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1996–97 Pilkington Cup

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1996–97 Pilkington Cup
Tournament statistics
ChampionsLeicester Tigers (5th title)
1995–96 (Previous) (Next) 1997–98

The 1996–97 Pilkington Cup was the 26th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition. Leicester won the competition defeating Sale in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2]

Draw and results

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First round (Sep 14)

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Team one Team two Score
Barking Barnstaple 18-31
Birmingham & Solihull Old Halesonians 37-8
Bishop Stortford Bicester 13-26
Bradford & Bingley Aspatria 13-26
Bridgwater & Albion Newbury 22-46
Bridlington Nuneaton 23-16
Camberley Plymouth 24-24*
Camp Hill Wigton 17-35
Charlton Park Askeans 11-28
Derby Blaydon 12-13
Esher Ruislip 20-3
Gosport & Fareham Weston-Super-Mare 12-19
Haywards Heath Beckenham 31-10
Henley Westcombe Park 84-10
Launceston Cheltenham 25-37
Lichfield Winnington Park 19-21
Longton Sheffield 16-26
Manchester Scunthorpe 37-10
Marlow Norwich 0-6
Metropolitan Police Sutton & Epsom 47-18
New Brighton Hereford 29-13
North Walsham Gloucester Old Boys 17-18
Preston Grasshoppers Stoke-on-Trent 28-10
Southend High Wycombe 24-41
Staines Gloucester Saras 27-20
Stourbridge Kendal 17-28
Sutton Coldfield Sandal 15-22
Swanage & Wareham Berry Hill 41-8
Tabard Bracknell 19-30
Westleigh Tynedale 19-20
Widnes Ampthill 30-17
Worcester Vale of Lune 59-8

Second round (Oct 12)

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Team one Team two Score
Askeans Swanage & Wareham 18-21
Barnstaple Plymouth 27-14
Bishop Stortford Metropolitan Police 22-22*
Bridlington Blaydon 15-7
Cheltenham Worcester 30-22
Gloucester Old Boys Newbury 13-26
Haywards Heath Bracknell 24-58
Manchester Wigton 19-31
New Brighton Preston Grasshoppers 12-24
Norwich Esher 12-38
Sandal Tynedale 16-9
Sheffield Kendal 29-31
Staines Henley 20-31
Weston-Super-Mare High Wycombe 23-6
Widnes Birmingham & Solihull 19-9
Winnington Park Aspatria 19-46

Progressed to next round by virtue of scoring more tries*

Third round (Nov 2)

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Team one Team two Score
Bridlington Wigton 22-30
Cheltenham Henley 23-19
Esher Bracknell 26-15
Exeter Barnstaple 32-3
Leeds Redruth 96-6
Liverpool St Helens Walsall 30-20
London Welsh Reading 11-16
Morley Aspatria 30-26
Newbury Clifton 58-12
Otley Wharfedale 34-27
Preston Grasshoppers Fylde 24-12
Rosslyn Park Havant 27-15
Sandal Kendal 20-32
Swanage & Wareham Lydney 9-26
Weston-super-Mare Bishop Stortford 23-11
Widnes Harrogate 12-7

Fourth round (Dec 21 & 22)

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Team one Team two Score
Bath London Irish 33-0
Bristol Blackheath 60-17
Coventry Kendal 79-17
Gloucester Leeds 55-20
Harlequins Cheltenham 47-11
Leicester Newbury 26-21
Moseley Wigton 49-6
Newcastle West Hartlepool 51-10
Nottingham London Scottish 11-25
Orrell Bedford 34-31
Preston Grasshoppers Northampton 11-40
Reading Saracens 3-41
Rotherham Rosslyn Park 41-26
Sale Richmond 34-30
Wakefield Waterloo 22-17
Wasps Rugby 84-8

Fifth round (Jan 25 & 26)

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Team one Team two Score
Bath Leicester 28-39
Gloucester Bristol 18-12
London Scottish Newcastle 15-39
Northampton Coventry 26-17
Orrell Sale 0-57
Rotherham Harlequins 23-42
Saracens Wasps 21-17
Wakefield Moseley 24-14

Quarter-finals (Feb 22 & 23)

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Team one Team two Score
Harlequins Saracens 28-21
Newcastle Leicester 8-18
Northampton Sale 9-22
Wakefield Gloucester 21-25

Semi-finals (Mar 29)

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Team one Team two Score
Gloucester Leicester 13-26
Sale Harlequins 26-16

Final

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10 May 1997
Leicester9–3Sale
Pen: Joel Stransky 3Pen: Simon Mannix
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Brian Campsall (Yorkshire)
O Ireland Niall Malone
N Scotland Craig Joiner
M England Will Greenwood
L England Stuart Potter
K England Leon Lloyd
J South Africa Joel Stransky
I England Austin Healey
G Ireland Eric Miller
H England Neil Back
F England John Wells
E England Matt Poole
D England Martin Johnson (c)
C England Darren Garforth
B England Richard Cockerill
A England Graham Rowntree
Replacements:
P England Rob Liley
Q England Aadel Kardooni
R England Bill Drake-Lee
S England Dean Richards
T England Dorian West
U England Steve Hackney
Dir of Rugby:
Australia Bob Dwyer
15 England Jim Mallinder (c)
14 England David Rees
13 England Jos Baxendell
12 England Adrian Hadley
11 England Tom Beim
10 New Zealand Simon Mannix
9 England Dewi Morris
8 New Zealand John Mitchell
7 Ireland Dylan O'Grady
6 England Neil Ashurst
5 England Dave Baldwin
4 England Dave Erskine
3 England Paul Smith
2 England Steve Diamond
1 England Paul Winstanley
Replacements:
16 John O'Reilly
17 Chris Yates
18 Andy Morris
19 Sean Fletcher
20 Luke Hewson
21 Murray Driver
Coach:

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby Union: Stransky kicks wind out of Sale". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
  2. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.