PLEASE SEE BELOW ALL COMPETITION DETAILS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS
Links for the Age Grade Competition results and draws for 2026/2027:
- U14’s draws and results: U14’s Draw and Results 26/27
- U15’s draw and results: U15’s Draw and Results 26/27
- U16’s draw and results: U16’s Draw and Results 26/27
Alex Smith
North Midlands Youth Cup Secretary (U14-U16)
northmidsyouthcups@outlook.com
All past competition winners and archives can be found here: https://northmidsrfu.co.uk/north-midlands-junior-cup-competitions-archive/
DETAILS FOR 2026/2027 COMPETITION
Dear All,
This email is in relation to entering the Boys North Midlands Youth Cups (U14, U15 & U16) for 2026/27 and is being sent out to all existing club contacts from the 2025/26 season. If your age group contacts or fixture secretaries have changed and you are no longer a relevant person in post please forward this email to the relevant person/s at your club. Two further reminders will be sent out to this existing mailing list before this list will be deleted and contacts included on the returned entry forms will be used instead.
Entries are invited for the 2026/27 North Midlands Boys Youth Cup competitions.
There will be Cup and Plate competitions at Under-14, Under-15 and Under-16 level with ages relating to players at midnight on August 31st 2026. Teams that lose in either the Preliminary Round or 1st Round of the Cup competitions will move automatically into the Plate Competition (providing the losses were not walkovers), meaning all sides will play a minimum of two fixtures.
Rules for the competitions are attached and are obviously in line with RFU Age Grade Regulations. Please note under no circumstances are players allowed to play down an age grade in cup competitions, regardless of whether they have safeguarding permission to do so for the rest of the season – this is not allowed for competition integrity reasons and there is no flexibility around this.
If clubs are aiming to enter a joined-up side with another club, due to not having enough numbers to enter an age grade side of their own then this is possible but not guaranteed and will be judged on a case-by-case basis dependent on circumstances. Please email directly if this is your intention.
As per last season, all Rounds will be played on specific weekends, with no flexibility given to teams to arrange or move. The dates of the competition are below, with a further Reserve Weekend included for when the game should be played if bad weather intervenes. If you cannot commit to Cup/Plate fixtures on these weekends then you should not enter the competition:
U14s Dates
11/10/26 – Cup Preliminary Round (Reserve Week – 18/10/26)
22/11/26 – Cup Round 1 (Reserve Week – 29/11/26)
13/12/26 – Plate Preliminary Round (Reserve Week – 20/12/26)
20/12/26 – Cup Quarter Finals (Reserve Week – 10/01/27)
10/01/27 – Plate Round 1 (Reserve Week – 17/01/27)
31/01/27 – Plate Quarter Finals (Reserve Week – 07/02/27)
07/03/27 – Cup & Plate Semi Finals (Reserve Week – 14/03/27)
25/04/27 – Cup & Plate Finals
U15s Dates
27/09/26 – Cup Preliminary Round (Reserve Week – 04/10/26)
18/10/26 – Cup Round 1 (Reserve Week – 08/11/26)
15/11/26 – Plate Preliminary Round (Reserve Week – 22/11/26)
22/11/26 – Cup Quarter Finals (Reserve Week – 29/11/26)
29/11/26 – Plate Round 1 (Reserve Week – 06/12/26)
17/01/27 – Plate Quarter Finals (Reserve Week – 31/01/27)
28/02/27 – Cup & Plate Semi Finals (Reserve Week – 07/03/27)
25/04/27 – Cup & Plate Finals
U16s Dates
04/10/26 – Cup Preliminary Round (Reserve Week – 11/10/26)
15/11/26 – Cup Round 1 (Reserve Week – 22/11/26)
29/11/26 – Plate Preliminary Round (Reserve Week – 06/12/26)
06/12/26 – Cup Quarter Finals (Reserve Week – 13/12/26)
20/12/26 – Plate Round 1 (Reserve Week – 10/01/27)
17/01/27 – Plate Quarter Finals (Reserve Week – 24/01/27)
31/01/27 – Cup & Plate Semi Finals (Reserve Week – 07/02/27)
14/03/27 – Cup & Plate Finals (Reserve Week – 21/03/27)
The entry fee for each team is £20. Payment can be made only via BACS online at:
Account Name: North Midlands RFU Limited
Account Number: 31436279
Sort Code: 40–20–27.
Please state on the online payment which team and club you are paying for.
Alongside payment, an entry form (link here – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgTgziA5YLt5fofHmSnILaySws9KD0BcEN10yYaLayUpNmkA/viewform?usp=publish-editormust be completed for all sides being entered.
By completing this form clubs are agreeing to let the Competition Organisers use your data for communications within these competitions unless they state here that they wish otherwise. This is to improve the ease of communication between clubs. Until both actions are completed your side will not be entered.
All entries must be completed by 12 noon on Wednesday 2nd September 2026.
The draw will be completed shortly after that same week in September, where fixtures will be announced.
All six finals will be held in March or April 2027 (dates above), with venue/s to be decided at a later date.
All the best for the season to come.
Kind Regards
Alex
Alex Smith
North Midlands Youth Cup Secretary (U14-U16)