2009–10 Premiership Rugby Explained

2009–10 Guinness Premiership
Champions:Leicester Tigers (9th title)
Runnersup:Saracens
Relegated:Worcester Warriors
Matches:135
Attendance:1900177
Tries:427
Top Point Scorer:Jimmy Gopperth (Newcastle)
(219 points)
Top Try Scorer:Chris Ashton (Northampton)
(16 tries)
Website:www.premiershiprugby.com
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

The 2009–10 Guinness Premiership was the 23rd season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the fifth and final one to be sponsored by Guinness. The reigning champions entering the season were Leicester Tigers, who had claimed their eighth title after defeating London Irish in the 2009 final. Leeds Carnege had been promoted as champions from the 2008–09 National Division One at the first attempt.

Summary

Leicester Tigers won their ninth title after defeating Saracens in the final at Twickenham having also topped the regular season table. Worcester Warriors were relegated on the last day of the season. It was the first time that Worcester have been relegated from the top flight since they first achieved promotion.

As usual, round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham, the sixth instance since its inception in 2004.

Teams

Twelve teams compete in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season and Leeds Carnege who were promoted from the 2008–09 National Division One after a top flight absence of one year. They replaced Bristol Bears who were relegated after four years in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

ClubCaptainKit SupplierStadiumCapacityCity/Area
BathPumaThe Recreation Groundalign=center 11,700Bath
GloucesterRugbyTechKingsholm Stadiumalign=center 16,500Gloucester
HarlequinsKooGaTwickenham Stoopalign=center 14,282Twickenham, Greater London
Leeds CarnegieISCHeadingley Stadiumalign=center 22,250Leeds
Leicester TigersCotton TradersWelford Roadalign=center 24,000Leicester
London IrishRugbyTechMadejski Stadiumalign=center 24,161Reading
London WaspsCanterburyAdams Parkalign=center 10,516High Wycombe
Newcastle FalconsCotton TradersKingston Parkalign=center 10,200Newcastle upon Tyne
Northampton SaintsRhino SportswearFranklin's Gardensalign=center 13,591Northampton
Sale SharksCotton TradersEdgeley Parkalign=center 10,852Stockport, Greater Manchester
SaracensKooGaVicarage Roadalign=center 19,920Watford
Worcester WarriorsKukriSixways Stadiumalign=center 12,068Worcester

Results

Round 22

Play-offs

As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premiership table, following the conclusion of the regular season, contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage. The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the Premiership Final at Twickenham on 29 May 2010.

Semi-finals

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Final

Leading scorers

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Most points

Source:[1]

RankPlayerClubPoints
1 219
2 216
3 198
4 187
5 178
6 175
7 149
Leeds Tykes
9 145
10 143

Most tries

Source:[2]

RankPlayerClubTries
1 16
2 11
3 10
4 8
Gloucester
6 7
Harlequins
Gloucester
9 6
Saracens
London Irish
London Wasps

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009-10 Premiership Rugby top points scorers. ESPNScrum. 1 September 2020.
  2. Web site: 2009-10 Premiership Rugby top try scorers. ESPNscrum. 1 September 2020.