Premiership/Championship cup

Obviously the RFU have a cunning plan but I am not sure how they think it is going to work, To start with they will need to decide on the number of clubs in the championship. 12 or 14 currently there are 12 , with No promotion and Wasps being added that will bring it up to 13 plus a guaranteed promotion from Nat 1 again increasing to 14. Unless they have relegation leaving Championship at 13. So at team will be relegated to fit Wasps into the Championship, possibly a club that has managed its finances and is sustainable, we still do not know how Wasps, who, as part of the agreement with the RFU, are going to pay off the Rugby related depts of the old club or how much debt they have agreed to take on. What happened to the £35m bond?

If the championship goes to 14 that will mean the cup will have 25 teams with a number of the championship sides dependant on Premiership sides to provide them with several D/R players . These players usually play for their premiership teams in the cup. Some interesting fixture would be Harlequins v London Scottish or Northampton v Bedford.

Having 4 leagues of 6 would mean 10 Cup fixtures added to the the 26 for the league (assuming 14 teams) that would mean the championship sides would be playing 36 games!! I would not presume that any Championship sides would get into the semi finals. Not a fixture list I would want for the players!!

However perhaps this will be one of the reasons to promote the 2 x 10 team premiership leagues, as I said at the start of this post does the RFU have a cunning plan!!

Do keep up.

Subject to legal action, Ealing going to URC, LS to Super 6+, or Wasps not finding anywhere to play, relegation is back on.

In turn, there will be three down from National 1.

Which in turn means Chester are looking at travelling to Redruth next season.

If Leeds and Hull go down, they look to have 14 sides further North.

It would also mean one side coming East.

So the RFU wants Leeds to have a strong run and get above Esher.

Sweeney Delenda Est

Got a day off work.

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KnightsBoy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Location: Doncaster Status: Online Points: 2875	Post Options Post Reply Quote KnightsBoy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Premiership/Championship cup Posted: 16 Feb 2023 at 19:06
	Anyone hearing about this? I assume DRs/Loanees cannot play against host clubs

workerbee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 20 May 2009 Location: Wirral Status: Offline Points: 917	Post Options Post Reply Quote workerbee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Feb 2023 at 10:29
	Obviously the RFU have a cunning plan but I am not sure how they think it is going to work, To start with they will need to decide on the number of clubs in the championship. 12 or 14 currently there are 12 , with No promotion and Wasps being added that will bring it up to 13 plus a guaranteed promotion from Nat 1 again increasing to 14. Unless they have relegation leaving Championship at 13. So at team will be relegated to fit Wasps into the Championship, possibly a club that has managed its finances and is sustainable, we still do not know how Wasps, who, as part of the agreement with the RFU, are going to pay off the Rugby related depts of the old club or how much debt they have agreed to take on. What happened to the £35m bond? If the championship goes to 14 that will mean the cup will have 25 teams with a number of the championship sides dependant on Premiership sides to provide them with several D/R players . These players usually play for their premiership teams in the cup. Some interesting fixture would be Harlequins v London Scottish or Northampton v Bedford. Having 4 leagues of 6 would mean 10 Cup fixtures added to the the 26 for the league (assuming 14 teams) that would mean the championship sides would be playing 36 games!! I would not presume that any Championship sides would get into the semi finals. Not a fixture list I would want for the players!! However perhaps this will be one of the reasons to promote the 2 x 10 team premiership leagues, as I said at the start of this post does the RFU have a cunning plan!!

Big Eddie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Status: Offline Points: 5045	Post Options Post Reply Quote Big Eddie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Feb 2023 at 11:30
	A good piece of work ....workerbee Do you think everyone should feel confident that the RFU have got this absolutely spot on and have worked through the potential problems you can see coming down the track?
	''The future isn't what it used to be''

Camquin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 11411	Post Options Post Reply Quote Camquin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Feb 2023 at 12:32
	Do keep up. Subject to legal action, Ealing going to URC, LS to Super 6+, or Wasps not finding anywhere to play, relegation is back on. In turn, there will be three down from National 1. Which in turn means Chester are looking at travelling to Redruth next season. If Leeds and Hull go down, they look to have 14 sides further North. It would also mean one side coming East. So the RFU wants Leeds to have a strong run and get above Esher.
	Sweeney Delenda Est

Brizzer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 09 Mar 2012 Location: Jersey Status: Offline Points: 3398	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brizzer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Feb 2023 at 13:02
	Not busy then Camquin?
	Tackle Low!!!!!

Camquin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 11411	Post Options Post Reply Quote Camquin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Feb 2023 at 13:13
	Got a day off work.
	Sweeney Delenda Est