2016–17 English Premiership (rugby union)

2016–17 Aviva Premiership
Countries	England
Date	3 September 2016 – 27 May 2017
Official website
www.premiershiprugby.com
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The 2016–17 Aviva Premiership will be the 30th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition, and the seventh to be sponsored by Aviva. The competition will be broadcast by BT Sport for the fourth successive season. Highlights of each weekend's games are shown on ITV4.

Teams

Bristol, having beaten Doncaster 60 - 47 on aggregate in the Greene King IPA Championship play–off final, replace London Irish, who were relegated last season after finishing bottom of the table having only won 4 league games.

Bath

Bristol

Exeter

Gloucester

Harlequins

Leicester

Wasps

Worcester

Newcastle

Northampton

Sale

Saracens

2016–17 Aviva Premiership Teams

Club	Coach	Captain	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area	Kit manufacturers
Bath			The Recreation Ground	13,500	Bath, Somerset	Canterbury
Bristol	Andy Robinson	David Lemi	Ashton Gate	27,000	Ashton Gate, Bristol	Bristol Sport
Exeter Chiefs	Rob Baxter	Jack Yeandle	Sandy Park	12,300	Exeter, Devon	Samurai
Gloucester	David Humphreys	Billy Twelvetrees	Kingsholm Stadium	16,500	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	KooGa
Harlequins	John Kingston	Danny Care	Twickenham Stoop	14,816	Twickenham, Greater London	adidas
Leicester Tigers	Richard Cockerill	Ed Slater	Welford Road	25,800	Leicester, Leicestershire	Canterbury
Newcastle Falcons	John Wells	Will Welch	Kingston Park	10,200	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear	Gilbert
Northampton Saints	Jim Mallinder	Lee Dickson	Franklin's Gardens	15,500	Northampton, Northamptonshire	Macron
Sale Sharks	Steve Diamond	Daniel Braid	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000	Salford, Greater Manchester	Samurai
Saracens	Mark McCall	Alistair Hargreaves	Allianz Park	10,000	Barnet, Greater London	Nike
Wasps	Dai Young	James Haskell Matt Mullan	Ricoh Arena	32,609	Coventry, West Midlands	Under Armour
Worcester Warriors	Dean Ryan	Gerrit-Jan van Velze	Sixways Stadium	12,024	Worcester, Worcestershire	Under Armour

Table

2016–17 Aviva Premiership Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Bath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bristol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Exeter Chiefs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gloucester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Harlequins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Leicester Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Newcastle Falcons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Northampton Saints	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sale Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Saracens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Wasps	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Worcester Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places and earns a berth in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup. Blue background (rows 5 & 6) indicates teams outside the play-off places, that earns a berth in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup. Yellow background indicates the team that advances to a play-off for a chance to compete in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Red background (row 12) will be relegated, if the Greene King IPA Championship play-off finalists meet the promotion criteria. Starting table — source: Premiership Rugby

Pre-season

The 2016 edition of the Singha Premiership Rugby Sevens will held in July and August. Once again, the four Welsh Regions will contest a group, alongside the twelve Premiership clubs, which are split into three groups. The top two sides from each group will contest the series final at the Ricoh Arena on 6 August.

Regular season

Fixtures for the season will announced by Premiership Rugby on 7 July 2016. As is the norm, round 1 is expected to include the London Double Header at Twickenham.

Play-offs

As with previous season, the top four teams will contest the semi-finals in a 1st v 4th, 2nd v 3rd format. The two remaining teams will then face off in the final held at Twickenham in late May.

External links

• Official website