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. 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.
Due to changes to the global rugby calendar implemented this year and the COVID-19 pandemic truncating the previous season, this season features an earlier start and later finish.
Salary Cap
This season is the last under the current regulations before changes are made next season and again in 2024–25.Teams
, 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.Club | Director of Rugby/Head Coach | Captain | Kit supplier | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
Bath | Stuart Hooper | Charlie Ewels | Canterbury | The Recreation Ground | 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 | 14,800 | Twickenham, Greater London | |
Leicester Tigers | Geordan Murphy | 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 | 10,200 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
Northampton Saints | Chris Boyd | 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 | Under Armour | Ricoh Arena | 32,609 | Coventry | |
Worcester Warriors | Alan Solomons | Ted Hill Will Butler Matt Moulds | 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.Table
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.