2001–02 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 2001–2002 Tetley's Bitter County Championship England Gloucestershire 17 Cheshire 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 Tetley's Bitter Rugby Union County Championship was the 102nd edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/english_county.html English County Championship Rugby Football Historyhttp://www.countyrugby.com/county_finals_1.html The County Finals County Rugby.com Gloucestershire won their 17th title after defeating Cheshire in the final.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/3028835/Cheshires-final-blow.html Cheshire's final blow The Telegraphhttps://www.cheshirerfu.co.uk/archive/2001%20-%202002/CHESHIRE%20V%20GLOUCESTERSHIRE%201ST%20JUNE%202002.pdf Tetley's County Championship Final Cheshire RFU Final 1 June 2002 Gloucestershire 26–23 Cheshire D Knight (2), P Knight Pollok Pollok (3) Jones, Sutton Brett (2) Brett (3) Twickenham Tim Miller 1 Tony Windo Worcester 2 Paul Price Lydney 3 Lee Fortey Birmingham & Solihull 4 Chris Raymond Old Patesianss 5 Dave Sims (capt) Worcester6 Rob James Stroud 7 Nathan Carter Worcester8 Julian Horrobin Coventry 9 Paul Knight Birmingham & Solihull 10 Steve Thompson Stroud11 Neal Ainscow Cheltenham 12 Mike Davies Caerphilly 13 Simon Martin Coventry 14 Scott Pollok Old Patesians 15 Dave Knight Birmingham & SolihullReplacements:16 Ed Crampton Stroud 17 John Farr Stroud 18 Kevin Dunn Gloucester Old Boys19 Virgil Hartland Old Patesians20 Andy Geary Army & Glamorgan Wanderers 21 Matt Dawson Old Patesians 22 Adam Tarplee StroudCoach: Mike Rafter 1 Scott Goodfellow Macclesfield 2 Ian Taylor Macclesfield 3 Steve Mannion Macclesfield 4 Andy Monighan Orrell 5 Richard Bradshaw Manchester 6 Geoff Jones (capt) Doncaster 7 James White Manchester 8 Jon Sewell New Brighton9 Chris Kinsey Lymm 10 Ian Kennedy Birkenhead Park 11 Martin Sutton Birkenhead Park 12 Andy Kahn Manchester13 Paul Brett New Brighton 14 David Strettle Lymm 15 Marcus Barrow ManchesterReplacements:16 Mark Dorrington New Brighton 17 Karl Davies New Brighton 18 Rob Bieniasz Manchester19 Jeremy Bostock Macclesfield20 Jon Shudall Birkenhead Park 21 James Moore Sale Sharks 22 Richard Hughes Manchester 23 Andy Perry Sale Jets 24 John Plant MacclesfieldCoach: Shaun Gallagher See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons