Premiership Cup Fixtures Announced!
20th August 2024
Old Rivals will meet in a new-look Premiership Rugby Cup for 2024/25.
The ten Premiership Rugby clubs are joined by the same amount from The Championship – with regional pools serving up some historic clashes for fans.
With five pools of four, there are some enticing away-days up and down the country with fixtures taking place across the Test windows in November and February, with a minimum of one match per Round broadcast live on TNT Sports.
Doncaster Knights will be part of Pool One – a pool that will host a battle of the northern teams! The group consists of Newcastle Falcons, Sale Sharks, Caldy and ourselves.
The competition will begin on the weekend of 1-3 of November, and the Knights will kick off their cup campaign by hosting Sale Sharks at Castle Park on Friday November 1 (7:30 KO).
The following week, we travel up to Newcastle Falcons in our first away fixture of the competition for a 3pm kick off on Sunday November 10. Following this, Doncaster will round up the November block with another away trip across to Caldy on Saturday November 23 (2pm KO).
The next block of the Premiership Cup will take place in February. Where Castle Park will host two home games. On February 1 Newcastle Falcons will visit us for a 2:30KO.
The Knights will head to the Salford Community Stadium on Sunday February 9 to face Sale Sharks in the return fixture.
Finally, Doncaster will round up the pool stages of the Cup with Caldy at home, on Saturday February 15 (2:30 KO).
What happens after the group stages?
The leading eight will progress to the quarter-finals, composed of the five group winners plus the three best runners-up.
The knock-out stages will then take place on consecutive weekends in early March with the Premiership Rugby Cup Final scheduled for the weekend of March 15, live on TNT Sports.
Phil Winstanley, Rugby Director at Premiership Rugby, said: “It’s great to once again open up the Premiership Rugby Cup to Championship clubs.
“By regionalising Pool games the narrative, and stakes, are even more intense with some old rivals set to produce plenty of new stories for fans.
Conor O’Shea, Executive Director of Performance Rugby at RFU, said: “We are very excited to see the Gallagher Premiership Rugby and Championship teams battle it out again in the 2024/25 Premiership Rugby Cup.
“The success of last year’s competition was clear to see and the start of a competition that we all believe will continue to grow and thrive with each season.
“Winning silverware in any professional sport is no easy feat, but the opportunity to do so in the Premiership Rugby Cup is a fantastic motivator for players, staff, and supporters. This competition has given valuable minutes of playing time to players against new opposition and we’ll see more of the same in this year’s tournament.”
You can purchase your ticket to our first Premiership Cup fixture ( v Sale Sharks) here!
Pricing:
De Mulder Lloyd Stand (Seated)
Adult Seated – £15
Concession Seated – £12
U16 – FREE
East Terrace (Standing)
Adult Standing – £12
Concession Seated – £10
U16 – FREE
