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. The event was sponsored by Powergen and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.

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