🏉 The Gallagher PREM season returns on Saturday 24 January with a double-header of London action featuring Saracens v Newcastle Red Bulls (StoneX Stadium) and Harlequins v Leicester Tigers (The Stoop).
2025/2026 Season info
Rugby union fans in London are spoilt for choice with the 2025/2026 men’s club season featuring a host of teams from the capital in domestic (PREM, Champ Rugby & National League) and European (Champions Cup) action.
PREM RUGBY IN LONDON
10 sides are contesting the 2025/2026 Gallagher PREM season which runs from September 2025 to June 2026. 18 regular rounds will be followed by the play-offs. The top 4 teams at the end of the regular season will contest the play-offs. The final is scheduled to take place on Saturday 20 June 2026 at Allianz Stadium.
Bath Rugby are the defending Gallagher PREM champions. Bath beat Leicester Tigers in the 2024/2025 final to lift the Premiership trophy for the first time since 1996.
Saracens and Harlequins are the two teams in the capital aiming for Gallagher PREM glory this season. Saracens won the Premiership title for a sixth time in 2023 with a 35-25 win over Sale Sharks at Twickenham. Harlequins last held the famous trophy aloft in 2021 when they beat Exeter Chiefs 40-38 in a memorable Premiership finale.
SEASON SO FAR
Northampton Saints are top of the table of the Gallagher PREM table following their recent thrilling 41-21 victory over defending champions Bath Rugby. Saints – on 38 points – leapfrogged Bath who are in second place on 36 points, 2 points ahead of Exeter Chiefs in third. Bristol Bears make up the top four. Leicester Tigers are up to fifth following a series of wins. Saracens have slipped down to sixth after some erratic form. Sarries are on 27 points, 6 points adrift of the top-four play-off places. Fellow Londoners Harlequins are struggling for form in the league – down in eighth place on 10 points, they have lots of work to do to make ground on the teams above them. Newcastle Red Bulls are bottom of the table on 5 points.
🎟️ TICKET NEWS LATEST ➡️ Harlequins ~ Saracens
PREM MATCHES COMING UP IN THE CAPITAL:
Round 10. Saturday 24 January: Saracens v Newcastle Red Bulls KO 3pm. Harlequins v Leicester Tigers KO 3.05pm ~ Round 11. Saturday 21 March: Harlequins v Gloucester Rugby KO 3pm ~ Round 12. Saturday 24 March: Saracens v Northampton Saints KO 6pm.
CHAMP RUGBY IN LONDON
Ealing Trailfinders, London Scottish and newly-promoted Richmond Rugby ensure a strong rugby union in London presence in the second tier of men’s English rugby which consists of 14 teams. The Champ Rugby season starts in early October and will feature 26 regular rounds. The top-six sides will then enter a play-off phase in May to decide the eventual Champ Rugby champion.
Ealing Trailfinders are the defending champions.
🎟️ TICKET NEWS LATEST ➡️ Ealing Trailfinders ~ Richmond Rugby ~ London Scottish
CHAMP RUGBY MATCHES COMING UP IN LONDON: 2025/2026 fixture list here.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 – RUGBY UNION IN LONDON
Rosslyn Park and Blackheath are London’s representatives in National League 1 for the 2025/2026 season. The season runs from early October through until the end of April. The current campaign features 14 teams. The winner will gain promotion to Champ Rugby.
🎟️ TICKET NEWS LATEST ➡️ Blackheath ~~ Rosslyn Park
NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 MATCHES COMING UP IN THE CAPITAL: 2025/2026 fixture list here.
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