The 1983–84 John Player Cup was the 13th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Bristol in the final. The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.

Draw and results

First round Team one Team two ScoreBetteshanger Colliery Worthing 11–20Norwich Guildford & Godalming 9–3Richmond Saracens 22–16Tabard U.S. Portsmouth 9–15Aspatria West Hartlepool 3-20Morley Alsager College 38–4Fylde Alnwick 43–21Newark Dudley Kingswinford 28–6Nottingham Solihull 29–3Nuneaton Walsall 19–6Vipers Bedford Athletic 18–9High Wycombe Launceston 7–0Henley Maidenhead 12-12 *Old Redcliffians Devon & Cornwall Police 7–6Stroud Bournemouth 15–0

Second round Team one Team two ScoreHigh Wycombe Lydney 18–28Norwich Henley 21–15Nottingham Newark 36–3Nuneaton Fylde 33–21Richmond U.S. Portsmouth 43–0Southend KCS Old Boys 24–3Stroud Dartfordians 18–4Vipers Stourbridge 3–13West Hartlepool Morley 6-6Worthing Old Redcliffians 6-25

Third round Team one Team two ScoreNorwich Bristol 3-24Nuneaton Richmond 6–9

Fourth round Team one Team two ScoreBristol London Welsh 36-8Plymouth Argyle Harlequins 16-17Waterloo Richmond 26-19Coventry London Irish 16-7London Scottish Northampton 34-6Moseley Nottingham 3-10Orrell Wasps 15-15*Blackheath Bath 12-41 Wasps progress due to more tries*

Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Waterloo Bristol 9-12Nottingham London Scottish 22-16Coventry Harlequins 16-24Bath Wasps 26-12

Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreNottingham Bath 3-12Bristol Harlequins 21-18

Final

15 Chris Martin 14 David Trick 13 Alun Rees 12 John Palmer 11 Barry Trevaskis 10 John Horton 9 Richard Hill 8 Paul Simpson 7 Roger Spurrell (c) 6 Nigel Redman 5 Nigel Gaymond 4 Jon Hall 3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 2 Rob Cunningham 1 Gareth ChilcottReplacements: 16 Alun Watkins 17 Chris Stanley 18 Greg Bess 19 Ronnie Hakin 20 Paul Turner 21 Chris LilleyCoach: Jack Rowell A Phil Cue B Alan Morley C Simon Hogg D Ralph Knibbs E John Carr F Stuart Barnes G Richard Harding H John Doubleday I Dave Palmer J Austin Sheppard KPeter Stiff L Nigel Pomphrey MPete Polledri N Mike Rafter (c) O D ChidgeyReplacements: 16 John Watson 17 Huw Duggan 18 Lawrence Yandell 19 Kevin Bogira 20 Darryll Hickey 21 Malcolm BakerCoach:Dave Tyler

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