Premier/Championship Cup

Reminds me of the old merit tables in the amateur days looking at those pools, a few different teams there and some famous ones missing.

Kimbo wrote: Legalized money laundering. As anything to do with the Prem seems to be.

Jasper99 wrote: Since when was the Premiership Cup interesting or worthwhile? Other than the eventual winners who appear to parade the Cup around as though it was all in their grand plan? Nobody actually cares. If Jersey or Ealing do well against whoever's second team/academy team/anyone else the Prem team can find to play who cares? Pointless stocking filler

Looking at the Premiership boards, it seems to have generated a fair bit of interest and support.
Different teams to play and different grounds to visit.

I certainly have more interest than playing the same teams over and over again!

The last couple of seasons without promotion and relegation has seen both leagues become quite stale. It’s far from ideal (groups of 5 with home and away would have been great, one of the many downsides of the loss of Wasps, Irish and Worcester) but this certainly puts some variety into the mix for fans and I am sure the Champ players will relish the opportunity to show what they’ve got against a Prem outfit. If the Champ can get a few turnovers against Prem teams that will be brilliant for the profile of the Champ and will inject some much needed interest and kudos. 

corporalcarrot wrote: Jasper99 wrote: Since when was the Premiership Cup interesting or worthwhile? Other than the eventual winners who appear to parade the Cup around as though it was all in their grand plan? Nobody actually cares. If Jersey or Ealing do well against whoever's second team/academy team/anyone else the Prem team can find to play who cares? Pointless stocking filler What a sad post - I for one certainly care and the players I know care and will relish the opportunity. When Pirates play Jersey both teams will care - they always do when they play each other. The format and structure of the competition is well short of ideal but its something to build on for the future. I hope every Championship side put out their best available team in this competition and will cheer every point they score against the entitled premiership teams.

Jasper99 wrote: corporalcarrot wrote: Jasper99 wrote: Since when was the Premiership Cup interesting or worthwhile? Other than the eventual winners who appear to parade the Cup around as though it was all in their grand plan? Nobody actually cares. If Jersey or Ealing do well against whoever's second team/academy team/anyone else the Prem team can find to play who cares? Pointless stocking filler What a sad post - I for one certainly care and the players I know care and will relish the opportunity. When Pirates play Jersey both teams will care - they always do when they play each other. The format and structure of the competition is well short of ideal but its something to build on for the future. I hope every Championship side put out their best available team in this competition and will cheer every point they score against the entitled premiership teams. Hahaha CorporalC the sad thing is that you can't see past your nose! The Premiership Cup Mishmash doesn't extend your audience when Prem sides aren't invested in it and scrabble around BUCS and Nat 1 teams last minute to assemble some sort of side. If you welcome pyrrhic victories that's fine, but fundamentally it's not extending your audience if the competition is hollow, unfairly weighted and ill thought through.

I’m with CC on this one. The competition is 100 times better than the old Championship cup. More importantly, we have been banging on about how we should be given the opportunity to compete against the cartel and this is now our chance. Ok, the international players will be at the WC, so if the Champ sides are put to the sword it provides the RFU & PL with all the ammo that they need. However, if a few of the Champ sides turn them over, then it adds a huge amount of weight to the argument against ring fencing.
This is our chance, we have to take it.

What will really devalue it is if we get a situation where a prem team is playing a champ team fielding 10 DRs and loan players from a Prem side.

I can assure that at least one Premiership side will be fielding their strongest sides, getting them ready for the league to start, blooding new signings as after the World Cup there are rest weeks to be completed, there will be no National league players in the side I have in mind. Sure there will be a string of internationals missing, but you will not find many names that you have not heard of before.