The 1999–2000 English Premiership (called the Allied Dunbar Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the league at the top of the English rugby union pyramid.
Participating teams
Locations of the 1999–00 Allied Dunbar Premiership teams
Greater London Allied Dunbar Premiership clubs
Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
City/Area |
Bath |
Bath |
8,200 |
Bath, Somerset |
Bedford |
Goldington Road |
6,000 |
Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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 |
The Stoop |
8,500 |
Twickenham, London |
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 |
Sale |
Heywood Road |
5,400 |
Sale, Greater Manchester |
Saracens |
Vicarage Road |
22,000 |
Watford, Hertfordshire |
Table
Points increased from 2 to 3 for a win after the World Cup in November 1999.
Results
Week 1
Bristol Shoguns |
40 – 25 |
Bedford Blues |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,785 |
Gloucester |
31 – 16 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 5,453 |
NEC Harlequins |
10 – 30 |
Bath Rugby |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 5,428 |
Northampton Saints |
46 – 24 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 9,512 |
Sale Sharks |
16 – 8 |
London Wasps |
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Saracens |
23 – 28 |
London Irish |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,121 |
Week 2
Bath Rugby |
33 – 13 |
Northampton Saints |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 5,000 |
Bedford Blues |
8 – 27 |
London Irish |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,659 |
Leicester Tigers |
18 – 3 |
Sale Sharks |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 8,721 |
NEC Harlequins |
33 – 24 |
Saracens |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 5,361 |
London Wasps |
30 – 26 |
Gloucester |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 5,127 |
Newcastle Falcons |
32 – 37 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,342 |
Week 3
Gloucester |
34 – 6 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 5,338 |
Bristol Shoguns |
20 – 13 |
London Wasps |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,385 |
Saracens |
39 – 15 |
Bedford Blues |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 4,513 |
Northampton Saints |
29 – 27 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 6,257 |
Sale Sharks |
28 – 22 |
Bath Rugby |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,800 |
London Irish |
56 – 8 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,951 |
Week 4
Northampton Saints |
8 – 32 |
Saracens |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 5,781 |
London Wasps |
43 – 20 |
London Irish |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 3,566 |
NEC Harlequins |
3 – 10 |
Sale Sharks |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 2,322 |
Bath Rugby |
33 – 20 |
Gloucester |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,600 |
Week 5
Gloucester |
24 – 23 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 4,809 |
Bristol Shoguns |
31 – 31 |
Bath Rugby |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,020 |
London Irish |
30 – 31 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,705 |
Sale Sharks |
9 – 13 |
Northampton Saints |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,900 |
Saracens |
55 – 6 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 6,319 |
Week 6
Leicester Tigers |
36 – 19 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 7,785 |
Week 7
NEC Harlequins |
36 – 20 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 2,719 |
Sale Sharks |
12 – 58 |
Saracens |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,800 |
Bath Rugby |
25 – 25 |
London Irish |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,200 |
Leicester Tigers |
61 – 12 |
Bedford Blues |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 8,308 |
Northampton Saints |
9 – 25 |
Gloucester |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 6,257 |
London Wasps |
19 – 19 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 2,871 |
Week 8
Gloucester |
35 – 14 |
Sale Sharks |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 4,725 |
Newcastle Falcons |
12 – 12 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 2,835 |
Bristol Shoguns |
19 – 29 |
Northampton Saints |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,500 |
Bedford Blues |
24 – 28 |
Bath Rugby |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,119 |
Saracens |
27 – 26 |
London Wasps |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,517 |
London Irish |
16 – 17 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,671 |
Week 9
Bath Rugby |
45 – 12 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,400 |
Leicester Tigers |
28 – 9 |
London Wasps |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 10,043 |
NEC Harlequins |
11 – 10 |
Bedford Blues |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 2,753 |
Northampton Saints |
24 – 19 |
London Irish |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 6,489 |
Sale Sharks |
15 – 40 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,588 |
Gloucester |
22 – 19 |
Saracens |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 9,084 |
Week 10
Bedford Blues |
17 – 41 |
Northampton Saints |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 4,306 |
Bristol Shoguns |
25 – 38 |
Gloucester |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,620 |
London Irish |
26 – 3 |
Sale Sharks |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,716 |
London Wasps |
23 – 21 |
Bath Rugby |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 6,012 |
Newcastle Falcons |
15 – 16 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 2,844 |
Saracens |
36 – 20 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,182 |
Week 11
NEC Harlequins |
16 – 52 |
London Wasps |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,046 |
Bath Rugby |
3 – 13 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200 |
Gloucester |
40 – 15 |
London Irish |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 7,388 |
Northampton Saints |
37 – 5 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 9,478 |
Sale Sharks |
22 – 3 |
Bedford Blues |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,800 |
Week 12
Bristol Shoguns |
45 – 22 |
Saracens |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,420 |
Leicester Tigers |
29 – 17 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 15,499 |
London Irish |
35 – 21 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,478 |
Newcastle Falcons |
12 – 6 |
Sale Sharks |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 2,359 |
London Wasps |
15 – 21 |
Northampton Saints |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 5,117 |
Bedford Blues |
6 – 18 |
Gloucester |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,813 |
Saracens |
19 – 6 |
Bath Rugby |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 10,292 |
Week 13
Gloucester |
29 – 23 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 8,903 |
Bath Rugby |
27 – 16 |
London Wasps |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,300 |
Leicester Tigers |
48 – 20 |
Saracens |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 13,910 |
NEC Harlequins |
12 – 15 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,978 |
Northampton Saints |
38 – 16 |
Bedford Blues |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 7,049 |
Sale Sharks |
24 – 31 |
London Irish |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,900 |
Week 14
Bedford Blues |
25 – 28 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,181 |
Newcastle Falcons |
16 – 20 |
Bath Rugby |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 2,901 |
Saracens |
35 – 21 |
Gloucester |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 5,772 |
London Wasps |
20 – 29 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 5,168 |
London Irish |
20 – 44 |
Northampton Saints |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,229 |
Week 15
Northampton Saints |
19 – 23 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 7,228 |
Bath Rugby |
32 – 22 |
Bedford Blues |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,800 |
Leicester Tigers |
34 – 26 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 13,246 |
NEC Harlequins |
14 – 39 |
London Irish |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 7,588 |
Sale Sharks |
13 – 31 |
Gloucester |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 3,079 |
London Wasps |
41 – 17 |
Saracens |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 8,372 |
Week 16
Newcastle Falcons |
23 – 20 |
Bedford Blues |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 2,403 |
Week 17
Bristol Shoguns |
35 – 16 |
Sale Sharks |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,656 |
Gloucester |
11 – 35 |
Northampton Saints |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 9,381 |
Bedford Blues |
22 – 32 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 4,722 |
Bristol Shoguns |
42 – 39 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,825 |
London Irish |
16 – 64 |
Bath Rugby |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 7,174 |
Newcastle Falcons |
8 – 34 |
London Wasps |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,260 |
Saracens |
56 – 28 |
Sale Sharks |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 6,112 |
Week 18
Bath Rugby |
39 – 13 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,500 |
Leicester Tigers |
41 – 16 |
London Irish |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 13,247 |
NEC Harlequins |
24 – 38 |
Gloucester |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 4,127 |
Northampton Saints |
26 – 7 |
Sale Sharks |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 7,460 |
London Wasps |
62 – 8 |
Bedford Blues |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,932 |
Newcastle Falcons |
15 – 6 |
Saracens |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,950 |
Week 19
Bedford Blues |
32 – 22 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 3,165 |
Gloucester |
16 – 36 |
Bath Rugby |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 9,500 |
Sale Sharks |
36 – 20 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,398 |
Week 20
Bath Rugby |
36 – 6 |
Sale Sharks |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 5,300 |
Bedford Blues |
29 – 57 |
Saracens |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 3,067 |
Week 21
Newcastle Falcons |
28 – 23 |
London Irish |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 2,880 |
Leicester Tigers |
24 – 13 |
Gloucester |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 14,850 |
NEC Harlequins |
29 – 17 |
Northampton Saints |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,500 |
London Wasps |
25 – 31 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 3,257 |
Gloucester |
26 – 12 |
London Wasps |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 6,040 |
London Irish |
33 – 23 |
Bedford Blues |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,108 |
Northampton Saints |
13 – 17 |
Bath Rugby |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 8,972 |
Sale Sharks |
13 – 48 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 3,443 |
Bristol Shoguns |
30 – 11 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,126 |
Week 22
Saracens |
50 – 10 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,352 |
Bedford Blues |
7 – 21 |
London Wasps |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,283 |
Bath Rugby |
77 – 19 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200 |
Bedford Blues |
19 – 57 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,093 |
Leicester Tigers |
26 – 21 |
Northampton Saints |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 16,880 |
London Irish |
27 – 41 |
Saracens |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 6,067 |
London Wasps |
58 – 5 |
Sale Sharks |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 3,499 |
Newcastle Falcons |
36 – 28 |
Gloucester |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,380 |
Week 23
Bath Rugby |
40 – 27 |
Saracens |
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Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200 |
Gloucester |
60 – 16 |
Bedford Blues |
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Kingsholm
Attendance: 4,402 |
NEC Harlequins |
5 – 54 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 5,628 |
Sale Sharks |
45 – 17 |
Newcastle Falcons |
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Heywood Road
Attendance: 2,478 |
Week 24
Northampton Saints |
12 – 54 |
London Wasps |
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Franklin’s Gardens
Attendance: 5,617 |
Bristol Shoguns |
28 – 26 |
London Irish |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,429 |
Bedford Blues |
37 – 50 |
Sale Sharks |
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Goldington Road
Attendance: 1,486 |
Bristol Shoguns |
23 – 30 |
Leicester Tigers |
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Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,775 |
Week 25
London Irish |
45 – 24 |
London Wasps |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 2,801 |
Saracens |
29 – 24 |
Northampton Saints |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 5,592 |
London Irish |
40 – 42 |
Gloucester |
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Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 5,172 |
Leicester Tigers |
43 – 25 |
Bath Rugby |
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Welford Road
Attendance: 17,109 |
London Wasps |
35 – 32 |
NEC Harlequins |
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Loftus Road
Attendance: 6,175 |
Newcastle Falcons |
23 – 32 |
Northampton Saints |
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Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,000 |
Saracens |
37 – 10 |
Bristol Shoguns |
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Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,988 |
Total Season Attendances
Club |
Total |
Average |
Highest |
Lowest |
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Bath |
76,700 |
6,973 |
8,500 |
5,000 |
85% |
Bedford Blues |
29,894 |
2,718 |
4,722 |
1,486 |
45% |
Bristol |
54,541 |
4,958 |
7,775 |
2,656 |
41% |
Gloucester |
75,023 |
6,820 |
9,500 |
4,402 |
62% |
Harlequins |
47,450 |
4,314 |
7,588 |
2,322 |
51% |
Leicester Tigers |
139,598 |
12,691 |
17,109 |
7,785 |
78% |
London Irish |
48,072 |
4,370 |
7,174 |
2,801 |
51% |
London Wasps |
54,096 |
4,918 |
8,372 |
2,871 |
27% |
Newcastle Falcons |
36,154 |
3,287 |
4,380 |
2,359 |
33% |
Northampton Saints |
80,100 |
7,282 |
9,512 |
5,617 |
73% |
Sale Sharks |
30,396 |
2,763 |
3,443 |
2,210 |
51% |
Saracens |
79,760 |
7,251 |
10,292 |
4,513 |
33% |
External links
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Governing body |
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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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South West competitions |
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