New points system for Celtic League

The Celtic League will adopt a new points system for the upcoming season with each team being allocated four points for the weekend they are not playing.

This is to address the imbalance of having 11 teams in the competition. Each team will have two free weekends in the season and thus eight points added to their total.

Tournament director David Jordan stated: "Celtic Rugby has been concerned with the lopsided nature of an 11-team league table. We took a look at the way other major sporting leagues throughout the world with an uneven number of competitors operated and discovered that the Australian Rugby League cured their similar problem with the introduction of two points for a bye week.

"After much deliberation we decided this was the correct route to adopt for the Celtic League for the forthcoming season."