The 2024–25 Super Rygbi Cymru was the inaugural season of the Super Rygbi Cymru, Wales's national semi-professional rugby union competition, organised by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). It involved ten clubs, nine from across South Wales, six of which had previously participated in the Celtic League, and RGC 1404 located in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. The season fixtures were announced in May 2024, with the season kicking off in September and wrapping up in May 2025. A challenger shield was introduced, known as the SRC Challenge Shield. Held by Llandovery going into the season, Ebbw Vale won the shield in their first meeting and held it for the remainder of the season. The SRC Cup, a knockout cup competition played during the season over the Six Nations Championship rounds, was also introduced. Llandovery were the inaugural winners, defeating Ebbw Vale 39–7.
Newport RFC won the inaugural title defeating regional rivals, Ebbw Vale RFC 27–18 in the Final at Eugene Cross Park.
Competition and format The 2024–25 Super Rygbi Cymru is structured as a closed-league with a round-robin format followed by a play-off series to conclude the season winners. Each of the ten teams play each other twice on a home-and-away basis across three blocks: September to October (break during Autumn Internationals; November to January; and finally March to May. The 2024–25 Super Rygbi Cymru used the standard bonus points system used in Great Britain and Ireland with a new addition: a bonus point for winning by fifteen points or more. This meant that six points were up for grabs per match.
At the conclusion of the regular season the top six teams would progress to the Quarter-finals, with the top four earning home advantage. The remaining four teams placed 7th to 10th would play in a Wildcard play-off round. The winner of each Wildcard play-off would advance to the Quarter-finals to play the first-placed team or second-placed team. The winners of the Quarter-finals would then advance to play in the Semi-finals, with the winners of that round advancing to the Final to conclude the season champions.
SRC Cup
Pool A
Pool B
Cup final
Regular season Table
Fixtures
Play-offs Bracket
Wildcard Round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Grand Final
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