Powergen Cup - Definition

For the Rugby League Powergen Challenge Cup see Challenge Cup

The Powergen Cup (centre) seen in the London Irish clubhouse at Sunbury in 2002. Photo by Paul Warrender.

The Powergen Cup, previously the John Player Cup the Pilkington Cup, Tetley's Bitter Cup is the English rugby union knock-out cup competition. Bath have won it ten times, twice as many as the second most successful club, Leicester Tigers.

List of winners

By year

John Player Cup

• 1972 Gloucester
• 1973 Coventry
• 1974 Coventry
• 1975 Bedford
• 1976 Gosforth (now called Newcastle)
• 1977 Gosforth (now called Newcastle)
• 1978 Gloucester RFC
• 1979 Leicester
• 1980 Leicester
• 1981 Leicester
• 1982 Gloucester RFC
• 1983 Bristol
• 1984 Bath
• 1985 Bath
• 1986 Bath
• 1987 Bath
• 1988 Harlequins

Pilkington Cup

• 1989 Bath
• 1990 Bath
• 1991 Harlequins
• 1992 Bath
• 1993 Leicester
• 1994 Bath
• 1995 Bath
• 1996 Bath
• 1997 Leicester
• 1998 Saracens

Tetley's Bitter Cup

• 1999 Wasps
• 2000 Wasps

Powergen Cup

• 2001 Newcastle
• 2002 London Irish
• 2003 Gloucester RFC
• 2004 Newcastle

By number won

See also

• English Rugby Union teams
• Zurich Premiership
• Heineken Cup
• European Challenge Cup
• European Shield

External links

• English rugby news from the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/default.stm)
• Powergen Cup news from Planet Rugby (http://www.planet-rugby.com/Tournaments/Powergen_Cup/index.shtml) (warning: Popups)
• Site from the sponsors, Powergen (http://www.powergen.co.uk/index.asp?PgId=KvmYoS6S1vGrLNypNSMtjDftMKU%3D)