Premiership clubs face losing England players for half of their league matches next season due to mandatory rest periods and clashes with international fixtures in a truncated campaign before the Rugby World Cup.
The 2022-23 season will begin on 9 September and is due to run for 38 weeks, two fewer than the current campaign, with the final taking place in late May to give England more preparation time for the 2023 World Cup in France. That was part of the agreement that led to the Rugby Football Union last year approving a halt to relegation from the Premiership.
