English rugby union championship 2011/12

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The 2011/12 season of the English Premiership was the 25th major league season of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was called Aviva Premiership . It began on September 3, 2011, comprised 22 match days (one pre- and second round) and lasted until May 5, 2012. Then the four best-placed teams qualified for the semi-finals, the semi-final winners met on May 26, 2012 in the final Twickenham Stadium on top of each other. The Harlequins became champions for the first time , while the Newcastle Falcons had to relegate.

Aviva Premiership

table

  • Participation in the semi-finals and 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. Harlequins 22nd 17th 1 4th 526: 389 + 137 5 75
    02. Leicester Tigers 22nd 15th 1 6th 647: 475 + 172 12 74
    03. Saracens (M) 22nd 16 1 5 489: 350 + 139 7th 73
    04th Northampton Saints 22nd 14th 0 8th 537: 374 + 163 9 65
    05. Exeter Chiefs 22nd 12 0 10 436: 421 + 15 11 59
    06th Sale Sharks 22nd 10 0 12 453: 538 - 85 9 49
    07th London Irish 22nd 8th 1 13 496: 509 - 13 12 46
    08th. Bath rugby 22nd 9 0 13 365: 412 - 47 8th 44
    09. Gloucester RFC 22nd 8th 1 13 449: 489 - 40 10 44
    10. Worcester Warriors (P) 22nd 7th 1 14th 322: 446 - 124 6th 36
    11. London Wasps 22nd 6th 0 16 363: 502 - 139 9 33
    12. Newcastle Falcons 22nd 6th 2 14th 351: 529 - 178 4th 32

    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 12, 2012
    3:45 PM CET     		Harlequins 25:23 Northampton Saints The Stoop , London
    Spectators: 12,192
    Referee: Andrew Small
    Attempts: Marler 76th
    increments: Evans (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Evans (6/6) 2nd, 18th, 33rd, 47th, 54th, 71st.
    		 (9:12)
    Report     		Attempts: Dickson 65th n.erh.
    Penalty kicks: Lamb (6/7) 10th, 16th, 20th, 36th, 56th, 60th
    May 12, 2012
    6:30 p.m. CET     		Leicester Tigers 24:15 Saracens Welford Road Stadium , Leicester
    Spectators: 20,173
    Referee: Dave Pearson
    Attempts: Tuilagi 21st received
    Mafi 48th received
    Increase: Ford (1/2)
    Penalty: Ford (4/5) 10th, 37th, 51st, 74th
    		 (13:12)
    Report     		Increases: Farrell (5/6) 6th, 19th, 28th, 34th, 57th
    final
    May 26, 2012
    4:00 p.m. CET     		Harlequins 30: 23 Leicester Tigers Twickenham Stadium , London
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    Attempts: Williams 9th n.erh.
    Robshaw 56th
    incremental increases: Evans (1/2)
    Penalty kicks: Evans (6/6) 2nd, 22nd, 38th, 44th, 47th, 65th
    		 (14:13)
    Report     		Attempts: Mafi 30. received
    All 66.
    raised increases: Ford (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: Ford (3/3) 14., 27., 69.
    15th Mike Brown
    14th Tom Williams
    13 George Lowe
    12 Jordan Turner-Hall
    11 Ugo Monye
    10 Nick Evans Changed after 76 minutes 76.
    09 Danny Care
    08th Nick Easter
    07th Chris Robshaw
    06th Maurie Fa'asavalu Changed after 72 minutes 72.
    05 George Robson
    04th Ollie Kohn
    03 James Johnston
    02 Joe Gray
    01 Joe Marler
    Substitute:
    16 Rob Buchanan
    17th Mark Lambert
    18th Will Collier
    19th Tomas Vallejos Cinalli
    20th Tom Guest Substituted after 72 minutes 72.
    21st Karl Dickson
    22nd Rory Clegg Substituted after 76 minutes 76.
    23 Matt Hopper
    15th Geordan Murphy
    14th Horacio Agulla
    13 Manu Tuilagi
    12 Anthony Allen
    11 Alesana Tuilagi
    10 George Ford
    09 Ben Youngs
    08th Thomas Waldrom Time penalty from 38th to 48th minute 38th to 48th
    07th Julian Salvi
    06th Steve Mafi
    05 Geoff Parling
    04th George Skivington Changed after 73 minutes 73.
    03 Dan Cole Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    02 George Chuter Changed after 61 minutes 61.
    01 Marcos Ayerza Changed after 73 minutes 73.
    Substitute:
    16 Tom Youngs Substituted after 61 minutes 61.
    17th Logovi'i Mulipola Substituted after 73 minutes 73.
    18th Martin Castrogiovanni Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    19th Graham Kitchener Substituted after 73 minutes 73.
    20th Craig Newby
    21st Sam Harrison
    22nd Billy Twelvetrees
    23 Scott Hamilton

    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. Bristol rugby 22nd 17th 0 5 615: 386 + 229 13 81
    02. Bedford Blues 22nd 14th 1 7th 640: 476 + 164 16 74
    03. Cornish Pirates 22nd 14th 3 5 606: 464 + 142 12 74
    04th London Welsh 22nd 13 2 7th 528: 432 + 96 10 66
    05. Nottingham RFC 22nd 12 2 8th 599: 465 + 134 10 62
    06th Leeds Carnegie (R) 22nd 13 1 8th 470: 505 - 35 6th 60
    07th Rotherham RUFC 22nd 11 1 10 469: 431 + 38 11 57
    08th. Doncaster RFC 22nd 9 2 11 467: 524 - 57 10 50
    09. London Scottish (P) 22nd 6th 0 16 422: 543 - 121 10 34
    10. Moseley RFC 22nd 6th 1 15th 445: 634 - 189 7th 33
    11. Plymouth Albion 22nd 6th 0 16 362: 528 - 166 6th 30th
    12. Esher RFC 22nd 4th 1 17th 376: 611 - 235 5 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 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. Bristol rugby 6th 4th 2 0 185: 83 + 102 2 25th
    2. London Welsh 6th 4th 1 1 171: 127 + 44 3 23
    3. Nottingham RFC 6th 2 1 3 152: 118 + 34 2 13
    4th Doncaster RFC 6th 0 0 6th 66: 246 - 180 1 1
    Group B
    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Bedford Blues 6th 4th 1 1 155: 109 + 46 3 24
    2. Cornish Pirates 6th 3 1 2 127: 133 - 6 2 18th
    3. Leeds Carnegie 6th 2 2 2 124: 127 - 3 2 15th
    4th Rotherham RUFC 6th 1 0 5 88: 125 - 37 2 6th
    Semifinals
    May 4, 2012
    		 Bedford Blues 3: 13 London Welsh Goldington Road, Bedford
    May 7, 2012
    		 Cornish Pirates 45:24 Bristol rugby Mennaye Field, Penzance
    May 13, 2012
    		 London Welsh 17:24 Bedford Blues Old Deer Park, Richmond
    May 13, 2012
    		 Bristol rugby 29:18 Cornish Pirates Memorial Stadium , Bristol
    final
    May 23, 2012
    		 Cornish Pirates 21:37 London Welsh Mennaye Field, Penzance
    May 30, 2012
    		 London Welsh 29:20 Cornish Pirates Old Deer Park, Richmond

    London Welsh rose to the Premiership.

    Relegation round

  • descent
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. Moseley RFC 6th 4th 0 2 147: 142 + 5 3 25th
    2. Plymouth Albion RFC 6th 4th 0 2 152: 115 + 37 2 24
    3. London Scottish FC 6th 2 0 4th 102: 139 - 37 4th 18th
    4th Esher RFC 6th 2 0 4th 128: 133 - 5th 4th 16

    Esher RFC was relegated to National Division One.

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