THE FORMAT of this year’s IMG Rugby competition has been changed to bring proceedings to a swift close.
Although the IMG Rugby competition is traditionally completed in the form of a league, a cup competition among the teams involved will now take place instead.
This is because there is not enough time for all remaining league fixtures to go ahead. As a result of the changes, the bottom four teams in the table below have been drawn to play in a preliminary round.
The winners from this stage will reach the quarter finals, which will feature a total of eight sides, including the top six listed in the table below.
From then onwards, the competition will be played in a conventional knockout format, with semi-finals and a final to follow. This year’s champion will be the winner of the final.
League matches have not been completed on time, because severe weather conditions has caused the cancellation of several matches.
In addition, due to the physical nature of rugby, a fully qualified referee must take charge of every game. Unfortunately, it has not always been possible to appoint full qualified officials, and this has led to further matches being called off.
The revised fixtures are printed in the box below. If you have any questions about the new structure of IMG Rugby, please see Martyn Fowler.
