Premiership Rugby has announced the Newcastle Falcons and double European champion Saracens will face off in a match at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, PA, on Saturday, September 16.

Following the success of the inaugural Premiership Rugby regular-season match played in the United States between London Irish and Saracens last March at New York's Red Bull Stadium, the league will again stage a match in the U.S., this time at the home of the MLS's Philadelphia Union.

Talen Energy Stadium hosts the sevens Collegiate Rugby Championships every year and also was the site of the 2013 meeting between the USA and the New Zealand Maori All Blacks. That USA-Maori game was the highest-attended non-soccer event in stadium history.

"Premiership Rugby is the best club league in the world, and thanks to the support of our partners at NBC Sports, we are now developing a strong following in the USA," Premiership Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty said in a statement. "This new agreement with AEG will help take that to another level, and today's announcement is testimony to our collective ambition."

Newcastle Falcons and Saracens have both been part of a record-breaking 2016-17 season for Aviva Premiership Rugby, and now they will once again bring all the excitement, skills, and intensity of the competition to the USA.

"We're delighted to be able to take two of our teams to the great city of Philadelphia -- a city dominated by elite sport -- for a match we know will capture the imagination of the American rugby public," McCafferty said. "The key to staging this match in such an impressive stadium has been the partnership we are announcing for the game with AEG and NBC Sports. AEG is the world's leading sports and live entertainment company, while NBC is one of the world's most prestigious media companies. This presents us with a powerful combination to help make this match a huge success."

The match is sanctioned by the United States Rugby Union and USA Rugby chief executive Dan Payne is looking forward to seeing Premiership Rugby in Philadelphia.
 
"This matchup is yet another opportunity for our American rugby fans and future fans to witness, firsthand, up close and personal, the product created by some of the world's top professional teams," Payne said in the statement. "We're thankful to the Premiership Rugby, Saracens, Newcastle Falcons, and our partners, AEG and NBC Sports, for providing this opportunity to the American public. 
 
"I'm looking forward to a tremendous display of our great game that will fuel our growth plan domestically... a plan for growth in participation, overall awareness, national broadcast, and commercially. This event ticks each of those very important boxes!"