The 2024–25 Premiership Women's Rugby was the eighth season of the top-flight domestic
women's rugby union
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club competition in England, and the fifth to be sponsored by
Allianz
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. It was the second season to be branded as
Premiership Women's Rugby
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.
The reigning champions entering the season were
Gloucester-Hartpury, who claimed their second league title after winning the
2024 final against
Bristol Bears Women.
Teams and locations
The 2024–25 edition of Premiership Women's Rugby was contested by the same nine clubs which started the
2023–24 season. No team was brought in to replace
Worcester Warriors
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, who withdrew from the league shortly before the beginning of the previous season.
Player movements
Table
Round-by-round progression
The grid below shows each team's progression throughout the season, indicating their points total (and league table position) at the end of every round:
Regular season
The season format was announced on 18 June 2024. The schedule is shortened from the previous season, to give national team players more time to rest and prepare for the
2025 Rugby World Cup
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.
Results
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Play-offs
As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the league table, following the conclusion of the regular season, will contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage. The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the final at
StoneX Stadium on 16 March 2025.
On 4 February 2025,
Gloucester-Hartpury and
Harlequins were the first two teams to qualify for the play-offs, at the end of round 16 of the regular season. On 15 February 2025,
Saracens
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and
Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 ...
secured the remaining two play-off places, following the conclusion of round 17. The final seedings were then confirmed after the last round of regular season fixtures on 21 February 2025.
Semi-finals
Final
Leading scorers
Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under
World Rugby
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eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.
Most points
Source:
Most tries
Source:
Discipline
Citings/bans
Notes:
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2024-25 Premiership Women's Rugby
2024–25 in English rugby union leagues
Premiership Women's Rugby seasons