2022–23 Premiership Rugby Explained

The 2022–23 Premiership Rugby was the 36th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the fifth to be sponsored by Gallagher.^[1] The competition was broadcast by BT Sport for the tenth successive season,^[2] with six league season games and the final also simulcast free-to-air by ITV.^[3] Highlights of each weekend's games were shown on ITV with extended highlights on BT Sport. This was the final season to be aired on BT Sport before its rebrand to TNT Sports in July 2023.

The reigning champions entering the season were Leicester Tigers, who claimed their 11th league title after winning the 2022 final. No team was promoted as champions from the 2021–22 RFU Championship.^[4]

Due to changes to the global rugby calendar implemented in 2020 and to allow more time for preparation for the World Cup, the season started and finished earlier than previous seasons and took place over a slightly reduced timeframe of 38 weeks.^[5]

On 26 September 2022, due to ongoing financial difficulties, Worcester Warriors were suspended from all tournaments.^[6] On 6 October 2022, it was announced that Worcester would be relegated from the Premiership, after the club was placed into administration and all player and staff contracts were terminated – their results were subsequently deleted from the Premiership's records.^[7]

On 12 October 2022, due to ongoing financial difficulties, Wasps were suspended from all tournaments.^[8] The club then entered administration on 17 October 2022 and their players and coaching staff were made redundant.^[9] On October 28, it was confirmed that Wasps had been suspended for the remainder of the season and relegated – their results were subsequently deleted from the Premiership's records.^[10]

Rule changes

This season saw the final year of a three-year moratorium on relegation from the league to the RFU Championship.^[11]

This season was the second under the reduced salary cap regulations before changes are made before 2024–25. Further changes for this season were:

• Excluded players were reduced to one, with an exception made if a team had two excluded players contracts currently in place. If two excluded players remain contracted, both remain excluded until the first of their contracts expire.^[12]

Teams

For the second consecutive year, all of the teams from the previous season initially competed in the league.^[13] Despite winning the RFU Championship in the 2021–22 season, Ealing Trailfinders were ineligible for promotion, after failing to meet the RFU minimum standards criteria.^[14] Therefore, the league continued to have 13 teams at the start of the season.^[15]

Worcester Warriors were suspended from all competitions on 26 September 2022 and then expelled on 6 October 2022, reducing the league to 12 teams.^[6]

Wasps were suspended from all competitions on 12 October 2022 and then expelled on 28 October 2022, reducing the league further to 11 teams.^[8]

Stadiums and locations

Club	Director of Rugby/ Head Coach	Captain	Kit supplier	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
				The Recreation Ground	align=center	14,509	Bath, Somerset
Bristol Bears					align=center	27,000
Exeter Chiefs	Rob Baxter Ali Hepher		Samurai Sportswear		align=center	15,600	Exeter, Devon
			Oxen Sports		align=center	16,115	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
	Billy Millard Tabai Matson			Twickenham Stoop	align=center	14,800	Twickenham, Greater London
Leicester Tigers			Samurai Sportswear	Mattioli Woods Welford Road	align=center	25,849	Leicester, Leicestershire
London Irish	Declan Kidney Les Kiss			Gtech Community Stadium	align=center	17,250	Brentford, Greater London
Newcastle Falcons					align=center	10,200	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints	Phil Dowson Sam Vesty			cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens	align=center	15,200	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Sale Sharks	Alex Sanderson Paul Deacon			AJ Bell Stadium	align=center	12,000	Salford, Greater Manchester
	Mark McCall Joe Shaw			StoneX Stadium	align=center	10,500	Hendon, Greater London
				Coventry Building Society Arena	align=center	32,609	Coventry, West Midlands
Worcester Warriors				Sixways Stadium	align=center	11,499	Worcester, Worcestershire

Player movements

See main article: article and List of 2022–23 Premiership Rugby transfers.

Table

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	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24
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Key
Win	Draw	Loss	Bye	Expunged

Regular season

The original fixtures for the regular season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 19 July 2022.^[16] The league season began on 10 September 2022, a day later than first scheduled, after the opening night fixtures were postponed by 24 hours following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.^[17] The season concluded with the Premiership Final on 27 May 2023.^[18] Referees appointed to officiate Premiership matches are employed by the RFU, unless indicated otherwise.^[19]

The regular season was initially set to play out over 26 rounds of six matches, with each of the 13 teams playing 24 times, plus two bye weeks.^[20] However, after the removal of Worcester Warriors and Wasps from the league, several teams experienced extra bye weeks due to the cancellation of fixtures against those two clubs. In response to the disrupted schedule, Premiership Rugby announced a revised fixture list for the second half of the season on 11 November 2022.^[21]

The revised league season consisted of 24 rounds of five games each, the last of which took place on the first weekend of May. All 11 remaining teams completed a total of 20 matches, with one bye week each in the second half of the season.^[22]

Highlights of the season include:

• Slater Cup – Leicester Tigers and Gloucester contested the inaugural Slater Cup at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on 24 December 2022, and at Kingsholm on 12 March 2023.^[23]
• Big Game 14 – Harlequins hosted Exeter Chiefs in this season's edition of The Big Game at Twickenham Stadium on 4 March 2023.
• The Showdown 3 – Saracens hosted Harlequins in this season's edition of The Showdown at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 25 March 2023.
• Big Summer Kick-Off 2 – Harlequins hosted Bath in this season's edition of the Big Summer Kick-Off at Twickenham Stadium on 22 April 2023.^[24]

Round 24

Play-offs

As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premiership table, following the conclusion of the regular season, contested the play-off semi-finals on 13 and 14 May 2023, in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage.^[25] The dates and times for the two play-off semi-finals were announced on 23 April 2023, after the qualifying teams were confirmed at the end of the regular season's penultimate round.^[26] The two winners of the semi-finals met in the Premiership Final at Twickenham on 27 May 2023.^[27]

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

Source:^{[28] [29]}

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1		London Irish	205
2		Sale Sharks	174
3		Saracens	153
4		Newcastle Falcons	125
5		Northampton Saints	115
6		Exeter Chiefs	102
7		Bristol Bears		100
8		Leicester Tigers	96
9		Harlequins	93
10		Bath	87

Most tries

Source:^{[28] [30]}

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1		Harlequins	15
2			13
3			11
		Saracens
		Bristol Bears
6			10
7			9
		Leicester Tigers
		Saracens
		Sale Sharks

Note: Points or tries scored in fixtures involving Wasps or Worcester Warriors are not included, after Premiership Rugby expunged these results from record, following the expulsion of both clubs from the league.

Discipline

Citings/bans

Player	Match	Citing date	Law breached	Result
Niall Annett	Bristol vs. Bath	13 September 2022	9.27 – Acts Contrary to Good Sportsmanship (Red card)	2-match ban	[31]
Nick Schonert	Bath vs. Sale	20 September 2022	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	3-match ban	[32]
Mako Vunipola	Newcastle vs. Saracens	11 October 2022	9.20(a) – Dangerous Charging in a Ruck or Maul (Red card)	3-match ban	[33]
Jacob Umaga	Wasps vs. Northampton	11 October 2022	9.17 – Tackling a Player in the Air (Red card)	3-match ban	[34]
Ben Stevenson	Northampton vs. Newcastle	18 October 2022	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Citing)	Citing dismissed	[35]
Dave Attwood	Bath vs. Northampton	25 October 2022	9.12 – Punch/Strike (Red card)	3-match ban	[36]
Ben Donnell	Harlequins vs. London Irish	1 November 2022	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	3-match ban	[37]
Nick David	Harlequins vs. London Irish	1 November 2022	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	3-match ban	[38]
Francois van Wyk	Bristol vs. Leicester	6 December 2022	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	3-match ban	[39]
Adam Coleman	London Irish vs. Saracens	29 December 2022	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	4-match ban	[40]
Ben Earl	London Irish vs. Saracens	29 December 2022	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	Red card rescinded	[41]
Joe Marler	Harlequins vs. Bristol	30 December 2022	Conduct Prejudicial to the Interests of the Game or Union (Rule 5.12)	6-match ban	[42]
Owen Farrell	Gloucester vs. Saracens	10 January 2023	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Citing)	4-match ban	[43]
Stephan Lewies	London Irish vs. Harlequins	31 January 2023	9.20(b) – Dangerous Play in a Ruck or Maul (Red card)	2-match ban	[44]
Manu Tuilagi	Northampton vs. Sale	21 February 2023	9.11 – Reckless/Dangerous Play (Red card)	4-match ban	[45]
Greg Peterson	Saracens vs. Newcastle	28 February 2023	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	3-match ban	[46]
Robin Hislop	Sale vs. Saracens	8 March 2023	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	Red card rescinded	[47]
Richard Palframan	Newcastle vs. Gloucester	28 March 2023	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	3-match ban	[48]
Olly Woodburn	Leicester vs. Exeter	18 April 2023	9.27 – 2 Yellow Cards (Red card)	Sending off sufficient	[49]
Ellis Genge	Bristol vs. Sale	18 April 2023	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Citing)	3-match ban	[50]
Duncan Taylor	Northampton vs. Saracens	19 April 2023	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	3-match ban	[51]
Dafydd Jenkins	Exeter vs. Bristol	25 April 2023	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	3-match ban	[52]
Chris Ashton	Leicester vs. Harlequins	11 May 2023	9.13 – Dangerous Tackling (Red card)	Red card rescinded	[53]

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

The following received Player of the Month awards during the 2022–23 season, as selected by a panel of media commentators, in addition to monthly public polls.

width=70	Month	width=110	Nationality	width=200	Player	width=100	Position	width=80	Club	width=20
September	Samoa	Theo McFarland	Flanker	Saracens	[54]
October	England	Alex Goode	Full-Back	Saracens	[55]
November	England	Ollie Lawrence	Centre	Bath	[56]
December	South Africa	Robert du Preez	Fly-Half	Sale	[57]
January	South Africa	Benhard Janse van Rensburg	Centre	London Irish	[58]
February	England	Fraser Dingwall	Centre	Northampton	[59]
March	England	Tom Pearson	Flanker	London Irish	[60]

Try of the Month

The following were chosen as Try of the Month, after receiving the most votes from the public. The winner for October was also recognised as the Try of the Season.^[61]

width=70	Month	width=110	Nationality	width=200	Player	width=100	Position	width=80	Club	width=20
September	Argentina	Mateo Carreras	Wing	Newcastle	[62]
October	Argentina	Mateo Carreras (2)	Wing	Newcastle	[63]
November	England	Jake Morris	Wing	Gloucester	[64]
December	England	Chandler Cunningham-South	Flanker	London Irish	[65]
January	England	Ollie Thorley	Wing	Gloucester	[66]
February	England	Fraser Dingwall	Centre	Northampton	[67]
March	England	Harry Randall	Scrum-Half	Bristol	[68]

End-of-season awards

The nominees for the 2023 Premiership Rugby Awards were announced on 5 May 2023.^[69] The winners were then revealed on 10 May 2023.^[70]

Nationality!width=140

Nominee	width=80	Club	width=70	Winner	width=20
			Ollie Lawrence	[71]
		Saracens
		Bath
		Leicester

Nationality!width=140

Nominee	width=80	Club	width=70	Winner	width=20
			Tom Pearson	[72]
		London Irish
		Northampton
		Sale

Nationality!width=140

Nominee	width=80	Club	width=70	Winner	width=20
			Mark McCall	[73]
		Saracens
		Sale
		Leicester

Nationality!width=140

Nominee	width=80	Club	width=70	Winner	width=20
			Sean Maitland	[74]
		Saracens
		Bath
		London Irish

Team of the Season

!width=110

Nationality	width=140	Player	width=80	Position	width=80	Club
1		Val Rapava-Ruskin		Gloucester
2		Julián Montoya		Leicester
3		Marco Riccioni		Saracens
4		George Martin		Leicester
5		David Ribbans		Northampton
6		Ben Earl		Saracens
7		Tom Pearson		London Irish
8		Jasper Wiese		Leicester

!width=110

Nationality	width=140	Player	width=80	Position	width=80	Club
9		Alex Mitchell		Northampton
10		Robert du Preez		Sale
11		Mateo Carreras		Newcastle
12		Fraser Dingwall		Northampton
13		Ollie Lawrence		Bath
14		Cadan Murley		Harlequins
15		Joe Carpenter		Sale

Hall of Fame

Nationality!width=140

Inductee	width=80	Position	width=120	Club(s)	width=20
	Matt Banahan			[75]
	Brad Barritt		Saracens
	Tom Youngs		Leicester

See also

• 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup
• 2022–23 Premiership Rugby Cup
• 2022–23 RFU Championship
• 2022–23 United Rugby Championship
• 2022–23 Top 14 season
• 2022–23 Rugby Pro D2 season
• 2023 Major League Rugby season
• 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gallagher confirmed as new title sponsors of Premiership Rugby . www.skysports.com . . 12 April 2018 . 17 February 2021 . en-UK.
2. News: BT Sport to remain the home of Premiership Rugby in the UK for the next four years . www.bt.com/sport . . 18 December 2020 . 15 March 2023 . en-UK.
3. News: Premiership agrees broadcast deal with ITV until 2023-24 . www.rugbyworld.com . . Rendell . Sarah . 20 January 2022 . 15 March 2023 . en-UK.
4. News: RFU update on Championship Clubs Minimum Standards Criteria . www.englandrugby.com . . 1 March 2022 . 15 March 2023 . en-UK.
5. Web site: Premiership expansion plans approved by RFU Council. 30 June 2021 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
6. Web site: Worcester suspended from competition after owners miss RFU deadline Rugby union The Guardian . 2022-09-26 . . en-UK.
7. Web site: Worcester Warriors: Premiership club suspended for season and relegated . 6 October 2022 . 6 October 2022 . www.bbc.co.uk/sport . . en-UK.
8. Web site: Wasps suspended from Premiership and set to enter administration 'within days' . 12 October 2022 . 12 October 2022 . www.bbc.co.uk/sport . . en-UK.
9. Web site: Bridge . Bobby . 17 October 2022 . Wasps' administration confirmed as 167 employees made redundant . 17 October 2022 . www.coventrytelegraph.net . Coventry Live . en-UK.
10. Web site: Wasps suspended from Gallagher Premiership Rugby and the Premiership Rugby Cup . 28 October 2022 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
11. Web site: RFU Council Vote in Favour of Covid Recovery Plan and Temporary Pause on Relegation . 29 June 2021 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
12. Web site: Premiership Rugby clubs unanimously vote to temporarily reduce the salary cap . 17 February 2021 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
13. News: Gallagher Premiership: Team-by-team guide for the 2022-23 season . www.bbc.co.uk/sport . . 7 September 2022 . 4 April 2023 . en-UK.
14. News: Ealing Trailfinders withdraw appeal against decision to deny Premiership promotion . www.talkingrugbyunion.co.uk . Talking Rugby Union . 22 April 2022 . 28 February 2023 . en-UK.
15. News: Premiership rugby 2022-23: complete club-by-club guide to the season . www.theguardian.com . . 8 September 2022 . 22 February 2023 . en-UK.
16. News: Fixtures for the Gallagher Premiership Rugby 2022-23 Season Announced . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 19 July 2022 . 19 July 2022 . en-UK.
17. News: Inside Premiership Rugby's fixture chaos following Queen Elizabeth's death . www.telegraph.co.uk . . Morgan . Charlie . 9 September 2022 . 4 April 2023 . en-UK.
18. Web site: Gallagher Premiership Rugby Final 2023 – All You Need to Know . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 4 April 2023 . en-UK.
19. News: Match officials: profiles . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 4 April 2023 . en-UK.
20. News: The Premiership bye weeks explored . www.rugbyworld.com . . Dymock . Alan . 6 October 2021 . 6 April 2023 . en-UK.
21. News: Revised fixture list for Gallagher Premiership Rugby confirmed . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 11 November 2022 . 11 November 2022 . en-UK.
22. Web site: Gallagher Premiership Rugby Fixtures . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 2 January 2023 . en-UK . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416095220/https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallagher-premiership-rugby/fixtures-results/ . dead .
23. News: Leicester and Gloucester to contest The Slater Cup . www.rugbypass.com . Rugby Pass . Cameron . Ian . 18 November 2022 . 28 December 2022 . en-UK.
24. News: Harlequins reveal details of Big Summer Kick-Off Twickenham event . www.quins.co.uk . . 24 January 2023 . 24 January 2023 . en-UK.
25. News: A Guide to the Gallagher Premiership . The Rugby Paper . 4 December 2022 . 22 April 2023 . en-UK.
26. News: Premiership Rugby confirms semi-final kick-off times and announces television selections for Round 24 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 23 April 2023 . 24 April 2023 . en-UK.
27. News: 2023 Premiership final brought forward to aid England's World Cup planning . www.theguardian.com . . 19 July 2022 . 27 March 2023 . en-UK.
28. Web site: 2022–23 Premiership Rugby player stats . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 5 October 2022 . en-UK . 18 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220418112710/https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallagher-premiership-rugby/statistics/player-stats/ . dead .
29. News: Paddy Jackson collects Top Points Scorer accolade . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 10 May 2023 . 10 May 2023 . en-UK.
30. News: Cadan Murley earns Top Try Scorer award . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 10 May 2023 . 10 May 2023 . en-UK.
31. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Niall Annett . . 13 September 2022.
32. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Nick Schonert . . 20 September 2022.
33. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Mako Vunipola . . 11 October 2022.
34. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Jacob Umaga . . 11 October 2022.
35. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Ben Stevenson . . 18 October 2022.
36. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Dave Attwood . . 25 October 2022.
37. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Ben Donnell . . 1 November 2022.
38. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Nick David . . 1 November 2022.
39. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Francois van Wyk . . 6 December 2022.
40. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Adam Coleman . . 29 December 2022.
41. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Ben Earl . . 29 December 2022.
42. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Joe Marler . . 30 December 2022.
43. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Owen Farrell . . 10 January 2023.
44. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Stephan Lewies . . 31 January 2023.
45. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Manu Tuilagi . . 21 February 2023.
46. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Greg Peterson . . 28 February 2023.
47. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Robin Hislop . . 8 March 2023.
48. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Richard Palframan . . 28 March 2023.
49. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Olly Woodburn . . 18 April 2023.
50. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Ellis Genge . . 18 April 2023.
51. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Duncan Taylor . . 19 April 2023.
52. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Dafydd Jenkins . . 25 April 2023.
53. Web site: RFU Short Judgment Form - Chris Ashton . . 11 May 2023.
54. Web site: Theo McFarland wins Gallagher Player of the Month for September . 14 October 2022 . 12 January 2023 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
55. Web site: Alex Goode named Gallagher Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for October . 17 November 2022 . 12 January 2023 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
56. Web site: Ollie Lawrence wins Gallagher Player of the Month for November . 15 December 2022 . 12 January 2023 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
57. Web site: Rob du Preez wins Gallagher Player of the Month for December . 12 January 2023 . 12 January 2023 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
58. Web site: Benhard Janse van Rensburg wins Gallagher Player of the Month for January . 9 February 2023 . 9 February 2023 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
59. Web site: Fraser Dingwall wins Gallagher Player of the Month for February . 10 March 2023 . 10 March 2023 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
60. Web site: Tom Pearson wins Gallagher Player of the Month for March . 6 April 2023 . 6 April 2023 . www.premiershiprugby.com . . en-UK.
61. News: Mateo Carreras wins Try of the Season prize . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 18 May 2023 . 27 May 2023 . en-UK.
62. Web site: Try of the Month for October goes to... @mateocarreras_ @falconsrugby. 13 October 2022 . 7 March 2023 . twitter.com . . en-UK.
63. Web site: Try of the Month for October goes to... @mateocarreras_ @falconsrugby. 10 November 2022 . 7 March 2023 . twitter.com . . en-UK.
64. Web site: Try of the Month for November goes to... @JakexMorris @gloucesterrugby. 8 December 2022 . 7 March 2023 . twitter.com . . en-UK.
65. Web site: Try of the Month for December is... Chandler Cunningham-South @londonirish. 12 January 2023 . 7 March 2023 . twitter.com . . en-UK.
66. Web site: Try of the Month for January is... @thorlo @gloucesterrugby . 9 February 2023 . 7 March 2023 . twitter.com . . en-UK.
67. Web site: Try of the Month for February is... Fraser Dingwall . 10 March 2023 . 10 March 2023 . twitter.com . . en-UK.
68. Web site: Try of the Month for March is... @hazrandall9 . 6 April 2023 . 6 April 2023 . twitter.com . . en-UK.
69. News: Premiership Rugby Awards - All Nominees Revealed . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 5 May 2023 . 5 May 2023 . en-UK.
70. News: Premiership Rugby Awards: 2023 Winners Announced . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 10 May 2023 . 10 May 2023 . en-UK.
71. News: Ollie Lawrence scoops Gallagher Player of the Season prize . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 10 May 2023 . 10 May 2023 . en-UK.
72. News: Tom Pearson named Breakthrough Player of the Season . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 10 May 2023 . 10 May 2023 . en-UK.
73. News: Mark McCall named Director of Rugby of the Season . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 10 May 2023 . 10 May 2023 . en-UK.
74. News: Sean Maitland named Community Player of the Season . www.premiershiprugby.com . . 10 May 2023 . 10 May 2023 . en-UK.
75. News: Legendary trio to be inducted into the Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame . www.planetrugby.com . Planet Rugby . 24 May 2023 . 24 May 2023 . en-UK.