2000–01 Rugby Union County Championship

English rugby union competition 2000–2001 Tetley's Bitter County Championship England Yorkshire 14 Cornwall 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 Tetley's Bitter Rugby Union County Championship was the 101st 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 2019-03-22 2021-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043322/https://www.countyrugby.com/county_finals_1.html dead Yorkshire won their 14th title by defeating Cornwall in the final.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9YZUp0 Hands, david. "Yorkshire confirm their blossoming dominance." Times, 5 June 2000, p Times Digital Archives The competition had been devastated by the cancelling of fixtures due to flooding in 2000 and a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001, so therefore the two previous years' winners Yorkshire and Cornwall met in a challenge match to decide the Championship.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/may/28/cricket.rugbyleague Kirkby puts the fizz into seven-up Yorkshire The Guardian 28 May 2001 Final 26 May 2001 Yorkshire 47–19 Cornwall Dixon, penalty try, Kirkby 2, Scarbrough, Shepherd, Verity Liley (6) Hendy Larkins Larkins (4) 4,000 Twickenham D Pearson (Northumberland) Danny Scarbrough Stuart Dixon Jon Shepherd Summers Mark Kirkby Rob Liley Dave Scully Simon Bunting John Lawn (capt) Rod Latham Cook Manuel Mark Sowerby Hedley Verity BerkeReplacements: Wainwright (for Liley 72min) Andy Brown (for Scully 48min) James Hawken Steve Larkins Andy Hymans Shane Kirman Adryan Winnan James Hendy Ian Sanders (capt) Neil Douch Neil Clark Nick Croker Lee Soper S O'Sullivan Ali Durant Ian Boase Laka WaqinivereReplacements: Hobson (for Croker 51min) Joynt (for O'Sullivan 49min)Coach: Barry Trevaskis See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England References Rugby Union County Championship Category:County Championship (rugby union) seasons