2025–26 Premiership Rugby

The competition features the same 10 teams from the 2024–25 season, including Newcastle Falcons, who will play under their new name of Newcastle Red Bulls for the first time, after the club was taken over by Red Bull. For the fourth consecutive season, the top team in the Championship was ineligible for promotion to the Premiership, after 2024–25 Championship winners Ealing Trailfinders failed to meet the minimum standards criteria to join the competition. Stadiums and locations Notes Player movements == Table ==

Round-by-round progression 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: == Regular season ==

The regular season fixtures were announced on 23 July 2025. The opening match of the season between Gloucester and Sale Sharks took place on a Thursday night – a first for the league. The change was made as there will be no Saturday match, in order to avoid a clash with the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup third-place play-off and final at Twickenham on 27 September 2025. Highlights of the season include: • Derby Weekends – All fixtures scheduled for Round 3 are derby matches between local rivals – the Northern Derby (Sale Sharks v Newcastle Red Bulls), the West Country Derbies (Bristol Bears v Exeter Chiefs and Gloucester v Bath), the East Midlands Derby (Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers), and the London Derby (Harlequins v Saracens). • Referees appointed to officiate Premiership matches are employed by the RFU, unless indicated otherwise. Results Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 == Promotion/relegation play-off ==

Subject to meeting the eligibility criteria for promotion, the champions of the 2025–26 Champ Rugby season will play in a two-legged play-off against the team which finishes 10th in the Premiership table at the end of the regular season. The winner, based on aggregate score, will play in the Premiership for the following season. == Leading scorers ==

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities. Most points Most tries == Discipline ==

Citings/bans Notes: == Awards ==

Player of the Month The following players have received the Gallagher Premiership Player of the Month award during the 2025–26 season, as selected by a panel of media commentators, in addition to monthly public polls. == Broadcast coverage ==

The competition is being broadcast by TNT Sports for the thirteenth consecutive year. The 2025–26 season is the second of the new broadcast deal with Premiership Rugby, under which all 93 matches will be shown live on TNT and Discovery+. In addition, seven select matches, including the Premiership Final, will be broadcast free-to-air on ITV over the course of the season. This season will be the second to have the one-hour highlights programme, titled Gallagher Premiership Unleashed, which is aired on ITV4 each Wednesday at 7pm, recapping all of the fixtures held over the previous weekend. An abridged, half-hour version of the show is also shown on ITV1 every Wednesday at 11.45pm, while both programmes will remain available to view on demand via ITVX. == See also ==