1981–82 John Player Cup
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The 1981–82 John Player Cup was the 11th 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 [ edit ] First round [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Team one Team two Score Gloucester Sale 13-6 Moseley Liverpool 15-13 Coventry Harlequins 24-12 Leicester Gosforth 18-9
Semi-finals [ edit ] Team one Team two Score Moseley Leicester 12-4 Coventry Gloucester 9-18
15 Martin Cooper 14 John Goodwin 13 Jon Desborough 12 Dave Shorrock 11 Richard Lawson 10 Mike Perry 9 Steve Sutherland 1 Trevor Corless 2 Gary Cox 3 Steve Acaster 4 John Davidson 5 Al Recardo 6 Dave Warren 8 Derek Nutt (c ) 7 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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