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Free-to-air schedule revealed for remainder of PREM Rugby season

SALFORD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 30: ITV pitch side pundits Topsy Ojo (c) and David Flatman on the mic prior to the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers at AJ Bell Stadium on January 30, 2022 in Salford, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

PREM Rugby have confirmed the four remaining Gallagher PREM 2025/26 fixtures to be broadcast free-to-air on ITV and ITVX, as part of their recently extended two-year deal to show seven matches per season.

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In addition to the final at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday June 20, three regular season matches will be shown live by the terrestrial broadcaster in the run-in.

First-up The Showdown will see Saracens host Northampton Saints in a heavyweight clash between two title-chasing contenders at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The capital clash forms part of the Big Match Bonanza triple-header on Saturday, 28 March (6pm KO).

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The East Midlands Derby follows in Round 15 as Leicester Tigers face Northampton Saints in one of English rugby’s fiercest rivalries on Saturday, 9 May, with pride and crucial league points on the line (3.05pm KO).

ITV will also broadcast a fixture from Super Saturday – the last Round of the regular season on Saturday, 6 June – with the feature match to be confirmed once qualification permutations are finalised.

Bath’s win over Leicester Tigers in last year’s Premiership final was the most-watched game in the history of English rugby union’s top flight, with a combined audience of just under one million viewers (973,000) watching on TNT Sports and ITV.

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Tom 1 hour ago
Change at the top is only answer for England – Andy Goode

We aren't miles ahead of any other nation in terms of talent at all. I agree Borthwick is a mediocre coach but let's not get carried away. France have won the u20 world cup three out of the last five times and just beat us in both the u20 and u18 six nations… and I don't think many people would claim we've got more talent than SA or the ABs either. Ibitoye isn't someone you want in a test match, he's so unpredictable. In a tight test match there are very few scoring opportunities for wingers but there are lots of opportunities for wingers to make defensive misreads and balls things up. In a tightly contested, low scoring game, you'd much rather have someone like Feyi Wabosi who has X factor but can be relied upon to defend properly or not have a brain farts, we've got other good wingers without needing Ibitoye.

I agree in general with your sentiment but we should be realistic. We've won the u20 WC once in the last decade, won the six nations only twice. A prem club hasn't won anything in Europe since Bristol won the challenge cup when they had Piutau, Radradra. There is talent out there for sure but our clubs and u20s aren't enjoying the level of success which could support statements about us having the most talent in the world. If a new coach comes in they aren't going to wave a magic wand and make us the best team in the world. There are a lot of structural problems and engrained attitudes which need to be overcome within the RFU and Prem etc. Plus any new coach is going to have to undo the damage Borthwick and Wigglesworth have done. They're going to have their work cut out for them.



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