English Rugby Union Championship 2018/19

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The 2018/19 season of the English Premiership was the 32nd season of the top division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons, it is called the Gallagher Premiership . It began on August 31, 2018, comprised 22 match days (one preliminary and second round) and lasted until May 18, 2019. The four best-placed teams then qualified for the semi-finals, the semi-final winners met on June 1, 2019 in the final in Twickenham Stadium on top of each other. The Saracens were able to defend their title by beating the Exeter Chiefs in the final . The Newcastle Falcons descended, the London Irish rose.

Gallagher Premiership

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  • Participation in the semi-finals and the European Rugby Champions Cup 2019/20
  • Participation in the European Rugby Champions Cup
  • Relegation to the RFU Championship

    • M = Reigning Master
    P = Promotion (promoted) from the RFU Championship
    Status: May 19, 2019

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Exeter Chiefs 22nd 17th 0 5 630: 438 + 192 18th 86
    02. Saracens (M) 22nd 16 0 6th 644: 440 + 204 14th 78
    03. Gloucester RFC 22nd 13 1 8th 587: 515 + 77 14th 68
    04th Northampton Saints 22nd 11 0 11 590: 521 + 69 12 56
    05. Harlequins 22nd 10 0 12 544: 528 + 16 16 56
    06th Bath rugby 22nd 10 2 10 481: 480 + 1 12 56
    07th Sale Sharks 22nd 11 2 9 462: 504 - 42 7th 55
    08th. Wasps RFC 22nd 10 0 12 483: 552 - 69 11 51
    09. Bristol Bears (P) 22nd 9 1 12 503: 580 - 77 13 51
    10. Worcester Warriors 22nd 9 0 13 491: 557 - 66 10 46
    11. Leicester Tigers 22nd 7th 0 16 478: 632 - 154 13 41
    12. Newcastle Falcons 22nd 6th 0 16 395: 541 - 146 7th 31

    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 25, 2019
    1:30 PM WEST     		Saracens 44: 19 Gloucester RFC Allianz Park , London
    Referee: Luke Pearce
    Attempts: Maitland 4th received
    Spencer 28th raised
    Williams 36th raised
    Tompkins 41st received, 49th received, 55th
    raised: Farrell 29th, 42nd, 50th, 56th
    Penalty kicks: Farrell 16., 35.
    		 (23: 7)
    Report     		Attempts: Morgan 2nd received
    Dreyer 58th received
    Ludlow 67th after received
    increases: Twelvetrees 3rd, 59th
    May 25, 2019
    4:30 PM WEST     		Exeter Chiefs 42: 12 Northampton Saints Sandy Park , Exeter
    Referee: Matthew Carley
    Attempts: Williams 15th received
    J. Simmonds 20th received
    Dave Dennis 44th received
    O'Flaherty 47th received
    S. Simmonds 69th received
    Hill 80th received
    increases: J. Simmonds 16th, 22nd, 46th, 48th, 69th, 80th
    		 (14:12)
    Report     		Attempts:
    Penalty attempt 27. Tuala 29. n.
    final
    June 1, 2019
    15:00 WEST     		Exeter Chiefs 34: 37 Saracens Twickenham Stadium , London
    Referee: Wayne Barnes
    Attempts: White 1.
    Ewers 20. Increase
    J. Hill 30. Increase
    Slade 57. Increase
    S. Hill 80.
    Increase increase: Simmonds 1., 21., 80.
    Penalty kicks: Simmonds 40 .
    		 (22:16)
    Report     		Attempts: George 3rd after, 76th,
    Spencer 13th,
    Williams 59th,
    Maitland 67th,
    raised: Farrell 61st, 68th, 77th
    Penalty: Farrell 9th, 35th
    15th Jack Nowell Changed after 69 minutes 69.
    14th Alex Cuthbert Changed after 61 minutes 61.
    13 Henry Slade
    12 Ollie Devoto
    11 Tom O'Flaherty
    10 Joe Simmonds
    09 Nic White Changed after 65 minutes 65.
    08th Matt Kvesic
    07th Don Armand Changed after 25 minutes25. 35.Substituted after 35 minutes
    06th Dave Ewers
    05 Jonny Hill Changed after 49 minutes 49.
    04th Dave Dennis Changed after 68 minutes 68.
    03 Harry Williams Changed after 46 minutes 46.
    02 Jack Yeandle Changed after 46 minutes 46.
    01 Ben Moon Changed after 46 minutes 46.
    Substitute:
    16 Luke Cowan-Dickie Substituted after 46 minutes 46.
    17th Alec Hepburn Substituted after 46 minutes 46.
    18th Tomas Francis Substituted after 46 minutes 46.
    19th Sam Skinner Substituted after 25 minutes25. 35. 49.Changed after 35 minutes Substituted after 49 minutes
    20th Sam Simmonds Substituted after 68 minutes 68.
    21st Jack Maunder Substituted after 65 minutes 65.
    22nd Gareth Steenson Substituted after 69 minutes 69.
    23 Sam Hill Substituted after 61 minutes 61.
    Trainer:
    EnglandEngland Rob Baxter
    15th Alex Goode
    14th Liam Williams Changed after 77 minutes 77.
    13 Alex Lozowski
    12 Brad Barritt Changed after 41 minutes 41.
    11 Sean Maitland
    10 Owen Farrell
    09 Ben Spencer Changed after 41 minutes 41.
    08th Billy Vunipola
    07th Jackson Wray Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    06th Maro Itoje
    05 George Kruis
    04th Will Skelton Changed after 48 minutes48, 58, 69.Substituted after 58 minutes Changed after 69 minutes
    03 Vincent Koch Changed after 71 minutes 71.
    02 Jamie George
    01 Richard Barrington Changed after 65 minutes 65.
    Substitute:
    16 Tom Woolstencroft Substituted after 69 minutes 69.
    17th Ralph Adams-Hale Substituted after 65 minutes 65.
    18th Christian Judge Substituted after 71 minutes 71.
    19th Nick Isiekwe Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    20th Michael Rhodes Substituted after 48 minutes 48.
    21st Richard Wigglesworth Substituted after 41 minutes 41.
    22nd Nick Tompkins Substituted after 41 minutes 41.
    23 David Strettle Substituted after 77 minutes 77.
    Trainer:
    IrelandIreland Mark McCall

    statistics

    Most attempts made

    Surname society tries
    1. South AfricaSouth Africa Cobus Reinach Northampton Saints 12
    EnglandEngland Denny Solomona Sale Sharks
    3. EnglandEngland Joe Marchant Harlequins 11
    EnglandEngland Jonny May Leicester Tigers
    EnglandEngland Nick Tompkins Saracens

    Most points scored

    Surname society Points
    1. EnglandEngland George Ford Leicester Tigers 221
    2. ScotlandScotland Duncan Weir Worcester Warriors 204
    3. EnglandEngland Marcus Smith Harlequins 170

    RFU Championship

    The season of the second division, the RFU Championship , comprised 22 game days (one first and one second round). Champion was London Irish , which rose to the Premiership. Richmond FC relegated bottom of the table.

    table

  • Promotion to the Premiership
  • Relegation to the National League One

    • P = Promotion (promoted) from the National Division One
    R = Relegation (relegated) from the Premiership
    As of April 28, 2019

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. London Irish (R) 22nd 20th 0 2 835: 340 + 495 19th 99
    02. Ealing Trailfinders 22nd 17th 0 5 733: 503 + 230 18th 86
    03. Bedford Blues 22nd 13 0 9 632: 603 + 29 17th 69
    04th Jersey Reds 22nd 12 0 10 554: 442 + 112 15th 63
    05. Cornish Pirates 22nd 10 0 12 556: 507 + 49 19th 59
    06th Yorkshire Carnegie 22nd 11 0 11 475: 549 - 74 11 55
    07th Nottingham RFC 22nd 9 1 12 508: 597 - 89 10 48
    08th. Coventry RFC (P) 22nd 9 1 12 497: 637 - 140 13 51
    09. London Scottish 22nd 8th 0 14th 468: 616 - 148 11 43
    10. Doncaster Knights 22nd 8th 0 14th 546: 617 - 71 10 42
    11. Hartpury College RFC 22nd 7th 0 16 415: 634 - 219 8th 36
    12. Richmond FC 22nd 6th 0 16 430: 604 - 174 9 33

    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

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