1978–79 John Player Cup
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The 1978–79 John Player Cup was the eighth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Leicester won the competition defeating Moseley in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium .[2]
Draw and results [ edit ] First round [ edit ] Team one Team two Score Esher Gosforth 3-38 Leicester Northampton 29-3 Broughton Park Orrell 12-9 Exeter London Scottish 15-11 Gloucester Richmond 3-3* Harlequins Plymouth Albion 21-9 Hartlepool Rovers Walsall 13-0 Havant Rosslyn Park 0-19 Ipswich Matson 6-14 London Irish Avon & Somerset Police 32-7 Wasps Blackheath 11-0 Moseley Liverpool 22-13 Rugby Coventry 12-29 Wakefield Bedford 12-27 Birkenhead Park Sale 9-6 London Welsh Bath 28-18
Progressed as away team*
Second round [ edit ] Team one Team two Score Gosforth Harlequins 9-3 Leicester Broughton Park 30-7 Richmond Matson 22-3 Rosslyn Park Exeter 7-6 Wasps Hartlepool Rovers 10-6 Bedford Birkenhead Park 16-8 London Irish Moseley 0-10 London Welsh Coventry 21-3
Quarter-finals [ edit ] Team one Team two Score Bedford Leicester 12-22 Wasps London Welsh 6-3 Gosforth Rosslyn Park 7-3 Moseley Richmond 27-3
Semi-finals [ edit ] Team one Team two Score Gosforth Moseley 3-6 Wasps Leicester 7-43
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15 Richard Akenhead 14 Alan Thomas 13 Malcolm Swain 12 Barrie Corless 11 Bob Laird 10 Martin Cooper (c ) 9 Chris Gifford 8 Derek Nutt 7 Nick Jeavons 6 Russ Field 5 Barry Ayre 4 John Beale 3 Kevin Astley 2 Gary Cox 1 Bert Greaves Replacements: 16 Andy Watson-Jones for Corless (30m) 17 Steve King for Nutt (50m) Coach:
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