English Rugby Union Championship 2010/11

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The 2010/11 season of the English Premiership was the 24th major league season of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was called Aviva Premiership . It began on September 3, 2010, comprised 22 match days (one preliminary and second round) and lasted until May 7, 2011. The four best-placed teams then qualified for the semi-finals, the semi-final winners met on May 28, 2011 in the final in Twickenham Stadium on top of each other. The champions were the Saracens for the first time , beating the defending champions Leicester Tigers in the final . Leeds Carnegie had to relegate .

Aviva Premiership

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  • Qualification for semi-finals and participation in the Heineken Cup
  • Participation in the Heineken Cup
  • Relegation to the RFU Championship

    • M: Last year's champion
    P: Promotion (promoted) from the RFU Championship

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Leicester Tigers (M) 22nd 16 1 5 594: 403 + 193 12 78
    02. Saracens 22nd 18th 0 4th 484: 318 + 166 4th 76
    03. Gloucester RFC 22nd 14th 1 7th 528: 452 + 76 9 67
    04th Northampton Saints 22nd 14th 0 8th 533: 430 + 103 9 65
    05. Bath rugby 22nd 13 1 8th 427: 367 + 60 8th 62
    06th London Irish 22nd 11 0 11 523: 459 + 64 10 54
    07th Harlequins 22nd 9 2 11 482: 384 + 98 12 52
    08th. Exeter Chiefs (P) 22nd 10 0 12 428: 460 - 32 5 45
    09. London Wasps 22nd 9 1 12 425: 497 - 72 5 43
    10. Sale Sharks 22nd 6th 1 15th 432: 618 - 186 6th 32
    11. Newcastle Falcons 22nd 4th 1 17th 360: 553 - 193 5 23
    12. Leeds Carnegie 22nd 4th 0 18th 315: 590 - 275 7th 23

    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 attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point for a loss of seven or less points

    Play-off

    Semifinals
    May 14, 2011
    3:15 p.m.     		Leicester Tigers 11: 3 Northampton Saints Welford Road Stadium , Leicester
    Spectators: 20,137
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    Attempts: Tuilagi 68th n.erh.
    Penalty kicks: Flood (2/4) 37th, 60th
    		 (3: 0)
    report     		Penalty kicks: Myler (1/1) 46.
    May 15, 2011
    2:30 p.m.     		Saracens 12:10 Gloucester RFC Vicarage Road , Watford
    Spectators: 12,032
    Referee: Andrew Small
    Penalty kicks: Farrell (4/8) 17th, 23rd, 41st, 73rd
    		 (6: 3)
    Report     		Attempts: Robinson 69. Increments
    : Robinson (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Robinson (1/3) 40.
    final
    May 28, 2011
    3:00 p.m.     		Leicester Tigers 18:22 Saracens Twickenham Stadium , London
    Spectators: 80,016
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    Penalty kicks: Flood (6/8) 9th, 18th, 38th, 49th, 68th, 74th
    		 (9:16)
    Report     		Attempts: Short 28.
    Increased raises: Farrell (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Farrell (5/5) 6th, 20th, 35th, 43rd, 73rd
    15th Scott Hamilton Changed after 75 minutes 75.
    14th Horacio Agulla
    13 Matt Smith
    12 Anthony Allen
    11 Alesana Tuilagi
    10 Toby Flood
    09 Ben Youngs Time penalty from 5th to 15th minute 5th to 15th
    08th Jordan Crane Changed after 49 minutes49. 63.Substituted after 63 minutes
    07th Craig Newby Changed after 63 minutes 63.
    06th Tom Croft
    05 George Skivington
    04th Steve Mafi Changed after 71 minutes 71.
    03 Martin Castrogiovanni Changed after 53 minutes 53.
    02 George Chuter Changed after 69 minutes 69.
    01 Marcos Ayerza Changed after 77 minutes 77.
    Substitute:
    16 Rob Hawkins Substituted after 69 minutes 69.
    17th Boris Stankovich Substituted after 77 minutes 77.
    18th Dan Cole Substituted after 53 minutes 53.
    19th Ed Slater Substituted after 71 minutes 71.
    20th Thomas Waldrom Substituted after 49 minutes 49.
    21st James Grindal
    22nd Jeremy Staunton
    23 Billy Twelvetrees Substituted after 75 minutes 75.
    15th Alex Goode
    14th David Strettle
    13 Chris Wyles
    12 Brad Barritt
    11 James Short
    10 Owen Farrell
    09 Neil de Kock Changed after 49 minutes 49.
    08th Ernst Joubert Medical care from the 29th to the 33rd minute 29. to 33.
    07th Jacques Burger
    06th Kelly Brown
    05 Mouritz Botha Changed after 56 minutes 56.
    04th Steve Borthwick
    03 Carlos Nieto Changed after 60 minutes 60.
    02 Schalk Brits
    01 Matt Stevens Changed after 52 minutes 52.
    Substitute:
    16 Jamie George
    17th Rhys Gill Substituted after 52 minutes 52.
    18th Petrus du Plessis Substituted after 60 minutes 60.
    19th Hugh Vyvyan Substituted after 56 minutes 56.
    20th Andy Saull Substituted after 29 minutes29. 33.Changed after 33 minutes
    21st Richard Wigglesworth Substituted after 49 minutes 49.
    22nd Nils Mordt
    23 Noah Cato

    RFU Championship

    The season of the second division, the RFU Championship , comprised 22 game days (one first and one second round). The best eight teams met in two groups and played in play-offs for a place in the first division. The four remaining teams played among themselves a relegated third division.

    table

  • Participation in the play-offs
  • Participation in the relegation round

    • P: Promotion (promoted) from the National Division One
    R: Relegation (relegated) from the Premiership

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Worcester Warriors (R) 22nd 21st 0 1 770: 382 + 388 17th 101
    02. Bedford Blues 22nd 17th 0 5 662: 375 + 287 14th 82
    03. Cornish Pirates 22nd 15th 1 6th 633: 337 + 296 14th 76
    04th London Welsh 22nd 14th 0 8th 575: 429 + 146 12 68
    05. Nottingham RFC 22nd 12 0 10 647: 556 + 91 16 64
    06th Doncaster RFC 22nd 9 0 13 572: 576 - 4th 15th 51
    07th Rotherham RUFC 22nd 10 0 12 435: 553 - 118 7th 47
    08th. Bristol rugby 22nd 8th 1 13 468: 540 - 72 7th 41
    09. Esher RFC (P) 22nd 7th 1 14th 406: 651 - 245 8th 38
    10. Plymouth Albion 22nd 6th 2 14th 365: 500 - 135 8th 36
    11. Moseley RFC 22nd 5 3 14th 382: 667 - 285 3 29
    12. Birmingham & Solihull RFC 22nd 4th 0 18th 397: 746 - 349 6th 22nd

    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 attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Play-off

  • Qualification for the semifinals
    • Group A
    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Worcester Warriors 6th 6th 0 0 256: 103 + 153 4th 31
    2. London Welsh 6th 4th 0 2 208: 124 + 84 4th 22nd
    3. Nottingham RFC 6th 1 0 5 133: 197 - 64 3 8th
    4th Bristol rugby 6th 1 0 5 104: 277 - 173 2 6th
    Group B
    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Cornish Pirates 6th 6th 0 0 215: 119 + 96 3 29
    2. Bedford Blues 6th 3 0 3 226: 147 + 79 4th 19th
    3. Doncaster RFC 6th 3 0 3 181: 154 + 27 5 18th
    4th Rotherham RUFC 6th 0 0 6th 110: 312 - 202 1 1
    Semifinals
    May 1, 2011
    		 Worcester Warriors 23:22 Bedford Blues Sixways Stadium , Worcester
    May 1, 2011
    		 Cornish Pirates 18:10 London Welsh Mennaye Field , Penzance

    final

    May 11, 2011
    		 Cornish Pirates 12: 21 Worcester Warriors Mennaye Field, Penzance
    May 18, 2011
    		 Worcester Warriors 25:20 Cornish Pirates Sixways Stadium, Worcester

    Worcester rose to the Premiership.

    Relegation round

  • descent
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Plymouth Albion 6th 4th 0 2 163: 146 + 17 4th 27
    2. Esher RFC 6th 4th 0 2 148: 130 + 18 2 24
    3. Moseley RFC 6th 3 0 3 156: 143 + 13 4th 21st
    4th Birmingham & Solihull RFC 6th 1 0 5 135: 183 - 48 3 11

    Birmingham & Solihull relegated to National Division One.

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