English Rugby Union Championship 2008-09
The 2008-09 season of the English Premiership was the 22nd major league season of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was called the Guinness Premiership . It began on September 6, 2008, comprised 22 game days (one preliminary and one second round) and lasted until April 25, 2009. The four best-placed teams then qualified for the semi-finals Twickenham Stadium on top of each other. The Leicester Tigers were able to win the championship for the eighth time, Bristol Rugby had to relegate.
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. | Leicester Tigers | 22nd | 15th | 1 | 6th | 582: 401 | + 181 | 9 | 71 |
2. | Harlequins | 22nd | 14th | 1 | 7th | 519: 387 | + 132 | 8th | 66 |
3. | London Irish | 22nd | 12 | 1 | 9 | 551: 386 | + 165 | 16 | 66 |
4th | Bath rugby | 22nd | 13 | 2 | 7th | 539: 441 | + 98 | 9 | 65 |
5. | Sale Sharks | 22nd | 13 | 0 | 9 | 447: 410 | + 37 | 9 | 60 |
6th | Gloucester RFC | 22nd | 12 | 0 | 10 | 435: 448 | - 13 | 9 | 57 |
7th | London Wasps (M) | 22nd | 11 | 0 | 11 | 431: 416 | + 15 | 9 | 53 |
8th. | Northampton Saints (P) | 22nd | 10 | 1 | 11 | 443: 434 | + 9 | 7th | 49 |
9. | Saracens | 22nd | 9 | 0 | 13 | 437: 447 | - 10 | 11 | 47 |
10. | Newcastle Falcons | 22nd | 9 | 1 | 12 | 362: 456 | - 94 | 6th | 44 |
11. | Worcester Warriors | 22nd | 7th | 2 | 13 | 348: 530 | - 182 | 2 | 34 |
12. | Bristol rugby | 22nd | 2 | 1 | 19th | 299: 637 | - 338 | 7th | 17th |
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↑ One point was deducted from the Sale Sharks because the club had used an unregistered player.
Sharks hit with point deduction. BBC, April 20, 2009, accessed April 26, 2009 .
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 attempts , regardless of the final score
- 1 bonus point for a loss of seven or less points
Play-off
- Semifinals
May 9, 2009 3:00 p.m. |
Leicester Tigers | 24:10 | Bath rugby |
Walkers Stadium , Leicester Spectators: 18,850 Referee: Dave Walker |
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Attempts: Hipkiss 17th received Vesty 38th increased Moody 69th increased increases: Dupuy (3) Penalty kicks: Dupuy (1) 51. |
(14: 0) report |
Attempts: Claassens 46th n.erh. Hooper 57th ad. |
May 9, 2009 5:30 p.m. |
Harlequins | 0-17 | London Irish |
The Stoop , London Spectators: 12,638 Referee: Chris White |
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Attempts: Simpson-Daniel 57th increments: Lamb (1) Penalty kicks: Lamb (5) 6th, 17th, 29th, 38th, 49th Dropgoals: Walker (1) 76. |
(0: 0) report |
Attempts: Hudson 52nd increased Catt 75th increased increases: Armitage (2) Penalty kicks: Armitage (1) 43. |
- final
May 16, 2009 5:30 pm |
Leicester Tigers | 10: 9 | London Irish |
Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 81,601 Referee: Wayne Barnes |
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Attempts: Crane 61. Increments : Dupuy (1) Penalty kicks: Dupuy (1) 17. |
(3: 3) report |
Penalty kicks: Armitage (2) 49th, 72nd Dropgoals: Hewat (1) 1. |
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statistics
- Most attempts made
Surname | tries | Games | society | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Joe Maddock | 11 | 19th | Bath |
2 | Mark Cueto | 9 | 13 | Sale |
Paul Diggin | 9 | 15th | Northampton | |
Ugo Monye | 9 | 16 | Harlequins | |
David Lemi | 9 | 20th | Bristol |
- Most points scored
Surname | Points | Games | society | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Glen Jackson | 239 | 21st | Saracens |
2 | Butch James | 212 | 20th | Bath |
3 | Charlie Hodgson | 187 | 22nd | Sale |
4th | Stephen Myler | 158 | 20th | Northampton |
5 | Peter Hewat | 149 | 18th | London Irish |
National Division One
The season of the second division ( National Division One ) lasted from August 30, 2008 to April 25, 2009 and consisted of 30 game days (one first and one second round). The best-placed team Leeds Carnegie rose to the Premiership. Since the league was reduced to twelve teams in the following season, five instead of two teams relegated to National Division Two ; only one team rose.
- 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 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Leeds Carnegie (R) | 30th | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1238: 376 | + 862 | 21st | 133 |
2. | Exeter Chiefs | 30th | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1077: 453 | + 624 | 23 | 119 |
3. | Bedford Blues | 30th | 23 | 0 | 7th | 892: 472 | + 420 | 19th | 111 |
4th | Nottingham RFC | 30th | 22nd | 0 | 8th | 973: 499 | + 474 | 20th | 106 |
5. | Doncaster RFC | 30th | 21st | 2 | 7th | 895: 571 | + 324 | 17th | 105 |
6th | London Welsh | 30th | 19th | 0 | 11 | 788: 611 | + 177 | 17th | 93 |
7th | Cornish Pirates | 30th | 16 | 1 | 13 | 744: 578 | + 166 | 16 | 82 |
8th. | Moseley RFC | 30th | 13 | 0 | 17th | 814: 782 | + 32 | 21st | 73 |
9. | Coventry RFC | 30th | 14th | 0 | 16 | 639: 712 | - 73 | 16 | 72 |
10. | Rotherham RUFC | 30th | 15th | 1 | 14th | 794: 777 | + 17 | 12 | 70 |
11. | Plymouth Albion | 30th | 13 | 2 | 15th | 607: 669 | - 62 | 10 | 66 |
12. | Esher RFC | 30th | 12 | 1 | 17th | 676: 830 | - 154 | 11 | 61 |
13. | Sedgley Park RUFC | 30th | 6th | 0 | 24 | 458: 1206 | - 748 | 10 | 34 |
14th | Newbury RFC | 30th | 4th | 2 | 24 | 419: 1047 | - 628 | 7th | 27 |
15th | Otley RUFC (P) | 30th | 3 | 1 | 26th | 418: 1118 | - 700 | 9 | 23 |
16. | Manchester (P) | 30th | 2 | 0 | 28 | 434: 1165 | - 731 | 9 | 17th |
- ↑ Two points were deducted from Nottingham for rule violations.
- ↑ Rothertham was deducted four points for rule violations.
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 attempts , regardless of the final score
- 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points