Continental Club Rugby League

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Continental Club Rugby League
Continetal Club Rugby League Logo.jpg
Sport Rugby union
Inaugural season2020 (Planned)
2021
Number of teams8
NationsFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Germany.svg  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.

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History

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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București
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Krasnoyarsk
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București teams
Red pog.svg Dinamo
Red pog.svg Steaua
Krasnoyarsk
Red pog.svg Enisey-STM
Red pog.svg Krasny Yar
Location of teams of the Continental Club Rugby League.
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Krasnoyarsk
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Krasnoyarsk
Red pog.svg Enisey-STM
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Location of the Krasnoyarsk teams of the Continental Club Rugby League.
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Flag of Russia.svg Russia Flag of Romania.svg Romania Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Team details

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

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

Format

Competition

Knock-out stage

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.

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