English Rugby Union Championship 2006/07

The 2006/07 season of the English Premiership was the 20th season of the major division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was called the Guinness Premiership . It began on September 2, 2006, comprised 22 match days (one preliminary and one second round) and lasted until April 28, 2007. The four best-placed teams then qualified for the semi-finals, the semi-final winners met on May 12, 2007 in the final Twickenham Stadium on top of each other. The Leicester Tigers won the championship title for the seventh time , while the Northampton Saints had to relegate .

Guinness Premiership

table

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	22nd	15th	2	5	531: 404	+ 127	7th	71
02.	Leicester Tigers	22nd	14th	1	7th	569: 456	+ 113	14th	71
03.	Bristol rugby	22nd	14th	1	7th	398: 394	+ 4	6th	64
04th	Saracens	22nd	12	2	8th	539: 399	+ 140	11	63
05.	London Wasps	22nd	12	1	9	504: 431	+ 73	11	61
06th	London Irish	22nd	12	0	10	398: 407	- 9	5	53
07th	Harlequins (P)	22nd	10	0	12	503: 438	+ 65	11	51
08th.	Bath rugby	22nd	8th	2	12	428: 492	- 64	9	45
09.	Newcastle Falcons	22nd	9	0	13	435: 528	- 93	8th	44
10.	Sale Sharks (M)	22nd	8th	1	13	414: 500	- 86	8th	42
11.	Worcester Warriors	22nd	6th	1	15th	346: 459	- 113	9	34
12.	Northampton Saints	22nd	6th	1	15th	342: 499	- 157	7th	33

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 5, 2007 1:00 p.m.	Gloucester RFC	50: 9	Saracens	Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester Spectators: 9,300
	Attempts: Penalty attempt 10th, Richard, 37th, Narraway, 46th, Allen, 52nd, Mark Foster, 59th, Hazell, 65th, passed Califano 69th incremental increases: Walker (6) Penalty kicks: Walker (1) 55.	(14: 3) Report	Penalty kicks: Jackson (3) 18th, 43rd, 51st

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May 5, 2007 5:30 p.m.	Leicester Tigers	26:14	Bristol rugby	Welford Road Stadium , Leicester Spectators: 10,675
	Attempts: Ellis 9th, Murphy 33rd, incremental increases: Goode (2) Penalty kicks: Goode (4) 16th, 21st, 49th, 63rd	(20: 9) Report	Attempts: Cox 43. n.erh. Penalty kicks: Gray (3) 4th, 19th, 29th

final

May 12, 2007 2:30 p.m.	Gloucester RFC	16:44	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 59,400
	Attempts: Lamb 66. Increased increases: Walker (1) Penalty kicks: Walker (3) 5th, 24th, 43rd	(6:22) Report	Attempts: Murphy 10th received Tuilagi (2) 32nd received, 52nd received Corry 38th received Goode 45th received Jennings 64th n.erh. Moody 79th ad. Elevations: Goode (3) Penalty kicks: Goode (1) 35.

15th Willie Walker 14th Iain Balshaw 13 James Simpson-Daniel 12 Anthony Allen 11 Mark Foster 10 Ryan Lamb 09 Peter Richards 08th Luke Narraway 07th Andrew Hazell 06th Peter Buxton 05 Alex Brown 04th Will James 03 Carlos Nieto 02 Olivier Azam 01 Nick Wood Substitute: 16 Mefin Davies 17th Christian Califano 18th Adam Eustace 19th Jake Boer 20th Rory Lawson 21st Jack Adams 22nd Jon Goodridge

15th Geordan Murphy 14th Seru Rabeni 13 Daniel Hipkiss 12 Ollie Smith 11 Alesana Tuilagi 10 Andy Goode 09 Frank Murphy 08th Martin Corry 07th Shane Jennings 06th Lewis Moody 05 Ben Kay 04th Louis Deacon 03 Julian White 02 George Chuter 01 Marcos Ayerza Substitute: 16 James Buckland 17th Alessandro Moreno 18th Leo Cullen 19th Brett Deacon 20th Ben Youngs 21st Sam Vesty 22nd Tom Varndell

National Division One

The season of the second division ( National Division One ) consisted of 30 game days (one first and one second round). The best-placed team, the Leeds Tykes , rose to the Premiership. Two teams were relegated to National Division Two, Otley RUFC and Waterloo RFC .

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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.	Leeds Tykes (R)	30th	24	2	4th	960: 474	+ 486	22nd	122
02.	Rotherham Titans	30th	23	1	6th	937: 501	+ 436	24	118
03.	Doncaster RFC	30th	22nd	1	7th	855: 474	+ 381	20th	110
04th	Exeter Chiefs	30th	21st	1	8th	498: 276	+ 222	15th	101
05.	Cornish Pirates	30th	20th	2	8th	812: 493	+ 319	17th	101
06th	Plymouth Albion	30th	19th	1	10	450: 339	+ 111	19th	97
07th	Bedford Blues	30th	18th	1	11	857: 566	+ 291	21st	95
08th.	Birmingham & Solihull RFC	30th	13	2	15th	736: 911	- 175	20th	76
09.	Nottingham RFC	30th	13	0	17th	805: 718	+ 87	21st	73
10.	Coventry RFC	30th	13	0	17th	569: 745	- 176	13	65
11.	Newbury RFC	30th	11	0	19th	661: 774	- 113	13	57
12.	London Welsh	30th	11	1	18th	572: 794	- 222	10	56
13.	Sedgley Park RUFC	30th	10	0	20th	605: 936	- 331	12	52
14th	Moseley RFC (P)	30th	7th	0	23	527: 943	- 416	9	37
15th	Otley RUFC	30th	6th	0	24	457: 904	- 447	7th	31
16.	Waterloo RFC (P)	30th	3	0	27	470: 1175	- 705	6th	18th

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

Web links

• Table Guinness Premiership 2006/07
• Table National Division One 2006/07