English rugby union championship 2002/03

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The 2002/03 season of the English Premiership was the 16th season of the major division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Zurich Premiership . It began on August 30, 2002, comprised 22 game days (one preliminary and one second round) and lasted until May 10, 2003. Then the second and third placed teams played a semi-finals. The winner met on May 31, 2002 in the final at Twickenham Stadium on the qualifying winner of the regular championship. The London Wasps won the championship title for the third time . The Bristol Shoguns had to dismount .

Zurich Premiership

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  • Direct final qualification and participation in the Heineken Cup
  • Qualification for semi-finals and participation in the Heineken Cup
  • Participation in the 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. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Gloucester RFC (M) 22nd 17th 2 3 617: 396 + 221 10 82
    02. London Wasps 22nd 13 2 7th 553: 460 + 93 11 67
    03. Northampton Saints 22nd 13 0 9 512: 376 + 136 10 62
    04th Sale Sharks 22nd 12 2 8th 556: 470 + 86 10 62
    05. Leeds Tykes 22nd 12 2 8th 478: 435 + 43 6th 58
    06th Leicester Tigers 22nd 12 0 10 448: 396 + 52 7th 55
    07th Harlequins 22nd 9 0 13 461: 560 - 99 8th 44
    08th. Saracens 22nd 8th 0 14th 499: 587 - 88 10 42
    09. London Irish 22nd 8th 1 13 432: 485 - 53 6th 40
    10. Newcastle Falcons 22nd 8th 0 14th 388: 545 - 157 8th 40
    11. Bath rugby 22nd 7th 2 13 385: 490 - 105 4th 36
    12. Bristol Shoguns (P) 22nd 7th 1 14th 504: 633 - 129 6th 36

    The points were distributed as follows:

    • 4 points if you win
    • 2 points if there is a tie
    • 0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
    • 1 bonus point for four or more successful attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Play-off

    Semifinals
    May 17, 2003
    		 London Wasps 19:10 Northampton Saints Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 7,398
    Umpire: Chris White
    Attempts: Waters 40th
    raised increases: King (1)
    Penalty kicks: King (3) 7th, 39th, 47th
    Dropgoals: King (1) 61.     		(13: 3)
    Report     		Attempts: Cohen 42nd
    increases: Reihana (1)
    Penalty kicks : Reihana (1) 25.
    final
    May 31, 2003
    		 Gloucester RFC 3:39 London Wasps Twickenham Stadium , London
    Spectators: 44,000
    Referee: Tony Spreadbury
    Penalty kicks: Mercier (1)
    4.Dropgoals: King (1) 61.     		(3:23)
    Report     		Attempts: Lewsey (2) 2nd, 40th,
    Worsley 71st,
    raised increases: King (3/3)
    Penalty kicks: King (5) 9th, 12th, 45th, 47th, 53rd
    Dropgoals: King (1) 19th
    15th Thinus Delport
    14th Marcel Garvey
    13 Terry Fanolua
    12 Henry Paul
    11 James Simpson-Daniel
    10 Ludovic Mercier
    09 Andy Gomarsall
    08th Junior Paramore
    07th Andrew Hazell
    06th Jake Boer
    05 Mark Cornwell
    04th Adam Eustace
    03 Phil Vickery
    02 Olivier Azam
    01 Rodrigo Roncero
    Substitute:
    16 Clive Stuart-Smith
    17th Simon Cupid
    18th Robert Todd
    19th Chris Collins
    20th Andy Deacon
    21st Rob Fidler
    22nd Peter Buxton
    15th Mark van Gisbergen
    14th Josh Lewsey
    13 Fraser Waters
    12 Stuart Abbott
    11 Kenny Logan
    10 Alex King
    09 Rob Howley
    08th Lawrence Dallaglio
    07th Paul Volley
    06th Joe Worsley
    05 Richard Birkett
    04th Simon Shaw
    03 Will Green
    02 Trevor Leota
    01 Craig Dowd
    Substitute:
    16 Martyn Wood
    17th Phil Greening
    18th Mark Denney
    19th Ayoola Erinle
    20th Mark Lock
    21st Peter Scrivener
    22nd Ali McKenzie

    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 Rotherham Titans rose to the Premiership. The Moseley RFC and the Rugby Lions had to relegate .

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  • Promotion to the Premiership
  • Relegation to National Division Two

    • P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division Two

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Rotherham Titans 26th 24 0 2 1077: 336 + 741 20th 116
    02. Worcester Warriors 26th 23 0 3 1185: 431 + 754 22nd 114
    03. Exeter Chiefs 26th 20th 2 4th 940: 459 + 481 20th 104
    04th Orell RUFC 26th 18th 2 6th 854: 595 + 259 15th 91
    05. London Welsh 26th 15th 0 11 627: 565 + 62 16 76
    06th Coventry RFC (P) 26th 14th 0 12 761: 684 + 77 12 68
    07th Bedford Blues 26th 13 1 12 675: 760 - 85 10 64
    08th. Birmingham & Solihull RFC 26th 12 2 12 630: 569 + 61 11 63
    09. Plymouth Albion (P) 26th 10 1 15th 679: 697 - 18th 18th 60
    10. Wakefield RFC 26th 9 0 17th 451: 710 - 259 11 47
    11. Otley RUFC 26th 9 0 17th 451: 710 - 259 11 47
    12. Manchester RC 26th 7th 0 19th 484: 791 - 307 11 39
    13. Moseley RFC 26th 4th 0 22nd 399: 1178 - 779 7th 23
    14th Rugby Lions 26th 0 0 26th 422: 1167 - 745 7th 7th

    The points were distributed as follows:

    • 4 points if you win
    • 2 points if there is a tie
    • 0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
    • 1 bonus point for four or more successful attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

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