1975–76 John Player Cup Explained

1975–76 John Player Cup
Previous Year:	1974–75
Next Year:	1976–77

The 1975–76 John Player Cup was the fifth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gosforth won the competition defeating Rosslyn Park in the final. In the final Bob Mordell of Rosslyn Park punched Dave Robinson and was sent off after only ten minutes of the game.^[1] The event was sponsored for the first time by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

Draw and results

First round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
		21-6
		9-15
		0-20
		10-7
		12-4
		16-3
		41-3
		19-0
		12-20
		3-9
		25-12
		35-9
		4-6
		15-24
		32-7
		9-6

Second round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
		13-9
		16-15
		10-9
		12-19
		3-24
		3-14
		39-3
		16-28

Quarter-finals

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
		16-14
		3-14
		12-6
		12-16

Semi-finals

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
		3-12
		12-6

Final


	1	Brian Patrick
	2
	3	Ken Britten
	4	Harry Patrick
	5	Steve Gustard
	6	Richard Breakey
	7	Malcolm Young (c)
	8	Peter Dixon
	9	A J Preston
	10	Terry Roberts
	11	John Short
	12	Dave Robinson
	13	Andy Cutter
	14	Duncan Madsen
	15	Colin White
Replacements:
	16	Phil Levinson for Colin White (21m)
Coach:
Jack Rowell


	1	Phil Treseder
	2	Mike Bulpitt
	3	Charles Kent
	4	Steve Fluskey
	5	Jim Moyes
	6	Charles Ralston
	7	Lionel Weston
	8
	9	Bob Mordell
	10	Tony Rodgers
	11	Neil Mantell
	12	Dave Starling
	13	Paddy Hinton
	14	Phil Keith-Roach (c)
	15	George Lloyd-Roberts
Replacements:
	16	Les Byrne for Phil Treseder (33m)
Coach:
Peter Berryman / Glen Robertson

Notes and References

Book: Jenkins, Vivian. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. 1976. Brickfield Publications Ltd. 0362-00281-9.
Web site: Times Archives. Oxfordshire Libraries.