The format and fixtures for the 2023/24 Premiership Rugby Cup have been confirmed. Premiership Rugby clubs will face the RFU Championship sides with the competition kicking off on Friday, September 8.
Leicester Tigers have been drawn in Pool B, alongside Sale Sharks and Newcastle Falcons, in addition to Championship sides Ampthill, Caldy and Bedford Blues.
The 22 teams in the top two tiers are split into two pools of six and two pools of five with five group matches, followed by semi-finals featuring each pool winner in February 2024 and a final in March.
The group stages will take place over five consecutive weekends from 8-10 September until 6-8 October, during the World Cup.
Leicester Tigers Premiership Rugby Cup 2023/24 Fixtures
- Round 1 – Saturday, September 9 (3pm) – Leicester Tigers v Caldy
- Round 2 – Friday, September 15 (7.45pm)– Sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers
- Round 3 – Sunday, September 24 (3pm) - Leicester Tigers v Ampthill
- Round 4 – Saturday, September 30 (3pm) – Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons
- Round 5 – Saturday, October 7 (3pm) – Bedford Blues v Leicester Tigers
Please note: All three home games are include in the 2023/24 Season Ticket.
Tickets for our home matches against Caldy, Ampthill and Newcastle Falcons will be available in a priority ticket window to Season Ticket Holders seeking additional tickets for friends and family from Tuesday, July 18. Club Members will have access to tickets in a priority window from July 25, before tickets to all three home pool games are available on general sale from August 1.
This will represent the first time that Leicester Tigers have played either Ampthill or Caldy.
Caldy, based in the Wirral and near the banks the River Dee, have had quite the rise over the last number of years, despite disruptions from Covid, rising from National League North 2 in 2017 to retaining their status in the Championship this season.
Ampthill, meanwhile, may be familiar to Tigers fans by proxy of newly appointed Women's Senior Coach Tom Hudson. Hudson was formerly a player-coach, spending three seasons at the Bedfordshire club, making 38 appearances and helped the team to an exceptional post-Christmas run in which they went from second bottom of the league to a run of eight wins from their remaining 12 games.
The final Championship side, Bedford Blues, will be most familiar to Tigers fans. Not only have the side's met a few times over the years, most often during Bedford's two seasons in the Premiership, from 1998-2000. The two sides have an assortment of shared players, a list that includes the likes of Charlie Clare, Dan Cole, Harry Wells and Tom Youngs.
Finally, Newcastle Falcons and Sale Sharks are two sides looking to further embellish stellar reputations in the competition. Falcons are joint-third on the all-time winners lists, having lifted the Premiership Cup on four occasions, most recently in 2004. They defeated Sale Sharks to win the competition that year, however it's the Manchester-based club that has had the most recent success, lifting the trophy in 2020 following a 27-19 defeat of Harlequins.
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