Appalling, laughable, not fair: Chinnor and Cambridge go it alone after Premiership Rugby Cup exclusion Sport Championship sides Chinnor and Cambridge will compete in the Not The Premiership Rugby Cup after being excluded from the original competition. On Friday night at Mennaye Field in Penzance, Cornish Pirates will fancy themselves against a winless Exeter Chiefs in the opening fixture of the Premiership Rugby Cup. The competition has been one of the [...]
Premiership Rugby chief slaps down Championship roadblock claims clap back Premiership Rugby chief executive Simon Massie-Taylor has slapped down accusations from Championship clubs that his organisation have ignored their demands over the future of the game, saying “we’ve done everything we can”. Clubs in the second tier this week launched a sensational attack on the sport’s governing body the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby [...]
Premiership Rugby Cup: Who’s playing and when’s it on? preview Equivalent to football’s Carabao Cup, the Premiership Rugby uses pools rather than a straight knockout format with teams in both the top flight Premiership and second tier Championship.