- The Northampton Saints look to defend their 2023-24 Gallagher Premiership Rugby title
- The 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season ends in June 2025
- Bath Rugby are the current betting favorite to win the 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby title
The 38th season of the top English domestic rugby union began on September 20, 2024 with the Northampton Saints looking to defend their 2023-24 championship run. Meanwhile, Saracens, Sale Sharks, and last year’s runner-up, Bath, look to knock Northampton from their spot at the top of the Premiership. With six weeks of play behind us, it’s time to take another look at the betting odds, picks, and predictions for the 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season.
The Gallagher Premiership Rugby is an 18-round competition, with each of the 10 teams meeting in home and away matchups throughout the season. The top four teams at the end of the season meet in the playoffs, with the home field advantage going to the top two sides in the standings at the end of the season.
The winners of the first round of the playoffs then meet in the Gallagher Premiership Rugby Final, that game takes place at Twickenham on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Round six of the season took place in late October. Round seven begins on November 29, 2024.
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2024-25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby betting picks
To Win Gallagher Premiership Rugby 2024/25 | |||
Bath Rugby | +210 | +210 | +191 |
Saracens | +250 | +250 | +240 |
Northampton Saints | +450 | +450 | +500 |
Bristol Rugby | +750 | +750 | +710 |
Leicester Tigers | +900 | +900 | +900 |
Harlequins | +1000 | +1000 | +1075 |
Sale Sharks | +1200 | +1200 | +1400 |
Gloucester Rugby | +5000 | +5000 | +5000 |
Exeter Chiefs | +8000 | +8000 | +10000 |
Newcastle Falcons | +25000 | +25000 | +22500 |
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby came close to winning the Gallagher Premiership in 2023-24, finishing the year with 11 wins and seven defeats. They made it to the playoffs, beating the Sale Sharks 31-23 in the first round before losing to the Northampton Saints in the championship game by a score of 25-21. Bath is currently in first place in the standings with five wins and one loss. The club has scored 205 points while giving up 135 for a league-leading point differential of plus 70.
With most of the team returning from last year, Bath Rugby were one of the pre-season betting favorites. With their play during the early portion of the 2024-25 campaign, Bath has become the betting favorite to win this year.
Bath Rugby has not won the Premiership since 1996.
Saracens
The winners of the 2022-23 Premiership, Saracens, look to get back to the title in 2024-25. The team had a great run earlier this decade, winning the title in 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, and 2018-19. Last year they finished with a record of 11 wins and seven losses, while scoring 522 points and surrendering 387 for a league best point differential of plus 135. Saracens were knocked out of the playoffs by Northampton, losing 22-20 in the first round.
At the start of the 2024-25 Premiership season, Saracens were co-betting favorites along with Northampton, the team’s betting odds have held steady through the first six rounds of the campaign. Saracens are in fourth place in the standings with a mark of four wins and two losses. They have 185 points for and 150 points against.
Saracens lost Owen Farrell and the Vunipola brothers last year, but Maro Itoje, Ben Earl, and Juan Martin Gonzalez have stepped up for the club.
Northampton Saints
The winners of last year’s Premiership, the Northampton Saints, look to do what they failed to achieve in 2014-15, and that is win back-to-back titles. The team finished last year with the best record in the league with 12 wins and six losses. The Saints racked up 555 points for while giving up 453 points for the third-best point differential of the season at plus 102. They defeated Saracens in the first round of the playoffs and then downed Bath for their first title since 2013-14.
The early betting favorites to win the title in 2024-25, the Northampton Saints have seen the betting line of their championship move from +250 to +500 after the first six rounds of play in 2024-25.
The Northampton Saints have a record of three wins and three losses on the year, which puts them in seventh place. They need to make up a decent amount of ground if they hope to make it into the playoffs this year. The team has 157 points for and 163 points against for a negative point differential.
Best Bets to win 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby championship
Bath Rugby are playing very well in the first half of the 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season. The team looks strong enough to continue on their current trajectory.
The betting pick is for Bath Rugby to win the 2024-25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby championship.
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