1996–97 Pilkington Cup

English rugby union competition 1996–97 Pilkington Cup Leicester Tigers 5 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Pilkington Cup was the 26th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition. Leicester won the competition defeating Sale in the final.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-stransky-kicks-wind-out-of-sale-1260993.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-stransky-kicks-wind-out-of-sale-1260993.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Rugby Union: Stransky kicks wind out of Sale The Independent The event was sponsored by Pilkington 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 (Sep 14) Team one Team two ScoreBarking Barnstaple 18-31Birmingham & Solihull Old Halesonians 37-8Bishop Stortford Bicester 13-26Bradford & Bingley Aspatria 13-26Bridgwater & Albion Newbury 22-46Bridlington Nuneaton 23-16Camberley Plymouth 24-24*Camp Hill Wigton 17-35Charlton Park Askeans 11-28Derby Blaydon 12-13Esher Ruislip 20-3Gosport & Fareham Weston-Super-Mare 12-19Haywards Heath Beckenham 31-10Henley Westcombe Park 84-10Launceston Cheltenham 25-37Lichfield Winnington Park 19-21Longton Sheffield 16-26Manchester Scunthorpe 37-10Marlow Norwich 0-6Metropolitan Police Sutton & Epsom 47-18New Brighton Hereford 29-13North Walsham Gloucester Old Boys 17-18Preston Grasshoppers Stoke-on-Trent 28-10Southend High Wycombe 24-41Staines Gloucester Saras 27-20Stourbridge Kendal 17-28Sutton Coldfield Sandal 15-22Swanage & Wareham Berry Hill 41-8Tabard Bracknell 19-30Westleigh Tynedale 19-20Widnes Ampthill 30-17Worcester Vale of Lune 59-8 Second round (Oct 12) Team one Team two ScoreAskeans Swanage & Wareham 18-21Barnstaple Plymouth 27-14Bishop Stortford Metropolitan Police 22*-22Bridlington Blaydon 15-7Cheltenham Worcester 30-22Gloucester Old Boys Newbury 13-26Haywards Heath Bracknell 24-58Manchester Wigton 19-31New Brighton Preston Grasshoppers 12-24Norwich Esher 12-38Sandal Tynedale 16-9Sheffield Kendal 29-31Staines Henley 20-31Weston-Super-Mare High Wycombe 23-6Widnes Birmingham & Solihull 19-9Winnington Park Aspatria 19-46 Progressed to next round by virtue of scoring more tries* Third round (Nov 2) Team one Team two ScoreBridlington Wigton 22-30Cheltenham Henley 23-19Esher Bracknell 26-15Exeter Barnstaple 32-3Leeds Redruth 96-6Liverpool St Helens Walsall 30-20London Welsh Reading 11-16Morley Aspatria 30-26Newbury Clifton 58-12Otley Wharfedale 34-27Preston Grasshoppers Fylde 24-12Rosslyn Park Havant 27-15Sandal Kendal 20-32Swanage & Wareham Lydney 9-26Weston-super-Mare Bishop Stortford 23-11Widnes Harrogate 12-7 Fourth round (Dec 21 & 22) Team one Team two ScoreBath London Irish 33-0Bristol Blackheath 60-17Coventry Kendal 79-17Gloucester Leeds 55-20Harlequins Cheltenham 47-11Leicester Newbury 26-21Moseley Wigton 49-6Newcastle West Hartlepool 51-10Nottingham London Scottish 11-25Orrell Bedford 34-31Preston Grasshoppers Northampton 11-40Reading Saracens 3-41Rotherham Rosslyn Park 41-26Sale Richmond 34-30Wakefield Waterloo 22-17Wasps Rugby 84-8 Fifth round (Jan 25 & 26) Team one Team two ScoreBath Leicester 28-39Gloucester Bristol 18-12London Scottish Newcastle 15-39Northampton Coventry 26-17Orrell Sale 0-57Rotherham Harlequins 23-42Saracens Wasps 21-17Wakefield Moseley 24-14 Quarter-finals (Feb 22 & 23) Team one Team two Score Harlequins Saracens 28-21Newcastle Leicester 8-18Northampton Sale 9-22Wakefield Gloucester 21-25 Semi-finals (Mar 29) Team one Team two ScoreGloucester Leicester 13-26Sale Harlequins 26-16 Final 10 May 1997 Leicester 9–3 Sale Joel Stransky 3 Simon Mannix Twickenham Stadium, London 75,000 Brian Campsall (Yorkshire) _leicester99rugbykit _leicester99rugbykit _leicester99rugbykit _leicestersocks 008000 008000 FFFFFF 000000 Leicester _white hoops _whitehoops _white hoops _hoops white 000099 000099 000099 000099 000099 Sale O Ireland rugby union Niall Malone N Scotland Craig Joiner M England Will Greenwood L England Stuart Potter K England Leon Lloyd J South Africa Joel Stransky I England Austin Healey G Ireland rugby union Eric Miller H England Neil Back F England John Wells E England Matt Poole D England Martin Johnson (c) C England Darren Garforth B England Richard Cockerill A England Graham RowntreeReplacements: P England Rob Liley Q England Aadel Kardooni R England Bill Drake-Lee S England Dean Richards T England Dorian West U England Steve HackneyDir of Rugby: Australia Bob Dwyer 15 England Jim Mallinder (c) 14 England David Rees 13 England Jos Baxendell 12 England Adrian Hadley 11 England Tom Beim 10 New Zealand Simon Mannix 9 England Dewi Morris 8 New Zealand John Mitchell 7 Ireland rugby union Dylan O'Grady 6 England Neil Ashurst 5 England Dave Baldwin 4 England Dave Erskine 3 England Paul Smith 2 England Steve Diamond 1 England Paul WinstanleyReplacements: 16 John O'Reilly 17 Chris Yates 18 Andy Morris 19 Sean Fletcher 20 Luke Hewson 21 Murray DriverCoach: References 1996-97 Category:1996–97 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:1996–97 in English rugby union