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1984–85 John Player Cup
The 1984–85 John Player Cup was the 14th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition for the second consecutive year defeating London Welsh in the final. The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium () in Twickenham, south-west London, England, is a rugby union stadium owned by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there. The England national rugby union team plays .... Draw and results First round +Result from Sat 22 Sep missing Second round Third round Away team progress* Fourth round Quarter-finals Coventry progress due to more tries* Semi-finals London Welsh progress due to more tries* Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:1984-85 John Player Cup 1984–85 rugby union tournaments for clubs 1984–85 in English rugby union RFU Knockout Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Welsh Cup
The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs. The competition was replaced by the Premiership Rugby Cup, involving only the 12 English Premiership clubs, beginning with the 2018–19 season. History Background RFU Knockout Cup From 1971 to 2005, English clubs played in the RFU Knockout Cup. At its formation, it was the highest honour that a club could win, as there were no nationally organised leagues until merit leagues were introduced in 1984, followed by the full national league pyramid in 1987. It was an open tournament to any club that was a member of the Rugby Football Union. Previous Anglo-Welsh fixtures 2005–2018: Anglo-Welsh Cup 2005–09: Initial format Starting in the 2005–06 season, the Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup was formed as a successor tournament to the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Simpson (rugby Union)
Paul Donald Simpson (born 7 June 1958) is an English former rugby union international. Simpson was born in Leeds and attended The John Bentley School in Calne, Wiltshire. A back-rower, Simpson played his early rugby with Gosforth and was then at Bath from 1982 until retirement. He made the first of his three England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... appearances in 1983, as a flanker in a win over the All Blacks at Twickenham. See also * List of England national rugby union players References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Paul 1958 births Living people English rugby union players England international rugby union players Bath Rugby players Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Leeds Somerset County RFU player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Russell (rugby Union)
Stuart Edward Russell (born 29 May 1963) is a Welsh former rugby union international. Russell, a Nairobi-born lock, attended Burford School in Oxfordshire and played for London Welsh. Capped once for Wales, in a 1987 win over the United States, Russell was the first London Welsh player to debut for Wales since Clive Rees back in 1974. He moved to Bishop's Stortford in 1988, but was forced to retire from top level rugby within a year due to an eye injury, having twice suffered a detached retina. See also *List of Wales national rugby union players List of Wales national rugby union players is a list of players who have represented Wales at rugby union. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match for the senior men's team. The players are listed in order of chronological ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Stuart 1963 births Living people Welsh rugby union players Wales international rugby union players Kenyan people of Welsh des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Douglas (rugby Union)
Mark Henry James Douglas (born 10 December 1960) is a Welsh former rugby union international. Born in Aberystwyth, Douglas was a scrum-half for Llanelli and London Welsh during the 1980s. Douglas was capped three times for Wales in the 1984 Five Nations Championship, filling in for injured scrum-half Terry Holmes. On his debut against Scotland, he fumbled a likely try in the last play of the game which would have given Wales a kick to win. He also faced off with Ireland and France, before Holmes returned for the final fixture. In the 1990s, Douglas played for English clubs Northampton and Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ... Douglas was still competing in first-class rugby into his 40s with his local club Lampeter Town RFC, Lampeter Town. He comes from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
