The 2018–19 Premiership Rugby Cup was the 47th season of England's national rugby union cup competition and the first under the new Premiership Rugby Cup format following the disbanding of the Anglo-Welsh Cup at the end of the 2017–18 season due to the withdrawal of the Welsh Pro14 regions.^[1] Although there are no stipulations on player selection, the cup was seen by many clubs as a development competition, and games took place during the Autumn International window and during the Six Nations.

Northampton Saints became the first ever winners of the Premiership Cup when they defeated Saracens 23 – 9 in the final at Franklin's Gardens on 17 March 2019.^[2][3] It was the Saints' first domestic cup triumph since winning the 2009–10 LV Cup and their second overall.

The competition consists of the twelve English Premiership teams arranged in three pools of four clubs each, with each team playing three games against teams in their pool, as well as a 'derby' game against a team in another group. The top team in each pool, plus the best overall runner up, progress to the semi-finals, with the highest ranked teams having home advantage. The winners of the semi-finals then meet at the final in March 2019 to be held at the home ground of the highest ranked remaining team.^[4]

The four qualifiers are seeded according to performance in the pool stage. The top 2 seeds host the semi-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 4, 2v 3 format. Note, if two teams qualify from the same pool, they can still be drawn together in the semi-finals.

Teams are ranked by:

1 – competition points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw)

2 – where competition points are equal, greatest number of wins

3 – where the number of wins are equal, aggregate points difference

4 – where the aggregate points difference are equal, greatest number of points scored

5 – where the greatest number of points are equal, greatest number of tries scored

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Final

17 March 2019 15:00

Northampton Saints	23–9	Saracens
Try: Harrison 7' m Wood 23' m Tuala 30' c Con: Grayson (1/3) 31' Pen: Grayson 55' Francis 72'	Report	Pen: Malins (3) 11', 20', 28'

Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 15,250[21] Referee: Ian Tempest

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Northampton Saints

Saracens

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• Points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

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Top points scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Points 1 James Grayson Northampton Saints 6 62 2 Max Malins Saracens 6 41 3 Duncan Weir Worcester Warriors 4 38 4 Alex Lozowski Saracens 2 27 Brett Connon Newcastle Falcons 4 27 5 Joe Ford Leicester Tigers 4 26 6 Demetri Catrakilis Harlequins 3 25 Zach Kibirige Newcastle Falcons 3 25 7 Semesa Rokoduguni Bath 1 20 Bryce Heem Worcester Warriors 3 20 Sione Vailanu Saracens 4 20 [6][8][9][17][18][20][2]

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Zach Kibirige Newcastle Falcons 3 5 2 Semesa Rokoduguni Bath 1 4 Bryce Heem Worcester Warriors 3 4 Sione Vailanu Saracens 4 4 3 Heinrich Brüssow Northampton Saints 2 3 Ryan Edwards Bristol Bears 2 3 Ross Batty Bath 3 3 Cobus Reinach Northampton Saints 4 3 [6][8][9][17][18][20][2]

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