2005–06 Powergen Cup

2005–06 Powergen Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England  Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	September 2005 - April 2006
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Final
Venue	Twickenham
Attendance	57,212
Champions	London Wasps (6th title)
Runners-up	Llanelli Scarlets
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The 2005–06 Powergen Cup was the 35th annual rugby union cup competition in England. Originally contested between clubs of the English leagues, this was the first season for which the competition was open to the Welsh regions, forming the Anglo-Welsh Cup. The cup is contested between the twelve teams of the English Premiership and the four Welsh regional sides from the Celtic League. The format of the cup is similar to that of the Heineken Cup, beginning with pool stages, with the top placed teams entering knockout stages. Each pool consists of a Welsh region and three English sides, with each team playing the others in the group once, and the top team of each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Pool matches were played in September, October and December 2005. Bath Rugby, London Wasps, Llanelli Scarlets and Leicester Tigers emerged as winners of their respective pools. London Wasps defeated Llanelli Scarlets 26 points to 10 in the final at Twickenham Stadium on April 9.

Group stages[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Bath Rugby	3	3	0	0	73	42	0	12
Gloucester	3	2	0	1	69	34	1	9
Ospreys	3	1	0	2	70	78	2	6
Bristol	3	0	0	3	44	102	1	1

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
London Wasps	3	3	0	0	112	53	2	14
Cardiff Blues	3	1	0	2	79	87	2	6
London Irish	3	1	0	2	66	85	1	5
Saracens	3	1	0	2	60	92	1	5

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Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Llanelli Scarlets	3	3	0	0	74	50	0	12
Newcastle Falcons	3	1	1	1	72	49	2	8
Sale Sharks	3	1	0	2	77	68	2	6
Leeds Tykes	3	0	1	2	35	91	0	2

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Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Leicester Tigers	3	2	0	1	86	56	2	10
Northampton Saints	3	2	0	1	70	43	1	9
Newport Gwent Dragons	3	2	0	1	64	57	0	8
Worcester Warriors	3	0	0	3	33	97	0	0

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Semi finals[]

Final[]

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 SH 9 Eoin Reddan N8 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (c) OF 7 Johnny O'Connor BF 6 Joe Worsley RL 5 Richard Birkett LL 4 Simon Shaw TP 3 Tim Payne HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez LP 1 Alistair McKenzie Replacements: HK 16 Joe Ward PR 17 Peter Bracken LK 18 Daniel Leo FL 19 James Haskell SH 20 Matt Dawson FH 21 Alex King CE 22 Ayoola Erinle Coach: Shaun Edwards

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) RL 5 Adam M. Jones LL 4 Inoke Afeaki TP 3 John Davies HK 2 Matthew Rees LP 1 Phil John Replacements: HK 16 Aled Gravelle PR 17 Martyn Madden LK 18 Vernon Cooper FL 19 Dafydd Jones SH 20 Liam Davies FH 21 Gareth Bowen FB 22 Garan Evans Coach: Gareth Jenkins

See also[]

• 2005–06 English Premiership (rugby union)
• 2005–06 Celtic League

External links[]

• Powergen Cup on RFU.com