Premiership Women's Rugby

Premiership Women's Rugby
Current season, competition or edition:
2025–26 Premiership Women's Rugby
SportRugby union
Founded2017 (2017)
First season2017–18
CEOGenevieve Shore
AdministratorRFU
No. of teams9
CountryEngland
Most recent
champion
Gloucester–Hartpury
(2024–25)
Most titlesSaracens,
Gloucester–Hartpury
(3 titles each)
BroadcasterTNT Sports
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Relegation toNo relegation
Domestic cupPWR Cup
Official websitewww.thepwr.com

Premiership Women's Rugby – commonly known as The PWR – is an annual semi-professional women's rugby union club competition at the highest level of the English rugby union system, and is run by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). It is contested by nine clubs, who play two series of round-robin matches to determine the four participants of the play-offs, which takes the form of a single-elimination tournament. It began play in the 2017–18 season, superseding the former Women's Premiership, and introducing elements of professionalism in the sport's highest level. In its first six seasons, the competition was known as the Premier 15s. Gloucester–Hartpury are the current champions, while they and Saracens have won the most league titles (3).

Premiership Women's Rugby runs concurrently with the PWR Cup, a similar annual competition contested by the same clubs, which was introduced in the 2021–22 season. Unlike the league format, teams are instead split into two pools, and only play one series of round-robin matches to determine places in the competition's play-offs. Saracens are the current champions, while they and Exeter Chiefs have won the most cups (2).