The 2026–27 Premiership Women's Rugby season, known as the 2026–27 JAECOO PWR for sponsorship reasons will be the tenth season of England's top-flight domestic women's rugby union club competition. It will be the fourth season to be branded as Premiership Women's Rugby.
The reigning champions entering the season are Saracens, who claimed their fourth league title having won the 2026 final against Trailfinders.
Teams and locations Club Director of Rugby/Head Coach Captain(s) Stadium(s) Capacity Location Bristol Bears Scott Lawson Ashton Gate 27,000 Bristol Shaftesbury Park — Exeter Chiefs Oli Bishop Sandy Park 13,593 Exeter,Devon Gloucester–Hartpury Dan Murphy Kingsholm 16,115 Gloucester,Gloucestershire Harlequins Ross Chisholm Aoife Wafer Twickenham Stoop 14,800 Twickenham,Greater London Leicester Tigers Fraser Goatcher Welford Road 25,849 Leicester,Leicestershire Loughborough Lightning Nathan Smith Daisy Hibbert-Jones Franklin's Gardens 14,249 Northampton,Northamptonshire Sale Sharks Tom Hudson Heywood Road 3,387 Sale,Greater Manchester Saracens Alex Austerberry May Campbell StoneX Stadium 10,500 Hendon,Greater London Zoe Harrison Trailfinders Barney Maddison Trailfinders Sports Ground 4,000 West Ealing,Greater London
Player movements
Head coach changes Ahead of the 2026–27 season, the following clubs announced changes to their head coach positions: Steve Salvin departed Exeter Chiefs at the end of the 2025–26 season, to become full-time forwards coach with Wales Women. Oli Bishop, who was Salvin's assistant, was named as his replacement in August 2026. Ross Bundy departed Leicester Tigers at the end of the 2025–26 season. He was later appointed as assistant coach at Exeter Chiefs.
PWR
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: Team Progression Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Bristol Bears Exeter Chiefs Gloucester–Hartpury Harlequins Leicester Tigers Loughborough Lightning Sale Sharks Saracens Trailfinders Key Win Draw Loss Bye
Regular season The season was announced on 10 March 2026. Like the previous season, the league will take a break during the 2027 Women's Six Nations Championship. The regular season fixtures were announced on 5 August 2026.
Notes: All fixtures are subject to change. Referees appointed to officiate are employed by the RFU, unless indicated otherwise.
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 will then meet in the final at a venue to be confirmed on 26 June 2027.
Semi-finals
Final
PWR Next Gen Cup
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The pre-season cup competition will also return; like the 2025 edition, the cup competition will be complete before the league starts. The competition takes its new name of JAECOO PWR Next Gen Cup following the announcement of Jaecoo as the PWR's title partner from the 2026–27 season. Fixtures were confirmed on 3 June 2026. The nine PWR teams are split into two pools, based on the 2025–26 Premiership Women's Rugby season standings. Pool A contains five teams and Pool B contains four teams. Teams in Pool B will have bye weekends in Rounds 2 and 4. A reserve weekend is in place for the weekend of 24–25 October 2026. The top two teams from each pool will advance to the semi-finals, with the Pool A winner facing the Pool B runner-up and vice versa. The final will take place on the weekend of 7–8 November 2026.
Pool A
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Pool B
Round 1
Round 3
Round 5
Play-offs Semi-finals
Final
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.
Most points
Rank Player Club Points 1 Amelia MacDougall Saracens 38 2 Rosie Inman Trailfinders 25 3 Poppy Cleall Saracens 20 Ellie Green Gloucester–Hartpury Lotte Sharp Saracens 6 Katie Childs Sale 15 Bo Westcombe-Evans Trailfinders Sophie Hopkins Sale Amanda McQuade Trailfinders Danielle Preece Exeter Holly Thorpe Sale
Most tries
Rank Player Club Tries 1 Poppy Cleall Saracens 4 Lotte Sharp Saracens 3 Katie Childs Sale 3 Bo Westcombe-Evans Trailfinders Sophie Hopkins Sale Amanda McQuade Trailfinders Danielle Preece Exeter Holly Thorpe Sale 9 15 Players tied 2
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