Any speculation as to who the 8 teams will be? I'm thinking Bristol, surely, but Taunton probably not?
Bristol, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff, Brighton perhaps?
No north-east representative in that case though.
Edit: Just read an article suggesting broadly a north west team, Yorkshire/north-east team, Birmingham, Nottingham, North London, South London, West-Country (that's us, folks!) and a 'South' team i.e. Hampshire, Sussex, Kent.