Gallagher Prem 2025/26: Dates, teams, venues and history

The 2025/26 season of the renamed Gallagher Prem is set to begin, with 10 teams from across England hoping to be crowned champions next June.

Many of the world's best players will be desperate to help their clubs into the top four and the end-of-season play-offs, with Bath the defending champions.

Gallagher Prem 2025/26 key dates

The 2025/26 Gallagher Prem season kicks off on 25th September 2025, with the final round taking place on 6th June.

The Grand Final is scheduled to take place on 20th June 2026.

Gallagher Prem 2025/26 teams

The following 10 teams will compete in the 2025/26 Prem:

• Bath
• Bristol Bears
• Exeter Chiefs
• Gloucester
• Harlequins
• Leicester Tigers
• Newcastle Red Bulls
• Northampton Saints
• Sale Sharks
• Saracens

Gallagher Prem 2025/26 venues

Below are the stadiums for each of the 10 Gallagher Prem sides:  

• Bath: The Recreation Ground
• Bristol Bears: Ashton Gate
• Exeter Chiefs: Sandy Park
• Gloucester: Kingsholm Stadium
• Harlequins: Twickenham Stoop
• Leicester Tigers: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
• Newcastle Red Bulls: Kingston Park
• Northampton Saints: cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens
• Sale Sharks: Salford Community Stadium
• Saracens: StoneX Stadium

The Gallagher Prem season will pause for eight weeks during January, February and March to avoid a clash with the Six Nations.

Gallagher Prem 2025/26 format

The 10 clubs play each other twice, home and away, meaning 18 rounds of fixtures.

The top four sides qualify for the play-offs, with the side finishing first at home to the side finishing fourth in one semi-final and second versus third making up the second semi.

The Gallagher Prem season will pause for eight weeks during January, February and March to avoid a clash with the Six Nations.

Gallagher Prem history

A reluctance throughout English rugby to introduce a league system meant the first Premiership season was not until 1987/88 when Leicester, a side featuring the likes of Dusty Hare, Dean Richards and Rory Underwood, were crowned champions.

Bath won six of the first nine league titles, though their victory in 2025 was their first since 1996, ending an almost 30 year wait.

Leicester's 11 title triumphs is a record and eight other different clubs have got their hands on the Premiership trophy over the last 37 seasons, with Bath providing the closest challenge to the Tigers with seven.