Premiership Cup 23/24

[TRF_Olyy]

Fixtures live on TNT Sports

Round 1 – Sunday, September 10, 1pm – Ealing Trailfinders v Northampton Saints

Round 2 – Saturday, September 16, 1pm – Bath v Jersey Reds

Round 3 – Friday, September 22, 7.45pm – Gloucester v Harlequins

Round 4 – Sunday, October 1, 2.30pm – Harlequins v Saracens

Round 5 – Sunday, October 8, 2pm – To be picked after the first two rounds

Premiership Rugby Cup info

The 22 teams are split into four seeded pools – two of six teams (Pool A & Pool B), two of five teams (Pool C & Pool D) – with the seedings based on league standings at the end of the 2022-23 season*.

The teams in Pools C and D will play one cross-pool fixture alongside their own pool games.

For the competition format, pools and the full list of fixtures, please visit here:

*The Championship club seeded 11, London Scottish, and seed 12 Cambridge who were promoted from National One were swapped with Nottingham and Caldy, seeded 9 and 10. The higher seeds therefore host a home fixture against a Premiership club.

Leicester Tigers and Exeter Chiefs also swap pools for operational reasons.

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Pool A
Saracens
Harlequins
Gloucester Rugby
Coventry
Hartpury University
Nottingham

Pool B
Sale Sharks
Leicester Tigers
Newcastle Falcons
Bedford Blues
Ampthill
Caldy

Pool C
Exeter Chiefs
Bath Rugby
Jersey Reds
Cornish Pirates
London Scottish

Pool D
Northampton Saints
Bristol Bears
Ealing Trailfinders
Doncaster Knights
Cambridge


Really looking forward to it - though it's BS they're only showing one game per round, especially as the prem doesn't start until October

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

They also picked some of the worse games to televise

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

How are
Exeter Chiefs v Cornish Pirates
Caldy v Sale Sharks (Sat 30 Sept, 15:00)
Not on TV????

 

[TRF_Olyy]

World Cup Shmorld Cup, this is the only cup competition anyone should be paying attention to

8 September 2023
19:30 Cornish Pirates v Bath
19:30 Doncaster Knights v Cambridge

9 September 2023
15:00 Gloucester v Nottingham
15:00 Harlequins v Hartpury University
15:00 Leicester Tigers v Caldy
15:00 Ampthill v Newcastle Falcons
15:00 Exeter Chiefs v Bristol Bears
16:00 Coventry v Saracens
17:30 Sale Sharks v Bedford Blues

10 September 2023
13:00 Ealing Trailfinders v Northampton Saints (Live on TNT Sports)
14:00 London Scottish v Jersey Reds

 

[Al Bangor]

Let's Go Gloucester!

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Hard to even take notice of this while the World Cup is on.

 

[Which Tyler]

 

[Booboobang]

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Will be interesting to see how sam harris gets on after the U20 world cup, and heard Goss is lightning quick. Anyone else in there you suggest keeping an eye on?

 

[Which Tyler]

Stewart and Richards were stars at age-group level, Richards went on to get some senior experience, and then a year to process it all on the training pitch - hopefully he gets a chance to shine this year.
Props are young, but getting there, and FLW we all know about.
In the backrow, Jaco Coetzee seemed like a real coup when we signed him, but he's not managed more than about 4 consecutive matches since arriving, so not really shown it. With a run of matches to build some form, he's supposed to have star quality. Tonks we know, Staddon is solid.

In the backs, you picked out the class there; the halfbacks are pretty pedestrian, but also very young (first season as a senior for both of them) Butt is a big boy who's got to learn to use it - and what position he wants to play; whilst Max Wright... is probably only still a Bath player because of the way contracts worked out.
Muir is always fun to watch, and on form probably a first choice starter, Gabe is rapid, and Harris is a future star.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Really like that

 

[Geordie]

Team for the Prem Cup v Amphill

1 Brocklebank
2 Byrne
3 McCallum
4 Cardall
5 De Chaves
6 Van der Walt
7 Bainbridge
8 Lockwood

9 O'Sullivan
10 Connon
11 Stevenson
12 Hutchison
13 Penny (C)
14 Stephens
15 Obatoyinbo

16 Fletcher
17 Brantingham
18 Palframan
19 McDonald
20 Kelly
21 Barton
22 Pepper
23 Thomas

Lots of balance and players in their right positions...pace and power.

 

[Geordie]

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Really like that

Twin towers at lock!!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Twin towers at lock!!

The coaches have earmarked them as two to breakthrough this season - hope they're right because they're got all the physical stats you want from a top level lock,
Slightly sceptical as they looked a way off last season, but players progress quickly at that age so who knows

 

[Geordie]

The coaches have earmarked them as two to breakthrough this season - hope they're right because they're got all the physical stats you want from a top level lock,
Slightly sceptical as they looked a way off last season, but players progress quickly at that age so who knows

They both came from Bristol didn't they. Bamber was an ex Huddersfield rugby league player, huge bloke 6'9 about 20 stone I think and only 22ish.

Be watching them both with interest this season as there's a host of 6'9/ 6'10 locks coming through and it's a position we need a new international crop.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

https://x.com/leicestertigers/status/1700101679566278676?s=46

 

[McTallshort]

14 all at the Butts! Come on Coventry!

 

[McTallshort]

21-14 come on!

 

[Which Tyler]

Now that's what I call a giant slaying - congratulations Coventry!

 

[McTallshort]

Now that's what I call a giant slaying - congratulations Coventry!

Brilliant game! Thought Sarries were going to smash it earlier but the 2nd half was all Cov

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

It's only Hartpury, but Cleaves is just unbelievably good in attack. His second try it genuinely looks like he is in fast forward