Aviva Premiership Rugby
Teams >Bath | Exeter | Gloucester | Harlequins | Leicester | Lon. Irish | Lon.Wasps | Lon.Welsh | Northampton | Sale | Saracens | Worcester
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Scotland & Exiles centre Joe Ansbro forced to retire
Wednesday 15 May 2013
London Irish centre Joe Ansbro has been forced to retire from rugby with immediate effect after suffering a neck injury in August 2012.
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Northampton to play Leicester in Premiership final
Monday 13 May 2013
Northampton Saints will meet Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership final after they beat Saracens 13-27 at Allianz Park in their Semi-final.
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Leicester down Quins to book Premiership final
Saturday 11 May 2013
Leicester Tigers booked a place in the Aviva Premiership final when they beat current champions Harlequins 33-16 at Welford Road.
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Shane Howarth joins Worcester as backs coach
Saturday 11 May 2013
Aviva Premiership Rugby club Worcester Warriors have revealed that former New Zealand and Wales international Shane Howarth is to become the new Backs Coach at Sixways.
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London Wasps unveil new coaching line up
Saturday 11 May 2013
Aviva Premiership Rugby club London Wasps have announced their coaching set-up for next season with Brad Davis joining the line up.
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Youngs wins Premiership player of the season
Friday 10 May 2013
Leicester Tigers hooker Tom Youngs has been named Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season at the Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards.
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Saracens v Northampton Premiership Preview
Friday 10 May 2013
Saracens have made two changes to the starting team that beat Bath for this week's Aviva Premiership Semi-final against Northampton Saints with Alex Goode returning at full back.
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Leicester Tigers v Harlequins Premiership Preview
Friday 10 May 2013
Harlequins captain and flanker Chris Robshaw has failed a late fitness test and will miss his team's Aviva Premiership semi-final against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.
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Ashley Johnson extends with London Wasps
Friday 10 May 2013
South African back row star Ashley Johnson has extended his contract with Aviva Premiership Rugby club London Wasps.
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Tindall re-signs with Gloucester for ninth season
Thursday 9 May 2013
Former England captain and Rugby World Cup winner Mike Tindall has re-signed with Gloucester Rugby for a ninth season in 2013-14.
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Vainikolo signs two year deal with Chiefs
Thursday 9 May 2013
Exeter Chiefs have signed Tongan international winger Fetu'u Vainikolo on a two year deal from Pro12 side Connacht.
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Leicester Tiger Murphy to retire from playing rugby
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Former Ireland international and Leicester Tigers captain Geordan Murphy has confirmed that he will retire from playing rugby at the end of this season.
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Leicester beat Exiles to book Harlequins Semi
Monday 6 May 2013
Leicester Tigers set up a home Premiership Semi-final against Harlequins by beating London Irish 32-20 at Welford Road.
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Saracens beat Bath and book Saints Semi-final
Monday 6 May 2013
Saracens sealed the top spot in the Aviva Premiership and booked a home Semi-final against Northampton by beating Bath 23-14 at Allianz Park
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Harlequins seal third place with Saints victory
Sunday 5 May 2013
Harlequins sealed third place in the Aviva Premiership when they beat play-off hopefuls Northampton 22-19 at the Twickenham Stoop.
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Exeter qualify for Heineken Cup with Gloucester win
Saturday 4 May 2013
Exeter Chiefs booked a place in the Heineken Cup when they beat Gloucester 40-39 at Sandy Park in the Aviva Premiership.
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McLeod edges Sale Sharks past London Wasps London Welsh exit Premiership with Worcester winJoe Maddock to retire from playing rugbyHarlequins v Northampton Premiership Preview Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester 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 |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Saracens | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 73 |
2 |
Leicester Tigers | 21 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 69 |
3 |
Harlequins | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 65 |
4 |
Northampton Saints | 21 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 64 |
5 |
Gloucester Rugby | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 58 |
6 |
Exeter Chiefs | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 55 |
7 |
Bath Rugby | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 53 |
8 |
London Wasps | 21 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 47 |
9 |
London Irish | 21 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 35 |
10 |
Worcester Warriors | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 33 |
11 |
Sale Sharks | 21 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
12 |
London Welsh | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 18 |
Last update : 22/04/13 - Updated each
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