2000–01 Rugby Union County Championship

2000–2001 Tetley's Bitter County Championship
Countries England
ChampionsYorkshire (14th title)
Runners-upCornwall

The 2000–01 Tetley's Bitter Rugby Union County Championship was the 101st edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.[1][2]

Yorkshire won their 14th title by defeating Cornwall in the final.[3]

The competition had been devastated by the cancelling of fixtures due to flooding in 2000 and a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001, so therefore the two previous years' winners Yorkshire and Cornwall met in a challenge match to decide the Championship.[4]

Final

26 May 2001
Yorkshire47–19Cornwall
Try: Dixon, penalty try, Kirkby 2, Scarbrough, Shepherd, Verity
Con: Liley (6)		Try: Hendy
Con: Larkins
Pen: Larkins (4)
Twickenham
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: D Pearson (Northumberland)


Danny Scarbrough
Stuart Dixon
Jon Shepherd
Summers
Mark Kirkby
Rob Liley
Dave Scully
Simon Bunting
John Lawn (capt)
Rod Latham
Cook
Manuel
Mark Sowerby
Hedley Verity
Berke
Replacements:
Wainwright (for Liley 72min)
Andy Brown (for Scully 48min)
James Hawken
Steve Larkins
Andy Hymans
Shane Kirman
Adryan Winnan
James Hendy
Ian Sanders (capt)
Neil Douch
Neil Clark
Nick Croker
Lee Soper
S O'Sullivan
Ali Durant
Ian Boase
Laka Waqinivere
Replacements:
Hobson (for Croker 51min)
Joynt (for O'Sullivan 49min)
Coach:
Barry Trevaskis

See also

References

  1. ^ "English County Championship". Rugby Football History.
  2. ^ "The County Finals". County Rugby.com.
  3. ^ "Hands, david. "Yorkshire confirm their blossoming dominance." Times, 5 June 2000, p". Times Digital Archives.
  4. ^ "Kirkby puts the fizz into seven-up Yorkshire". The Guardian. 28 May 2001.