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Friday, 17/04/2026
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STATISTICAL DATA OF PREMIERSHIP RUGBY ON TELEVISION IN UNITED KINGDOM

As of today 04/04/2026, and since this website started collecting statistical data on when and where Rugby Union matches from the Premiership Rugby competition in United Kingdom are televised, which began on 14/08/2020, we can provide the following data:

652

TV BROADCASTS

23 Free games

3.53%

629 Paid games

96.47%

Most Repeated Match

Exeter Chiefs - Leicester Tigers

LAST FREE GAME

Bath Rugby - Leicester Tigers

14/06/2025 Premiership Rugby por Discovery+, TNT Sports Ultimate, TNT Sports 1, ITV

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Sale Sharks - Bath Rugby

29/03/2026 Premiership Rugby por TNT Sports Ultimate, Discovery+, TNT Sports 1

RANKING BY CHANNELS

TNT Sports Ultimate

351 (53.83%)

TNT Sports 1

322 (49.39%)

Discovery+

104 (15.95%)

PRTV Live

97 (14.88%)

TNT Sports

84 (12.88%)

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TOTAL

TV CHANNELS

DAYS

293

WITHOUT FREE GAME

AVERAGE

1.8

CHANNELS PER MATCH

16 Pay channels

84.21%

3 Free-to-air channels

15.79%

TOTAL

CANALES

TOTAL

Total equipos

Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches

Harlequins

122 (18.71%)

Exeter Chiefs

122 (18.71%)

Leicester Tigers

120 (18.4%)

Bristol Bears

119 (18.25%)

Bath Rugby

118 (18.1%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches on Free-to-Air TV

Harlequins

9 (1.38%)

Saracens

6 (0.92%)

Sale Sharks

5 (0.77%)

Bath Rugby

5 (0.77%)

Gloucester Rugby

4 (0.61%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches

Bath Rugby

61 (9.36%)

Exeter Chiefs

61 (9.36%)

Gloucester Rugby

61 (9.36%)

Leicester Tigers

59 (9.05%)

Harlequins

58 (8.9%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches

Harlequins

64 (9.82%)

Bristol Bears

62 (9.51%)

Leicester Tigers

61 (9.36%)

Exeter Chiefs

61 (9.36%)

Sale Sharks

59 (9.05%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

1.07%

TUESDAY

1.07%

WEDNESDAY

1.99%

THURSDAY

0.15%

FRIDAY

148

22.7%

SATURDAY

338

51.84%

SUNDAY

138

21.17%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

10.28%

FEBRUARY

6.44%

MARCH

12.88%

APRIL

9.05%

MAY

8.44%

JUNE

4.29%

JULY

- %

AUGUST

3.68%

SEPTEMBER

9.82%

OCTOBER

104

15.95%

NOVEMBER

8.9%

DECEMBER

10.28%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

3.07%

2025

13.34%

2024

13.5%

2023

101

15.49%

2022

135

20.71%

2021

140

21.47%

2020

12.42%

RANKING BY TIMES