RFU/PRL to scrap 3 Academies Under New PGP Agreement
The London & South Central, Midlands Central, and Midlands West Academies are set to be scrapped according to a letter sent out today by the RFU’s Conor O’Shea and Premiership Rugby’s Phil Winstanley. When London Irish, Wasps, and Worcester Warriors collapsed, the RFU commendably stepped in to centralise the academies, protecting players’ futures and […]
Academy Rugby: Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League | Round 7 Preview – The Final Round
This weekend is the final round of the league stage in the Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League, with teams jostling for their finishing positions ahead of finals day at Kingsholm Stadium on Sunday 18th February. Northampton Saints, in the North Group, and Bath, in the South Group, have their destiny in their own hands […]
Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League: Round 7 Review | Saints and Irish reach the Final
Northampton Saints and London Irish will compete in the 2023 Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League Final this Sunday after finishing top of the respective conferences after the final round of league action last weekend. Northampton Saints sealed their position on Saturday, their only threat to top spot were Leicester Tigers, whose game at Midlands […]
Academy Rugby: Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League | 2 teams in each conference left in the hunt for the final
The penultimate round of the 2023 Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League certainly lived up to expectations as the race for a place in the final step up for a thrilling final round climax. In the Northern Conference Northampton Saints had a bye week but they hold on to top spot, however only by a […]
Academy Rugby: Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League | Round 6 Preview, Standings, Team News
After a week’s break the Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League returns for Round 6, the penultimate round of the league stage. It is a crucial stage as after Round 7 the finals placings are confirmed, top in the North will play top in the South in the Final, second will play second for third, […]
Academy Rugby: Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League | Round 4 Review
It was Round 4 of the Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League this weekend, the mid-point of the League Stage of the U18 Academy League. At the end of the league stage, the teams will head to the finals, with the teams from the North Conference facing their equivalent finishers in the South Conference, meaning […]
Academy Rugby: Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League | Round 3 Preview
The Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League returns this weekend for Round 3 after a 5 month hiatus. In a new format, the first two rounds of the competition took place in the summer with the remaining five, plus finals day, taking place through January and February. Much has changed since those opening two […]
Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League: Round 1 Team News
Round 1 of the 2022/23 Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League kicks off this weekend with three fixtures on Friday and three on Saturday. Team news has been, as often was the case last year, slow to come through but we have received team info on nine of the twelve teams, although three of those […]
Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League: Finals Day Preview, Team News, and Fixture Details
After 7 gruelling rounds of fixtures that began shortly before Christmas, the Premiership Rugby U18 Academy Finals Day is upon us. The day takes place this Sunday at Worcester Warriors’ Sixways Stadium, with four games at the main stadium and three at the outside A&H pitch. Every side from the North Pool plays their counterpart […]
Blog: A simple plan for a non-relegation Gallagher Premiership (and a way to re-introduce relegation)
It looks as though the Gallagher Premiership will soon be ‘temporarily’ ringfenced, indeed had Premiership Rugby not asked the RFU Council to delay their vote while they clarified their position with stakeholders, it probably already would be. The arguments against are clear, headlined by the twin arguments of ambition and jeopardy. The lack of jeopardy […]
