{"id":946465,"date":"2026-10-30T14:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946465\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:28:09","slug":"prem-rugby-round-five-predictions-teams-kick-off-times-how-to-watch-and-referee-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946465\/","title":{"rendered":"PREM Rugby, round five: Predictions, teams, kick-off times, how to watch and referee appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"

The opening block of the 2026\/27 PREM Rugby season comes to an end this weekend, with five fixtures pencilled in before the November Tests.<\/p>\n

Things get underway on Friday night as Bristol Bears take on Leicester Tigers at Ashton Gate. Saturday then sees four games taking place across the day, in the form of Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins, Saracens v Newcastle Red Bulls, Bath v Sale Sharks and Northampton Saints v Gloucester.<\/p>\n

Check on all the\u00a0PREM<\/a>\u00a0team news, our predictions, how to watch and more below.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/p>\n

Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers<\/p>\n

Prediction: Bristol by 3<\/p>\n

Bristol Bears: 15 Tom Jordan, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 James Williams, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Luka Ivanishvili, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 George Kloska, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Tomas Gwilliam, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Josh Caulfield, 20 Joe Owen, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Jack Bates, 23 Ben Grondona<\/p>\n

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Solomone Kata, 12 Orlando Bailey, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Tom Whiteley, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Finn Carnduff, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Ollie Chessum (c), 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Archie van der Flier
Replacements: 16 Samiuela Moli, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Elliott Stooke, 20 Joaquin Moro, 21 Jack van Poortvliet, 22 Will Wand, 23 Gabriel Hamer-Webb<\/p>\n

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Venue: Ashton Gate
Kick-off: 19:45 GMT
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson and Jonathan Cook
TMO: Stuart Terheege
How to watch: TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports UHD and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/p>\n

Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins<\/p>\n

Prediction: Exeter by 7<\/p>\n

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Will Haydon-Wood, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Will Butt, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Greg Fisilau, 7 Ross Vintcent, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Harry Wilson, 4 Lewis Pearson, 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Jack Yeandle (c), 1 Nika Abuladze
Replacements: 16 Max Norey, 17 Will Goodrick-Clarke, 18 Bachuki Tchumbadze, 19 Joe Bailey, 20 Kane James, 21 Sam Wolstenholme, 22 Ben Hammersley, 23 Zack Wimbush<\/p>\n

Harlequins:\u00a015 George Furbank, 14 Nick David, 13 Luke Northmore, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Cadan Murley (c), 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Lucas Schmid, 7 Seb Driscoll, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 James Dun, 3 Simon Kerrod, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements:\u00a016 Sam Riley, 17 Will Hobson, 18 Ollie Streeter, 19 Elliot Williams, 20 Harry Browne, 21 Will Evans, 22 Lucas Friday, 23 Rodrigo Isgr\u00f3<\/p>\n

Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Joe James
Assistant referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys and Jonathan Healy
TMO: David Rose
Live on: HBO Max<\/p>\n

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Saracens v Newcastle Red Bulls<\/p>\n

Prediction: Saracens by 7<\/p>\n

Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Sione Va\u2019enuku, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Owen Farrell (c), 9 Tom James, 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Toby Knight, 6 Nathan Michelow, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Nick Isiekwe, 3 Marcus Street, 2 Theo Dan, 1 Alex O\u2019Driscoll
Replacements:\u00a016 Jamie George, 17 Phil Brantingham, 8 Alec Clarey, 19 George Martin, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Charlie Bracken, 22 Max Malins, 23 Noah Caluori<\/p>\n

Newcastle Red Bulls: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Alex Hearle, 12 Will Rigg, 11 Werner Kok, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sim\u00f3n Ben\u00edtez Cruz, 8 Sam Graham, 7 Tom Christie (c), 6 Max Hicks, 5 Cam Jordan, 4 Oscar Usher, 3 Elliot Millar Mills, 2 George McGuigan, 1 Pouri Rakete-Stones
Replacements: 16 Samson Adejimi, 17 Tom West, 18 Francisco Moreno, 19 Finn Baker, 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 21 James Elliott, 22 Zack Henry, 23 Chris Harris.<\/p>\n

Venue: StoneX Stadium
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Ian Tempest
Assistant referees: Christophe Ridley and Calum Howard
TMO: Hamish Smales
Live on: HBO Max<\/p>\n

Bath v Sale Sharks<\/p>\n

Prediction: Bath by 15<\/p>\n

Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Josh Bayliss, 7 Miles Reid, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Will Jeanes, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Dan Frost, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Claudius Wheeler, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi, 20 Ewan Richards, 21 Bernard van der Linde, 22 Louie Hennessey, 23 Jaco Coetzee<\/p>\n

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Alex Lozowski, 11 Tom O\u2019Flaherty, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Tom Curry, 7 Ben Curry, 6 Christ Tshiunza, 5 Ben Bamber, 4 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Nathan Jibulu, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Tom Burrow, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Dom Hanson, 22 Rekeiti Ma\u2019asi-White, 23 Elia Canakaivata<\/p>\n

Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers teams: Hulking pair hand Pat Lam major boost while England ace reaches landmark<\/a><\/p>\n

Venue: The Rec
Kick-off: 15:05 GMT
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant referees: Alex Thomas and Simon Harding
TMO: Dan Jones
Live on: TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports UHD and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Northampton Saints v Gloucester<\/p>\n

Prediction: Northampton by 3<\/p>\n

Northampton Saints: 15 James Pater, 14 Ollie Sleightholme, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Fraser Dingwall (c), 11 George Hendy, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Callum Chick, 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 Ed Prowse, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Cleopas Kundiona, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Ion Neculai, 19 JJ Van Der Mescht, 20 Tom Lockett, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Jonny Weimann, 23 Rory Hutchinson<\/p>\n

Gloucester: 15 George Barton, 14 Will Joseph, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Will Knight, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Caolan Englefield, 8 Jack Clement, 7 Deian Gwynne, 6 Freddie Thomas, 5 Arthur Clark, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 2 Seb Blake, 1 Val Rapava-Ruskin
Replacements: 16 Dewi Lake, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Will Trenholm, 20 Jac Morgan, 21 Lewis Ludlow, 22 Dan Robson, 23 Ben Redshaw<\/p>\n

Venue: DPD Stadium at Franklin\u2019s Gardens
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Sara Cox
Assistant referees: Matthew Carley and John Meredith
TMO: Peter Allan
Live on: TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports UHD and HBO Max<\/p>\n

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