2003–04 Powergen Cup

The 2003–04 Powergen Cup was the 33rd edition of England's rugby union club competition. Newcastle Falcons won the competition defeating Sale Sharks in the final.^[1][2] The event was sponsored by Powergen and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[3]

2003–04 Powergen Cup
Tournament statistics
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Draw and results

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Tynedale	Bedford Athletic	41-31
Blaydon	Darlington	34-18
Market Bosworth	Fylde	24-32
Macclesfield	Aston Old Edwardians	48-11
Preston Grasshoppers	Longton	39-0
Chester	New Brighton	15-12
Halifax	Liverpool St Helens	11-25
Waterloo	Hull	51-10
Darlington Mowden Park	Kendal	70-8
Dudley Kingswinford	Hull Ionians
Haywards Heath	Basingstoke	23-19
Richmond	Canterbury	12-11
Old Colfeians	Blackheath	13-24
Barking	Old Patesians	42-13
Sutton & Epsom	Tabard	29-25
Westcombe Park	Dings Crusaders	8-21
London Nigerians	Reading	27-14
Launceston	Staines	48-7
Marlow	Southend	10-26
Walsall	Coney Hill	28-8
Redruth	Weston-super-Mare	28-13
North Walsham	Swanage & Wareham	30-20

Second round

Team one	Team two	Score
Chester	Liverpool St Helens	3-27
Darlington Mowden Park	Wharefdale	20-23
Dudley Kingswinford	Harrogate	21-60
Fylde	Nottingham	22-6
Macclesfield	Preston Grasshoppers	16-17
Nuneaton	Doncaster	19-18
Rugby	Sedgley Park	46-12
Tynedale	Blaydon	11-7
Waterloo	Moseley	41-20
Barking	Stourbridge	30-29
Bracknell	Rosslyn Park	34-20
Esher	Cambridge	85-0
Haywards Heath	Richmond	17-31
Launceston	Southend	32-15
Lydney	Blackheath	30-29
Newbury	North Walsham	32-12
Sutton & Epsom	Dings Crusaders	25-30
Walsall	Redruth	20-32

Third round

Team one	Team two	Score
Barking	Bedford	14-45
Bracknell	Penzance/Newlyn	15-28
Coventry	Pertemps Bees	21-28
Dings Crusaders	Otley	3-10
Esher	Liverpool St Helens	22-11
Henley Hawks	Newbury	39-17
Launceston	Fylde	59-33
Lydney	Wharfedale	18-20
Nuneaton	Tynedale	23-19
Orrell	London Welsh	21-14
Plymouth Albion	Redruth	64-14
Preston Grasshoppers	Waterloo	10-58
Rugby	Exeter	20-45
Wakefield	Richmond	48-12
Worcester	Harrogate	59-0
Bristol	Manchester	44-22

Fourth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Bedford	Nuneaton	39-15
Launceston	Waterloo	18-22
Orrell	Henley Hawks	62-10
Otley	Bristol	10-27
Wakefield	Esher	22-16
Wharfedale	Pertemps Bees	14-24
Worcester	Exeter	33-27
Penzance/Newlyn	Plymouth Albion	26-10

Fifth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Penzance/Newlyn	Bedford	21-19
Wakefield	Worcester	18-17
Waterloo	Pertemps Bees	27-40
Bristol	Orrell	22-20

Sixth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Leeds Tykes	Harlequins	13-6
Bath	Northampton Saints	42-13
Gloucester	London Irish	29-35
Leicester Tigers	Sale Sharks	28-43
Pertemps Bees	Wakefield	17-10
Bristol	London Wasps	8-46
Penzance/Newlyn	Saracens	20-30
Rotherham Titans	Newcastle Falcons	10-38

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Sale Sharks	Saracens	26-3
Newcastle Falcons	London Irish	24-12
Leeds Tykes	Bath	21-10
London Wasps	Pertemps Bees	24-28

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Sale Sharks	Leeds Tykes	33-20
Newcastle Falcons	Pertemps Bees	53-3

Final

17 April 2004

Newcastle Falcons	37–33	Sale Sharks
Try: Britz Vyvyan Shaw Dowson Con: Walder 4 Pen: Walder 3		Try: Hanley Cueto Mayor Con: Hodgson 3 Pen: Hodgson 4

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 48,519 Referee: Tony Spreadbury (Somerset)

Newcastle

Sale

15 Joe Shaw 14 Tom May 13 Mark Mayerhofler 12 Jamie Noon 11 Michael Stephenson 10 Dave Walder 9 James Grindal 8 Hugh Vyvyan (c) 7 Warren Britz 6 Jon Dunbar 5 Stuart Grimes 4 Garath Archer 3 Micky Ward 2 Nick Makin 1 Ian Peel Replacements: 16 Marius Hurter 17 Hall Charlton 18 Craig Hamilton 19 Matt Thompson 20 Phil Dowson 21 Daryl Lilley 22 Ben Gollings Coach: Rob Andrew

15 Jason Robinson 14 Mark Cueto 13 Chris Mayor 12 Jos Baxendell 11 Steve Hanley 10 Charlie Hodgson 9 Nick Walshe 8 Chris Jones 7 Alex Sanderson 6 Pete Anglesea 5 Jason White 4 Iain Fullarton 3 Barry Stewart 2 Andy Titterrell 1 Andrew Sheridan Replacements: 16 Matt Cairns 17 Stuart Turner 18 Dean Schofield 19 Hugh Perrett 20 Richard Wigglesworth 21 Mike Hercus 22 Vaughan Going Coach: Jim Mallinder

References

1. "Sale 33-37 Newcastle". BBC Sport.
2. "Powergen Cup final at Twickenham". The Telegraph.
3. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.