2005-06 Powergen Cup

The 2005-06 Powergen Cup was the 35th annual rugby union cup competition in England. Originally contested between clubs of the English leagues, this was the first season for which the competition was open to the Welsh regions, forming the Anglo-Welsh Cup. The cup is contested between the twelve teams of the English Premiership and the four Welsh regional sides from the Magners League. The format of the cup is similar to that of the Heineken Cup, beginning with pool stages, with the top placed teams entering knockout stages. Each pool consists of a Welsh region and three English sides, with each team playing the others in the group once, and the top team of each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Pool matches were played in September, October and December 2005. Bath Rugby, London Wasps, Llanelli Scarlets and the Leicester Tigers emerged as winners of their respective pools. The final was contested at Twickenham on April 9, between the Wasps and Scarlets, which saw the Wasps emerge victorious, beating the Scarlets 26 points to 10.

Group stages

Group A

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*Sunday 2 October Leeds Tykes 7–28 Llanelli Scarlets - Attendance: 2,582
*Sunday 2 October Newcastle Falcons 34–9 Sale Sharks - Attendance: 4,917
*Friday 7 October Sale Sharks 45–10 Leeds Tykes - Attendance: 4,572
*Sunday 9 October Llanelli Scarlets 22–20 Newcastle Falcons - Attendance: 7,195
*Friday 2 December Leeds Tykes 18–18 Newcastle Falcons - Attendance: 3,316
*Friday 2 December Llanelli Scarlets 24–23 Sale Sharks - Attendance: 6,835

Group D

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*Friday 30 September Newport Gwent Dragons 24–15 Leicester Tigers - Attendance: 6,327
*Saturday 1 October Worcester Warriors 7–22 Northampton Saints - Attendance: 7,561
*Saturday 8 October Leicester Tigers 42–16 Worcester Warriors - Attendance: 8,642
*Saturday 8 October Northampton Saints 32–7 Newport Gwent Dragons - Attendance: 11,695
*Saturday 3 December Leicester Tigers 29–16 Northampton Saints - Attendance: 11,072
*Saturday 3 December Newport Gwent Dragons 33–10 Worcester Warriors - Attendance: '4,017

emi finals

*Saturday 4 March London Wasps 22–17 Leicester Tigers Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
*Saturday 4 March Llanelli Scarlets 27–26 Bath Rugby Millennium Stadium, CardiffAttendance: 50,811

Final

*Sunday 9 April London Wasps 26–10 Llanelli Scarlets, Twickenham, LondonAttendance: 57,212

External links

* [http://www.rfu.com/microsites/powergen/twickenham/index.cfm?StoryID=11822 Powergen Cup] on RFU.com