2024–25 Premiership Rugby Cup Explained
| 2024–25 Premiership Rugby Cup |
| Website: | www.premiershiprugby.com |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
| Teams: | 20 |
The 2024–25 Premiership Rugby Cup is the 52nd season of England's national rugby union cup competition and the second under the new Premiership Rugby Cup format including clubs from both the Premiership and Championship.[1] Gloucester are the reigning champions.[2]
Competition format
The format will involve 20 teams - all 10 clubs from the 2024–25 Premiership Rugby and 10 out of 12 clubs from the 2024–25 RFU Championship, with 2 Championship clubs, Cambridge and Chinnor not being invited. Cambridge had finished 11th the previous season and Chinnor were newly promoted into the league.[3] This was despite 22 teams being involved in the competition in the 2023–24 edition.
The 20 teams will be divided into 5 regional pools, each made up of 4 teams, with each side playing 6 games (3 home, 3 away). This is an improvement on the previous season, where Premiership clubs typically had more home fixtures than the Championship sides.
Teams
| Club | League | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
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| Ampthill | Championship | Dillingham Park | align=center | 3,000 | Ampthill, Bedfordshire |
| Bath | Premiership | The Recreation Ground | align=center | 14,509 | Bath, Somerset |
| Bedford Blues | Championship | Goldington Road | align=center | 5,000 | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| Bristol Bears | Premiership | Ashton Gate | align=center | 27,000 | Bristol |
| Championship | | align=center | 4,000 | Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside |
| Championship | Mennaye Field | align=center | 4,000 | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Coventry | Championship | Butts Park Arena | align=center | 5,200 | Coventry, West Midlands |
| Doncaster Knights | Championship | Castle Park | align=center | 5,183 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
| Ealing Trailfinders | Championship | Trailfinders Sports Ground | align=center | 5,000 | West Ealing, London |
| Exeter Chiefs | Premiership | Sandy Park | align=center | 15,600 | Exeter, Devon |
| Gloucester | Premiership | Kingsholm | align=center | 16,115 | Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
| Harlequins | Premiership | Twickenham Stoop | align=center | 14,800 | Twickenham, Greater London |
| Hartpury University | Championship | Hartpury University Stadium | align=center | 2,000 | Hartpury, Gloucestershire |
| Leicester Tigers | Premiership | Mattioli Woods Welford Road | align=center | 25,849 | Leicester, Leicestershire |
| London Scottish | Championship | Athletic Ground | align=center | 4,500 | Richmond, London |
| Newcastle Falcons | Premiership | Kingston Park | align=center | 10,200 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
| Northampton Saints | Premiership | cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens | align=center | 15,249 | Northampton, Northamptonshire |
| Nottingham | Championship | Lady Bay Sports Ground | align=center | 3,500 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
| Sale Sharks | Premiership | Salford Community Stadium | align=center | 12,000 | Salford, Greater Manchester |
| Saracens | Premiership | StoneX Stadium | align=center | 10,500 | Hendon, Greater London |
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Player movements
Pools
Teams played every other team in their pool twice, once at home and once away. The group winners and three best placed runners up would qualify for the quarter finals.
- If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[4]
- Number of matches won
- Difference between points for and against
- Total number of points for
- Total number of tries scored
Pool E
Fixtures
Fixtures were announced on 20 August 2024 with the first game taking place on Friday 1 November 2024 and the final taking place on the weekend of 14 March.[5]
Round 1
Pool E
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Round 2
Pool E
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Round 3
Pool E
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Round 4
Pool E
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Round 5
Pool E
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Round 6
Pool E
Knockout stage
The winner from each pool will progress to the quarter-finals along with the three best runners-up, the top 5 seeds are the group winners based on points, if teams are level tiebreakers are applied. Seeds 6, 7 and 8 being the best 2nd placed teams based on the same criteria.[5]
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
See also
Notes and References
- News: Premiership Rugby Cup: Championship sides to play in 2023-24 competition. BBC Sport. 24 April 2023 . 6 May 2023 . en-UK.
- News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 809 . 17 March 2024 . 12, 40.
- News: Championship clubs' exclusion from cup 'appalling'. BBC Sport. 20 August 2024 . 20 August 2024 . en-UK.
- Web site: Premiership Rugby Cup Standings . Premiership Rugby . 21 August 2024.
- News: PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP FIXTURES & RESULTS 2024-25. Premiership Rugby. 20 August 2024 . 20 August 2024 . en-UK.
