How to watch Gallagher Premiership Rugby playoffs on TV

Jonathan Victoria • 03 Jun 2025 Guides

Playoff fever is here…

The 18 rounds of the Gallagher Premiership regular season is complete and the four teams advancing to the playoffs have been finalised.

Now the competition steps up as the semi-finals approaches, with history potentially being made by one side.

Find out how you can watch the Gallagher Premiership playoffs on TV, plus information on the regular season and more.

How to watch the Gallagher Premiership Rugby playoffs on TV

There are two channels that show Gallagher Premiership fixtures live, although one shows a lot more than the other.

TNT Sports is the main broadcast, as they have been for the last eleven years, while ITV also shows seven games live on their free-to-air channel.

Gallagher Premiership on TNT Sports

The 2024/25 season marks the first time in Premiership history that all 93 games of the regular season and playoffs will be shown live, with TNT Sports having the honour of being the first broadcaster in the league's history to achieve such a feat. They’ll also show extended highlights of the fixtures fans may have missed.

The matches will be available to watch across TNT Sports channels on TV - that’s TNT Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4 plus six red-button channels. TNT Sports Ultimate is also available for select events, offering a viewing experience in 4K resolution with HDR.

You can also watch via Discovery+ on any other device, such as your phone, tablet, laptop/PC or games console. If you have TNT Sports, then you’ll have access to a Discovery+ Premium subscription, which will give you access to the streaming service plus all the sports included.

If you need to get your package sorted, why not check out the BT deals that we have available on Digital TV? For TNT Sports, we have the choice of either the Sports + Fibre 2 or Full Works + Fibre 2 package, both of which provide you with EE TV (formerly BT TV) plus TNT Sports and BT’s brilliant Fibre 2 broadband.

Gallagher Premiership on ITV

In addition to TNT Sports’ coverage, ITV is also hosting seven games throughout the season thanks to their extended deal that sees them the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster. 

They, too, will have a highlights show, with the rebranded Gallagher Premiership Unleashed premiering every Wednesday, showing all the highlights and analysis from the latest round.

Will the Gallagher Premiership final be on ITV?

The Gallagher Premiership final will be broadcast live on ITV as well as on TNT Sports.

Gallagher Premiership Rugby 2024/25: Regular season sum-up 

Bath's sensational season lasted all year, claiming 14 wins on the way to the top spot in the regular season table. They are now aiming for a historic treble, having already claimed the Premiership Rugby Cup and European Challenge Cup. 

Behind the was a great contest for the remaining three playoff spots, with just five points separating second down to sixth by the years end.

Leicester finished 11 points behind Bath but only three ahead of third and fourth placed Sale and Bristol, so their match against the Sharks certainly will be a close affair.

Just missing out was Gloucester and Saracens, who both finished just two points shy of Sale and Bristol playoff-worthy points tally. They fought until the very end, with Saracens even handing Bath just their fourth loss of the year, but it was not enough.

Down at the bottom, it was a sorry showing for Newcastle, who once again finished rock bottom of the back. They managed to better their last campaign, winning two games as opposed to none last year. 

Luckily for them, Ealing Trailfinders, who won the RFU Championship, are not eligible for promotion to the Premiership and thus, the Falcons will be remaining in the top division for another year.

Gallagher Premiership Rugby 2024/25: Table

As usual, the top four teams in the table at the end of the season will go through to the play-offs.

The top eight teams in the table will earn a place in next season's European Rugby Champions Cup, the top-tier European club competition.

The team that finishes ninth will earn a place in the EPCR Challenge Cup, the second-tier European club competition.

The team at the bottom of the table will play a playoff game with that season's RFU Championship winner (second-tier English domestic competition, subject to eligibility) to decide who gets the final place in the Premiership for next season and a spot in the EPCR Challenge Cup.

Gallagher Premiership Rugby 2024/25: Playoffs

With the 18 rounds of the regular season now complete, all that's left is for the top four teams to battle it out to decide this year's champion.

As stated above, the four teams heading into the playoffs are Bath, Leicester, Sale and Bristol.

The playoffs will consist of two one-leg rounds; the semi-finals and the final. As usual, first in the table will face fourth, and second will play third.

The winner of each game will unsurprisingly go through to the final and compete for the coveted trophy.

Here are the matchups for the semi-final plus the date and time of kickoff:

• Friday 6th June – Bath Rugby vs Bristol Bear | The Rec | 7:45pm
• Saturday 7th June – Leicester Tigers vs Sale Sharks | Mattioli Woods Welford Road | 3:30pm

Gallagher Premiership Rugby final

The final is currently scheduled to take place on 14th June and will take place at Twickenham (I refuse to call it by it's sponsorship name), the home of English rugby and the headquarters for the English rugby union governing body.

Be sure to get your TNT Sports subscription sorted out now so you can catch the action from the playoffs.