The race to Rodney Parade for the BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Finals starts today (Wednesday, March 18) with the women’s knockout stages and quarter-finals exploding into life.
Hartpury - who won the league by a huge 17 points - have a bye straight through to the semi-finals with it being a seven-team league.
The winner of Cardiff Met or Brunel awaits them, in what should be a thrilling contest in the first quarter final tie.
Second place Loughborough will have a home tie against last place Cardiff University, with the winner of this tie also getting a home tie in the semi-finals against Exeter or Edinburgh.
Focussing on Exeter and Edinburgh, the last time they met, Exeter were once again the home side, where they won by a staggering 94-0 in the final game week in the league phase. After this result, Exeter finished third with Edinburgh finishing sixth.
In the men’s side of the draw – which kicks off next Wednesday (March 25), league winners Bath face eighth placed Cardiff University at home in the first tie to take place. The winner of this tie will have the home tie in the semi-finals.
In the second tie of the quarter finals, fourth placed Nottingham will welcome fifth placed Durham - when these two teams met earlier in the season the game finished in a 45-point affair with Nottingham winning by three points at home.
Second place Loughborough - who finished nearly 20 points clear of third place - also have a home tie as they welcome seventh placed Hartpury. One of these two also get a home tie in the semi-finals.
Exeter, who finished third, or Cardiff Met, who finished sixth, will compete in the final tie of the quarter finals. When these two met earlier in the season, the Archers won the game by two points in a game finishing 30-28.
Women's BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Quarter Finals - 18/03/2026
- Cardiff Met vs Brunel
- Loughborough vs Cardiff
- Exeter vs Edinburgh Women's
BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Semi Finals - 08/04/2026
- Hartpury vs Cardiff Met or Brunel
- Loughborough or Cardiff vs Exeter or Edinburgh
Women's BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Final at Rodney Parade - 22/04/2026
Men's BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Quarter Finals - 25/03/2026
- Bath vs Cardiff
- Nottingham vs Durham
- Loughborough Hartpury
- Exeter vs Cardiff Met
Men's BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Semi Finals - 08/04/2026
- Bath or Cardiff vs Nottingham or Durham
- Loughborough or Hartpury vs Exeter or Cardiff Met
Men's BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Final at Rodney Parade - 22/04/2026
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