EXCLUSIVE
By JON NEWCOMBE

LAST year’s bottom Championship side Cambridge and newly promoted Chinnor are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.
The competition’s organisers, Premiership Rugby, have opted for a 20-team competition rather than the 22-team format last year. This leaves the two lowest-ranked Championship clubs out in the cold.
The upside for the ten Championship clubs invited to take part is that they will now host more fixtures against Premiership clubs.
Last season Championship clubs were at home to Premiership clubs in only ten of the group stage fixtures. This is...