2021–22 Premiership Rugby Cup

The 2021–22 Premiership Cup will be the 50th season of England's national rugby union cup competition and the fourth under the new Premiership Rugby Cup format following the disbanding of the Anglo-Welsh Cup at the end of the 2017–18 season due to the withdrawal of the Welsh Pro14 regions.[1] Although there are no stipulations on player selection, the cup will be seen by many clubs as a development competition, and games will take place during the Autumn internationals and during the Six Nations.

2021–22 Premiership Rugby Cup
Tournament details
CountriesEngland
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Datetba
Tournament statistics
Teams12
Final


Competition format

The competition consists of the twelve Premiership Rugby teams arranged in three pools of four clubs each, with each team playing three games against teams in their pool, as well as a 'derby' game against a team in another pool. The top team in each pool, plus the best overall runner up, progress to the semi-finals, with the highest ranked teams having home advantage. The winners of the semi-finals then meet at the final in March 2022 to be held at the home ground of the highest ranked remaining team.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Premiership Rugby Cup to replace Anglo-Welsh Cup from next season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. "Premiership Rugby Cup Format". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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