English Premiership Rugby
About
English Premiership Rugby

Current Season | 2022-2023 |
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Sport Categories | Rugby |
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Premiership Rugby (officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership due to sponsorship reasons) is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership consists of twelve clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system. Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The team finishing at the bottom of the Premiership each season is relegated to the second division, the RFU Championship; the winner of the Championship is promoted to the Premiership. The competition has been played since 1987, and has evolved into the current Premiership system. The current champions are Saracens. The most recently promoted side are London Irish, who returned to the top flight in 2019. The governing body of rugby union in England, the Rugby 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). Instead, clubs arranged their own friendlies 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. The Daily Telegraph and a few local newspapers — such as the Yorkshire 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. The league turned professional for the 1996/97 season when the first winners were London Wasps, joining Bath and Leicester as the only champions in the league's first decade. Clubs like Saracens, Newcastle and Northampton were able to attract wealthy benefactors, but the professional era also had its casualties, as clubs like West Hartlepool, Richmond and London Scottish were forced into administration when their backers pulled out.



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Schedules
09 Sep 2022
Bristol Rugby vs Bath Rugby
09 Sep 2022
Sale Sharks vs Northampton Saints
10 Sep 2022
Exeter Chiefs vs Leicester Tigers
10 Sep 2022
London Irish vs Worcester Warriors
10 Sep 2022
Newcastle Falcons vs Harlequins
11 Sep 2022
Gloucester vs Wasps
16 Sep 2022
Northampton Saints vs London Irish
17 Sep 2022
Leicester Tigers vs Newcastle Falcons
17 Sep 2022
Wasps vs Bristol Rugby
17 Sep 2022
Harlequins vs Saracens
17 Sep 2022
Bath Rugby vs Sale Sharks
18 Sep 2022
Worcester Warriors vs Exeter Chiefs
23 Sep 2022
Bath Rugby vs Wasps
24 Sep 2022
Bristol Rugby vs London Irish
24 Sep 2022
Northampton Saints vs Leicester Tigers
24 Sep 2022
Saracens vs Gloucester
24 Sep 2022
Worcester Warriors vs Newcastle Falcons
25 Sep 2022
Exeter Chiefs vs Harlequins
30 Sep 2022
Newcastle Falcons vs Bristol Rugby
01 Oct 2022
Saracens vs Leicester Tigers
01 Oct 2022
London Irish vs Bath Rugby
01 Oct 2022
Sale Sharks vs Exeter Chiefs
01 Oct 2022
Gloucester vs Worcester Warriors
02 Oct 2022
Harlequins vs Northampton Saints
07 Oct 2022
Bristol Rugby vs Exeter Chiefs
08 Oct 2022
Bath Rugby vs Gloucester
08 Oct 2022
Leicester Tigers vs Sale Sharks
08 Oct 2022
Worcester Warriors vs Harlequins
09 Oct 2022
Newcastle Falcons vs Saracens
09 Oct 2022
Wasps vs Northampton Saints
14 Oct 2022
Sale Sharks vs London Irish
15 Oct 2022
Exeter Chiefs vs Wasps
15 Oct 2022
Gloucester vs Bristol Rugby
15 Oct 2022
Northampton Saints vs Newcastle Falcons
15 Oct 2022
Saracens vs Bath Rugby
16 Oct 2022
Harlequins vs Leicester Tigers
21 Oct 2022
London Irish vs Gloucester
22 Oct 2022
Bath Rugby vs Northampton Saints
22 Oct 2022
Bristol Rugby vs Worcester Warriors
22 Oct 2022
Exeter Chiefs vs Saracens
23 Oct 2022
Leicester Tigers vs Wasps
23 Oct 2022
Sale Sharks vs Harlequins
28 Oct 2022
Gloucester vs Exeter Chiefs
29 Oct 2022
Harlequins vs London Irish
29 Oct 2022
Northampton Saints vs Bristol Rugby
29 Oct 2022
Worcester Warriors vs Bath Rugby
30 Oct 2022
Saracens vs Sale Sharks
30 Oct 2022
Wasps vs Newcastle Falcons
04 Nov 2022
Northampton Saints vs Exeter Chiefs
05 Nov 2022
Sale Sharks vs Gloucester
05 Nov 2022
Newcastle Falcons vs Bath Rugby
05 Nov 2022
London Irish vs Wasps
05 Nov 2022
Leicester Tigers vs Worcester Warriors
05 Nov 2022
Bristol Rugby vs Saracens
11 Nov 2022
Bath Rugby vs Leicester Tigers
12 Nov 2022
Gloucester vs Newcastle Falcons
12 Nov 2022
Worcester Warriors vs Sale Sharks
12 Nov 2022
Exeter Chiefs vs London Irish
13 Nov 2022
Saracens vs Northampton Saints
13 Nov 2022
Wasps vs Harlequins
26 Nov 2022
Sale Sharks vs Bristol Rugby
26 Nov 2022
Saracens vs Wasps
26 Nov 2022
Harlequins vs Gloucester
26 Nov 2022
Northampton Saints vs Worcester Warriors
26 Nov 2022
Leicester Tigers vs London Irish
26 Nov 2022
Newcastle Falcons vs Exeter Chiefs
03 Dec 2022
London Irish vs Newcastle Falcons
03 Dec 2022
Wasps vs Sale Sharks
03 Dec 2022
Worcester Warriors vs Saracens
03 Dec 2022
Gloucester vs Northampton Saints
03 Dec 2022
Bristol Rugby vs Leicester Tigers
03 Dec 2022
Bath Rugby vs Harlequins
24 Dec 2022
Exeter Chiefs vs Bath Rugby
24 Dec 2022
Leicester Tigers vs Gloucester
24 Dec 2022
London Irish vs Saracens
24 Dec 2022
Newcastle Falcons vs Sale Sharks
24 Dec 2022
Wasps vs Worcester Warriors
27 Dec 2022
Harlequins vs Bristol Rugby
31 Dec 2022
Saracens vs Exeter Chiefs
31 Dec 2022
Worcester Warriors vs London Irish
31 Dec 2022
Bath Rugby vs Newcastle Falcons
31 Dec 2022
Sale Sharks vs Leicester Tigers
31 Dec 2022
Northampton Saints vs Harlequins
31 Dec 2022
Bristol Rugby vs Wasps
07 Jan 2023
Exeter Chiefs vs Worcester Warriors
07 Jan 2023
Gloucester vs Bath Rugby
07 Jan 2023
Harlequins vs Wasps
07 Jan 2023
Leicester Tigers vs Northampton Saints
07 Jan 2023
London Irish vs Bristol Rugby
07 Jan 2023
Saracens vs Newcastle Falcons
28 Jan 2023
Wasps vs London Irish
28 Jan 2023
Worcester Warriors vs Leicester Tigers
28 Jan 2023
Bath Rugby vs Saracens
28 Jan 2023
Exeter Chiefs vs Gloucester
28 Jan 2023
Harlequins vs Sale Sharks
28 Jan 2023
Newcastle Falcons vs Northampton Saints
04 Feb 2023
Wasps vs Exeter Chiefs
04 Feb 2023
Sale Sharks vs Worcester Warriors
04 Feb 2023
Northampton Saints vs Bath Rugby
04 Feb 2023
Leicester Tigers vs Harlequins
04 Feb 2023
Bristol Rugby vs Newcastle Falcons
04 Feb 2023
Gloucester vs London Irish
11 Feb 2023
Northampton Saints vs Gloucester
11 Feb 2023
Saracens vs Bristol Rugby
11 Feb 2023
Worcester Warriors vs Wasps
11 Feb 2023
Newcastle Falcons vs Leicester Tigers
11 Feb 2023
London Irish vs Sale Sharks
11 Feb 2023
Bath Rugby vs Exeter Chiefs
18 Feb 2023
Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks
18 Feb 2023
Gloucester vs Saracens
18 Feb 2023
Harlequins vs Newcastle Falcons
18 Feb 2023
Leicester Tigers vs Bristol Rugby
18 Feb 2023
Wasps vs Bath Rugby
18 Feb 2023
Worcester Warriors vs Northampton Saints
04 Mar 2023
Sale Sharks vs Saracens
04 Mar 2023
Leicester Tigers vs Exeter Chiefs
04 Mar 2023
Newcastle Falcons vs Gloucester
04 Mar 2023
Harlequins vs Worcester Warriors
04 Mar 2023
Bristol Rugby vs Northampton Saints
04 Mar 2023
Bath Rugby vs London Irish
11 Mar 2023
Exeter Chiefs vs Bristol Rugby
11 Mar 2023
Gloucester vs Harlequins
11 Mar 2023
London Irish vs Leicester Tigers
11 Mar 2023
Northampton Saints vs Wasps
11 Mar 2023
Sale Sharks vs Bath Rugby
11 Mar 2023
Saracens vs Worcester Warriors
18 Mar 2023
Bristol Rugby vs Sale Sharks
18 Mar 2023
Harlequins vs Exeter Chiefs
18 Mar 2023
Leicester Tigers vs Bath Rugby
18 Mar 2023
Newcastle Falcons vs London Irish
18 Mar 2023
Wasps vs Saracens
18 Mar 2023
Worcester Warriors vs Gloucester
25 Mar 2023
London Irish vs Northampton Saints
25 Mar 2023
Saracens vs Harlequins
25 Mar 2023
Sale Sharks vs Wasps
25 Mar 2023
Gloucester vs Leicester Tigers
25 Mar 2023
Bath Rugby vs Bristol Rugby
25 Mar 2023
Exeter Chiefs vs Newcastle Falcons
15 Apr 2023
Bristol Rugby vs Harlequins
15 Apr 2023
Leicester Tigers vs Saracens
15 Apr 2023
London Irish vs Exeter Chiefs
15 Apr 2023
Newcastle Falcons vs Worcester Warriors
15 Apr 2023
Northampton Saints vs Sale Sharks
15 Apr 2023
Wasps vs Gloucester
22 Apr 2023
Saracens vs London Irish
22 Apr 2023
Worcester Warriors vs Bristol Rugby
22 Apr 2023
Gloucester vs Sale Sharks
22 Apr 2023
Newcastle Falcons vs Wasps
22 Apr 2023
Harlequins vs Bath Rugby
22 Apr 2023
Exeter Chiefs vs Northampton Saints
06 May 2023
Bath Rugby vs Worcester Warriors
06 May 2023
Bristol Rugby vs Gloucester
06 May 2023
London Irish vs Harlequins
06 May 2023
Northampton Saints vs Saracens
06 May 2023
Sale Sharks vs Newcastle Falcons
06 May 2023
Wasps vs Leicester Tigers
Standings
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