The English top-flight season has reached its semi-final stages. Here’s all the crucial info, including fixture information and how to watch on TV.
After 18 rounds of the regular season, the Gallagher Prem 2025-26 season has now reached its semi-final stage.
After a blockbuster final weekend, which saw Exeter Chiefs shooting out for the last play-off place against Saracens, we now know the line-up for the semi-finals:
- Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers (Friday 12 June, kick-off 7.45pm BST)
- Bath Rugby v Exeter Chiefs (Saturday 13 June, kick-off 3.00pm BST)
The winners of each game will go through to the centrepiece of England’s domestic rugby calendar – the Gallagher Prem final at Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Saturday 20 June.
Saints are top seeds heading into the play-offs, having topped the PREM table by five points. Their prize is a home tie against East Midlands rivals Leicester Tigers, who slipped down to fourth after a final day defeat to reigning champions Bath.
Bath limped to the end of the season, before securing that crucial last weekend victory over Tigers. Exeter Chiefs have bounced back from last year’s lowly ninth place finish, and travel to the Rec looking to earn their first trip to Twickenham since 2021.
Further down the table, Saracens (who’ve just bid farewell to long-standing director of rugby Mark McCall), Bristol Bears, Sale Sharks and Gloucester Rugby will all join the four play-off-bound clubs in next season’s European Champions Cup.
2021 champions Harlequins finished ninth, with Newcastle Red Bulls (rebranded from Newcastle Falcons, thanks to their sponsorship deal with a certain soft drink manufacturer) winding up bottom for the fourth year in a row. Luckily for them, the ringfencing of the PREM means they don’t need to worry about relegation.
So, with just two more weekends of PREM Rugby action remaining, here’s everything you need to know about the Gallagher Premiership 2025-26 season.
Gallagher Premiership 2025-26: At a glance
| Dates | 25 September 2025 – 20 June 2026 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Number of matches | 93 |
| Current champions | Bath Rugby |
| TV coverage | Every game is available on TNT Sports in the UK |
Gallagher Prem 2025-26 teams
With promotion and relegation scrapped from the end of this season, the 10 teams will be the same next year. The now-ringfenced league is inviting applications from new franchises, however, and Prem Rugby is looking to expand to 12 clubs in time for the 2029-30 season.
This is the current line-up of Gallagher Prem teams, with their home grounds and head coaches/directors of rugby:
- Bath Rugby
Home ground: The Rec, Bath
Head of Rugby: Johann Van Graan - Bristol Bears
Home ground: Ashton Gate, Bristol
Director of Rugby: Pat Lam - Exeter Chiefs
Home ground: Sandy Park, Exeter
Director of Rugby: Rob Baxter - Gloucester Rugby
Home ground: Kingsholm, Gloucester
Head coach: George Skivington - Harlequins
Home ground: Twickenham Stoop, London
Head Coach: Jason Gilmore - Leicester Tigers
Home ground: Mattioli Woods Welford Road, Leicester
Head Coach: Geoff Parling - Newcastle Red Bulls
Home ground: Kingston Park, Newcastle
Interim Head Coach: Stephen Jones (Dan McFarland takes over this summer) - Northampton Saints
Home ground: cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton
Director of Rugby: Phil Dowson - Sale Sharks
Home ground: Salford Community Stadium, Salford
Director of Rugby: Alex Sanderson - Saracens
Home ground: StoneX Stadium, London
Director of Rugby: Mark McCall (stepping down at end of season)
Read more: Every Gallagher Prem 2025-26 kit ranked and rated
Gallagher Prem 2025-26 broadcasters
As was the case last year, TNT Sports has been the broadcaster for all 93 games of the 2025-26 Premiership season in the UK. A TNT Sports subscription also gives you access to Champions League football and a selection of Premier League games.
The UK’s new HBO Max service is the place to go to watch Prem Rugby live streams on TNT Sports. Prices for the standalone service start at £25.99 per month if you sign up for a whole year (other packages are available), and viewers who’ve previously watched TNT Sports on Discovery+ can still use their existing email address and password to sign in to watch the action on HBO Max.
You can also watch TNT Sports via your Sky, BT, EE or Virgin Media TV package.
The Gallagher Prem final on Saturday 20 June will also be available for free across ITV’s terrestrial channels and the ITVX streaming service – the last of the public broadcaster’s seven live matches this season.
ITV also airs a weekly highlights show, Gallagher Prem Unleashed.
Various international broadcasters offer Gallagher Prem live streams overseas, including FloRugby in the US, Stan Sport in Australia and Sky Sport in New Zealand.
Read more: How to watch Gallagher Prem Rugby from anywhere
Previous Premiership winners
After dominating the league last season, Bath Rugby beat Leicester Tigers in June’s play-off final to claim their first Premiership title in 29 years. They became the sixth club etched on the trophy in the last six seasons, an indication of how open – and, at times, unpredictable – the competition has become.
- 2015-16 Saracens
- 2016-17 Exeter Chiefs
- 2017-18 Saracens
- 2018-19 Saracens
- 2019-20 Exeter Chiefs
- 2020-21 Harlequins
- 2021-22 Leicester Tigers
- 2022-23 Saracens
- 2023-24 Northampton Saints
- 2024-25 Bath Rugby
Gallagher Prem remaining fixtures
This season’s Gallagher Prem started in September, and now just the play-offs remain. Below you’ll find this season’s remaining fixtures, but for previous Gallagher Prem results, you can check out this guide
Play-off semi-finals
Friday 12 June
- Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers
cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST
Saturday 13 June
- Bath Rugby v Exeter Chiefs
The Rec, Bath
Kick-off: 3.00pm BST
Play-off final
Saturday 20 June 2026
- Winner play-off 1 v winner play-off 2
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Kick-off: 3.00pm BST
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