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30 December and 6 January 1996 – ITV broadcasts live coverage of semi-finals and final of the inaugural Heineken Cup. [5] 1996. November – Sky Sports begins showing live coverage of England national rugby union team ’s autumn internationals, replacing the BBC which held the right for many decades. 1997.
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.
The Anglo-Welsh Cup ( Welsh: Cwpan Eingl-Gymreig ), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs. The competition was replaced by the Premiership Rugby Cup, involving ...
The national rugby union teams of England and Italy have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1991, and by February 2024, they had met in 31 test matches, all of which have been won by England. Their first meeting was on 8 October 1991 in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, England won 36–6. England had played Italy three times in Rugby World ...
England and Ireland have played rugby union internationals against each other since 1875, with England winning the first match at The Oval, London by two goals to nil. (A points scoring system was not used in rugby at the time.) The two teams have played a total of 142 Test matches with England winning 81 of them, Ireland 53, and 8 resulting in ...
England and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1881. A total of 142 matches have been played, with England having won 69 times, Wales having won 61 times and 12 matches having been drawn. There is a considerable rivalry between the sides due to the proximity of the two nations and the history between them.
Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, [1] is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system . Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the European ...
The first two international sides to play against each other, the England–Scotland fixture is the second most-played international rugby union match as of 2023. Behind the Australia–New Zealand rivalry by some thirty-plus matches (not including XV results ), it is one match ahead of the England–Ireland match-up and the Ireland–Scotland match-up.