{"id":611454,"date":"2026-05-30T04:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611454\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:11:16","slug":"prem-rugby-round-17-predictions-teams-kick-offs-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611454\/","title":{"rendered":"PREM Rugby round 17: Predictions, teams, kick-offs, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Barbarians<\/a><\/p>\n

After the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup finals, the PREM returns for the penultimate round of the regular season.<\/p>\n

There are five blockbuster matches pencilled in over the weekend, with plenty still to play for across the league.<\/p>\n

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

Friday<\/p>\n

Bristol Bears v Bath<\/p>\n

Prediction: Bath by 10<\/p>\n

Bristol Bears: 15 Noah Heward, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall, 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
Replacements: 16 Tomas Gwilliam, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Jimmy Halliwell, 20 George Taylor, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Tom Jordan, 23 Jack Bates<\/p>\n

Bath: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Ciaran Donoghue, 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Sam Underhill, 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Ethan Staddon, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Ted Hill, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Kepueli Tuipulotu, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Vilikesa Sela, 19 Ewan Richards, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Cameron Redpath, 23 Alfie Barbeary<\/p>\n

Venue: Ashton Gate
Kick-off:\u00a019:45 BST
Referee:\u00a0Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees:\u00a0Dan Jones, Jonathan Healy
TMO:\u00a0Andrew Jackson
How to watch:\u00a0Live on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max, TNT Sports Ultimate<\/p>\n

Bristol v Bath team news: Benhard Janse van Rensburg to face off with snubbed England duo as Bears star makes long-awaited return<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday<\/p>\n

Saracens v Harlequins<\/p>\n

Prediction: Saracens by 12<\/p>\n

Saracens: 15 Max Malins, 14 Noah Caluori, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Olly Hartley, 11 Tobias Elliott, 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
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Theo McFarland, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Ivan Van Zyl, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Jack Bracken<\/p>\n

Harlequins: 15 Jamie Benson, 14 Cameron Anderson, 13 Sean Kerr, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Jack Kenningham, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 Elliot Williams, 4 Zach Carr, 3 Pedro Delgado, 2 Sam Riley, 1 Will Hobson
Replacements: 16 Jack Musk, 17 Boris Wenger, 18 Ollie Streeter, 19 Jonny Green, 20 Seb Driscoll, 21 Will Evans, 22 Stu Townsend, 23 Cassius Cleaves<\/p>\n

Venue: StoneX Stadium
Kick-off: 13:00 BST
Referee:\u00a0Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Richard Gordon, Mike Woods
TMO: Dean Richards
How to watch: Live on TNT Sports 2, HBO Max, TNT Sports Ultimate<\/p>\n

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Northampton Saints v Gloucester<\/p>\n

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

Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank (c), 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Tom Litchfield, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 George Hendy, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Archie McParland, 8 Callum Chick, 7 Henry Pollock, 6 Tom Pearson, 5 Ed Prowse, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Luke Green, 2 Robbie Smith, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Craig Wright, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Tom Lockett, 20 Sam Graham, 21 Jonny Weimann, 22 Fraser Dingwall, 23 James Ramm<\/p>\n

Gloucester: 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Ollie Thorley, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Seb Atkinson (c), 11 Ben Loader, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Caolan Englefield, 8 Will Trenholm, 7 James Venter, 6 Deian Gwynne, 5 Freddie Thomas, 4 Arthur Clark, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 2 Seb Blake, 1 Ciaran Knight
Replacements: 16 Jack Innard, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Nepo Laulala, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Jack Clement, 21 Mikey Austin, 22 Will Knight, 23 Josiah Edwards-Giraud<\/p>\n

Venue:\u00a0Franklin\u2019s Gardens
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Sara Cox
Assistant Referees:\u00a0Matthew Carley, Wayne Falla
TMO:\u00a0Hamish Smales
How to watch: Live on TNT Sports 2, HBO Max, TNT Sports Ultimate<\/p>\n

Northampton Saints boss set for England talks after Alex Mitchell injury: \u2018We can do better\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle Red Bulls v Sale Sharks<\/p>\n

Prediction: Sale by 20<\/p>\n

Newcastle Red Bulls: 15 Ethan Grayson, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Alex Hearle, 12 Sammy Arnold, 11 Harrison Obatoyinbo, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sim\u00f3n Ben\u00edtez Cruz, 8 Amanaki Mafi, 7 Tom Christie, 6 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 5 Adam Scott, 4 Jamie Hodgson, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 George McGuigan (c), 1 Connor Hancock
Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Jamie Clark, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Tim Cardall, 20 Freddie Lockwood, 21 James Elliott, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Cameron Hutchison<\/p>\n

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Luke James, 12 Rekeiti Ma\u2019asi-White, 11 Arron Reed, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Reuben Logan, 7 Seb Kelly, 6 Sam Dugdale, 5 Ben Bamber, 4 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 3 James Harper, 2 Alfie Longstaff, 1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour
Replacements: 16 Wills Austin, 17 Ralph McEachran, 18 Patreece Bell, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Tristan Woodman, 21 Raffi Quirke, 22 Ollie Davies, 23 Tom O\u2019Flaherty<\/p>\n

Venue: Kingston Park
Kick-off:\u00a019:45 BST
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Jamie Parr, Henry Pearson
TMO: Hamish Smales
How to watch: Live on TNT Sports Extra & HBO Max<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/p>\n

England hopeful nearing return in welcome boost for Steve Borthwick<\/a><\/p>\n

Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs<\/p>\n

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

Leicester Tigers: 15 George Pearson, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Will Wand, 12 Orlando Bailey, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Charlie Titcombe, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Joaquin Moro, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Ollie Chessum (c), 4 George Martin, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 Archie van der Flier, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Cameron Henderson, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Olly Cracknell, 22 Tom Whiteley, 23 Solomone Kata<\/p>\n

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Olly Woodburn, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Len Ikitau, 11 Campbell Ridl, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Greg Fisilau, 7 Ethan Roots, 6 Tom Hooper, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Max Norey, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Ethan Burger, 18 Bachuki Tchumbadze, 19 Rusi Tuima, 20 Christ Tshiunza, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Zack Wimbush, 23 Paul Brown-Bampoe<\/p>\n

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 15:30 BST
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees:\u00a0Ian Tempest, Jamie Leahy
TMO:\u00a0David Rose
How to watch: Live on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max, TNT Sports Ultimate<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Alex Mitchell OUT? Ranking seven England scrum-half options as Northampton Saints \u2018proper job\u2019 injury leaves Steve Borthwick with nervous wait<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup finals, the PREM returns for the penultimate round of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[79322,29207,79263,242,17990,61522,348,46723,2059,50,79323,92922,21002,5903,32645,48492,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-611454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-bath","tag-bristol","tag-exeter-chiefs","tag-features","tag-gloucester","tag-harlequins","tag-home-page","tag-leicester-tigers","tag-newcastle","tag-news","tag-northampton-saints","tag-predictions","tag-premiership","tag-rugby","tag-sale-sharks","tag-saracens","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}