English rugby union championship 2012/13

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The 2012/13 season of the English Premiership was the 26th season of the major division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was called Aviva Premiership . It began on September 1, 2012, comprised 22 game days (one preliminary and one second round) and lasted until May 4, 2013. The four best-placed teams then qualified for the semi-finals, the semi-final winners met on May 25, 2013 in the final in Twickenham Stadium on top of each other. The championship title was won for the tenth time by the Leicester Tigers , while London Welsh had to be relegated.

Aviva Premiership

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

    • M = Reigning Master
    P: Promotion (promoted) from the RFU Championship

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Saracens 22nd 17th 1 4th 533: 339 + 194 7th 77
    02. Leicester Tigers 22nd 15th 1 6th 538: 345 + 193 12 74
    03. Harlequins (M) 22nd 15th 0 7th 560: 453 + 107 9 69
    04th Northampton Saints 22nd 14th 0 8th 501: 433 + 68 9 65
    05. Gloucester RFC 22nd 12 1 9 515: 481 + 34 10 60
    06th Exeter Chiefs 22nd 12 1 9 542: 446 + 96 9 59
    07th Bath rugby 22nd 10 1 11 452: 434 + 18 11 53
    08th. London Wasps 22nd 9 0 13 511: 528 - 17th 12 48
    09. London Irish 22nd 7th 1 14th 459: 601 - 142 5 35
    10. Sale Sharks 22nd 7th 1 14th 377: 596 - 219 5 35
    11. Worcester Warriors 22nd 5 1 16 422: 547 - 125 11 33
    12. London Welsh (P) 22nd 5 0 17th 412: 619 - 207 8th 23 1

    1 London Welsh received a five point deduction for playing a non-compliant licensed 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 attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point for a loss of seven or less points

    Playoff

    Semifinals
    May 11, 2013
    15:00 WEST     		Leicester Tigers 33:16 Harlequins Welford Road Stadium , Leicester
    Spectators: 20,243
    Referee: Greg Garner
    Attempts: Goneva 40th received
    Morris 61st received
    Croft 65th received
    Tait 71st n.erh.
    Raises: Flood (2/4)
    Penalty kicks: Flood (3/3) 3rd, 34th, 58th
    		 (13: 9)
    Report     		Attempts: Chisholm 76. Increments
    : Evans (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Evans (3/3) 5th, 12th, 31st
    May 12, 2013
    15:00 WEST     		Saracens 13:27 Northampton Saints Barnet Copthall , London
    Spectators: 9,998
    Referee: JP Doyle
    Attempts: Taylor 64th
    raises: Farrell (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Farrell (2/2) 50th, 54th
    		 (0:17)
    report     		Attempts: Mujati 20th,
    Elliott 22nd,
    van Velze 58th,
    Elevations: Myler (3/3)
    Penalty kicks: Myler (2/2) 26., 72.
    final
    May 25, 2013
    3:00 pm WEST     		Leicester Tigers 37: 17 Northampton Saints Twickenham Stadium , London
    Spectators: 81,703
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    Attempts: Morris 7th received
    Kitchener 47th received
    Tuilagi 65th AD
    Goneva 73rd ad.
    Raise: Flood (1/1)
    Penalty: Flood (1/1) 4th
    Ford (4/4) 31st, 40th, 55th, 80th
    		 (16: 5)
    Report     		Attempts: Myler 14th n.erh.
    Foden 43rd n.erh.
    Dickson 56th
    increments: Myler (1/3)
    15th Mathew Tait
    14th Niall Morris
    13 Manu Tuilagi
    12 Anthony Allen
    11 Niki Goneva Changed after 74 minutes 74.
    10 Toby Flood (C)Captain of the crew Changed after 23 minutes 23.
    09 Ben Youngs Changed after 74 minutes 74.
    08th Jordan Crane Changed after 72 minutes 72.
    07th Julian Salvi
    06th Tom Croft
    05 Geoff Parling
    04th Graham Kitchener Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    03 Dan Cole Changed after 67 minutes 67.
    02 Tom Youngs Changed after 67 minutes 67.
    01 Logovi'i Mulipola Changed after 74 minutes 74.
    Substitute:
    16 Rob Hawkins Substituted after 67 minutes 67.
    17th Fraser Balmain Substituted after 74 minutes 74.
    18th Martin Castrogiovanni Substituted after 67 minutes 67.
    19th Ed Slater Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    20th Steve Mafi Substituted after 72 minutes 72.
    21st Sam Harrison Substituted after 74 minutes 74.
    22nd George Ford Substituted after 23 minutes 23.
    23 Matt Smith Substituted after 74 minutes 74.
    15th Ben Foden Changed after 67 minutes 67.
    14th Ken Pisi
    13 James Wilson
    12 Luther Burrell
    11 Jamie Elliott Changed after 40 minutes 40.
    10 Stephen Myler Changed after 67 minutes 67.
    09 Lee Dickson Changed after 67 minutes 67.
    08th Samu Manoa
    07th Tom Wood
    06th Phil Dowson Changed after 67 minutes 67.
    05 Christian Day Changed after 60 minutes 60.
    04th Courtney Lawes
    03 Brian Mujati Changed after 56 minutes 56.
    02 Dylan Hartley (C)Captain of the crew Red card after 40 ' 40 ′
    01 Soane Tonga'uiha Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    Substitute:
    16 Mike Haywood Substituted after 40 minutes 40.
    17th Alex Waller Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    18th Tom Mercey Substituted after 56 minutes 56.
    19th Ben Nutley Substituted after 67 minutes 67.
    20th Gerrit-Jan van Velze Substituted after 60 minutes 60.
    21st Martin Roberts Substituted after 67 minutes 67.
    22nd Ryan Lamb Substituted after 67 minutes 67.
    23 George Pisi Substituted after 67 minutes 67.

    RFU Championship

    The season of the second division, the RFU Championship , comprised 22 game days (one first and one second round). While the worst-ranked team was relegated directly to the third division, the four best-placed teams played a playoff with two-part semifinals and a final. The final winner is promoted to the Premiership.

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  • Participation in the playoffs
  • Relegation to the National League One

    • 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. Newcastle Falcons (R) 22nd 21st 0 1 677: 252 + 425 14th 98
    02. Nottingham RFC 22nd 15th 0 7th 624: 409 + 215 14th 74
    03. Bedford Blues 22nd 14th 1 7th 664: 485 + 179 13 71
    04th Leeds Carnegie 22nd 13 0 9 585: 480 + 105 15th 67
    05. Bristol rugby 22nd 14th 0 8th 524: 481 + 43 9 65
    06th Cornish Pirates 22nd 10 2 10 435: 480 - 45 8th 52
    07th Rotherham RUFC 22nd 10 1 11 503: 569 - 66 9 51
    08th. London Scottish 22nd 10 0 12 456: 610 - 154 8th 45 1
    09. Plymouth Albion 22nd 7th 0 15th 419: 518 - 99 12 40
    10. Moseley RFC 22nd 6th 1 15th 377: 542 - 165 7th 33
    11. Jersey RFC (P) 22nd 6th 0 16 385: 595 - 210 7th 31
    12. Doncaster RFC 22nd 3 1 18th 364: 592 - 228 9 23

    1 London Scottish received a deduction of three points for playing an unapproved 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 attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Playoff

    Semifinals
    4th May 2013
    		 Bedford Blues 26:17 Nottingham RFC Goldington Road , Bedford
    May 6, 2013
    		 Leeds Carnegie 24:19 Newcastle Falcons Headingley Stadium , Leeds
    May 11th, 2013
    		 Nottingham RFC 21:23 Bedford Blues Meadow Lane , Nottingham
    May 12, 2013
    		 Newcastle Falcons 15: 6 Leeds Carnegie Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne
    final
    May 23, 2013
    		 Bedford Blues 9:18 Newcastle Falcons Goldington Road , Bedford
    May 29, 2013
    		 Newcastle Falcons 31:24 Bedford Blues Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne

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