2002–03 Powergen Cup

2002–2003 Powergen Cup

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The 2002-2003 Powergen Cup was the thirty-second 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]

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: James Simpson-Daniel 2 James Forrester Marcel Garvey Con: Ludovic Mercier 4 Pen: Ludovic Mercier 3 Drop: Ludovic Mercier		Try: Nick Beal Con: Paul Grayson Pen: Paul Grayson 5

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


	15	Tinus 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

References

↑ "Clockwatch: Powergen Cup final". BBC Sport.
↑ "Powergen Cup final: Gloucester show the best of England again". The Telegraph.
↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

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