Premiership Rugby 2026/27 · Round 1
Harlequins
Bath
Twickenham Stoop, London
Championship Standings
The 2026/27 league opens this weekend. No current-season table advantage is awarded; the empty rows avoid presenting last season’s standings as current. Previous league results are assessed separately under form.
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | PD | Pts |
|---|
Harlequins
W3, D0, L2Premiership Rugby only: 5 completed matches, 2026-04-25 to 2026-06-06; 200 points for and 150 against. Quins ended the league season by beating eventual champions Northampton 38–31. Their 76–17 win at Newcastle inflates the points total, while the 52 conceded to Sale shows how quickly a loose game can turn against them.
Bath
W2, D0, L3Premiership Rugby only: 5 completed matches, 2026-05-10 to 2026-06-13; 150 points for and 117 against. Bath lost three of their final five league games, including the 27–26 semi-final against Exeter. The 69–12 Newcastle win is another outlier; the selected side and rivalry carry more weight than this uneven finish.
Head-to-head: retrieved recent sample
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Harlequins wins · Draws · Bath wins; 6 Premiership Rugby meetings, all venues, 2023-12-23–2026-04-18
Harlequins (1)Bath won the latest four league meetings, including 47–31 at the Stoop last September. Quins’ 40–36 home win in March 2024 remains in the six-game sample and proves this can become a scoring contest. This is the retrieved recent sample, not an all-time record.
Recent Results
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | Premiership Rugby | Bath 48–15 Harlequins |
| 2025-09-26 | Premiership Rugby | Harlequins 31–47 Bath |
| 2025-03-29 | Premiership Rugby | Bath 47–28 Harlequins |
| 2024-10-19 | Premiership Rugby | Harlequins 24–26 Bath |
| 2024-03-30 | Premiership Rugby | Harlequins 40–36 Bath |
| 2023-12-23 | Premiership Rugby | Bath 25–17 Harlequins |
Average score in the last 6 meetings: Sample mean, rounded: Harlequins 25.8 – Bath 38.2. Team orientation is fixed regardless of venue.
Extended Form
HarlequinsW6, D0, L12
Retrieved Premiership Rugby sample within 25 September 2025–24 September 2026 (18 matches; not asserted to be a complete season): 2026-06-06 Harlequins 38–31 Northampton Saints; 2026-05-30 Saracens 26–12 Harlequins; 2026-05-16 Harlequins 41–24 Exeter Chiefs; 2026-05-10 Newcastle Red Bulls 17–76 Harlequins; 2026-04-25 Harlequins 33–52 Sale Sharks; 2026-04-18 Bath 48–15 Harlequins; 2026-03-28 Bristol Bears 14–18 Harlequins; 2026-03-21 Harlequins 19–26 Gloucester; 2026-01-24 Harlequins 7–36 Leicester Tigers; 2026-01-03 Northampton Saints 66–21 Harlequins; 2025-12-26 Sale Sharks 43–17 Harlequins; 2025-12-20 Harlequins 14–40 Bristol Bears; 2025-11-29 Gloucester 26–15 Harlequins; 2025-10-25 Harlequins 52–14 Newcastle Red Bulls; 2025-10-19 Exeter Chiefs 38–0 Harlequins; 2025-10-12 Harlequins 20–14 Saracens; 2025-10-04 Leicester Tigers 29–19 Harlequins; 2025-09-26 Harlequins 31–47 Bath
Only Premiership Rugby results are counted in this extended window; other competitions and friendlies are excluded. Quins ended the league season by beating eventual champions Northampton 38–31. Their 76–17 win at Newcastle inflates the points total, while the 52 conceded to Sale shows how quickly a loose game can turn against them.
BathW13, D0, L6
Retrieved Premiership Rugby sample within 25 September 2025–24 September 2026 (19 matches; not asserted to be a complete season): 2026-06-13 Bath 26–27 Exeter Chiefs; 2026-06-06 Bath 24–22 Leicester Tigers; 2026-05-29 Bristol Bears 21–19 Bath; 2026-05-16 Bath 69–12 Newcastle Red Bulls; 2026-05-10 Exeter Chiefs 35–12 Bath; 2026-04-25 Northampton Saints 41–38 Bath; 2026-04-18 Bath 48–15 Harlequins; 2026-03-29 Sale Sharks 26–31 Bath; 2026-03-20 Bath 62–15 Saracens; 2026-01-23 Gloucester 26–30 Bath; 2026-01-03 Bath 33–26 Exeter Chiefs; 2025-12-27 Bath 21–41 Northampton Saints; 2025-12-21 Newcastle Red Bulls 14–50 Bath; 2025-11-30 Saracens 29–36 Bath; 2025-10-25 Bath 40–15 Bristol Bears; 2025-10-18 Leicester Tigers 22–20 Bath; 2025-10-11 Bath 38–17 Gloucester; 2025-10-03 Bath 28–16 Sale Sharks; 2025-09-26 Harlequins 31–47 Bath
Only Premiership Rugby results are counted in this extended window; other competitions and friendlies are excluded. Bath lost three of their final five league games, including the 27–26 semi-final against Exeter. The 69–12 Newcastle win is another outlier; the selected side and rivalry carry more weight than this uneven finish.
Harlequins XV
Confirmed 24 September. Slevin starts at ten with Marcus Smith unavailable; Murley captains from the wing. Furbank and Fin Baxter are also absent.
Bath XV
Match-day XV and bench listed by RugbyKickoff, checked 25 September; Bath’s official page did not expose the selection in the retrieved content. Russell directs a backline with Ojomoh and Lawrence together.
Key Matchups
Slevin has to manage the game while Bath can distribute through Russell and Carreras. Quins need Kenningham and Evans to make Bath’s possession untidy before the ball reaches Lawrence. If the visitors get repeated clean phases, the missing home decision-makers become difficult to hide.
Match Forecast
Bath are the away pick through the selected backline and a strong recent league record against Quins. Russell’s options outside him are considerably more established than the home combination. The model remains much less emphatic than the 48–15 score in April.
Quins have beaten good teams at the Stoop and Murley and Green give them a route to tries. Bath’s poor closing league sequence is another reason to keep the margin modest. Their selection is sourced from a match-day listing rather than an accessible club announcement, which is recorded in the evidence. The margin band is an editorial range, not a statistical confidence interval.
Bath by 6 — the selected sides and verified results set the case.
Harlequins points for–against in the 5-match Premiership Rugby form window.
Bath points for–against in the 5-match Premiership Rugby form window.
Harlequins wins–draws–Bath wins in the explicitly scoped H2H sample.
Seven-dimension house score from the home perspective; positive favours the home team before the model intercept.