PREM Rugby confirms FREE TO AIR broadcast deal for fixtures up to 2028 - includes Final

The two season deal, which will cover the 2026/27 and 2027/28 campaigns, will broadcast 14 matches over the term. Deepening its rugby portfolio, ITV Sport broadcasts the Guinness Men’s Six Nations Championship 2026, with ITV broadcasting all England matches for the tournament.

Ollie Lewis, Head of Broadcast for PREM Rugby, said: “We are delighted to continue our partnership with ITV, which is now into its fifth year. "Giving fans of Gallagher PREM Rugby free-to-air access across the season, alongside the Six Nations, is the perfect blend to showcase the stars of our league to wider audiences.”

Across ITV and TNT Sports, last year’s Final drew a combined audience of 1.3m and a share of 16.5%, approximately one in six of all UK viewers.

Niall Sloane, Director of ITV Sport, said: “The Gallagher PREM serves up world-class rugby and the extension of our current deal means ITV continues to deliver free-to-air rugby for audiences in the UK, adding to our already expanding rugby portfolio.”

All matches broadcast on ITV will be simulcast on TNT Sports.

1 The competition was fully professional from 1995, following rugby union’s move into the professional era.

2. Saracens and Leicester Tigers are the most successful clubs in league history, with six titles each.

3. Points deductions have decided titles and relegations: Saracens’ 35-point penalty in 2019–20 remains the largest sporting sanction in English rugby history.

4. Not all Premiership finals have been at Twickenham — Bath’s Recreation Ground hosted the 2020 final behind closed doors due to COVID restrictions.

5. A total of 28 different clubs have played in the top flight of English Premiership Rugby since it began in the 1987–88 season