English rugby union championship 1998/99

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The 1998/1999 season of the English Premiership was the twelfth season of the major division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Allied Dunbar Premiership . It began on September 5, 1998, consisted of 26 game days (each a preliminary and second round) and lasted until May 20, 1999. The championship title was won for the third time by the Leicester Tigers . At the end of the season, the West Hartlepool RFC was relegated . The Richmond FC and the London Scottish FC sign had bankrupt, merged with London Irish and took no more in the next season of the game operation part.

Allied Dunbar Premiership

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  • Champion and qualification for Heineken Cup
  • Qualification for Heineken Cup
  • 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. Leicester Tigers 26th 22nd 0 4th 771: 423 + 348 44
    02. Northampton Saints 26th 19th 0 7th 754: 556 + 198 38
    03. Saracens 26th 16 1 9 748: 583 + 165 33
    04th Harlequins 26th 16 1 9 690: 653 + 37 33
    05. London Wasps 26th 15th 1 10 717: 506 + 211 31
    06th Bath rugby 26th 15th 0 11 698: 574 + 124 30th
    07th London Irish 26th 15th 0 11 703: 607 + 96 30th
    08th. Newcastle Falcons (M) 26th 14th 0 12 719: 639 + 80 28
    09. Richmond FC 26th 11 2 13 720: 715 + 5 24
    10. Gloucester RFC 26th 9 1 16 554: 643 - 89 19th
    11. Sale Sharks 26th 9 1 16 604: 731 - 127 19th
    12. London Scottish (P) 26th 8th 0 18th 491: 734 - 243 16
    13. Bedford Blues (P) 26th 6th 0 20th 541: 840 - 299 12
    14th West Hartlepool RFC (P) 26th 3 1 22nd 501: 1007 - 506 7th

    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 ) consisted of 26 game days (one first and one second round). The best-placed team Bristol Rugby rose to the Premiership, while the runner-up Rotherham RUFC lost a play-off against the Bedford Blues (13th in the Premiership). The Blackheath RC and the Fylde RC had to dismount.

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  • Promotion to the Premiership
  • Relegation to National Division Two

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

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Bristol Rugby (R) 26th 22nd 0 4th 848: 418 + 430 44
    02. Rotherham RUFC 26th 22nd 0 4th 756: 336 + 420 44
    03. Worcester Warriors 26th 18th 0 8th 716: 409 + 307 34 *
    04th London Welsh (P) 26th 17th 0 9 662: 552 + 110 34
    05. Exeter Chiefs 26th 14th 1 11 591: 598 - 7th 29
    06th Leeds Tykes 26th 16 0 10 713: 367 + 346 28 **
    07th Coventry RFC 26th 14th 0 12 652: 560 + 92 28
    08th. Orrell RUFC 26th 11 0 15th 566: 483 + 83 24
    09. Waterloo RFC 26th 12 0 14th 419: 634 - 215 24
    10. Moseley RFC 26th 10 0 16 498: 633 - 135 20th
    11. Rugby Lions (P) 26th 9 0 17th 425: 660 - 235 18th
    12. Wakefield RFC 26th 6th 0 20th 469: 812 - 343 12
    13. Blackheath RC 26th 5 0 21st 419: 842 - 423 10
    14th Fylde RC 26th 4th 1 21st 375: 805 - 430 9

    * Deduction of 2 points
    ** Deduction of 4 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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