The RFU Knockout Cup was an English rugby union competition open to any member of the Rugby Football Union. First contested in 1971, it was the premier competition in English club rugby before the establishment of the English league structure in 1987.[1]
The competition was replaced by the Anglo-Welsh Cup, involving 4 Welsh regional sides in addition to the 12 English Premiership clubs, beginning with the 2005–06 season.
^"Anglo-Welsh Cup: Previous winners". BBC News. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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titles; four RFUKnockoutCup's in 1971–72, 1977–78, 1981–82 and 2002–03, one Anglo-Welsh Cup win in 2010–11, and one Premiership Rugby Cup win in 2023–24...
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2002; have won a record 11 English Championships, five RFUKnockoutCups and three Anglo-Welsh Cups, most recently in 2017. Leicester most recently won the...
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