The draw for this season's Papa Johns Men’s Community Cup has put the 1st XV in a pool with Midlands teams: Syston, Derby and Burton.

There are different tiers of competition that clubs have qualified into by virtue of their playing record after games on the 16 December.

View the draw in the attachment.

Rounds will take place on the following dates:

13 April 2024
20 April 2024
27 April 2024
4 May 2024
Final - 11/12 May 2024

Home matches
Where possible, we will ensure that all teams receive at least one fixture. The method for doing so will involve the following, in the 2nd round:

If two home winners are scheduled to play each other then the fixture will remain as drawn, with the 1st named team at home
If a home winner and an away winner progress into the same fixture, then the away winner will automatically be at home
If there are two away winners then the original drawn home team for the fixture will remain at home
If the away team in the 2nd round won this game, they would then be at home in their next fixture
Those progressing via bye and walkover will be treated as home teams

Finals
The locations and dates for the men’s finals are:

Twickenham Stadium

Saturday 11 May: Regional 1, Regional 2, Counties 1, Counties 2 Championship
Sunday 12 May: Counties 3 & Below Championship

Sixways Stadium

Saturday 11 May: Regional 1 Plate & Shield

Darlington Mowden Park

Saturday 11 May: All North Plates
Sunday 12 May: All North Shields

Shaftesbury Park

Saturday 11 May: All South Plates
Sunday 12 May: All South Shields