The PWR Next Gen Cup – officially known as the JAECOO PWR Next Gen Cup for sponsorship reasons – is an English women's rugby union knockout cup competition for teams that compete in Premiership Women's Rugby. It was created in 2021 to act as the league's equivalent to the men's Premiership Rugby Cup. It typically takes place in the international windows, giving more opportunities to inexperienced players.
Format For the 2025 edition, the PWR Cup uses a format where Premiership Women's Rugby clubs are divided into two pools based on their finishing positions in the previous Premiership Women's Rugby season. The competition is played over five rounds and each team will play every other team in their pool once.
The top two teams from each pool progress to the semi-finals, which are hosted at the venues of the highest-ranked clubs. These semi-finals are accompanied by a third-place play-off and a grand final.
Finals Year Winner Score Runner–up Venue 2021–22 Exeter Chiefs 57–12 Harlequins Sandy Park, Exeter 2022–23 Exeter Chiefs 29–19 Saracens 2023–24 Saracens 31–17 Bristol Bears Shaftesbury Park, Bristol — 2024–25 No competition due to 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 Saracens 43–33 Harlequins StoneX Stadium, London
List of champions Rank Team Champions Years as champions Runners–up Years as runners–up 1 Saracens 2 2023–24, 2025 1 2022–23 Exeter Chiefs 2021–22, 2022–23 0 —
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