LV= Cup 2011/12 live on Sky Sports / S4C

September 29, 2011   ·   0 Comments

The 2011/12 LV= Cup which sees 12 English Aviva Premiership clubs and four Welsh regional teams from the RaboDirectPRO12 battle it out for the coveted title returns on Saturday 15 October, live on Sky Sports. 

The teams play pool stages over four weekends, followed by the semi-finals and the final. Each team is guaranteed two home and two away inter-pool fixtures with the top teams from each pool qualifying for the knockout stages.

This year’s competition starts 15 October and if the winner is an English club, it will gain a place in the prestigious Heineken Cup next season.

Sky Sports are the official broadcaster for the competition with the semi-finals and the finals aired live on Sky Sports HD1, along with one game in each round which will also be televised. S4C will also show selected matches from the competition live.

LV= Cup 2011/12 Fixtures

Round 1
Saturday 15 October 

Dragons v Bath Rugby – KO 2.30pm
Northampton Saints v Saracens – KO 3pm
Worcester Warriors v London Wasps – KO 3pm
Harlequins v London Irish – KO 3pm
Gloucester Rugby v Sale Sharks – KO 3pm
Scarlets v Leicester Tigers – KO 6pm (Sky Sports)
Newcastle Falcons v Cardiff Blues – KO 6.30pm
Exeter Chiefs v Ospreys – KO 7.45pm (S4C)

Round 2
Friday 21 October 

Sale Sharks v Harlequins – KO 7.45pm
Leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby – KO 7.45pm

Saturday 22 October

Bath Rugby v Worcester Warriors – KO 2.15pm
Ospreys v Northampton Saints – KO 6pm Sky Sports
London Wasps v Dragons KO – 7.45pm S4C

Sunday 23 October

Cardiff Blues v Scarlets – KO 2.30pm
Saracens v Exeter Chiefs – KO 3pm
London Irish v Newcastle Falcons – KO 3pm

Round 3
Friday 27 January

Ospreys v Dragons – KO 7.30pm

Saturday 28 January

Bath Rugby v Northampton Saints – KO 2.15pm
London Wasps v Exeter Chiefs – KO 3pm
Harlequins v Leicester Tigers – KO 3pm
Scarlets v London Irish – KO 3pm
Gloucester Rugby v Cardiff Blues – KO 3pm

Sunday 29 January

Saracens v Worcester Warriors – KO 3pm
Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks – KO 3.30pm

Round 4
Friday 3 February

Sale Sharks v Scarlets – KO 7.45pm

Saturday 4 February

Dragons v Saracens – KO 2.30pm
Exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby – KO 3pm
Worcester Warriors v Ospreys – KO 3pm
Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons – KO 3pm
London Irish v Gloucester Rugby – KO 3pm

TBC

Northampton Saints v London Wasps
Cardiff Blues v Harlequins

Semi finals (9/10/11 March, venue TBC)

Final (16/17/18 March, venue TBC)

Tags: Aviva Premiership, LV= Cup, RaboDirectPRO12, S4C, Sky Sports