The 2000–01 English Premiership (called the Zurich Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions. Leicester Tigers finished top of the league for the third year in a row giving them their fifth English champions title.
This season saw the introduction of the bonus points scoring system.[1]
Additionally, an 8 team end of season knock-out competition, the Zurich Championship was introduced, although this was not used to determine the English Champions, that being the preserve of the Zurich Premiership winners. Leicester also won the Zurich Championship in this season.
Rotherham were relegated, to be replaced by Leeds Tykes for the 2001–02 season.[2][3]
Participating teams
Locations of the 2000-01 Zurich Premiership teams
Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
City/Area |
Bath |
Bath |
8,200 |
Bath, Somerset |
Bristol |
Memorial Stadium |
12,100 |
Bristol, Avon |
Gloucester |
Kingsholm |
11,000 |
Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
Harlequins |
The Stoop |
8,500 |
Twickenham, London |
Leicester Tigers |
Welford Road |
16,000 |
Leicester, Leicestershire |
London Irish |
Madejski Stadium |
24,161 |
Reading, Berkshire |
London Wasps |
Loftus Road |
18,439 |
Shepherd's Bush, London |
Newcastle Falcons |
Kingston Park |
10,000 |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
Northampton Saints |
Franklin's Gardens |
10,000 |
Northampton, Northamptonshire |
Rotherham Titans |
Clifton Lane |
2,500 |
Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
Sale |
Heywood Road |
5,400 |
Sale, Greater Manchester |
Saracens |
Vicarage Road |
22,000 |
Watford, Hertfordshire |
Table
|
Club |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points For |
Points Against |
Points Difference |
Tries For |
Tries Against |
Try Bonus |
Losing Bonus |
Points |
1 |
Leicester Tigers (C) |
22 |
18 |
1 |
3 |
571 |
346 |
+225 |
60 |
25 |
7 |
1 |
82 |
2 |
London Wasps |
22 |
16 |
0 |
6 |
663 |
428 |
+235 |
77 |
37 |
7 |
3 |
74 |
3 |
Bath |
22 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
680 |
430 |
+250 |
72 |
37 |
9 |
5 |
70 |
4 |
Northampton Saints |
22 |
13 |
0 |
9 |
518 |
463 |
+55 |
45 |
45 |
3 |
4 |
59 |
5 |
Saracens |
22 |
12 |
0 |
10 |
589 |
501 |
+88 |
63 |
48 |
6 |
4 |
58 |
6 |
Newcastle Falcons |
22 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
554 |
568 |
-14 |
57 |
65 |
7 |
6 |
57 |
7 |
Gloucester |
22 |
10 |
0 |
12 |
473 |
526 |
-53 |
43 |
45 |
3 |
5 |
48 |
8 |
London Irish |
22 |
10 |
1 |
11 |
476 |
576 |
-100 |
36 |
60 |
1 |
2 |
45 |
9 |
Bristol |
22 |
9 |
1 |
12 |
443 |
492 |
-49 |
34 |
36 |
1 |
5 |
44 |
10 |
Sale Sharks |
22 |
8 |
1 |
13 |
561 |
622 |
-61 |
56 |
67 |
6 |
3 |
43 |
11 |
Harlequins |
22 |
7 |
0 |
15 |
440 |
538 |
-98 |
44 |
48 |
3 |
7 |
38 |
12 |
Rotherham Titans (R) |
22 |
2 |
0 |
20 |
335 |
813 |
-478 |
29 |
103 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
Green background denotes qualification for the playoffs. These teams and those highlighted in blue qualified for the 2001–02 Heineken Cup. Newcastle gained a spot by virtue of winning the Powergen Cup. Harlequins gained a spot in the Heineken Cup by winning the 2000-01 European Challenge Cup. |
Results
Week 1
London Wasps |
22 – 24 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 6,328 |
NEC Harlequins |
16 – 22 |
London Irish |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 5,093 |
Sale Sharks |
33 – 32 |
Bath Rugby |
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|
Newcastle Falcons |
27 – 21 |
Northampton Saints |
|
|
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,245 |
Rotherham Titans |
20 – 23 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Clifton Lane
Attendance: 2,700 |
Saracens |
50 – 20 |
Gloucester |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,682 |
Week 2
Bristol Shoguns |
23 – 34 |
Saracens |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,280 |
Gloucester |
18 – 19 |
Sale Sharks |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 5,500 |
NEC Harlequins |
26 – 13 |
Rotherham Titans |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,217 |
Northampton Saints |
27 – 10 |
London Irish |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 6,713 |
Newcastle Falcons |
22 – 25 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,298 |
London Wasps |
12 – 36 |
Bath Rugby |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,037 |
Week 3
Leicester Tigers |
33 – 19 |
Northampton Saints |
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|
Welford Road
Attendance: 14,088 |
Bath Rugby |
38 – 22 |
NEC Harlequins |
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|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,958 |
London Irish |
27 – 22 |
Saracens |
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|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 7,312 |
Rotherham Titans |
23 – 29 |
Gloucester |
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|
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Clifton Lane
Attendance: 2,500 |
Sale Sharks |
13 – 27 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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|
Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,885 |
London Wasps |
23 – 17 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 3,525 |
Week 4
Bristol Shoguns |
13 – 36 |
Sale Sharks |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,100 |
Newcastle Falcons |
18 – 19 |
Gloucester |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 2,623 |
Northampton Saints |
27 – 20 |
NEC Harlequins |
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|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 6,645 |
Leicester Tigers |
26 – 18 |
Rotherham Titans |
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|
Welford Road
Attendance: 9,801 |
Saracens |
24 – 30 |
London Wasps |
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|
|
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,312 |
Gloucester |
21 – 22 |
Bath Rugby |
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|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 6,754 |
NEC Harlequins |
18 – 31 |
London Wasps |
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|
|
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,880 |
Sale Sharks |
34 – 23 |
Northampton Saints |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 1,844 |
Newcastle Falcons |
34 – 19 |
Rotherham Titans |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 2,735 |
Bristol Shoguns |
26 – 30 |
London Irish |
|
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,902 |
Saracens |
17 – 9 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 13,021 |
Week 5
Bath Rugby |
19 – 12 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,503 |
NEC Harlequins |
31 – 25 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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|
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,089 |
Leicester Tigers |
33 – 20 |
London Irish |
|
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|
Welford Road
Attendance: 12,168 |
Rotherham Titans |
19 – 32 |
Northampton Saints |
|
|
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Clifton Lane
Attendance: 2,363 |
Sale Sharks |
6 – 51 |
Saracens |
|
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|
Heywood Road
Attendance: 3,130 |
London Wasps |
43 – 23 |
Gloucester |
|
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,277 |
Week 6
Newcastle Falcons |
59 – 21 |
London Wasps |
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|
Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,233 |
Bristol Shoguns |
24 – 20 |
Leicester Tigers |
|
|
|
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,200 |
Gloucester |
27 – 23 |
NEC Harlequins |
|
|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 5,428 |
Northampton Saints |
24 – 13 |
Bath Rugby |
|
|
|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 7,465 |
London Irish |
28 – 13 |
Sale Sharks |
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|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 4,198 |
Saracens |
59 – 5 |
Rotherham Titans |
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|
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 6,092 |
Week 7
Bath Rugby |
21 – 33 |
Saracens |
|
|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,000 |
Gloucester |
38 – 16 |
Bristol Shoguns |
|
|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 6,503 |
NEC Harlequins |
18 – 20 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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|
|
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,445 |
Rotherham Titans |
19 – 18 |
London Irish |
|
|
|
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 2,000 |
Sale Sharks |
17 – 17 |
Leicester Tigers |
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|
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 3,407 |
London Wasps |
53 – 17 |
Northampton Saints |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,612 |
Week 8
Bristol Shoguns |
32 – 21 |
Rotherham Titans |
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|
|
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,380 |
Gloucester |
16 – 15 |
Saracens |
|
|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 5,909 |
Leicester Tigers |
28 – 13 |
London Wasps |
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|
|
Welford Road
Attendance: 9,300 |
Northampton Saints |
26 – 18 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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|
|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 6,734 |
Bath Rugby |
34 – 32 |
Sale Sharks |
|
|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,348 |
London Irish |
21 – 16 |
NEC Harlequins |
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|
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 5,918 |
Week 9
NEC Harlequins |
13 – 16 |
Leicester Tigers |
|
|
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,613 |
Gloucester |
26 – 6 |
London Irish |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 5,618 |
Northampton Saints |
24 – 6 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 6,093 |
Bath Rugby |
42 – 19 |
Rotherham Titans |
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|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,100 |
Newcastle Falcons |
32 – 27 |
Saracens |
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|
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 5,473 |
London Wasps |
33 – 24 |
Sale Sharks |
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|
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 3,087 |
Week 10
Bristol Shoguns |
16 – 9 |
Bath Rugby |
|
|
|
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,335 |
Leicester Tigers |
31 – 28 |
Gloucester |
|
|
|
Welford Road
Attendance: 11,800 |
Rotherham Titans |
15 – 30 |
London Wasps |
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|
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Clifton Lane
Attendance: 2,100 |
Sale Sharks |
35 – 10 |
NEC Harlequins |
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|
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,002 |
Saracens |
10 – 30 |
Northampton Saints |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 10,483 |
London Irish |
19 – 17 |
Newcastle Falcons |
|
|
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 4,612 |
Week 11
Northampton Saints |
34 – 15 |
Gloucester |
|
|
|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 7,225 |
Leicester Tigers |
27 – 19 |
Bath Rugby |
|
|
|
Welford Road
Attendance: 14,552 |
London Irish |
14 – 13 |
London Wasps |
|
|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 5,220 |
Sale Sharks |
45 – 12 |
Rotherham Titans |
|
|
|
Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,200 |
Bristol Shoguns |
27 – 14 |
Newcastle Falcons |
|
|
|
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,687 |
Saracens |
26 – 18 |
NEC Harlequins |
|
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,681 |
Week 12
Sale Sharks |
25 – 26 |
Bristol Shoguns |
|
|
|
Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,631 |
Bath Rugby |
56 – 20 |
London Irish |
|
|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,317 |
Rotherham Titans |
9 – 27 |
Leicester Tigers |
|
|
|
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 4,000 |
Gloucester |
28 – 13 |
Newcastle Falcons |
|
|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 7,455 |
London Wasps |
25 – 6 |
Saracens |
|
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|
Loftus Road
Attendance: 7,835 |
NEC Harlequins |
25 – 34 |
Northampton Saints |
|
|
|
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,128 |
Week 13
Bath Rugby |
16 – 17 |
Leicester Tigers |
|
|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,500 |
Newcastle Falcons |
23 – 15 |
Bristol Shoguns |
|
|
|
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,738 |
NEC Harlequins |
14 – 30 |
Saracens |
|
|
|
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 5,089 |
Gloucester |
12 – 15 |
Northampton Saints |
|
|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 9,859 |
London Wasps |
29 – 16 |
London Irish |
|
|
|
Loftus Road
Attendance: 5,084 |
Northampton Saints |
18 – 21 |
London Wasps |
|
|
|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 9,437 |
Saracens |
11 – 31 |
Bath Rugby |
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|
|
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 11,192 |
Week 14
Bath Rugby |
36 – 13 |
Northampton Saints |
|
|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,802 |
Rotherham Titans |
19 – 8 |
Saracens |
|
|
|
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 3,500 |
Bristol Shoguns |
18 – 9 |
Gloucester |
|
|
|
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,781 |
Week 15
Leicester Tigers |
17 – 10 |
Bristol Shoguns |
|
|
|
Welford Road
Attendance: 12,332 |
NEC Harlequins |
21 – 19 |
Gloucester |
|
|
|
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,800 |
Northampton Saints |
42 – 0 |
Rotherham Titans |
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|
|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 8,062 |
Gloucester |
3 – 28 |
London Wasps |
|
|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 6,940 |
London Irish |
9 – 28 |
Leicester Tigers |
|
|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 7,531 |
Newcastle Falcons |
24 – 23 |
Bath Rugby |
|
|
|
Kingston Park
Attendance: 7,319 |
Bristol Shoguns |
13 – 9 |
NEC Harlequins |
|
|
|
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,600 |
Saracens |
44 – 30 |
Sale Sharks |
|
|
|
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,115 |
Week 16
London Irish |
54 – 11 |
Rotherham Titans |
|
|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 2,504 |
Bath Rugby |
50 – 16 |
Gloucester |
|
|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200 |
Leicester Tigers |
56 – 15 |
Saracens |
|
|
|
Welford Road
Attendance: 14,212 |
London Irish |
26 – 26 |
Bristol Shoguns |
|
|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 3,349 |
Northampton Saints |
32 – 26 |
Sale Sharks |
|
|
|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 7,849 |
Week 17
Newcastle Falcons |
22 – 24 |
NEC Harlequins |
|
|
|
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,620 |
Leicester Tigers |
24 – 12 |
Sale Sharks |
|
|
|
Welford Road
Attendance: 9,000 |
Northampton Saints |
9 – 12 |
Leicester Tigers |
|
|
|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 10,000 |
Gloucester |
50 – 17 |
Rotherham Titans |
|
|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 5,850 |
NEC Harlequins |
24 – 22 |
Bath Rugby |
|
|
|
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 7,067 |
Newcastle Falcons |
48 – 24 |
Sale Sharks |
|
|
|
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,318 |
Bristol Shoguns |
12 – 24 |
London Wasps |
|
|
|
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,444 |
Saracens |
35 – 22 |
London Irish |
|
|
|
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,913 |
Week 18
London Irish |
13 – 58 |
Bath Rugby |
|
|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 5,303 |
Leicester Tigers |
51 – 7 |
Newcastle Falcons |
|
|
|
Welford Road
Attendance: 15,009 |
Bath Rugby |
16 – 13 |
London Wasps |
|
|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200 |
Rotherham Titans |
12 – 32 |
NEC Harlequins |
|
|
|
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 2,000 |
London Irish |
13 – 10 |
Northampton Saints |
|
|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 12,037 |
Sale Sharks |
16 – 24 |
Gloucester |
|
|
|
Heywood Road
Attendance: 3,514 |
Saracens |
24 – 13 |
Bristol Shoguns |
|
|
|
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 12,843 |
Week 19
Rotherham Titans |
13 – 39 |
Sale Sharks |
|
|
|
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 2,000 |
London Wasps |
44 – 7 |
Newcastle Falcons |
|
|
|
Loftus Road
Attendance: 3,444 |
Bath Rugby |
19 – 16 |
Bristol Shoguns |
|
|
|
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200 |
Gloucester |
22 – 13 |
Leicester Tigers |
|
|
|
Kingsholm
Attendance: 7,614 |
NEC Harlequins |
36 – 10 |
Sale Sharks |
|
|
|
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 5,039 |
Northampton Saints |
25 – 14 |
Saracens |
|
|
|
Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 9,424 |
Newcastle Falcons |
42 – 35 |
London Irish |
|
|
|
Kingston Park
Attendance: 5,963 |
London Wasps |
58 – 3 |
Rotherham Titans |
|
|
|
Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,276 |
Week 20
Rotherham Titans |
36 – 39 |
Newcastle Falcons |
|
|
|
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 1,800 |
Sale Sharks |
43 – 18 |
London Irish |
|
|
|
Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,469 |
London Wasps |
38 – 19 |
NEC Harlequins |
|
|
|
Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,137 |
Sale Sharks |
29 – 59 |
London Wasps |
|
|
|
Heywood Road
Attendance: 3,877 |
Leicester Tigers |
37 – 5 |
NEC Harlequins |
|
|
|
Welford Road
Attendance: 16,006 |
Rotherham Titans |
12 – 68 |
Bath Rugby |
|
|
|
Clifton Lane
Attendance: 3,000 |
Saracens |
34 – 29 |
Newcastle Falcons |
|
|
|
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 10,107 |
Week 21
Bristol Shoguns |
46 – 16 |
Northampton Saints |
|
|
|
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,315 |
London Irish |
35 – 10 |
Gloucester |
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|
|
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 7,131 |
Zurich Championship
The top eight teams qualified for the knock-out Zurich Championship, seeded on the basis of their league finish.
Seeding
Quarter–finals
Leicester Tigers |
24 – 11 |
London Irish |
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Report |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 8,112
Referee: Tony Spreadbury |
Northampton Saints |
45 – 17 |
Saracens |
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Report |
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Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Chris White |
Bath |
18 – 9 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Report |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,840
Referee: Rob Goodliffe |
London Wasps |
18 – 6 |
Gloucester |
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Report |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,986
Referee: Steve Lander |
Semi–finals
Leicester Tigers |
17 – 13 |
Northampton Saints |
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Report |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 10,787[4] |
London Wasps |
31 – 36 |
Bath |
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Report |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 8,094
Referee: Brian Campsall |
Final
Leicester Tigers |
22 – 10 |
Bath |
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Report |
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Twickenham
Attendance: 33,500[5]
Referee: Steve Lander |
Total Season Attendances
Club |
Home
Games |
Total |
Average |
Highest |
Lowest |
% Capacity |
Bath |
12 |
91,968 |
7,664 |
8,500 |
6,840 |
93% |
Bristol |
11 |
51,024 |
4,639 |
6,781 |
2,380 |
38% |
Gloucester |
11 |
73,430 |
6,675 |
9,859 |
5,428 |
61% |
Harlequins |
11 |
51,460 |
4,678 |
7,067 |
3,089 |
55% |
Leicester Tigers |
13 |
157,167 |
12,090 |
16,006 |
8,112 |
76% |
London Irish |
11 |
65,115 |
5,920 |
12,037 |
2,504 |
24% |
London Wasps |
13 |
73,719 |
5,671 |
12,137 |
3,444 |
31% |
Newcastle Falcons |
12 |
55,065 |
4,589 |
8,500 |
2,623 |
46% |
Northampton Saints |
11 |
85,647 |
7,786 |
10,000 |
6,093 |
78% |
Rotherham Titans |
11 |
27,963 |
2,542 |
4,000 |
1,800 |
87% |
Sale Sharks |
11 |
30,939 |
2,813 |
3,877 |
1,844 |
52% |
Saracens |
11 |
101,441 |
9,222 |
13,021 |
6,092 |
42% |
References
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Governing body |
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National teams |
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International Competitions |
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Competition divisions |
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European competitions |
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National competitions |
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London and South East competitions |
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Midland competitions |
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Northern competitions |
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South West competitions |
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County competitions |
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