2003–04 Powergen Cup

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The 2003–04 Powergen Cup was the 33rd edition of England's rugby union club competition. Newcastle Falcons won the competition defeating Sale Sharks in the final. The event was sponsored by Powergen and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.

Draw and results

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Tynedale	Bedford Athletic	41-31
Blaydon	Darlington	34-18
Market Bosworth	Fylde	24-32
Macclesfield	Aston Old Edwardians	48-11
Preston Grasshoppers	Longton	39-0
Chester	New Brighton	15-12
Halifax	Liverpool St Helens	11-25
Waterloo	Hull	51-10
Darlington Mowden Park	Kendal	70-8
Dudley Kingswinford	Hull Ionians
Haywards Heath	Basingstoke	23-19
Richmond	Canterbury	12-11
Old Colfeians	Blackheath	13-24
Barking	Old Patesians	42-13
Sutton & Epsom	Tabard	29-25
Westcombe Park	Dings Crusaders	8-21
London Nigerians	Reading	27-14
Launceston	Staines	48-7
Marlow	Southend	10-26
Walsall	Coney Hill	28-8
Redruth	Weston-super-Mare	28-13
North Walsham	Swanage & Wareham	30-20

Second round

Team one	Team two	Score
Chester	Liverpool St Helens	3-27
Darlington Mowden Park	Wharefdale	20-23
Dudley Kingswinford	Harrogate	21-60
Fylde	Nottingham	22-6
Macclesfield	Preston Grasshoppers	16-17
Nuneaton	Doncaster	19-18
Rugby	Sedgley Park	46-12
Tynedale	Blaydon	11-7
Waterloo	Moseley	41-20
Barking	Stourbridge	30-29
Bracknell	Rosslyn Park	34-20
Esher	Cambridge	85-0
Haywards Heath	Richmond	17-31
Launceston	Southend	32-15
Lydney	Blackheath	30-29
Newbury	North Walsham	32-12
Sutton & Epsom	Dings Crusaders	25-30
Walsall	Redruth	20-32

Third round

Team one	Team two	Score
Barking	Bedford	14-45
Bracknell	Penzance/Newlyn	15-28
Coventry	Pertemps Bees	21-28
Dings Crusaders	Otley	3-10
Esher	Liverpool St Helens	22-11
Henley Hawks	Newbury	39-17
Launceston	Fylde	59-33
Lydney	Wharfedale	18-20
Nuneaton	Tynedale	23-19
Orrell	London Welsh	21-14
Plymouth Albion	Redruth	64-14
Preston Grasshoppers	Waterloo	10-58
Rugby	Exeter	20-45
Wakefield	Richmond	48-12
Worcester	Harrogate	59-0
Bristol	Manchester	44-22

Fourth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Bedford	Nuneaton	39-15
Launceston	Waterloo	18-22
Orrell	Henley Hawks	62-10
Otley	Bristol	10-27
Wakefield	Esher	22-16
Wharfedale	Pertemps Bees	14-24
Worcester	Exeter	33-27
Penzance/Newlyn	Plymouth Albion	26-10

Fifth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Penzance/Newlyn	Bedford	21-19
Wakefield	Worcester	18-17
Waterloo	Pertemps Bees	27-40
Bristol	Orrell	22-20

Sixth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Leeds Tykes	Harlequins	13-6
Bath	Northampton Saints	42-13
Gloucester	London Irish	29-35
Leicester Tigers	Sale Sharks	28-43
Pertemps Bees	Wakefield	17-10
Bristol	London Wasps	8-46
Penzance/Newlyn	Saracens	20-30
Rotherham Titans	Newcastle Falcons	10-38

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Sale Sharks	Saracens	26-3
Newcastle Falcons	London Irish	24-12
Leeds Tykes	Bath	21-10
London Wasps	Pertemps Bees	24-28

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Sale Sharks	Leeds Tykes	33-20
Newcastle Falcons	Pertemps Bees	53-3

Final

17 April 2004

Newcastle Falcons	37–33	Sale Sharks
Try: Britz Vyvyan Shaw Dowson Con: Walder 4 Pen: Walder 3		Try: Hanley Cueto Mayor Con: Hodgson 3 Pen: Hodgson 4

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 48,519
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (Somerset)

Newcastle

Sale


	15	Joe Shaw
	14	Tom May
	13	Mark Mayerhofler
	12	Jamie Noon
	11	Michael Stephenson
	10	Dave Walder
	9	James Grindal
	8	Hugh Vyvyan (c)
	7	Warren Britz
	6	Jon Dunbar
	5	Stuart Grimes
	4	Garath Archer
	3	Micky Ward
	2	Nick Makin
	1	Ian Peel
Replacements:
	16	Marius Hurter
	17	Hall Charlton
	18	Craig Hamilton
	19	Matt Thompson
	20	Phil Dowson
	21	Daryl Lilley
	22	Ben Gollings
Coach:
Rob Andrew


	15	Jason Robinson
	14	Mark Cueto
	13	Chris Mayor
	12	Jos Baxendell
	11	Steve Hanley
	10	Charlie Hodgson
	9	Nick Walshe
	8	Chris Jones
	7	Alex Sanderson
	6	Pete Anglesea
	5	Jason White
	4	Iain Fullarton
	3	Barry Stewart
	2	Andy Titterrell
	1	Andrew Sheridan
Replacements:
	16	Matt Cairns
	17	Stuart Turner
	18	Dean Schofield
	19	Hugh Perrett
	20	Richard Wigglesworth
	21	Mike Hercus
	22	Vaughan Going
Coach:
Jim Mallinder

References

"Sale 33-37 Newcastle". BBC Sport.
"Powergen Cup final at Twickenham". The Telegraph.
"Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

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