1997–98 Tetley's Bitter Cup
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The 1997–98 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the 27th edition of England's top
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club competition.
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won the competition, for the first time by defeating
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, who lost in the final for the third time. The first two rounds were unsponsored and by the third round
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took over the sponsorship; the previous nine years had been sponsored by
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. The final was held at
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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 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 ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tetley's Bitter Cup 1996-97 1997–98 rugby union tournaments for clubs 1997–98 in English rugby union