Premiership Rugby
top division of the English rugby union system
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- https://www.premiershiprugby.com
- https://www.premiershiprugby.com/contact-us
- https://premiershiprugby.com/about/contact-us
- https://www.premiershiprugby.com/competitions/prem-rugby-cup/latest
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Additional Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikidata Link | Open Wikidata |
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Foundation Date | 1987 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Topic’S Main Category | Category:Premiership Rugby |
| Freebase Id | /m/01tq4l |
| Sport | rugby union |
| Inception | 1987 |
| Quora Topic Id | Aviva-Premiership-Rugby, Gallagher-Premiership-Rugby |
| Event Interval | 1 year |
| Operating Area | England |
| Babelnet Id | 02501516n |
| Season Starts | September |
| Location | England |
| Organizer | Rugby Football Union (from 1987, until 1996), English First Division Rugby Ltd (from 1996, until 2001), Premiership Rugby Limited (from 2001) |
| League Level Below | Champ Rugby |
| X (Twitter) Username | premrugby (as of 2020-04-18, from 2009-09-09) |
| Facebook Username | PremiershipRugby |
| Instagram Username | premrugby |
| Social Media Followers | 232,412 (as of 2021-01-07), 225,662 (as of 2020-04-18), 251,131 (as of 2022-01-07), 273,489 (as of 2023-02-07) |
| Different From | Premier League |
| Uk Parliament Thesaurus Id | 509218 |
| Crunchbase Organization Id | premiership-rugby |
| Sports League Level | 1 |
| Number Of Participants | 11 |
| Official Name | National Division One (from 1987, until 1997), Premiership Rugby (from 1997) |
| Sponsor | Courage Brewery (from 1987, until 1997), Allied Dunbar (from 1997, until 2000), Zurich Insurance Group (from 2000, until 2005), Guinness (from 2005, until 2010), Aviva (from 2010, until 2018) (+1 more) |
| Season Ends | May |
| Director / Manager | Mark McCafferty (from 2005, until 2019), Darren Childs (from 2019, until 2021) |
| Coordinate Location | 53, -1 |
| Domain Name | premiershiprugby.com |
| Broadcast By | TNT Sports |