The Anglo-Welsh Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup), is an English and Welsh rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the twelve Aviva Premiership clubs and four Welsh Regions. The present sponsorship deal with the British insurance company LV, which runs for two seasons, was announced on 29 October 2009, just before the start of the 2009–10 competition. Between 2006 and 2009 the competition was sponsored by EDF's UK subsidiary and referred to as the EDF Energy Cup. Prior to the 2005–06 season, the competition was open to all English clubs. Bath have won the cup ten times, with Leicester Tigers the second most successful club with seven, including their wins over the Ospreys in the 2006–07 final and Northampton in the 2011-12 final, and Gloucester in third place with five titles.
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