2001–02 Powergen Cup

Rugby union club competition in England 2001–02 Powergen Cup 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 Powergen Cup was the 31st edition of England's rugby union club competition. London Irish won the competition defeating Northampton Saints in the final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/1937800.stm Exiles claim Cup glory BBC Sporthttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/apr/22/rugbyunion.londonirish Dream start to Exiles' grand ambition The Guardian 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 (Sep 15) Team one Team two ScoreBromsgrove Darlington Mowden Park 6-48Doncaster Sandal 41-8Dudley Kingswinford West Hartlepool 59-3Hull Ionians Westoe 13-12Morley Liverpool St Helens 23-28Morpeth Bedford Athletic 17-32New Brighton Whitchurch 35-21Nuneaton Tynedale 17-9Scunthorpe Winnington Park 20-18Walsall Blaydon 17-21Barking Old Patesians 26-16Barnstaple Launceston 7-35Blackheath Haywards Heath 26-11Kettering Lydney 16-29Marlow Clifton 24-14Norwich Redruth 22-13Penzance & Newlyn Cinderford 80-12Staines North Walsham 15-28Stroud Camberley 32-12Swanage & Wareham Old Colleians 10-32Tabard London Nigerians 23-38Westcombe Park Reading 16-18 Second round (Sep 29) Team one Team two ScoreBedford Athletic Preston Grasshoppers 16-44Blaydon Fylde 22-28Dudley Kingswinford Nottingham 36-3Kendal Doncaster 30-17Liverpool St Helens Hull Ionians 37-15New Brighton Harrogate 13-5Nuneaton Wharfedale 31-29Orrell Scunthorpe 83-8Sedgley Park Stourbridge 33-13Waterloo Darlington Mowden Park 20-32Barking Old Colleians 27-18Blackheath Newbury 18-37 aetLaunceston Esher 19-10London Nigerians Marlow 18-15Lydney Reading 21-10North Walsham Penzance & Newlyn 20-10Norwich Stroud 21-16Rosslyn Park Plymouth 15-6 Third round (Oct 13) Team one Team two ScoreBedford Wakefield 19-22Darlington Mowden Park Dudley Kingswinford 31-25Henley Hawks Liverpool St Helens 54-14Kendal Manchester 6-16Launceston Exeter 26-40London Nigerians London Welsh 8-43Lydney Worcester 0-45Moseley North Walsham 25-17Newbury Barking 36-23Norwich Fylde 20-32Nuneaton New Brighton 31-7Otley Bracknell 23-19Preston Grasshoppers Birmingham & Solihull 15-59Rosslyn Park Orrell 32-40Rotherham Rugby 48-3Sedgley Park Coventry 22-40 Fourth round (Nov 3) Team one Team two ScoreBirmingham & Solihull Wakefield 35-6Darlington Mowden Park Manchester 27-39Exeter London Welsh 30-3Henley Hawks Otley 48-30Moseley Worcester 3-50Newbury Nuneaton 29-8Orrell Fylde 37-9Rotherham Coventry 51-27 Fifth round (Nov 26) Team one Team two ScoreBirmingham & Solihull Henley Hawks 35-22Manchester Exeter 20-30Newbury Orrell 25-30Worcester Rotherham 19-26 Sixth round (Dec 15 & 16) Team one Team two ScoreBath London Irish 12-20Bristol Shoguns Gloucester 23-37Leicester Tigers Exeter 27-0Newcastle Falcons London Wasps 24-22Northampton Saints Birmingham & Solihull 32-19Orrell Leeds Tykes 22-31Sale Sharks Harlequins 25-32Saracens Rotherham 43-17 Quarter-finals (Jan 19) Team one Team two Score Harlequins Leicester Tigers 22-20Leeds Tykes Newcastle Falcons 24-41London Irish Gloucester 25-10Saracens Northampton Saints 28-30 Semi-finals (Mar 9) Team one Team two ScoreNorthampton Saints Newcastle Falcons 38-7Harlequins London Irish 27-32 Final 20 April 2002 London Irish 38–7 Northampton Saints Geoff Appleford 2Justin Bishop 2Michael Horak Barry Everitt 5 Barry Everitt Ben Cohen Paul Grayson Twickenham Stadium, London 75,000 Steve Lander (Liverpool) _collarblack _whitetop 006600 006600 006600 000000 000000 London _greenshoulders _greenshoulders _goldtop cc0000 cc0000 cc0000 000000 cc0000 Northampton 15England Michael Horak 14England Paul Sackey 13England Geoff Appleford 12South Africa Brendan Venter (player/coach) 11Ireland rugby union Justin Bishop 10Ireland rugby union Barry Everitt 9South Africa Hentie Martens 8England Chris Sheasby 7England Declan Danaher 6Ireland rugby union Eddie Halvey 5Wales Steve Williams 4South Africa Ryan Strudwick (c) 3England Rob Hardwick 2South Africa Naka Drotské 1England Mike WorsleyReplacements: 16New Zealand Richard Kirke 17New Zealand Simon Halford 18New Zealand Glenn Delaney 19England James Cockle 20Wales Darren Edwards 21England James Brown 22England Rob HoadleyCoach:South Africa Brendan Venter 15England Nick Beal 14Scotland Craig Moir 13Australia Peter Jorgensen 12Scotland John Leslie 11England Ben Cohen 10England Paul Grayson 9England Matt Dawson 8England Grant Seeley 7Scotland Budge Pountney (c) 6New Zealand Andrew Blowers 5France Olivier Brouzet 4South Africa Johan Ackermann 3Scotland Mattie Stewart 2England Steve Thompson 1Scotland Tom SmithReplacements: 16England Dan Richmond 17England Robbie Morris 18England Jon Phillips 19Scotland Andrew Rennick 20England Dominic Malone 21South Africa Mark Tucker 22England James BrooksCoach: Wayne Smith References Category:2001–02 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:2001–02 in English rugby union 2001-02