2002–03 Powergen Cup

The 2002–03 Powergen Cup was the 32nd edition of England's rugby union club competition. Gloucester 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]

2002–03 Powergen Cup
Tournament statistics
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Draw and results

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Aspatria	Halifax	29-33
Bedford Athletic	Blaydon	36-3
Darlington Mowden Park	Preston Grasshoppers	40-38
Dudley Kingswinford	Waterloo	19-23
New Brighton	Darlington	32-19
Nuneaton	Macclesfield	39-22
Scunthorpe	Cleckheaton	14-28
South Leicester	Liverpool St Helens	28-26
Tynedale	Hull Ionians	19-13
Walsall	Broadstreet	13-31
Barking	Old Patesians	24-15
Barnstaple	Tabard	11-14
Blackheath	Weston-super-Mare	39-11
Havant	Reading	6-19
Letchworth Garden City	Camberley	29-12
Lydney	Basingstoke	23-8
Penryn	Redruth	13-28
Richmond	Westcombe Park	20-31
Rosslyn Park	Maidenhead	52-10
Spalding	Twickenham	46-27
Staines	North Walsham	3-71
Worthing	Old Colleians	24-18

Second round

Team one	Team two	Score
Bedford Athletic	Broadstreet	43-8
Cleckheaton	Nottingham	25-28
Fylde	South Leicester	22-13
Halifax	Sedgley Park	22-16
Kendal	Darlington Mowden Park	32-26
Nuneaton	Harrogate	29-17
Storubridge	Doncaster	19-11
Tynedale	Waterloo	32-37
Wharfedale	New Brighton	21-24
Barking	Reading	24-22
Bracknell	Redruth	51-21
Esher	Rosslyn Park	14-29
Henley Hawks	Launceston	46-10
Lydney	Letchworth Garden City	46-10
Newbury	Spalding	114-0
Tabard	Penzance/Newlyn	6-57
Westcombe Park	Blackheath	19-25
Worthing	North Walsham	3-3

Third round

Team one	Team two	Score
Barking	Nottingham	13-33
Bedford Athletic	Orrell	11-74
Bracknell	Worcester	5-73
Fylde	Lydney	36-15
Halifax	Bedford	27-17
Henley Hawks	Wakefield	27-15
Manchester	Blackheath	57-0
Moseley	Waterloo	25-28
New Brighton	Otley	17-22
North Walsham	Kendal	33-29
Nuneaton	London Welsh	11-12
Penzance/Newlyn	Exeter	11-19
Rosslyn Park	Newbury	36-34
Rotherham	Coventry	61-12
Rugby	Birmingham/Solihull	25-39
Stourbridge	Plymouth Albion	20-48

Fourth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham/Solihull	Fylde	44-14
Henley Hawks	Exeter	6-37
London Welsh	Nottingham	52-7
Orrell	North Walsham	47-12
Otley	Plymouth Albion	25-37
Rosslyn Park	Rotherham	7-83
Waterloo	Halifax	35-38
Worcester	Manchester	73-12

Fifth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Halifax	Worcester	12-13
London Welsh	Exeter	13-36
Rotherham	Birmingham/Solihull	41-10
Plymouth Albion	Orrell	3-8

Sixth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Saracens	Sale Sharks	26-20
Bristol Shoguns	Rotherham	19-24
Newcastle Falcons	London Irish	16-17
Gloucester	Exeter	35-6
London Wasps	Bath	17-20
Leicester Tigers	Worcester	36-9
Orrell	Northampton Saints	44-55
Harlequins	Leeds Tykes	17-13

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Bath	Northampton Saints	29-30
London Irish	Rotherham	30-11
Gloucester	Saracens	51-20
Harlequins	Leicester Tigers	12-19

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
London Irish	Northampton Saints	9-38
Leicester Tigers	Gloucester	11-16

Final

5 April 2003

Gloucester	40–22	Northampton Saints
Try: Simpson-Daniel 2 Forrester Gorvey Con: Mercier 4 Pen: Mercier 3 Drop: Mercier		Try: Nick Beal Con: Grayson Pen: Grayson 5

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tony Spreadbury (Somerset)

Gloucester

Northampton

15 Thinus Delport 14 Marcel Garvey 13 Terry Fanolua 12 Henry Paul 11 James Simpson-Daniel 10 Ludovic Mercier 9 Andy Gomarsall 8 James Forrester 7 Andy Hazell 6 Jake Boer (c) 5 Adam Eustace 4 Rob Fidler 3 Andy Deacon 2 Olivier Azam 1 Trevor Woodman Replacements: 16 Clive Stuart-Smith 17 Simon Amor 18 Robert Todd 19 Chris Fortey 20 Rodrigo Roncero 21 Junior Paramore 22 Ed Pearce Coach: Nigel Melville

15 Nick Beal 14 Bruce Reihana 13 Peter Jorgensen 12 John Leslie joint captain (c) 11 Ben Cohen 10 Paul Grayson 9 Matt Dawson 8 Andrew Blowers 7 Budge Pountney joint captain (c) 6 Mark Connors 5 Steve Williams 4 Matt Lord 3 Robbie Morris 2 Steve Thompson 1 Tom Smith Replacements: 16 Dan Richmond 17 Mattie Stewart 18 Grant Seeley 19 Darren Fox 20 Johnny Howard 21 James Brooks 22 Chris Hyndman Coach: Wayne Smith