The 2009 Guinness Premiership Final is the culmination of the rugby season with the top two sides in England playing for the right to be crowned Guinness Premiership champions. Last year London Wasps defeated Leicester Tigers in an epic encounter, played out in front of a world record 81,600 crowd for a club rugby match.

This season's final on Saturday 16 May at Twickenham Stadium promises to be another world-beater. Tickets have been selling at record pace and the signs are that the match will sell out for a second consecutive year.

The semi-finalists are now known with Leicester Tigers hosting Bath and Harlequins facing London Irish. Both matches will be played ...

The 2009 Guinness Premiership Final is the culmination of the rugby season with the top two sides in England playing for the right to be crowned Guinness Premiership champions. Last year London Wasps defeated Leicester Tigers in an epic encounter, played out in front of a world record 81,600 crowd for a club rugby match.

This season's final on Saturday 16 May at Twickenham Stadium promises to be another world-beater. Tickets have been selling at record pace and the signs are that the match will sell out for a second consecutive year.

The semi-finalists are now known with Leicester Tigers hosting Bath and Harlequins facing London Irish. Both matches will be played on 9 May, with the winners proceeding to the Final.

As well as the action on the pitch there is a whole host of entertainment off the pitch. The Guinness Premiership Fan Park is new for 2009 and will give supporters of all ages the opportunity to test their skills and strength on a range of rugby-themed inflatables. Pit your wits against fellow supporters as you try your hand at the Tackling Game, the Passing Tunnel and Kick4Goal, to name but a few. The Fan Park is completely free and guaranteed to be a whole lot of fun!

The Guinness Village is an integral part of the Guinness Premiership Final experience and is the best place to enjoy a pint of the black stuff whilst soaking up the unique pre-match atmosphere. Throughout the day you can enjoy music and entertainment, special competitions and prizes, and a range of drinks and hot food.

What the press said about the 2008 Final:

"Wasps and Leicester gave us a contest worthy of the occasion's pretensions, while their fans not only filled Twickenham to its 80,000 plus capacity - reported to be a record for a club game - but rocked it to its substantial foundations. There was, as there has never been before, a sense of this as truly English club rugby's big day." - Huw Richards, scrum.com
 
"Monumental. Twickenham had the biggest crowd ever at a club game for one of the greatest club games... As an occasion, it was so far ahead of the Heineken Cup Final last weekend that comparisons are ridiculous. In terms of standard of play and heart-stopping spectacle, it murdered both the Heineken showpiece and yesterday morning's Super 14 final in a small, empty stadium in Christchurch." - Stephen Jones, The Sunday Times
 
"Best match atmosphere: Guinness Premiership final, Wasps v Leicester, Twickenham. A world-record crowd for a club match and a significant milestone in the history of the professional game in Britain." - Robert Kitson, The Guardian
 
"Twickenham yesterday had the feel of a really big match. There was all the emotion over Dallaglio's departure swirling around the stands, and there was the biggest crowd ever to watch a club game on hand to stir up the gladiators." - Paul Ackford, The Sunday Telegraph