2024–25 Premiership Rugby Cup Explained

2024–25 Premiership Rugby Cup
Matches:30
Highest Attendance:15,249 – Northampton v Leicester, 1 November 2024
Lowest Attendance:525 – Caldy v Doncaster, 23 November 2024
Top Point Scorer:63 – Josh Hodge (Exeter)
Top Try Scorer:6 – James Hadfield (Saracens)
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.

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 a change from the previous season, where Premiership clubs typically had more home fixtures than the Championship sides.

The remaining 2 Championship clubs, Cambridge and Chinnor, were not invited, as Cambridge had finished 11th in 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 two excluded clubs set up a two-club two-leg challenge match, the "Not The Prem Cup" as a form of protest.[4]

Teams

ClubLeagueStadiumCapacityCity/Area
AmpthillChampionshipDillingham Parkalign=center 3,000Ampthill, Bedfordshire
BathPremiershipThe Recreation Groundalign=center 14,509Bath, Somerset
Bedford BluesChampionshipGoldington Roadalign=center 5,000Bedford, Bedfordshire
Bristol BearsPremiershipAshton Gatealign=center 27,000Bristol
Championshipalign=center 4,000 Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside
ChampionshipMennaye Fieldalign=center 4,000Penzance, Cornwall
CoventryChampionshipButts Park Arenaalign=center 5,200Coventry, West Midlands
Doncaster KnightsChampionshipCastle Parkalign=center 5,183Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Ealing TrailfindersChampionshipTrailfinders Sports Groundalign=center 5,000West Ealing, London
Exeter ChiefsPremiershipSandy Parkalign=center 15,600Exeter, Devon
GloucesterPremiershipKingsholmalign=center 16,115Gloucester, Gloucestershire
HarlequinsPremiershipTwickenham Stoopalign=center 14,800Twickenham, Greater London
Hartpury UniversityChampionship4ED Hartpury Stadium, with Vodafone[5] align=center 2,000Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Leicester TigersPremiershipMattioli Woods Welford Roadalign=center 25,849Leicester, Leicestershire
London ScottishChampionshipAthletic Groundalign=center 4,500Richmond, London
Newcastle FalconsPremiershipKingston Parkalign=center 10,200Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton SaintsPremiershipcinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardensalign=center 15,249Northampton, Northamptonshire
NottinghamChampionshipLady Bay Sports Groundalign=center 3,700Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Sale SharksPremiershipSalford Community Stadiumalign=center 12,000Salford, Greater Manchester
SaracensPremiershipStoneX Stadiumalign=center 10,500Hendon, Greater London

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.

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Total number of tries scored

Pool E

Fixtures and results

The fixtures were announced on 20 August 2024, with the first game taking place on 1 November 2024, and the final taking place on the weekend of 14 March 2025.[7]

Round 1

Pool A

Source: The Rugby Paper[8]

Pool B

Source: The Rugby Paper[8]

Pool C

Source: The Rugby Paper[8]

Pool D

Source: The Rugby Paper[8]

Pool E

Source: The Rugby Paper[8] ----

Round 2

Pool A

Source: The Rugby Paper[9]

Pool B

Source: The Rugby Paper[9]

Pool C

Source: The Rugby Paper[9]

Pool D

Source: The Rugby Paper[9]

Pool E

Source: The Rugby Paper[9] ----

Round 3

Pool A

Source: The Rugby Paper[10]

Pool B

Source: The Rugby Paper[10]

Pool C

Source: The Rugby Paper[10]

Pool D

Source: The Rugby Paper[10]

Pool E

Source: The Rugby Paper[10] ----

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 are the best 2nd place teams, based on the same criteria.[7]

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Attendances

ClubHome
matches		TotalAverageHighestLowest% Capacity
1 1,986 1,986 1,986 1,986 66%
1 10,100 10,100 10,100 10,100 70%
2 6,635 3,318 3,845 2,790 66%
1 6,306 6,306 6,306 6,306 23%
2 1,895 948 1,370 525 24%
1 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 68%
1 5,202 5,202 5,202 5,202 100%
1 2,408 2,408 2,408 2,408 46%
2 3,138 1,569 2,228 910 31%
1 8,445 8,445 8,445 8,445 54%
2 18,010 9,005 9,616 8,394 56%
1 4,316 4,316 4,316 4,316 29%
2 2,343 1,172 1,743 600 59%
1 15,200 15,200 15,200 15,200 59%
1 821 821 821 821 18%
2 7,717 3,859 4,113 3,604 38%
2 22,371 11,186 15,249 7,122 73%
2 4,909 2,455 3,690 1,219 66%
1 4,627 4,627 4,627 4,627 39%
2 9,143 4,572 7,093 2,050 44%
Source: The Rugby Paper[8] [9] [10]

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

RankPlayerClubPoints
1 63
2 32
align=center rowspan=23 align=center rowspan=230
Saracens
5 27
6 26
align=center rowspan=37 align=center rowspan=325
Sale
Bath
10 22
Source: The Rugby Paper[8] [9] [10]

Top try scorers

RankPlayerClubTries
1 6
align=center rowspan=42 align=center rowspan=45
Sale
Bath
align=center rowspan=26 align=center rowspan=24
Exeter
align=center rowspan=98 align=center rowspan=93
Gloucester
Doncaster
Exeter
Bath
Bedford
Saracens
Doncaster
Bath
Source: The Rugby Paper[8] [9] [10]

Discipline

Citings/bans

Player/CoachMatchCiting dateLaw breachedResult
Aman JohalNottingham vs. Coventry5 November 20249.13 – Dangerous Tackling
(Red card)		3-match ban[11]
Kyle WhyteHarlequins vs. Ealing12 November 20249.13 – Dangerous Tackling
(Citing)		3-match ban[12]
Josh Iosefa-ScottExeter vs. Hartpury13 November 20249.12 – Punch/Strike
(Citing)		3-match ban[13]
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See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Premiership Rugby Cup: Championship sides to play in 2023-24 competition. BBC Sport. 24 April 2023 . 6 May 2023 . en-UK.
  2. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 809 . 17 March 2024 . 12, 40.
  3. News: Championship clubs' exclusion from cup 'appalling'. BBC Sport. 20 August 2024 . 20 August 2024 . en-UK.
  4. Web site: 2024-11-16 . Not The Prem Cup: Cambridge "architects of own downfall" against Chinnor . 2024-11-16 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Hartpury Stadium renamed as Vodafone and 4Ed Foundation partnership unveiled . Hartpury University & College . 29 October 2024 . 1 November 2024.
  6. Web site: Premiership Rugby Cup Standings . Premiership Rugby . 24 November 2024.
  7. News: PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP FIXTURES & RESULTS 2024-25. . 20 August 2024 . 20 August 2024 . en-UK.
  8. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 842 . 3 November 2024 . 14–18, 36.
  9. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 843 . 10 November 2024 . 14–17, 40.
  10. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 845 . 24 November 2024 . 18–21, 40.
  11. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Aman Johal . . 5 November 2024 . 24 November 2024.
  12. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Kyle Whyte . . 12 November 2024 . 24 November 2024.
  13. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Josh Iosefa-Scott . . 13 November 2024 . 24 November 2024.
  14. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - . .

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