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Champions Gloucester-Hartpury will face Saracens in a re-run of last season’s final on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby campaign.<\/b><\/p>\n
The two teams will meet at Kingsholm on Sunday, 26 October.<\/p>\n
Gloucester-Hartpury closed out their third successive title with a 34-19 victory at the Stonex Stadium in March.<\/p>\n
Their success drew them level on PWR titles with Saracens – both teams have won the competition three times since it began eight years ago.<\/p>\n
The first round of action begins on Friday, 24 October when Harlequins host Loughborough Lightning at the Stoop.<\/p>\n
That match will be shown live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app as part of a new deal between PWR and BBC Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n With TNT Sports also showing one game from each round and the other two matches being streamed on YouTube, the forthcoming campaign will be the first from which every PWR game is broadcast live.<\/p>\n Saracens play London rivals Harlequins, who finished third in the 2024-25 table, in the second round of fixtures, before taking on Bristol Bears, who were fourth, in the third.<\/p>\n After this year’s final was brought forward to maximise England’s preparations for the Rugby World Cup, the 2025-26 showpiece returns to a more familiar slot in the calendar on Sunday, 28 July.<\/p>\n