Josh Gardner

@joshgardner.bsky.social

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Commissioning editor, Guitar.com. The one you don’t like off the Blood & Mud rugby podcast. Variably competent dad. I cannot be reasoned with. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Rd 1 •⁠ ⁠Two-match series home & away (higher seed plays home second) •⁠ ⁠⁠Winner determined by aggregate scoreline over two legs •⁠ ⁠⁠Top seed plays bottom seed and vice versa •⁠ ⁠⁠Loser drops down into second round of Challenge Cup Rd 2 •⁠ ⁠Two-match series, home and away (higher seed plays home first) •⁠ ⁠⁠Winner determined by Aggregate scoreline over two legs •⁠ ⁠⁠Highest surviving seed plays lowest surviving seed and vice versa •⁠ ⁠⁠Loser is eliminated from competition, winner progresses to QFs Quarter Finals •⁠ ⁠One-game elimination match •⁠ ⁠⁠Highest seed plays lowest seed •⁠ ⁠⁠Higher seed has home-field advantage Semi-Finals •⁠ ⁠One-game elimination match •⁠ ⁠⁠Neutral venue in the country of highest seed •⁠ ⁠⁠All semi-finalists automatically qualify for next season’s Champs Cup Final •⁠ ⁠Neutral venue determined before start of each season
Screenshot of my iPhone notes page date 12 April 2025, text reads: "CHAMPIONS CUP 32-team straight knock-out tournament: 12 x URC (five nations represented so deserve an extra slot) 11 x Top 14 10 x Prem
Screengrab from the Scarlets website announcing the retirement of Jake Ball. The headline reads: Jake Ball announces he is retire from rugby.