2023–24 Premier 15s

The 2023–24 Premier 15s is the 7th season of the Premier 15s, the highest tier of English domestic women's rugby union competition (the 25th season including editions of the previous Women's Premiership), and the 4th to be sponsored by Allianz.

2023–24 Premier 15s
Countries England
Official website
www.premier15s.com

Teams

In December 2022, the RFU and Women’s Premier 15 Ltd (WP15) confirmed that 8 clubs had been offered a place in the 2023-24 season. Four clubs from the 2022-23 season were omitted, these being DMP Sharks, Sale Sharks Women, University of Worcester Warriors and Wasps Women. The two new clubs named were Ealing Trailfinders Women and Leicester Tigers Women.[1] In February 2023, the RFU comfirmed that both Sale Sharks Women and Worcester Warriors Women had been issued with a conditional offer to join the league for the 2023/24 season.[2]

Club Director of Rugby/
Head Coach		 Captain(s) Stadium(s) Capacity Location
Bristol Bears Women England Dave Ward Shaftesbury Park 200 Bristol
Ashton Gate 27,000 Bristol
Ealing Trailfinders Women England Giselle Mather Trailfinders Sports Ground 4,000 West Ealing, London
Exeter Chiefs Women England Susie Appleby Sandy Park 13,593 Exeter, Devon
Gloucester-Hartpury Women Ireland Sean Lynn ALPAS Arena 600 Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Kingsholm Stadium 16,115 Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins Women England Amy Turner Twickenham Stoop 14,800 Twickenham, Greater London
Surrey Sports Park Guildford, Surrey
Leicester Tigers Women England Vickey Macqueen Mattioli Woods Welford Road 25,849 Leicester, Leicestershire
Loughborough Lightning Wales Rhys Edwards Loughborough University
Stadium		 3,330 Loughborough,
Leicestershire
Sale Sharks Women Wales Rachel Taylor CorpAcq Stadium 3,387 Sale, Greater Manchester
Saracens Women England Alex Austerberry StoneX Stadium 10,500 Hendon, Greater London
University of
Worcester Warriors		 England Joanne Yapp Sixways Stadium 11,499 Worcester, Worcestershire

Player movements
Main article: List of 2023–24 Premier 15s transfers

Table
2023–24 Premier 15s Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Tries for Tries against Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Bristol Bears Women000000000000
2Ealing Trailfinders Women000000000000
3Exeter Chiefs Women000000000000
4Gloucester-Hartpury Women000000000000
5Harlequins Women000000000000
6Leicester Tigers Women000000000000
7Loughborough Lightning000000000000
8Sale Sharks Women000000000000
9Saracens Women000000000000
10University of
Worcester Warriors		000000000000
Green background (rows 1 to 4) indicate teams in the qualification places for the end-of-season play-offs.

(CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (Q) Qualified for play-offs.
Starting table — source: England Rugby

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.

Regular season

Round 18


Allianz Cup
2023-24 Allianz Cup
Tournament details
CountriesEngland
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Tournament statistics
Final

Notes

    References
    1. "Allianz Premier 15s Update". 16 December 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
    2. "Sale Sharks and Worcester Warriors granted access to Premier 15s". 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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