The 1977–78 John Player Cup was the seventh edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gloucester won the competition defeating Leicester in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2]
1977, john, player, seventh, edition, england, premier, rugby, union, club, competition, time, gloucester, competition, defeating, leicester, final, event, sponsored, john, player, cigarettes, final, held, twickenham, stadium, tournament, statistics, 1976, pre. The 1977 78 John Player Cup was the seventh edition of England s premier rugby union club competition at the time Gloucester won the competition defeating Leicester in the final 1 The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium 2 1977 78 John Player CupTournament statistics 1976 77 Previous Next 1978 79 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 ScoreLeicester Hartlepool Rovers 9 3Gloucester Lydney 38 6US Portsmouth Harlequins 6 19Liverpool Sale 18 4Coventry Wilmslow 7 6Bristol Falmouth 19 6Richmond Wasps 9 9 Walsall Northampton 8 16Rosslyn Park High Wycombe 58 0Morley Gosforth 3 12Esher London Irish 10 22Saracens London WelshExeter Bath 20 6Moseley Blackheath 38 12Waterloo Bedford 10 4Nottingham WakefieldProgressed as away team Second round Edit Team one Team two ScoreLeicester Rosslyn Park 25 16Gloucester Gosforth 19 10Harlequins London Irish 17 15Liverpool London Welsh 13 9Coventry Exeter 34 0Bristol Moseley 14 0Wasps Waterloo 10 9Northampton Wakefield 21 4Quarter finals Edit Team one Team two ScoreHarlequins Liverpool 18 6Coventry Bristol 16 13Gloucester Wasps 13 3Leicester Northampton 20 11Semi finals Edit Team one Team two ScoreLeicester Coventry 25 16Gloucester Harlequins 12 6Final Edit 15 April 1978Gloucester6 3LeicesterTry Richard Mogg Con Peter ButlerPen Dusty HareTwickenham Stadium London Attendance 24 000Referee Roger Quittenton London 15 Peter Butler14 Bob Clewes13 Brian Vine12 Richard Jardine11 Richard Mogg10 Christopher Williams9 Paul Howell8 John Simonett7 Vivian Wooley6 John Watkins c 5 John Fidler4 Stephen Boyle3 Mike Burton2 Stephen Mills1 Gordon SargentReplacements 16 Ron Etheridge17 Dave Pointon18 Peter Kingston19 Mike Curran20 Fred Reed21 Eddie PinkneyCoach O Dusty HareN John DugganM Paul DodgeL Brian Hall c K Bob BarkerJ Bleddyn JonesI Steve KenneyG Dave ForfarH Garry AdeyF Steve JohnsonE Arthur HazelriggD Nick JoyceC Steve RedfernB Peter WheelerA Ray NeedhamReplacements P Robin MoneyQ Bill ReichwaldR Tim WalleyS Angus CollingtonT John WhiteU Dosser SmithCoach Chalkie WhiteReferences Edit Jenkins Vivian 1979 Rothmans Rugby Yearbook Brickfield Publications Ltd ISBN 0354 09087 9 Times Archives Oxfordshire Libraries Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1977 78 John Player Cup amp oldid 1129814987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
