Covid-19/Premiership Rugby: English championship suspended until further notice

The 2019-20 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season has been suspended until further notice with Premiership Rugby working on developing scenarios "for a number of restart dates," said the body on 08/04/2020. The English championship was initially suspended until 24/04/2020, after an announcement on 16/03/2020.

Premiership Rugby "is exploring with the RFU (Rugby Football Union) opportunities to reschedule the Gallagher Premiership Rugby Final (scheduled for 20/06/2020 at Twickenham) until later in the year, with all tickets valid for the rescheduled date; and a minimum of 2,500 new tickets to be donated to NHS and essential workers," said the body.

"Following a series of constructive meetings with stakeholders, we have agreed on our approach to restart rugby, as soon as it is safe to do so. We must recognise that when the pandemic is finally at an end; there will still be the economic challenge for many years to come. The markets and businesses that people rely upon are not immune to this virus. Many livelihoods are built on professional sport. There are many vital roles across the…