2024–25 Premiership Rugby Cup
Countries England
Number of teams20
Date1 November 2024 – 15 March 2025
Official website
www.premiershiprugby.com

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] Glouncester are the reigning champions.[2]

Competition format

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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 (newly promoted) 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.

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

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Club League Stadium Capacity City/Area
Ampthill Championship Dillingham Park 3,000 Ampthill, Bedfordshire
Bath Premiership The Recreation Ground 14,509 Bath, Somerset
Bedford Blues Championship Goldington Road 5,000 Bedford, Bedfordshire
Bristol Bears Premiership Ashton Gate 27,000 Bristol
Caldy Championship Paton Field 4,000 Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside
Cornish Pirates Championship Mennaye Field 4,000 Penzance, Cornwall
Coventry Championship Butts Park Arena 5,200 Coventry, West Midlands
Doncaster Knights Championship Castle Park 5,183 Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Ealing Trailfinders Championship Trailfinders Sports Ground 5,000 West Ealing, London
Exeter Chiefs Premiership Sandy Park 15,600 Exeter, Devon
Gloucester Premiership Kingsholm 16,115 Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins Premiership Twickenham Stoop 14,800 Twickenham, Greater London
Hartpury Championship The ALPAS Arena 2,000 Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Leicester Tigers Premiership Mattioli Woods Welford Road 25,849 Leicester, Leicestershire
London Scottish Championship Athletic Ground 4,500 Richmond, London
Newcastle Falcons Premiership Kingston Park 10,200 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints Premiership cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens 15,200 Northampton, Northamptonshire
Nottingham Championship Lady Bay Sports Ground 3,500 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Sale Sharks Premiership AJ Bell Stadium 12,000 Salford, Greater Manchester
Saracens Premiership StoneX Stadium 10,500 Hendon, Greater London

Player movements

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Pools

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Teams played every other team in their pool twice, once at home and once away 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:
  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 A

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Pool A
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points difference Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Caldy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Doncaster Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Newcastle Falcons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sale Sharks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green background means the club has qualified for the quarter finals.
Source: Premiership Rugby
Updated to: 20 August 2024

Pool B

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Pool B
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points difference Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Coventry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Leicester Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Northampton Saints 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Nottingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green background means the club has qualified for the quarter finals.
Source: Premiership Rugby
Updated to: 20 August 2024

Pool C

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Pool C
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points difference Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Ealing Trailfinders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Harlequins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 London Scottish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Saracens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green background means the club has qualified for the quarter finals.
Source: Premiership Rugby
Updated to: 20 August 2024

Pool D

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Pool D
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points difference Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Ampthill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bedford Blues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bristol Bears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green background means the club has qualified for the quarter finals.
Source: Premiership Rugby
Updated to: 20 August 2024

Pool E

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Pool D
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points difference Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Cornish Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Exeter Chiefs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Gloucester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hartpury University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green background means the club has qualified for the quarter finals.
Source: Premiership Rugby
Updated to: 20 August 2024

Fixtures

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Round 1

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Pool A

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Pool B

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November 2024
v
November 2024
v

Pool C

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November 2024
v
November 2024
v

Pool D

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November 2024
v
November 2024
v

Pool E

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November 2024
v
November 2024
v

Round 2

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Pool A

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Pool B

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November 2024
v
November 2024
v

Pool C

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November 2024
v
November 2024
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Pool D

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November 2024
v
November 2024
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Pool E

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November 2024
v
November 2024
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Round 3

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Pool A

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23 November 2024
14:00
CaldyvDoncaster Knights
Paton Field

Pool B

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November 2024
v
November 2024
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Pool C

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November 2024
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November 2024
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Pool D

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November 2024
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November 2024
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Pool E

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November 2024
v
November 2024
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Round 4

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Pool A

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Pool B

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January 2025
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January 2025
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Pool C

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January 2025
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January 2025
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Pool D

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January 2025
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January 2025
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Pool E

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January 2025
v
January 2025
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Round 5

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Pool A

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Pool B

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February 2025
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February 2025
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Pool C

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February 2025
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February 2025
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Pool D

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February 2025
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February 2025
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Pool E

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February 2025
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January 2025
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Round 6

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Pool A

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Pool B

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February 2025
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February 2025
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Pool C

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February 2025
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February 2025
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Pool D

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February 2025
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February 2025
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Pool E

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February 2025
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February 2025
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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

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1 March 2025
15:00
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1 March 2025
15:00
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1 March 2025
15:00
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1 March 2025
15:00
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Semi-finals

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8 March 2025
15:00
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8 March 2025
15:00
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Final

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15 March 2025
15:00
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See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Premiership Rugby Cup: Championship sides to play in 2023-24 competition". BBC Sport. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 809. 17 March 2024. pp. 12, 40.
  3. ^ "Championship clubs' exclusion from cup 'appalling'". BBC Sport. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b "PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP FIXTURES & RESULTS 2024-25". Premiership Rugby. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.