Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The English Premiership operates a salary cap, [98] set by the Premiership Rugby Board, specifying the money a club can spend on the player salaries of its squad per season. Until the 2024–25 season, the base cap is £5 million, with an "academy credit" of up to £600,000 (£100,000 per player for up to six players).
The 2024–25 Premiership Rugby is the 38th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition. The season began on 20 September 2024 and will finish on 14 June 2025. [2] The reigning champions entering the season are Northampton Saints, who claimed their second league title after winning the 2024 final.
The Premiership consists of ten clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system. Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The team finishing at the bottom of the Premiership each season was relegated to the second-division RFU ...
The 2024–25 RFU Championship is the sixteenth season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It features twelve English teams. Ealing Trailfinders are the reigning champions, having been refused promotion to the Premiership due to failing to meet minimum standards.
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]
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.
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club . Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Club and briefly assumed their name until 1887. [ 1 ]
The English rugby union league pyramid is topped by the Premiership. Below this are the Championship and National Leagues 1 to 3. Below this are the Championship and National Leagues 1 to 3. Below this, the structure is split geographically into four regions: Midlands, North, London and South East, and South West.