2001–02 Rugby Union County Championship
# 2001–02 Rugby Union County Championship

The 2001–02 Tetley's Bitter Rugby Union County Championship was the 102nd edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.

Gloucestershire won their 17th title after defeating Cheshire in the final.

## Final

* 1 June 2002

| Gloucestershire | 26-23 (HT 19-6) | Cheshire |
| - | - | - |
| Try: D Knight (2), P Knight Con: Pollok Pen: Pollok (3) | | Try: Jones, Sutton Con: Brett (2) Pen: Brett (3) |

* Twickenham Referee: Tim Miller

| 1 | Tony Windo | Worcester |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | Paul Price | Lydney |
| 3 | Lee Fortey | Birmingham & Solihull |
| 4 | Chris Raymond | Old Patesianss |
| 5 | Dave Sims (capt) | Worcester |
| 6 | Rob James | Stroud |
| 7 | Nathan Carter | Worcester |
| 8 | Julian Horrobin | Coventry |
| 9 | Paul Knight | Birmingham & Solihull |
| 10 | Steve Thompson | Stroud |
| 11 | Neal Ainscow | Cheltenham |
| 12 | Mike Davies | Caerphilly |
| 13 | Simon Martin | Coventry |
| 14 | Scott Pollok | Old Patesians |
| 15 | Dave Knight | Birmingham & Solihull |
| Replacements: ||
| 16 | Ed Crampton | Stroud |
| 17 | John Farr | Stroud |
| 18 | Kevin Dunn | Gloucester Old Boys |
| 19 | Virgil Hartland | Old Patesians |
| 20 | Andy Geary | Army & Glamorgan Wanderers |
| 21 | Matt Dawson | Old Patesians |
| 22 | Adam Tarplee | Stroud |
| Coach: ||
| | Mike Rafter |
| 1 | Scott Goodfellow | Macclesfield |
| 2 | Ian Taylor | Macclesfield |
| 3 | Steve Mannion | Macclesfield |
| 4 | Andy Monighan | Orrell |
| 5 | Richard Bradshaw | Manchester |
| 6 | Geoff Jones (capt) | Doncaster |
| 7 | James White | Manchester |
| 8 | Jon Sewell | New Brighton |
| 9 | Chris Kinsey | Lymm |
| 10 | Ian Kennedy | Birkenhead Park |
| 11 | Martin Sutton | Birkenhead Park |
| 12 | Andy Kahn | Manchester |
| 13 | Paul Brett | New Brighton |
| 14 | David Strettle | Lymm |
| 15 | Marcus Barrow | Manchester |
| Replacements: ||
| 16 | Mark Dorrington | New Brighton |
| 17 | Karl Davies | New Brighton |
| 18 | Rob Bieniasz | Manchester |
| 19 | Jeremy Bostock | Macclesfield |
| 20 | Jon Shudall | Birkenhead Park |
| 21 | James Moore | Sale Sharks |
| 22 | Richard Hughes | Manchester |
| 23 | Andy Perry | Sale Jets |
| 24 | John Plant | Macclesfield |
| Coach: ||
| | Shaun Gallagher |
