The nations of B71 will be competing in an inter-regional, regular tournament together with one invited guest nation.
The nations of B71 are:
Baggieland.
HMS Onslaught.
Vapidistan.
Liberaltania.
The invited guest nation for the inaugural tournament is:
Zwangzug.
The tournament format will be based on rugby's Six Nations; each team will play each other once with two home games and two away games. The nation at the top of the group standings at the end will be crowned the champions.
Tie-breakers will be determined as follows:
1. Points.
2. Goal difference.
3. Goals scored.
4. H2H.
5. Coin toss.
The teams will be ranked according to the current KPB rankings:
Zwangzug: 29.79.
Baggieland: 7.19.
HMS Onslaught: unranked.
Vapidistan: unranked.
Liberaltania: unranked.
All matches will be scorinated by Baggieland using SQIS with additive multipliers.
Here's the schedule:
22/11 Round 1.
Zwangzug vs Vapidistan @ Wayr Stadium.
HMS Onslaught vs Baggieland @ The Tanker.
23/11 Round 2.
Vapidistan vs HMS Onslaught @ Apocalypse Peaks Stadium.
Liberaltania vs Zwangzug @ Serendipity Park.
24/11 Round 3.
HMS Onslaught vs Liberaltania @ The Tanker.
Baggieland vs Vapidistan @ Dartmouth Hill.
25/11 Round 4.
Liberaltania vs Baggieland @ Serendipity Park.
Zwangzug vs HMS Onslaught @ Wayr Stadium.
26/11 Round 5.
Baggieland vs Zwangzug @ Dartmouth Hill.
Vapidistan vs Liberaltania @ Apocalypse Peaks Stadium.