2002–03 Powergen Cup

2002–03 Powergen Cup 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Powergen Cup was the 32nd edition of England's rugby union club competition. Gloucester won the competition defeating Northampton Saints in the final.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/2920723.stm Clockwatch: Powergen Cup final BBC Sporthttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/paulackford/2399173/Powergen-Cup-final-Gloucester-show-the-best-of-England-again.html Powergen Cup final: Gloucester show the best of England again The Telegraph The event was sponsored by Powergen 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 ScoreAspatria Halifax 29-33Bedford Athletic Blaydon 36-3Darlington Mowden Park Preston Grasshoppers 40-38Dudley Kingswinford Waterloo 19-23New Brighton Darlington 32-19Nuneaton Macclesfield 39-22Scunthorpe Cleckheaton 14-28South Leicester Liverpool St Helens 28-26Tynedale Hull Ionians 19-13Walsall Broadstreet 13-31Barking Old Patesians 24-15Barnstaple Tabard 11-14Blackheath Weston-super-Mare 39-11Havant Reading 6-19Letchworth Garden City Camberley 29-12Lydney Basingstoke 23-8Penryn Redruth 13-28Richmond Westcombe Park 20-31Rosslyn Park Maidenhead 52-10Spalding Twickenham 46-27Staines North Walsham 3-71Worthing Old Colleians 24-18 Second round Team one Team two ScoreBedford Athletic Broadstreet 43-8Cleckheaton Nottingham 25-28Fylde South Leicester 22-13Halifax Sedgley Park 22-16Kendal Darlington Mowden Park 32-26Nuneaton Harrogate 29-17Storubridge Doncaster 19-11Tynedale Waterloo 32-37Wharfedale New Brighton 21-24Barking Reading 24-22Bracknell Redruth 51-21Esher Rosslyn Park 14-29Henley Hawks Launceston 46-10Lydney Letchworth Garden City 46-10Newbury Spalding 114-0Tabard Penzance/Newlyn 6-57Westcombe Park Blackheath 19-25Worthing North Walsham 3-3 Third round Team one Team two ScoreBarking Nottingham 13-33Bedford Athletic Orrell 11-74Bracknell Worcester 5-73Fylde Lydney 36-15Halifax Bedford 27-17Henley Hawks Wakefield 27-15Manchester Blackheath 57-0Moseley Waterloo 25-28New Brighton Otley 17-22North Walsham Kendal 33-29Nuneaton London Welsh 11-12Penzance/Newlyn Exeter 11-19Rosslyn Park Newbury 36-34Rotherham Coventry 61-12Rugby Birmingham/Solihull 25-39Stourbridge Plymouth Albion 20-48 Fourth round Team one Team two ScoreBirmingham/Solihull Fylde 44-14Henley Hawks Exeter 6-37London Welsh Nottingham 52-7Orrell North Walsham 47-12Otley Plymouth Albion 25-37Rosslyn Park Rotherham 7-83Waterloo Halifax 35-38Worcester Manchester 73-12 Fifth round Team one Team two ScoreHalifax Worcester 12-13London Welsh Exeter 13-36Rotherham Birmingham/Solihull 41-10Plymouth Albion Orrell 3-8 Sixth round Team one Team two ScoreSaracens Sale Sharks 26-20Bristol Shoguns Rotherham 19-24Newcastle Falcons London Irish 16-17Gloucester Exeter 35-6London Wasps Bath 17-20Leicester Tigers Worcester 36-9Orrell Northampton Saints 44-55Harlequins Leeds Tykes 17-13 Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Bath Northampton Saints 29-30London Irish Rotherham 30-11Gloucester Saracens 51-20Harlequins Leicester Tigers 12-19 Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreLondon Irish Northampton Saints 9-38Leicester Tigers Gloucester 11-16 Final 5 April 2003 Gloucester 40–22 Northampton Saints Simpson-Daniel 2ForresterGorvey Mercier 4 Mercier 3 Mercier Nick Beal Grayson Grayson 5 Twickenham Stadium, London 75,000 Tony Spreadbury (Somerset) _thin whitehoops _redtop_2whitestripes ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000066 000000 Gloucester _blackgold stripes _2 gold stripes 03927B 03927B 03927B 000000 000000 Northampton 15 Thinus Delport 14 Marcel Garvey 13 Terry Fanolua 12 Henry Paul 11 James Simpson-Daniel 10 Ludovic Mercier 9 Andy Gomarsall 8 James Forrester 7 Andy Hazell 6 Jake Boer (c) 5 Adam Eustace 4 Rob Fidler 3 Andy Deacon 2 Olivier Azam 1 Trevor WoodmanReplacements: 16 Clive Stuart-Smith 17 Simon Amor 18 Robert Todd 19 Chris Fortey 20 Rodrigo Roncero 21 Junior Paramore 22 Ed PearceCoach: Nigel Melville 15 Nick Beal 14 Bruce Reihana 13 Peter Jorgensen 12 John Leslie joint captain (c) 11 Ben Cohen 10 Paul Grayson 9 Matt Dawson 8 Andrew Blowers 7 Budge Pountney joint captain (c) 6 Mark Connors 5 Steve Williams 4 Matt Lord 3 Robbie Morris 2 Steve Thompson 1 Tom SmithReplacements: 16 Dan Richmond 17 Mattie Stewart 18 Grant Seeley 19 Darren Fox 20 Johnny Howard 21 James Brooks 22 Chris HyndmanCoach: Wayne Smith References Category:2002–03 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:2002–03 in English rugby union 2002-03