Newcastle Falcons sit on top of their Premiership Rugby Cup pool going into this Sunday’s home game against Doncaster Knights.

The 3pm Kingston Park kick-off IS included on the 2024-25 season ticket, with match tickets available for non-season ticket holders by clicking here.

Last Saturday’s 33-12 away win at Caldy saw Newcastle taking maximum points from their opening fixture, leaving them at the head of the Pool A standings.

Here is a reminder of how the tournament works.

The 2024-25 Premiership Rugby Cup sees five pools of four, with the 10 Gallagher Premiership clubs joined by 10 from the RFU Championship.

POOL 1: Caldy, Doncaster Knights, Newcastle Falcons, Sale Sharks.

POOL 2: Coventry, Leicester Tigers, Northampton Saints, Nottingham.

POOL 3: Ealing Trailfinders, Harlequins, London Scottish, Saracens.

POOL 4: Ampthill, Bath, Bedford Blues, Bristol Bears.

POOL 5: Cornish Pirates, Exeter Chiefs, Gloucester, Hartpury.

Each club plays six pool games, with home-and-away matches against the other three teams in their group. At the end of the group stage the five pool winners go through to the quarter-finals, where they are joined by the three best runners-up.

The top five seeds for the quarter-finals are the five group winners, with seeds six, seven and eight being the best second-placed teams.

If teams are level on points the determining factors will be (in order): number of wins, points difference, points for, tries, fewest red cards and head-to-head record.

The quarter-finals will be seeds 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5, with home advantage to the higher seeds.

The semi-finals will be played at the home ground of the higher seed, as will the final.

NEWCASTLE FALCONS’ PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP FIXTURES (home games in capitals)

Sat Nov 2: v Caldy (W 12-33)

SUN NOV 10: V DONCASTER KNIGHTS (3pm)

FRI NOV 22: V SALE SHARKS (7.45pm)

Sat Feb 1: v Doncaster Knights (2.30pm)

SUN FEB 9: V CALDY (3pm)

Sun Feb 16: v Sale Sharks (3pm)

Feb 28/Mar 1/2: Quarter-finals

Mar 7-9: Semi-finals

Mar 14-16: Final