Semi-pro League.
Inviato: 6 mag 2009, 22:47
La British and Irish Cup.
Serie B della CL?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 035791.stm
New semi-pro tournament launched
A new 24-team home nations semi-professional club rugby tournament will launch next season.
The British and Irish Cup will have clubs from the Welsh Premiership, Irish provinces, English National League One and Scottish Premiership One. Teams will be divided into four pools of six, playing over five weekends during the Autumn international and Six Nations windows. The semi-finals and finals take place on April 24 and May 15 respectively.
Welsh Rugby Union head of rugby performance and development Joe Lydon said: "We are delighted to be fully involved in this exciting new competition. It will engage all our teams in the type of cross-border sporting rivalry which will generate support and help improve the standard of play in all the teams involved.
Rugby Football Union's tournaments and competitions director Terry Burwell said there was "a real appetite" for the competition.
Stephen Gemmell, Scottish Rugby's national academy manager, said: "This competition will give some of our best players, including those from our top two clubs in Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership Division 1, an opportunity to test themselves in an intense environment against quality, battle-hardened opposition from throughout the British Isles."
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Teams in the competition:
- 12 English Championship clubs: Bedford, Birmingham & Solihull, Bristol Rugby, Cornish Pirates, Coventry, Doncaster, Exeter Chiefs, London Welsh, Moseley, Nottingham, Plymouth Albion, Rotherham Titans
- Top six Welsh Principality Premiership clubs: Aberavon, Cardiff, Llanelli, Neath, Newport, Pontypridd.
- Three Irish provinces: Munster, Leinster and Ulster
- Three Scottish teams: top two finishers in Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership Division One (champions Ayr and the runners-up, either Boroughmuir or Heriot's) and a team drawn from Edinburgh and Glasgow and members of Scottish Rugby's National Academy
Pool Stages
- Four pools of six playing each other once.
Pools are based on travel/geography with the aim of maximising local interest and minimising cost to teams and supporters.
- Pool winners progress to knockout stage
Serie B della CL?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 035791.stm
New semi-pro tournament launched
A new 24-team home nations semi-professional club rugby tournament will launch next season.
The British and Irish Cup will have clubs from the Welsh Premiership, Irish provinces, English National League One and Scottish Premiership One. Teams will be divided into four pools of six, playing over five weekends during the Autumn international and Six Nations windows. The semi-finals and finals take place on April 24 and May 15 respectively.
Welsh Rugby Union head of rugby performance and development Joe Lydon said: "We are delighted to be fully involved in this exciting new competition. It will engage all our teams in the type of cross-border sporting rivalry which will generate support and help improve the standard of play in all the teams involved.
Rugby Football Union's tournaments and competitions director Terry Burwell said there was "a real appetite" for the competition.
Stephen Gemmell, Scottish Rugby's national academy manager, said: "This competition will give some of our best players, including those from our top two clubs in Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership Division 1, an opportunity to test themselves in an intense environment against quality, battle-hardened opposition from throughout the British Isles."
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Teams in the competition:
- 12 English Championship clubs: Bedford, Birmingham & Solihull, Bristol Rugby, Cornish Pirates, Coventry, Doncaster, Exeter Chiefs, London Welsh, Moseley, Nottingham, Plymouth Albion, Rotherham Titans
- Top six Welsh Principality Premiership clubs: Aberavon, Cardiff, Llanelli, Neath, Newport, Pontypridd.
- Three Irish provinces: Munster, Leinster and Ulster
- Three Scottish teams: top two finishers in Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership Division One (champions Ayr and the runners-up, either Boroughmuir or Heriot's) and a team drawn from Edinburgh and Glasgow and members of Scottish Rugby's National Academy
Pool Stages
- Four pools of six playing each other once.
Pools are based on travel/geography with the aim of maximising local interest and minimising cost to teams and supporters.
- Pool winners progress to knockout stage