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Continental Club Rugby League

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Continental Club Rugby League
SportRugby union
Inaugural season2020 (Planned)
2021
Number of teams8
Nations Russia
 Romania
 Germany
Related competitions

The Continental Club Rugby League is an annual European rugby union competition organised by the Russian Rugby Federation (RRF). It is the third-tier competition for European clubs behind the European Rugby Challenge Cup and the European Rugby Champions Cup.

History

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This competition was created in 2019 after the European Rugby Continental Shield folded just six seasons upon its formation as the qualifying competition for the entry of tier two country teams outside the Premiership Rugby, Top 14 and the Pro14 into the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

The Continental Club Rugby League is planned to be contested between 8 teams; 4 of the best teams from Russia's Rugby Premier League, 3 of the best teams from Romania's SuperLiga and the champions of Germany's Rugby-Bundesliga.

The first and only season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

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Continental Club Rugby League is located in Europe
București
București
Krasnoyarsk (not on map)
Krasnoyarsk
(not on map)
Continental Club Rugby League
București teams Dinamo SteauaKrasnoyarsk Enisey-STM Krasny Yar
București teams
Dinamo
Steaua
Krasnoyarsk
Enisey-STM
Krasny Yar
Location of teams of the Continental Club Rugby League.
Continental Club Rugby League is located in Russia
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk
Location of the Krasnoyarsk teams of the Continental Club Rugby League.
Rugby Premiership SuperLiga Rugby-Bundesliga
Russia Russia Romania Romania Germany Germany

Team details

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Below is the list of coaches, captains and stadiums for each team.

Team Coach Captain Stadium Capacity Position
Germany 1880 Frankfurt Australia Karl Savimaki Germany Chris Howells Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse 5,000 Rugby-Bundesliga (1st)
Romania Baia Mare Romania Eugen Apjok Romania Marius Dănilă Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ 1,000 SuperLiga (1st)
Romania Dinamo Romania Cosmin Rațiu Romania Tudorel Bratu Stadionul Florea Dumitrache 1,500 SuperLiga (6th)
Russia Enisey-STM Russia Alexander Pervukhin Latvia Uldis Saulite Avangard Stadium
Central Stadium
2,643
15,000
Rugby Premier League (1st)
Russia Krasny Yar Tonga Josh Taumalolo Russia Yuri Kushnarev Krasny Yar Stadium
Central Stadium
3,600
15,000
Rugby Premier League (2nd)
Russia Slava Moscow South Africa Andre Treadou Russia Nikita Medkov Slava Stadium 2,500 Rugby Premier League (3rd)
Romania Steaua Romania Dănuț Dumbravă Romania Viorel Lucaci Stadionul Steaua II 3,000 SuperLiga (2nd)
Russia VVA Podmoskovye Russia Pavel Baranovsky Russia Sergey Trishin Gagarin Air Force Academy stadium 5,000 Rugby Premier League (4th)

Format

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Competition

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Knock-out stage

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The eight participant teams from the countries Russia, Romania and Germany will be drawn into a single match to play against one another in a quarter-final format where the winners of their respective matches will advance to the semi-finals of the Continental Club Rugby League while the losers will be eliminated immediately.

Then, the winners of the semi-finals will be placed in a final to contest against each other for the title whereas the losers of the two semi-finals will be competing for the 3rd place final instead.

See also

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References

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