LV= Cup 2013/14

2013-14 LV= Cup

Pool 1
Saracens
Gloucester Rugby
London Irish
Newport Gwent Dragons

Pool 2
Leicester Tigers
Exeter Chiefs
Sale Sharks
Cardiff Blues

Pool 3
Harlequins
Bath Rugby
Worcester Warriors
Ospreys

Pool 4
Northampton Saints
London Wasps
Newcastle Falcons
Scarlets




Round 1- 8/9/10 November
◦London Wasps v Saracens
◦Northampton Saints v Gloucester Rugby
◦Newcastle Falcons v London Irish
◦SCARLETS V NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS
◦Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins
◦Leicester Tigers v Ospreys (Friday November 8, KO 19:45, Live on Sky Sports)
◦Sale Sharks v Bath Rugby
◦Cardiff Blues v Worcester Warriors

Round 2- 15/16/17 November
◦London Irish v Northampton Saints
◦Newport Gwent Dragons v London Wasps
◦SARACENS v SCARLETS
◦Gloucester Rugby v Newcastle Falcons
◦Bath Rugby v Exeter Chiefs (Sunday November 17, KO 15:00 Sky Sports)
◦Worcester Warriors v Leicester Tigers
◦Harlequins v Sale Sharks
◦Ospreys v Cardiff

Round 3- 24/25/26 January
◦SCARLETS v GLOUCESTER RUGBY
◦London Wasps v London Irish
◦Saracens v Newcastle Falcons
◦Newport Gwent Dragons v Northampton Saints
◦Bath Rugby v Cardiff Blues
◦Exeter Chiefs v Ospreys
◦Harlequins v Leicester Tigers
◦Sale Sharks v Worcester Warriors

Round 4- 31/1/2 January/February
◦Gloucester Rugby v London Wasps
◦LONDON IRISH v SCARLETS
◦Newcastle Falcons v Newport Gwent Dragons
◦Northampton Saints v Saracens
◦Leicester Tigers v Bath Rugby
◦Worcester Warriors v Exeter Chiefs
◦Cardiff Blues v Harlequins
◦Ospreys v Sale Sharks

Semi Finals - 7/8/9 March

The pool winner with the best playing record will be at home against the pool winner with the fourth best playing record in Semi Final 1.

The Pool Winner with the second best playing record will be at home against the pool winner with the third best playing record in Semi Final 2.

LV= Cup Final - 16 March - venue to be confirmed.

Scarlets and Wasps for the Dragons - should be great games, those two! We're hosting Saints too, but I doubt Gorgeous George will be in their squad for that.

The Ospreys and Leicester AGAIN, I realy hate the way these fixtures are run, why don't the teams just play the other teams from their group. 

Yeah pretty good draw from the Scarlets point of view too. Nice trip to the plastic pitch at Sarries, and a trip to the Mad Stad (looking to continue our 100% butt kicking streak). And then welcoming Nige back to PYS, and the Drags too. Pretty happy with that. I know the LV= is a developement thing, but it is nice to when the fixture you want actually come up.

LordDowlais wrote:The Ospreys and Leicester AGAIN, I realy hate the way these fixtures are run, why don't the teams just play the other teams from their group. 

YOu get the moaning about teams having the 2 home game advantage then. Although now you can technically have a team with four wins finish last in their group, and a team with four loses top their pool. Very odd and confusing.

ScarletSpiderman wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:The Ospreys and Leicester AGAIN, I realy hate the way these fixtures are run, why don't the teams just play the other teams from their group. 

YOu get the moaning about teams having the 2 home game advantage then.  Although now you can technically have a team with four wins finish last in their group, and a team with four loses top their pool.  Very odd and confusing.

Exactly, and this is probably why hardley anybody except the fans from the lesser Aviva prem sides only take it seriously as it is a ticket into th HC for them.

I take it seriously. But I take it as a serious A-Team competition, where we can see what talent is on hte fringes of the regional sides. After all the Scarlets used it to bring Andy Fenby, BEn Morgan and Owen Williams on, and they all pretty much jumped straight from never playing for the Scarlets into the first choice match day squad.

Tigers will make no effort in this competition. Ospreys fans expect a win at WR, though we do make a semblance of effort at home. Any away games should be an easy win for the opposition.

Expect to see England JWC winner Price, Wells and Purdy featuring. As well as Joe Cain, Fraser Balmain and Sam Harrison who will be continuing their development. Owen Williams, Jamie Gibson and the new prop whose name I've forgotten will be the new signings likely to feature along with Camacho.

Hoped for a few better trips than that. Scarlets is one I can already do in the league and Newcastle might be a bit far away. Would've preferred the home games to be away really (Saints and Wasps).

Quins A have done pretty well in this recently, as reigning champs I expect the academy to step up again and put some full strength teams to the sword (Bath  )

Tigers A beat Bath at the Wreck the other year when we won. Must be a positive omen that. It was a strong Bath team as well.

Can never be too optimistic- aim for the Quadruple, boys

Quadruple? The JP Morgan thing actually counts now? Good think Tigers are trialling that USA 7s player then, maybe we'll finally win a game.

A league is what I was counting, can make it a Quintuple if you like. That even has Quin in its name...

Hmm A league. Nah It's too short to count these days. If the academy league thing went to an actual final then that would be worth winning. That disappointingly fizzled out after each league finished, I was looking forward to seeing the Tigers bunch take on some of the Southern academies.

yappysnap wrote:Quins A have done pretty well in this recently, as reigning champs I expect the academy to step up again and put some full strength teams to the sword (Bath  )

I was there! That was a great day.  

Yes, yes it was. Who did we beat

...in the final?