The Anglo-Welsh Cup will be replaced next season by a 12-team competition involving solely Premiership sides.

The new competition, known as the Premiership Rugby Cup, will give out a total of over £500,000 in prize money with financial incentives riding on every game.

England’s top-tier clubs will be split into three groups of four teams as the inclusion of Welsh regional sides ends after almost 13 years.

All four Welsh regions had featured in a 16-team Anglo-Welsh format since the 2005/6 campaign, but have struggled over the past two seasons with squads stretched during international windows. Each of them finished bottom of their respective pools in 2017/18.

This split comes as Pro Rugby Wales move to establish an under-23 regional competition, with Premiership Rugby preferring flexibility to rigid age restrictions.