The 2006–07 Guinness Premiership was the 20th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2006 and May 2007. It was announced during the 2005-06 season that the 2006-07 competition would end two weeks early due to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, as England would be defending their title.[1] At the end of the previous season, Harlequins gained promotion to this season, while the Leeds Tykes were relegated. The Champions of this season were Leicester Tigers, beating Gloucester RFC 44-16 on May 12 in the Final at Twickenham, while the Northampton Saints were relegated. Leeds Tykes are set to return in 2007-08 under their new name of Leeds Carnegie, after being promoted.
From the start of the season, all half-time intervals were increased from the traditional 10 minutes to 15 minutes. The move has been explained as allowing clubs to capitalise on growing capacities and maximise refreshment income.[2]
The opening games of the Season were played at Twickenham, in the 2006 London Double Header.[1]
Participating teams
Locations of the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership teams
Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
City/Area |
Bath |
Bath |
10,600 |
Bath, Somerset |
Bristol |
Memorial Stadium[n 1] |
12,100 |
Bristol, Avon |
Gloucester |
Kingsholm[n 2] |
12,500 |
Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
Harlequins |
The Stoop |
12,638 |
Twickenham, London |
Leicester Tigers |
Welford Road |
16,815 |
Leicester, Leicestershire |
London Irish |
Madejski Stadium[n 3] |
24,161 |
Reading, Berkshire |
London Wasps |
Adams Park |
10,000 |
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Newcastle Falcons |
Kingston Park |
10,200 |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
Northampton Saints |
Franklin's Gardens |
13,600 |
Northampton, Northamptonshire |
Sale |
Edgeley Park |
10,852 |
Stockport, Greater Manchester |
Saracens |
Vicarage Road[n 4] |
22,000 |
Watford, Hertfordshire |
Worcester |
Sixways |
10,197 |
Worcester, Worcestershire |
- Notes
Table
If teams are level at any stage, they are ranked by: 1. number of wins 2. league points 3. match points difference 4. match points for 5. head-to-head record.
Results
Round 1
London Irish |
20 – 19 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Twickenham
Attendance: 51,960 |
Kingsholm
Attendance: 12,500 |
Worcester Warriors |
11 – 41 |
Bristol |
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Sixways
Attendance: 9,620 |
Saracens |
19 – 21 |
London Wasps |
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Twickenham
Attendance: 51,960 |
Northampton Saints |
25 – 23 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,520 |
Leicester Tigers |
35 – 23 |
Sale Sharks |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
Round 2
London Wasps |
23 – 17 |
London Irish |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 7,203 |
Newcastle Falcons |
20 – 19 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 6,654 |
Sale Sharks |
32 – 20 |
Northampton Saints |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,418 |
Bath |
43 – 25 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
NEC Harlequins |
21 – 31 |
Gloucester |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 9,497 |
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,100 |
Round 3
Worcester Warriors |
13 – 25 |
Sale Sharks |
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Sixways
Attendance: 9,432 |
Northampton Saints |
33 – 18 |
Bath |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,186 |
London Irish |
11 – 23 |
Bristol |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 7,650 |
Leicester Tigers |
27 – 27 |
Gloucester |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
London Wasps |
42 – 23 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 7,340 |
Saracens |
44 – 20 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,213 |
Round 4
Sale Sharks |
34 – 26 |
Saracens |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,537 |
Newcastle Falcons |
21 – 26 |
London Irish |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 6,060 |
Bath |
17 – 11 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,140 |
Gloucester |
28 – 7 |
Northampton Saints |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 11,159 |
NEC Harlequins |
15 – 21 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 10,164 |
Bristol |
26 – 21 |
London Wasps |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,200 |
Round 5
Worcester Warriors |
24 – 33 |
Gloucester |
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Sixways
Attendance: 10,197 |
Northampton Saints |
10 – 15 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,564 |
London Wasps |
35 – 15 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 7,440 |
Bristol |
33 – 20 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,136 |
London Irish |
14 – 31 |
Sale Sharks |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 9,102 |
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,214 |
Round 6
Sale Sharks |
18 – 12 |
London Wasps |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10,417 |
Newcastle Falcons |
26 – 21 |
Bristol |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 6,140 |
Bath |
17 – 21 |
London Irish |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
Leicester Tigers |
40 – 21 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,766 |
NEC Harlequins |
34 – 19 |
Northampton Saints |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 11,354 |
Gloucester |
21 – 12 |
Saracens |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 10,052 |
Round 7
Bristol |
15 – 9 |
Sale Sharks |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,753 |
Newcastle Falcons |
3 – 14 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 10,004 |
London Irish |
11 – 22 |
Gloucester |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 9,880 |
Worcester Warriors |
18 – 23 |
Northampton Saints |
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Sixways
Attendance: 9,240 |
London Wasps |
47 – 18 |
Bath |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 7,309 |
Saracens |
22 – 16 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,895 |
Round 8
NEC Harlequins |
20 – 6 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 9,833 |
Sale Sharks |
18 – 26 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,340 |
Northampton Saints |
13 – 35 |
Saracens |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,356 |
Leicester Tigers |
26 – 18 |
London Irish |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
Gloucester |
27 – 21 |
London Wasps |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 12,500 |
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
Round 9
Bristol |
14 – 12 |
Gloucester |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,916 |
Sale Sharks |
17 – 12 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 8,616 |
Bath |
20 – 14 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
Saracens |
17 – 20 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 5,027 |
London Irish |
40 – 5 |
Northampton Saints |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 7,400 |
London Wasps |
13 – 19 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 9,500 |
Round 10
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,300 |
Leicester Tigers |
43 – 15 |
Bristol |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
NEC Harlequins |
16 – 20 |
Saracens |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 10,103 |
Northampton Saints |
8 – 6 |
London Wasps |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,484 |
Worcester Warriors |
14 – 16 |
London Irish |
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Sixways
Attendance: 9,382 |
Round 11
London Irish |
26 – 25 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 13,380 |
London Wasps |
33 – 12 |
Gloucester |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 10,000 |
Newcastle Falcons |
40 – 25 |
Sale Sharks |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 8,574 |
Ashton Gate
Attendance: 21,203 |
Saracens |
38 – 15 |
Northampton Saints |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 12,082 |
Worcester Warriors |
20 – 27 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Sixways
Attendance: 10,797 |
Round 12
Leicester Tigers |
28 – 15 |
Saracens |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
Bath |
30 – 19 |
London Wasps |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
Gloucester |
15 – 3 |
London Irish |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 12,500 |
NEC Harlequins |
42 – 15 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 10,837 |
Northampton Saints |
9 – 10 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,423 |
Sale Sharks |
6 – 10 |
Bristol |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,422 |
Round 13
NEC Harlequins |
9 – 3 |
Bath |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 10,920 |
Sale Sharks |
20 – 19 |
Gloucester |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 8,377 |
London Wasps |
19 – 14 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 7,224 |
Newcastle Falcons |
31 – 29 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 7,565 |
Round 14
Worcester Warriors |
3 – 3 |
London Wasps |
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Sixways
Attendance: 9,110 |
Bath |
31 – 23 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
Gloucester |
44 – 24 |
Sale Sharks |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 12,058 |
Leicester Tigers |
39 – 5 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
Northampton Saints |
8 – 14 |
Bristol |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 12,876 |
Saracens |
19 – 8 |
London Irish |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,492 |
Round 15
Worcester Warriors |
6 – 13 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Sixways
Attendance: 9,623 |
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 11,480 |
Northampton Saints |
15 – 28 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,466 |
London Wasps |
26 – 18 |
Sale Sharks |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 8,599 |
Bristol |
22 – 21 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,601 |
Saracens |
24 – 22 |
Gloucester |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,452 |
Round 16
Sale Sharks |
9 – 14 |
London Irish |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,275 |
Newcastle Falcons |
37 – 11 |
London Wasps |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 9,665 |
Leicester Tigers |
9 – 10 |
Northampton Saints |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
Gloucester |
33 – 19 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 12,500 |
NEC Harlequins |
15 – 8 |
Bristol |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 11,316 |
Round 17
London Irish |
38 – 12 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 10,003 |
Northampton Saints |
5 – 7 |
Gloucester |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,529 |
Worcester Warriors |
21 – 15 |
Bath |
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Sixways
Attendance: 9,344 |
Leicester Tigers |
27 – 22 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
London Wasps |
28 – 0 |
Bristol |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 8,393 |
Saracens |
22 – 9 |
Sale Sharks |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,333 |
Round 18
Sale Sharks |
12 – 18 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 8,376 |
Newcastle Falcons |
20 – 14 |
Saracens |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 6,368 |
Bath |
22 – 17 |
Northampton Saints |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
Bristol |
7 – 12 |
London Irish |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,593 |
NEC Harlequins |
16 – 23 |
London Wasps |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 12,700 |
Gloucester |
28 – 24 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 12,000 |
Round 19
Worcester Warriors |
23 – 21 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Sixways
Attendance: 9,827 |
Leicester Tigers |
29 – 25 |
Bath |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,815 |
Gloucester |
34 – 25 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 10,391 |
Northampton Saints |
18 – 18 |
Sale Sharks |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,265 |
London Irish |
16 – 13 |
London Wasps |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 22,648 |
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,737 |
Rearranged fixtures
London Irish |
7 – 22 |
Saracens |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 8,738 |
Gloucester |
24 – 18 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 12,500 |
Bristol |
31 – 19 |
Northampton Saints |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,553 |
Round 20
Sale Sharks |
25 – 26 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10,037 |
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,600 |
Bristol |
22 – 17 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,516 |
NEC Harlequins |
34 – 17 |
London Irish |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 12,600 |
London Wasps |
27 – 26 |
Saracens |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 10,000 |
Newcastle Falcons |
16 – 7 |
Northampton Saints |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 10,200 |
Round 21
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10,641 |
Newcastle Falcons |
19 – 12 |
Gloucester |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 7,016 |
London Wasps |
35 – 29 |
Northampton Saints |
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Adams Park
Attendance: 8,053 |
London Irish |
26 – 16 |
Worcester Warriors |
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Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 10,862 |
Saracens |
33 – 19 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 12,553 |
Bristol |
30 – 13 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Ashton Gate
Attendance: 12,495 |
Round 22
Gloucester |
35 – 13 |
Bristol |
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Ashton Gate
Attendance: 15,852 |
Leicester Tigers |
40 – 26 |
London Wasps |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 17,418 |
NEC Harlequins |
49 – 0 |
Sale Sharks |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 12,680 |
Newcastle Falcons |
12 – 20 |
Bath |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 9,118 |
Northampton Saints |
27 – 22 |
London Irish |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 13,538 |
Worcester Warriors |
22 – 7 |
Saracens |
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Sixways
Attendance: 10,197 |
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Gloucester |
50 – 9 |
Saracens |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 9,300 |
Leicester Tigers |
26 – 14 |
Bristol |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 10,675 |
Final
Gloucester |
16 – 44 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Twickenham
Attendance: 59,400 |
Total Season Attendances
Club |
Home
Games |
Total |
Average |
Highest |
Lowest |
% Capacity |
Bath |
11 |
115,840 |
10,531 |
10,600 |
10,140 |
99% |
Bristol |
11 |
125,066 |
11,370 |
21,203 |
8,516 |
83% |
Gloucester |
12 |
143,312 |
11,943 |
15,852 |
9,300 |
91% |
Harlequins |
11 |
122,004 |
11,091 |
12,700 |
9,497 |
88% |
Leicester Tigers |
12 |
196,194 |
16,350 |
17,418 |
10,675 |
97% |
London Irish |
11 |
163,103 |
14,828 |
51,960 |
7,400 |
47% |
London Wasps |
11 |
91,061 |
8,278 |
10,000 |
7,203 |
83% |
Newcastle Falcons |
11 |
87,364 |
7,942 |
10,200 |
6,060 |
78% |
Northampton Saints |
11 |
147,207 |
13,382 |
13,564 |
12,876 |
98% |
Sale Sharks |
11 |
103,456 |
9,405 |
10,641 |
8,376 |
87% |
Saracens |
11 |
137,958 |
12,542 |
51,960 |
5,027 |
41% |
Worcester Warriors |
11 |
106,769 |
9,706 |
10,797 |
9,110 |
95% |
References
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