1998–99 Tetley's Bitter Cup

English rugby union competition 1998–99 Tetley's Bitter Cup England knockout Twickenham Stadium Wasps 1 Newcastle Falcons 1997–98 1997–98 Tetley's Bitter Cup 1999–00 1999–2000 Tetley's Bitter Cup The 1998–99 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the 28th edition of England's rugby union club competition. Wasps won the competition defeating Newcastle Falcons in the final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/344901.stm Sport: Rugby Union Wasps win Cup at last BBC Sport The event was sponsored by Tetley's Brewery 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 (19 September) Home Away ScoreAspatria Bedford Athletic 17-32Banbury Scunthorpe 5-27Barkers Butts Macclesfield 17-24Bromsgrove Sedgley Park 10-34Cheshunt Morpeth 33-26Clevedon Barking 7-32Clifton Esher 3-60Doncaster Walsall 30-19Guildford & Godalming Bridgwater 18-28Hinckley Nuneaton 20-24Hull Ionians Egremont 59-0Kendal Broadstreet 13-12Launceston North Walsham 32-18Malvern Sandal 14-52Metropolitan Police Cheltenham 34-8New Brighton Lichfield 33-8Norwich Winchester 15-23Penzance & Newlyn Cambridge 32-13Plymouth Redruth 32-18Preston Grasshoppers Kenilworth 43-6Ruislip Old Colleians 9-43Spartans Havant 10-24Swanage & Wareham Abbey 33-7Tabard Wimbledon 26-23Torquay Athletic Maidenhead 15-29Tynedale Winnington Park 47-10Westcombe Park Bracknell 14-21Weston-super-Mare Ipswich 34-26Whitchurch Aspull 32-10 Second round (17 October) Home Away ScoreBridgwater Rosslyn Park 15-49Esher Tabard 41-3Henley Hawks Havant 100-19Hull Ionians Macclesfield 13-3Kendal Liverpool 20-7Lydney Camberley 44-34Maidenhead Launceston 22-21Metropolitan Police Winchester 25-14New Brighton Nuneaton 25-10Newbury Cheshunt 37-13Nottingham Preston Grasshoppers 50-3Old Colleians Swanage & Wareham 23-32Otley Morley 18-20Plymouth Barking 13-18Reading Penzance & Newlyn 21-5Sandal Doncaster 6-3Scunthorpe Harrogate 0-29Sedgley Park Manchester 20-17Tynedale Stourbridge 22-30Weston-super-Mare Bracknell 15-42Wharfedale Birmingham & Solihull 27-5Whitchurch Bedford Athletic 23-15 Third round (14 November) Home Away ScoreBlackheath Sedgley Park 21-22Bracknell Metropolitan Police 13-6Bristol Sandal 55-0Coventry Worcester 26-36Esher Harrogate 42-17Exeter Whitchurch 81-11Hull Ionians Newbury 7-31Lydney Stourbridge 44-5Morley Maidenhead 39-25Moseley Fylde 22-15Nottingham Wharfedale 27-17Reading Orrell 12-23Rosslyn Park Henley Hawks 12-16Rotherham London Welsh 8-6Rugby Leeds 7-68Swanage & Wareham Barking 6-36Wakefield Kendal 8-16Waterloo New Brighton 34-23 Fourth round (11 January) Home Away ScoreBedford Henley Hawks 22-29Bristol London Irish 19-43Gloucester Worcester 31-17Harlequins Esher 46-10Kendal London Scottish 20-25Leicester Barking 65-6Morley Saracens 8-76Moseley Lydney 23-25Newcastle Falcons Bath 25-22Nottingham Exeter 8-24Rotherham Leeds 24-27Richmond Newbury 46-12Sale Northampton 31-47Sedgley Park Wasps 3-53Waterloo Orrell 16-11 aetWest Hartlepool Bracknell 34-14 Fifth round (30 January) Team One Team Two ScoreGloucester Henley Hawks 31–9Leicester Leeds Tykes 49–0London Scottish Harlequins 33–37Lydney Saracens 0–40Northampton London Irish 6–21Richmond Exeter 37–10Wasps Waterloo 27–10West Hartlepool Newcastle Falcons 21–32 Quarter-finals (27 February) Home Away Score Gloucester Harlequins 15–13Newcastle Falcons Saracens 15–0Richmond Leicester 15-–3Wasps London Irish 19–3 Semi-finals (3 & 4 April) Home Away ScoreRichmond Newcastle Falcons 3–20Wasps Gloucester 35–21 Final 15 May 1999 Wasps 29–19 Newcastle Falcons Alex KingJosh Lewsey Gareth Rees 2 Gareth Rees 4 Alex King Va'aiga Tuigamala Jonny Wilkinson Jonny Wilkinson 4 Twickenham Stadium, London 48,000 Steve Lander (Liverpool) _thickblackthinwhitehoops _black white horizontal _thickblackthinwhitehoops _goldstripe F1AD00 F1AD00 F1AD00 000000 000000 Wasps _whitelines _DCU_96h _whitelines _white_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_white 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 Newcastle Falcons 15Canada Gareth Rees 14England Josh Lewsey 13England Fraser Waters 12England Mark Denney 11England Paul Sampson 10England Alex King 9England Andy Gomarsall 8England Peter Scrivener 7England Joe Worsley 6England Lawrence Dallaglio 5England Simon Shaw 4New Zealand Mark Weedon (c) 3England Will Green 2Samoa Trevor Leota 1England Darren MolloyReplacements: 16England Mike Friday 17Scotland Kenny Logan 18Ireland rugby union Rob Henderson 19England Dinos Alexopoulos 20England Joe Beardshaw 21England Paul Volley 22England Adam BlackCoach: Rob Smith 15England Stuart Legg 14England Jim Naylor 13England Martin Shaw 12England Tom May 11New Zealand Va'aiga Tuigamala 10England Jonny Wilkinson 9Scotland Gary Armstrong (c) 8Scotland Ross Beattie 7New Zealand Richard Arnold 6Scotland Peter Walton 5Scotland Doddie Weir 4England Gareth Archer 3South Africa Marius Hurter 2Ireland rugby union Ross Nesdale 1Scotland George GrahamReplacements: 16England Hall Charlton 17England Peter Massey 18England Tony Underwood 19England Richard Horton 20England Ian Peel 21England Hugh Vyvyan 22England Jimmy CartmellCoach:England Steve Bates References 1998-99 Category:1998–99 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:1998–99 in English rugby union