English rugby union championship 1997/98

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The 1997/1998 season of the English Premiership was the eleventh season of the major division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Allied Dunbar Premiership . It began on August 23, 1997, comprised 22 game days (each a preliminary and second round) and lasted until May 17, 1998. The championship title won the Newcastle Falcons for the first time . At the end of the season, Bristol Rugby was relegated .

Allied Dunbar Premiership

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  • master
  • Relegation to National Division One

    • M: Last year's champion
    P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division One

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Newcastle Falcons (P) 22nd 19th 0 3 645: 387 + 258 38
    02. Saracens 22nd 18th 1 3 584: 396 + 188 37
    03. Bath rugby 22nd 13 0 9 575: 455 + 120 26th
    04th Leicester Tigers 22nd 12 2 8th 569: 449 + 120 26th
    05. Richmond FC (P) 22nd 12 0 10 607: 499 + 108 24
    06th Gloucester RFC 22nd 11 1 10 512: 528 - 16 23
    07th Sale Sharks 22nd 10 2 10 605: 558 + 47 22nd
    08th. Northampton Saints 22nd 9 1 12 493: 472 + 21 19th
    09. London Wasps (M) 22nd 8th 1 13 490: 609 - 119 17th
    10. Harlequins 22nd 8th 0 14th 516: 645 - 129 16
    11. London Irish 22nd 6th 0 16 457: 673 - 216 12
    12. Bristol rugby 22nd 2 0 20th 351: 733 - 382 4th

    The points were distributed as follows:

    • 2 points if you win
    • 1 point in case of a tie
    • 0 points if you lose

    National Division One

    The season of the second division ( National Division One ) comprised 22 game days, each with a preliminary and a second half . The top two teams, Bedford Blues and West Hartlepool RFC , went straight to the Premiership, while third-placed London Scottish prevailed in a play-off against Bristol Rugby. Since the league was expanded by two teams in the following year, there were no relegated teams.

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  • Promotion to the Premiership

    • P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division Two
    R: Relegation (relegated) from the Premiership

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Bedford Blues 22nd 20th 0 2 791: 365 + 436 38 *
    02. West Hartlepool RFC (R) 22nd 15th 1 6th 617: 431 + 186 31
    03. London Scottish 22nd 14th 1 7th 517: 404 + 113 29
    04th Rotherham RUFC 22nd 14th 0 8th 566: 386 + 180 28
    05. Orrell RUFC (R) 22nd 12 0 10 533: 400 + 133 24
    06th Moseley RFC 22nd 11 1 10 478: 421 + 57 23
    07th Coventry RFC 22nd 11 1 10 444: 532 - 88 23
    08th. Waterloo RFC 22nd 11 0 11 510: 525 - 15 22nd
    09. Blackheath FC 22nd 8th 0 14th 472: 621 - 149 16
    10. Wakefield RFC 22nd 6th 0 16 382: 556 - 174 12
    11. Exeter Chiefs (P) 22nd 6th 0 16 334: 553 - 219 12
    12. Fylde RC (P) 22nd 2 0 20th 258: 710 - 452 4th

    * Deduction of 2 points

    The points were distributed as follows:

    • 2 points if you win
    • 1 point in case of a tie
    • 0 points if you lose

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