Aviva Premiership Rugby
Teams >Bath | Exeter | Gloucester | Harlequins | Leicester | London Irish | London Wasps | Newcastle | Northampton | Sale | Saracens | Worcester
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Leicester beat Sarries to reach Premiership final
Monday 14 May 2012
Leicester Tigers beat Saracens 24-15 in their Semi-final at Welford Road to book a place in the Premiership final against Harlequins on the 26th of May.
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Quins beat Saints and book Premiership final spot
Monday 14 May 2012
Harlequins booked a place in the Aviva Premiership final after they beat Northampton Saints 25-23 at The Stoop in the first Semi-final.
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Richards ready to move on from 'Bloodgate'
Saturday 12 May 2012
Former Harlequins Director of Rugby Dean Richards says that he is ready to move on despite admitting "huge regret" over the Bloodgate scandal that rocked English rugby.
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Leicester Tigers v Saracens Premiership Preview
Saturday 12 May 2012
Leicester Tigers have reeled off ten successive victories in all competitions and have not lost at Welford Road since Harlequins were the visitors on 8 October.
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Harlequins v Northampton Premiership Preview
Friday 11 May 2012
Harlequins play in only their second Premiership semi-final - the other was at home to London Irish in 2008/09 where they were defeated 0-17.
Quins (
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Wales assistant coach Edwards joins London Irish
Thursday 10 May 2012
Aviva Premiership Rugby club London Irish have announced today that Wales's defence coach, Shaun Edwards will be joining the London Irish coaching team.
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Robshaw wins Premiership Player of the season
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Harlequins back row forward Chris Robshaw was named Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season at the Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards at the London Hilton, Park Lane.
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Bath confirm Gold appointment with assistants
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Bath Rugby have confirmed their new coaching line up for the 2012/13 season which includes Gary Gold and former London Irish head coach Toby Booth.
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Booth to leave London Irish for Bath
Tuesday 8 May 2012
London Irish head coach Toby Booth has been linked to a move away from the Exiles to West Country club and Premiership rivals Bath.
Booth's appointment
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Former Bok coach Gold confirms Bath move
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Former Newcastle Falcons and Springboks forward coach Gary Gold has revealed that he will be moving to Aviva Premiership Rugby club Bath.
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Pirates give Newcastle Falcons Premiership hope
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Aviva Premiership Rugby club Newcastle Falcons were given a boost by RFU Championship team Cornish Pirates who beat Bristol.
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Gold: Relegation could help Newcastle Falcons
Monday 7 May 2012
Newcastle Falcons interim coach Gary Gold said that the Falcons could benefit from being relegated is their relegation from the Aviva Premiership goes ahead.
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Newcastle beat Wasps but lose relegation battle
Monday 7 May 2012
Newcastle Falcons beat London Wasps 10-14 at Adams Park on Saturday but lost the Aviva Premiership relegation battle.
Newcastle have a lifeline however as they will only
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Harlequins beat Sale Sharks and book Saints date
Monday 7 May 2012
Harlequins finished the regular season on top of the standings after beating Sale Sharks 10-24 and booking a place in the play offs against Northampton Saints.
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Aviva Premiership Rugby Semi-finals confirmed
Saturday 5 May 2012
The Aviva Premiership Rugby Semi-finals have now been confirmed as the final round matches of the 2011/12 Premiership regular season have been played.
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Northampton Saints book Semi-final against Quins
Saturday 5 May 2012
Northampton Saints secured their Aviva Premiership play off place against Harlequins with a 42-14 victory over Worcester at Franklins Gardens.
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Leicester beat Bath to book Semi with SaracensSaracens beat Exeter and book semi with TigersLondon Irish smash Gloucester to finish seventhIan Humphreys to join London IrishLeicester Tigers v Bath Premiership Preview
Overview of the Aviva Premiership
The English Premiership is known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship (by Aviva) is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system.
There are, at present, twelve clubs in the Premiership.
The competition has been played since 1987, and has evolved into the current Premiership system employing relegation to and promotion from the National Division One competition.
Clubs competing in the Guinness Premiership qualify for Europe's two club competitions, the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup.
The 2008/09 champions are the Leicester Tigers .
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
Bath Recreation Ground 10,600 Bath,
Somerset
Bristol Memorial Stadium 11,750.
Bristol
Gloucester Kingsholm Stadium 16,500
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins Twickenham Stoop 12,700
Twickenham, Middlesex/London
Leicester Tigers
Welford Road 16,815 Leicester, Leicestershire
London Irish Madejski Stadium
24,161 Reading, Berkshire
London Wasps Adams Park 10,000
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Newcastle Falcons Kingston Park
10,200 Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints Franklin's
Gardens 13,600 Northampton
Sale Sharks Edgeley Park 10,852 Stockport, Greater
Manchester
Saracens Vicarage Road 19,920 Watford,
Hertfordshire
Worcester Warriors Sixways
Stadium 10,197 Worcester, Worcestershire
Source -Wikipedia
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Harlequins | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 502 | 379 | 71 |
2 |
Leicester Tigers | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 619 | 472 | 70 |
3 |
Saracens | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 449 | 328 | 68 |
4 |
Northampton Saints | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 497 | 360 | 60 |
5 |
Exeter Chiefs | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 414 | 381 | 59 |
6 |
Sale Sharks | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 443 | 514 | 49 |
7 |
Bath Rugby | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 362 | 384 | 44 |
8 |
Gloucester Rugby | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 438 | 455 | 44 |
9 |
London Irish | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 462 | 498 | 41 |
10 |
Worcester Warriors | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 308 | 406 | 36 |
11 |
London Wasps | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 353 | 488 | 32 |
12 |
Newcastle Falcons | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 337 | 519 | 28 |
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