2024–25 Premiership Women's Rugby Explained

2024–25 Premiership Women’s Rugby
Website:www.thepwr.com
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

2024–25 Premiership Women's Rugby is scheduled to be the eighth season of Premiership Women's Rugby, the top-flight domestic women's rugby union club competition in England, and the fifth to be sponsored by Allianz. It is the second season to be branded as Premiership Women's Rugby.

The reigning champions entering the season are Gloucester-Hartpury, who claimed their second league title after winning the 2024 final.

Teams and locations

ClubDirector of Rugby/
Head Coach
Captain(s)Stadium(s)CapacityLocation
Bristol Bears Women Dave Ward TBC Shaftesbury ParkBristol
Ashton Gate27,000Bristol
Exeter Chiefs Women Susie Appleby TBC Sandy Park13,593Exeter, Devon
Gloucester-Hartpury Women TBC Hartpury University Stadium2,000Hartpury,
Gloucestershire
Kingsholm Stadium16,115Gloucester,
Gloucestershire
Harlequins Women Ross Chisholm TBC Twickenham Stoop14,800Twickenham,
Greater London
Leicester Tigers Women Tom Hudson TBC Mattioli Woods Welford Road25,849Leicester,
Leicestershire
Loughborough Lightning Nathan Smith TBC cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens14,249Northampton,
Northamptonshire
Sale Sharks Women TBC CorpAcq Stadium3,387Sale,
Greater Manchester
Saracens Women Alex Austerberry TBC StoneX Stadium10,500Hendon,
Greater London
Trailfinders Women Giselle Mather TBC Trailfinders Sports Ground4,000West Ealing, London

Player movements

See main article: article and List of 2024–25 Premiership Women's Rugby transfers.

Table

Round-by-round progression

The grid below shows each team's progression throughout the season, indicating their points total (and league table position) at the end of every round:

Team Progression
TeamR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17R18
Bristol Bears
Exeter Chiefs
Gloucester-Hartpury
Harlequins
Leicester Tigers
Loughborough Lightning
Sale Sharks
Saracens
Trailfinders
Key
WinDrawLoss<--Bye-->

Regular season

The season format was announced on 18 June 2024, the season will be shortened to give national team players more time to rest and prepare for the 2025 Rugby World Cup.[1] [2]

Results

Notes and References

  1. News: Orchard . Sara . Premiership Women's Rugby: 2024-25 season to be shortened to help England prepare for World Cup . 19 June 2024 . . 18 June 2024.
  2. Web site: PWR Final set for Super Sunday in 2025 Premiership Women's Rugby . . 19 June 2024.