{"id":573210,"date":"2026-05-08T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/573210\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:23:08","slug":"predictions-teams-how-to-watch-referees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/573210\/","title":{"rendered":"Predictions, teams, how to watch, referees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PREM Rugby season returns this weekend with Round 15 seeing one match take place on Friday, three on Saturday and the final fixture on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Check on all the team news, our predictions, how to watch and more below.<\/p>\n<p>Friday<\/p>\n<p>Gloucester v Sale Sharks<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Gloucester by 5<\/p>\n<p>Gloucester: 15 George Barton, 14 Will Joseph, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Tomos Williams (c), 8 Will Trenholm, 7 James Venter, 6 Freddie Thomas, 5 Mat\u00edas Alemanno, 4 Arthur Clark, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 2 Seb Blake, 1 Val Rapava Ruskin<br \/>Replacements: 16 Jack Innard, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Danny Eite, 20 Deian Gwynne, 21 Jack Clement, 22 Caolan Englefield, 23 Josiah Edwards-Giraud<\/p>\n<p>Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Marius Louw, 12 Rekeiti Ma\u2019asi-White, 11 Tom O\u2019Flaherty, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Sam Dugdale, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 5 Ben Bamber, 4 Hyron Andrews, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Alfie Longstaff, 1 Ralph McEachran<br \/>Replacements: 16 Wills Austin, 17 Tumy Onasanya, 18 James Harper, 19 Tristan Woodman, 20 Seb Kelly, 21 Dom Hanson, 22 Luke James, 23 Arron Reed<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Kingsholm<br \/>Kick-off: 19:45 BST<br \/>Referee: Sara Cox<br \/>Assistant Referees: Ian Tempest, Veryan Boscawen<br \/>TMO: Dean Richards<br \/>How to watch: Live on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max, TNT Sports Ultimate<\/p>\n<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Northampton by 3<\/p>\n<p>Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Will Wand, 12 Orlando Bailey, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 James O\u2019Connor, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Joaquin Moro, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 George Martin, 4 Ollie Chessum (c), 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Nicky Smith<br \/>Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 Archie van der Flier, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Cameron Henderson, 20 Samuel Williams, 21 Tom Whiteley, 22 Solomone Kata, 23 Izaia Perese<\/p>\n<p>Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank (c), 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 George Hendy, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Callum Chick, 7 Sam Graham, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 JJ van der Mescht, 4 Tom Lockett, 3 Luke Green, 2 Robbie Smith, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun<br \/>Replacements: 16 Craig Wright, 17 Tom West, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Ed Prowse, 20 Chunya Munga, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Archie McParland, 23 Tom Litchfield<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road<br \/>Kick-off: 15:05 BST<br \/>Referee: Matthew Carley<br \/>Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales, Simon Harding<br \/>TMO: Stuart Terheege<br \/>How to watch: Live on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max, TNT Sports Ultimate, ITV4, ITVX<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/exeter-chiefs-members-make-historic-vote-as-club-nears-american-takeover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exeter Chiefs members make historic vote as club nears American takeover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bristol Bears v Saracens<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Bristol by 2<\/p>\n<p>Bristol Bears: 15 Noah Heward, 14 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Santiago Grondona, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Joe Owen, 5 Joe Batley, 4 James Dun, 3 George Kloska, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Ellis Genge<br \/>Replacements: 16 Tomas Gwilliam, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 George Taylor, 20 Kofi Cripps, 21 Harry Randall, 22 James Williams, 23 Jack Bates<\/p>\n<p>Saracens: 15 Max Malins, 14 Noah Caluori, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Olly Hartley, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Charlie Bracken, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Nick Isiekwe, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jamie George, 1 Eroni Mawi<br \/>Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Theo McFarland, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Tobias Elliott<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Ashton Gate<br \/>Kick-off: 17:30 BST<br \/>Referee: Christophe Ridley<br \/>Assistant Referees: Adam Leal, Jamie Leahy<br \/>TMO: Andrew Jackson<br \/>How to watch: Live on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max, TNT Sports Ultimate<\/p>\n<p>Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=planetrugby.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle Red Bulls v Harlequins<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Harlequins by 2<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle Red Bulls: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Alex Hearle, 12 Sammy Arnold, 11 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sim\u00f3n Ben\u00edtez Cruz, 8 Reuben Parsons, 7 Tom Christie, 6 Tom Gordon, 5 Finn Baker, 4 Jamie Hodgson, 3 Micky Rewcastle, 2 George McGuigan (c), 1 Adam Brocklebank<br \/>Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Connor Hancock, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Freddie Clarke, 20 Amanaki Mafi, 21 James Elliott, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Ethan Grayson<\/p>\n<p>Harlequins: 15 Jamie Benson, 14 Cameron Anderson, 13 Luke Northmore, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Lucas Friday, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Seb Driscoll, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 Elliot Williams, 4 Kieran Treadwell, 3 Pedro Delgado, 2 Sam Riley, 1 Will Hobson<br \/>Replacements: 16 Jimmy Staples, 17 Boris Wenger, 18 Ollie Streeter, 19 Jonny Green, 20 Jack Kenningham, 21 Will Evans, 22 Will Porter, 23 Sean Kerr<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Kingston Park<br \/>Kick-off: 15:00 BST<br \/>Referee: Harry Walbaum<br \/>Assistant Referees: Anthony Woodthorpe, John Meredith<br \/>TMO: Peter Allan<br \/>How to watch: Live on TNT Sports Extra, HBO Max<\/p>\n<p>Exeter Chiefs v Bath<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Bath by 5<\/p>\n<p>Exeter Chiefs: 15 Olly Woodburn, 14 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Len Ikitau, 11 Campbell Ridl, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Ross Vintcent, 7 Christ Tshiunza, 6 Tom Hooper, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Max Norey, 1 Scott Sio<br \/>Replacements: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Ethan Burger, 18 Bachuki Tchumbadze, 19 Rusi Tuima, 20 Finn Worley Brady, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Ben Hammersley<\/p>\n<p>Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Will Butt, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Dan Frost, 1 Francois van Wyk<br \/>Replacements: 16 Kepueli Tuipulotu, 17 Beno Obano, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Guy Pepper, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Santi Carreras, 23 Cameron Redpath<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Sandy Park<br \/>Kick-off: 15:30 BST<br \/>Referee: Karl Dickson<br \/>Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce, Jonathan Healy<br \/>TMO: David Rose<br \/>How to watch: Live on TNT Sports 2, HBO Max<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/lewis-moody-the-horrible-moment-martin-johnson-made-lovely\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Moody on the \u2018horrible\u2019 moment Martin Johnson made \u2018lovely\u2019 and the \u2018car screech\u2019 incident that ended in \u2018a big 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