English rugby union championship 1999/2000

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The 1999/2000 season of the English Premiership was the 13th major league season of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Allied Dunbar Premiership . It began on September 10, 1999, comprised 22 game days (each a preliminary and second round) and lasted until May 21, 2000. The league title won the fourth time the Leicester Tigers , while the Bedford Blues had to relegate.

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 (M) 22nd 18th 1 3 687: 425 + 262 51
    02. Bath rugby 22nd 15th 2 5 690: 425 + 265 43
    03. Gloucester RFC 22nd 15th 0 7th 628: 490 + 138 40
    04th Saracens 22nd 14th 0 8th 729: 514 + 215 37
    05. Northampton Saints 22nd 13 0 9 551: 480 + 71 35
    06th Bristol rugby 22nd 12 1 9 632: 602 + 30 34
    07th London Wasps 22nd 11 1 10 640: 461 + 179 32
    08th. London Irish 22nd 9 1 12 613: 616 - 3 25th
    09. Newcastle Falcons 22nd 6th 2 14th 377: 630 - 253 20th
    10. Harlequins 22nd 7th 0 15th 441: 687 - 246 18th
    11. Sale Sharks 22nd 7th 0 15th 381: 633 - 252 18th
    12. Bedford Blues (P) 22nd 1 0 21st 396: 802 - 406 3

    The points were distributed as follows:

    • 3 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 top-ranked team Rotherham RUFC rose after a play-off against the Bedford Blues in the Premiership, while the Rugby Lions and the West Hartlepool RFC had to relegate.

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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. Rotherham RUFC 26th 24 0 2 1045: 267 + 778 48
    02. Leeds Tykes 26th 22nd 0 4th 794: 269 + 525 44
    03. Worcester Warriors 26th 19th 0 7th 865: 450 + 415 38
    04th Exeter Chiefs 26th 19th 0 7th 742: 466 + 276 38
    05. London Welsh 26th 16 0 10 713: 476 + 237 32
    06th Coventry RFC 26th 15th 0 11 714: 589 + 125 30th
    07th Moseley RFC 26th 14th 0 12 595: 526 + 69 28
    08th. Manchester RC (P) 26th 11 0 15th 513: 672 - 159 22nd
    09. Henley RFC (P) 26th 10 1 15th 599: 696 - 97 21st
    10. Wakefield RFC 26th 10 0 16 547: 638 - 91 20th
    11. Orrell RUFC 26th 7th 0 19th 388: 682 - 294 14th
    12. Waterloo RFC 26th 6th 2 18th 441: 830 - 389 14th
    13. Rugby Lions 26th 6th 1 19th 408: 905 - 497 13
    14th West Hartlepool RFC (R) 26th 1 0 25th 216: 1114 - 898 2

    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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