2021–22 Premiership Rugby

The 2021–22 Premiership Rugby is the 35th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the fourth to be sponsored by Gallagher.[1] It is also the first since 1992–93 to feature thirteen teams. The competition will be broadcast by BT Sport for the ninth successive season.

2021–22 Gallagher Premiership
Countries England
Number of teams13
Date17 September 2021 – 18 June 2022
Matches played24
Attendance265,432
(average 11,060 per match)
Highest attendance23,438 – Bristol Bears v Bath, 1 October 2021
Lowest attendance3,376 –Newcastle v Worcester, 27 November 2021
Tries scored145
(average 6 per match)
Official website
www.premiershiprugby.com

The reigning champions entering the season are Harlequins who claimed their 2nd title after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the 2021 final. Saracens were promoted as champions from the 2020–21 RFU Championship at the first attempt.

Due to changes to the global rugby calendar implemented in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic causing a moratorium to be placed on relegation last season, the tournament features thirteen teams and will include an extra four rounds.[2] The season will take place over 40 weeks.

Rule changes

This season sees the second year of a three-year moratorium on relegation from the league.[3]

Salary Cap

This season is the first under the reduced salary cap regulations before changes are made before 2024–25. A brief summary of the changes are:

  • Senior ceiling is reduced from £6.4m to £5m.
  • Homegrown player credits retained up to £600,000
  • International and EPS credits retained but limited to £400,000.
  • Season-long loan salary cap exemption is removed.
  • Academy ceiling for international players retained at £100,000 but with maximum salary increasing from £30,000 to £50,000. Homegrown academy players are not counted in the £100,000 limit.
  • For contracts continuing into 2021–22, the cap cost will be counted at 75% of their actual value to manage transition to the new caps.
  • Two players continue to be excluded from the salary cap for this season.[4]

Teams

For the first time since the 2002–03 Premiership Rugby season, all teams from the previous season will compete in the league together with Saracens who were promoted from the 2020–21 RFU Championship after an absence of one year, thus making a thirteen team league.[5]

Stadiums and locations
2021–22 Gallagher Premiership Teams
Greater London Premiership Rugby clubs
Club Director of Rugby/Head Coach Captain Kit supplier Stadium Capacity City/Area
Bath Stuart Hooper Charlie Ewels Macron The Recreation Ground 14,509 Bath
Bristol Bears Pat Lam Steve Luatua Umbro Ashton Gate 27,000 Bristol
Exeter Chiefs Rob Baxter Jack Yeandle
Joe Simmonds		 Samurai Sportswear Sandy Park 13,593 Exeter
Gloucester George Skivington Lewis Ludlow Oxen Sports Kingsholm Stadium 16,115 Gloucester
Harlequins Billy Millard[lower-alpha 1] Stephan Lewies Adidas Twickenham Stoop[lower-alpha 2] 14,800 Twickenham, Greater London
Leicester Tigers Steve Borthwick Ellis Genge Samurai Sportswear Mattioli Woods Welford Road 25,849 Leicester
London Irish Declan Kidney Matt Rogerson BLK Brentford Community Stadium 17,250 Brentford, Greater London
Newcastle Falcons Dean Richards Mark Wilson Macron Kingston Park 10,200 Newcastle upon Tyne
Northampton Saints Chris Boyd Lewis Ludlam Macron cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens 15,200 Northampton
Sale Sharks Alex Sanderson Jono Ross Macron AJ Bell Stadium 12,000 Salford, Greater Manchester
Saracens Mark McCall Owen Farrell Castore StoneX Stadium[lower-alpha 3] 8,500[lower-alpha 4] Hendon,
Greater London
Wasps Lee Blackett Joe Launchbury Hummel Coventry Building Society Arena 32,609 Coventry
Worcester Warriors Alan Solomons Ted Hill O'Neills Sixways Stadium 11,499 Worcester

    Table
    2021–22 Premiership Rugby Table
    Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Tries for Tries against Try bonus Losing bonus Points
    1Leicester Tigers8800263136+12731155037
    2Saracens8611290147+14333184131
    3Harlequins8503233185+4835215328
    4Northampton Saints8503237206+3129244125
    5Exeter Chiefs9504211180+3128212224
    6Gloucester8413212216–424273223
    7London Irish9234239255–1634325221
    8Newcastle Falcons8413153162–919191120
    9Wasps8305198207–923282317
    10Sale Sharks9315195207–1224242117
    11Bristol Bears8305163229–6619292014
    12Worcester Warriors9216162311–14921453114
    13Bath8008142257–1151532044
    Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places and earns a berth in the 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup.
    Blue background (rows 5 to 8) indicates teams outside the play-off places, that earns a berth in the 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup based on their position in the table.
    Yellow background (rows 9 to 12) indicates teams that earn a place in the 2022–23 European Rugby Challenge Cup.
    Plain background (row 13) will not be relegated but will not earn a place in the Challenge Cup.


    (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists.
    Starting table — source: Premiership Rugby

    Games cancelled due to COVID-19 will be recorded as 0–0 but a win and 4 points will be awarded if a club was able to field a team and a loss and 2 points if they were not.

    Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

    Fixtures

    Fixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 13 July 2021. The league season begins on 17 September 2021 and is due to end on 18 June 2022.[6] Each team receives two bye weeks. Highlights of the season include:

    All fixtures are subject to change.

    Round 1
    17 September 2021
    19:45
    Bristol Bears 9 – 26 Saracens
    Pen: Sheedy (3/4) 5', 15', 18'
    		 Report Try: Lewington 70' m
    Pen: Lozowski (7/8) 11', 33', 40', 45', 47', 59', 65'
    Ashton Gate
    Attendance: 19,003
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    18 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Leicester Tigers 34 – 19 Exeter Chiefs
    Try: Steward 12' m
    Potter 23' m
    Scott 37' c
    Dolly (2) 60' c, 68' c
    Con: Ford (3/5) 38', 61', 69'
    Pen: Ford (1/2) 3'
    		 Report Try: Armand 16' m
    Penalty try 55'
    Hidalgo-Clyne 80+1' c
    Con: H. Skinner (1/1) 80+1'
    Mattioli Woods Welford Road
    Attendance: 17,333
    Referee: Ian Tempest
    18 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Northampton Saints 34 – 20 Gloucester
    Try: Furbank 8' c
    Grayson 44' c
    Auterac 47' c
    Wood 74' m
    Con: Grayson (3/4) 9', 45', 48'
    Pen: Grayson (2/2) 6', 58'
    		 Report Try: Thorley 26' m
    Reid 55' c
    May 68' m
    Con: Evans (1/2) 56'
    Pen: Evans (1/1) 42'
    18 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Worcester Warriors 36 – 24 London Irish (1 BP)
    Try: Lewis 17' c
    Heinz 38' m
    Nanai 40+1' c
    Kvesic 52' c
    Humphreys 70' c
    Con: Williams (4/5) 17', 40+2', 52', 71'
    Pen: Williams (1/1) 64'
    		 Report Try: Hassell-Collins 7' m
    Tuisue 46' m
    Hoskins (2) 65' c, 74' c
    Con: Jackson (2/4) 66', 75'
    Sixways
    Attendance: 5,163
    Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
    18 September 2021
    17:00
    Sale Sharks 20 – 19 Bath (1 BP)
    Try: Yarde 30' c
    McGuigan 35' c
    Con: R. du Preez (2/2) 31', 36'
    Pen: R. du Preez (1/3) 24'
    Wilkinson (1/1) 79'
    		 Report Try: Schoeman 53' c
    Con: Bailey (1/1) 54'
    Pen: Cipriani (2/3) 39', 44'
    Bailey (2/3) 68', 75'
    AJ Bell Stadium
    Attendance: 7,500
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    19 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Newcastle Falcons 20 – 26 Harlequins (1 BP)
    Try: Radwan 23' m
    Stephens 28' c
    Schreuder 54' m
    Con: Connon (1/3) 29'
    Pen: Haydon-Wood (1/1) 80+1'
    		 Report Try: Lynagh (2) 12' m, 44' m
    Marchant 21' c
    Care 59' c
    Con: Allan (2/4) 22', 60'
    Kingston Park
    Attendance: 6,114
    Referee: Tom Foley
    Bye/s: Wasps

    Round 2
    24 September 2021
    19:45
    (2 BP) Gloucester 26 – 33 Leicester Tigers (1 BP)
    Try: Balmain 17' c
    Ackermann 34' m
    Atkinson 57' c
    Clement 72' c
    Con: Evans (2/3) 18', 57'
    Hastings (1/1) 73'
    		 Report Try: Wells 12' c
    Genge 27' m
    Potter 53' c
    Dolly 67' m
    Con: Ford (2/4) 14', 54'
    Pen: Ford (3/5) 4', 7', 63'
    Kingsholm
    Attendance: 11,640
    Referee: Tom Foley
    25 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Bath 13 – 20 Newcastle Falcons
    Try: Ojomoh 70' c
    Con: Bailey (1/1) 72'
    Pen: Bailey (2/3) 28', 80+1'
    		 Report Try: Radwan 11' m
    Stephens 34' m
    McGuigan 40' c
    Con: Haydon-Wood (1/3) 40+1'
    Pen: Haydon-Wood (1/2) 16'
    Recreation Ground
    Attendance: 12,569
    Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
    25 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Exeter Chiefs 24 – 26 Northampton Saints
    Try: Armand 5' c
    J. Maunder 7' c
    Tuima 39' c
    Con: J. Simmonds (3/3) 6', 8', 40'
    Pen: J. Simmonds (1/2) 58'
    		 Report Try: Mitchell 13' c
    Proctor 21' c
    Con: Grayson (2/2) 14', 22'
    Pen: Grayson (2/2) 33', 65'
    Furbank (2/2) 71', 80'
    Sandy Park
    Attendance: 9,843
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    25 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Harlequins 35 – 29 Worcester Warriors (2 BP)
    Try: Lynagh 17' c
    Dombrandt 30' c
    Murley 40+1' c
    Marchant 54' c
    Lamb 74' c
    Con: Allan (5/5) 17', 31', 40+2', 55', 75'
    		 Report Try: Lawrence 43' c
    Heinz 59' c
    Chudley 64' c
    Thomas 80+1' m
    Con: Williams (3/3) 44', 60', 64'
    Pen: Williams (1/2) 3'
    Twickenham Stoop
    Attendance: 1 4,290
    Referee: Sara Cox
    25 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Wasps 44 – 8 Bristol Bears
    Try: Crossdale (2) 13' m, 36' m
    Shields 44' c
    Frost 60' c
    T. Willis 78' c
    Kibirige 80+1' c
    Con: Gopperth (4/4) 46', 60', 80', 80+2'
    Pen: Umaga (2/3) 20', 31'
    		 Report Try: Lahiff 28' m
    Pen: Sheedy (1/1) 3'
    26 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) London Irish 31 – 31 Sale Sharks (1 BP)
    Try: White 17' c
    Creevy 33' c
    Parton (2) 47' m, 67' m
    Rona 77' c
    Con: Jackson (3/5) 18', 34', 78'
    		 Report Try: MacGinty 2' c
    Yarde 15' c
    S. James 21' c
    Cliff 37' c
    Con: MacGinty (4/4) 3', 15', 23', 38'
    Pen: MacGinty (1/1) 30'
    Brentford Community Stadium
    Attendance: 6,720
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    Bye/s: Saracens

    Round 3
    1 October 2021
    19:45
    Bristol Bears 25 – 20 Bath (1 BP)
    Try: Luatua 31' m
    Penalty try 57'
    Kerr 67' c
    Con: Sheedy (1/2) 68'
    Pen: Sheedy (2/2) 8', 47'
    		 Report Try: Muir (2) 17' c, 52' m
    Rokoduguni 40+2' m
    Con: Bailey (1/3) 19'
    Pen: Bailey (1/1) 29'
    Ashton Gate
    Attendance: 23,438
    Referee: Ian Tempest
    2 October 2021
    14:00
    Northampton Saints 23 – 21 London Irish
    Try: Collins 9' c
    Proctor 16' c
    Con: Biggar (2/2) 10', 17'
    Pen: Biggar (3/3) 3', 59', 74'
    		 Report Try: Creevy 38' c
    Penalty try 46'
    Parton 64' c
    Con: Jackson (2/2) 38', 65'
    cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
    Attendance: 9,222
    Referee: Tom Foley
    2 October 2021
    15:00
    Leicester Tigers 13 – 12 Saracens (1 BP)
    Try: Penalty try 80+4'
    Pen: Ford (2/2) 40+2', 75'
    		 Report Pen: Farrell (4/5) 9', 11', 33', 49'
    Mattioli Woods Welford Road
    Attendance: 17,500
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    2 October 2021
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons 18 – 14 Wasps (1 BP)
    Try: Fearns 4' m
    Chick 80' c
    Con: Connon (1/1)
    		 Report Try: Cruse 50' c
    T. Willis 75' c
    Con: Umaga (2/2) 50', 75'
    Kingston Park
    Attendance: 5,337
    Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
    2 October 2021
    15:00
    Worcester Warriors 23 – 31 Gloucester
    Try: Hatherell 72' c
    Vailanu 80+2' c
    Con: Searle (2/2) 73', 80+3'
    Pen: Williams (2/3) 31', 42'
    Searle (1/1) 52'
    		 Report Try: Morgan 59' c
    Woodward 66' c
    Harris 76' m
    Con: Hastings (2/3) 60', 67'
    Pen: Hastings (4/4) 9', 18', 32', 40+1'
    Sixways
    Attendance: 7,609
    Referee: Andrew Jackson
    3 October 2021
    15:00
    Sale Sharks 15 – 25 Exeter Chiefs
    Try: Harrison 4' c
    Ashman 71' m
    Con: R. du Preez (1/2) 6'
    Pen: R. du Preez (1/2) 11'
    		 Report Try: Slade (2) 40' c, 55' m
    Witty 57' c
    Con: Slade (2/3) 40+2', 59'
    Pen: Slade (3/3) 21', 43'
    AJ Bell Stadium
    Attendance: 5,034
    Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
    Bye/s: Harlequins

    Round 4
    8 October 2021
    19:45
    (1 BP) Harlequins 52 – 24 Bristol Bears
    Try: Lynagh (2) 28' c, 48' c
    Esterhuizen 51' m
    Northmore 56' c
    Collier 58' c
    Green 63' m
    Smith 72' c
    Dombrandt 77' c
    Con: Smith (6/8) 30', 48', 56', 59', 73', 78'
    		 Report Try: Joyce 14' c
    Purdy 19' c
    Piutau 26' c
    Con: Sheedy (3/3) 15', 20', 26'
    Pen: Sheedy (1/1) 40+2'
    Twickenham Stoop
    Attendance: 14,475
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Exeter Chiefs 42 – 5 Worcester Warriors
    Try: Ewers 22' c
    S. Simmonds (2) 33' c, 48' c
    Cordero (2) 40+4' c, 43' c
    J. Simmonds 74' c
    Con: Slade (5/5) 23', 34', 40+5', 46', 50'
    J. Simmonds (1/1) 75'
    		 Report Try: Clegg 78' m
    Sandy Park
    Attendance: 12,627
    Referee: Tom Foley
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Gloucester 33 – 32 Sale Sharks (2 BP)
    Try: Morgan 12' m
    Singleton 18' c
    Rees-Zammit (2) 35' m, 63' c
    Con: Hastings (2/4) 19', 64'
    Pen: Hastings (2/2) 8', 47'
    		 Report Try: Quirke 32' c
    Reed 50' m
    D. du Preez 75' c
    Warr 80' m
    Taylor 80+4' m
    Con: Wilkinson (1/2) 33'
    Curtis (1/3) 76'
    Pen: Wilkinson (1/1) 40+2'
    Kingsholm
    Attendance: 13,500
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) London Irish 16 – 21 Leicester Tigers
    Try: Creevy 55' c
    Con: Jackson (1/1) 56'
    Pen: Jackson (3/3) 27', 37', 46'
    		 Report Try: Dolly 19' m
    Liebenberg 49' c
    Con: Ford (1/2) 51'
    Pen: Ford (3/4) 63', 72', 78'
    Brentford Community Stadium
    Attendance: 7,878
    Referee: Adam Leal
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Saracens 37 – 23 Newcastle Falcons
    Try: Penalty try 37'
    George 48' c
    Mak. Vunipola 53' c
    B. Vunipola 80+3' c
    Con: Farrell (3/3) 49', 54', 80+4'
    Pen: Farrell (3/3) 14', 59', 77'
    		 Report Try: Brown 16' c
    Stevenson 21' c
    Con: Connon (2/2) 17', 22'
    Pen: Connon (3/3) 31', 69', 79'
    StoneX Stadium
    Attendance: 8,020
    Referee: Ian Tempest
    10 October 2021
    15:00
    Wasps 26 – 20 Northampton Saints (1 BP)
    Try: Kibirige 18' c
    Robson 59' c
    Con: Umaga (2/2) 19', 59'
    Pen: Umaga (2/5) 34', 51'
    Gopperth (2/3) 69', 72'
    		 Report Try: Matavesi 13' c
    Ludlam 63' m
    Fish 80+2' m
    Con: Biggar (1/2) 14'
    Pen: Biggar (1/1) 27'
    Coventry Building Society Arena
    Attendance: 11,423
    Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
    Bye/s: Bath

    Round 5
    15 October 2021
    19:45
    Sale Sharks 28 – 22 Harlequins (1 BP)
    Try: Quirke (2) 14' c, 79' m
    Ross 40+1' c
    Con: Wilkinson (2/2) 15', 40+2'
    Pen: Wilkinson (2/5) 23', 49'
    Curtis (1/1) 76'
    		 Report Try: Care 18' c
    Green 36' c
    Northmore 41' m
    Con: Smith (2/3) 19', 34'
    Pen: Smith (1/1) 64'
    AJ Bell Stadium
    Attendance: 8,214
    Referee: Tom Foley
    16 October 2021
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons 13 – 5 Bristol Bears
    Try: Chick 39' c
    Con: Connon (1/1) 40+1'
    Pen: Connon (2/3) 70', 75'
    		 Report Try: Leiua 55' m
    Kingston Park
    Attendance: 6,746
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    16 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Wasps 23 – 27 Exeter Chiefs (1 BP)
    Try: Frost 34' c
    Young 40' c
    Con: Gopperth (2/2) 35', 40+1'
    Pen: Gopperth (3/3) 5', 19', 59'
    		 Report Try: Slade 21' m
    Cordero 25' c
    S. Simmonds 61' c
    J. Hill 68' m
    Con: Slade (2/4) 27', 62'
    Pen: Slade (1/1) 9'
    16 October 2021
    15:00
    Worcester Warriors 3 – 48 Leicester Tigers (1 BP)
    Pen: Searle (1/1) 17'
    		 Report Try: Potter 12' c
    Moroni 27' m
    Montoya 33' c
    Wigglesworth 57' c
    Dolly 69' m
    Nadolo 72' c
    Burns 75' c
    Con: Ford (3/4) 13', 34', 58'
    Burns (2/3) 74', 77'
    Pen: Ford (1/1) 6'
    Sixways
    Attendance: 7,633
    Referee: Luke Pearce
    17 October 2021
    15:00
    Bath 17 – 71 Saracens (1 BP)
    Try: de Glanville 42' c
    Ellis 75' m
    Muir 77' m
    Con: Cipriani (1/1) 43'
    		 Report Try: Itoje 6' c
    Malins (3) 16' c, 29' c, 58' c
    George (2) 28' c, 40+3' c
    Earl 38' c
    Mawi 55' c
    Segun 67' m
    Morris 71' c
    Con: Farrell (8/8) 7', 17', 28', 31', 39', 40+4', 56', 60'
    Goode (1/2) 72'
    Pen: Farrell (1/1) 3'
    Recreation Ground
    Attendance: 14,509
    Referee: Jack Makepeace
    17 October 2021
    15:00
    London Irish 25 – 25 Gloucester
    Try: Creevy 12' c
    Curtis-Harris 19' c
    Rogerson 67' m
    Con: Jackson (2/3) 13', 20'
    Pen: Jackson (2/2) 42', 52'
    		 Report Try: Morgan (2) 48' m, 55' c
    Rees-Zammit 59' c
    Con: Hastings (2/3) 56', 60'
    Pen: Hastings (2/2) 22', 24'
    Brentford Community Stadium
    Attendance: 6,849
    Referee: Karl Dickson
    Bye/s: Northampton Saints

    Round 6
    22 October 2021
    19:45
    (1 BP) Northampton Saints 66 – 10 Worcester Warriors
    Try: Biggar 9' m
    Mitchell (2) 15' c, 76' c
    Ratuniyarawa 22' c
    Skosan (3) 28' c, 45' c, 58' c
    Hutchinson 30' c
    Freeman (2) 52' m, 80' c
    Con: Biggar (7/8) 16', 23', 29', 31', 46', 77', 80+1'
    Francis (1/1) 59'
    		 Report Try: Chudley 10' c
    Con: Smith (1/1) 12'
    Pen: Smith (1/1) 19'
    cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
    Attendance: 13,028
    Referee: Ian Tempest
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    Exeter Chiefs 21 – 33 London Irish (1 BP)
    Try: Witty 23' c
    Hogg 26' c
    Nowell 68' c
    Con: J. Simmonds (3/3) 24', 27', 69'
    		 Report Try: Creevy 4' c
    Rona 10' c
    Janse van Rensburg 47' m
    Loader 60' c
    Hassell-Collins 64' c
    Con: Jackson (4/5) 5', 11', 61', 65'
    Sandy Park
    Attendance: 10,358
    Referee: Hamish Smales
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    Gloucester 29 – 20 Newcastle Falcons
    Try: Rapava-Ruskin 34' c
    May 78' c
    Con: Evans (2/2) 35', 79'
    Pen: Evans (5/5) 9', 20', 46', 72', 73'
    		 Report Try: Stevenson 49' c
    Nordli-Kelemeti 80+3' c
    Con: Hodgson (2/2) 49', 80+4'
    Pen: Hodgson (2/2) 55', 61'
    Kingsholm
    Attendance: 10,429
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Harlequins 31 – 17 Bath
    Try: Esterhuizen (2) 4' c, 16' m
    Smith 48 'c
    Marchant (2) 74' c, 79' m
    Con: Smith (3/5) 5', 49', 75'
    		 Report Try: Underhill 26' c
    Stuart 32' c
    Con: Bailey (2/2) 27', 32'
    Pen: Bailey (1/1) 8'
    Twickenham Stoop
    Attendance: 14,850
    Referee: Luke Pearce
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    Leicester Tigers 19 – 11 Sale Sharks
    Try: Liebenberg 50' c
    Con: Ford (1/1) 52'
    Pen: Ford (4/5) 32', 39', 57', 78'
    		 Report Try: Langdon 80+2' m
    Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 37', 54'
    Mattioli Woods Welford Road
    Attendance: 19,096
    Referee: Karl Dickson
    24 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Saracens 56 – 15 Wasps
    Try: George 13' c
    Malins (4) 21' c, 43' m, 61' m, 64' m
    B. Vunipola 39' c
    Lozowski 70' c
    Earl 80+3' c
    Con: Farrell (5/8) 14', 22', 40', 71', 80+3'
    Pen: Farrell (2/2) 5', 11'
    		 Report Try: Gopperth 54' m
    Kibirige 56' c
    Con: Gopperth (1/2) 57'
    Pen: Gopperth (1/1) 18'
    StoneX Stadium
    Attendance: 8,200
    Referee: Matthew Carley
    Bye/s: Bristol Bears

    Round 7
    29 October 2021
    19:45
    (1 BP) Gloucester 13 – 16 Exeter Chiefs
    Try: Singleton 15' c
    Con: Hastings (1/1) 16'
    Pen: Hastings (2/2) 25', 28'
    		 Report Try: Hepburn 51' m
    Witty 67' m
    Pen: H. Skinner (2/4) 2', 7'
    Kingsholm
    Attendance: 13,042
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    Bath 17 – 27 Wasps
    Try: de Glanville 28' c
    Rokoduguni 75' c
    Con: Bailey (1/1) 30'
    Cipriani (1/1) 75'
    Pen: Bailey (1/1) 20'
    		 Report Try: Fifita 8' c
    Oghre 48' c
    Shields 68' c
    Con: Gopperth (1/1) 10'
    Umaga (2/2) 49', 69'
    Pen: Gopperth (2/2) 26', 34'
    Recreation Ground
    Attendance: 13,636
    Referee: Ian Tempest
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) London Irish 33 – 45 Bristol Bears (1 BP)
    Try: Stokes 21' m
    Willemse 39' c
    Rogerson 42' c
    Hepetema 69' c
    Rowe 78' c
    Con: Jackson (4/5) 40', 42', 70', 79'
    		 Report Try: Heenan 10' m
    Fricker 15' c
    Bates 17' c
    O'Conor 48' c
    Thacker 57' c
    Con: Sheedy (4/5) 16', 18', 49', 57'
    Pen: Sheedy (4/4) 63', 66', 73', 80+2'
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Northampton Saints 26 – 55 Leicester Tigers (1 BP)
    Try: Skosan (2) 40+1' m, 78' c
    Mitchell 45' c
    Waller 57' c
    Con: Grayson (3/3) 45', 58', 79'
    		 Report Try: Nadolo (2) 12' m, 22' m
    van Wyk 20' c
    Montoya 34' c
    van Poortvliet (2) 66' c, 80' c
    Murimurivalu 71' m
    Con: Ford (4/7) 20', 34', 68', 80+1'
    Pen: Ford (3/3) 3', 61', 64'
    Drop: Ford (1/1) 55'
    cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
    Attendance: 15,153
    Referee: Tom Foley
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Worcester Warriors 27 – 14 Sale Sharks
    Try: Shillcock 7' c, 68' m
    van der Merwe (2) 9' c, 56' m
    Con: Smith (2/4) 7', 11'
    Pen: Smith (1/1) 28'
    		 Report Try: Warr 20' c
    Langdon 63' c
    Con: R. du Preez (1/1) 21'
    MacGinty (1/1) 64'
    Sixways
    Attendance: 6,182
    Referee: Luke Pearce
    31 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Harlequins 22 – 29 Saracens
    Try: Tizard 3' m
    Murley 15' c
    Green 34' c
    Con: Allan (1/2) 16'
    Edwards (1/1) 35'
    Drop: Care (1/1) 56'
    		 Report Try: Morris 42' c
    Wray 77' c
    Con: Lozowski (2/2) 43', 78'
    Pen: Lozowski (5/5) 5', 13', 29', 66', 71'
    Twickenham Stoop
    Attendance: 12,173
    Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
    Bye/s: Newcastle Falcons

    Round 8
    5 November 2021
    19:45
    (1 BP) Leicester Tigers 40 – 23 Bath
    Try: Dolly 11' c
    Scott 27' c
    Ford 57' c
    Cowan-Dickie 80+1' c
    Con: Ford (4/4) 12', 28', 59', 80+2'
    Pen: Ford (4/4) 4', 25', 42', 75'
    		 Report Try: Clark 7' c
    McNally 52' c
    Con: Cipriani (2/2) 8', 53'
    Pen: Cipriani (3/3) 22', 30', 63'
    6 November 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Bristol Bears 27 – 5 Worcester Warriors
    Try: Fricker (2) 36' m, 73' c
    Jeffries 39' m
    Whiteley 50' c
    Con: Sheedy (2/4) 51', 75'
    Pen: Sheedy (1/1) 4'
    		 Report Try: Heward 49' m
    Ashton Gate
    Attendance: 15,873
    Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
    6 November 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Saracens 34 – 34 London Irish (1 BP)
    Try: Woolstencroft 5' m
    Segun (2) 29' m, 46' c
    Earl 49' c
    Mak. Vunipola 61' c
    Con: Lozowski (3/5) 47', 50', 62'
    Pen: Lozowski (1/1) 19'
    		 Report Try: Rowe (3) 54' m, 63' c, 80+6' c
    Phipps 68' c
    Rogerson 73' m
    Con: Jennings (3/5) 64', 69', 80+7'
    Pen: Jackson (1/1) 15'
    StoneX Stadium
    Attendance: 7,200
    Referee: Ian Tempest
    6 November 2021
    17:00
    Sale Sharks 30 – 6 Northampton Saints
    Try: van der Merwe 10' c
    Yarde 42' c
    Ross 80+2' c
    Con: MacGinty (3/3) 12', 43', 80+4'
    Pen: MacGinty (3/3) 30', 34', 66'
    		 Report Pen: Grayson (2/4) 8', 40+1'
    AJ Bell Stadium
    Attendance: 3,697
    Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
    6 November 2021
    17:30
    (1 BP) Exeter Chiefs 14 – 15 Newcastle Falcons
    Try: J. Simmonds 40+1' c
    Armand 50' c
    Con: J. Simmonds (2/2) 40+2', 52'
    		 Report Try: McGuigan 9' c
    Stevenson 57' m
    Con: Hodgson (1/2) 10'
    Pen: Connon (1/1) 73'
    Sandy Park
    Attendance: 9,376
    Referee: Andrew Jackson
    7 November 2021
    16:30
    Wasps 16 – 26 Harlequins (1 BP)
    Try: Oghre 11' c
    Con: Umaga (1/1) 13'
    Pen: Umaga (3/3) 7', 27', 37'
    		 Report Try: Green 42' m
    Northmore (2) 62' c, 80' c
    Steele 49' c
    Con: Esterhuizen (3/4) 62', 71', 80+1'
    Bye/s: Gloucester

    Round 9
    26 November 2021
    19:45
    (1 BP) Bath 16 – 23 Exeter Chiefs
    Try: Reid 20' c
    Con: Bailey (1/1) 22'
    Pen: Bailey (3/3) 3', 48', 65'
    		 Report Try: Iosefa-Scott 43' c
    S. Simmonds 77' c
    Con: Slade (1/1) 44'
    J. Simmonds (1/1) 78'
    Pen: Slade (2/4) 9', 29'
    J. Simmonds (1/1) 80+1'
    Recreation Ground
    Attendance: 14,461
    Referee: Matthew Carley
    26 November 2021
    19:45
    Bristol Bears 20 – 36 Northampton Saints (1 BP)
    Try: Kerr 4' c
    Leiua 42' c
    Con: Sheedy (2/2) 5', 43'
    Pen: Sheedy (2/2) 21', 31'
    		 Report Try: Hill 33' c
    Freeman (2) 36' c, 60' m
    Furbank 63' m
    Con: Biggar (2/4) 34', 37'
    Pen: Biggar (4/4) 7', 18', 54', 75'
    Ashton Gate
    Attendance: 18,124
    Referee: Karl Dickson
    26 November 2021
    19:45
    (2 BP) Wasps 33 – 35 Gloucester (1 BP)
    Try: Young 23' m
    Oghre 40' c
    Barbeary 56' c
    Umaga (2) 74' c, 78' c
    Con: Umaga (4/5) 40+1', 57', 75', 78'
    		 Report Try: May 11' c
    Twelvetrees (2) 28' c, 50' c
    Clement 66' m
    Con: Hastings (3/4) 12', 28', 51'
    Pen: Hastings (3/3) 16', 21', 37'
    27 November 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Harlequins 19 – 22 London Irish
    Try: Beard (2) 22' c, 67' m
    Northmore 36' c
    Con: Allan (2/2) 24', 37'
    		 Report Try: Creevy 29' c
    Simmons 52' m
    White 58' c
    Con: Jackson (2/3) 30', 59'
    Pen: Jackson (1/1) 5'
    Twickenham Stoop
    Attendance: 14,700
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    27 November 2021
    18:00
    (1 BP) Newcastle Falcons 24 – 24 Worcester Warriors
    Try: McGuigan (2) 20' m, 53' m
    Radwan 25' c
    Cooper 73' c
    Con: Hodgson (2/4) 26', 74'
    		 Report Try: Beck 40' c
    Hatherell 48' c
    Searle 75' c
    Con: Smith (3/3) 40+1', 49', 77'
    Pen: Smith (1/1) 15'
    Kingston Park
    Attendance: 3,376
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    28 November 2021
    15:00
    Saracens 25 – 14 Sale Sharks
    Try: Koch 18' c
    Maitland 50' m
    Malins 72' c
    Con: Lozowski (2/3) 19', 73'
    Pen: Lozowski (2/2) 4', 40+1'
    		 Report Try: B. Curry 63' c
    Quirke 74' c
    Con: MacGinty (2/2) 63', 75'
    StoneX Stadium
    Attendance: 8,200
    Referee: Tom Foley
    Bye/s: Leicester Tigers

    Round 10
    3 December 2021
    19:45
    (1 BP) Gloucester 27 – 10 Bristol Bears
    Try: Singleton 38' m
    Harris 56' c
    Penalty try 66'
    Chapman 79' m
    Con: Hastings (1/3) 57'
    Pen: Hastings (1/1) 6'
    		 Report Try: Purdy 44' c
    Con: Sheedy (1/1) 45'
    Pen: Sheedy (1/3) 11'
    Kingsholm
    Attendance: 13,170
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    4 December 2021
    15:00
    Exeter Chiefs 18 – 15 Saracens (1 BP)
    Try: O'Flaherty 39' m
    Cowan-Dickie 57' c
    Con: J. Simmonds (1/2) 58'
    Pen: J. Simmonds (2/3) 25', 64'
    		 Report Pen: Lozowski (5/5) 5', 29', 49', 68', 71'
    Sandy Park
    Attendance: 13,062
    Referee: Luke Pearce
    4 December 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) London Irish 43 – 21 Newcastle Falcons
    Try: Rowe 7' c
    Hassell-Collins (3) 10' c, 29' c, 52' m
    Mafi 33' c
    Creevy 65' c
    Con: Jackson (5/6) 8', 11', 30', 33', 66'
    Pen: Jackson (1/1) 45'
    		 Report Try: Robinson 25' c
    Chick 37' c
    Radwan 79' c
    Con: Haydon-Wood (2/2) 26', 39'
    Connon (1/1) 80'
    Brentford Community Stadium
    Attendance: 6,808
    Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
    4 December 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Northampton Saints 40 – 19 Bath
    Try: Hutchinson 2' c
    Freeman 12' c
    Augustus (2) 24' c, 35' c
    Skosan (2) 51' m, 69' c
    Con: Biggar (4/5) 2', 13', 25', 36'
    Furbank (1/1) 70'
    		 Report Try: Underhill 17' m
    Boyce 40' c
    Stuart 49' c
    Con: de Glanville (2/2) 41', 49'
    4 December 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Worcester Warriors 32 – 31 Wasps (2 BP)
    Try: Simpson 4' c
    van der Merwe 22' c
    Hill 38' m
    Chudley 43' c
    Con: Smith (3/4) 6', 23', 44'
    Pen: Smith (2/2) 20', 31'
    		 Report Try: Fifita 17' c
    Frost (2) 26' c, 52' m
    Wolstenholme 65' c
    T. Willis 77' m
    Con: Gopperth (3/5) 17', 27', 66'
    Sixways
    Attendance: 6,910
    Referee: Tom Foley
    5 December 2021
    15:00
    Leicester Tigers 16 – 14 Harlequins (1 BP)
    Try: Potter 43' c
    Con: Ford (1/1) 44'
    Pen: Ford (3/4) 8', 25', 34'
    		 Report Try: Lynagh 63' m
    Pen: Smith (3/3) 13', 18', 56'
    Mattioli Woods Welford Road
    Attendance: 24,202
    Referee: Ian Tempest
    Bye/s: Sale Sharks

    Round 11
    26 December 2021
    14:00
    Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers
    26 December 2021
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks
    26 December 2021
    15:00
    Saracens v Worcester Warriors
    26 December 2021
    15:00
    Wasps v London Irish
    26 December 2021
    16:30
    Bath v Gloucester
    27 December 2021
    17:00
    Harlequins v Northampton Saints
    Bye/s: Exeter Chiefs

    Round 12
    1 January 2022
    14:00
    Sale Sharks v Wasps
    1 January 2022
    16:30
    Exeter Chiefs v Bristol Bears
    2 January 2022
    15:00
    Gloucester v Harlequins
    2 January 2021
    15:00
    Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons
    2 January 2021
    15:00
    Northampton Saints v Saracens
    3 January 2021
    15:00
    London Irish v Bath
    Bye/s: Worcester Warriors

    Round 13
    7 January 2022
    19:45
    Bristol Bears v Sale Sharks
    8 January 2022
    15:00
    Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs
    8 January 2022
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons v Northampton Saints
    8 January 2022
    15:00
    Saracens v Gloucester
    9 January 2022
    15:00
    Bath v Worcester Warriors
    9 January 2022
    15:00
    Wasps v Leicester Tigers
    Bye/s: London Irish

    Round 14
    28 January 2022
    19:45
    Bath v Harlequins
    29 January 2022
    15:00
    London Irish v Exeter Chiefs
    29 January 2022
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons v Gloucester
    29 January 2022
    15:00
    Worcester Warriors v Northampton Saints
    30 January 2022
    15:00
    Sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers
    30 January 2022
    15:00
    Wasps v Saracens
    Bye/s: Bristol Bears

    Round 15
    4 February 2022
    19:45
    Gloucester v London Irish
    5 February 2022
    14:00
    Bristol Bears v Newcastle Falcons
    5 February 2022
    14:30
    Exeter Chiefs v Wasps
    5 February 2022
    15:00
    Leicester Tigers v Worcester Warriors
    5 February 2022
    15:00
    Saracens v Bath
    6 February 2022
    13:00
    Harlequins v Sale Sharks
    Bye/s: Northampton Saints

    Round 16
    11 February 2022
    19:45
    Bristol Bears v London Irish
    11 February 2022
    19:45
    Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints
    12 February 2022
    15:00
    Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester
    12 February 2022
    15:00
    Sale Sharks v Worcester Warriors
    12 February 2022
    15:00
    Wasps v Bath
    13 February 2022
    13:00
    Saracens v Harlequins
    Bye/s: Newcastle Falcons

    Round 17
    18 February 2022
    19:45
    Worcester Warriors v Bristol Bears
    19 February 2022
    15:00
    Bath v Leicester Tigers
    19 February 2022
    15:00
    Harlequins v Wasps
    19 February 2022
    15:00
    London Irish v Saracens
    19 February 2022
    15:00
    Northampton Saints v Sale Sharks
    20 February 2022
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs
    Bye/s: Gloucester

    Round 18
    25 February 2022
    19:45
    Bristol Bears v Wasps
    25 February 2022
    19:45
    Sale Sharks v London Irish
    25 February 2022
    19:45
    Worcester Warriors v Harlequins
    26 February 2022
    15:00
    Leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby
    26 February 2022
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons v Bath
    27 February 2022
    13:00
    Northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs
    Bye/s: Saracens

    Round 19
    4 March 2022
    19:45
    Harlequins v Newcastle Falcons
    5 March 2022
    15:00
    Bath v Bristol Bears
    5 March 2022
    15:00
    Gloucester v Northampton Saints
    5 March 2022
    15:00
    London Irish v Worcester Warriors
    5 March 2022
    15:00
    Saracens v Leicester Tigers
    6 March 2022
    15:00
    Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks
    Bye/s: Wasps

    Round 20
    12 March 2022
    14:30
    Worcester Warriors v Exeter Chiefs
    12 March 2022
    15:00
    Leicester Tigers v London Irish
    12 March 2022
    15:00
    Newcastle Falcons v Saracens
    12 March 2022
    15:00
    Sale Sharks v Gloucester
    13 March 2022
    15:00
    Bristol Bears v Harlequins
    13 March 2022
    15:00
    Northampton Saints v Wasps
    Bye/s: Bath

    Leading scorers

    Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

    Season attendances

    By club
    • Attendances do not include the final at Twickenham.
    Club Home
    Games    		 Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
    Bath000000
    Bristol Bears000000
    Exeter Chiefs000000
    Gloucester000000
    Harlequins000000
    Leicester Tigers596,93419,38724,20217,33375%
    London Irish000000
    Newcastle Falcons000000
    Northampton Saints000000
    Sale Sharks000000
    Saracens000000
    Wasps000000
    Worcester Warriors653,1588,86011,4997,74077%

    Highest attendances
    DateGameStadiumAttendance

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    Notes
    1. Director of Rugby Performance
    2. Harlequins would also play one home game at Twickenham Stadium on 27 December 2021.
    3. Saracens would also play one home game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 26 March 2022.
    4. StoneX Stadium capacity currently reduced due to redevelopment.

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