1981–82 John Player Cup
      
The 1981-1982 John Player Cup was the eleventh edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gloucester and Moseley shared the title  after  playing out a 12-12 draw in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2]
Draw and Results
First Round
|  Team One | 
 Team Two | 
 Score | 
| Liverpool	 | 	Morpeth	 | 	19-3 | 
| Birkenhead Park	 | 	Hartlepool Rovers	 | 	6-7 | 
| Aspatria	 | 	Roundhay	 | 	0-19 | 
| Northampton	 | 	Kettering	 | 	 | 
| Bournemouth	 | 	St Ives	 | 	10-18 | 
| Dartfordians	 | 	Hertford	 | 	4-11 | 
| Dudley Kingswinford	 | 	Nuneaton	 | 	9-27 | 
| Exeter University	 | 	Lydney	 | 	12-13 | 
| High Wycombe	 | 	Newbury	 | 	13-0 | 
| Saracens	 | 	US Portsmouth	 | 	10-4 | 
| Woodford	 | 	Old Gaytonians	 | 	19-6 | 
| Weston-super-Mare	 | 	Oxford	 | 	6-9 | 
| Walsall	 | 	Westleigh	 | 	24-15 | 
| Lewes	 | 	Streatham-Croydon	 | 	19-0 | 
Second Round
|  Team One | 
 Team Two | 
 Score | 
| Blackheath	 | 	Woodford	 | 	13-0 | 
| Hertford	 | 	Lydney	 | 	10-13 | 
| Lewes	 | 	St Ives	 | 	0-10 | 
| Nuneaton	 | 	Roundhay	 | 	10-7 | 
| Matson	 | 	Thurrock	 | 	12-12* | 
| Oxford	 | 	High Wycombe	 | 	9-10 | 
| Stamford	 | 	Liverpool	 | 	3-15 | 
| Stourbridge	 | 	Hartlepool Rovers	 | 	9-19 | 
| Walsall	 | 	Northampton	 | 	9-32 | 
| London Irish	 | 	Saracens	 | 	19-3 | 
Away team progress*
Third Round
|  Team One | 
 Team Two | 
 Score | 
| Exeter	 | 	Thurrock	 | 	7-0 | 
| Bath	 | 	Rosslyn Park	 | 	9-11 | 
| London Welsh	 | 	Lydney	 | 	16-3 | 
| Northampton	 | 	Morley	 | 	12-7 | 
| Waterloo	 | 	Nuneaton	 | 	3-0 | 
| St Ives	 | 	Bristol	 | 	6-16 | 
| Richmond	 | 	Metropolitan Police	 | 	10-20 | 
| Blackheath	 | 	London Scottish	 | 	3-16 | 
| Gloucester	 | 	High Wycombe	 | 	40-6 | 
| Nottingham	 | 	Sale	 | 	9-15 | 
| Moseley	 | 	Harrogate	 | 	17-4 | 
| Leicester	 | 	Hartlepool Rovers	 | 	53-19 | 
| London Irish 	 | 	Coventry	 | 	7-10 | 
| Orrell	 | 	Liverpool	 | 	12-15 | 
| Harlequins	 | 	Wasps	 | 	19-10 | 
| Bedford	 | 	Gosforth	 | 	3-14 | 
Fourth Round
|  Team One | 
 Team Two | 
 Score | 
| Gloucester	 | 	Exeter	 | 34-3 | 
| Sale	 | 	Rosslyn Park	 | 19-3 | 
| Moseley	 | 	London Welsh	 | 25-9 | 
| Leicester	 | 	Northampton	 | 23-10 | 
| Coventry	 | 	Waterloo	 | 29-9 | 
| Liverpool	 | 	Bristol	 | 12-10 | 
| Harlequins	 | 	Metropolitan Police	 | 28-6 | 
| Gosforth	 | 	London Scottish	 | 26-19 | 
Quarter Finals
|  Team One | 
 Team Two | 
 Score  | 
| Gloucester	 | 	Sale	 | 13-6 | 
| Moseley	 | 	Liverpool	 | 15-13 | 
| Coventry	 | 	Harlequins	 | 24-12 | 
| Leicester	 | 	Gosforth	 | 18-9 | 
Semi Finals
|  Team One | 
 Team Two | 
 Score | 
| Moseley	 | 	Leicester	 | 12-4 | 
| Coventry	 | 	Gloucester	 | 9-18 | 
Final
|   |  |  
|   | 15 |  Paul Ford |  
|   | 14 |  Peter Pritchard |  
|   | 13 |  Paul Taylor |  
|   | 12 |  Steven Parsloe |  
|   | 11 |  Richard Mogg |  
|   | 10 |  Leslie Jones |  
|   | 9 |  Steve Baker |  
|   | 8 |  Malcolm Preedy |  
|   | 7 |  Steve Mills (c) |  
|   | 6 |  Phil Blakeway |  
|   | 5 |  Steve Boyle |  
|   | 4 |  John Orwin   |  
|   | 3 |  John Gadd |  
|   | 2 |  Mike Teague |  
|   | 1 |  Mike Longstaff |  
| Replacements: |  
|   | 16 |  Nick Price |  
|   | 17 |  G Thomas |  
|   | 18 |  Paul Wood for Longstaff (65m) |  
|   | 19 |  John Fidler |  
|   | 20 |  Gordon Sargent |  
|   | 21 |  Kevin White |  
| Coach: |  
|  Dick Smith |  
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|   | 15 |  Martin Cooper  |  
|   | 14 |  John Goodwin  |  
|   | 13 |  Jon Desborough |  
|   | 12 |  Dave Shorrock |  
|   | 11 |  Richard Lawson |  
|   | 10 |  Mike Perry |  
|   | 9 |  I Sutherland  |  
|   | 8 |  Trevor Corless  |  
|   | 7 |  Gary Cox  |  
|   | 6 |  Steve Acaster |  
|   | 5 |  John Davidson |  
|   | 4 |  A Recardo |  
|   | 3 |  Dave Warren |  
|   | 2 |  Derek Nutt (c) |  
|   | 1 |  Nick Jeavons |  
| Replacements: |  
|   | 16 |  Phil Millington |  
|   | 17 |  Steve Morley |  
|   | 18 |  Ian Metcalfe |  
|   | 19 |  Bob Barr |  
|   | 20 |  Kevin Astley |  
|   | 21 |  Alan Thomas |  
| Coach: |  
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References
- ↑  Jenkins, Vivian (1981). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-907574-05-X. 
 - ↑  "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.