Bath Rugby are the reigning PREM Rugby champions. Can they reclaim their title in June?
The last five winners of the Gallagher Premiership (or PREM Rugby, as it’s now known) have all been different, with Bath Rugby, Northampton Saints, Saracens, Leicester Tigers and Harlequins all getting their hands on the trophy.
There’s a good chance one of them will break that trend this year, however, with Saints, Bath and Tigers all looking likely to secure a play-off spot. 2019-2020 champions Exeter Chiefs are currently in pole position to meet them in the semis.
So, as the regular season reaches its final stages and the play-off contenders make their last push to extend their seasons, we look back at recent history to rundown the last five Gallagher Premiership winners, and look back on how their respective finals shook out.
This year’s PREM Rugby final takes place at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday 20 June.
Read more: How to watch PREM Rugby from anywhere
Who won the last five Premiership Rugby titles?
2024-25
- Champions: Bath Rugby
- Final: Bath Rugby 23-21 Leicester Tigers
- Table toppers: Bath Rugby
Alfie Barbeary of Bath Rugby celebrates victory (Getty Images)
It was a long time coming for Bath whose form has drastically improved over the last few seasons. They narrowly missed out in the previous final but came good in 2025.
Finn Russell had a great match to help his side win their first Premiership Rugby title in 29 years. A memorable moment in the final saw Russell feeding the ball to Max Ojomoh after setting up a cracking try. The Scotland international could have scored it himself but passed to let the life-long Bath fan score.
Russell also added two conversions and three penalties to seal the win.
2023-24
- Champions: Northampton Saints
- Final: Northampton Saints 25-21 Bath Rugby
- Table toppers: Northampton Saints
Fin Smith leads the celebrations after Saints’ 2024 victory (David Rogers/Getty Images)
These evenly matched titans of English rugby finished the regular season tied on points, and on the day of the final it was arguably the first-half red card given to Bath prop Beno Obano that proved decisive.
Even with 14 men, Bath looked like the side most likely to claim the title until Saints’ Alex Mitchell scored the 73rd-minute try that bagged the title.
2022-23
- Champions: Saracens
- Final: Saracens 35-25 Sale Sharks
- Table toppers: Saracens
Owen Farrell lifts the Gallagher Premiership trophy with his Saracens teammates (Getty Images)
Sale made it to the final for the first time in 17 years. However, they faced a tough opposition in Saracens who were looking to right the wrongs of the previous season.
Saracens clinched their sixth Premiership title with a four-try victory, including two touchdowns in the final quarter from Elliot Daly.
2021-22
- Champions: Leicester Tigers
- Final: Leicester Tigers 15-12 Saracens
- Table toppers: Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers’ 2022 victory helped pave the way for Steve Borthwick’s England job (David Rogers/Getty Images)
In Saracens’ first season back in the Premiership after relegation the London side reached the final. Standing in their way of a perfect return to English rugby’s top tier was Steve Borthwick‘s Leicester Tigers.
The match was a closely fought final decided by a late drop goal from Freddie Burns.
2020-21
- Champions: Harlequins
- Final: Harlequins 40-38 Exeter Chiefs
- Table toppers: Bristol Bears
Alex Dombrandt celebrates winning the Premiership in 2021 (Getty Images)
Harlequins had made the final after one of the best comebacks in rugby history against Bristol Bears in the semi-final. Quins beat the west country side 43-36 after being 28-0 down in a match that was dubbed “Bristanbul”, a reference to Liverpool’s famous comeback against AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul.
In the final the London side faced Exeter, and while Harlequins had a half-time lead, Exeter had managed to get ahead in the closing stages. However, two late Louis Lynagh tries sealed the win for ’Quins.
They are the last side to win the play-offs who didn’t also top the Premiership table.
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