Despite the new season still being months away Gallagher Premiership club's have returned for pre-season in the last couple of weeks with social media channels being flooded with the hard work going on.
With anticipation growing ahead of the new campaign, Premiership Rugby have confirmed that the fixtures for the 2023/24 Gallagher Premiership will be released on Tuesday, July 18, although the exact timing has not been released yet. With just 10 teams in the Premiership next season following the demise of London Irish, Wasps and Worcester last season due to financial struggles off the pitch, Premiership Rugby are expected to try and avoid limiting the number of clashes with international matches, especially during the Six Nations, to ensure the best players are running out for their clubs as often as possible to provide fans with the best possible product.
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As has become customary, the exact dates of the games subject to TV selections by TNT Sport, who have taken over BT Sport, will be announced a couple of weeks later with tickets going on sale on August 1.
However, before the league kicks off there will be five consecutive weekends of Premiership Rugby Cup action with Championship clubs added to the pools this season for the first time.
The competition will kick off on the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup on September 8, 2023.
The semi-finals will be held over the weekend of 9-11 February and the final over the weekend of 15-17 March.
The 24 teams will be split into four pools of six - based on league standings at the end of the 2022/23 season.
This season's European competitions, the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, will kick off on the weekend of December 8/9/10.
