1976–77 John Player Cup

English rugby cup 1976–77 John Player Cup 1975–76 1977–78 The 1976–77 John Player Cup was the sixth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gosforth won the competition for the second consecutive year defeating Waterloo in the final.Jenkins Vivian Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1977 Brickfield Publications Ltd 0354-09020-8 The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes 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 ScoreBedford Hartlepool Rovers 17-10Fylde Solihull 20-10Harlequins Gloucester 9-17Gosforth Coventry 12-6London Welsh Bath 18-3Moseley Sale 13-3Saracens Maidenhead RFC 8-0Waterloo London Irish 12-9Exeter Rosslyn Park 6-25Weston-super-Mare Gordon League RFC 0-15Esher Bristol 3-15Salisbury RFC Fullerians RFC 0-15Northampton Widnes RFC 21-10Wakefield Leicester 6-17Richmond London Scottish 17-3Middlesbrough Birmingham 6-3 Second round Team one Team two Score Bedford Rosslyn Park 20-3 Fylde Gordon League RFC 9-4 Gloucester Bristol 12-3 Gosforth Fullerians RFC 48-0 London Welsh Northampton 17-11 Moseley Leicester 23-9 Saracens Richmond 15-7 Waterloo Middlesbrough 17-10 Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Fylde Saracens 8-18Waterloo Bedford 27-25Moseley London Welsh 10-10*Gosforth Gloucester 3-0 Progressed as away team* Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreLondon Welsh Gosforth 12-18Waterloo Saracens 11-6 Final 16 April 1977 Gosforth 27–11 Waterloo Dave Robinson (2)Peter DixonStuart ArcherJohn Hedley Brian Patrick (2) Brian Patrick Steve ChristophersonSteve Tickle Ian Ball Twickenham Stadium, London 10,000 Peter Hughes (Manchester) 15 Brian Patrick 14 Stuart Archer 13 Harry Patrick 12 Ken Britten 11 Steve Gustard 10 Richard Breakey 9 Malcolm Young 8 Roger Uttley (c) 7 Dave Robinson 6 John Hedley 5 Terry Roberts 4 Peter Dixon 3 Andy Cutter 2 Duncan Madsen 1 Colin WhiteCoach: Jack Rowell 15 Steve Tickle 14 Nick Spaven 13 G T Jackson 12 Steve Christopherson 11 Mark Flett 10 Ian Ball 9 David Carfoot 8 Laurie Connor 7 K Hancock 6 K F Short 5 M F Billingham 4 K Lunt 3 D Reed 2 Colin Fisher (c) 1 Frank BlackhurstCoach: References Category:1976–77 rugby union tournaments for clubs John Player Cup Category:RFU Knockout Cup