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The 2023–24 Indigo Group Premiership is the fifth season of the current format of the rugby union competition Welsh Premier Division. It began on 2 September 2023. [1] For sponsorship reasons, it was known as Indigo Group Premiership. [2]
Originally at the top tier of rugby in Wales, the league lost this status in 2003 with the implementation of the WRU's "Regional Rugby" plan, by which the country would be represented in top-level competitions, i.e. the Celtic League (now URC) and Heineken Cup, by five (now four) regionally based sides. The clubs in the Premier Division became ...
The WRU National Championship (or Admiral Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of professional rugby union in Wales. The league was reformed by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in 2012. The current National Championship champions are Pontypool RFC, who won consecutive titles in 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19.
Meanwhile, Welsh Rugby Union has postponed all community rugby fixtures. As the weather worsens on Friday evening, shops and cafes in Welsh towns have made the decision to close on Saturday the ...
Originally known as the European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition; current name adopted in 2016–17. Rugby Europe Super Cup - Third tier of European club rugby 2021. Copa Ibérica de Rugby — Annual competition between Spanish and Portuguese clubs. Anglo-Welsh Cup — English and Welsh clubs knock-out tournament. From 1971–2005 ...
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; Welsh: Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby. [ 1 ] The WRU is responsible for the running of rugby in Wales, overseeing 320 member clubs, the Welsh national team and National Leagues and Cups.
The England vs South Africa clash last weekend set a new record rugby audience for the channel, ... The first two autumn fixtures were a combined 30,000-plus short of capacity, and while kick-off ...
The top level of competition in the Welsh rugby union system is the United Rugby Championship (formerly the Celtic League, PRO12 and PRO14) which is a league of professional teams from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and South Africa.