The 2023–24 Premiership Rugby Cup is the 51st season of England's national

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cup competition and the first under the new

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format including clubs from both the Premiership and

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are the reigning champions.

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would finish as the first ever Premiership Rugby Cup champions, defeating

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23–13 in the final at

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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

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and

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. 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

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fixtures were allocated.

Semi-finals

Final

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became the first club to win all three iterations of the English domestic cup competition having won both the

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previously.

Attendances

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Top points scorers

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Broadcasting

One game from each round will be broadcast on

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as well as both the semifinals and the final.

Notes

References

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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