2020–21 Premiership Rugby

The 2020–21 Premiership Rugby will be the 34th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the third to be sponsored by Gallagher.[1] The competition will be broadcast by BT Sport for the eighth successive season with five games also simulcast free-to-air on Channel 5. Highlights of each weekend's games are to be shown on Channel 5 with extended highlights on BT Sport.

2020–21 Gallagher Premiership
Countries	England
Date	20 November 2020 – 26 June 2021 (tentative)
Official website
www.premiershiprugby.com

Due to changes to the global rugby calendar implemented this year and the COVID-19 pandemic truncating the previous season, this season features a later start and later finish be will take place over a reduced timeframe of 32 weeks.

Salary Cap

This season is the last under the current regulations before changes are made next season and again in 2024–25.[2]

Teams

Newcastle Falcons, having won the 2019–20 RFU Championship, replaced Saracens, who were relegated last season after finishing bottom of the table due to several points deductions.

Bath

Bristol

Exeter

Gloucester

Harlequins

Wasps

Worcester

Leicester

L. Irish

Newcastle

Northampton

Sale

2020–21 Gallagher Premiership Teams

Club	Director of Rugby/Head Coach	Captain	Kit supplier	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Stuart Hooper	Charlie Ewels	Canterbury	The Recreation Ground[lower-alpha 1]	14,509	Bath
Bristol Bears	/ Pat Lam	Steve Luatua	Umbro	Ashton Gate	27,000	Bristol
Exeter Chiefs	Rob Baxter	Jack Yeandle	Samurai Sportswear	Sandy Park	13,593	Exeter
Gloucester	George Skivington	Willi Heinz	Elite Pro Sports	Kingsholm Stadium	16,115	Gloucester
Harlequins	Paul Gustard Billy Millard		Adidas	Twickenham Stoop[lower-alpha 2]	14,800	Twickenham, Greater London
Leicester Tigers	Geordan Murphy[3]	Tom Youngs	Samurai Sportswear	Welford Road	25,849	Leicester
London Irish	Declan Kidney	Blair Cowan	BLK	Brentford Community Stadium	17,250	Brentford, London
Newcastle Falcons	Dean Richards	Micky Young George McGuigan	Macron	Kingston Park[lower-alpha 3]	10,200	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints	Chris Boyd	Teimana Harrison Alex Waller	Macron	Franklin's Gardens	15,200	Northampton
Sale Sharks	Steve Diamond	Jono Ross	Samurai Sportswear	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000	Salford, Greater Manchester
Wasps	Lee Blackett	Dan Robson Thomas Young	Under Armour	Ricoh Arena	32,609	Coventry
Worcester Warriors	Alan Solomons	Ted Hill (captain) Will Butler (assistant club captain) Matt Moulds (team captain)	O'Neills	Sixways Stadium	11,499	Worcester

Pre-season

The 2020 edition of the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series will be held in summer 2020. For the fourth successive year all twelve Premiership teams will feature in one venue over two days. Teams would be split into four pools of three which played each other once in a round-robin basis with the tournament splitting into Cup and Plate competitions on the second day.[4]

Table

2020–21 Premiership Rugby Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
1	Bath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bristol Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Exeter Chiefs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gloucester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Harlequins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Leicester Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	London Irish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Newcastle Falcons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Northampton Saints	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sale Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Wasps	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Worcester Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places and earns a berth in the 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup. Blue background (rows 5 & 6) indicates teams outside the play-off places, that earns a berth in the 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup based on their position in the table. Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2021–22 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Red background (row 12) will be relegated, providing the champion of the 2020–21 RFU Championship are eligible for promotion. (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (R) Relegated Starting table — source: Premiership Rugby
Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Fixtures

Fixtures for the season will be announced by Premiership Rugby in July 2020.

Highlights of the season include:

• Big Game 13 - Harlequins host this season's edition of the Big Game at Twickenham.
• The Big One - Newcastle Falcons return to St James' Park in this season's edition of The Big One.
• The Clash - Bath Rugby will return to Twickenham for this season's edition of The Clash.

All fixtures are subject to change.

Regular Season

The regular season will begin on 20 November 2020

Play-offs

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 Grand Final at Twickenham on 26 June 2021.

Notes

1. Bath will also play a home game at Twickenham Stadium, London.
2. Harlequins will also play a home game at Twickenham Stadium, London.
3. Newcastle Falcons will also play a home game at St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne.

References

1. "Gallagher confirmed as new title sponsors of Premiership Rugby". 12 April 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. "Premiership Rugby clubs unanimously vote to temporarily reduce the salary cap". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
3. https://www.leicestertigers.com/team/management
4. "Premiership Rugby 7s Returns to Franklin's Gardens". Premiership Rugby. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

External links

• Official website