Premiership will only restart if ‘it is safe to do so’England scrum-half Ben Spencer to join Bath from SaracensThe Premiership season will resume on 15 August, six weeks later than intended, but clubs still aim to play out the campaign in full even though the play-off final would be held in the middle of November.
There are nine league rounds left with two play-off weekends to follow. With the three European Champions and Challenge Cup knockout rounds earmarked for September and October, the season would take 14 weeks to complete meaning the 2020-21 campaign would not start until December, nearly three months late.