PWR Fixtures Announced for 2025/26

The Premiership Women’s Rugby 2025/26 campaign will kick off in style with Trailfinders Women looking to get off to a flying start at home to Exeter Chiefs.

All 75 PWR matches will be broadcast live this season, with TNT Sports and BBC Sport showing one game each week, while two will be streamed live on YouTube to ensure that a global audience can watch more PWR action than ever before.

Following last season’s calendar reshuffle to accommodate this summer’s Rugby World Cup, the upcoming season will have a more familiar look to it.

The action will begin with a block of four rounds before a first reserve week, followed by four more rounds of action.

A month off over Christmas and January will then be followed by another set of eight rounds, split only by a reserve week in the middle.

By this point, we should have a good idea of who will be in the mix for the semi-finals, with the teams set for a break during the Guinness Women’s Six Nations in April and May.

PWR will then return for two final rounds on the weekends of May 30/31 and June 6/7, the latter featuring a semi-final repeat from last season when Gloucester-Hartpury host Bristol Bears.

It is then straight into semi-final action before a week off and the final on Sunday June 28.

Genevieve Shore, Executive Chair of PWR said: “The upcoming Women’s Rugby World Cup presents PWR with a huge opportunity to raise the awareness of women’s rugby and our incredible athletes. When putting together the fixtures we were conscious of needing to start our season with a bang and keep those new fans engaged. The early weeks of the season are filled with blockbuster matchups and will undoubtedly provide a showcase of elite talent and top-quality rugby.

“The growth of attendances at PWR matches is right at the top of our priority list for this coming season and we’re really hopeful that after a home World Cup, people will head along to our Clubs and experience the excitement of a game in person. The World Cup will have the world’s best players competing for the game’s biggest prize; but the PWR has world class players every week. If fans like what they see during the World Cup, then they should definitely stick around for the new PWR season.”