English Rugby Union Championship 2005/06

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The 2005/06 season of the English Premiership was the 19th major league season of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was called the Guinness Premiership . It began on September 2, 2005, comprised 22 match days (each a preliminary and second round) and lasted until May 6, 2006. The four best-placed teams then qualified for the semi-finals, the semi-final winners met on May 27, 2006 in the final Twickenham Stadium on top of each other. The Championship was won by the Sale Sharks for the first time , relegated to the Leeds Tykes .

Guinness Premiership

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  • 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. Sale Sharks 22nd 16 1 5 573: 444 + 129 8th 74
    02. Leicester Tigers 22nd 14th 3 5 518: 415 + 103 6th 68
    03. London Irish 22nd 14th 0 8th 493: 454 + 39 10 66
    04th London Wasps (M) 22nd 12 3 7th 527: 447 + 80 10 64
    05. Gloucester RFC 22nd 11 1 10 483: 385 + 98 13 59
    06th Northampton Saints 22nd 10 1 11 464: 488 - 24 11 53
    07th Newcastle Falcons 22nd 9 1 12 416: 433 - 17th 9 47
    08th. Worcester Warriors 22nd 9 1 12 451: 494 - 43 8th 46
    09. Bath rugby 22nd 9 1 12 441: 494 - 53 8th 46
    10. Saracens 22nd 8th 1 13 433: 483 - 50 12 46
    11. Bristol Rugby (P) 22nd 8th 1 13 393: 445 - 52 7th 41
    12. Leeds Tykes 22nd 5 0 17th 363: 573 - 210 8th 28

    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 14, 2006
    1:30 p.m.     		Sale Sharks 22:12 London Wasps Edgeley Park , Stockport
    Spectators: 10,641
    Attempts: Robinson 31st.
    Increments: Hodgson (1)
    Penalty kicks: Hodgson (5) 1st, 16th, 20th, 45th, 78th.
    		 report Penalty kicks: van Gisbergen (4) 5th, 43rd, 51st, 65th
    May 14, 2006
    16:00     		Leicester Tigers 40: 8 London Irish Welford Road Stadium , Leicester
    Spectators: 14,069
    Attempts: Tuilagi 15th received
    Ellis 32nd received
    Goode 56th received
    Lloyd (2) 60th ad., 73rd ad.
    Murphy 67th
    increments: Goode (3)
    Penalty kicks: Goode (2) 7th, 40th
    		 report Attempts: Magne 25. n.erh.
    Penalty kicks: Catt (1) 51.
    final
    May 27, 2006
    16:00     		Sale Sharks 45:20 Leicester Tigers Twickenham Stadium , London
    Spectators: 58,000
    Referee: Dave Pearson
    Attempts: Cueto 8th n.erh.
    Lund 17th ad.
    Ripol 40th
    Mayor 80th
    increases: Hodgson (1)
    Courrent (1)
    Penalty kicks : Hodgson (6) 2nd, 31st, 45th, 48th, 63rd, 78th
    Dropgoals: Hodgson (1) 70 .     		(23:10)
    Report     		Attempts: Moody 9th,
    Hamilton 74th,
    increments: Goode (2)
    Penalty kicks: Goode (2) 36th, 43rd
    15th Jason Robinson
    14th Mark Cueto
    13 Mark Taylor
    12 Elvis Seveali'i
    11 Oriol Ripol
    10 Charlie Hodgson
    09 Richard Wigglesworth
    08th Sébastien Chabal
    07th Magnus Lund
    06th Jason White
    05 Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
    04th Chris Jones
    03 Stuart Turner
    02 Andy Titterrell
    01 Lionel Faure
    Substitute:
    16 Sébastien Bruno
    17th Barry Stewart
    18th Dean Schofield
    19th Christian Day
    20th Ben Foden
    21st Valentin Courrent
    22nd Chris Mayor
    15th Geordan Murphy
    14th Alesana Tuilagi
    13 Ollie Smith
    12 Daryl Gibson
    11 Tom Varndell
    10 Andy Goode
    09 Harry Ellis
    08th Martin Corry
    07th Lewis Moody
    06th Shane Jennings
    05 Ben Kay
    04th Leo Cullen
    03 Julian White
    02 George Chuter
    01 Graham Rowntree
    Substitute:
    16 James Buckland
    17th Michael Holford
    18th James Hamilton
    19th Louis Deacon
    20th Austin Healey
    21st Leon Lloyd
    22nd Sam Vesty

    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, the Harlequins , were promoted to the Premiership. There were no relegated teams this season, as the Rugby Football Union decided to expand the league from 14 to 16 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. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Harlequins (R) 26th 25th 0 1 1001: 337 + 664 21st 121
    2. Bedford Blues 26th 19th 1 6th 906: 542 + 364 19th 100
    3. Cornish Pirates 26th 19th 0 7th 682: 560 + 122 14th 90
    4th Rotherham Titans 26th 15th 1 10 715: 613 + 102 17th 79
    5. Plymouth Albion 26th 14th 0 12 639: 537 + 102 19th 75
    6th Exeter Chiefs 26th 14th 0 12 594: 612 - 8 15th 71
    7th Nottingham RFC 26th 13 0 13 642: 604 + 38 14th 66
    8th. Otley RUFC 26th 10 1 15th 540: 627 - 87 10 52
    9. Doncaster RFC (P) 26th 10 1 15th 555: 699 - 144 10 52
    10. Coventry RFC 26th 9 0 17th 593: 732 - 139 18th 52
    11. Newbury RFC (P) 26th 8th 2 16 614: 905 - 291 10 46
    12. London Welsh 26th 8th 1 17th 536: 700 - 164 11 45
    13. Sedgley Park RUFC 26th 6th 3 17th 531: 856 - 325 11 41
    14th Birmingham & Solihull RFC 26th 6th 2 18th 501: 735 - 234 7th 35

    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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