2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League

2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League
2001–02 Welsh-Scottish League
Countries	Scotland Wales
Champions	Llanelli RFC
Runners-up	Newport RFC
Matches played	110
	← Scotland Wales 2000–01 Welsh-Scottish League Scotland 2002–03 Scottish Inter-District Championship; Wales 2002–03 Welsh Premier Division →

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

2001–2002 League Table

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

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

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

17 August 2001

Bridgend	19–27	Pontypridd

Brewery Field

18 August 2001

Caerphilly	13–43	Neath

18 August 2001

Llanelli	46–16	Ebbw Vale

Slot 2

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

28 August 2001

Edinburgh	20–32	Neath
	Preview

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 Report Report Report Report Report^{[dead link]}	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

31 August 2001
19:30

Glasgow	59–14	Pontypridd
Try: Glenn Metcalfe Tommy Hayes Roland Reid (3) Jason White James McLaren Jon Steel Lee Harrison Con: Tommy Hayes (7)	Preview Report Report Report Report Report	Try: Gareth Wyatt Dale McIntosh Con: Alex Lawson Ceri Sweeney

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4,110
Referee: A Rolland (Ireland)

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

7 September 2001

Edinburgh	27–20	Caerphilly

8 September 2001

Pontypridd	17–19	Llanelli

8 September 2001

Swansea	13–21	Glasgow

Slot 6

11 September 2001

Cardiff	32–24	Edinburgh

11 September 2001

Glasgow	58–22	Ebbw Vale

11 September 2001

Llanelli	21–27	Swansea

Slot 7

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

Slot 8

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

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)	Preview Report Report	Try: David Hawkins Con: Luke Richards Pen: Luke Richards (4) Drop: Luke Richards

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2973
Referee: Malcolm McEwan (Hawick)

Slot 10

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

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 Report Report Report	Try: M Allen N Walne Con: N Robinson Pen: N Robinson (4)

Hughenden Stadium
Referee: John Steele (Dumfries)

Slot 12

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

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

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 Preview Report Report	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

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 Preview Report Report	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

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

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	Preview Report Report Report Report	Pen: Graeme Kiddie (4)

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4000
Referee: David R. Davies (Llanbradach)

Slot 18

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 Preview Report Report Report	Try: Andrew Henderson Rory Kerr Con: Tommy Hayes (2) Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)

Sardis Road
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Phil Fear (Llanharan)

Slot 19

22 February 2002

Edinburgh	13–13	Glasgow
Try: Derrick Lee Martin Leslie Pen: Brendan Laney	Preview Report	Try: Alan Bulloch Con: Tommy Hayes Pen: Tommy Hayes (2)

Myreside
Attendance: 2732
Referee: Rob Dickson (Madras College FP)

Slot 20

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

Newport	55–5	Glasgow
Try: Peter Buxton Jason Forster Adrian Garvey Andrew Powell Rod Snow Ofisa Tonu'u (3) Matthew Watkins Con: Shane Howarth (5)	Preview Report Report Report Report	Try: Jonathan Stuart

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 6820
Referee: Paul Adams (Ebbw Vale)

9 March 2002

Swansea	22–27	Edinburgh

Slot 21

15 March 2002

Ebbw Vale	22–32	Newport

15 March 2002

Glasgow	20–27	Neath
Try: Jon Petrie Pen: Tommy Hayes (5)	Preview Report	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

13 April 2002

Neath	46–8	Glasgow
Try: Kevin James (4) Gareth Morris Barry Williams Dave Tiueti Andrew Howell Con: Lee Jarvis (3)	Preview Report Report Report Report Report Report	Try: Michael Bartlett Con: Calvin Howarth Pen: Calvin Howarth

The Gnoll
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Hugh Watkins (WRU)

Slot 23

10 April 2002

Glasgow	21–16	Bridgend
Try: Andrew Henderson Glenn Metcalfe Con: Graeme Kiddie Pen: Calvin Howarth Graeme Kiddie (2)	Preview Report Report Report Report	Try: Dafydd James Con: Craig Warlow Pen: Craig Warlow Drop: Craig Warlow (2)

Hughenden Stadium
Referee: David Changleng (Gala)

16 April 2002

Llanelli	26–20	Pontypridd

17 April 2002

Cardiff	27–16	Caerphilly

17 April 2002

Newport	20–36	Neath

Slot 24

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 Report Report	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

23 April 2002

Edinburgh	49–31	Ebbw Vale

Slot 26

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 Report Report Report^{[dead link]}	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

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 Report Report	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

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

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 Report Report Report	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

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

[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.

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