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.
Club | Director of Rugby/ Head Coach | Captain(s) | Stadium(s) | Capacity | Location |
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Bristol Bears Women | Dave Ward | TBC | Shaftesbury Park | — | Bristol |
Ashton Gate | 27,000 | Bristol | |||
Exeter Chiefs Women | Susie Appleby | TBC | Sandy Park | 13,593 | Exeter, Devon |
Gloucester-Hartpury Women | TBC | Hartpury University Stadium | 2,000 | Hartpury, Gloucestershire | |
Kingsholm Stadium | 16,115 | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | |||
Harlequins Women | Ross Chisholm | TBC | Twickenham Stoop | 14,800 | Twickenham, Greater London |
Leicester Tigers Women | Tom Hudson | TBC | Mattioli Woods Welford Road | 25,849 | Leicester, Leicestershire |
Loughborough Lightning | Nathan Smith | TBC | cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens | 14,249 | Northampton, Northamptonshire |
Sale Sharks Women | TBC | CorpAcq Stadium | 3,387 | Sale, Greater Manchester | |
Saracens Women | Alex Austerberry | TBC | StoneX Stadium | 10,500 | Hendon, Greater London |
Trailfinders Women | Giselle Mather | TBC | Trailfinders Sports Ground | 4,000 | West Ealing, London |
See main article: article and List of 2024–25 Premiership Women's Rugby transfers.
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | R17 | R18 |
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Exeter Chiefs | ||||||||||||||||||
Gloucester-Hartpury | ||||||||||||||||||
Harlequins | ||||||||||||||||||
Leicester Tigers | ||||||||||||||||||
Loughborough Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||
Sale Sharks | ||||||||||||||||||
Saracens | ||||||||||||||||||
Trailfinders | ||||||||||||||||||
Key | ||||
Win | Draw | Loss< | -- | Bye--> |
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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]