Английская Википедия:Celtic Challenge

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The Celtic Challenge is a cross-border women's rugby union competition that will be held annually, launched in 2023. Designed to develop players for the Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the inaugural pilot edition featured a double round robin between three teams, one from each participating union. From 2024 the competition will involve six teams, two from each participating union.

The three participating unions fund the competition, with further development funding from World Rugby.

Teams

Team	Country	2023	2023–24
Brython Thunder	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:N	Шаблон:Y
Clovers	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:N	Шаблон:Y
Combined Provinces XV	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Y	Шаблон:N
Edinburgh Rugby	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:N	Шаблон:Y
Glasgow Warriors	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:N	Шаблон:Y
Gwalia Lightning	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:N	Шаблон:Y
The Thistles	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Y	Шаблон:N
Wales Development XV	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Y	Шаблон:N
Wolfhounds	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:N	Шаблон:Y

History

2023 competition

The inaugural year of the competition in 2023 consisted of three teams:

Union	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Шаблон:Flagicon Scotland	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales
Team	Combined Provinces XV	The Thistles	Wales Development XV

The first edition consisted of six matches in a double round robin:

Matchday	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Date	Ref
1	Шаблон:Flagicon The Thistles	27–29	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales Development XV	Scotstoun Stadium	22 January 2023	[1]
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales Development XV	26–27	Шаблон:Flagicon Combined Provinces XV	Cardiff Arms Park	29 January 2023
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Combined Provinces XV	45–12	Шаблон:Flagicon The Thistles	Kingspan Stadium	4 February 2023
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales Development XV	7–21	Шаблон:Flagicon The Thistles	Cardiff Arms Park	11 February 2023	[2]
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Combined Provinces XV	19–0	Шаблон:Flagicon Wales Development XV	Kingspan Stadium	18 February 2023
6	Шаблон:Flagicon The Thistles	26–33	Шаблон:Flagicon Combined Provinces XV	DAM Health Stadium	25 February 2023	[3]

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2023–24 competition

Шаблон:Main In November 2023 it was announced that for the second season, the completion would expand to six teams.

In December it was announced that the 2023–24 Competition will run from December to March 2024 and will be contested by 6 teams:

• 2 teams from Ireland, the Clovers and the Wolfhounds.
• 2 teams from Wales, Brython Thunder and Gwalia Lightning.
• 2 teams from Scotland, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors

The teams will play each other once, either home or away, across five rounds before play-offs to decide a champion in March 2024.