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  2. Timeline of rugby union on UK television - Wikipedia

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    BT Sport now shows this after the acquisition of ESPN by BT Sport. September – ESPN starts broadcasting live coverage of 43 matches per season from the English Premiership . [8] The agreement also provides highlight rights for use on ESPN digital media such as ESPNScrum.com. Sky Sports will continue to show 26 live games per season plus the other semi-final.

  3. 2021–22 Premiership Rugby - Wikipedia

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    2021–22 Gallagher Premiership. The 2021–22 Premiership Rugby was the 35th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the fourth to be sponsored by Gallagher. [1] It is also the first since 1992–93 to feature thirteen teams. The competition was broadcast by BT Sport for the ninth successive season with four ...

  4. 2019–20 Premiership Rugby - Wikipedia

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    2019–20 Gallagher Premiership. The 2019–20 Gallagher Premiership was the 33rd season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the second one to be sponsored by Gallagher. The reigning champions entering the season were Saracens, who had claimed their fifth title after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the 2019 final.

  5. Scottish Premiership (rugby union) - Wikipedia

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    The Scottish Premiership (referred to as the Tennents Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the highest level of amateur league competition for Scottish rugby union clubs. First held in 1973, it is the top division of the Scottish League Championship. The most recent (2024) champions are the Currie Chieftains, who are also the youngest club ...

  6. 2020–21 Premiership Rugby - Wikipedia

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    2021–22 →. The 2020–21 Gallagher Premiership was the 34th season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the third one to be sponsored by Gallagher. The reigning champions entering the season were Exeter Chiefs, who had claimed their second title after defeating Wasps in the 2020 final. Newcastle Falcons had been ...

  7. 2016–17 Premiership Rugby - Wikipedia

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    Fixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 7 July 2016. As is the norm, round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham . For the first time since its 2004 inception, the Double Header involved only two of the original London teams – Harlequins and Saracens – with London Irish having been relegated to the Championship for 2016–17 and Wasps no longer being ...

  8. Rugby union in England - Wikipedia

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    The authorities also allowed the playing of two "Rugby League vs. Rugby Union" fixtures as fundraisers for the war effort (both matches were won by the rugby league teams playing rugby union). In 1958, long after the William Webb Ellis had become engraved as a legend in the history of rugby union, his grave was finally located by Ross McWhirter in the French town of Menton near the border with ...

  9. List of rugby union competitions - Wikipedia

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    Men’s Rugby World Cup. Top 12 teams from previous World Cup (the top 3 in each group) plus 8 nations from regional qualifying tournaments. 1987. 2023. Quadrennial. Women's Rugby World Cup. 12 top national women's teams. 1991. 2021.