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Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The winner of the second division, the RFU Championship is promoted to the Premiership and until 2020, the team finishing at the bottom of the Premiership each season was relegated to the Championship.
The 2023–24 Premiership Rugby is the 37th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the sixth to be sponsored by Gallagher. [3] The competition was broadcast by TNT Sports for the eleventh year of their broadcast deal, [4] with six league season games and the final also simulcast free-to-air by ITV. [5]
The 2022–23 Premiership Rugby was the 36th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the fifth to be sponsored by Gallagher. [1] The competition was broadcast by BT Sport for the tenth successive season, [2] with six league season games and the final also simulcast free-to-air by ITV. [3]
The 2024–25 Premiership Rugby is the 38th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition. The season began on 20 September 2024 and will finish on 14 June 2025. [2] The reigning champions entering the season are Northampton Saints, who claimed their second league title after winning the 2024 final.
The 2023–24 Premiership Rugby Cup is the 51st season of England's national rugby union cup competition and the first under the new Premiership Rugby Cup format including clubs from both the Premiership and Championship. [1] Exeter Chiefs are the reigning champions. [2]
The 2021–22 Premiership Rugby was the 35th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the fourth to be sponsored by Gallagher. [1] It is also the first since 1992–93 to feature thirteen teams.
The 2020–21 Gallagher Premiership was the 34th season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the third one to be sponsored by Gallagher.The reigning champions entering the season were Exeter Chiefs, who had claimed their second title after defeating Wasps in the 2020 final.
Plans to expand Premiership Rugby from 12 to 13 teams for the 2019–20 season, which would have reprieved Newcastle Falcons from being relegated to the Championship, were blocked by the RFU. [7] Plans to abolish promotion and relegation were under discussion prior to the season, [ 7 ] and drew complaints and threats of legal action from the ...