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.

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 (Pool A & Pool B) and two of 5 teams (Pool C & Pool D). 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

Player movements

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: # Number of matches won # Difference between points for and against # Total number of points for # Total number of tries scored

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Fixtures

Round 1

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

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Round 2

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

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Round 3

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

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Round 4

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

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Round 5

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

Final

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Val Rapava-Ruskin Val Rapava-Ruskin (born 12 October 1992) is an English rugby union player currently playing for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby. Early career Val Rapava Ruskin has been in many clubs around the world. He left his native Georgia when he was tw ...

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Francois van Wyk Francois Daniel "Slak" van Wyk (born 30 July 1991) is a South African rugby union player who currently plays as a loosehead prop for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby. He has previously played for Northampton Saints in the Pr ...

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James Whitcombe James William Whitcombe (born 20 November 2000) is an English rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby, his preferred position is loosehead prop. Early life Whitcombe first played rugby union at 5 years old for Skipton RFC ...

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Olly Cracknell Oliver Cracknell (born 26 May 1994) is a professional rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby, he plays as a flanker. He was also a Wales under-20 international. Cracknell signed for London Irish on 2nd November 20 ...

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Attendances

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Individual statistics

Top points scorers

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Top try scorers

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Broadcasting

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

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Premiership Rugby Cup Rugby union competitions in England 2023-24 2023–24 rugby union tournaments for clubs 2023–24 in European rugby union leagues 2023–24 in English rugby union leagues

Competition format

Teams

Player movements

Pools

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Fixtures

Round 1

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

Round 2

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

Round 3

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

Round 4

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

Round 5

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool C/D

Pool D

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Attendances

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

Broadcasting

See also

Notes

References