The 2000–2001 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the 30th edition of England's rugby union club competition. Newcastle Falcons won the competition defeating Harlequins in the final. The event was sponsored by Tetley's Brewery and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.

Draw and results

First round (Sep 23) Team one Team two ScoreDarlington Aspatria 32–15Darlington Mowden Park Broughton Park 38–14Dorchester Staines 24–21Dunstablians Dudley Kingswinford 26–34Gloucester Old Boys Cheltenham 17–29Gordano Camborne 31–22Halifax Tynedale 18–19Havant Harlow 31–17Launceston Truro 26–20Leicester Lions Scunthorpe 28–14Liverpool St Helens Driffield 33–28Longton Hinckley ?Norwich Westcombe Park 3–7Old Colleians Basingstoke 39–3Selby West Park St Helens 14–20Swanage & Wareham Amersham & Chiltern 18–12Weston-super-Mare Barnstaple 15–46Whitchurch Spalding 22–9Wimbledon Haywards Heath 10–38Worthing Cheshunt 8–9

Second round (Oct 7) Team one Team two ScoreBarking Tabard 24–8Blackheath Swanage & Wareham 9–7Bracknell Dorchester 45–0Camberley Barnstaple 28–26Cheshunt Clifton 18–12Darlington Mowden Park West Park St Helens 21–3Fylde Whitchurch 16–11Havant Penzance & Newlyn 13–32Launceston Gordano 40–10Liverpool St Helens Nuneaton 23–7New Brighton Leicester Lions 40–17Newbury Haywards Heath 45–21Nottingham Morley 19–23Old Colleians North Walsham 17–21Plymouth Westcombe Park 54–6Preston Grasshoppers Bedford Athletic 49–19Reading Cheltenham 49–8Redruth Esher 10–14Rosslyn Park Lydney 30–3Rugby Harrogate 16–15Sandal Tynedale 14–15Sedgley Park Kendal 17–9Stourbridge Doncaster 13–9Walsall Dudley Kingswinford 17–21Wharfedale Darlington 28–17West Hartlepool Longton 8–15

Third round (Oct 21) Team one Team two ScoreBarking Rosslyn Park 17–29Bedford Sedgley Park 45–15Birmingham/Solihull Orrell 29–25Bracknell Cheshunt 33–3Coventry Preston Grasshoppers 30–19Darlington Mowden Park North Walsham 27–10Esher Camberley 38–24Exeter Stourbridge 29–15Fylde Manchester 10–33Leeds Tykes Morley 100–0Liverpool St Helens Rugby 17–0London Welsh Blackheath 44–3Moseley Worcester 6-34New Brighton Newbury 15–11Otley Henley Hawks 26–24Penzance & Newlyn Wakefield 22–25Plymouth Wharfedale 21–11Reading Launceston 31–25Tynedale Longton 23–11Waterloo Dudley Kingswinford 57–27

Fourth round (Nov 4 & 5) Team one Team two ScoreBath Gloucester 18–24Bedford Saracens 24–54Birmingham & Solihull Darlington Mowden Park 16–10Bristol London Wasps 22–17Esher Waterloo 26–27Exeter London Irish 12–57Leicester Tigers Otley 83–11New Brighton London Welsh 17–32Northampton Saints Leeds Tykes 73–35Plymouth Harlequins 8-36Reading Rotherham 27–46Rosslyn Park Newcastle Falcons 13–25Rugby Manchester 26–38Sale Sharks Coventry 37–19Tynedale Worcester 12–76Wakefield Bracknell 31–23

Fifth round (Nov 11 & 12) Team one Team two ScoreGloucester Leicester Tigers 13-25Harlequins Manchester 38-8London Welsh London Irish 10-33Newcastle Falcons Bristol Shoguns 32-16Northampton Saints Birmingham/Solihull 47-14Sale Sharks Rotherham 20-12Saracens Worcester 42-13Wakefield Trinity Waterloo 23-35

Quarter-finals (Dec 9 & 10) Team one Team two Score Harlequins Northampton 11-6Leicester Tigers Saracens 41-24Newcastle Falcons London Irish 33-20Sale Sharks Waterloo 59-12

Semi-finals (Jan 6) Team one Team two ScoreHarlequins Leicester Tigers 22-18Newcastle Falcons Sale Sharks 37-25

Final

15 Dave Walder 14 Michael Stephenson 13 Jamie Noon 12 Tom May 11 Va'aiga Tuigamala 10 Jonny Wilkinson 9 Gary Armstrong 8 Jim Jenner 7 Andrew Mower 6 Robert Devonshire 5 Doddie Weir (c) 4 Stuart Grimes 3 Marius Hurter 2 Ross Nesdale 1 Micky Ward Replacements: 16 Hall Charlton 17 Liam Botham 18 Gareth Maclure 19 Ian Peel 20 Mike Howe 21 Hugh Vyvyan 22 Richard ArnoldCoach: Steve Bates 15 Ryan O'Neill 14 Nick Greenstock 13 Will Greenwood 12 Nick Burrows 11 Brendon Daniel 10 Paul Burke 9 Matt Powell 8 Roy Winters 7 David Wilson (c) 6 Pat Sanderson 5 Steve White-Cooper 4 Garrick Morgan 3 Jon Dawson 2 Keith Wood 1 Jason Leonard Replacements: 16 Peter Richards 17 Craig Chalmers 18 Ben Gollings 19 Bruce Starr 20 Tani Fuga 21 Alex Codling 22 Rory JenkinsCoach: Mark Evans

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