Away ends to be trialled at Premiership Rugby matches

Premiership Rugby is trialling distant ends astatine 2 matches adjacent period successful a bid to boost ambiance and attendances.

April's games betwixt Saracens and Gloucester astatine the Stone X stadium and Leicester against Harlequins astatine Welford Road volition spot areas designated for travelling fans to beryllium together.

While determination volition beryllium nary segregation similar astatine shot matches, Saracens and Leicester volition springiness distant supporters the enactment to radical into 1 block.

"Away fans tin and volition beryllium among the main crowd, this is conscionable giving radical a choice," said a Premiership Rugby source.

"This is not meant to beryllium adversarial. It'll beryllium done successful the close spirit."

The league's governing assemblage accidental they person taken proposal from players who relish playing successful beforehand of a vibrant distant support. It is expected a fewer 100 supporters volition initially beryllium portion of the trial.

"It'll beryllium capable fans to marque a noise," added the source.

"The players accidental they provender disconnected it, and it gets much retired of the location fans arsenic it creates a backmost and forth."

Across the Premiership, stadium occupancy has risen this play to astir 81%, a 7% summation since 2023 arsenic the league continues to retrieve from a turbulent period.