2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup

2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup
2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England; Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	30 September 2005 – 9 April 2006
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	27
Final
Venue	Twickenham Stadium
Attendance	57,212
Champions	London Wasps (6th title)
Runners-up	Llanelli Scarlets
	← 2004–05 (Previous) (Next) 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup was the 35th annual rugby union cup competition in England, and the first since it incorporated the four Welsh regional sides to become the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Whereas the competition previously featured teams from the lower levels of the English rugby pyramid, this season it was contested by the 12 teams from the English Premiership and the four Welsh regional sides from the Celtic League.

The competition began with a pool stage, in which each pool consisted of a Welsh region and three English sides, with each team playing the others in the group once. Pool matches were played in September, October and December 2005. The team that finished top of each pool advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 4 March 2006, and the final was played at Twickenham Stadium in London on 9 April.

London Wasps beat Leicester Tigers 22–17 in their semi-final, while Llanelli Scarlets beat Bath 27–26 in theirs; Wasps then beat the Scarlets 26–10 in the final.

Group stages

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Bath	3	3	0	73	42	+31	0	12
Gloucester	3	2	1	69	34	+35	1	9
Ospreys	3	1	2	70	78	−8	2	6
Bristol	3	0	3	44	102	−58	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 October 2005

Bath	25–10	Bristol
	Report

Recreation Ground, Bath
Attendance: 8,993
Referee: Rob Debney (England)

1 October 2005

Gloucester	23–7	Ospreys
	Report

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Attendance: 6,154
Referee: Roy Maybank (England)

9 October 2005

Bristol	6–34	Gloucester
	Report

Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 5,018
Referee: Sean Davey (England)

9 October 2005

Ospreys	20–27	Bath
	Report

Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 5,018
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

3 December 2005

Bath	21–12	Gloucester
	Report

Recreation Ground, Bath
Attendance: 8,563
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

4 December 2005

Bristol	28–43	Ospreys
	Report

Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 7,684
Referee: Bruce Robertson (England)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
London Wasps	3	3	0	112	53	+59	2	14
Cardiff Blues	3	1	2	79	87	−8	2	6
London Irish	3	1	2	66	85	−19	1	5
Saracens	3	1	2	60	92	−32	1	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 October 2005

Cardiff Blues	37–20	Saracens
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 8,212
Referee: Phil Fear (Wales)

2 October 2005

London Irish	26–30	London Wasps
	Report

Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 6,829
Referee: Ashley Rowden (England)

7 October 2005

London Wasps	40–19	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 6,427
Referee: Chris White (England)

9 October 2005

Saracens	32–13	London Irish
	Report

Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 6,103
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

4 December 2005

London Irish	27–23	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Sean Davey (England)

4 December 2005

London Wasps	42–8	Saracens
	Report

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 6,377
Referee: Ashley Rowden (England)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Llanelli Scarlets	3	3	0	0	74	50	+24	0	12
Newcastle Falcons	3	1	1	1	72	49	+23	2	8
Sale Sharks	3	1	0	2	77	68	+9	2	6
Leeds Tykes	3	0	1	2	35	91	−56	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 October 2005

Leeds Tykes	7–28	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 2,582
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)

2 October 2005

Newcastle Falcons	34–9	Sale Sharks
	Report

Kingston Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Attendance: 4,917
Referee: Sean Davey (England)

7 October 2005

Sale Sharks	45–10	Leeds Tykes
	Report

Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 4,572
Referee: Martin Fox (England)

9 October 2005

Llanelli Scarlets	22–20	Newcastle Falcons
	Report

Stradey Park, Llanelli
Attendance: 7,195
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

2 December 2005

Leeds Tykes	18–18	Newcastle Falcons
	Report

Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 3,316
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

2 December 2005

Llanelli Scarlets	24–23	Sale Sharks
	Report

Stradey Park, Llanelli
Attendance: 6,835
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu (France)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Leicester Tigers	3	2	1	86	56	+30	2	10
Northampton Saints	3	2	1	70	43	+27	1	9
Newport Gwent Dragons	3	2	1	64	57	+7	0	8
Worcester Warriors	3	0	3	33	97	−64	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 September 2005

Newport Gwent Dragons	24–15	Leicester Tigers
	Report

Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 6,327
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

1 October 2005

Worcester Warriors	7–22	Northampton Saints
	Report

Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 7,561
Referee: Martin Fox (England)

8 October 2005

Leicester Tigers	42–16	Worcester Warriors
	Report

Welford Road Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 8,642
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

8 October 2005

Northampton Saints	42–16	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance: 11,695
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)

3 December 2005

Leicester Tigers	29–16	Northampton Saints
	Report

Welford Road Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 11,072
Referee: Chris White (England)

3 December 2005

Newport Gwent Dragons	33–10	Worcester Warriors
	Report

Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Neil Ballard (Wales)

Semi-finals

4 March 2006

London Wasps	22–17	Leicester Tigers
Try: Erinle Con: Staunton Pen: Staunton (5)	Report	Try: Varndell Lloyd Hipkiss Con: Goode

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 50,811
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

4 March 2006

Bath	26–27	Llanelli Scarlets
Try: Crockett Maddock Con: Malone (2) Pen: Malone (4)	Report	Try: Dunlea King M. Jones Con: Hercus (3) Pen: Hercus (2)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 50,811
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)

Final

9 April 2006

Llanelli Scarlets	10–26	London Wasps
Try: B. Davies Con: Hercus Pen: Hercus	Report	Try: Voyce (2) Con: Van Gisbergen (2) Pen: Van Gisbergen (3) Drop: King

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 57,212
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)^[a]


FB	15	Barry Davies
RW	14	Mark Jones
OC	13	Matthew Watkins
IC	12	Regan King
LW	11	Dafydd James
FH	10	Mike Hercus
SH	9	Clive Stuart-Smith
N8	8	Alix Popham
OF	7	Gavin Thomas
BF	6	Simon Easterby (c)	27'
RL	5	Adam Jones
LL	4	Inoke Afeaki	67'
TP	3	John Davies	64'
HK	2	Matthew Rees	73'
LP	1	Phil John
Replacements:
HK	16	Aled Gravelle	73'
PR	17	Martyn Madden	64'
LK	18	Vernon Cooper	67'
FL	19	Dafydd Jones	27'
SH	20	Liam Davies
FH	21	Gareth Bowen
FB	22	Garan Evans
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins


FB	15	Mark van Gisbergen
RW	14	Paul Sackey
OC	13	Josh Lewsey
IC	12	Stuart Abbott
LW	11	Tom Voyce
FH	10	Jeremy Staunton		54'
SH	9	Eoin Reddan		54'
N8	8	Lawrence Dallaglio (c)
OF	7	Johnny O'Connor		1'
BF	6	Joe Worsley		78'
RL	5	Richard Birkett
LL	4	Simon Shaw
TP	3	Tim Payne
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez		61'
LP	1	Alistair McKenzie	29'
Replacements:
HK	16	Joe Ward		61'
PR	17	Peter Bracken			31'
LK	18	Daniel Leo		1'	31'
FL	19	James Haskell		78'
SH	20	Matt Dawson		54'
FH	21	Alex King		54'
CE	22	Ayoola Erinle
Coach:
Shaun Edwards

Notes

^ Replaced by Simon McDowell (Ireland) in the 41st minute

External links

Powergen Cup on RFU.com

[1] Replaced by Simon McDowell (Ireland) in the 41st minute

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Group stages

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Semi-finals

Final

Notes

See also

External links