2023–24 Premiership Rugby Cup


The 2023-24 Premiership Rugby Cup is the 51st season of England's national rugby union cup competition and the first under the new Premiership Rugby Cup format including clubs from both the Premiership and Championship. Exeter Chiefs are the reigning champions.
Gloucester would finish as the first ever Premiership Rugby Cup champions, defeating Leicester Tigers 23–13 in the final at Kingsholm on 15 March 2024.

Competition format

The original plan for the competition involved dividing the 24 teams from the top two tiers of English rugby into four pools of six. The number of teams dropped to 22 following the suspension of Wasps and London Irish.
The 22 teams were split into four pools, two of 6 teams and two of 5 teams. The teams were seeded based on league standings at the end of the 2022–23 season. Teams in Pools C and D also played one cross-pool fixture along with their own pool games.

Teams

ClubDirector of Rugby/
Head Coach		LeagueStadiumCapacityCity/Area
Ampthill

Pools

Teams played every other team in their pool once, either home or away. Teams in pools C and D also played one cross-pool fixture along with their own pool games.
  • 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

Fixtures

Round 1

Pool D

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Round 2

Pool D

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Round 3

Pool D

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Round 4

Pool D

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Knockout stage

The semi-finals were confirmed on 17 October after points from the two cancelled Jersey Reds fixtures were allocated.

Broadcasting

One game from each round will be broadcast on TNT Sports as well as both the semifinals and the final.