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Premiership Rugby
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event2024–25 Premiership Rugby
SportRugby union
Founded1987;37 years ago(1987)
CEOSimon Massie-Taylor
AdministratorRFU
No. of teams10
CountryEngland
Most recent
champion(s)		Northampton Saints(2nd title)
(2023–24)
Most titlesLeicester Tigers(11 titles)
TV partner(s)TNT Sports
ITV
Level on pyramidLevel 1
RelegationtoRFU Championship
Domestic cup(s)Premiership Rugby Cup
International cup(s)European Rugby Champions Cup
European Rugby Challenge Cup
Official websitepremiershiprugby

Premiership Rugby,officially known asGallagher Premiership Rugby,or theGallagher Premiershipfor sponsorship reasons,[1]is an English professionalrugby unioncompetition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of theEnglish rugby union system.

Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, theEuropean Rugby Champions Cupand theEuropean Rugby Challenge Cup.The winner of the second division, theRFU Championshipis promoted to the Premiership and until 2020, the team finishing at the bottom of the Premiership each season was relegated to the Championship. The competition is regarded as one of the three top-level professional leagues in theNorthernandWestern Hemispheres,along with theTop 14in France, and the cross-borderUnited Rugby Championshipfor teams from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and South Africa.

The competition has been played since 1987, and has evolved into the current Premiership system. The current champions areNorthampton Saintswho won the league in 2024.

History[edit]

See also:History of the English rugby union system

Beginnings: English domestic rugby union until 1972[edit]

The governing body of rugby union in England, theRugby Football Union(RFU), long resisted leagues as it was believed that the introduction of leagues would increase 'dirty' play and put pressure on clubs to pay their players (thereby contravening the amateur ethos).[2]Instead, clubs arranged their own fixtures and had traditional games. The only organised tournaments were the County Cups and County Championship – the former played by clubs and the latter by County representative teams e.g.1980- 81 Rugby Union County Championship.The Daily Telegraphand a few local newspapers – such as theYorkshire Post– compiled 'pennants' based on teams' performances, but as the strength of fixture lists varied, it was at best an estimate of a team's performance throughout a season.

1972–1995: Leagues and cups[edit]

In 1972 the RFU sanctioned a national knock-out cup – the RFU Club Competition, the predecessor to theAnglo-Welsh Cup– followed first by regional merit tables and then, in the mid-1980s, by national merit tables. One of the casualties of the move to competitive leagues was the loss of some traditional games as the new fixture lists didn't allow time for all of them.

The league system has evolved since its start in 1987 when the Courage Leagues were formed – a league pyramid with roughly 1,000 clubs playing in 108 leagues, each with promotion and relegation.

In thefirst season,clubs were expected to arrange the fixtures on mutually convenient dates. The clubs involved wereBath,Bristol,Coventry,Gloucester,Harlequins,Leicester,Moseley,Nottingham,Orrell,Sale,WaspsandWaterloo.That first season was an unqualified success, with clubs in the upper echelons of the national leagues reporting increased crowds, interest from both local backers and national companies, and higher skill levels among players exposed to regular competition. The fears that leagues would lead to greater violence on the field proved largely unfounded.

By thenext season,the RFU allocated fixed Saturdays to the league season, removing the clubs' responsibility for scheduling matches. There was no home and away structure to the leagues in those early seasons, as sides played one another only once.

Initially two teams,BathandLeicester,proved to be head and shoulders above the rest in the Courage League, and between them dominated the top of the table.

In 1994 the league structure expanded to include a full rota of home and away matches for the first time. The1994–95 seasonwas the first to be shown live onSky Sports,a relationship which continued until the 2013–14 season whenBT Sportacquired the exclusive rights in a deal which is currently scheduled to end after the 2023–24 season.[3]

1996: The dawn of professional rugby union[edit]

The league turned professional for the 1996–97 season when the first winners wereWasps,joining Bath and Leicester as the only champions in the league's first decade. Clubs likeSaracens,NewcastleandNorthamptonwere able to attract wealthy benefactors, but the professional era also had its casualties, as clubs likeWest Hartlepool,RichmondandLondon Scottishwere forced into administration when their backers pulled out.[4]

2000–2002: Premiership, Championship and playoffs[edit]

The start of the 2000–01 season brought with it a re-vamping of the season structure. In 2000–2001 an 8-team playoff (the Championship) was introduced. However, the team finishing top of the table at the end of the regular season was still considered English champions ( "Premiership title" ).

Halfway through the 2001–02 season, with Leicester odds-on to win their fourth title in succession, it was controversially decided that the winners of the 8-team playoff would be crowned English champions.[5]There was an outcry from fans and this proposal was dropped.

2003–2014: The ascendancy of the playoffs[edit]

From the beginning of the 2002–03 season, a new playoff format was introduced to replace the 8-team Championship. The format required the first-placed team in the league to play the winner of a match between the second- and third-placed teams. Critically, the winner of this game (the Premiership Final) would be recognised as English champions. Although Gloucester won the league by a clear margin, they then faced a three-week wait until the final. Having lost their momentum, they were beaten by second-placed Wasps (who had defeated third-placed Northampton) in the play-offs. The playoff structure was reformatted in the 2005–06 season in which the first-placed team would play the fourth placed team in a semi-final (aShaughnessy playoff).

Since the implementation of the playoff system, only six teams have won both the regular season and playoffs in the same year: Leicester twice in 2000–01 (the first year of the playoffs), 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2021–22Sale Sharksin 2005–06,Harlequinsin 2011–12,Saracensin 2015–16,Exeterin 2019–20, andNorthampton Saintsin 2023–24

Of all the Premiership teams,Waspshave made a reputation for playing the competition format to perfection, peaking at the right time to be crowned English Champions in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008. Wasps did not lead the league standings at the end of the season in any of these years. Conversely,Gloucesterhave garnered an unfortunate reputation for leading the table at the end of the regular season, only to fall short of winning the Premiership title, losing finals in 2003, 2007, and 2008. Gloucester's single victory in the playoffs, in 2002, occurred when league leaders Leicester were still considered English champions, meaning Gloucester's Championship victory was considered secondary.

The 2011–12 season sawHarlequinsadd their name to the trophy on their first attempt, winning 30–23 against the nine-times champions Leicester. Leicester would have to wait until 2012–13 for their 10th championship, where they defeatedNorthamptonin the final.

The2013–14 Aviva Premiershipseason sawNorthamptonbecome the 8th different team to win the trophy. This was achieved when they defeatedLeicester Tigersin the semi-final 21–20, thus denying Leicester a 10th Consecutive Final.[6]In the final, they defeated Saracens 20–24 with a try in the last minute of extra time to win the2013–14 Aviva Premiership.[7][8]

2014–2018: US initiatives[edit]

With the future of theHeineken Cupuncertain beyond 2013–14, due to a row between England's Premiership Rugby Limited and France'sLNRon one side and the sport's governing bodies on the other, Premiership Rugby Limited explored several moves toward expanding its brand into theUnited States.In May 2013, Premiership Rugby Limited and U.S.-based RugbyLaw entered into a plan by which the two organisations were to help back a proposed U.S. professional league that could have begun play as early as 2014.[9]The first phase of the plan was to involve two preseason exhibitions featuring an "American Barbarians" side that would combine international veterans and young American talent. The "Barbarians" were intended to play matches in August 2013 in the U.S. and London, but those plans fell through, and the matches were indefinitely delayed.[10]

In August 2013, Leicester Tigers chairman Peter Tom confirmed that Premiership Rugby Limited had discussed the possibility of bringing select Premiership matches to the US.[9][11]The first match played in the USA was on 12 March 2016 whenLondon Irishwere defeated bySaracensat theRed Bull Arenain theNew York Metropolitan Area.[12]This match was intended to be the first of a three-year deal which would have seen London Irish play one home match each season in the US, but their relegation from the Premiership at the end of the 2015–16 season scuttled that plan.[13]A new deal was reached with American sports marketing companyAEGin 2017 which was intended to see at least one Premiership match taken to the US for four seasons starting in 2017–18. The first match under the new deal was held on 16 September 2017, withNewcastle Falconstaking their home fixture against Saracens to theTalen Energy Stadiumin thePhiladelphiasuburb ofChester, Pennsylvania.[13]In 2018–19, although no match was scheduled to take place in the US, the round 6 match between Saracens and Harlequins was the first broadcast onnetwork television in the USof a Premiership Rugby game. The game was shown live onNBC.In 2019–20, and 2020–21 once again no matches were scheduled to take place in the US.

2018 also saw a revamp of the league's secondary competition with the launch of thePremiership Rugby Shield.

2018–19: CVC Capital Partners investment[edit]

In December 2018 it was announced that theLuxembourgbased investment advisory firmCVC Capital Partnershad bought a 27% stake in Premiership Rugby in a deal worth £200m.[14]A previous offer to purchase a 51% majority share was rejected.[15]The money from the investment was planned to be used to improve facilities at clubs and grow the game globally.[16]

2019–20: Salary Cap investigation into Saracens[edit]

In March 2019, allegations emerged that Saracens may have broken the league'ssalary cap.In June, Premiership Rugby announced that they would investigate the allegations.[17]In November 2019, Saracens were found to have been in breach of the salary cap regulations due to failure to disclose player payments in the 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, which would have taken them over the senior player cap.[18]They were handed a 35-point deduction for the2019–20 seasonand fined £5.3 million.[19][18]The judgement found that Saracens had been reckless in entering into the arrangements with players without disclosing them to Premiership Rugby.[20]

On 18 January 2020, Premiership Rugby announced that Saracens would be relegated to theRFU Championshipfor the2020–21 season.[21]Premiership Rugby CEO Darren Childs said this punishment was due to Saracens lack of cooperation in a mid-season audit to prove compliance in the 2019–20 season.[22][23]

On 23 January 2020,Lord Dyson's full report into Saracens' spending was published, it revealed that Saracens had overspent the salary cap by £1.1m in 2016–17, £98,000 in 2017-18 and £906,000 in 2018–19. These included £923,947.63 of property investments between Nigel Wray and three unnamed Saracens players. It also included Saracens claim that the Salary Cap was unenforceable under competition law, this defence was rejected.[24]On 28 January 2020, Premiership Rugby applied a further 70 point deduction for the 2019–20 season to ensure Saracens would finish bottom of the league table.[25]

2020–2022: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and expansion of the league.[edit]

TheCOVID-19 pandemicdisrupted all elite sports in England in spring 2020. The RFU initially suspended both the Premiership and Championship before eventually cancelling the Championship season.[26]Newcastle Falcons, who topped the Championship table at the time of the season's premature end were promoted based on their playing record and would replace Saracens in the Premiership the following season.[27]

The 2019–20 Premiership Rugby season recommenced on 14 August and the final was held 24 October 2020.[28]

The disruption of the 2019–20 season meant the 2020–21 season commenced 10 weeks late on 20 November 2020 and ran over a reduced timeframe of 32 weeks (down from 42).[29]

The financial impact of the pandemic also caused the salary cap to be temporarily reduced for a maximum of 3 seasons from the 2021–22 season.[30]

Amoratoriumon relegation was also approved in February 2021, meaning no teams would be relegated as a potential consequence of another team receiving more points due to games cancelled because of COVID-19. With this news it was also confirmed that the league's minimum standards criteria for promotion would be reviewed as would league structure from the 2021–22 season.[31]The new structure extended the moratorium on relegation for a further two-years. A playoff between the top team in the Championship and the bottom team in the Premiership is also introduced in the 2023–24 season.[32]

2022–2024: Financial problems, administration and contraction of the league[edit]

On 26 September 2022, Worcester Warriors went into administration and were suspended from the league.[33] Their upcoming fixture againstGloucesteron 1 October, was also cancelled. On 6 October, Worcester Warriors were suspended for the rest of the season, relegated from the premiership, and all past and future fixtures for that season expunged.[34]

On 17 October 2022, Wasps went into administration and were suspended from the league. Their upcoming fixture againstSale Sharkson 18 October, was also cancelled. On 28 October, Wasps were suspended for the rest of the season, relegated from the premiership, and all past and future fixtures for that season expunged.[35]

On 6 June 2023, London Irish were suspended from the Premiership after missing a deadline to pay players and staff.[36]Irish subsequently went into administration on 7 June.[37]

Clubs[edit]

Current clubs[edit]

The Premiership began the recent2022–23 seasonwith 13 clubs, but bothWaspsandWorcester Warriorswere removed from the league, and automatically relegated, after going intoadministration.[38]Ahead of the2023–24 season,London Irishalso dropped out of the league, as a result of financial insolvency.[39]

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Locations of current Gallagher Premiership Rugby Teams
Club Established City Stadium Capacity Titles (Last)
Bath 1865 Bath,Somerset The Recreation Ground 14,509 6 (1996)
Bristol Bears 1888 Bristol Ashton Gate 27,000 – (N/A)
Exeter Chiefs 1871 Exeter,Devon Sandy Park 16,000 2 (2020)
Gloucester 1873 Gloucester Kingsholm Stadium 16,200 – (N/A)
Harlequins 1866 London(Twickenham) Twickenham Stoop 14,800 2 (2021)
Leicester Tigers 1880 Leicester Mattioli Woods Welford Road 26,000 11 (2022)
Newcastle Falcons 1877 Newcastle upon Tyne Kingston Park 11,000 1 (1998)
Northampton Saints 1880 Northampton cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens 15,249 2 (2024)
Sale Sharks 1861 Salford,Manchester Salford Community Stadium 12,000 1 (2006)
Saracens 1876 London(Hendon) StoneX Stadium 10,500 6 (2023)
  • Note: Capacity listed for rugby union games may differ from official stadium capacity

All time[edit]

A total of 28 clubs have been involved in the top-flight since the league's inception in the 1987–88 season. The most recent club to make its debut in the Premiership wasLondon Welsh,which made their top flight debut in 2012–13.

Three clubs —Bath,GloucesterandLeicester Tigers— have appeared in every season to date.Harlequinshave only missed the2005–06 seasondue to relegation. Six other clubs have appeared in at least 20 seasons —Saracens,Northampton Saints,Sale Sharks,London Irish,Bristol BearsandNewcastle Falcons.The financial insolvency, expulsion and automatic relegation ofWaspsduring the2022–23 seasonmeans their record of being ever-present effectively ended at the end of the2021–22 season.

Coventry,Liverpool St Helens,Moseley,Nottingham,Rosslyn Park,RugbyandWaterlooonly appeared during the amateur era, whereasExeter Chiefs,Leeds Tykes,London Welsh,Richmond,Rotherham TitansandWorcester Warriorshave only appeared during the professional era.

Below, the 2023–24 clubs are listed inbold;ever-present clubs are listed inbold italics.Years listed are the calendar years in which the seasons ended. All current teams will remain in the league until at least 2024.

Seasons Team Dates
36 Bath 1988–2024
3 Bedford Blues 1990, 1999–2000
25 Bristol Bears 1988–1998, 2000–2003, 2006–2009, 2017, 2019–2024
1 Coventry 1988
13 Exeter Chiefs 2011–2024
36 Gloucester 1988–2024
35 Harlequins 1988–2005, 2007–2024
8 Leeds Tykes 2002–2006, 2008, 2010–2011
36 Leicester Tigers 1988–2024
2 Liverpool St Helens 1989, 1991
28 London Irish 1992–1994, 1997–2016, 2018, 2020–2023
2 London Scottish 1993, 1999
2 London Welsh 2013, 2015
4 Moseley 1988–1992
24 Newcastle Falcons 1994, 1998–2012, 2014–2019, 2021–2024
31 Northampton Saints 1991–1995, 1997–2007, 2009–2024
5 Nottingham 1988–1992
10 Orrell 1988–1997
2 Richmond 1998–1999
4 Rosslyn Park 1989–1992
2 Rotherham Titans 2001, 2004
2 Rugby Lions 1992–1993
30 Sale Sharks 1988, 1995–2024
31 Saracens 1990–1993, 1996–2020, 2022–2024
35 Wasps 1988–2022
2 Waterloo 1988–1989
5 West Hartlepool 1993, 1995–1997, 1999
16 Worcester Warriors 2005–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2022

Sponsorship[edit]

Period Sponsor Name League Title
1987–1997 United KingdomCourage Brewery Courage League National Division One National Division One
1997–2000 United KingdomAllied Dunbar Allied Dunbar Premiership Premiership 1
2000–2005 SwitzerlandZurich Insurance Group[40] Zurich Premiership Premiership
2005–2010 Republic of IrelandGuinness Brewery[41] Guinness Premiership
2010–2018 United KingdomAviva[42] Aviva Premiership
2018–current United StatesArthur J. Gallagher & Co.[43] Gallagher Premiership

Structure[edit]

Referees[edit]

Referees in the Premiership are selected from the RFU's Professional Referee Unit. The Professional Referee Unit consists of 15 referees with match appointments decided by PRU management team of ex-international refereesEd Morrison,Brian Campsall andTony Spreadbury.[44]

List of Premiership Referees

Source:[44]

They are supported by a large team of assistant referees.

League season[edit]

The Premiership Rugby league season typically runs from September to June and comprises 18 rounds of matches, with each club playing each other home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the leagueas follows:

  • 4 points are awarded for a win
  • 2 points are awarded for a draw
  • 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
    • 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
    • 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4triesor more in a match

Since the restart of the2019–20season, scheduled fixtures which are cancelled because of aCOVID-19outbreak in one of the competing teams will have their outcome and points allocation decided by a Premiership Rugby panel. As of the start of the2021–22season, if the fixture cannot be rescheduled, it is recorded as a 0–0 draw. In this situation, if one team would have been able to fulfil the fixture, they will be awarded 4 points, while the team unable to field a matchday squad due to a COVID-19 outbreak will be given 2 points – otherwise, if both teams are impacted by COVID-19, they will each receive 2 points for the affected fixture.

Play-offs[edit]

Following the completion of the regular season, the top 4 teams enter theplay-offs,which are held in June. The top two teams receive home advantage, the league leaders hosting the 4th ranked team, and the 2nd place team hosting the 3rd place team. The winners of these semi-finals progress to the final, held atTwickenham Stadium,with the winner of the final being crowned champions.

Promotion and relegation[edit]

Admittance to the Premiership, which is Level 1 of the men's 106-leagueEnglish rugby union system,is achieved through a system ofpromotion and relegationbetween the Premiership and the RFU Championship. Originally this meant a season-winning Championship club was promoted, replacing the lowest placed Premiership club which was relegated (between 2021 and 2023 promotion continued but no Level 1 club has been relegated).[45]

Promotion from the Championship is subject to the Minimum Standards Criteria. If a promotion-winning team does not meet these standards then there is no promotion. In the2011–12seasonLondon Welshwon promotion from the Championship but were initially denied promotion under the criteria, reprievingNewcastle Falconsfrom relegation. However London Welsh were found eligible on appeal and Newcastle were relegated.[46]

Relegation change and new regulations

As a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic,amoratoriumwas approved in February 2021 for a halt on top-flight clubs being relegated from the Premiership beginningthat season.As promotion from the Championship would not be stopped, this meant the Premiership would expand to 13 teams inthe following year.[47][31]

The moratorium was extended by an additional two seasons in June 2021. New regulations would also include a moratorium on promotion from the Championship in the same season had the Premiership expanded to 14 teams and introduce a play-off between the bottom placed Premiership Club and top placed Championship club in 2023–24.[32]New minimum standards criteria were announced in September 2022, confirming that promotion from the championship was still due to take place in 2023.[48]

The Premiership could have expanded again to 14 teams from the 2023–23 season but the league returned to 12 teams on 6 October 2022 whenWorcester Warriorswere expelled from the league for the season after entering administration due to financial problems.[49]Despite trying to find a buyer, the club was wound up in February 2023.[50] On 17 October 2022,Waspsbecame the second Premiership club to enter administration that season. The club was also automatically relegated from the Premiership, with their remaining games cancelled and all results expunged.[51]London Irish finished the season but were suspended for the following season during the off season meaning the Premiership contracted to just ten teams from the 2023–24 season.[39]

European competition qualification[edit]

The top seven teams qualify for the following season's European Rugby Champions Cup. The eighth champions cup place is awarded to either the winner of theChallenge Cupor the team placed eighth. Teams placed 8 & 9th that do not qualify for the Champions Cup play in the Challenge Cup. The final Challenge Cup place is offered to either the 10th team in the Premiership or the team promoted from the Championship.

Champions[edit]

Between 1987 and 2002, the team at the top of the league was crowned English champions. Since2002–03,the winner of the league has been determined by a Premiership Final, which takes place atTwickenhamand consists of two rounds of knock-out play amongst the top four teams.

This change was originally considered controversial, particular whenWaspswon four of the first six play-off finals without ever topping the regular season table, with Sale the only team to both top the table and win the Premiership final in that period. In total, eight table-topping teams have won the Premiership in twenty-one seasons as of May 2023. Their names are italicised under the "Top of Table" column below.

In most seasons, at least one team has been relegated at the end of the season, although in1995–96,there was no relegation to allow division expansion, and in2001–02,Leedswere given a reprieve because theDivision Onechampions did not have a suitable ground to allow promotion. Relegation was also suspended between2020–21and2022–23to allow further expansion – althoughWorcesterandWaspswere both relegated for going into administration during the2022–23 season,as wasLondon Irishahead of the2023–24 season.

Key
† Match was won duringextra time
Season Champions Final Runners-up Top of Table Relegated
1987–88 Leicester N/A Wasps Leicester Sale,Coventry
1988–89 Bath Gloucester Bath Liverpool St Helens,Waterloo
1989–90 Wasps Gloucester Wasps Bedford
1990–91 Bath Wasps Bath Liverpool St Helens,Moseley
1991–92 Bath Orrell Bath Rosslyn Park,Nottingham
1992–93 Bath Wasps Bath Rugby Lions,West Hartlepool,
Saracens,London Scottish
1993–94 Bath Leicester Bath Newcastle,London Irish
1994–95 Leicester Bath Leicester Northampton
1995–96 Bath Leicester Bath No relegation
1996–97 Wasps Bath Wasps Orrell,West Hartlepool
1997–98 Newcastle Saracens Newcastle Bristol
1998–99 Leicester Northampton Leicester West Hartlepool
1999–00 Leicester Bath Leicester Bedford
2000–01 Leicester Wasps Leicester Rotherham
2001–02 Leicester Sale Leicester No relegation
2002–03 Wasps 39 – 3 Gloucester Gloucester Bristol
2003–04 Wasps 10 – 6 Bath Bath Rotherham
2004–05 Wasps 39 – 14 Leicester Leicester Harlequins
2005–06 Sale 45 – 20 Leicester Sale Leeds
2006–07 Leicester 44 – 16 Gloucester Gloucester Northampton
2007–08 Wasps 26 – 16 Leicester Gloucester Leeds
2008–09 Leicester 10 – 9 London Irish Leicester Bristol
2009–10 Leicester 33 – 27 Saracens Leicester Worcester
2010–11 Saracens 22 – 18 Leicester Leicester Leeds
2011–12 Harlequins 30 – 23 Leicester Harlequins Newcastle
2012–13 Leicester 37 – 17 Northampton Saracens London Welsh
2013–14 Northampton 24 – 20† Saracens Saracens Worcester
2014–15 Saracens 28 – 16 Bath Northampton London Welsh
2015–16 Saracens 28 – 20 Exeter Saracens London Irish
2016–17 Exeter 23 – 20† Wasps Wasps Bristol
2017–18 Saracens 27 – 10 Exeter Exeter London Irish
2018–19 Saracens 37 – 34 Exeter Exeter Newcastle
2019–20 Exeter 19 – 13 Wasps Exeter Saracens
2020–21 Harlequins 40 – 38 Exeter Bristol No relegation
2021–22 Leicester 15 – 12 Saracens Leicester
2022–23 Saracens 35 – 25 Sale Saracens Worcester,Wasps[a]
2023–24 Northampton 25 – 21 Bath Northampton London Irish[b]
2024–25

Summary of winners[edit]

# Team Champions Years as champions Runners-up Years as runners-up Top of league table
1 Leicester Tigers 11 1987–88,1994–95,1998–99,1999–00,2000–01,2001–02,2006–07,2008–09,2009–10,2012–13,2021–22 7 1993–94,1995–96,2004–05,2005–06,2007–08,2010–11,2011–12 11
2 Bath 6 1988–89,1990–91,1991–92,1992–93,1993–94,1995–96 6 1994–95,1996–97,1999–00,2003–04,2014–15,2023–24 7
Wasps 1989–90,1996–97,2002–03,2003–04,2004–05,2007–08 5 1987–88,1990–91,2000–01,2016–17,2019–20 3
Saracens 2010–11,2014–15,2015–16,2017–18,2018–19,2022–23 4 1997–98,2009–10,2013–14,2021–22 4
5 Exeter Chiefs 2 2016–17,2019–20 2015–16,2017–18,2018–19,2020–21 3
Northampton Saints 2013–14,2023–24 2 1998–99,2012–13 2
Harlequins 2011–12,2020–21 — N/A 1
8 Sale Sharks 1 2005–06 2 2001–02,2022–23
Newcastle Falcons 1997–98 — N/A

Player records[edit]

For a list of top try and points scorers by seasons, seePremiership Rugby top scorers.

All records relate to the 1997–98 season onward when National League One was re-launched as the Premiership.

Source:[52]

As of 10 May 2023.Bold italicsdenote players active in the2023–24 Premiership.

Appearances[edit]

Rank Nationality Player Club(s) Years Apps
1 England Richard Wigglesworth Sale,Saracens,Leicester 2002–2022 322
2 England Danny Care Leeds,Harlequins 2005– 279
3 England Mike Brown Harlequins,Newcastle,Leicester 2005– 274
4 England Alex Waller Northampton 2009– 270
5 England Alex Goode Saracens 2008– 268
6 England Steve Borthwick Bath,Saracens 1998–2014 265
7 England George Chuter Saracens,Leicester 1997–2014 262
England Phil Dowson Newcastle,Northampton,Worcester 2001–2017
9 England Charlie Hodgson Sale,Saracens 2000–2016 254
10 England Tom May Newcastle,Northampton,London Welsh 1999–2015 247

Points[edit]

Rank Nationality Player Club(s) Years Points
1 England Charlie Hodgson Sale,Saracens 2000–2016 2,625
2 England Andy Goode Leicester,Saracens,Worcester,Wasps,Newcastle 1998–2016 2,285
3 England Stephen Myler Northampton,London Irish 2006–2020 1,778
4 England George Ford Leicester,Bath,Sale 2009– 1,766
5 New Zealand Jimmy Gopperth Newcastle,Wasps,Leicester 2009–2023 1,737
6 England Owen Farrell Saracens 2009– 1,728
7 New Zealand Nick Evans Harlequins 2008–2017 1,656
8 Ireland Gareth Steenson Exeter 2010–2020 1,651
9 England Olly Barkley Bath,Gloucester,London Welsh 2001–2015 1,605
10 England Freddie Burns Gloucester,Leicester,Bath 2008–2023 1,532

Tries[edit]

Rank Nationality Player Club(s) Years Tries
1 England Chris Ashton Northampton,Saracens,Sale,Harlequins,Worcester,Leicester 2008–2023 101
2 England Tom Varndell Leicester,Wasps,Bristol 2004–2017 92
3 England Mark Cueto Sale 2001–2015 90
4 England Danny Care Leeds,Harlequins 2005– 85
5 England Christian Wade Wasps,Gloucester 2011– 82
6 England Jonny May Gloucester,Leicester 2010– 76
7 England Steve Hanley Sale 1998–2007 75
8 England Matt Banahan Bath,Gloucester 2007–2021 71
9 England Mike Brown Harlequins,Newcastle,Leicester 2005– 70
10 England Paul Sackey Bedford,London Irish,Wasps,Harlequins 1999–2014 69

Awards[edit]

Green background with §denotes the award-winning player also won the Premiership title during the same season

Coaches[edit]

Current coaches[edit]

The following table outlines the current senior coaches at each Premiership club, as of the2024–25 season(the designation of the senior coaching staff member as either director of rugby or head coach, and the responsibilities they hold, varies between individual clubs):[71]

Coach Nationality Club Appointed Time in role Titles won Ref
Rob Baxter England Exeter Chiefs 7 May 2009 15 years, 71 days 2 [72]
Mark McCall Ireland Saracens 9 January 2011 13 years, 190 days 6 [73]
Pat Lam Samoa Bristol Bears 1 June 2017 7 years, 46 days 0 [74]
George Skivington England Gloucester 3 July 2020 4 years, 14 days 0 [75]
Alex Sanderson England Sale Sharks 15 January 2021 3 years, 184 days 0 [76]
Phil Dowson England Northampton Saints 1 June 2022 2 years, 46 days 1 [77]
Johann van Graan South Africa Bath 11 July 2022 2 years, 6 days 0 [78]
Billy Millard Australia Harlequins 14 June 2023 1 year, 33 days 0 [79]
Steve Diamond England Newcastle Falcons 1 February 2024 167 days 0 [80]
Michael Cheika Australia Leicester Tigers 27 June 2024 20 days 0 [81]

Award winners[edit]

The following senior coaches have won the Premiership Director of Rugby of the Season Award since 2000:[82][83][84][85]

Green background with §denotes the award-winning Director of Rugby also won the Premiership title during the same season

Hall of Fame[edit]

The following former players and officials have been inducted into the Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame since 2013:[86][87][88][89][90][91][92]

Note:Between 1997 and 2012, the winners of the Premiership Player of the Season and Director of Rugby of the Season awards (as detailed above) were also included in the Hall of Fame.

Year Nationality Inductee Position Club(s)
2013 England George Chuter Player Saracens,Leicester
England Charlie Hodgson Player Sale,Saracens
Ireland Geordan Murphy Player/Coach Leicester
2014 England Martin Johnson Player Leicester
England Lewis Moody Player Leicester,Bath
England Ed Morrison Referee Not applicable
Scotland Tom Walkinshaw Owner Gloucester
2015 England Lawrence Dallaglio Player Wasps
England Josh Lewsey Player Bristol,Wasps
England Simon Shaw Player Bristol,Wasps
England James Simpson-Daniel Player Gloucester
England Phil Vickery Player Gloucester,Wasps
England Peter Wheeler Chief Executive Leicester
England Jonny Wilkinson Player Newcastle
2016 England Neil Back Player Leicester
England Mark Cueto Player Sale
England Richard Hill Player/Coach Saracens
England Mike Tindall Player Bath,Gloucester
England Hugh Vyvyan Player Newcastle,Saracens
2017 England Steve Borthwick Player/Coach Bath(as player),Saracens(as player/coach),Leicester(as coach)
England Kyran Bracken Player Bristol,Saracens
England Nick Easter Player/Coach Harlequins(as player/coach),Newcastle,Worcester(as coach)
England Ben Kay Player Leicester
England Jason Robinson Player Sale
2019 England Matt Dawson Player Northampton,Wasps
New Zealand Nick Evans Player/Coach Harlequins
England Jason Leonard Player Saracens,Harlequins
2021 England Christian Day Player Sale,Northampton
England Andy Goode Player Leicester,Saracens,Worcester,Wasps,Newcastle
England Paul Grayson Player/Coach Northampton
England Steve Thompson Player Northampton,Leeds,Wasps
2022 England Will Greenwood Player Harlequins,Leicester
England Tom Varndell Player Leicester,Wasps,Bristol
England Trevor Woodman Player/Coach Gloucester
2023 England Matt Banahan Player Bath,Gloucester
England Brad Barritt Player Saracens
England Tom Youngs Player Leicester
2024 England Danny Grewcock Player/Coach Saracens(as player),Bath(as player/coach),Bristol(as coach)
England Paul Sackey Player Bedford,London Irish,Wasps,Harlequins
England Richard Wigglesworth Player/Coach Sale,Saracens(as player),Leicester(as player/coach)

Attendances[edit]

aAttendances only include matches up to the suspension of fixtures in March 2020. After this matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or as part of the trialled return of spectators with attendance limited to 3,500 or 1,000.
bMost matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Salary cap[edit]

The English Premiership operates a salary cap,[93]set by the Premiership Rugby Board, specifying the money a club can spend on the player salaries of its squad per season. Until the 2024–25 season, the base cap is £5 million, with an "academy credit" of up to £600,000 (£100,000 per player for up to six players).

A club may use the academy credit on a player that: (i) joined the club before his 18th birthday; (ii) is under age 24 at the start of the season; and (iii) earns a salary of more than £50,000. Under the credit scheme, the first £100,000 of a qualifying player's salary is not counted against the cap.

Exclusions[edit]

Since the2022–23 season,each club has been allowed to exclude one player from the cap calculations, a decrease from two in prior seasons. An exception is made for any team which had two excluded players currently under contract. Both players remain excluded until the first of their contracts expire.

The "excluded player" slot can be filled by any player on a team's current roster who meets any of the following criteria:

  • Played with his Premiership club for at least two full seasons before he was nominated as an excluded player.
  • Played with his Premiership club for the full season before being nominated as an excluded player, after having played outside the Premiership.
  • Played outside the Premiership in the season before he was nominated.

Media coverage[edit]

In the United Kingdom, the primary rights are currently held byTNT Sports(previously BT Sport) under a new deal signed on 18 December 2020 replacing former deals signed on 16 March 2015 and 12 September 2012.[94][95]The new deal sees TNT broadcast up to 80 live matches per season from both Premiership Rugby and the Premiership Rugby Cup until the end of the 2023–24 season along with extended highlights of all matches and midweek programming.[96]Secondary UK rights are held byITVwho simulcast 7 matches live on a free-to-air basis, including the final. Their coverage uses a different presenting and commentary team to TNT, and they also show a weekly highlights programme until the end of the 2023–24 season.[97]TalksportandBBC Radio 5 Live,along with variousBBC Local Radiostations, broadcast commentary and magazine programming.

In Australia, the Premiership is available onStan Sport,while in New Zealand, it is onSky Sportsand, in Oceanic islands, onTVWan Sport.In the United States, the Premiership is available onThe Rugby Networksince 2023. In Canada onSportsnet,in Southern Africa onSuperSport.In Malta onTSN,in Italy onMola,in France onRMC Sport,inDACHonMTSandDAZN.In Czech Republic and Slovakia, it is onNova Sport.In Scandinavian States, it is onViaplay.In MENA region and Asia, it is onPremier Sports.It has also been broadcast inChinasince 2017 and, in Japan, onDAZN.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^WorcesterandWaspswere each relegated partway through the2022–23 season,as a consequence of both clubs experiencing financial insolvency.[38]
  2. ^London Irishwas relegated ahead of the start of the2023–24 season,because of insufficient funds to continue operating.[39]

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See also[edit]

External links[edit]

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