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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]
The original plan for the competition involved dividing the 24 teams from the top two tiers of English rugby into four pools of six. The number of teams dropped to 22 following the suspension of Wasps and London Irish. [3] [4] 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).
As of the end of the 2023–24 season, nine table-topping teams have won the Premiership in twenty-two seasons, including four times in the last five seasons. These teams’ names are italicised under the "Top of Table" column below.
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 structure saw the top 4 teams compete in an end of season playoff format, 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd, with the final taking place at the ground of the highest seed and the winning team being declared champions. There was no relegation last season following an expansion from 12 to 14 teams for the 2023–24 season.
The competition features the same 10 teams from the 2023–24 season. [4] For the third consecutive season, the top team in the Championship was ineligible for promotion to the Premiership, after 2023–24 Championship winners Ealing Trailfinders failed to meet the minimum standards criteria to join the competition.
Source: National Hockey League [1] Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven ...
The Premiership Rugby Cup is an English rugby union knockout cup competition for teams in Premiership Rugby and from the 2023–24 season the RFU Championship. It was created in 2018 to replace the Anglo-Welsh Cup after the withdrawal of the Welsh regions .