English rugby union championship 2004/05

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The 2004/05 season of the English Premiership was the 18th season of the major division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Zurich Premiership . It began on September 4, 2004, consisted of 22 match days (each a preliminary and second round) and lasted until April 30, 2005. Then the second and third placed teams played a semi-finals. The winner met on May 14, 2005 in the final at Twickenham Stadium on the qualifying winner of the regular championship. The championship title won for the third time in a row and for the fifth time overall the London Wasps . The Harlequins 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. Leicester Tigers 22nd 15th 3 4th 665: 323 + 342 12 78
    02. London Wasps (M) 22nd 15th 1 6th 561: 442 + 119 11 73
    03. Sale Sharks 22nd 13 0 9 513: 442 + 71 8th 60
    04th Bath rugby 22nd 12 2 8th 407: 366 + 41 6th 58
    05. Saracens 22nd 12 2 8th 384: 428 - 44 5 57
    06th Gloucester RFC 22nd 10 1 11 407: 487 - 80 5 47
    07th Newcastle Falcons 22nd 9 2 11 475: 596 - 121 7th 47
    08th. Leeds Tykes 22nd 9 0 13 380: 431 - 51 6th 42
    09. Worcester Warriors (P) 22nd 9 0 13 365: 493 - 128 6th 42
    10. London Irish 22nd 8th 0 14th 378: 421 - 43 8th 40
    11. Northampton Saints 22nd 8th 0 14th 410: 473 - 63 8th 40
    12. Harlequins 22nd 6th 1 15th 363: 573 - 43 12 38

    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 7, 2005
    3:15 pm     		London Wasps 43:22 Sale Sharks Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 5,824
    Umpire: Dave Pearson
    Attempts: Shaw , Rees , Lewsey , Erinle
    Increases: van Gisbergen (3)
    Penalty kicks: van Gisbergen (5)
    Dropgoals: King (1)     		report Attempts: Chabal , White , Cueto
    Elevations: Hodgson (1), Wigglesworth  (1)
    Penalty kicks: Hodgson (1)
    final
    May 14, 2005
    3:15 pm     		Leicester Tigers 14:39 London Wasps Twickenham Stadium , London
    Spectators: 66,000
    Referee: Chris White
    Attempts: Bemand 77th after.
    Penalty kicks: Goode (3) 13., 27. 50.
    		 (6:19)
    Report     		Attempts: Voyce 4th received
    van Gisbergen 70th received
    Hoadley 79th
    increased increases: van Gisbergen (3)
    Penalty kicks: van Gisbergen (5) 1st, 30th, 35th, 42nd, 74th
    Dropgoals: King ( 1) 7.
    15th Sam Vesty
    14th Geordan Murphy
    13 Ollie Smith
    12 Daryl Gibson
    11 Leon Lloyd
    10 Andy Goode
    09 Harry Ellis
    08th Martin Corry
    07th Neil Back
    06th Louis Deacon
    05 Ben Kay
    04th Martin Johnson
    03 Julian White
    02 George Chuter
    01 Darren Morris
    Substitute:
    16 James Buckland
    17th Graham Rowntree
    18th Lewis Moody
    19th Will Johnson
    20th Scott Bemand
    21st Austin Healey
    22nd Alesana Tuilagi
    15th Mark van Gisbergen
    14th Paul Sackey
    13 Ayoola Erinle
    12 Josh Lewsey
    11 Tom Voyce
    10 Alex King
    09 Matt Dawson
    08th Lawrence Dallaglio
    07th Joe Worsley
    06th John Hart
    05 Richard Birkett
    04th Simon Shaw
    03 Will Green
    02 Phil Greening
    01 Tim Payne
    Substitute:
    16 Trevor Leota
    17th Craig Dowd
    18th Mark Lock
    19th Martin Purdy
    20th Warren Fury
    21st James Brooks
    22nd Rob Hoadley

    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 from Bristol Shugons rose to the Guinness Premiership. The Henley RFC and the Orrell RUFC 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. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Bristol Shoguns 26th 22nd 0 4th 940: 355 + 585 17th 105
    02. Exeter Chiefs 26th 20th 0 6th 805: 511 + 294 21st 101
    03. Plymouth Albion 26th 19th 2 5 653: 494 + 159 14th 94
    04th Penzance and Newlyn 26th 17th 0 9 698: 526 + 172 17th 85
    05. Otley RUFC 26th 17th 1 8th 572: 436 + 136 10 80
    06th Coventry RFC 26th 16 1 9 666: 565 + 101 12 78
    07th Bedford Blues 26th 16 1 9 679: 536 + 143 10 76
    08th. Rotherham Titans (R) 26th 12 0 14th 598: 543 + 55 15th 63
    09. Birmingham & Solihull RFC 26th 10 0 16 541: 667 - 126 9 49
    10. Sedgley Park RUFC (P) 26th 8th 0 18th 515: 772 - 257 8th 40
    11. Nottingham RFC (P) 26th 7th 0 19th 525: 752 - 227 12 40
    12. London Welsh 26th 7th 0 19th 494: 754 - 260 9 37
    13. Henley RFC 26th 6th 0 20th 483: 811 - 328 8th 32
    14th Orrell RUFC 26th 2 1 23 439: 886 - 447 5 15th

    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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