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1991–92 Pilkington Cup
The 1991–92 Pilkington Cup was the 21st edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Harlequins in the final. The event was sponsored by Pilkington 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 Second round Third round Fourth round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilkington Cup 1991-92 1991–92 rugby union tournaments for clubs 1991–92 in English rugby union ... [...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] |
Ben Clarke
Ben Clarke (born 15 April 1968), is a former England back-row international rugby union player. Biography Educated at Bishop's Stortford College, Clarke played for Bath Rugby from 1992 to 1996, before joining Richmond F.C. as the first £1-million player. He returned to Bath in 2000 for a second spell as captain, before knee injuries reduced his appearances and he left the club for a second time, joining Worcester Warriors as player/coach in 2001. Clarke first played for England in November 1992 v South Africa. In 1995 Clarke received the first yellow card in the sport, for stamping on the Irish player Simon Geoghegan, however, at the time the card was only shown as a warning and was not used to send players off. Clarke toured New Zealand in 1993 with the British and Irish Lions. He had an excellent tour and was voted player of the tour. Clarke currently works as a money broker for BGC Partners. He worked there alongside Peter Winterbottom Peter James Winterbottom ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Wedderburn
Michael Anthony Wedderburn (born 28 March 1964) is an English sports presenter for Sky Sports, primarily on Sky Sports News' ''Good Morning Sports Fans'' since 1998. He formerly played rugby union for Harlequins and Wasps, and cricket for Hampshire's 2nd XI. Early life and sports career Mike Wedderburn was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 28 March 1964. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School. He played cricket as a fast bowler for Hampshire, making four appearances in the Second Eleven Championship in 1983 and 1984. He also played rugby union for Harlequins and Wasps before an injury ended his career. He appeared for Harlequins in their 1991–92 Pilkington Cup Final defeat against Bath. He gained a degree in English Literature before completing an MSc in Sports Science at Loughborough University. Of Barbadian descent, his brother Jim Wedderburn won a bronze medal in athletics representing the British West Indies at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Media career Wedderburn b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pears (rugby Player)
David Pears (born ) is a former English rugby union player, who played for Harlequins and England. He played as a fly-half. He won 4 England caps, the first two on the 1990 England rugby union tour of Argentina, came on as a replacement during the 1992 Six Nations match against France and started at full back against France two years later. Schooldays He grew up in the village of Seaton, on the outskirts of Workington, playing junior Rugby League for the village youth teams coached by his father Reggie. He first went to Moorclose Secondary School before attending Workington Grammar School. Whilst playing school rugby David’s unique skills drew the attention of two physical education teachers, Tom Borthwick and Malcolm Brown, both county stalwarts and stars of Aspatria Rugby Union Football Club. At the age of fifteen he naturally came to Aspatria, after captaining an array of county school sides at both codes of Rugby and Soccer. Aspatria Rugby Union Football Club He made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Rowell
Jack Rowell OBE (born 1937) is an English rugby union coach and executive. He is the former coach of Bath and England. Rugby career Coaching Between 1978 and 1994 Rowell coached Bath during their ''golden era'', winning eight John Player/Pilkington Cups and five League Championships. Rowell was the coach of the England rugby team from 1995 to 1997. He took over from Geoff Cooke, announcing that England would give up the forward-dominated, risk-free strategies that had won so many Five Nations Championship titles in the past, instead adopting a 'running rugby' style. Rowell's England won twenty-one of their twenty-nine matches, including the 1995 World Cup quarter-final against Australia. In percentage terms of games won Rowell is England's second most successful rugby union coach. In 2002 he returned to Bath as director of rugby. Administration In 1998 Rowell became a non-executive director on the board of Bristol, when millionaire businessman Malcolm Pearce saved the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mallett
John Anthony Mallett (born in Lincoln, 28 May 1970) is a former English rugby union footballer. He played as a prop. Mallett was educated at St Hugh's School, Woodhall Spa until age of 13, he then moved to Millfield and played for Bath Rugby until 2002. Bath won 3 titles in the Guinness Premiership, in 1992/93, 1993/94 and 1995/96, and 3 titles in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, in 1993/94, 1994/95 and 1995/96. Mallet's team also won the Heineken Cup, in 1997/98, for the final of which he was a replacement. Mallett was selected for England, to take part in the 1995 Rugby World Cup finals; he played a single match against Manu Samoa The Samoa national rugby union team (also known as Manu Samoa) represents Samoa in men's international rugby union and it is governed by the Samoa Rugby Union. They are also known as Manu Samoa, which is thought to derive from the name of a Samo ... which proved to be his only appearance for the senior England side. He is now head of rugby at Millfield Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Egerton
David William Egerton (19 October 1961 – 8 February 2021) was an English rugby union international who represented England from 1988 to 1990. At club level, Egerton played for Bath Rugby between 1985 and 1995. After retiring, Egerton worked as a coach for Bristol United and Bridgwater & Albion. Early life David Egerton was born on 19 October 1961 in Pinner, Middlesex, and from 1973 to 1980 attended Bishop Wordsworth's School. Rugby union career Egerton primarily played as a number 8. Whilst at Loughborough University, he played for English Universities and England Students rugby teams. Egerton made 163 appearances for Bath Rugby between 1985 and 1995. He won five league titles, and five cup competitions with Bath, and helped them win the 1990 Pilkington Cup. He averaged one try every three games for Bath. He also played for the Barbarians, making his debut for the club in the 1990 Lisbon Sevens tournament. Egerton made his international debut for England on 23 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Chilcott
Gareth James Chilcott (born 20 November 1956 in Bristol) is a former rugby union player, who played at prop for Bath and England. He made his England debut against Australia in 1984. He toured with the British Lions in Australia in 1989, together with Andy Robinson and Jeremy Guscott. He acted in the revived stage play Up 'n' Under which was set around a rugby league sevens tournament. Chilcott is also a Bristol City supporter and goes to many home and away games. He appeared in a rugby special of '' Come Dine with Me'' with Martin Offiah, Victor Ubogu, and Kyran Bracken which was shown in September 2011. In 2012, Chilcott establisheVenatour a sports travel company based in Cheltenham. He also hosts a regular online opinion show, Cooch's Corner, featuring opinion and rugby guests. Charitable work He is an active Honorary President of the rugby charity Wooden Spoon in Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Dawe
Richard Graham Reed Dawe (born 4 September 1959 in Tavistock) is a former English rugby union footballer and the former coach of Plymouth Albion. He played for Bath Rugby, Sale Sharks, Plymouth Albion and Launceston. Dawe earned 5 caps for England, from 1987 to 1995. He made his debut in the Five Nations in 1987. He was selected for the Rugby World Cup finals in 1987, playing a single match, and again in 1995 when he played against Manu Samoa. That was his last England cap, earned at the age of 36, his international career being limited by the presence in the England team of Brian Moore. He won 14 major trophies during 12 years at Bath before moving on to Sale and also represented the Barbarians, South West, Cornwall and Devon. Dawe became player-coach of Plymouth Albion in 1999, making his debut for his hometown team on his 40th birthday. He is believed to be the first 50-year-old to play professional rugby, turning out for Plymouth Albion in the Championship and Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Ubogu
Victor Eriakpo Ubogu (born 8 September 1964) is a former Bath and England rugby union player. Arriving in the UK from Lagos, Nigeria in 1977, he attended West Buckland School in Devon he received the school's top award, the Fortescue Medal. While at school he played for England Under 18s. He went on to the University of Birmingham to study Chemical engineering. While at university he played for Moseley. He went on to St Anne's College, Oxford where he was selected to play with University of Oxford RFC and achieved his Blue. After leaving Oxford he joined Bath Rugby. He started for Bath in the victorious 1998 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Brive. In 1992 he became a prop for the England national rugby union team where he remained until 1999. Combining the size and strength typical of a prop with unusual speed for a player specializing in this position, Ubogu was often a highly effective ball-carrier in broken play. Against well-drilled international defences he so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Haag
Martin Haag (born 28 July 1968 in Chelmsford, England) was an English rugby union player who principally played for Bath Rugby and was capped twice by England. In March 2016 he was appointed head coach of the Rugby Football Union's Under 20s team. Playing and coaching career Bath Rugby His family having moved to Cornwall when he was four years old, Haag was educated at St Ives School and Penwith Sixth Form College and represented England Schools and Cornwall before joining Bath Rugby in 1987. He established a first team place during the 1990–91 Courage League season, capturing the Bath 'Player of the Year' award at the end of the season. Throughout his career, he achieved a reputation as a Sevens star, playing in Bath's victorious Sevens squad which won the Save & Prosper and the Welsh Snelling Sevens, as well as in Malaysia and elsewhere. Haag won an England B cap against Spain and Ireland B in 1992, and was then selected for the New Zealand tour, winning his third B ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Redman
Nigel Charles Redman (born 16 August 1964) is a former professional rugby union player who played as a lock (rugby union), lock for Bath Rugby, Bath and the England national rugby union team, England national team. Born in Cardiff, Redman left school at the age of 15 to become an apprentice electrician. He began his rugby career aged 15 playing for Weston-super-Mare RFC. He made his England debut in November 1984 vs the Australia national rugby union team at Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, losing 19-3. He made his final international appearance in July 1997 vs Australia in Sydney, losing 25-6. In total he won 20 caps and played in the front, second and back rows. He played in the 1987 and 1991 Rugby World Cups and was called up to the 1997 British and Irish Lions 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa. He made 350 appearances in club rugby for Bath Rugby, Bath between 1984 and 1999. He started for Bath in the victorious 1998 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated CA Brive, Brive. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
