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The 2026-27 PREM Rugby Cup begins this weekend with four opening-round fixtures across Saturday and Sunday, with all eight clubs confirming their matchday squads.
Harlequins v Leicester Tigers team news
Harlequins host Leicester Tigers at Twickenham Stoop on Saturday at 3pm.
Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Nick David, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Theo Povey, 10 Connor Slevin, 9 Will Porter; 1 Will Hobson, 2 Jack Walker, 3 Harry Johnson-Holmes, 4 James Dun, 5 Harry Browne, 6 Jack Kenningham, 7 Seb Driscoll (c), 8 Lucas Schmid.
Reserves: 16 Ashton Graham, 17 Jamie Miller, 18 Sitiveni Vasuturaga, 19 Jonny Green, 20 Leo Dickinson, 21 Stuart Townsend, 22 Josh Bellamy, 23 Sean Kerr.
Leicester Tigers: 15 George Pearson, 14 Will Wand, 13 Charlie Myall, 12 Joseph Woodward, 11 Kesena Izu, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Tom Whiteley; 1 Mako Vunipola, 2 Charlie Clare (c), 3 Joel Sclavi, 4 James Thompson, 5 Cameron Henderson, 6 Finn Carnduff, 7 Samuel Williams, 8 George Marsh.
Reserves: 16 Sam Moli, 17 Tarek Haffar, 18 Ale Loman, 19 Osian Thomas, 20 Josh Manz, 21 Charlie Bemand, 22 Ryan Crowley, 23 Wilf McCarthy.
Saracens v Northampton Saints team news
Saracens welcome Northampton Saints to StoneX Stadium on Saturday at 3pm.
Saracens: 15 Jack Bracken, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Angus Hall, 12 Olly Hartley, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Max Malins (c), 9 Charlie Bracken; 1 Phil Brantingham, 2 Eoghan Clarke, 3 Marcus Street, 4 Olamide Sodeke, 5 Hugh Tizard, 6 Nick Isiekwe, 7 Nathan Michelow, 8 Alfie Barbeary.
Reserves: 16 James Hadfield, 17 Alex O'Driscoll, 18 Corne Weilbach, 19 Totoa Auvaa, 20 Toby Knight, 21 Tom James, 22 Finn Keylock, 23 Sione Va'enuku.
Northampton Saints: 15 James Pater, 14 Thomas Rowe, 13 Will Catley, 12 Toby Thame, 11 James Martin, 10 Hugh Shields, 9 Jonny Weimann; 1 Oliver Scola, 2 Robbie Smith, 3 Ion Neculai, 4 Tom Lockett, 5 Chunya Munga (c), 6 Archie Benson, 7 Josh Taylor, 8 Charlie Ulcoq.
Reserves:: 16 Henry Walker, 17 Lefty Zigiriadis, 18 Sonny Tonga'uiha, 19 James Bennett, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Fergus Mainey, 22 Sonny Goode, 23 Freddie St John.
Bristol Bears v Gloucester Rugby team news
Bristol Bears face Gloucester Rugby at Ashton Gate on Saturday at 3.05pm.
Bristol Bears: 15 Noah Heward, 14 Ollie Harris, 13 Victor Worsnip, 12 James Williams, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall; 1 Max Lahiff, 2 Harry Thacker, 3 Jimmy Halliwell, 4 George Taylor, 5 Joe Batley, 6 Paddy Pearce, 7 Kenzie Jenkins, 8 Fitz Harding (c).
Reserves:: 16 Thomas Gwilliam, 17 Andrew Turner, 18 Sam Scott, 19 Noah Williams, 20 Ben Rogers, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Sam Worsley, 23 Max Clark.
Gloucester Rugby: 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Ollie Thorley, 13 Phil Cokanasiga, 12 Max Knight, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Dan Robson; 1 Val Rapava Ruskin, 2 Jack Innard, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 4 Joe Joyce, 5 Jack Mann, 6 Jack Clement, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 8 Will Trenholm.
Reserves: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Harry Taylor, 20 Jack Gilbert, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Junior Denny.
Sale Sharks v Bath Rugby team news
Sale Sharks host Bath Rugby at the CorpAcq Stadium on Sunday at 3pm to complete the opening weekend.
Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Rekeiti Ma'asi-White, 11 Arron Reed, 10 Alex Lozowski, 9 Gus Warr; 1 Bevan Rodd, 2 Nathan Jibulu, 3 Tye Raymont, 4 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 5 Ben Bamber, 6 Courtney Lawes, 7 Sam Dugdale, 8 Jacques Vermeulen.
Reserves: 16 Alfie Longstaff, 17 Ralph McEachran, 18 Patreece Bell, 19 Christ Tshiunza, 20 Tristan Woodman, 21 Xavier Roe, 22 Ollie Davies, 23 Marius Louw.
Bath Rugby: 15 Jack Woods, 14 Tyler Offiah, 13 Charlie Griffin, 12 Declan Treacey, 11 Sam Winters, 10 Ciaran Donoghue, 9 Ieuan Davies; 1 Scott Kirk, 2 Kepueli Tuipulotu, 3 Kieran Verden, 4 Will Jeanes, 5 Ewan Richards (c), 6 Jack Bennett, 7 George Timmins, 8 Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi.
Reserves: 16 Jasper Spandler, 17 Ioan Emmanuel, 18 Alfie Griffin, 19 James Maloney, 20 Alex Ridgway, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 James Linegar, 23 Jack Harrison.