LAUNCESTON have found out their opponents for the Papa John’s Community Cup which gets underway on Saturday, April 1.

The new competition, which is designed to give clubs some knockout rugby following their league commitments, sees Regional One split into three sections – Championship, Plate, Shield and Bowl, although not enough clubs have entered for a bowl competition.

Clubs were put into each section depending on their league position as of Saturday, March 11 with Launceston placed in Pool Three of the Shield.

The pool consists of four teams – their Regional One South West rivals Lydney plus Bracknell and Royal Wootton Bassett, who they have played in previous seasons, from Regional One South Central.

Launceston start with an away trip to Lydney, who they only visited earlier this month, before home games on consecutive Saturdays (April 15 and 22) against Royal Wootton Bassett and Bracknell.

They currently occupy eighth and nine respectively, so Launceston will fancy their chances of winning the pool which will see them earn a semi-final against a winner from the other three Shield pools on April 29.

The final on Saturday, May 6 will be played at Sixways Stadium in Worcester.

See next week’s Post for the thoughts of joint head coach Ian Goldsmith on the draw.