The English top-flight season has reached its final stages. Here’s all the crucial info, including remaining fixtures and how to watch on TV.
The Gallagher Prem 2025-26 season has now reached its final stages, as the top teams look to cement their place in the annual play-offs.
With three rounds of the regular season still to play, 2023-24 champions Northampton Saints are in pole position, with current title holders Bath Rugby just behind them. Third-placed Leicester Tigers are breathing down their necks, just ahead of Exeter Chiefs.
Bristol Bears and Saracens are the two other sides still in with a chance of crashing the play-off party.
The top four teams will contest two semi-finals across the weekend of 13 June, with the winners going through to the highlight of England’s domestic rugby calendar – the Gallagher Prem final at Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Saturday 20 June.
At the other end of the table, Sale Sharks and Gloucester Rugby look likely to qualify for the European Champions Cup, though Harlequins are still in with a chance of returning to the continent’s premier club competition.
Newcastle Red Bulls will finish bottom for the fourth year in a row, but with the Prem now effectively ringfenced, don’t need to worry about relegation.
So, with just five weekends of action remaining and the top teams facing make-or-break ends to their campaigns, 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
Championship table-toppers Ealing Trailfinders again failed to meet the Premiership’s minimum stadium requirements. As a result, no side has been relegated from English rugby’s top flight since 2020, and the current 10-team line-up has been the same since Wasps, Worcester Warriors and London Irish went into administration.
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.
There has been one minor change for the upcoming season, however, as Newcastle Falcons’ purchase by a certain famous energy drink brand means they’re now known as Newcastle Red Bulls. Having finished bottom in each of the last three seasons, the team will be hoping their new benefactor really can give them wings.
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
Director of Rugby: 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 - 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
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Gallagher Prem 2025-26 broadcasters
As was the case last year, TNT Sports is 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.
Seven games per season are also available for free across ITV’s terrestrial channels and the ITVX streaming service. The broadcaster has two games remaining this season: one game on the final Saturday of the season (6 June), and the Gallagher Prem final at Twickenham (20 June). 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 decade, 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 there are now just three rounds of the regular season to play. Below you’ll find all this season’s remaining fixtures, but for all this season’s Gallagher Prem fixtures, you can check out this guide
Round 16
Friday 15 May 2026
- Northampton Saints v Bristol Bears
cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST
Saturday 16 May 2026
- Bath Rugby v Newcastle Red Bulls
The Rec, Bath
Kick-off: 3.00pm BST - Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Kick-off: 4.00pm BST - Saracens v Gloucester Rugby
StoneX Stadium, London
Kick-off: 6.30pm BST
Sunday 17 May 2026
- Sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers
CorpAcq Stadium, Salford
Kick-off: 3.00pm BST
Round 17
Friday 29 May 2026
- Bristol Bears v Bath Rugby
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST
Saturday 30 May 2026
- Saracens v Harlequins
StoneX Stadium, London
Kick-off: 1.00pm BST - Northampton Saints v Gloucester Rugby
cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton
Kick-off: 3.00pm BST - Newcastle Red Bulls v Sale Sharks
Kingston Park, Newcastle
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST
Sunday 31 May 2026
- Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs
Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 3.30pm BST
Round 18
Saturday 6 June 2026
- Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers
The Rec, Bath
Kick-off: 3.15pm BST - Sale Sharks v Bristol Bears
CorpAcq Stadium, Salford
Kick-off: 3.15pm BST - Harlequins v Northampton Saints
Twickenham Stoop, London
Kick-off: 3.15pm BST - Gloucester Rugby v Newcastle Red Bulls
Kingsholm, Gloucester
Kick-off: 3.15pm BST - Exeter Chiefs v Saracens
Sandy Park, Exeter
Kick-off: 3.15pm BST
Play-off semi-finals
Saturday 13 June 2026
- Teams, venues and kick-off times TBC
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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