Continental Club Rugby League Explained

Continental Club Rugby League
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Sport:Rugby union
Inaugural:2020 (Planned)
2021
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Teams:8
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Related Comps:European Rugby Champions Cup
Related Comps2:European Rugby Challenge Cup

The Continental Club Rugby League is an annual European rugby union competition organised by the Russian Rugby Federation (RRF). It is the third-tier competition for European clubs behind the European Rugby Challenge Cup and the European Rugby Champions Cup.

History

This competition was created in 2019 after the European Rugby Continental Shield folded just six seasons upon its formation as the qualifying competition for the entry of tier two country teams outside the Premiership Rugby, Top 14 and the Pro14 into the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

The Continental Club Rugby League is planned to be contested between 8 teams; 4 of the best teams from Russia's Rugby Premier League, 3 of the best teams from Romania's SuperLiga and the champions of Germany's Rugby-Bundesliga.

The first and only season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

Rugby PremiershipSuperLigaRugby-Bundesliga
width=15% Russiawidth=15% Romaniawidth=14% Germany

Team details

Below is the list of coaches, captains and stadiums for each team.

TeamCoachCaptainStadiumCapacityPosition
1880 Frankfurt Karl Savimaki Chris HowellsSportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse5,000Rugby-Bundesliga (1st)
Baia Mare Eugen Apjok Marius DănilăStadionul Lascăr Ghineţ1,000SuperLiga (1st)
Dinamo Cosmin Rațiu Tudorel BratuStadionul Florea Dumitrache1,500SuperLiga (6th)
Enisey-STM Alexander PervukhinAvangard Stadium
Central Stadium
2,643
15,000
Rugby Premier League (1st)
Krasny Yar Josh TaumaloloKrasny Yar Stadium
Central Stadium
3,600
15,000
Rugby Premier League (2nd)
Slava Moscow Andre Treadou2,500Rugby Premier League (3rd)
Steaua Dănuț Dumbravă Viorel LucaciStadionul Steaua II3,000SuperLiga (2nd)
VVA Podmoskovye Pavel Baranovsky5,000Rugby Premier League (4th)

Format

Competition

Knock-out stage

The eight participant teams from the countries Russia, Romania and Germany will be drawn into a single match to play against one another in a quarter-final format where the winners of their respective matches will advance to the semi-finals of the Continental Club Rugby League while the losers will be eliminated immediately.

Then, the winners of the semi-finals will be placed in a final to contest against each other for the title whereas the losers of the two semi-finals will be competing for the 3rd place final instead.

See also