2006–07 Premiership Rugby

Rugby union competition in England 2006–07 Guinness Premiership England Leicester Tigers (7th title) Gloucester Northampton Saints 135 1598734 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 Guinness Premiership was the 20th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2006 and May 2007. It was announced during the 2005-06 season that the 2006-07 competition would end two weeks early due to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, as England would be defending their title.http://www.guinnesspremiership.com/201_109.php "Derby Day" to Kick Off the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership Season 2007-05-31 McConnell Jonathan 2006-05-26 GuinnessPremiership.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080306070433/http://www.guinnesspremiership.com/201_109.php March 6, 2008 dead At the end of the previous season, Harlequins gained promotion to this season, while the Leeds Tykes were relegated. The Champions of this season were Leicester Tigers, beating Gloucester RFC 44–16 on 12 May in the Final at Twickenham, while the Northampton Saints were relegated. Leeds returned in 2007–08, under their new name of Leeds Carnegie, after being promoted. From the start of the season, all half-time intervals were increased from the traditional 10 minutes to 15 minutes. The move has been explained as allowing clubs to capitalise on growing capacities and maximise refreshment income.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/5190594.stm Premiership to extend half-time 2007-05-31 BBC Sport — Rugby Union 2006-04-18 BBC.co.uk Two of the opening games of the season were played at Twickenham, in the 2006 London Double Header. yes Participating teams England 400 Locations of the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership teams England 51.375801 -2.3599030 white Bath right 80 England 51.45 -2.583333 white Bristol left 80 England 51.864244 -2.238156 white Gloucester left 80 England 51.444581 -0.335245 white Harlequins right 80 England 52.636877 -1.139759 white Leicester left 80 England 51.454264 -0.978130 white L Irish bottom 80 England 55.01562 -1.67643 white Newcastle left 80 England 52.240477 -0.902655 white Northampton right 80 England 53.4083 -2.1494 white Sale right 80 England 51.656489 -0.390319 white Saracens right 80 England 51.6286 -0.7482 white Wasps left 80 England 52.2156 -2.1625 white Worcester left 80 Team Stadium CapacityCity/Area BathRecreation Ground10,600Bath, SomersetBristolMemorial Stadium*Bristol would also play 2 home games at Ashton Gate in Bristol on 27 December 2006 and 24 April 2007 n Bristol11,916BristolGloucesterKingsholm*Gloucester would also play 1 home game at Ashton Gate in Bristol on 28 April 2007 n Gloucester12,500Gloucester, GloucestershireHarlequinsThe Stoop12,638The Stoop capacity increased from 12,500 to 12,638 for the 2006–07 season.Twickenham, LondonLeicester TigersWelford Road16,815Leicester, LeicestershireLondon IrishMadejski Stadium*London Irish would also play 1 home game at Twickenham Stadium in London on 2 September 2006 n London Irish24,161Reading, BerkshireLondon WaspsAdams Park10,000High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireNewcastle FalconsKingston Park 10,200 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Northampton SaintsFranklin's Gardens13,600Northampton, NorthamptonshireSaleEdgeley Park10,852Stockport, Greater ManchesterSaracensVicarage Road*Saracens would also play 1 home game at Twickenham Stadium in London on 2 September 2006 n Saracens22,000Watford, HertfordshireWorcesterSixways10,197Worcester, Worcestershire Notes n Table main Rugby Q n GLO Gloucester (F) LEI Leicester Tigers (C) BRI Bristol (SF) SAR Saracens (SF) LWA London Wasps LIR London Irish HAR Harlequins BAT Bath NEW Newcastle Falcons SAL Sale Sharks WOR Worcester Warriors NOR Northampton Saints (R) 15 2 5 531 404 41 3 4 14 1 7 569 456 37 9 5 14 1 7 398 394 37 3 3 12 2 8 539 399 40 7 4 12 1 9 504 431 41 5 6 12 0 10 398 407 42 3 2 10 0 12 503 438 46 5 6 8 2 12 428 492 50 2 7 9 0 13 435 528 55 2 6 8 1 13 414 500 44 2 6 6 1 15 346 459 50 0 9 6 1 15 342 499 52 1 6 -1 Leicester were docked one point for fielding an ineligible player #d8ffeb QP QP QP QP #ffcccc QR If teams are level at any stage, they are ranked by: 1. number of wins 2. league points 3. match points difference 4. match points for 5. head-to-head record. complete www.guinnesspremiership.com and BBC Sport: Updated 2007-04-28 --- Current English Leagues Results Round 1 2 September 2006 14:00 London Irish 20 – 19 NEC Harlequins Twickenham 51,960 2 September 2006 15:00 Gloucester 24 – 19 Bath Kingsholm 12,500 2 September 2006 15:00 Worcester Warriors 11 – 41 Bristol Sixways 9,620 2 September 2006 16:20 Saracens 19 – 21 London Wasps Twickenham 51,960 3 September 2006 13:45 Northampton Saints 25 – 23 Newcastle Falcons Franklin’s Gardens 13,520 3 September 2006 16:00 Leicester Tigers 35 – 23 Sale Sharks Welford Road 16,815 Round 2 8 September 2006 19:45 London Wasps 23 – 17 London Irish Adams Park 7,203 8 September 2006 20:00 Newcastle Falcons 20 – 19 Worcester Warriors Kingston Park 6,654 9 September 2006 14:00 Sale Sharks 32 – 20 Northampton Saints Edgeley Park 9,418 9 September 2006 14:15 Bath 43 – 25 Leicester Tigers Recreation Ground 10,600 9 September 2006 15:00 NEC Harlequins 21 – 31 Gloucester Twickenham Stoop 9,497 10 September 2006 15:00 Bristol 13 – 13 Saracens Memorial Stadium 9,100 Round 3 15 September 2006 20:00 Worcester Warriors 13 – 25 Sale Sharks Sixways 9,432 16 September 2006 13:30 Northampton Saints 33 – 18 Bath Franklin’s Gardens 13,186 16 September 2006 14:45 London Irish 11 – 23 Bristol Madejski Stadium 7,650 16 September 2006 15:00 Leicester Tigers 27 – 27 Gloucester Welford Road 16,815 17 September 2006 15:00 London Wasps 42 – 23 NEC Harlequins Adams Park 7,340 17 September 2006 15:00 Saracens 44 – 20 Newcastle Falcons Vicarage Road 7,213 Round 4 22 September 2006 19:45 Sale Sharks 34 – 26 Saracens Edgeley Park 9,537 22 September 2006 20:00 Newcastle Falcons 21 – 26 London Irish Kingston Park 6,060 23 September 2006 14:15 Bath 17 – 11 Worcester Warriors Recreation Ground 10,140 23 September 2006 15:00 Gloucester 28 – 7 Northampton Saints Kingsholm 11,159 23 September 2006 18:15 NEC Harlequins 15 – 21 Leicester Tigers Twickenham Stoop 10,164 24 September 2006 15:00 Bristol 26 – 21 London Wasps Memorial Stadium 11,200 Round 5 13 October 2006 20:00 Worcester Warriors 24 – 33 Gloucester Sixways 10,197 14 October 2006 15:00 Northampton Saints 10 – 15 Leicester Tigers Franklin’s Gardens 13,564 15 October 2006 14:00 London Wasps 35 – 15 Newcastle Falcons Adams Park 7,440 15 October 2006 15:00 Bristol 33 – 20 NEC Harlequins Memorial Stadium 10,136 15 October 2006 15:00 London Irish 14 – 31 Sale Sharks Madejski Stadium 9,102 15 October 2006 15:00 Saracens 55 – 23 Bath Vicarage Road 7,214 Round 6 3 November 2006 19:45 Sale Sharks 18 – 12 London Wasps Edgeley Park 10,417 3 November 2006 20:00 Newcastle Falcons 26 – 21 Bristol Kingston Park 6,140 4 November 2006 14:15 Bath 17 – 21 London Irish Recreation Ground 10,600 4 November 2006 15:00 Leicester Tigers 40 – 21 Worcester Warriors Welford Road 16,766 4 November 2006 15:00 NEC Harlequins 34 – 19 Northampton Saints Twickenham Stoop 11,354 4 November 2006 17:45 Gloucester 21 – 12 Saracens Kingsholm 10,052 Round 7 10 November 2006 19:45 Bristol 15 – 9 Sale Sharks Memorial Stadium 10,753 10 November 2006 19:45 Newcastle Falcons 3 – 14 NEC Harlequins Kingston Park 10,004 10 November 2006 20:00 London Irish 11 – 22 Gloucester Madejski Stadium 9,880 11 November 2006 15:00 Worcester Warriors 18 – 23 Northampton Saints Sixways 9,240 12 November 2006 15:00 London Wasps 47 – 18 Bath Adams Park 7,309 12 November 2006 15:00 Saracens 22 – 16 Leicester Tigers Vicarage Road 8,895 Round 8 17 November 2006 19:45 NEC Harlequins 20 – 6 Worcester Warriors Twickenham Stoop 9,833 17 November 2006 19:45 Sale Sharks 18 – 26 Newcastle Falcons Edgeley Park 9,340 18 November 2006 13:00 Northampton Saints 13 – 35 Saracens Franklin’s Gardens 13,356 18 November 2006 14:45 Leicester Tigers 26 – 18 London Irish Welford Road 16,815 18 November 2006 15:00 Gloucester 27 – 21 London Wasps Kingsholm 12,500 18 November 2006 17:30 Bath 12 – 19 Bristol Recreation Ground 10,600 Round 9 24 November 2006 19:45 Bristol 14 – 12 Gloucester Memorial Stadium 11,916 24 November 2006 19:45 Sale Sharks 17 – 12 NEC Harlequins Edgeley Park 8,616 25 November 2006 12:30 Bath 20 – 14 Newcastle Falcons Recreation Ground 10,600 26 November 2006 14:00 Saracens 17 – 20 Worcester Warriors Vicarage Road 5,027 26 November 2006 15:00 London Irish 40 – 5 Northampton Saints Madejski Stadium 7,400 26 November 2006 15:00 London Wasps 13 – 19 Leicester Tigers Adams Park 9,500 Round 10 22 December 2006 19:45 Bath 18 – 16 Sale Sharks Recreation Ground 10,300 22 December 2006 19:45 Leicester Tigers 43 – 15 Bristol Welford Road 16,815 22 December 2006 19:45 NEC Harlequins 16 – 20 Saracens Twickenham Stoop 10,103 22 December 2006 20:00 Northampton Saints 8 – 6 London Wasps Franklin’s Gardens 13,484 22 December 2006 20:00 Worcester Warriors 14 – 16 London Irish Sixways 9,382 Round 11 26 December 2006 15:00 London Irish 26 – 25 Leicester Tigers Madejski Stadium 13,380 26 December 2006 15:00 London Wasps 33 – 12 Gloucester Adams Park 10,000 26 December 2006 15:00 Newcastle Falcons 40 – 25 Sale Sharks Kingston Park 8,574 27 December 2006 17:15 Bristol 16 – 6 Bath Ashton Gate 21,203 27 December 2006 19:45 Saracens 38 – 15 Northampton Saints Vicarage Road 12,082 27 December 2006 20:00 Worcester Warriors 20 – 27 NEC Harlequins Sixways 10,797 Round 12 1 January 2007 14:45 Leicester Tigers 28 – 15 Saracens Welford Road 16,815 1 January 2007 15:00 Bath 30 – 19 London Wasps Recreation Ground 10,600 1 January 2007 15:00 Gloucester 15 – 3 London Irish Kingsholm 12,500 1 January 2007 15:00 NEC Harlequins 42 – 15 Newcastle Falcons Twickenham Stoop 10,837 1 January 2007 15:00 Northampton Saints 9 – 10 Worcester Warriors Franklin’s Gardens 13,423 1 January 2007 15:00 Sale Sharks 6 – 10 Bristol Edgeley Park 9,422 Round 13 6 January 2007 15:00 NEC Harlequins 9 – 3 Bath Twickenham Stoop 10,920 6 January 2007 17:45 Sale Sharks 20 – 19 Gloucester Edgeley Park 8,377 7 January 2007 15:00 London Wasps 19 – 14 Worcester Warriors Adams Park 7,224 7 January 2007 15:00 Newcastle Falcons 31 – 29 Leicester Tigers Kingston Park 7,565 Round 14 26 January 2007 20:00 Worcester Warriors 3 – 3 London Wasps Sixways 9,110 27 January 2007 14:15 Bath 31 – 23 NEC Harlequins Recreation Ground 10,600 27 January 2007 15:00 Gloucester 44 – 24 Sale Sharks Kingsholm 12,058 27 January 2007 15:00 Leicester Tigers 39 – 5 Newcastle Falcons Welford Road 16,815 27 January 2007 17:45 Northampton Saints 8 – 14 Bristol Franklin’s Gardens 12,876 28 January 2007 13:30 Saracens 19 – 8 London Irish Vicarage Road 8,492 Round 15 17 February 2007 14:45 Worcester Warriors 6 – 13 Leicester Tigers Sixways 9,623 17 February 2007 15:00 London Irish 15 – 7 Bath Madejski Stadium 11,480 17 February 2007 15:00 Northampton Saints 15 – 28 NEC Harlequins Franklin’s Gardens 13,466 18 February 2007 13:30 London Wasps 26 – 18 Sale Sharks Adams Park 8,599 18 February 2007 15:00 Bristol 22 – 21 Newcastle Falcons Memorial Stadium 11,601 18 February 2007 15:00 Saracens 24 – 22 Gloucester Vicarage Road 8,452 Round 16 23 February 2007 19:45 Sale Sharks 9 – 14 London Irish Edgeley Park 9,275 23 February 2007 20:00 Newcastle Falcons 37 – 11 London Wasps Kingston Park 9,665 24 February 2007 13:00 Leicester Tigers 9 – 10 Northampton Saints Welford Road 16,815 24 February 2007 14:15 Bath 20 – 20 Saracens Recreation Ground 10,600 24 February 2007 15:00 Gloucester 33 – 19 Worcester Warriors Kingsholm 12,500 24 February 2007 15:00 NEC Harlequins 15 – 8 Bristol Twickenham Stoop 11,316 Round 17 3 March 2007 15:00 London Irish 38 – 12 Newcastle Falcons Madejski Stadium 10,003 3 March 2007 15:00 Northampton Saints 5 – 7 Gloucester Franklin’s Gardens 13,529 3 March 2007 15:00 Worcester Warriors 21 – 15 Bath Sixways 9,344 3 March 2007 17:15 Leicester Tigers 27 – 22 NEC Harlequins Welford Road 16,815 4 March 2007 15:00 London Wasps 28 – 0 Bristol Adams Park 8,393 4 March 2007 15:00 Saracens 22 – 9 Sale Sharks Vicarage Road 8,333 Round 18 9 March 2007 19:45 Sale Sharks 12 – 18 Worcester Warriors Edgeley Park 8,376 9 March 2007 20:00 Newcastle Falcons 20 – 14 Saracens Kingston Park 6,368 10 March 2007 14:15 Bath 22 – 17 Northampton Saints Recreation Ground 10,600 10 March 2007 15:00 Bristol 7 – 12 London Irish Memorial Stadium 8,593 10 March 2007 15:00 NEC Harlequins 16 – 23 London Wasps Twickenham Stoop 12,700 11 March 2007 13:00 Gloucester 28 – 24 Leicester Tigers Kingsholm 12,000 Round 19 16 March 2007 20:00 Worcester Warriors 23 – 21 Newcastle Falcons Sixways 9,827 17 March 2007 14:45 Leicester Tigers 29 – 25 Bath Welford Road 16,815 17 March 2007 15:00 Gloucester 34 – 25 NEC Harlequins Kingsholm 10,391 17 March 2007 15:00 Northampton Saints 18 – 18 Sale Sharks Franklin’s Gardens 13,265 18 March 2007 14:00 London Irish 16 – 13 London Wasps Madejski Stadium 22,648 18 March 2007 15:00 Saracens 36 – 5 Bristol Vicarage Road 7,737 Rearranged fixtures 23 March 2007 20:00 London Irish 7 – 22 Saracens Madejski Stadium 8,738 24 March 2007 16:30 Gloucester 24 – 18 Newcastle Falcons Kingsholm 12,500 25 March 2007 15:00 Bristol 31 – 19 Northampton Saints Memorial Stadium 9,553 Round 20 6 April 2007 19:45 Sale Sharks 25 – 26 Leicester Tigers Edgeley Park 10,037 7 April 2007 14:15 Bath 21 – 21 Gloucester Recreation Ground 10,600 7 April 2007 14:45 Bristol 22 – 17 Worcester Warriors Memorial Stadium 8,516 7 April 2007 15:00 NEC Harlequins 34 – 17 London Irish Twickenham Stoop 12,600 8 April 2007 15:00 London Wasps 27 – 26 Saracens Adams Park 10,000 8 April 2007 15:00 Newcastle Falcons 16 – 7 Northampton Saints Kingston Park 10,200 Round 21 13 April 2007 19:45 Sale Sharks 25 – 23 Bath Edgeley Park 10,641 13 April 2007 20:00 Newcastle Falcons 19 – 12 Gloucester Kingston Park 7,016 15 April 2007 12:15 London Wasps 35 – 29 Northampton Saints Adams Park 8,053 15 April 2007 15:00 London Irish 26 – 16 Worcester Warriors Madejski Stadium 10,862 15 April 2007 15:00 Saracens 33 – 19 NEC Harlequins Vicarage Road 12,553 24 April 2007 19:45 Bristol 30 – 13 Leicester Tigers Ashton Gate 12,495 Round 22 28 April 2007 15:05 Gloucester 35 – 13 Bristol Ashton Gate 15,852 28 April 2007 15:05 Leicester Tigers 40 – 26 London Wasps Welford Road 17,418 28 April 2007 15:05 NEC Harlequins 49 – 0 Sale Sharks Twickenham Stoop 12,680 28 April 2007 15:05 Newcastle Falcons 12 – 20 Bath Kingston Park 9,118 28 April 2007 15:05 Northampton Saints 27 – 22 London Irish Franklin’s Gardens 13,538 28 April 2007 15:05 Worcester Warriors 22 – 7 Saracens Sixways 10,197 Play-offs Semi-finals 5 May 2007 13:00 Gloucester 50 – 9 Saracens Kingsholm 9,300 5 May 2007 17:30 Leicester Tigers 26 – 14 Bristol Welford Road 10,675 Final 12 May 2007 14:30 Gloucester 16–44 Report 1Report 2 Leicester Tigers Tries: Lamb cConv: Walker 1/1Pens:Walker 3 Tries: F.Murphy, 2 Tuilagi, Corry, Goode, Jennings, MoodyConv: Goode 3/7Pens: Goode Twickenham 59,400 Dave Pearson Team details _blackborder _whitesides _blackborder _whitesides ffffff C91A2B ffffff C91A2B C91A2B Gloucester _leicesterh _leicesterh _leicesterh _band_white 008000 008000 ffffff 004225 Leicester Tigers FB 15NZL Willie WalkerRW 14ENG Iain BalshawOC 13ENG James Simpson-DanielIC 12ENG Anthony AllenLW 11ENG Mark FosterFH 10ENG Ryan LambSH 9 ENG Peter Richards 53N8 8 ENG Luke Narraway OF 7 ENG Andy HazellBF 6 ENG Peter Buxton (c)15RL 5 ENG Alex Brown LL 4 WAL Will James 78TP 3 ITA Carlos Nieto HK 2 FRA Olivier Azam48LP 1 ENG Nick Wood 54Replacements:HK 16WAL Mefin Davies 48PR 17FRA Christian Califano 54LK 18ENG Adam Eustace 78FL 19RSA Jake Boer 15SH 20SCO Rory Lawson 53 CE 21ENG Jake Adams FB 22ENG Jon GoodridgeCoach: ENG Dean Ryan FB 15Ireland rugby union Geordan Murphy RW 14Fiji Seru Rabeni 62 OC 13ENG Dan HipkissIC 12ENG Ollie Smith57LW 11SAM Alesana TuilagiFH 10ENG Andy GoodeSH 9 IRE rugby union Frank Murphy67N8 8 ENG Martin Corry (c)OF 7 IRE rugby union Shane Jennings 70BF 6 ENG Lewis Moody RL 5 ENG Ben KayLL 4 ENG Louis Deacon56TP 3 ENG Julian White67HK 2 ENG George Chuter70LP 1 ARG Marcos AyerzaReplacements:HK 16ENG James Buckland70PR 17ITA Alex Moreno 67LK 18IRE rugby union Leo Cullen56 FL 19ENG Brett Deacon70SH 20ENG Ben Youngs67FH 21ENG Sam Vesty 57CE 22ENG Tom Varndell62Coach: AUS Pat Howard Individual statistics Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who did not earn international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities. Most points Source:http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/most_points.html?id=2006%2F07;trophy=65;type=season ESPNScrum 1 September 2020 2006-07 Premiership Rugby top points scorers Rank Player ClubPoints1NZL Glen JacksonSaracens2812ENG Olly BarkleyBath185NZL Willie WalkerGloucester4ENG Adrian JarvisHarlequins 1815ENG Andy GoodeLeicester Tigers174 6AUS Shane DrahmWorcester Warriors1567ENG Toby FloodNewcastle Falcons898ENG Ryan LambGloucester879IRE rugby union Ian HumphreysLeicester Tigers84ENG Mark van GisbergenLondon Wasps Most tries Source:http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/most_tries.html?id=2006%2F07;trophy=65;type=season;type=tournament ESPNscrum 1 September 2020 2006-07 Premiership Rugby top try scorers Rank Player ClubTries1SAM David LemiBristol112ENG Mike BrownHarlequins9ENG Tom VarndellLeicester Tigers4ENG Topsy OjoLondon Irish 8NZL Mark RobinsonNorthampton SaintsENG Paul SackeyLondon WaspsENG David StrettleHarlequinsSAM Alesana TuilagiLeicester Tigers9FIJ Kameli RatuvouSaracens7106 players tied6 References External links Official site 2006-07 England