The 1974–75 RFU National KO competition was the fourth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bedford won the competition defeating Rosslyn Park in the final. The final was held at Twickenham Stadium. This Final was the last appearance at Twickenham of one of England's finest players Budge Rogers.
Draw and results
First round Team one Team two ScoreBournemouth Bedford 6-66 Nottingham Sale 6-16Blackheath Wasps 9–3Coventry Bradford 40–10Bristol Plymouth Albion 7–6Northampton Gosforth 4–7Solihull Liverpool 6–7 Falmouth Bath 9-9*Aylesbury London Scottish 12–39 Rosslyn Park London Welsh 22–9Morpeth Stockwood Park 10–0Maidstone London Irish 16-19Moseley Wilmslow 15–7Streatham-Croydon Richmond 3–10 Morley Waterloo 16-7Gloucester St Luke's College 21–3 Progress to next round as away team*
Second round Team one Team two ScoreBedford Sale 23-3Blackheath Coventry 6-32Bristol Gosforth 3-13Liverpool Bath 6-12London Scottish Rosslyn Park 6-11Morpeth London Irish 19-3Moseley Gloucester 10-7Richmond Morley 14-6
Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Bath Morpeth 9-13Bedford Gosforth 12-6Richmond Coventry 0-3Rosslyn Park Moseley 21-7
Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreBedford Coventry 13-6Morpeth Rosslyn Park 6-28
Final
15 Tony Jorden 14 Bob Demming 13 Richard Chadwick 12 John Howard 11 Derek Wyatt 10 Neil Bennett 9 Alun Lewis 1 Brian Keen 2 Norman Barker 3 Chris Bailward 4 Clive Hooker 5 Bob Wilkinson 6 Andy Hollins 7 Budge Rogers (c) 8 Foster EdwardsReplacements (none used): 16 Chris Davies 17 Ashley Johnson 18 David Jackson 19 Guy Fletcher 20 Steve Wells 21 Brian PageCoach: Patrick Briggs 15 Ray Codd 14 Rob Fisher 13 Chris Saville 12 Mark Bazalgette 11 David McKay 10 Phil Treseder 9 Lionel Weston 1 Les Barlow 2 Phil Keith-Roach (c) 3 Paddy Hinton 4 Tony Rodgers 5 Neil Mantell 6 Paul Anderson 7 Geoff Link 8 Andy RipleyCoach: Peter Berryman / Glen Robertson
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