"Alongside 2025 Six Nations" – Dates and Televised matches for remaining 2024/25 Premiership Rugby Cup confirmed as Gloucester eye title retention
12/09/2024 11:02 AM
Premiership Rugby have revealed the fixtures for the final three rounds of the Premiership Rugby Cup pool stages in February.The competition returns for the second block of pool stages fixtures alongside the upcoming international break, as the 2025 Guinness Six Nations kicks off on the same weekend.
TNT Sports will be showing the upcoming pool stage fixtures, as the Premiership Rugby Cup plays through Rounds Four, Five and Six throughout February. Premiership leaders Bath Rugby host Bedford Blues on Sunday, February 2, live on TNT Sports and discovery+ in Round 4. Bath are three-from-three in the Cup competition so far, with Bedford, currently third in the RFU Championship, in excellent league form and eyeing a possible away day upset at The Rec.
Bath have given the likes of 18-year-old Tyler Offiah and England U20 World Cup winner Vilikesa Sela game time in the opening stages and viewers can expect to see more of the blue, black and white's up-and-coming stars on show in Round 4.
Round 5 kicks off with a Lancashire-Yorkshire cracker live on TNT Sports and discovery+ as Sale Sharks host Doncaster Knights under the lights at the Salford Community Stadium on Friday, February 7. In-form Newcastle Falcons lead the way in Pool A at the half-way stage with both chasing sides firmly in contention for a quarter-final spot with three rounds still to play.
London derbies between Harlequins and Saracens always bring intense drama, with the bitter rivals set to face off in the sixth and final round of the pool stages. Screened live on TNT Sports and discovery+ on Saturday, February 15, the stage is set for The Stoop to potentially play host to an all-or-nothing shootout with qualification for the quarter-finals on the line.
The five Pool winners will progress to the quarter-finals, along with the three highest-ranked runners-up. The seeded quarter-final ties will then take place on the weekend of Feb 28 – Mar 2, with the semi-finals set for March 7-8. One quarter-final fixture and both semi-finals will be showcased live on TNT Sports and discovery+.
The Premiership Rugby Cup Final is scheduled for the weekend of March 15 at the home stadium of the top-seeded finalist and broadcast live on TNT Sports and discovery+.
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