- Draw and Results First Round (Sep 14) Second Round (Oct 12) Third Round (Nov 2) Fourth Round (Dec 21 & 22) Fifth Round (Jan 25 & 26) Quarter Finals (Feb 22 & 23) Semi Finals (Mar 29) Final
- References
{{Infobox Six Nations Championship 2 | name = 1996–1997 Pilkington Cup | image = | imagesize = | caption = | date = | countries = | teams = | champions = | count = | grand slam = | triple crown = | matches = | attendance = | tries = | top point scorer = | top try scorer = | website = | previous year = 1995-1996 | previous tournament = | next year = 1997-1998 | next tournament = }}The 1996-1997 Pilkington Cup was the twenty-sixth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition. Leicester won the competition defeating Sale in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2] Draw and ResultsFirst Round (Sep 14)Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Barking | Barnstaple | 18-31 | Birmingham & Solihull | Old Halesonians | 37-8 | Bishop Stortford | Bicester | 13-26 | Bradford & Bingley | Aspatria | 13-26 | Bridgwater & Albion | Newbury | 22-46 | Bridlington | Nuneaton | 23-16 | Camberley | Plymouth | 24-24* | Camp Hill | Wigton | 17-35 | Charlton Park | Askeans | 11-28 | Derby | Blaydon | 12-13 | Esher | Ruislip | 20-3 | Gosport & Fareham | Weston-Super-Mare | 12-19 | Haywards Heath | Beckenham | 31-10 | Henley | Westcombe Park | 84-10 | Launceston | Cheltenham | 25-37 | Lichfield | Winnington Park | 19-21 | Longton | Sheffield | 16-26 | Manchester | Scunthorpe | 37-10 | Marlow | Norwich | 0-6 | Metropolitan Police | Sutton & Epsom | 47-18 | New Brighton | Hereford | 29-13 | North Walsham | Gloucester Old Boys | 17-18 | Preston Grasshoppers | Stoke-on-Trent | 28-10 | Southend | High Wycombe | 24-41 | Staines | Gloucester Saras | 27-20 | Stourbridge | Kendal | 17-28 | Sutton Coldfield | Sandal | 15-22 | Swanage & Wareham | Berry Hill | 41-8 | Tabard | Bracknell | 19-30 | Westleigh | Tynedale | 19-20 | Widnes | Ampthill | 30-17 | Worcester | Vale of Lune | 59-8 |
Second Round (Oct 12)Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Askeans | Swanage & Wareham | 18-21 | Barnstaple | Plymouth | 27-14 | Bishop Stortford | Metropolitan Police | 22-22* | Bridlington | Blaydon | 15-7 | Cheltenham | Worcester | 30-22 | Gloucester Old Boys | Newbury | 13-26 | Haywards Heath | Bracknell | 24-58 | Manchester | Wigton | 19-31 | New Brighton | Preston Grasshoppers | 12-24 | Norwich | Esher | 12-38 | Sandal | Tynedale | 16-9 | Sheffield | Kendal | 29-31 | Staines | Henley | 20-31 | Weston-Super-Mare | High Wycombe | 23-6 | Widnes | Birmingham & Solihull | 19-9 | Winnington Park | Aspatria | 19-46 |
Progressed to next round by virtue of scoring more tries* Third Round (Nov 2)Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Bridlington | Wigton | 22-30 | Cheltenham | Henley | 23-19 | Esher | Bracknell | 26-15 | Exeter | Barnstaple | 32-3 | Leeds | Redruth | 96-6 | Liverpool St Helens | Walsall | 30-20 | London Welsh | Reading | 11-16 | Morley | Aspatria | 30-26 | Newbury | Clifton | 58-12 | Otley | Wharfedale | 34-27 | Preston Grasshoppers | Fylde | 24-12 | Rosslyn Park | Havant | 27-15 | Sandal | Kendal | 20-32 | Swanage & Wareham | Lydney | 9-26 | Weston-super-Mare | Bishop Stortford | 23-11 | Widnes | Harrogate | 12-7 |
Fourth Round (Dec 21 & 22)Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Bath | London Irish | 33-0 | Bristol | Blackheath | 60-17 | Coventry | Kendal | 79-17 | Gloucester | Leeds | 55-20 | Harlequins | Cheltenham | 47-11 | Leicester | Newbury | 26-21 | Moseley | Wigton | 49-6 | Newcastle | West Hartlepool | 51-10 | Nottingham | London Scottish | 11-25 | Orrell | Bedford | 34-31 | Preston Grasshoppers | Northampton | 11-40 | Reading | Saracens | 3-41 | Rotherham | Rosslyn Park | 41-26 | Sale | Richmond | 34-30 | Wakefield | Waterloo | 22-17 | Wasps | Rugby | 84-8 |
Fifth Round (Jan 25 & 26)Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Bath | Leicester | 28-39 | Gloucester | Bristol | 18-12 | London Scottish | Newcastle | 15-39 | Northampton | Coventry | 26-17 | Orrell | Sale | 0-57 | Rotherham | Harlequins | 23-42 | Saracens | Wasps | 21-17 | Wakefield | Moseley | 24-14 |
Quarter Finals (Feb 22 & 23)Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Harlequins | Saracens | 28-21 | Newcastle | Leicester | 8-18 | Northampton | Sale | 9-22 | Wakefield | Gloucester | 21-25 |
Semi Finals (Mar 29)Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Gloucester | Leicester | 13-26 | Sale | Harlequins | 26-16 |
Final{{rugbybox |date= 10 May 1997 |time= |home= Leicester |score= 9-3 |report= |away= Sale |try1= |con1= |pen1= Joel Stransky 3 |drop1= |try2= |con2= |pen2= Simon Mannix |drop2= |stadium=Twickenham Stadium, London |attendance= 75,000 |referee= Brian Campsall (Yorkshire) }} | |
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O | Ireland|rugby union}} Niall Malone | N | Scotland}} Craig Joiner | M | England}} Will Greenwood | L | England}} Stuart Potter | K | England}} Leon Lloyd | J | South Africa}} Joel Stransky | I | England}} Austin Healey | G | Ireland|rugby union}} Eric Miller | H | England}} Neil Back | F | England}} John Wells | E | England}} Matt Poole | D | England}} Martin Johnson (c) | C | England}} Darren Garforth | B | England}} Richard Cockerill | A | England}} Graham Rowntree | Replacements: | P | England}} Rob Liley | Q | England}} Aadel Kardooni | R | England}} Bill Drake-Lee | S | England}} Dean Richards | T | England}} Dorian West | U | England}} Steve Hackney | Dir of Rugby: | {{flagicon|Australia}} Bob Dwyer | | |
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15 | England}} Jim Mallinder (c) | 14 | England}} David Rees | 13 | England}} Jos Baxendell | 12 | England}} Adrian Hadley | 11 | England}} Tom Beim | 10 | New Zealand}} Simon Mannix | 9 | England}} Dewi Morris | 8 | New Zealand}} John Mitchell | 7 | Ireland|rugby union}} Dylan O'Grady | 6 | England}} Neil Ashurst | 5 | England}} Dave Baldwin | 4 | England}} Dave Erskine | 3 | England}} Paul Smith | 2 | England}} Steve Diamond | 1 | England}} Paul Winstanley | Replacements: | 16 | John O'Reilly | 17 | Chris Yates | 18 | Andy Morris | 19 | Sean Fletcher | 20 | Luke Hewson | 21 | Murray Driver | Coach: | | |
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-stransky-kicks-wind-out-of-sale-1260993.html|title=Rugby Union: Stransky kicks wind out of Sale|publisher=The Independent}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online|title=Times Archives|publisher=Oxfordshire Libraries}}
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