Apologies if I'm being thick here & appreciate it may not be known yet, but if the prem doesn't start till 18th/19th September whats the season going to look like?
As there will be 13 teams, the normal number of International games & some form of Euro cup, if it doesn't start till nearly October, when it will end?
I was looking at this last week. My guess is:
18/09/2021 - Premiership Round 1
25/09/2021 - Premiership Round 2
02/10/2021 - Premiership Round 3
09/10/2021 - Premiership Round 4
16/10/2021 - Premiership Round 5
23/10/2021 - Premiership Round 6
30/10/2021 - Premiership Round 7
06/11/2021 - Premiership Round 8 -
England v Tier 213/11/2021 - Premiership Round 9 -
England v Australia20/11/2021 -
England v South Africa27/11/2021 - Premiership Round 10
04/12/2021 - Premiership Round 11
11/12/2021 - European Pool Match 1
18/12/2021 - European Pool Match 2
25/12/2021 - Premiership Round 12
01/01/2022 - Premiership Round 13
08/01/2022 - Premiership Round 14
15/01/2022 - European Pool Match 3
22/01/2022 - European Pool Match 4
29/01/2022 - Premiership Round 15
05/02/2022 - Premiership Round 16 -
6 Nations Round 112/02/2022 - Premiership Round 17 -
6 Nations Round 219/02/2022 - Premiership Round 18
26/02/2022 - Premiership Round 19 -
6 Nations Round 305/03/2022 - Premiership Round 20
12/03/2022 -
6 Nations Round 419/03/2022 -
6 Nations Round 526/03/2022 - Premiership Round 21
02/04/2022 - Premiership Round 22
09/04/2022 - European Last 16 Leg 1
16/04/2022 - European Last 16 Leg 2
23/04/2022 - Premiership Round 23
30/04/2022 - Premiership Round 24
07/05/2022 - European Quarter Final
14/05/2022 - European Semi Final
21/05/2022 - Premiership Round 25
28/05/2022 - European Final
04/06/2022 - Premiership Round 26
11/06/2022 - Premiership Semi Final
18/06/2022 - Premiership Final
Keep in mind that although there will be 26 rounds of Premiership matches, as it's a 13 team league we'll only play 24 games, so two rounds will be bye weekends. That means at least 5 weekends off throughout the season and a maximum of 35 matches.