Cumbria League Cup

The Cumbria League Cup is an annual rugby union knockout club competition organized by the Cumbria Rugby Union. It was first introduced during the 2011-12 season and the inaugural winners were Keswick. It is the second most important cup competition in Cumbria, behind the Cumbria Cup but ahead of the Cumbria Shield.

Cumbria League Cup
SportRugby Union
Instituted2011 (2011)
Number of teams13
Country England
HoldersWhitehaven (1st title) (2017-18)
Most titlesKeswick (2 titles)
WebsiteCumbria Rugby Union

The Cumbria League Cup is currently open to club sides playing at tier 8 (Cumbria League) of the English rugby union league system. The present format is a knockout cup with a preliminary round, first round, semi-finals and final to be held at a neutral venue in April-May.[1]

Cumbria League Cup winners
Cumbria League Cup Finals
Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue
2011-12[2]Keswick[a 1]N/AWhitehavenN/A
2012-13No competition
2013-14[3]Furness46-22Egremont
2014-15[4]Silloth35-24MoresbyGrassmoor Sports Centre, Cockermouth[5]
2015-16[6]Egremont25-17FurnessWilson Park, Haverigg, Millom
2016-17[7]Keswick23-11WhitehavenGrassmoor Sports Centre, Cockermouth
2017-18[8]Whitehaven20-15 (aet)Upper EdenLowmoor Road, Wigton

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Number of wins
  • Keswick (2)
  • Egremont (1)
  • Furness (1)
  • Silloth (1)
  • Whitehaven (1)

Notes
  1. The 2012 League Cup featured a 3 team round-robin between the top sides in the Cumbria League that season. Keswick finished top of this mini league after 4 games to finish as League Cup champions.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Cup Fixtures for Season 2015/16 (Word Doc)". Cumbria RU. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. "Fine finish to a record-breaking year". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 27 April 2012.
  3. "Sport Review of the Year: April to June". North West Evening Mail. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. "Silloth beat Moresby to secure league and cup double". News & Star. 12 May 2015.
  5. "Cumbria League Cup Final Confirmed 9th May 3pm Cockermouth". Silloth Tigers (Twitter). 24 March 2015.
  6. "Cup Final Winners". Egremont RUFC (Pitchero). 16 May 2016.
  7. "Keswick lift the Cumbria League Cup and complete the double". News & Star. 18 April 2017.
  8. "Congratulations @WhitehavenRUFC". BBC Cumbria (Twitter). 28 April 2018.
  9. "Cumbria League Cup - Previous Winners (Word Doc)". Cumbria RU. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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