2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League

Llanelli won the third and final Welsh-Scottish League.[1][2][3][4]

2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League
Countries Scotland  Wales
ChampionsWales Llanelli RFC
Runners-upWales Newport RFC
Matches played110

2001–2002 League Table

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The top 5 Welsh teams plus Glasgow and Edinburgh qualified for next season's Heineken Cup. At the end of this season Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby left the Scottish-Welsh League; making the 2002–03 a nine team Welsh Premier Division. The bottom side Caerphilly thus avoided regulation.

Team P W D L PF PA Tries Pts
  Llanelli RFC 20 15 0 5 583 402 60 45
  Newport RFC 20 14 1 5 576 415 68 43
  Neath RFC 20 14 0 6 616 366 64 42
  Cardiff RFC 20 13 1 6 498 404 56 40
  Swansea RFC 20 11 0 9 451 404 42 33
  Edinburgh 20 10 2 8 498 512 55 32
  Pontypridd RFC 20 9 0 11 441 440 41 27
  Glasgow 20 8 1 11 475 527 50 25
  Bridgend RFC 20 7 1 12 498 545 50 22
  Ebbw Vale RFC 20 5 0 15 407 609 36 15
  Caerphilly RFC 20 1 0 19 379 798 40 3

Results

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With 11 teams in the league it was impossible to have an even round system where each team played one another in a weekend. (One team would always have to sit out.)

The fixture list was instead devised so that teams would fulfil their fixtures in weekend or mid-week slots.

Each team would play 20 rounds in total.

The first 4 or 5 rounds for each club were hosted jointly by the Celtic League (dependent on which Celtic League pool those teams were in).

Welsh-Scottish and Celtic League fixtures

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These rounds counted both for the Welsh-Scottish League and for the Celtic League.

Pool A of the Celtic League had 8 teams, Pool B had 7 teams in total. Of that, Pool A had 6 Scottish-Welsh teams and Pool B had 5 Scottish-Welsh teams.

Thus Scottish and Welsh teams of Pool A had 5 matches against one another. Scottish and Welsh teams of Pool B had 4 matches against one another.

These matches were played first in allocated slots.

Slot 1

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18 August 2001
Caerphilly  13–43  Neath
18 August 2001
Llanelli  46–16  Ebbw Vale

Slot 2

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24 August 2001
Ebbw Vale  18–13  Pontypridd
24 August 2001
Neath  25–14  Cardiff
25 August 2001
Newport  50–22  Caerphilly
25 August 2001
Swansea  16–25  Bridgend

Slot 3

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28 August 2001
Edinburgh  20–32  Neath
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28 August 2001
Pontypridd  6–11  Swansea
29 August 2001
19:00
Bridgend  50–15  Glasgow
Try: Adrian Durston
Gareth Thomas (2)
Gareth Jones
Maama Molitika
Con: Cerith Rees (5)
Pen: Cerith Rees (5)
Preview
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Try: James Craig
Roland Reid
Con: Barry Irving
Pen: Barry Irving
Brewery Field
Attendance: 4,300
29 August 2001
Cardiff  20–14  Newport

Slot 4

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1 September 2001
Caerphilly  15–49  Cardiff
1 September 2001
Ebbw Vale  21–26  Swansea
1 September 2001
Llanelli  36–3  Bridgend
1 September 2001
Newport  29–11  Edinburgh

Slot 5

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7 September 2001
Edinburgh  27–20  Caerphilly
8 September 2001
Pontypridd  17–19  Llanelli
8 September 2001
Swansea  13–21  Glasgow

Slot 6

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11 September 2001
Cardiff  32–24  Edinburgh
11 September 2001
Glasgow  58–22  Ebbw Vale
11 September 2001
Llanelli  21–27  Swansea

Slot 7

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14 September 2001
Glasgow  15–9  Llanelli
15 September 2001
Ebbw Vale  17–18  Bridgend
15 September 2001
Neath  11–19  Newport

After 7 slots, each team had now played 4 or 5 rounds (depending on whether they were in Celtic League Pool A or B).

The remaining slots and rounds played were purely for the Welsh-Scottish League.

Welsh-Scottish League fixtures

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Slot 8

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22 September 2001
Bridgend  26–35  Newport
22 September 2001
Cardiff  25–13  Swansea
22 September 2001
Neath  26–41  Llanelli
22 September 2001
Pontypridd  38–8  Caerphilly

Slot 9

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12 October 2001
Ebbw Vale  15–10  Edinburgh
12 October 2001
Glasgow  40–22  Caerphilly
Try: Cameron Blades
Alan Bulloch
Roland Reid (2)
Nathan Ross
Con: Tommy Hayes (3)
Pen: Tommy Hayes (3)
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Try: David Hawkins
Con: Luke Richards
Pen: Luke Richards (4)
Drop: Luke Richards
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2973
Referee: Malcolm McEwan (Hawick)

Slot 10

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19 October 2001
Newport  25–19  Swansea
19 October 2001
Edinburgh  13–11  Pontypridd
20 October 2001
Bridgend  19–21  Neath
20 October 2001
Caerphilly  25–30  Ebbw Vale
20 October 2001
Llanelli  28–25  Cardiff

Slot 11

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1 December 2001
Swansea  22–14  Ebbw Vale
1 December 2001
postponed to
30 April 2002
Glasgow  19–22  Cardiff
Try: Kenny Sinclair
Con: Kenny Sinclair
Pen: Tommy Hayes (4)
Preview
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Try: M Allen
N Walne
Con: N Robinson
Pen: N Robinson (4)
Hughenden Stadium
Referee: John Steele (Dumfries)

Slot 12

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7 December 2001
Edinburgh  27–22  Bridgend
7 December 2001
Llanelli  17–13  Newport
8 December 2001
Ebbw Vale  6–45  Neath
8 December 2001
Swansea  36–21  Caerphilly

Slot 13

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14 December 2001
Swansea  3–12  Pontypridd
15 December 2001
Bridgend  28–24  Ebbw Vale
15 December 2001
Caerphilly  20–46  Newport
15 December 2001
Cardiff  16–12  Neath
15 December 2001
Llanelli  42–17  Edinburgh

Slot 14

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21 December 2001
Edinburgh  51–18  Swansea
21 December 2001
Llanelli  39–27  Neath
22 December 2001
Bridgend  25–25  Cardiff
22 December 2001
Caerphilly  35–16  Glasgow
Try: David Hawkins
Geraint Lewis
Ben Watkins
Graham Thomas
Con: Luke Richards (3)
Pen: Luke Richards (3)
Preview
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Try: Alan Bulloch
Graeme Beveridge
Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)
Virginia Park
Attendance: 650
Referee: Hugh Lewis (Pontypridd)
22 December 2001
Pontypridd  33–13  Ebbw Vale

Slot 15

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26 December 2001
Cardiff  28–20  Pontypridd
26 December 2001
Neath  38–33  Caerphilly
26 December 2001
Newport  35–25  Ebbw Vale
26 December 2001
Swansea  35–9  Llanelli
26 December 2001
postponed to
29 March 2002
Glasgow  19–23  Edinburgh
Try: Graeme Beveridge
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes (4)
Preview
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Report
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Try: David Officer
Kevin Utterson
Con: Duncan Hodge (2)
Pen: Duncan Hodge (2)
Drop: Duncan Hodge
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4358
Referee: Paddy O"Brien (New Zealand)

Slot 16

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28 December 2001
Pontypridd  6–33  Newport
29 December 2001
Bridgend  31–33  Llanelli
29 December 2001
Caerphilly  21–35  Edinburgh
29 December 2001
Ebbw Vale  22–20  Cardiff
29 December 2001
Neath  31–15  Swansea

Slot 17

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18 January 2002
Newport  24–9  Llanelli
19 January 2002
Caerphilly  16–36  Pontypridd
19 January 2002
Cardiff  29–12  Glasgow
Try: Matt Allen
Francois Mounier
Gary Powell
Rhys Williams
Con: Nicky Robinson (3)
Pen: Nicky Robinson
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Pen: Graeme Kiddie (4)
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4000
Referee: David R. Davies (Llanbradach)

Slot 18

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8 February 2002
Ebbw Vale  3–16  Llanelli
8 February 2002
Edinburgh  19–19  Newport
9 February 2002
Caerphilly  3–38  Swansea
9 February 2002
Neath  35–21  Bridgend
9 February 2002
Pontypridd  25–20  Glasgow
Try: Jason Lewis
Con: Nicky Little
Pen: Nicky Little (5)
Ceri Sweeney
Preview
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Try: Andrew Henderson
Rory Kerr
Con: Tommy Hayes (2)
Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)
Sardis Road
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Phil Fear (Llanharan)

Slot 19

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22 February 2002
Edinburgh  13–13  Glasgow
Try: Derrick Lee
Martin Leslie
Pen: Brendan Laney
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Try: Alan Bulloch
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)
Myreside
Attendance: 2732
Referee: Rob Dickson (Madras College FP)

Slot 20

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8 March 2002
Pontypridd  17–12  Neath
9 March 2002
Caerphilly  21–34  Bridgend
9 March 2002
Cardiff  26–16  Ebbw Vale
9 March 2002
Swansea  22–27  Edinburgh

Slot 21

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15 March 2002
Ebbw Vale  22–32  Newport
15 March 2002
Glasgow  20–27  Neath
Try: Jon Petrie
Pen: Tommy Hayes (5)
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Try: Gareth Llewellyn
Nathan Bonner-Evans
Con: Lee Jarvis
Pen: Lee Jarvis (5)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2421
Referee: Iain Ramage (Berwick)
16 March 2002
Bridgend  53–30  Edinburgh
16 March 2002
Llanelli  62–18  Caerphilly
16 March 2002
Pontypridd  18–21  Cardiff

Slot 22

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13 April 2002
Neath  46–8  Glasgow
Try: Kevin James (4)
Gareth Morris
Barry Williams
Dave Tiueti
Andrew Howell
Con: Lee Jarvis (3)
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Try: Michael Bartlett
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Calvin Howarth
The Gnoll
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Hugh Watkins (WRU)

Slot 23

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16 April 2002
Llanelli  26–20  Pontypridd
17 April 2002
Cardiff  27–16  Caerphilly
17 April 2002
Newport  20–36  Neath

Slot 24

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19 April 2002
Edinburgh  32–10  Cardiff
19 April 2002
Pontypridd  32–13  Bridgend
20 April 2002
Llanelli  40–14  Glasgow
Try: Mark Jones (3)
Leigh Davies
Salesi Finau
Con: Gareth Bowen (3)
Pen: Gareth Bowen (3)
Preview
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Try: Jon Steel
Pen: Calvin Howarth (3)
Stradey Park
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Colin Saunders (Wales)
20 April 2002
Neath  50–8  Ebbw Vale
20 April 2002
Swansea  52–13  Newport

Slot 25

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23 April 2002
Edinburgh  49–31  Ebbw Vale

Slot 26

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26 April 2002
Newport  14–17  Cardiff
27 April 2002
Bridgend  6–21  Swansea
27 April 2002
Ebbw Vale  18–37  Glasgow
Try: Rhys Shorney
Iestyn Thomas
Con: Gareth Cull
Pen: Gareth Cull (2)
Preview
Preview
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Report
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Try: Graeme Beveridge (2)
Donnie Macfadyen (2)
Glenn Metcalfe
Con: Tommy Hayes (2)
Calvin Howarth
Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)
Eugene Cross Park
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Keri Evans (WRU)
27 April 2002
Neath  36–3  Edinburgh

Slot 27

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3 May 2002
Edinburgh  40–8  Llanelli
3 May 2002
Glasgow  26–28  Newport
Try: Calvin Howarth
Rory Kerr
Roland Reid
Con: Tommy Hayes
Pen: Tommy Hayes
Calvin Howarth (2)
Preview
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Try: Llyr Lane
Matt Mostyn (2)
Con: Shane Howarth (2)
Pen: Shane Howarth
Jason Strange (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: John Hogg (Hawick)
3 May 2002
Neath  47–14  Pontypridd
4 May 2002
Bridgend  33–24  Caerphilly
4 May 2002
Swansea  24–20  Cardiff

Slot 28

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7 May 2002
Caerphilly  6–54  Llanelli
7 May 2002
Cardiff  47–27  Bridgend
7 May 2002
Swansea  20–16  Neath
8 May 2002
Newport  34–23  Pontypridd

Slot 29

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10 May 2002
Cardiff  25–28  Llanelli
10 May 2002
Ebbw Vale  66–20  Caerphilly
10 May 2002
Glasgow  37–20  Swansea
Try: Jon Steel
Kenny Sinclair
Jon Petrie
Con: Tommy Hayes
Calvin Howarth
Pen: Tommy Hayes (5)
Drop: James McLaren
Preview
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Try: Matt Taylor
Nik Witkowski
Selilio Martens
Con: Gavin Henson
Pen: Gavin Henson
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3560
Referee: Andy Ireland (Edinburgh Referees Society)
11 May 2002
Newport  38–29  Bridgend
11 May 2002
Pontypridd  59–27  Edinburgh

References

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  1. ^ "- The history of rugby through its competitions".[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "BBC SPORT - Rugby Union - Celtic - Welsh-Scottish League 2001/2". 30 May 2002.
  3. ^ "The end is nigh for Welsh/Scottish League". ESPN scrum.
  4. ^ "BBC SPORT - CELTIC - Welsh/Scottish League Q&A". 2 May 2002.