Premiership Rugby Cup

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Premiership Rugby Cup
Current season or competition:
2021–22 Premiership Rugby Cup
SportRugby union
Formerly known asAnglo-Welsh Cup
Instituted2018; 4 years ago (2018)
Inaugural season2018–19
Number of teams13
Nations England
HoldersSale Sharks (2019–20)
Most titlesBath (10 titles)
WebsitePremiership Rugby Cup
Broadcast partnerBT Sport
Related competitionPremiership

The Premiership Rugby Cup is an English rugby union knockout cup competition for teams in Premiership Rugby. It was created in 2018 to replace the Anglo-Welsh Cup after the withdrawal of the Welsh regions.[1]

History[]

The Premiership Rugby Cup was created to replace the Anglo-Welsh Cup which had been running since 2005 when the Welsh regions joined the then English-only Powergen Cup.[2] In the 2017–18 Anglo-Welsh Cup, all four of the Welsh regions finished bottom of their pools.[3] In May 2018, the Welsh Rugby Union announced that they were going to be setting up a Welsh under-23s competition for their regions and would thus be unable to commit to Anglo-Welsh Cup games.[4] Premiership Rugby Limited, which organises the English top flight, then announced that the Anglo-Welsh Cup would be replaced by the Premiership Rugby Cup, which would be solely for the English Premiership clubs.[5] The Cup was created to continue to allow younger English Premiership players to compete in more matches at Premiership stadia.[6]

The 2020–21 tournament was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Format[]

The format for the competition until 2019–20 consisted of the twelve Premiership teams grouped into three pools of four with at least one club having one local derby match in their groups. The matches were typically held over either the Autumn International or Rugby World Cup and Six Nations Championship weekends.[2] The three pool winners and the best runner-up will enter the semi-finals with home advantage given to the team with the better record in the pool stage and the final would be held at the home of the highest ranked club.[5] The winning club will receive £500,000.[8]

Finals[]

Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
Anglo-Welsh Cup
2005–06 London Wasps 26–10 Llanelli Scarlets Wales Twickenham 57,212
2006–07 Leicester Tigers 41–35 Ospreys Wales Twickenham 43,312 [9]
2007–08 Ospreys Wales 23–6 Leicester Tigers Twickenham 65,756
2008–09 Cardiff Blues Wales 50–12 Gloucester Twickenham 54,899
2009–10 Northampton Saints 30–24 Gloucester Sixways Stadium, Worcester 12,024 [10]
2010–11 Gloucester 34–7 Newcastle Falcons Franklin's Gardens, Northampton 6,848 [11]
2011–12 Leicester Tigers 26–14 Northampton Saints Sixways Stadium, Worcester 11,895 [12]
2012–13 Harlequins 32–14 Sale Sharks Sixways Stadium, Worcester 8,100 [13]
2013–14 Exeter Chiefs 15–8 Northampton Saints Sandy Park, Exeter 10,744 [14]
2014–15 Saracens 23–20 Exeter Chiefs Franklin's Gardens, Northampton 8,865 [15]
2015–16 No competition due to Rugby World Cup
2016–17 Leicester Tigers 16–12 Exeter Chiefs Twickenham Stoop, London 6,834 [16]
2017–18 Exeter Chiefs 28–11 Bath Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester 8,074
Premiership Rugby Cup
2018–19 Northampton Saints 23 – 9 Saracens Franklin's Gardens 15,250
2019–20 Sale Sharks 27 – 19 Harlequins AJ Bell Stadium 0[a]
2020–21 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic

List of champions[]

# Team Wins Years
1 Bath 10 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
2 Leicester 8 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1997, 2007, 2012, 2017
3 Gloucester 5 1972, 1978, 1982*, 2003, 2011
4 Newcastle 4 1976, 1977 (as Gosforth), 2001, 2004
5= Harlequins 3 1988, 1991, 2013
5= Wasps 3 1999, 2000, 2006
7= Saracens 2 1998, 2015
7= Exeter 2 2014, 2018
7= Northampton 2 2010, 2019
7= Coventry 2 1973, 1974
9= Sale 1 2020
9= Bedford 1 1975
9= Moseley 1 1982*
9= Bristol 1 1983
9= London Irish 1 2002
9= Leeds Tykes 1 2005
9= Ospreys 1 2008
9= Cardiff 1 2009

* 1982 title shared between Gloucester and Moseley.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Premiership Rugby Cup to replace Anglo-Welsh Cup from next season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. ^ a b Morgan, Charlie (2018-05-06). "Exclusive: Anglo-Welsh Cup replaced by all-English competition". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. ^ "Anglo-Welsh Cup: Beaten Welsh regions to make exit". BBC Sport. 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. ^ "End of Anglo-Welsh Cup confirmed". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. ^ a b "Everything we know so far about the new Premiership Rugby Cup Bath Rugby will play in next season". Somerset Live. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  6. ^ "Anglo-Welsh Cup to be replaced by the Premiership Rugby Cup". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  7. ^ "The Premiership Rugby Cup 2020-21 cancelled". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  8. ^ "Leicester Tigers are ready to take their place in new Cup competition next season". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  9. ^ "Leicester 41-35 Ospreys". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Northampton 30-24 Gloucester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Gloucester 34-7 Newcastle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Match Centre". Premiership Rugby. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Match Centre". Premiership Rugby. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  14. ^ "LV= Cup final: Exeter Chiefs 15-8 Northampton Saints". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  15. ^ "LV Cup final: Saracens 23-20 Exeter Chiefs". BBC Sport.
  16. ^ "Brady helps Leicester Tigers hold out Chiefs for Anglo-Welsh glory". ESPN.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Match was played behind closed doors due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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