Sky has announced the first fourteen Guinness Premiership Rugby matches of the 2008/09 season, to be shown exclusively live and in high definition on Sky Sports. Each of the 12 teams will feature at least once.
Sky Sports will also broadcast exclusively live coverage of the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, England's Autumn internationals, the Heineken Cup, Tri Nations, Super 14s, and the Help for Heroes Challenge match at Twickenham.
The first 14 Premiership matches are as follows:
| Date | Game | Kick-off |
| Sunday 7 September | Northampton Saints v Worcester Warriors | 1.30pm |
| Sunday 7 September | Gloucester Rugby v Leicester Tigers | 4.00pm |
| Saturday 13 September | Bath Rugby v Gloucester Rugby | 2.45pm |
| Friday 26 September | Leicester Tigers v London Wasps | 8.05pm |
| Saturday 27 September | Saracens v Northampton Saints | 2.45pm |
| Thursday 2 October | Worcester Warriors v Harlequins | 8.00pm |
| Friday 14 November | Sale Sharks v Worcester Warriors | 8.00pm |
| Friday 21 November | Gloucester Rugby v Bristol Rugby | 8.00pm |
| Friday 28 November | Newcastle Falcons v London Wasps | 8.00pm |
| Saturday 20 December | Bath Rugby v Sale Sharks | 2.45pm |
| Saturday 27 December | Saracens v London Irish | 1.30pm |
| Saturday 27 December | Harlequins v Leicester Tigers | 4.00pm |
| Sunday 4 January | Leicester Tigers v Bath Rugby | 1.30pm |
| Sunday 4 January | London Wasps v Harlequins | 4.00pm |
(Via Sky Sports)
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