2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England   Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	30 September 2005 – 9 April 2006
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	27
Final
Venue	Twickenham Stadium
Attendance	57,212
Champions	London Wasps (6th title)
Runners-up	Llanelli Scarlets
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The 2005–06 Powergen Anglo-Welsh Cup was the 35th annual rugby union cup competition in England, and the first since it incorporated the four Welsh regional sides to become the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Whereas the competition previously featured teams from the lower levels of the English rugby pyramid, this season it was contested by the 12 teams from the English Premiership and the four Welsh regional sides from the Celtic League.

The competition began with a pool stage, in which each pool consisted of a Welsh region and three English sides, with each team playing the others in the group once. Pool matches were played in September, October and December 2005. The team that finished top of each pool advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 4 March 2006, and the final was played at Twickenham Stadium in London on 9 April.

London Wasps beat Leicester Tigers 22–17 in their semi-final, while Llanelli Scarlets beat Bath 27–26 in theirs; Wasps then beat the Scarlets 26–10 in the final.

Group stages

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Bath	3	3	0	0	73	42	0	12
Gloucester	3	2	0	1	69	34	1	9
Ospreys	3	1	0	2	70	78	2	6
Bristol	3	0	0	3	44	102	1	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
London Wasps	3	3	0	0	112	53	2	14
Cardiff Blues	3	1	0	2	79	87	2	6
London Irish	3	1	0	2	66	85	1	5
Saracens	3	1	0	2	60	92	1	5

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Llanelli Scarlets	3	3	0	0	74	50	0	12
Newcastle Falcons	3	1	1	1	72	49	2	8
Sale Sharks	3	1	0	2	77	68	2	6
Leeds Tykes	3	0	1	2	35	91	0	2

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Leicester Tigers	3	2	0	1	86	56	2	10
Northampton Saints	3	2	0	1	70	43	1	9
Newport Gwent Dragons	3	2	0	1	64	57	0	8
Worcester Warriors	3	0	0	3	33	97	0	0

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Semi-finals

Final

FB 15 Barry Davies RW 14 Mark Jones OC 13 Matthew Watkins IC 12 Regan King LW 11 Dafydd James FH 10 Mike Hercus SH 9 Clive Stuart-Smith N8 8 Alix Popham OF 7 Gavin Thomas BF 6 Simon Easterby ( c)  27' RL 5 Adam Jones LL 4 Inoke Afeaki  67' TP 3 John Davies  64' HK 2 Matthew Rees  73' LP 1 Phil John Replacements: HK 16 Aled Gravelle  73' PR 17 Martyn Madden  64' LK 18 Vernon Cooper  67' FL 19 Dafydd Jones  27' SH 20 Liam Davies FH 21 Gareth Bowen FB 22 Garan Evans Coach: Gareth Jenkins

FB 15 Mark van Gisbergen RW 14 Paul Sackey OC 13 Josh Lewsey IC 12 Stuart Abbott LW 11 Tom Voyce FH 10 Jeremy Staunton  54' SH 9 Eoin Reddan  54' N8 8 Lawrence Dallaglio ( c) OF 7 Johnny O'Connor  1' BF 6 Joe Worsley  78' RL 5 Richard Birkett LL 4 Simon Shaw TP 3 Tim Payne HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez  61' LP 1 Alistair McKenzie  29' Replacements: HK 16 Joe Ward  61' PR 17 Peter Bracken  31' LK 18 Daniel Leo  1'  31' FL 19 James Haskell  78' SH 20 Matt Dawson  54' FH 21 Alex King  54' CE 22 Ayoola Erinle Coach: Shaun Edwards

Notes

See also

• 2005–06 English Premiership (rugby union)
• 2005–06 Celtic League

External links

• Powergen Cup on RFU.com