2001–02 Powergen Cup

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.^[1][2] The event was sponsored by Powergen and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[3]

2001–02 Powergen Cup
Tournament statistics
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Draw and results

First round (Sep 15)

Team one	Team two	Score
Bromsgrove	Darlington Mowden Park	6-48
Doncaster	Sandal	41-8
Dudley Kingswinford	West Hartlepool	59-3
Hull Ionians	Westoe	13-12
Morley	Liverpool St Helens	23-28
Morpeth	Bedford Athletic	17-32
New Brighton	Whitchurch	35-21
Nuneaton	Tynedale	17-9
Scunthorpe	Winnington Park	20-18
Walsall	Blaydon	17-21
Barking	Old Patesians	26-16
Barnstaple	Launceston	7-35
Blackheath	Haywards Heath	26-11
Kettering	Lydney	16-29
Marlow	Clifton	24-14
Norwich	Redruth	22-13
Penzance & Newlyn	Cinderford	80-12
Staines	North Walsham	15-28
Stroud	Camberley	32-12
Swanage & Wareham	Old Colleians	10-32
Tabard	London Nigerians	23-38
Westcombe Park	Reading	16-18

Second round (Sep 29)

Team one	Team two	Score
Bedford Athletic	Preston Grasshoppers	16-44
Blaydon	Fylde	22-28
Dudley Kingswinford	Nottingham	36-3
Kendal	Doncaster	30-17
Liverpool St Helens	Hull Ionians	37-15
New Brighton	Harrogate	13-5
Nuneaton	Wharfedale	31-29
Orrell	Scunthorpe	83-8
Sedgley Park	Stourbridge	33-13
Waterloo	Darlington Mowden Park	20-32
Barking	Old Colleians	27-18
Blackheath	Newbury	18-37 aet
Launceston	Esher	19-10
London Nigerians	Marlow	18-15
Lydney	Reading	21-10
North Walsham	Penzance & Newlyn	20-10
Norwich	Stroud	21-16
Rosslyn Park	Plymouth	15-6

Third round (Oct 13)

Team one	Team two	Score
Bedford	Wakefield	19-22
Darlington Mowden Park	Dudley Kingswinford	31-25
Henley Hawks	Liverpool St Helens	54-14
Kendal	Manchester	6-16
Launceston	Exeter	26-40
London Nigerians	London Welsh	8-43
Lydney	Worcester	0-45
Moseley	North Walsham	25-17
Newbury	Barking	36-23
Norwich	Fylde	20-32
Nuneaton	New Brighton	31-7
Otley	Bracknell	23-19
Preston Grasshoppers	Birmingham & Solihull	15-59
Rosslyn Park	Orrell	32-40
Rotherham	Rugby	48-3
Sedgley Park	Coventry	22-40

Fourth round (Nov 3)

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham & Solihull	Wakefield	35-6
Darlington Mowden Park	Manchester	27-39
Exeter	London Welsh	30-3
Henley Hawks	Otley	48-30
Moseley	Worcester	3-50
Newbury	Nuneaton	29-8
Orrell	Fylde	37-9
Rotherham	Coventry	51-27

Fifth round (Nov 26)

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham & Solihull	Henley Hawks	35-22
Manchester	Exeter	20-30
Newbury	Orrell	25-30
Worcester	Rotherham	19-26

Sixth round (Dec 15 & 16)

Team one	Team two	Score
Bath	London Irish	12-20
Bristol Shoguns	Gloucester	23-37
Leicester Tigers	Exeter	27-0
Newcastle Falcons	London Wasps	24-22
Northampton Saints	Birmingham & Solihull	32-19
Orrell	Leeds Tykes	22-31
Sale Sharks	Harlequins	25-32
Saracens	Rotherham	43-17

Quarter-finals (Jan 19)

Team one	Team two	Score
Harlequins	Leicester Tigers	22-20
Leeds Tykes	Newcastle Falcons	24-41
London Irish	Gloucester	25-10
Saracens	Northampton Saints	28-30

Semi-finals (Mar 9)

Team one	Team two	Score
Northampton Saints	Newcastle Falcons	38-7
Harlequins	London Irish	27-32

Final

20 April 2002

London Irish	38–7	Northampton Saints
Try: Geoff Appleford 2 Justin Bishop 2 Michael Horak Con: Barry Everitt 5 Pen: Barry Everitt		Try: Ben Cohen Con: Paul Grayson

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Steve Lander (Liverpool)

London

Northampton

15 Michael Horak 14 Paul Sackey 13 Geoff Appleford 12 Brendan Venter (player/coach) 11 Justin Bishop 10 Barry Everitt 9 Hentie Martens 8 Chris Sheasby 7 Declan Danaher 6 Eddie Halvey 5 Steve Williams 4 Ryan Strudwick (c) 3 Rob Hardwick 2 Naka Drotské 1 Mike Worsley Replacements: 16 Richard Kirke 17 Simon Halford 18 Glenn Delaney 19 James Cockle 20 Darren Edwards 21 James Brown 22 Rob Hoadley Coach: Brendan Venter

15 Nick Beal 14 Craig Moir 13 Peter Jorgensen 12 John Leslie 11 Ben Cohen 10 Paul Grayson 9 Matt Dawson 8 Grant Seeley 7 Budge Pountney (c) 6 Andrew Blowers 5 Olivier Brouzet 4 Johan Ackermann 3 Mattie Stewart 2 Steve Thompson 1 Tom Smith Replacements: 16 Dan Richmond 17 Robbie Morris 18 Jon Phillips 19 Andrew Rennick 20 Dominic Malone 21 Mark Tucker 22 James Brooks Coach: Wayne Smith