The 2001–02 Powergen Cup was the 31st edition of England's rugby union club competition. London Irish won the competition defeating Northampton Saints in the final. The event was sponsored by Powergen and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.
Draw and results
First round (Sep 15) Team one Team two ScoreBromsgrove Darlington Mowden Park 6-48Doncaster Sandal 41-8Dudley Kingswinford West Hartlepool 59-3Hull Ionians Westoe 13-12Morley Liverpool St Helens 23-28Morpeth Bedford Athletic 17-32New Brighton Whitchurch 35-21Nuneaton Tynedale 17-9Scunthorpe Winnington Park 20-18Walsall Blaydon 17-21Barking Old Patesians 26-16Barnstaple Launceston 7-35Blackheath Haywards Heath 26-11Kettering Lydney 16-29Marlow Clifton 24-14Norwich Redruth 22-13Penzance & Newlyn Cinderford 80-12Staines North Walsham 15-28Stroud Camberley 32-12Swanage & Wareham Old Colleians 10-32Tabard London Nigerians 23-38Westcombe Park Reading 16-18
Second round (Sep 29) Team one Team two ScoreBedford Athletic Preston Grasshoppers 16-44Blaydon Fylde 22-28Dudley Kingswinford Nottingham 36-3Kendal Doncaster 30-17Liverpool St Helens Hull Ionians 37-15New Brighton Harrogate 13-5Nuneaton Wharfedale 31-29Orrell Scunthorpe 83-8Sedgley Park Stourbridge 33-13Waterloo Darlington Mowden Park 20-32Barking Old Colleians 27-18Blackheath Newbury 18-37 aetLaunceston Esher 19-10London Nigerians Marlow 18-15Lydney Reading 21-10North Walsham Penzance & Newlyn 20-10Norwich Stroud 21-16Rosslyn Park Plymouth 15-6
Third round (Oct 13) Team one Team two ScoreBedford Wakefield 19-22Darlington Mowden Park Dudley Kingswinford 31-25Henley Hawks Liverpool St Helens 54-14Kendal Manchester 6-16Launceston Exeter 26-40London Nigerians London Welsh 8-43Lydney Worcester 0-45Moseley North Walsham 25-17Newbury Barking 36-23Norwich Fylde 20-32Nuneaton New Brighton 31-7Otley Bracknell 23-19Preston Grasshoppers Birmingham & Solihull 15-59Rosslyn Park Orrell 32-40Rotherham Rugby 48-3Sedgley Park Coventry 22-40
Fourth round (Nov 3) Team one Team two ScoreBirmingham & Solihull Wakefield 35-6Darlington Mowden Park Manchester 27-39Exeter London Welsh 30-3Henley Hawks Otley 48-30Moseley Worcester 3-50Newbury Nuneaton 29-8Orrell Fylde 37-9Rotherham Coventry 51-27
Fifth round (Nov 26) Team one Team two ScoreBirmingham & Solihull Henley Hawks 35-22Manchester Exeter 20-30Newbury Orrell 25-30Worcester Rotherham 19-26
Sixth round (Dec 15 & 16) Team one Team two ScoreBath London Irish 12-20Bristol Shoguns Gloucester 23-37Leicester Tigers Exeter 27-0Newcastle Falcons London Wasps 24-22Northampton Saints Birmingham & Solihull 32-19Orrell Leeds Tykes 22-31Sale Sharks Harlequins 25-32Saracens Rotherham 43-17
Quarter-finals (Jan 19) Team one Team two Score Harlequins Leicester Tigers 22-20Leeds Tykes Newcastle Falcons 24-41London Irish Gloucester 25-10Saracens Northampton Saints 28-30
Semi-finals (Mar 9) Team one Team two ScoreNorthampton Saints Newcastle Falcons 38-7Harlequins London Irish 27-32
Final
15 Michael Horak 14 Paul Sackey 13 Geoff Appleford 12 Brendan Venter (player/coach) 11 Justin Bishop 10 Barry Everitt 9 Hentie Martens 8 Chris Sheasby 7 Declan Danaher 6 Eddie Halvey 5 Steve Williams 4 Ryan Strudwick (c) 3 Rob Hardwick 2 Naka Drotské 1 Mike WorsleyReplacements: 16 Richard Kirke 17 Simon Halford 18 Glenn Delaney 19 James Cockle 20 Darren Edwards 21 James Brown 22 Rob HoadleyCoach: Brendan Venter 15 Nick Beal 14 Craig Moir 13 Peter Jorgensen 12 John Leslie 11 Ben Cohen 10 Paul Grayson 9 Matt Dawson 8 Grant Seeley 7 Budge Pountney (c) 6 Andrew Blowers 5 Olivier Brouzet 4 Johan Ackermann 3 Mattie Stewart 2 Steve Thompson 1 Tom SmithReplacements: 16 Dan Richmond 17 Robbie Morris 18 Jon Phillips 19 Andrew Rennick 20 Dominic Malone 21 Mark Tucker 22 James BrooksCoach: Wayne Smith
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