2007/08 English Rugby Union Championship
The 2007/08 season of the English Premiership was the 21st major league season of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was called the Guinness Premiership . It began on September 15, 2007, comprised 22 game days (each a preliminary and second round) and lasted until May 10, 2008. Then the four best-placed teams qualified for the semi-finals, the semi-final winners met on May 31, 2008 in the final Twickenham Stadium on top of each other. The championship title was won for the fifth time by the London Wasps , Leeds Carnegie had to be relegated .
Guinness Premiership
table
M: Last year's champion
P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division One
team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Bonus points |
Table points |
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1. | Gloucester RFC | 22nd | 15th | 0 | 7th | 551: 377 | + 174 | 14th | 74 |
2. | London Wasps | 22nd | 14th | 2 | 6th | 599: 459 | + 140 | 10 | 70 |
3. | Bath rugby | 22nd | 15th | 0 | 7th | 526: 387 | + 139 | 9 | 69 |
4th | Leicester Tigers (M) | 22nd | 13 | 0 | 9 | 539: 428 | + 111 | 12 | 64 |
5. | Sale Sharks | 22nd | 14th | 0 | 8th | 481: 374 | + 107 | 7th | 63 |
6th | Harlequins | 22nd | 12 | 0 | 10 | 480: 440 | + 40 | 15th | 63 |
7th | London Irish | 22nd | 13 | 0 | 9 | 433: 382 | + 51 | 7th | 59 |
8th. | Saracens | 22nd | 11 | 0 | 11 | 533: 525 | + 8 | 8th | 52 |
9. | Bristol rugby | 22nd | 7th | 1 | 14th | 393: 473 | - 80 | 8th | 37 * |
10. | Worcester Warriors | 22nd | 6th | 2 | 14th | 387: 472 | - 85 | 8th | 36 |
11. | Newcastle Falcons | 22nd | 7th | 0 | 15th | 333: 542 | - 209 | 6th | 34 |
12. | Leeds Carnegie (P) | 22nd | 2 | 1 | 19th | 336: 732 | - 396 | 2 | 12 |
* Bristol has had a point deducted for staking an unlicensed player.
The points are 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 18, 2008 14:00 |
London Wasps | 21:10 | Bath rugby |
Adams Park , High Wycombe Spectators: 10,000 |
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Attempts: Waters 30th elevated Flutey 36th elevated Palmer 59th elevated elevations: Cipriani (2) van Gisbergen (1) |
(14: 7) Report |
Attempts: Crockett 27. Increased increases: Barkley (1) Penalty kicks: Barkley (1) 56. |
May 18, 2008 4:30 p.m. |
Gloucester RFC | 25:26 | Leicester Tigers |
Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester Spectators: 16,500 |
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Attempts: Simpson-Daniel 57th increments: Lamb (1) Penalty kicks: Lamb (5) 6th, 17th, 29th, 38th, 49th Dropgoals: Walker (1) 76. |
(12: 3) Report |
Attempts: Tuilagi 52nd increased Mauger 63rd increased increases: Goode (2) Penalty kicks: Goode (3) 11th, 42nd, 68th Dropgoals: Goode (1) 78. |
- final
May 31, 2008 15:00 |
London Wasps | 26:16 | Leicester Tigers |
Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 81,600 |
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Attempts: Rees 12th increased Lewsey 37th increased increases: van Gisbergen (2) Penalty kicks: van Gisbergen (4) 6th, 24th, 35th, 72nd |
(23: 6) Report |
Attempts: Varndell 56th n.erh. Ellis 62nd ad. Penalty kicks: Goode (2) 9., 29. |
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National Division One
The season of the second division ( National Division One ) lasted from September 1, 2007 to April 26, 2008 and consisted of 30 game days (one first and one second round). The best-placed team Northampton Saints rose undefeated to the Guinness Premiership. Two teams were relegated to National Division Two, the Birmingham & Solihull RFC and the Launceston RUFC .
- table
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 |
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1. | Northampton Saints (R) | 30th | 30th | 0 | 0 | 1321: 343 | + 978 | 23 | 143 |
2. | Exeter Chiefs | 30th | 24 | 0 | 6th | 899: 424 | + 475 | 20th | 116 |
3. | Nottingham RFC | 30th | 23 | 0 | 7th | 818: 518 | + 300 | 24 | 116 |
4th | Doncaster RFC | 30th | 21st | 0 | 9 | 796: 551 | + 245 | 14th | 98 |
5. | Cornish Pirates | 30th | 20th | 1 | 9 | 800: 583 | + 217 | 12 | 91 |
6th | Bedford Blues | 30th | 18th | 0 | 12 | 705: 542 | + 163 | 13 | 85 |
7th | London Welsh | 30th | 15th | 0 | 15th | 542: 659 | - 117 | 10 | 70 |
8th. | Plymouth Albion | 30th | 12 | 1 | 17th | 530: 528 | + 2 | 14th | 64 |
9. | Coventry RFC | 30th | 11 | 1 | 18th | 637: 731 | - 94 | 17th | 63 |
10. | Moseley RFC | 30th | 12 | 1 | 17th | 519: 744 | - 225 | 8th | 58 |
11. | Rotherham RUFC | 30th | 11 | 0 | 19th | 591: 856 | - 265 | 14th | 58 |
12. | Esher RFC (P) | 30th | 10 | 0 | 20th | 481: 850 | - 369 | 9 | 49 |
13. | Newbury RFC | 30th | 8th | 1 | 21st | 497: 794 | - 297 | 11 | 45 |
14th | Sedgley Park RUFC | 30th | 7th | 1 | 22nd | 497: 832 | - 335 | 14th | 44 |
15th | Birmingham & Solihull RFC | 30th | 7th | 0 | 23 | 474: 696 | - 222 | 13 | 41 |
16. | Launceston RUFC (P) | 30th | 8th | 0 | 22nd | 441: 906 | - 465 | 8th | 40 |
The points are 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