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Premiership

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Premiership (the state of being a premier) may refer to:

  • The post of premier or prime minister, who is the head of government in many parliamentary systems
  • Premier League, the highest-level football league competition in England (previously branded officially as the Premiership between 1993 and 2007)
  • Scottish Premiership, the highest level football league competition in Scotland
  • The Principality Premiership, the highest-level domestic rugby union competition (but secondary to the multinational Pro14) in Wales
  • Cymru Premier, the highest level football league competition in Wales
  • NIFL Premiership, the highest-level football league competition in Northern Ireland
  • South African Premiership, the highest-level football league competition in South Africa
  • Premiership Rugby, known for sponsorship reasons as the Gallagher Premiership, the highest-level rugby union competition in England. "Premiership Rugby" is also the name of the company that operates the league.
  • NRL Premiership, the highest level rugby league competition in Australasia
  • Scottish Premiership (rugby union), the top amateur-level rugby union competition in Scotland (but below the multinational Pro14 and the semi-professional Super 6)
  • The Rugby League Premiership, a title that was available to English rugby league clubs from 1974 to 1997
  • Premier Soccer Saturday, RTÉ
  • The Mitre 10 Premiership, the top-tier competition within the Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand rugby union
  • The Premiership, ITV's flagship football programme from 2001 to 2004
  • In the A-League of Australian soccer, the "premiership" is won by the team finishing first on the league table after the regular season
  • the title given to the Australian rules football team that won the title during a particular year via the AFL Grand Final

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