Warriors face rivals in cup group (From Worcester News)

Warriors face rivals in cup group

5:18pm Monday 6th July 2009 in

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WORCESTER Warriors will tackle local rivals Gloucester at Kingsholm in the pool stages of the newly-structured Anglo-Welsh Cup.

In their other group games, Mike Ruddock’s men will entertain Newcastle and London Irish as well as facing a trip to Scarlets.

The new-look cup sees the 12 Premiership clubs and four Welsh regions play over four weekends, followed by the semi-finals and final.

Each team will be guaranteed two home and two away inter-pool fixtures, with the top teams qualifying for the knock-out stages.

Warriors’ Anglo-Welsh Cup fixtures: Worcester v Newcastle — November 7, Scarlets v Worcester — November 14, Gloucester v Worcester — January 30, Worcester v London Irish — February 6, semi-finals — weekend of March 13, final — weekend of March 20.