Premiership Women's Rugby season shortened for 2024-25

Next season's Premiership Women’s Rugby run will beryllium shortened to thief England's bid to triumph their location World Cup.

The 2024-25 play will tally from 5 October to 16 March 2025 to springiness England players much clip to remainder and hole for nan tournament, which originates successful August.

PWR main executive Belinda Moore exclusively told BBC Sport that nan play would “undoubtedly person its challenges”.

"Everyone is very mindful of that bigger goal, getting RWC 2025 right," said Moore.

She besides described nan imaginable effect of nan Red Roses winning nan title arsenic "significant" for nan league.

The determination by PWR intends nan league’s opening 2 weekends will conflict pinch nan world women’s WXV competitions.

The 9 clubs will person to motorboat their campaigns without their world stars, which will person a bigger effect for immoderate sides.

With nan convention play complete successful March, Red Roses players will person their mandatory remainder play pursuing nan conclusion of nan 2025 Six Nations, earlier entering nan England campy for nan World Cup successful nan summer.

The completion of nan mandatory remainder play intends PWR clubs will summation quicker entree to their England internationals aft nan World Cup.

Moore recognises that nan changes will put "pressure" connected nan players and unit who proceed to harvester activity and playing astir a tighter schedule.

Two reserve weekends will still beryllium built into nan almanac and each 9 clubs successful nan PWR will still person remainder weeks.

When asked if nan condensed schedule could go nan modular format, Moore explained it was "less apt we’d spell backmost to this short play again”, but added “never opportunity never".

This season's last betwixt defending champions Gloucester-Hartpury and Bristol Bears will return spot successful Exeter connected Saturday, 22nd June and will beryllium shown unrecorded connected BBC iPlayer.