The Gallagher Premiership has revamped the old Anglo-Welsh Cup to become a Premiership-only Cup Competition to be held during the season.

All 12 Premiership teams will be a part of it, with four rounds of pool games followed by semifinals and a final. Dubbed the Premiership Rugby Cup, the competition, which will have 11 games LIVE on FloRugby (including the semis and the final), is designed to provide a serious championship for every Premiership club that will help develop tomorrow's stars and provide playing opportunities for other payers.

Newcastle Falcons will open their Premiership Rugby Cup campaign at home to Exeter Chiefs on Sunday October 28, with fixtures for the new-look competition having been announced https://t.co/mugtNIG5II pic.twitter.com/tPGd2ot16X

— Newcastle Falcons (@FalconsRugby) July 16, 2018

“The Cup has been a highly successful competition in recent years in helping develop the best new Premiership and England players, in front of big crowds and TV audiences,” said Premiership Rugby Chief Executive, Mark McCafferty. “The pathway for young players is now clear linking the Under-18s League, the Premiership Rugby Shield and now the Premiership Rugby Cup into one strong route towards Gallagher Premiership Rugby, European competitions and Test matches.

? In case you missed it, our opponents for the Pool Stage of the 2018/19 Premiership Rugby Cup have been announcedhttps://t.co/DWEa3wmiy9

— Harlequins ? (@Harlequins) July 16, 2018

“Many Test players including Owen Farrell, George Ford and Maro Itoje all made their senior debuts in the previous Anglo-Welsh Cup and some of the most recent Breakthrough Players of the Year have been Jack Nowell, Jonny May, and Adam Radwan."

FloRugby will show two games from each round, LIVE, starting with a Pool 2 clash of Leicester at Saracens on October 27.

The pool play will go through into November, and then finish in late January with a Derby Day featuring long-standing rivalries. This brings two of the Premiership's four main championships (if you include the European Cup and Challenge Cup as one) under the FloRugby umbrella.

In July, fans got to see the Premiership 7s.

Premiership Rugby Cup Fixtures

Round 1 

Friday 26th October

Pool 2 Worcester Warriors v Sale Sharks, Sixways

Saturday 27th October

Pool 3 Northampton Saints v Bristol Bears, Franklin’s Gardens

Pool 1 Bath Rugby v Harlequins, Recreation Ground

Pool 3 Gloucester Rugby v Wasps, Kingsholm

Pool 2 Saracens v Leicester Tigers, Allianz Park – Live on FloRugby

Sunday 28th October

Pool 1 Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs, Kingston Park – Live on FloRugby

Round 2

Friday 2nd November

Pool 3 Bristol Bears v Gloucester Rugby, Ashton Gate – Live on FloRugby

Pool 2 Sale Sharks v Saracens, AJ Bell Stadium

Saturday 3rd November

Pool 1 Exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby, Sandy Park

Pool 2 Leicester Tigers v Worcester Warriors, Welford Road

Sunday 4th November

Pool 1 Harlequins v Newcastle Falcons, Twickenham Stoop – Live on FloRugby

Pool 3 Wasps v Northampton Saints, Ricoh Arena

Round 3

Friday 9th November

Pool 3 Gloucester Rugby v Northampton Saints, Kingsholm – Live on FloRugby

Pool 2 Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks, Welford Road

Pool 1 Newcastle Falcons v Bath Rugby, Kingston Park

Saturday 10th November

Pool 1 Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins, Sandy Park

Sunday 11th November

Pool 2 Saracens v Worcester Warriors, Allianz Park

Pool 3 Wasps v Bristol Bears, Ricoh Arena – Live on FloRugby

Round 4 Derby Day 1 

(Late Jan / Early Feb) (Live FloGames To Be Decided)

Bristol Bears v Exeter Chiefs, Ashton Gate

Harlequins v Saracens, Twickenham Stoop

Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers, Franklin’s Gardens

Worcester Warriors v Wasps, Sixways

Sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons, AJ Bell Stadium

Bath Rugby v Gloucester Rugby, Recreation Ground