1992–93 Pilkington Cup Explained

1992–93 Pilkington Cup
Champions:	Leicester (4th title)
Runnersup:	Harlequins
Prevseason:	1991–92
Nextseason:	1993–94

The 1992–93 Pilkington Cup was the 22nd edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Leicester won the competition defeating Harlequins in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

Draw and results

First round

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Amber Valley	Hereford	3-6
Askeans	Ruislip	24-0
Berry Hill	Salisbury	24-10
Bradford	Aspatria	23-9
Bridgwater	Old Alleynians	20-17
Brixham	Tabard	16-18
Camborne	Redruth	11-24
Chesterfield	Worcester	8-13
Clifton	Horsham	43-10
Exeter	Newbury	30-6
Harrogate	Leamington	25-15
High Wycombe	Old Colleians	27-0
Lichfield	Penrith	52-3
London Welsh	Havant	31-8
Lydney	Basingstoke	13-6
Sedgley Park	Leeds	6-20
Sheffield	Liverpool St Helens	17-14
Sudbury	North Walsham	19-12
Tiverton	Henley	21-30
Towcestrians	Macclesfield	15-10
Tynedale	Hartlepool	39-16
Vale of Lune	Otley	3-46
Vipers	Broughton Park	5-15
Westcombe Park	Old Blues	7-18

Second round

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Bedford	Askeans	21-12
Bridgwater	Redruth	3-7
Coventry	Hereford	34-15
Exeter	Berry Hill	15-13
Fylde	Leeds	21-6
Henley	London Welsh	18-40
Lichfield	Waterloo	8-39
Lydney	Clifton	6-9
Morley	Broughton Park	39-17
Moseley	Harrogate	16-12
Old Blues	Blackheath	3-27
Otley	Sale	8-14
Richmond	Sudbury	37-15
Rosslyn Park	Plymouth	49-3
Tabard	High Wycombe	14-9
Towcestrians	Newcastle Gosforth	8-36
Tynedale	Sheffield	21-14
Wakefield	Bradford	31-9
Worcester	Nottingham	15-39

Third round

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Clifton	Exeter	3-19
Coventry	Nottingham	14-28
Harlequins	Blackheath	72-3
London Scottish	Leicester	11-20
Morley	Tynedale	10-6
Moseley	Fylde	19-6
Newcastle Gosforth	Gloucester	13-10
Orrell	Sale	20-3
Redruth	London Welsh	16-7
Richmond	Wakefield	22-25
Rosslyn Park	Wasps	10-37
Rugby	Bedford	27-14
Saracens	Bristol	20-15
Tabard	Northampton	13-50
Waterloo	Bath	9-8
West Hartlepool	London Irish	13-8

Fourth round

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Harlequins	Wakefield	47–18
Northampton	Newcastle Gosforth	33–3
Nottingham	Leicester	3–28
Redruth	Exeter	3–8
Rugby	Moseley	5–11
Wasps	Saracens	18–17
Waterloo	Orrell	8–3
West Hartlepool	Morley	21–3

Quarter-finals

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Leicester	Exeter	76–0
Northampton	Moseley	37–15
Waterloo	Harlequins	14–21
West Hartlepool	Wasps	9–15

Semi-finals

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Leicester	Northampton	28–6
Wasps	Harlequins	13–14

Final

O John Liley N Tony Underwood M L Stuart Potter K Rory Underwood J Jez Harris I Aadel Kardooni G H F John Wells (c) E D C Darren Garforth B A Graham Rowntree Replacements: P Laurence Boyle Q Darren Grewcock R Dave Hopper S Chris Johnson T Simon Povoas U Nigel Richardson Coach: Ian "Dosser" Smith

15 Kent Bray 14 Chris Madderson 13 Will Carling 12 Gavin Thompson 11 Jeff Alexander 10 Paul Challinor 9 Rob Glenister 8 Chris Sheasby 7 Peter Winterbottom (c) 6 Mark Russell 5 Richard Langhorn 4 Alex Snow 3 2 Brian Moore 1 Replacements: 16 Richard Goodwin 17 Stuart Thresher 18 Mark Evans 19 Martin Hobley 20 Simon Dear 21 Nick Kilick Coach:

External links

• Tigers Classic | Pilkington Cup Final: Leicester Tigers v Harlequins <1993>. Official Leicester Tigers YouTube channel.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Milestones. Leicester Tigers.
2. Web site: Times Archives. Oxfordshire Libraries.