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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 Premiership began the 2022–23 season with 13 clubs, but both Wasps and Worcester Warriors were removed from the league, and automatically relegated, after going into administration. [40] Ahead of the 2023–24 season , London Irish also dropped out of the league, as a result of financial insolvency.
This means the Premiership may be further expanded to 14 teams in 2022–23 and the Championship may be reduced to 10. [8] A summary of changes is outlines below: Premiership expanded to 13 teams in 2021–22; Championship reduced to 11; Premiership may expand to 14 teams in 2022–23; Championship may reduce to 10.
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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]
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The 22 teams were split into four pools, two of 6 teams (Pool A & Pool B) and two of 5 teams (Pool C & Pool D). The teams were seeded based on league standings at the end of the 2022–23 season. [a] [b] Teams in Pools C and D also played one cross-pool fixture along with their own pool games. [5]
As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premiership table, following the conclusion of the regular season, contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage. The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the Premiership Final at Twickenham on 18 June 2022.