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{{Short description|Iendly Rugby Sevens competition}}
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{{Infobox rugby league football competition
| name = Premiership Rugby 7s Series
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| country = England<br />Wales (between 2014–2016)
| champion = Saracens 7s
| season = [[
| most_champs = Saracens
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| TV = [[
| website = [https://www.premiershiprugby.com/other-competitions/premiership-rugby-7s/ Premiership Rugby 7s]
| qualification =
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The '''Premiership Rugby Sevens Series''' is a [[friendly (sport)|friendly]] [[Rugby Sevens]] competition for the twelve [[Premiership Rugby]] clubs that will play the following season (i.e. the 2010 competition features the teams playing in the Aviva Premiership in the 2010–11 season).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/date-venue-confirmed-premiership-rugby-2986706|title=Date and venue confirmed for Premiership Rugby 7s|date=17 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stubhub.co.uk/premiership-rugby-7s-series-tickets/performer/1496255/|title=Premiership Rugby 7s Series Tickets, Premiership Rugby 7s Series Tickets Rugby Tickets at StubHub UK!}}</ref> It was started in 2010, as an off-season competition, held during the months of July and August. Between 2014 and 2016 the competition included the four Welsh regions which compete in the [[Pro14]].
==Format==
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Eight teams contested the quarter-finals, and the format resembled a traditional sevens final day, with the losers of the quarter-finals contesting a plate competition, and the winners a cup competition. The winner of the cup competition is the series winner.
====2017 – present====
For 2017 a new format was introduced with the four Welsh regions no longer taking part and all matches taking place in one venue over two days. The 12 Premiership Rugby teams were split into four pools of three with all group matches taking place on the first day and the competition splitting into bowl, plate and cup tournaments on the second day. Franklin's Gardens was selected as the venue for the inaugural edition of the new format.
In 2018 and 2019 the venue and format remained similar, however the bowl tournament was not contested.
==Broadcast==
Initially, each event in the competition was broadcast live on [[ESPN (UK)|ESPN]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a224403/espn-to-air-premiership-rugby-7s.html|title = ESPN to air Premiership Rugby 7s|date = 9 June 2010}}</ref> Highlights were shown on [[ITV4]] the following Sunday.
On 25 February 2013, [[BT Group|BT]] announced that it had acquired ESPN's UK channels and their sports broadcasting rights.<ref name=ESPN>{{cite press release|url=http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=022AEA86-B466-4C6E-9A3F-0BE241ED630B|title=BT Group acquires ESPN's UK and Ireland television channels business|publisher=BT Group|date=25 February 2013|access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref> The 2013 edition of the competition, including the final, was broadcast live on the new [[BT Sport]] channel. The channel was launched on Thursday 1 August, the first day of the competition.<ref name=announcement/>
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