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1978–79 John Player Cup
The 1978–79 John Player Cup was the eighth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Leicester won the competition defeating Moseley 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 play .... Draw and results First round Progressed as away team* Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:1978-79 John Player Cup 1978–79 rugby union tournaments for clubs John Player Cup 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] |
Steve Johnson (rugby Union)
Steve Johnson is a former Leicester Tigers and England national rugby union team, England blindside flanker. He made 207 appearances during the period 1976-83 for Leicester Tigers. Johnson scored 31 tries for the Tigers and captained the club from 1981–83, making his final appearance in the John Player Cup final against Bristol. He was on the winning side three times in five cup finals and represented Leicestershire, English Midlands, Midlands, British Police and England Saxons, England B. He also came second in a Leicester Mercury vote which would be in the Leicester Tigers' walk of fame, as Leicester Tigers best ever blindside flanker. He is currently a summariser for all Leicester Tigers games on BBC Radio Leicester. External linksthisisleicestershire {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Steve Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Leicester Tigers players English rugby union players Rugby union flankers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Jeavons
Nicholas Clive Jeavons (born ) is a former international rugby union player. In 1983 he toured with the British and Irish Lions on their tour to New Zealand and at the time played club rugby for Moseley Moseley is a suburb of south Birmingham, England, south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants. The area also has a number of boutiques and ot .... References 1957 births Living people English rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England England international rugby union players Rugby union flankers Moseley Rugby Football Club players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Cooper (rugby Union)
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Barrie Corless
Barrie James Corless (born 7 November 1945) is an English former rugby union international. Born in Booton, Norfolk, Corless is an old boy of Wymondham College. Corless played his rugby in the West Midlands, starting his career with Birmingham RFC. He next played for Coventry and in 1976 was called up for England to play at centre against the touring Wallabies at Twickenham. England won the match and he had a second half try, chasing his own kick to score. In the weeks after the match he signed a contract with Moseley, as Coventry were unable to give him regular games as a centre, which is where he needed to be playing to push for further selection. He featured in all of England's matches in the 1977 and 1978 Five Nations. Following a period of coaching for RFU Midlands, Corless came to Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalkie White (rugby Player)
Herbert Victor "Chalkie" White (16 January 1929 – 24 January 2005) was an English rugby union player and later coach, instrumental in the success of Leicester Tigers. White was born in Carlisle and served in the Royal Navy before becoming a schoolteacher, having previously undertaken a 4-year specialist course in Physical Education at Borough Road College, Isleworth. He played scrum-half for Old Creightonians, Penzance & Newlyn, Camborne RFC and Leicester Tigers before his career was ended after he was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease and lost his sense of balance. He thus turned to coaching Leicester, while teaching at Nottingham High School. At this time the game was still amateur, and coaching frowned upon as "cheating", but White installed a professional attitude at Leicester. This took the Tigers to John Player Cup wins in 1979, 1980 and 1981, and losing finalists in 1978 and 1983 (at the time the cup was the only organised competition). The Leicester team includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Cowling
Robin James Cowling (born ) is an English retired rugby union player. He won 8 caps for between 1977 and 1979, and played 216 games for Gloucester Rugby between 1967 and 1974 before playing 184 times for Leicester Tigers between 1974 and his retirement in 1981. Career Cowling was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, but moved to the South West as a small baby. His mother was from Gloucester, his grandfather was a former captain of Gloucester Rugby, and his uncle was John A'Bear, who toured with the British Lions in 1936. Cowling made his Gloucester debut on October 21, 1967 as a hooker, against Newport. He quickly switched to his henceforth regular position of loosehead prop and was a regular in the side from December 1967. In 1972, Cowling started the inaugural RFU Knockout Cup Final where Gloucester beat Moseley, and the County Championship Final where Gloucestershire won their first title since 1937. In the 1972-73 season Cowling featured in a remarkable 50 first class gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sport)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wheeler (rugby Union)
Peter John Wheeler, CBE (born 26 November 1948) is a former international rugby union player who played hooker and was Chief Executive of Leicester Tigers. Early life Wheeler attended Brockley County Grammar School and went on to play for Old Brockleians Rugby Club and Kent for three seasons. Playing career Wheeler was considered a tough and technically proficient hooker and was integral to Leicester's innovative and expansive style of play. Wheeler captained Leicester Tigers to three consecutive wins in the John Player Cup from 1979 to 1981 and played 349 games for the club from 1969 to 1985. He was an early advocate of league rugby in the 1980s. He made his England debut on 1 February 1975 against France, and his last appearance on 17 March 1984 against Wales, gaining 41 caps in between, including 5 as captain. He went on the 1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand and the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa In 1980 the British and Irish Lions rugby union te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Redfern
Stephen Paul Redfern (born 26 October 1957) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league player in the 1970s and 1980s. He played one test for in 1984, and between 1976 and 1984 played club rugby for Leicester Tigers. His position was tighthead prop. He then played professional rugby league for Sheffield Eagles, but injury limited him to only 9 appearance. Early years Redfern was born in Leicester, England. He attended Markfield High School and Coalville Grammar School. Redfern played his junior rugby for Coalville. Career Redfern joined Leicester Tigers from school, and played for the youth team from 1973. He made his Leicester début on 30 October 1976 against Nottingham. Redfern made an immediate impact starting 20 games in his first season and was selected for the England under 23s team that toured Canada at the end of the 1976/77 season. Redfern played 36 games in the 77-78 season culminating in a John Player Cup Final loss to Gloucester. A neck inju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian "Dosser" Smith
Ian Robert "Dosser" Smith (born 26 November 1957), is an English schoolmaster, director of Coaching at Uppingham School, and former player (in the flanker position), captain in the mid-1980s, and later coach of Leicester Tigers. He made 331 first XV appearances for Leicester, including five John Player Cup Finals (1978–1982), of which three were won, and scored a total of 67 tries. However, he was not capped by England. His son, centre/winger Matt Smith Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the Eleventh Doctor, eleventh incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in the BBC series ''Doctor Who'' (2010–2013), Daemon Targarye ... played for Leicester Tigers from 2006 to 2019. References 1957 births Living people English rugby union coaches English rugby union players Leicester Tigers coaches Leicester Tigers players Rugby union players from Leicester {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
