Gallagher Premiership to expand to 14 clubs as part of Covid recovery plan

Saracens are rejoining the Premiership next season to lift it to 13 teams, but thereafter it will be a 14-team tournament (Ashley Western/PA)

The Gallagher Premiership will expand to 14 clubs from the 2022-23 season with a temporary pause placed on relegation.

Saracens are to rejoin the English top flight after being crowned Greene King IPA Championship winners earlier this month, increasing the number of teams for the 2021-22 campaign from 12 to 13.