Fixtures finalised for exciting club season finale
Published 9 Nov 2011 09:30
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FIXTURES have been sent to clubs in RBS Premier 1 and 2 today for the second-half of the season. And it will be all to play for as clubs battle it out To be part of the newly shaped league structure from next season.
Fixtures in Premier A, B and C have been finalised and Scottish Rugby's Championship Committee is grateful to all clubs and their elected officials for their support of the principal that there should be an equitable split between home and away matches.
All clubs in Premier A retain their points from RBS Premier 1 and are now contesting both the championship title and three places in the British & Irish Cup next season.
Clubs in Premier B - the bottom four clubs in RBS Premier 1 and the top four in RBS Premier 2 - lose their points from the first half of the season as they are now effectively in a new competition.
The top two sides at the end of Premier B will play in the new-look ten team Premiership next season. The bottom six in Premier B will be in the new-look ten team National League next season. The best placed RBS Premier 2 club in Premier B will be crowned RBS Premier 2 winners.
Clubs in Premier C will retain their points from RBS Premier 2. The top four clubs at the end of Premier C will be in the ten-team National League next season. The bottom four will be in the newly constituted 20-team Championship next season.
Colin Thomson, Scottish Rugby's Head of Community Rugby, said: "There will be a terrific finale to the season in all three leagues with so much to play for.
"We've seen some exciting and well-crafted rugby across these divisions already this season and with the fixtures now set out for the sharp end of the season, competition will only intensify."
Between now and Premier A, B and C beginning on Saturday 14 January, clubs will be engaged in RBS knockout competitions with Melrose, Currie and Ayr also involved in the British & Irish Cup.
The fixture list reads:
RBS PREMIER A
Sat 14 January 2012 (2pm)
Aberdeen Grammar Rugby v Gala
Currie v Boroughmuir
Melrose v Dundee HSFP
Ayr v Stirling County
Sat 28 January 2012 (2pm)
Dundee HSFP v Stirling County
Gala v Currie
Boroughmuir v Melrose
Ayr v Aberdeen Grammar Rugby
Sat 11 February 2012 (3pm)
Melrose v Ayr Ayr v Gala
Stirling County v Currie
Gala v Boroughmuir
Aberdeen Grammar Rugby v Dundee HSFP
Sat 18 February 2012 (3pm)
Ayr v Dundee HSFP
Currie v Melrose
Stirling County v Gala
Boroughmuir v Aberdeen Grammar Rugby
Sat 3 March 2012 (3pm)
Boroughmuir v Ayr
Dundee HSFP v Gala
Currie v Aberdeen Grammar Rugby
Melrose v Stirling County
Sat 17 March 2012 (3pm)
Currie v Ayr*
Gala v Melrose*
Boroughmuir v Dundee HSFP*
Aberdeen Grammar Rugby v Stirling County
Sat 24 March 2012 (3pm)
Ayr v Gala
Dundee HSFP v Currie
Stirling County v Boroughmuir
Melrose v Aberdeen Grammar Rugby
* Fixtures reversed to even up matches
RBS PREMIER B
Sat 14 January 2012 (2pm)
Jed-Forest v Edinburgh Accies
Watsonians v Heriot's
Glasgow Hawks v Hamilton
Hawick v Stewart's Melville
Sat 28 January 2012 (2pm)
Hawick v Edinburgh Accies
Stewart's Melville v Hamilton
Watsonians v Glasgow Hawks
Heriot's v Jed-Forest
Sat 11 February 2012 (3pm)
Edinburgh Accies v Heriot's
Jed-Forest v Glasgow Hawks
Stewart's Melville v Watsonians
Hamilton v Hawick
Sat 18 February 2012 (3pm)
Edinburgh Accies v Stewart's Melville
Glasgow Hawks v Hawick
Heriot's v Hamilton
Jed-Forest v Watsonians
Sat 3 March 2012 (3pm)
Watsonians v Edinburgh Accies
Hamilton v Jed-Forest
Hawick v Heriot's
Glasgow Hawks v Stewart's Melville
Sat 17 March 2012 (3pm)
Edinburgh Accies v Hamilton
Watsonians v Hawick
Stewart's Melville v Jed-Forest
Heriot's v Glasgow Hawks
Sat 24 March 2012 (3pm)
Glasgow Hawks v Edinburgh Accies
Heriot's v Stewart's Melville
Jed-Forest v Hawick
Hamilton v Watsonians
RBS PREMIER C
Sat 14 January 2012 (2pm)
West of Scotland v Biggar
Selkirk v Whitecraigs
Kelso v Peebles
Hillhead/Jordanhill v Falkirk
Sat 28 January 2012 (2pm)
Biggar v Selkirk
West of Scotland v Kelso
Whitecraigs v Hillhead/Jordanhill
Falkirk v Peebles
Sat 11 February 2012 (3pm)
Whitecraigs v Biggar
Peebles v West of Scotland
Selkirk v Falkirk
Kelso v Hillhead/Jordanhill
Sat 18 February 2012 (3pm)
Biggar v Peebles
Falkirk v Whitecraigs
Hillhead/Jordanhill v West of Scotland *
Selkirk v Kelso
Sat 3 March 2012 (3pm)
Kelso v Biggar
Hillhead/Jordanhill v Selkirk*
West of Scotland v Falkirk
Peebles v Whitecraigs
Sat 17 March 2012 (3pm)
Biggar v Falkirk
Peebles v Hillhead/Jordanhill*
Whitecraigs v Kelso
Selkirk v West of Scotland
Sat 24 March 2012 (3pm)
Hillhead/Jordanhill v Biggar
Falkirk v Kelso
Peebles v Selkirk
West of Scotland v Whitecraigs
* Fixtures reversed to even up matches
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