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2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League

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2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League
Countries Scotland  Wales
ChampionsWales Llanelli RFC
Runners-upWales Newport RFC
Matches played110

Llanelli won the third and final Welsh-Scottish League.[1][2][3][4]

2001–2002 League Table

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The top 5 Welsh teams plus Glasgow and Edinburgh qualified for next season's Heineken Cup. At the end of this season Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby left the Scottish-Welsh League; making the 2002–03 a nine team Welsh Premier Division. The bottom side Caerphilly thus avoided regulation.

Team P W D L PF PA Tries Pts
Wales Llanelli RFC 20 15 0 5 583 402 60 45
Wales Newport RFC 20 14 1 5 576 415 68 43
Wales Neath RFC 20 14 0 6 616 366 64 42
Wales Cardiff RFC 20 13 1 6 498 404 56 40
Wales Swansea RFC 20 11 0 9 451 404 42 33
Scotland Edinburgh 20 10 2 8 498 512 55 32
Wales Pontypridd RFC 20 9 0 11 441 440 41 27
Scotland Glasgow 20 8 1 11 475 527 50 25
Wales Bridgend RFC 20 7 1 12 498 545 50 22
Wales Ebbw Vale RFC 20 5 0 15 407 609 36 15
Wales Caerphilly RFC 20 1 0 19 379 798 40 3

Results

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With 11 teams in the league it was impossible to have an even round system where each team played one another in a weekend. (One team would always have to sit out.)

The fixture list was instead devised so that teams would fulfil their fixtures in weekend or mid-week slots.

Each team would play 20 rounds in total.

The first 4 or 5 rounds for each club were hosted jointly by the Celtic League (dependent on which Celtic League pool those teams were in).

Welsh-Scottish and Celtic League fixtures

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These rounds counted both for the Welsh-Scottish League and for the Celtic League.

Pool A of the Celtic League had 8 teams, Pool B had 7 teams in total. Of that, Pool A had 6 Scottish-Welsh teams and Pool B had 5 Scottish-Welsh teams.

Thus Scottish and Welsh teams of Pool A had 5 matches against one another. Scottish and Welsh teams of Pool B had 4 matches against one another.

These matches were played first in allocated slots.

Slot 1

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17 August 2001
Bridgend Wales19–27Wales Pontypridd
Brewery Field
18 August 2001
Caerphilly Wales13–43Wales Neath
18 August 2001
Llanelli Wales46–16Wales Ebbw Vale

Slot 2

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24 August 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales18–13Wales Pontypridd
24 August 2001
Neath Wales25–14Wales Cardiff
25 August 2001
Newport Wales50–22Wales Caerphilly
25 August 2001
Swansea Wales16–25Wales Bridgend

Slot 3

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28 August 2001
Edinburgh Scotland20–32Wales Neath
Preview
28 August 2001
Pontypridd Wales6–11Wales Swansea
29 August 2001
19:00
Bridgend Wales50–15Scotland Glasgow
Try: Adrian Durston
Gareth Thomas (2)
Gareth Jones
Maama Molitika
Con: Cerith Rees (5)
Pen: Cerith Rees (5)
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Report
Report[dead link]
Try: James Craig
Roland Reid
Con: Barry Irving
Pen: Barry Irving
Brewery Field
Attendance: 4,300
29 August 2001
Cardiff Wales20–14Wales Newport

Slot 4

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1 September 2001
Caerphilly Wales15–49Wales Cardiff
1 September 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales21–26Wales Swansea
1 September 2001
Llanelli Wales36–3Wales Bridgend
1 September 2001
Newport Wales29–11Scotland Edinburgh

Slot 5

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7 September 2001
Edinburgh Scotland27–20Wales Caerphilly
8 September 2001
Pontypridd Wales17–19Wales Llanelli
8 September 2001
Swansea Wales13–21Scotland Glasgow

Slot 6

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11 September 2001
Cardiff Wales32–24Scotland Edinburgh
11 September 2001
Glasgow Scotland58–22Wales Ebbw Vale
11 September 2001
Llanelli Wales21–27Wales Swansea

Slot 7

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14 September 2001
Glasgow Scotland15–9Wales Llanelli
15 September 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales17–18Wales Bridgend
15 September 2001
Neath Wales11–19Wales Newport

After 7 slots, each team had now played 4 or 5 rounds (depending on whether they were in Celtic League Pool A or B).

The remaining slots and rounds played were purely for the Welsh-Scottish League.

Welsh-Scottish League fixtures

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Slot 8

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22 September 2001
Bridgend Wales26–35Wales Newport
22 September 2001
Cardiff Wales25–13Wales Swansea
22 September 2001
Neath Wales26–41Wales Llanelli
22 September 2001
Pontypridd Wales38–8Wales Caerphilly

Slot 9

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12 October 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales15–10Scotland Edinburgh
12 October 2001
Glasgow Scotland40–22Wales Caerphilly
Try: Cameron Blades
Alan Bulloch
Roland Reid (2)
Nathan Ross
Con: Tommy Hayes (3)
Pen: Tommy Hayes (3)
Preview
Report
Report
Try: David Hawkins
Con: Luke Richards
Pen: Luke Richards (4)
Drop: Luke Richards
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2973
Referee: Malcolm McEwan (Hawick)

Slot 10

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19 October 2001
Newport Wales25–19Wales Swansea
19 October 2001
Edinburgh Scotland13–11Wales Pontypridd
20 October 2001
Bridgend Wales19–21Wales Neath
20 October 2001
Caerphilly Wales25–30Wales Ebbw Vale
20 October 2001
Llanelli Wales28–25Wales Cardiff

Slot 11

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1 December 2001
Swansea Wales22–14Wales Ebbw Vale
1 December 2001
postponed to
30 April 2002
Glasgow Scotland19–22Wales Cardiff
Try: Kenny Sinclair
Con: Kenny Sinclair
Pen: Tommy Hayes (4)
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Try: M Allen
N Walne
Con: N Robinson
Pen: N Robinson (4)
Hughenden Stadium
Referee: John Steele (Dumfries)

Slot 12

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7 December 2001
Edinburgh Scotland27–22Wales Bridgend
7 December 2001
Llanelli Wales17–13Wales Newport
8 December 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales6–45Wales Neath
8 December 2001
Swansea Wales36–21Wales Caerphilly

Slot 13

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14 December 2001
Swansea Wales3–12Wales Pontypridd
15 December 2001
Bridgend Wales28–24Wales Ebbw Vale
15 December 2001
Caerphilly Wales20–46Wales Newport
15 December 2001
Cardiff Wales16–12Wales Neath
15 December 2001
Llanelli Wales42–17Scotland Edinburgh

Slot 14

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21 December 2001
Edinburgh Scotland51–18Wales Swansea
21 December 2001
Llanelli Wales39–27Wales Neath
22 December 2001
Bridgend Wales25–25Wales Cardiff
22 December 2001
Caerphilly Wales35–16Scotland Glasgow
Try: David Hawkins
Geraint Lewis
Ben Watkins
Graham Thomas
Con: Luke Richards (3)
Pen: Luke Richards (3)
Preview
Preview
Report
Report
Try: Alan Bulloch
Graeme Beveridge
Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)
Virginia Park
Attendance: 650
Referee: Hugh Lewis (Pontypridd)
22 December 2001
Pontypridd Wales33–13Wales Ebbw Vale

Slot 15

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26 December 2001
Cardiff Wales28–20Wales Pontypridd
26 December 2001
Neath Wales38–33Wales Caerphilly
26 December 2001
Newport Wales35–25Wales Ebbw Vale
26 December 2001
Swansea Wales35–9Wales Llanelli
26 December 2001
postponed to
29 March 2002
Glasgow Scotland19–23Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Graeme Beveridge
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes (4)
Preview
Preview
Report
Report
Try: David Officer
Kevin Utterson
Con: Duncan Hodge (2)
Pen: Duncan Hodge (2)
Drop: Duncan Hodge
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4358
Referee: Paddy O"Brien (New Zealand)

Slot 16

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28 December 2001
Pontypridd Wales6–33Wales Newport
29 December 2001
Bridgend Wales31–33Wales Llanelli
29 December 2001
Caerphilly Wales21–35Scotland Edinburgh
29 December 2001
Ebbw Vale Wales22–20Wales Cardiff
29 December 2001
Neath Wales31–15Wales Swansea

Slot 17

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18 January 2002
Newport Wales24–9Wales Llanelli
19 January 2002
Caerphilly Wales16–36Wales Pontypridd
19 January 2002
Cardiff Wales29–12Scotland Glasgow
Try: Matt Allen
Francois Mounier
Gary Powell
Rhys Williams
Con: Nicky Robinson (3)
Pen: Nicky Robinson
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Report
Pen: Graeme Kiddie (4)
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4000
Referee: David R. Davies (Llanbradach)

Slot 18

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8 February 2002
Ebbw Vale Wales3–16Wales Llanelli
8 February 2002
Edinburgh Wales19–19Wales Newport
9 February 2002
Caerphilly Wales3–38Wales Swansea
9 February 2002
Neath Wales35–21Wales Bridgend
9 February 2002
Pontypridd Wales25–20Scotland Glasgow
Try: Jason Lewis
Con: Nicky Little
Pen: Nicky Little (5)
Ceri Sweeney
Preview
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Try: Andrew Henderson
Rory Kerr
Con: Tommy Hayes (2)
Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)
Sardis Road
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Phil Fear (Llanharan)

Slot 19

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22 February 2002
Edinburgh Scotland13–13Scotland Glasgow
Try: Derrick Lee
Martin Leslie
Pen: Brendan Laney
Preview
Report
Try: Alan Bulloch
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)
Myreside
Attendance: 2732
Referee: Rob Dickson (Madras College FP)

Slot 20

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8 March 2002
Pontypridd Wales17–12Wales Neath
9 March 2002
Caerphilly Wales21–34Wales Bridgend
9 March 2002
Cardiff Wales26–16Wales Ebbw Vale
9 March 2002
Swansea Wales22–27Scotland Edinburgh

Slot 21

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15 March 2002
Ebbw Vale Wales22–32Wales Newport
15 March 2002
Glasgow Scotland20–27Wales Neath
Try: Jon Petrie
Pen: Tommy Hayes (5)
Preview
Report
Try: Gareth Llewellyn
Nathan Bonner-Evans
Con: Lee Jarvis
Pen: Lee Jarvis (5)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2421
Referee: Iain Ramage (Berwick)
16 March 2002
Bridgend Wales53–30Scotland Edinburgh
16 March 2002
Llanelli Wales62–18Wales Caerphilly
16 March 2002
Pontypridd Wales18–21Wales Cardiff

Slot 22

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13 April 2002
Neath Wales46–8Scotland Glasgow
Try: Kevin James (4)
Gareth Morris
Barry Williams
Dave Tiueti
Andrew Howell
Con: Lee Jarvis (3)
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Report
Report
Report
Try: Michael Bartlett
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Calvin Howarth
The Gnoll
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Hugh Watkins (WRU)

Slot 23

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16 April 2002
Llanelli Wales26–20Wales Pontypridd
17 April 2002
Cardiff Wales27–16Wales Caerphilly
17 April 2002
Newport Wales20–36Wales Neath

Slot 24

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19 April 2002
Edinburgh Scotland32–10Wales Cardiff
19 April 2002
Pontypridd Wales32–13Wales Bridgend
20 April 2002
Llanelli Wales40–14Scotland Glasgow
Try: Mark Jones (3)
Leigh Davies
Salesi Finau
Con: Gareth Bowen (3)
Pen: Gareth Bowen (3)
Preview
Report
Report
Try: Jon Steel
Pen: Calvin Howarth (3)
Stradey Park
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Colin Saunders (Wales)
20 April 2002
Neath Wales50–8Wales Ebbw Vale
20 April 2002
Swansea Wales52–13Wales Newport

Slot 25

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23 April 2002
Edinburgh Scotland49–31Wales Ebbw Vale

Slot 26

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26 April 2002
Newport Wales14–17Wales Cardiff
27 April 2002
Bridgend Wales6–21Wales Swansea
27 April 2002
Ebbw Vale Wales18–37Scotland Glasgow
Try: Rhys Shorney
Iestyn Thomas
Con: Gareth Cull
Pen: Gareth Cull (2)
Preview
Preview
Report
Report
Report[dead link]
Try: Graeme Beveridge (2)
Donnie Macfadyen (2)
Glenn Metcalfe
Con: Tommy Hayes (2)
Calvin Howarth
Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)
Eugene Cross Park
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Keri Evans (WRU)
27 April 2002
Neath Wales36–3Wales Edinburgh

Slot 27

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3 May 2002
Edinburgh Scotland40–8Wales Llanelli
3 May 2002
Glasgow Scotland26–28Wales Newport
Try: Calvin Howarth
Rory Kerr
Roland Reid
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes
Calvin Howarth (2)
Preview
Report
Report
Try: Llyr Lane
Matt Mostyn (2)
Con: Shane Howarth (2)
Pen: Shane Howarth
Jason Strange (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: John Hogg (Hawick)
3 May 2002
Neath Wales47–14Wales Pontypridd
4 May 2002
Bridgend Wales33–24Wales Caerphilly
4 May 2002
Swansea Wales24–20Wales Cardiff

Slot 28

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7 May 2002
Caerphilly Wales6–54Wales Llanelli
7 May 2002
Cardiff Wales47–27Wales Bridgend
7 May 2002
Swansea Wales20–16Wales Neath
8 May 2002
Newport Wales34–23Wales Pontypridd

Slot 29

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10 May 2002
Cardiff Wales25–28Wales Llanelli
10 May 2002
Ebbw Vale Wales66–20Wales Caerphilly
10 May 2002
Glasgow Scotland37–20Wales Swansea
Try: Jon Steel
Kenny Sinclair
Jon Petrie
Con: Tommy Hayes
Calvin Howarth
Pen: Tommy Hayes (5)
Drop: James McLaren
Preview
Report
Report
Report
Try: Matt Taylor
Nik Witkowski
Selilio Martens
Con: Gavin Henson
Pen: Gavin Henson
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3560
Referee: Andy Ireland (Edinburgh Referees Society)
11 May 2002
Newport Wales38–29Wales Bridgend
11 May 2002
Pontypridd Wales59–27Scotland Edinburgh

References

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  1. ^ "- The history of rugby through its competitions".[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "BBC SPORT - Rugby Union - Celtic - Welsh-Scottish League 2001/2". 30 May 2002.
  3. ^ "The end is nigh for Welsh/Scottish League". ESPN scrum.
  4. ^ "BBC SPORT - CELTIC - Welsh/Scottish League Q&A". 2 May 2002.