the full season before being nominated as an excluded player, after having played outside the Premiership. Played outside the Premiership in the season before he was nominated. Media coverage In the United Kingdom, the primary rights are currently held by BT Sport under a new deal signed on 18 December 2020 replacing former deals signed on 16 March 2015 and 12 September 2012. The new deal sees BT broadcast up to 80 live matches per season from both Premiership Rugby and the Premiership Rugby Cup until the end of the 2023–24 season along with extended highlights of all matches and midweek programming. Secondary UK rights are held by ITV who simulcast 7 matches live on a free-to-air basis, including the final. Their coverage uses a different presenting and commentary team to BT, and they also show a weekly highlights programme until the end of the 2023–24 season. In Australia the Premiership is available on beIN Sports. In the United States, the Premiership is available on NBC Sports since spring 2016. It has also been broadcast in China since 2017. Talksport and BBC Radio 5 Live, along with various BBC Local Radio stations broadcast commentary and magazine programming. See also Top 14, French equivalent of the Premiership, second of the three major northern hemisphere leagues. United Rugby Championship, cross-border equivalent of the Premiership, third of the three major northern hemisphere leagues. English rugby union system List of English rugby union teams Premiership Rugby Cup Anglo-Welsh Cup (superseded by the Premiership Rugby Cup) Premiership Rugby Shield RFU Championship, second tier of English club rugby, from which teams are promoted from, and into which teams are relegated from, the Premiership. European Professional Club Rugby European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup Premiership Rugby Sevens Series List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues List of English rugby union stadiums by capacity List of professional sports teams in the United Kingdom References Notes External links Guinness Premiership Rugby Week English rugby union news BBC Sport All Time Premiership Records National rugby union premier leagues Organisations based in the City of Westminster Professional sports leagues in England Professional sports leagues in the United Kingdom 1 Sport in the City of Westminster Sports leagues established in 1987 1987 establishments in England