Premiership Rugby will host its 2025/26 final at the Allianz Stadium in London on 20 June. Bath are the reigning champions and are in good form once again this season. The west country side are among the favourites to lift the trophy again.
Northampton Saints will have a say one way or the other in the trophy race though. They are nipping at Bath’s heels and they themselves have put their hands up to lift the silverware at the home of English rugby.
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The regular season matches are yet to be completed and so the semi-finalists are yet to be confirmed. But it is always good to know recent history when it comes to the season drawing to a close. Below you can find the last five Premiership winners and how the finals shook out.
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Alfie Barbeary of Bath Rugby celebrates (Getty Images)
2024/25: Bath Rugby 23-21 Leicester Tigers
It was a long time coming for Bath whose form has drastically improved over the last few seasons. They narrowly missed out the year before but came good in 2025.
Finn Russell had a gerat match to help his side win their first Premiership title in 29 years. A memorable moment was Russell feeding the ball to Max Ojomoh after setting up a cracking try. The Scotland international could have scored it himself but let the life-long Bath fan score in the final.
Russell also added two conversions and three penalties to seal the win.
Table toppers: Bath Rugby
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2023/24: Northampton Saints 25-21 Bath Rugby
These evenly matched titans of English rugby finished the regular season tied on points, and on the day it was arguably the first-half red card given to Bath prop Beno Obano that proved decisive.
Even with 14 men, Bath looked like the side most likely to claim the title until Saints’ Alex Mitchell scored the 73rd-minute try that bagged the title.
Table toppers: Northampton Saints
Premiership rugby 2022/23: Saracens 35-25 Sale Sharks
Owen Farrell of Saracens lifts the trophy (Getty Images)
Sale made it to the final for the first time in 17 years. However, they faced a tough opposition in Saracens who were looking to right the wrongs of the previous season.
Saracens clinched their sixth Premiership title with a four-try victory, including two touchdowns in the final quarter from Elliot Daly.
Table toppers: Saracens
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2021/22: Leicester Tigers 15-12 Saracens
In Saracens’ first season back in the Premiership after relegation they reached the final. Standing in their way of a perfect return to the Premiership was Steve Borthwick‘s Leicester Tigers.
The match was a closely fought final decided by a late drop goal from Freddie Burns.
Table toppers: Leicester Tigers
Premiership rugby 2020/21: Harlequins 40-38 Exeter Chiefs
Alex Dombrandt celebrates winning the Premiership (Getty Images)
Harlequins had made the final after one of the best comebacks in rugby history against Bristol Bears in the semi-final. Quins beat the west country side 43-36 after being 28-0 down in a match that was dubbed “Bristanbul”, a reference to Liverpool’s famous comeback in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul.
In the final they faced Exeter and while Harlequins had a half-time lead, Exeter had managed to get ahead in the closing stages. However, two late Louis Lynagh tries sealed the win for the London club.
Table toppers: Bristol Bears
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