Gallagher Premiership Rugby back with a bang for 2024/25 as Northampton Saints and Bath Rugby face-off in season-opener
Published 23/07/2024 at 08:07 GMT
The new Gallagher Premiership Rugby season is fast approaching and it promises to be better than ever, with every game to be broadcast live on TNT Sports. Defending champions Northampton Saints kick off the new campaign with a blockbuster clash against last season's beaten finalist's Bath Rugby. There will also be double Derby Weekends and a first fixture at the iconic Principality Stadium.
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Gallagher Premiership Rugby is back with a bang as champions Northampton Saints kick-off at The Rec with a repeat of last season’s dramatic final against Bath Rugby.
Just 104 days after Saints won the title in front of a sold-out Twickenham, the two heavyweights face-off again as Fin Smith and Finn Russell’s men clash on Friday, September 20 at 7.45pm BST.
The heat is then turned up even more in the new campaign with double Derby Weekends for fans.
Premiership Rugby is also taking over Cardiff for Bristol Bears’ ‘Big Day Out’ fixture against fierce rivals Bath at the Principality Stadium for the league’s first ever game in Wales.
And for the first time, this season every Gallagher Premiership Rugby match will be broadcast live on TNT Sports and discovery+.
This comes following a season of growth which saw TNT Sports audiences for Premiership Rugby rise by 8% and a record-breaking free-to-air audience share on ITV for the Final at Twickenham.
Following a record-breaking Derby Weekend in 2023/24, which attracted season-high attendances and over 1.1 million viewers on UK screens, grudge matches are back in Round 4.
Then a reverse round of intense Derby fixtures returns in Round 12 to settle scores.
Harlequins’ iconic festive Big Game is back for its sixteenth edition with Leicester Tigers the opposition for a Round 9 thriller at Twickenham.
Saracens host London rivals Harlequins in Round 12, with The Showdown 5 headlining a blockbuster second Derby Weekend as Premiership Rugby supporters descend on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium once again.
The final two marquee matches come in Round 16.
Harlequins return to Twickenham for the Big Summer Kick-Off to face Gloucester Rugby before Bristol Bears’ ‘Big Day Out’ in the Welsh capital’s iconic 74,500-seater stadium makes its debut.
Once again, all clubs and their supporters will benefit from a home fixture in one of the opening two rounds, in one of the two festive fixtures (Round 9 & 10) and in one of the final two rounds of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby season.
This will be insurance broker Gallagher’s seventh season as Title Partner of Premiership Rugby. Throughout the years, the partnership has continued to support the game, its fans and clubs at a grassroots level whilst driving forward community initiatives such as Project Rugby.
Rob Calder, Chief Growth Officer at Premiership Rugby, said: “We are delighted to kick-off the 2024/25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season with a Friday night epic between champions Northampton Saints at Bath Rugby in an instant repeat of a sensational final.
“And after the enormous success of the inaugural Derby Weekend last season we are thrilled to add a second derby round for supporters to see those ferocious grudge matches.
“With Saints becoming our fifth different winner in as many seasons, we are eagerly awaiting the thrills and spills of another super-competitive Gallagher Premiership season when it gets underway in a few weeks’ time.”
For all the fixtures for the Gallagher Premiership Rugby 2024/25 season, click here.
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