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1997–98 Tetley's Bitter Cup
The 1997–98 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the 27th edition of England's top rugby union club competition. Saracens F.C., Saracens won the competition, for the first time by defeating Wasps RFC, Wasps, who lost in the final for the third time. The first two rounds were unsponsored and by the third round Tetley's Brewery took over the sponsorship; the previous nine years had been sponsored by Pilkington. The final was held at Twickenham Stadium. Draw and results First round (13 September) * Cheltenham's 138 – 0 win over Okehampton was a record score for the competition. Second round (4 October) Third round (1 November) Fourth round (3 & 4 January) Fifth round (24 January) Quarter-finals (28 February & 1 March) Semi-finals (28 March) Final See also * Anglo-Welsh Cup References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tetley's Bitter Cup RFU Knockout Cup, 1996-97 1997–98 rugby union tournaments for clubs 1997–98 in English rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RFU Knockout Cup
The RFU Knockout Cup was an English rugby union competition open to any member of the Rugby Football Union. First contested in 1971, it was the premier competition in English club rugby before the establishment of the English league structure in 1987. The competition was replaced by the Anglo-Welsh Cup, involving Welsh regional rugby, 4 Welsh regional sides in addition to the 12 Premiership Rugby, English Premiership clubs, beginning with the 2005–06 season. History Background The RFU had long resisted national competitions as it was thought that they would encourage player payments. Thus, most club matches were only organised friendlies, with competitions such as the County Cups being the highest honours a club could win. The County Championship (rugby union), County Championship, established in 1889, was the only national competition for 82 years. 1971–75: RFU Knockout Cup The first competition took place in the 1971–72 season, when Gloucester Rugby, Gloucester defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Rees (rugby Union)
Gareth Lloyd Rees (born 30 June 1967) is a Canadian former international rugby union footballer who played at fly-half and full back positions. Rees played for several English club sides, including Wasps and Harlequins. He won 55 caps for Canada, captaining them on 23 occasions and scoring 487 test points. In October 2011, Rees received arguably his greatest honour with induction to the IRB Hall of Fame. He and fellow 2011 inductee Brian Lima of Samoa are the first members of the IRB Hall from nations outside of the traditional top tier of the sport. Rugby career Rees was born in Duncan, British Columbia, to Alan Rees who had emigrated to Canada from Wales, and was himself a former rugby union footballer having represented Cross Keys, Maesteg and London Welsh. Rees was educated at St. Michaels University School in Victoria and later at Harrow School in England. When studying at Harrow, he was selected to the Wasps starting XV in what was then the John Player Cup final in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Denney
Mark Denney (born 25 January 1975) is a former rugby union footballer who played at centre for Bedford, Bristol, Castres, Wasps and Cambridge University. Whilst at Wasps he helped them win the Tetley Bitter Cup Final in 1999 and 2000; scoring a try in the latter final. He was a member of the Wasps team that won the 2002–03 Premiership Final, the 2003–04 Premiership Final and the 2004 Heineken Cup Final. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, Bristol University and Cambridge University. In 2015 (Aged 40) he spent a season, with his mates, playing for the all conquering Olney Vets RFC in the inaugural East Midlands Vets League Final. Denney was called up to the senior England squad for the 2000 Six Nations Championship The 2000 Six Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, following the addition of Italy national rugby union team, Italy to the Five Nations. It was the 106th season of the championship overall. The ti .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Diego Grau
Roberto Diego Grau (born July 16, 1970 in Mendoza, Argentina) is a retired Argentine rugby union footballer and current coach. He played club rugby in Argentina, South Africa, France and England. He also represented the Argentina national rugby union team on 47 occasions, including appearances at the 1999 and 2003 Rugby World Cups. Grau played for Liceo Rugby Club in Argentina, Golden Lions in South Africa, US Dax in France, Saracens in England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It .... Starting from 2009, he coached U.R. Cuyo. External linksLa 16 profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Grau, Roberto [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chuter
George Scala Chuter (born 9 July 1976) is an English rugby union ex player who played at Hooker for Leicester Tigers. Biography Chuter was born in Greenwich. He first started playing as a 12-year-old, when he went to Trinity School of John Whitgift in the London Borough of Croydon. He quickly established himself at hooker. He went on to play his club rugby for Old Mid-Whitgiftians and gained representative honours for the London Division U18 side. Club career Chuter was invited to trial for Saracens F.C. at the age of 19, where he played for five years. Chuter took a year off and decided to travel in the U.S. and Australia; he was in Sydney for the 2000 Olympic Games. On returning he signed for Leicester Tigers in December 2000. After the departure of Richard Cockerill in the summer of 2002, he competed with Dorian West as first choice hooker. In the 2006–07 season, Chuter played as Leicester won the final of the Guinness Premiership and Heineken Cup. Chuter started in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wallace (rugby Union)
Paul Stephen Wallace (born 30 December 1971) is a former Irish rugby union player who played tight head prop for Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. Wallace was once regarded as the world's best tight-head prop, and was known as a very effective scrummager, and a player with good ball skills. Wallace currently works for Sky Sports as a rugby pundit and is also a contributor to the ''Daily Mail'' and ''Rugby World'' magazine as well as Today FM's '' The Last Word''. Rugby career During his rugby playing career Wallace played with UCC, Munster, Blackrock College RFC, Leinster before moving to professional club, Saracens whom he played with from 1996 to 2001 before returning to Leinster in 2001. He played at international level with Ireland and the British Lions, representing Ireland at junior levels before making his full international debut against Japan in the 1995 Rugby World Cup in Bloemfontein to play alongside his brother Richard. He went on to win 46 caps for Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Johns
Patrick Stephen Johns, known as Paddy Johns (born 19 February 1968, in Portadown) was an Irish rugby union player from 1990 to 2000. He played mainly as a lock and occasionally in the back-row. He won 59 caps, scoring 4 tries and 20 points. He had his international debut, on 27 October 1990 against Argentina, in Dublin, in a match won 20–18, and his final appearance came on 11 November 2000, with Japan, in a win of 78–9, again in Dublin. He played at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He also played for the Ireland national rugby sevens team at the inaugural 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens, where Ireland reached the semi-finals, its best ever finish in a Rugby World Cup Sevens. He studied dentistry at Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Sturnham
Ben Sturnham (born ) is a former English rugby union player. He played for Saracens (1993-98 as U19, on contract 1997-98), Bath (1998-2000) and Bristol Shoguns Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 ... (2000-2002). In 2002 his playing career was ended by a knee injury. He won three England caps on their 1998 tour of Australasia and South Africa. References * http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/12881.html 1974 births Living people English rugby union players England international rugby union players Place of birth missing (living people) Bath Rugby players Bristol Bears players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francois Pienaar
Jacobus Francois Pienaar (born 2 January 1967) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played flanker for South Africa (the Springboks) from 1993 until 1996, winning 29 international caps, all of them as captain. He is best known for leading South Africa to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. After being dropped from the Springbok team in 1996, Pienaar went on to a career with English club Saracens. Early life and education Pienaar was born in Vereeniging, South Africa, into a working-class Afrikaner family, and is the eldest of four boys. After completing high school at Hoërskool Patriot Witbank, he won an athletic scholarship to the Rand Afrikaans University, where he studied law. Playing career He made his provincial debut for Transvaal Province in 1989 before being selected for the South Africa squad in 1993. He was appointed Springbok captain from his first test and remained captain until his last, and remains one of the most successful South African capta ... [...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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Diprose
Tony Diprose (born 22 September 1972, in Orsett) is a former English rugby union footballer. He played at number 8. Diprose attended The Campion School, Hornchurch. Club career Diprose signed for Harlequins from Saracens in April 2001 and made his début in the pre-season friendly against Bedford at Goldington Road four months later (18 August 2001). Diprose scored his first try for Quins in the Heineken Cup match away to Munster (5 January 2002) and for his efforts over the 2002/03 campaign, he was named 'Supporters Player of the Season.' Diprose retired at the end of the 2005/06 season and joined the coaching staff at Harlequins as the Academy Manager. As of January 2020 Tony is the head of sport at Canford School. International career In 1995/96, Diprose captained England A to an unbeaten season, just 12 months after being voted the RFU Young Player of the Year. Diprose has won ten full caps for England and has a reputation of being one of the most talented footballing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Constable
Ryan Constable (born 20 October 1971) is a South African-born Australian former professional rugby union player. Constable, born in Durban, left South Africa aged 11 and attended Coolum High School on the Sunshine Coast. A speedy three-quarter, Constable was part of the 1993 Wallabies tour, but injuries restricted him to a combined 18 minutes of play and he didn't feature in any of the Tests. His only international cap came the following year when he and GPS teammate Daniel Herbert debuted against Ireland at the Sydney Football Stadium. He came on off the bench to play on the wing. Unusually, he had yet to have represented Queensland at the time of his Wallabies debut. In 2000, Constable set a Premiership Rugby record of six tries in a match for Saracens against Bedford. Constable played for Ulster from 2000 to 2004, earning 48 caps. He remained in Northern Ireland after retiring from rugby and is based in Belfast, where he works as a sports agent. See also *List of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
