2024–25 Premiership Rugby

2024–25 Premiership Rugby
Countries	England
Number of teams	10
Date	20 September 2024 – 14 June 2025
Official website
www.premiershiprugby.com
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The 2024–25 Premiership Rugby is scheduled to be the 38th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition. The competition is being broadcast by TNT Sports for the twelfth consecutive year and the first year of their current broadcast deal.^[1] The season will begin on 20 September 2024 and finish on 14 June 2025.^[2]

No team was promoted from the 2023–24 RFU Championship, as the champions, Ealing Trailfinders, were not able to meet the eligibility criteria required to enter the league.^[3]

The competition will feature the same 10 teams from the 2023–24 season. For the third consecutive season, the top team in the Championship was ineligible for promotion to the Premiership, after 2023–24 Championship winners Ealing Trailfinders failed to meet the minimum standards criteria to join the competition.

Bath

Bristol

Exeter

Gloucester

Leicester

Newcastle

Northampton

Sale

London

London teams:
Harlequins
Saracens

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Locations of current Gallagher Premiership teams

Harlequins

Saracens

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Gallagher Premiership clubs in Greater London

Club	Director of Rugby/ Head Coach	Captain	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Johann van Graan	Ben Spencer	The Recreation Ground	14,509	Bath, Somerset
Bristol Bears	Pat Lam	Fitz Harding[4]	Ashton Gate1	27,000	Bristol
Exeter Chiefs	Rob Baxter Ali Hepher	Dafydd Jenkins	Sandy Park	15,600	Exeter, Devon
Gloucester	George Skivington	Lewis Ludlow	Kingsholm	16,115	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	Billy Millard Danny Wilson	Stephan Lewies[5]	Twickenham Stoop2	14,800	Twickenham, Greater London
Leicester Tigers	Michael Cheika		Mattioli Woods Welford Road	25,849	Leicester, Leicestershire
Newcastle Falcons	Steve Diamond	Callum Chick	Kingston Park	10,200	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints	Phil Dowson Sam Vesty		cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens	15,249	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Sale Sharks	Alex Sanderson Paul Deacon		Salford Community Stadium	12,000	Salford, Greater Manchester
Saracens	Mark McCall Joe Shaw	Maro Itoje[6]	StoneX Stadium3	10,500	Hendon, Greater London

Notes

• ^1 – Bristol Bears will also play one home games at Principality Stadium, Cardiff in May 2025.
• ^2 – Harlequins will also play two home games at Twickenham Stadium, London in December 2024 and May 2025.
• ^3 – Saracens will also play one home game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London in March 2025.

The grid below shows each team's progression throughout the season, indicating their points total (and league table position) at the end of every round:

The regular season fixtures were announced on 23 July 2024.^[7]

Highlights of the season include:

• Derby Weekends – All fixtures scheduled for Round 4 and Round 12 are derby matches between local rivals – the Northern Derby (Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks), the West Country Derbies (Bath v Gloucester and Bristol Bears v Exeter Chiefs), the East Midlands Derby (Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints), and the London Derby (Harlequins v Saracens).
• Slater Cup – Leicester Tigers and Gloucester will contest the Slater Cup at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on 20 October 2024, and at Kingsholm in January 2025, in honour of former Leicester and Gloucester player Ed Slater.
• Big Game 16 – Harlequins will host Leicester Tigers in this season's edition of The Big Game at Twickenham Stadium in Round 9.
• The Showdown 5 – Saracens will host Harlequins in this season's edition of The Showdown at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in Round 12.
• Big Summer Kick-Off 4 – Harlequins will host Gloucester in this season's edition of the Big Summer Kick-Off at Twickenham Stadium in Round 16.
• Big Day Out – Bristol Bears will host Bath in the inaugural edition of the Big Day Out at the Principality Stadium in Round 16.

Notes

• All fixtures are subject to change.^[8]
• Referees appointed to officiate Premiership matches are employed by the RFU, unless indicated otherwise.^[9]

As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premiership table, following the conclusion of the regular season, will contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage.^[10] The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the Premiership Final at Twickenham.

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