Indigo Premiership Cup Rules. 2021/22.

The WRU Indigo Premiership Cup 2021-2022

Key Notes of the Competition Rules

The competition will be for the clubs in the Premier Division.

Teams will be placed geographically into two different groups, Premiership East & Premiership West.

Premiership East Clubs:

Merthyr RFC
Pontypridd RFC
Ebbw Vale RFC
Cardiff RFC
Newport RFC
RGC

Premiership West Clubs:

Swansea RFC
Bridgend RFC
Llanelli RFC
Carmarthen Quins RFC
Llandovery RFC
Aberavon RFC

The top 4 teams in each pool will qualify to the knockout stages. Should clubs finish on the same number of points, then the following will be used to determine the higher placed team in the following order:

Number of Wins
Fewest Losses
Tries Scored
Tries Conceded
If all of the above are identical, then points scored will be divided by their points conceded, with the team with the highest going through.

In the knockout stage, the following quarter final games will be played:

1 East v 4 West
1 West v 4 East
2 East v 3 West
2 West v 3 East

The semi finals and final will then be played to determine the winner.

Except by mutual agreement of the competing clubs, all matches in the pool stage and quarter final will be played on the ground of the home club.

The semi-finals and final, will be played at the ground selected by the WRU.

Winners of the matches in each knockout stage will be:

a. The club which has scored the greatest number of points

b. In the event of an equal number of points being scored by each club at the end of the match, winners will be declared in the following priority:

i. The club which has scored the greater number of tries

ii. The club which has scored the greater number of converted tries

If after (i) and (ii) have been applied there is no clear winner, extra time of 20 minutes (ten minutes each way) will be played and the winners declared in accordance with a) or b), (i) & (ii).

If the result is still a tie, the club playing away from home will be declared the winner, except in the case of the semi-final, where a replay will take place. If the result is still a tie, then the winners will be decided on the toss of a coin.

In the final, following the application of the above priorities, the result shall be declared a draw and the cup held by each club for six months.