Gallagher Premiership play-offs: dates, kick off times, how to watch and every Scottish player involved
Northampton Saints host Leicester Tigers while Bath will welcome Exeter Chiefs as English rugby’s top flight heads for its title decider.
The regular season of the 2025/26 Gallagher Premiership has come to an end and the four clubs who will compete for the title have been decided.
Northampton Saints host Leicester Tigers while Bath will welcome Exeter Chiefs in the play-off semi-finals of English rugby’s top flight. There will be plenty of familiar faces for Scottish supporters to cheer on across both matches with the team battle it out for a place in the showpiece contest at Twickenham later this month.
It looks set to be a thrilling race to the top prize and rugby fans across Scotland will be able to watch all the action. Here is everything you need to know about how the Gallagher Premiership play-offs work, when and where they will take place, how to watch plus every Scottish player who could be involved:
Gallagher Premiership play-off semi-finals: dates, venues and kick off times
Northampton Saints finished top of the Gallagher Premiership table after 18 games in the regular season. Their reward is a home semi-final against Leicester Tigers who finished fourth.
That match will be the first of the two semi-finals taking it place. It will be played at Franklin Gardens Stadium on Friday, June 12 with a 7:45pm kick off time.
Reigning champions Bath came second in the table and will host third place Exeter Chiefs. That match will be played on Saturday, June 13 with a 3pm kick off at the Recreation Ground.
Gallagher Premiership final date, kick off time and venue
The two teams who win their semi-final matches will meet each other in the final at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, June 20. Last year’s final saw Bath beat Leicester Tigers 32-21.
How to watch Gallagher Premiership semi-finals: TV and live stream info
TNT Sports is the home of Gallagher Premiership rugby in the UK. The broadcaster will show both semi-finals on TNT Sports 1 or via the HBO Max app on mobile devices and smart TVS.
Which Scottish players are involved in the Gallagher Premiership semi-finals?
All four clubs have Scottish plyers in their first team squads, many of whom will be expected to feature heavily in the semi-finals.
Finn Russell is the most notable individual as the fly-half looks to leads Bath to a second championship title in as many years. Here is ever Scottish player currently attached to one of the four Gallagher Premiership 2026 semi-finalists:
Northampton Saints
- Elliot Millar Mills - prop
- Robbie Smith - hooker
- Rory Hutchinson - centre
- Amena Caqusau - winger
Bath Rugby
- Josh Bayliss - back row
- Finn Russell - fly-half
- Cameron Redpath - centre
Exeter Chiefs
- Charlie Chapman - scrum-half
Leicester Tigers
- Will Hurd - prop
- Cameron Henderson - lock
- Hamish Watson - back row
The semi-finals are due to take place the weekend after Gregor Townsend names his Scotland squad for this Summer’s Nations Championship Test matches against Argentina, South Africa and Fiji. The national team representatives are due to be announced on Tuesday, June 9 ahead of the three matches which will be played in Cordoba, Pretoria and finally Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium.
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