The 1981–82 John Player Cup was the 11th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gloucester and Moseley shared the title after playing out a 12-12 draw in the final.[ 1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium .[ 2]
Draw and results
First round
Team one
Team two
Score
Liverpool
Morpeth
19-3
Birkenhead Park
Hartlepool Rovers
6-7
Aspatria
Roundhay
0-19
Northampton
Kettering
Bournemouth
St Ives
10-18
Dartfordians
Hertford
4-11
Dudley Kingswinford
Nuneaton
9-27
Exeter University
Lydney
12-13
High Wycombe
Newbury
13-0
Saracens
US Portsmouth
10-4
Woodford
Old Gaytonians
19-6
Weston-super-Mare
Oxford
6-9
Walsall
Westleigh
24-15
Lewes
Streatham-Croydon
19-0
Second round
Team one
Team two
Score
Blackheath
Woodford
13-0
Hertford
Lydney
10-13
Lewes
St Ives
0-10
Nuneaton
Roundhay
10-7
Matson
Thurrock
12-12*
Oxford
High Wycombe
9-10
Stamford
Liverpool
3-15
Stourbridge
Hartlepool Rovers
9-19
Walsall
Northampton
9-32
London Irish
Saracens
19-3
Away team progress*
Third round
Team one
Team two
Score
Exeter
Thurrock
7-0
Bath
Rosslyn Park
9-11
London Welsh
Lydney
16-3
Northampton
Morley
12-7
Waterloo
Nuneaton
3-0
St Ives
Bristol
6-16
Richmond
Metropolitan Police
10-20
Blackheath
London Scottish
3-16
Gloucester
High Wycombe
40-6
Nottingham
Sale
9-15
Moseley
Harrogate
17-4
Leicester
Hartlepool Rovers
53-19
London Irish
Coventry
7-10
Orrell
Liverpool
12-15
Harlequins
Wasps
19-10
Bedford
Gosforth
3-14
Fourth round
Team one
Team two
Score
Gloucester
Exeter
34-3
Sale
Rosslyn Park
19-3
Moseley
London Welsh
25-9
Leicester
Northampton
23-10
Coventry
Waterloo
29-9
Liverpool
Bristol
12-10
Harlequins
Metropolitan Police
28-6
Gosforth
London Scottish
26-19
Quarter-finals
Team one
Team two
Score
Gloucester
Sale
13-6
Moseley
Liverpool
15-13
Coventry
Harlequins
24-12
Leicester
Gosforth
18-9
Semi-finals
Team one
Team two
Score
Moseley
Leicester
12-4
Coventry
Gloucester
9-18
Final
15
Martin Cooper
14
John Goodwin
13
Jon Desborough
12
Dave Shorrock
11
Richard Lawson
10
Mike Perry
9
Steve Sutherland
1
Trevor Corless
2
Gary Cox
3
Steve Acaster
4
John Davidson
5
Al Recardo
6
Dave Warren
8
Derek Nutt (c )
7
Nick Jeavons
Replacements:
16
Phil Millington
17
Steve Morley
18
Ian Metcalfe
19
Bob Barr
20
Kevin Astley
21
Alan Thomas
Coach:
References