The 2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup was the 35th annual rugby union cup competition in England, and the first since it incorporated the four Welsh regional sides to become the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Whereas the competition previously featured teams from the lower levels of the English rugby pyramid, this season it was contested by the 12 teams from the English Premiership and the four Welsh regional sides from the Celtic League.
The competition began with a pool stage, in which each pool consisted of a Welsh region and three English sides, with each team playing the others in the group once. Pool matches were played in September, October and December 2005. The team that finished top of each pool advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 4 March 2006, and the final was played at Twickenham Stadium in London on 9 April.
London Wasps beat Leicester Tigers 22–17 in their semi-final, while Llanelli Scarlets beat Bath 27–26 in theirs; Wasps then beat the Scarlets 26–10 in the final.
Group stages
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Semi-finals
Final
FB 15 Barry DaviesRW 14 Mark JonesOC 13 Matthew WatkinsIC 12 Regan KingLW 11 Dafydd JamesFH 10 Mike HercusSH 9 Clive Stuart-SmithN8 8 Alix PophamOF 7 Gavin ThomasBF 6 Simon Easterby (c) RL 5 Adam JonesLL 4 Inoke Afeaki TP 3 John Davies HK 2 Matthew Rees LP 1 Phil JohnReplacements:HK 16 Aled Gravelle PR 17 Martyn Madden LK 18 Vernon Cooper FL 19 Dafydd Jones SH 20 Liam DaviesFH 21 Gareth BowenFB 22 Garan EvansCoach: Gareth Jenkins
FB 15 Mark van GisbergenRW 14 Paul SackeyOC 13 Josh LewseyIC 12 Stuart AbbottLW 11 Tom VoyceFH 10 Jeremy Staunton SH 9 Eoin Reddan N8 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (c)OF 7 Johnny O'Connor BF 6 Joe Worsley RL 5 Richard BirkettLL 4 Simon ShawTP 3 Tim PayneHK 2 Raphaël Ibañez LP 1 Alistair McKenzie Replacements:HK 16 Joe Ward PR 17 Peter Bracken LK 18 Daniel Leo FL 19 James Haskell SH 20 Matt Dawson FH 21 Alex King CE 22 Ayoola ErinleCoach: Shaun Edwards
Notes
See also 2005–06 English Premiership (rugby union) 2005–06 Celtic League
External links Powergen Cup on RFU.com