingley Roundhay 4-6Bath Bristol 15-24Penryn St Luke's College 32-7Northampton Bedford 9-6 Second round Team one Team two ScoreLondon Welsh Coventry 13-9Sale Gloucester 16-15Wakefield Moseley 10-9Liverpool Gosforth 12-19Havant Roundhay 3-24London Irish Bristol 3-14Rosslyn Park Penryn 39-3London Scottish Northampton 16-28 Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Sale London Welsh 16-14Roundhay Gosforth 3-14Wakefield Northampton 12-6Bristol Rosslyn Park 12-16 Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreSale Gosforth 3-12Rosslyn Park Wakefield 12-6 Final 24 April 1976 Gosforth 23–14 Rosslyn Park Brian PatrickTerry RobertsSteve GustardDave Robinson Malcolm Young (2) Malcolm Young Andy RipleyMike Bulpitt Charles Ralston Twickenham Stadium, London 7,500 Norman Sanson (Berkshire) 1 Brian Patrick 2 S M Griffin 3 Ken Britten 4 Harry Patrick 5 Steve Gustard 6 Richard Breakey 7 Malcolm Young (c) 8 Peter Dixon 9 A J Preston 10 Terry Roberts 11 John Short 12 Dave Robinson 13 Andy Cutter 14 Duncan Madsen 15 Colin WhiteReplacements: 16 Phil Levinson for Colin White (21m)Coach: Jack Rowell 1 Phil Treseder 2 Mike Bulpitt 3 Charles Kent 4 Steve Fluskey 5 Jim Moyes 6 Charles Ralston 7 Lionel Weston 8 Andy Ripley 9 Bob Mordell 10 Tony Rodgers 11 Neil Mantell 12 Dave Starling 13 Paddy Hinton 14 Phil Keith-Roach (c) 15 George Lloyd-RobertsReplacements: 16 Les Byrne for Phil Treseder (33m)Coach: Peter Berryman / Glen Robertson References Category:1975–76 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:1975–76 in English rugby union Category:RFU Knockout Cup