The 1976–77 John Player Cup was the sixth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gosforth won the competition for the second consecutive year defeating Waterloo in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2]
1976, john, player, sixth, edition, england, premier, rugby, union, club, competition, time, gosforth, competition, second, consecutive, year, defeating, waterloo, final, event, sponsored, john, player, cigarettes, final, held, twickenham, stadium, tournament,. The 1976 77 John Player Cup was the sixth edition of England s premier rugby union club competition at the time Gosforth won the competition for the second consecutive year defeating Waterloo in the final 1 The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium 2 1976 77 John Player CupTournament statistics 1975 76 Previous Next 1977 78 Contents 1 Draw and results 1 1 First round 1 2 Second round 1 3 Quarter finals 1 4 Semi finals 1 5 Final 2 ReferencesDraw and results EditFirst round Edit Team one Team two ScoreBedford Hartlepool Rovers 17 10Fylde Solihull 20 10Harlequins Gloucester 9 17Gosforth Coventry 12 6London Welsh Bath 18 3Moseley Sale 13 3Saracens Maidenhead RFC 8 0Waterloo London Irish 12 9Exeter Rosslyn Park 6 25Weston super Mare Gordon League RFC 0 15Esher Bristol 3 15Salisbury RFC Fullerians RFC 0 15Northampton Widnes RFC 21 10Wakefield Leicester 6 17Richmond London Scottish 17 3Middlesbrough Birmingham 6 3Second round Edit Team one Team two ScoreBedford Rosslyn Park 20 3Fylde Gordon League RFC 9 4Gloucester Bristol 12 3Gosforth Fullerians RFC 48 0London Welsh Northampton 17 11Moseley Leicester 23 9Saracens Richmond 15 7Waterloo Middlesbrough 17 10Quarter finals Edit Team one Team two ScoreFylde Saracens 8 18Waterloo Bedford 27 25Moseley London Welsh 10 10 Gosforth Gloucester 3 0Progressed as away team Semi finals Edit Team one Team two ScoreLondon Welsh Gosforth 12 18Waterloo Saracens 11 6Final Edit 16 April 1977Gosforth27 11WaterlooTry Dave Robinson 2 Peter Dixon Stuart Archer John Hedley Con Brian Patrick 2 Pen Brian PatrickTry Steve Christopherson Steve Tickle Pen Ian BallTwickenham Stadium London Attendance 10 000Referee Peter Hughes Manchester 15 Brian Patrick14 Stuart Archer13 Harry Patrick12 Ken Britten11 Steve Gustard10 Richard Breakey9 Malcolm Young8 Roger Uttley c 7 Dave Robinson6 John Hedley5 Terry Roberts4 Peter Dixon3 Andy Cutter2 Duncan Madsen1 Colin WhiteCoach Jack Rowell 15 Steve Tickle14 Nick Spaven13 G T Jackson12 Steve Christopherson11 Mark Flett10 Ian Ball9 David Carfoot8 Laurie Connor7 K Hancock6 K F Short5 M F Billingham4 K Lunt3 D Reed2 Colin Fisher c 1 Frank BlackhurstCoach References Edit Jenkins Vivian 1977 Rothmans Rugby Yearbook Brickfield Publications Ltd ISBN 0354 09020 8 Times Archives Oxfordshire Libraries Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 77 John Player Cup amp oldid 1129814767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
