2001–02 Premiership Rugby

Rugby union competition in England 2001-2002 Zurich Premiership England Leicester Tigers (6th title) Sale Sharks None 139 1043625 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001-02 Zurich Premiership was the 15th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions. Leeds Tykes were promoted to replace the relegated Rotherham. Halfway through the season, with Leicester odds-on to win their fourth title in succession, it was decided that the winners of the playoffs would be crowned champions. After a public outcry at moving the goalposts halfway through the tournament, this was not followed through. Instead, they launched the Zurich Championship, a play off competition involving 8 teams below the champions, providing the winner with a 'wildcard' European qualification. Leicester did finish top of the league and were crowned champions; their fourth title in succession and their sixth overall. Gloucester won the eight team Zurich Championship play-offs in 2001–02. Leeds Tykes finished bottom of the table but avoided relegation due to the inadequacies of Rotherham's ground. yes Participating teams England 400 right Locations of the 2001-02 Zurich 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 bottom 80 England 53.81606520 -1.580612 white Leeds right 80 England 52.636877 -1.139759 white Leicester left 80 England 51.454264 -0.978130 white L Irish left 80 England 55.01562 -1.67643 white Newcastle left 80 England 52.240477 -0.902655 white Northampton right 80 England 53.425560 -2.323702 white Sale right 80 England 51.656489 -0.390319 white Saracens top 80 England 51.504746 -0.223050 white Wasps right 80 Team Stadium CapacityCity/Area BathRecreation Ground8,500Bath, SomersetBristol ShogunsMemorial Stadium8,500 (1,200 seats)Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91 1990 Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd Windsor 3rd Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell 43 Bristol F.C. (Ground Details)BristolGloucesterKingsholm11,000Gloucester, GloucestershireHarlequinsThe Stoop9,000 (2,000 seats)Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91 1990 Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd Windsor 3rd Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell 50 Harlequins F.C. (Ground Details)Twickenham, LondonLeeds TykesHeadingley Stadium22,250Leeds, West YorkshireLeicester TigersWelford Road16,250Leicester, LeicestershireLondon IrishMadejski Stadium24,161Reading, BerkshireLondon WaspsLoftus Road18,439Shepherd's Bush, LondonNewcastle FalconsKingston Park 8,000https://www.espn.ph/rugby/story/_/id/15348366/newcastle-cup-fury-rfu Newcastle Cup fury at RFU ESPN 10 December 2000 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Northampton SaintsFranklin's Gardens11,700Northampton, NorthamptonshireSale SharksHeywood Road4,800http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/rugby_special/1614902.stm BBC Sport Sale Sharks - Heywood Rd 6 March 2002 Sale, Greater ManchesterSaracensVicarage Road22,000Watford, Hertfordshire Table main Rugby LEI Leicester Tigers (C) Q SAL Sale Sharks GLO Gloucester LIR London Irish NOR Northampton Saints NEW Newcastle Falcons LWA London Wasps BRI Bristol Shoguns HAR Harlequins SAR Saracens BAT Bath LEE Leeds Tykes 18 0 4 658 349 72 19 10 1 14 1 7 589 517 67 47 9 2 14 0 8 692 485 68 45 8 4 11 3 8 574 465 46 37 3 4 12 1 9 506 426 48 36 4 2 12 1 9 490 458 43 40 3 3 12 0 10 519 507 42 41 3 3 9 1 12 591 632 55 66 7 5 5 3 14 434 507 33 52 5 4 7 0 15 425 671 33 68 1 5 7 0 15 311 524 21 47 0 5 6 0 16 406 654 38 68 2 2 Leeds were reprieved of relegation due to inadequacies of Rotherham's ground. #d8ffeb Playoffs and2002–03 Heineken Cup QA QA QA QA QA QA #ccccff Playoffs and2002–03 Challenge Cup QB QB inherit 2002–03 Challenge Cup QC QC QC QC complete Guinness PremiershipMarch 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Results Week 1 1 September 2001 15:00 Gloucester 22 - 9 Northampton Saints Kingsholm 8,682 1 September 2001 15:00 NEC Harlequins 21 - 32 London Irish Twickenham Stoop 7,287 2 September 2001 14:00 Newcastle Falcons 19 - 16 Leicester Tigers Kingston Park 7,490 2 September 2001 14:30 Leeds Tykes 10 - 6 Bath Rugby Headingley 5,181 2 September 2001 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 25 - 35 Sale Sharks Memorial Stadium 4,020 2 September 2001 15:00 London Wasps 12 - 8 Saracens Loftus Road 5,929 Week 2 8 September 2001 14:00 NEC Harlequins 32 - 38 Bristol Shoguns Twickenham Stoop 5,220 8 September 2001 14:00 Saracens 34 - 30 Gloucester Vicarage Road 7,262 8 September 2001 14:15 Leicester Tigers 45 - 15 London Wasps Welford Road 13,837 8 September 2001 15:00 Northampton Saints 26 - 7 Bath Rugby Franklin’s Gardens 10,241 8 September 2001 15:00 Sale Sharks 37 - 11 Newcastle Falcons Heywood Road 4,865 9 September 2001 15:00 London Irish 42 - 14 Leeds Tykes Madejski Stadium 4,219 Week 3 15 September 2001 14:15 Bath Rugby 20 - 27 Saracens Recreation Ground 7,968 15 September 2001 15:00 Gloucester 18 - 40 Leicester Tigers Kingsholm 9,729 16 September 2001 14:30 Leeds Tykes 6 - 26 Northampton Saints Headingley 4,080 16 September 2001 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 6 - 6 NEC Harlequins Kingston Park 5,551 16 September 2001 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 19 - 19 London Irish Memorial Stadium 4,000 16 September 2001 15:00 London Wasps 21 - 40 Sale Sharks Loftus Road 4,403 Week 4 22 September 2001 13:00 Leicester Tigers 48 - 9 Bath Rugby Welford Road 15,145 22 September 2001 15:00 NEC Harlequins 33 - 13 London Wasps Twickenham Stoop 6,698 22 September 2001 15:00 Sale Sharks 21 - 44 Gloucester Heywood Road 4,682 23 September 2001 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 34 - 29 Leeds Tykes Memorial Stadium 3,632 23 September 2001 15:00 London Irish 18 - 22 Newcastle Falcons Madejski Stadium 5,419 23 September 2001 15:00 Saracens 25 - 20 Northampton Saints Vicarage Road 8,527 Week 5 13 October 2001 14:15 Bath Rugby 20 - 17 Sale Sharks Recreation Ground 7,875 13 October 2001 15:00 Gloucester 33 - 7 NEC Harlequins Kingsholm 8,005 13 October 2001 15:00 Northampton Saints 11 - 21 Leicester Tigers Franklin’s Gardens 11,700 14 October 2001 13:30 London Wasps 15 - 20 London Irish Loftus Road 5,101 14 October 2001 14:30 Leeds Tykes 27 - 14 Saracens Headingley 3,328 14 October 2001 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 37 - 20 Bristol Shoguns Kingston Park 4,401 Week 6 20 October 2001 12:35 Sale Sharks 34 - 14 Northampton Saints Heywood Road 3,612 20 October 2001 13:00 Leicester Tigers 36 - 10 Saracens Welford Road 13,762 20 October 2001 13:00 NEC Harlequins 15 - 8 Bath Rugby Twickenham Stoop 5,428 21 October 2001 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 19 - 8 Leeds Tykes Kingston Park 4,248 21 October 2001 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 43 - 22 London Wasps Memorial Stadium 4,174 21 October 2001 15:00 London Irish 19 - 15 Gloucester Madejski Stadium 5,937 Week 7 9 November 2001 19:30 Northampton Saints 13 - 13 NEC Harlequins Franklin’s Gardens 8,667 10 November 2001 12:30 Gloucester 51 - 17 Bristol Shoguns Kingsholm 8,431 11 November 2001 14:15 Bath Rugby 19 - 11 London Irish Recreation Ground 7,656 11 November 2001 14:30 Leeds Tykes 37 - 16 Leicester Tigers Headingley 7,162 11 November 2001 15:00 London Wasps 30 - 33 Newcastle Falcons Loftus Road 3,955 11 November 2001 15:00 Saracens 26 - 25 Sale Sharks Vicarage Road 6,059 Week 8 16 November 2001 19:45 NEC Harlequins 43 - 6 Saracens Twickenham Stoop 6,450 17 November 2001 12:30 Sale Sharks 3 - 37 Leicester Tigers Heywood Road 5,429 18 November 2001 14:05 London Wasps 64 - 14 Leeds Tykes Loftus Road 3,507 18 November 2001 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 18 - 16 Gloucester Kingston Park 5,576 18 November 2001 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 31 - 17 Bath Rugby Memorial Stadium 10,021 18 November 2001 15:00 London Irish 48 - 12 Northampton Saints Madejski Stadium 5,191 Week 9 22 November 2001 19:45 Saracens 13 - 55 London Irish Vicarage Road 5,216 23 November 2001 19:30 Gloucester 43 - 13 London Wasps Kingsholm 10,171 23 November 2001 19:30 Leicester Tigers 23 - 18 NEC Harlequins Welford Road 16,017 25 November 2001 14:15 Bath Rugby 24 - 9 Newcastle Falcons Recreation Ground 7,903 25 November 2001 14:30 Leeds Tykes 20 - 47 Sale Sharks Headingley 3,489 25 November 2001 14:30 Northampton Saints 20 - 23 Bristol Shoguns Franklin’s Gardens 7,873 Week 10 1 December 2001 14:00 Gloucester 58 - 17 Leeds Tykes Kingsholm 7,516 1 December 2001 15:00 NEC Harlequins 16 - 23 Sale Sharks Twickenham Stoop 5,841 2 December 2001 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 13 - 28 Northampton Saints Kingston Park 5,048 2 December 2001 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 22 - 25 Saracens Memorial Stadium 4,450 2 December 2001 15:00 London Irish 15 - 30 Leicester Tigers Madejski Stadium 11,124 2 December 2001 15:00 London Wasps 23 - 10 Bath Rugby Loftus Road 6,240 Week 11 8 December 2001 14:05 Sale Sharks 19 - 19 London Irish Heywood Road 4,775 8 December 2001 14:15 Bath Rugby 12 - 9 Gloucester Recreation Ground 8,200 8 December 2001 14:15 Leicester Tigers 26 - 19 Bristol Shoguns Welford Road 15,519 8 December 2001 15:00 Northampton Saints 23 - 10 London Wasps Franklin’s Gardens 8,833 9 December 2001 14:00 Saracens 19 - 24 Newcastle Falcons Vicarage Road 7,294 9 December 2001 14:30 Leeds Tykes 23 - 18 NEC Harlequins Headingley 3,401 Week 12 22 December 2001 14:00 NEC Harlequins 21 - 38 Leicester Tigers Twickenham Stoop 9,000 23 December 2001 15:00 London Irish 30 - 23 Saracens Madejski Stadium 8,246 Week 13 27 December 2001 15:00 Leicester Tigers 33 - 10 Sale Sharks Welford Road 16,250 29 December 2001 14:00 Bath Rugby 15 - 9 Bristol Shoguns Recreation Ground 8,200 29 December 2001 14:00 Gloucester 29 - 25 Newcastle Falcons Kingsholm 11,000 29 December 2001 15:00 Northampton Saints 24 - 15 London Irish Franklin’s Gardens 10,322 30 December 2001 14:30 Leeds Tykes 18 - 28 London Wasps Headingley 5,166 30 December 2001 15:00 Saracens 39 - 25 NEC Harlequins Vicarage Road 13,257 Week 14 26 January 2002 15:00 NEC Harlequins 16 - 24 Northampton Saints Twickenham Stoop 5,882 27 January 2002 13:00 Newcastle Falcons 22 - 23 London Wasps Kingston Park 4,658 Week 15 9 February 2002 14:15 Bath Rugby 18 - 9 NEC Harlequins Recreation Ground 8,200 9 February 2002 15:00 Gloucester 29 - 22 London Irish Kingsholm 10,112 9 February 2002 15:00 Northampton Saints 10 - 20 Sale Sharks Franklin’s Gardens 9,389 9 February 2002 18:30 Saracens 7 - 48 Leicester Tigers Vicarage Road 9,347 10 February 2002 14:30 Leeds Tykes 9 - 19 Newcastle Falcons Headingley 4,195 10 February 2002 15:00 London Wasps 34 - 16 Bristol Shoguns Loftus Road 5,429 Week 16 23 February 2002 13:30 Sale Sharks 20 - 14 Bath Rugby Heywood Road 5,392 23 February 2002 14:15 Leicester Tigers 17 - 6 Northampton Saints Welford Road 16,251 23 February 2002 15:00 NEC Harlequins 6 - 18 Gloucester Twickenham Stoop 8,000 24 February 2002 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 33 - 17 Newcastle Falcons Memorial Stadium 5,021 24 February 2002 15:00 London Irish 31 - 17 London Wasps Madejski Stadium 7,848 24 February 2002 15:00 Saracens 15 - 37 Leeds Tykes Vicarage Road 4,325 Week 17 9 March 2002 14:15 Bath Rugby 9 - 27 Leicester Tigers Recreation Ground 8,200 9 March 2002 15:00 Gloucester 42 - 14 Sale Sharks Kingsholm 9,461 10 March 2002 14:30 Leeds Tykes 24 - 6 Bristol Shoguns Headingley 2,034 Week 18 16 March 2002 15:00 Leicester Tigers 27 - 10 Gloucester Welford Road 16,250 16 March 2002 15:00 London Irish 24 - 13 Bristol Shoguns Madejski Stadium 12,873 16 March 2002 15:00 NEC Harlequins 33 - 19 Newcastle Falcons Twickenham Stoop 6,525 16 March 2002 15:00 Northampton Saints 34 - 14 Leeds Tykes Franklin’s Gardens 8,366 16 March 2002 15:00 Sale Sharks 27 - 22 London Wasps Heywood Road 5,118 17 March 2002 15:00 Saracens 33 - 11 Bath Rugby Vicarage Road 10,828 Week 19 30 March 2002 14:00 Gloucester 36 - 13 Saracens Kingsholm 9,262 30 March 2002 14:15 Bath Rugby 11 - 29 Northampton Saints Recreation Ground 8,200 31 March 2002 14:30 Leeds Tykes 24 - 29 London Irish Headingley 3,392 31 March 2002 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 30 - 10 Sale Sharks Kingston Park 6,512 31 March 2002 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 43 - 27 NEC Harlequins Memorial Stadium 5,618 31 March 2002 15:00 London Wasps 36 - 24 Leicester Tigers Loftus Road 9,621 Week 20 10 April 2002 19:30 London Wasps 44 - 9 Gloucester Loftus Road 5,769 10 April 2002 20:00 London Irish 31 - 15 Bath Rugby Madejski Stadium 6,055 13 April 2002 14:15 Bath Rugby 23 - 12 Leeds Tykes Recreation Ground 8,129 13 April 2002 14:30 Northampton Saints 58 - 21 Gloucester Franklin’s Gardens 9,138 13 April 2002 15:00 Leicester Tigers 20 - 12 Newcastle Falcons Welford Road 16,250 13 April 2002 15:00 Sale Sharks 53 - 47 Bristol Shoguns Heywood Road 3,609 14 April 2002 15:00 London Irish 18 - 18 NEC Harlequins Madejski Stadium 6,803 14 April 2002 15:00 Saracens 14 - 20 London Wasps Vicarage Road 10,431 Week 21 19 April 2002 19:45 Leicester Tigers 31 - 10 Leeds Tykes Welford Road 14,145 19 April 2002 19:45 Sale Sharks 23 - 3 Saracens Heywood Road 3,497 21 April 2002 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 40 - 41 Gloucester Memorial Stadium 7,066 Week 22 26 April 2002 19:35 London Wasps 16 - 6 NEC Harlequins Loftus Road 8,388 27 April 2002 15:00 Northampton Saints 52 - 27 Saracens Franklin’s Gardens 8,479 28 April 2002 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 36 - 9 Bath Rugby Kingston Park 5,430 Week 23 3 May 2002 19:45 NEC Harlequins 40 - 16 Leeds Tykes Twickenham Stoop 7,255 4 May 2002 15:00 Gloucester 68 - 12 Bath Rugby Kingsholm 11,000 4 May 2002 15:00 London Wasps 17 - 6 Northampton Saints Loftus Road 6,133 5 May 2002 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 47 - 18 Saracens Kingston Park 6,083 5 May 2002 15:00 Bristol Shoguns 38 - 21 Leicester Tigers Memorial Stadium 6,500 5 May 2002 15:00 London Irish 32 - 36 Sale Sharks Madejski Stadium 6,076 Week 24 8 May 2002 19:30 Newcastle Falcons 33 - 28 London Irish Kingston Park 5,218 8 May 2002 19:45 Sale Sharks 35 - 20 Leeds Tykes Heywood Road 3,871 8 May 2002 20:00 Bristol Shoguns 27 - 37 Northampton Saints Memorial Stadium 4,002 12 May 2002 15:00 Bath Rugby 22 - 24 London Wasps Recreation Ground 8,000 12 May 2002 15:00 Leeds Tykes 17 - 50 Gloucester Headingley 4,144 12 May 2002 15:00 Leicester Tigers 34 - 16 London Irish Welford Road 15,800 12 May 2002 15:00 Northampton Saints 24 - 19 Newcastle Falcons Franklin’s Gardens 9,292 12 May 2002 15:00 Sale Sharks 40 - 11 NEC Harlequins Heywood Road 5,678 12 May 2002 15:00 Saracens 26 - 28 Bristol Shoguns Vicarage Road 9,726 Playoff Seeding SeedTeamTable pointsWinsPoints diff1 Leicester Tigers8318+3092 Sale Sharks6914+723 Gloucester6814+2074 London Irish5711+1095 Northampton Saints5612+806 Newcastle Falcons5612+327 London Wasps5412+128 Bristol Shoguns509−32 Quarter-finals 18 May 2002 Leicester Tigers 13 – 27 Report Bristol Shoguns Welford Road 4,771 Chris White 18 May 2002 Gloucester 60 – 9 Report Newcastle Falcons Kingsholm 5,776 Steve Lander 19 May 2002 London Irish 14 – 38 Report Northampton Saints Madejski Stadium 3,336 Dave Pearson 19 May 2002 Sale Sharks 43 – 27 Report London Wasps Heywood Road 3,283 Tony Spreadbury Semi-finals 1 June 2002 Bristol Shoguns 32 – 24 report Northampton Saints Memorial Ground 5,292 Chris White 2 June 2002 Sale Sharks 11 – 33 Report Gloucester Heywood Road 4,298 Steve Lander Final 8 June 2002 Bristol Shoguns 23–28 Report Gloucester Pichot Johnstone Contepomi (2) Contepomi (3) Boer Mercier Mercier (7) Twickenham Stadium 28,500 Roy Maybank Team details _whiteborder _whitehorizontal _whiteborder 000099 000099 000099 000099 000099 Bristol Shoguns _thinwhitehoops _thin whitehoops _thinwhitehoops _whitestripe C91A2B C91A2B C91A2B 000000 000000 Gloucester Lee Best Jamie Williams David Rees Jason Little (c) Phil Christophers Felipe Contepomi Agustin Pichot Neil McCarthy Darren Crompton Julian White Gareth Archer Alex Brown Craig Short Michael Lipman Ben SturnhamReplacements: Shane Drahm Paul Johnstone Ross Beattie Andrew SheridanCoach: Dean Ryan Henry Paul Dylan O'Leary Terry Fanolua Robert Todd Ludovic Mercier Andy Gomarsall Patrice Collazo Tom Beim Olivier Azam Phil Vickery (c) Rob Fidler James Forrester Ed Pearce Jake Boer Junior ParamoreReplacements: Chris Catling Trevor Woodman Chris Fortey Craig Gillies Koli SewabuCoach: Laurent Seigne Leading scorers 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 have not earned 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=2001%2F02;trophy=65;type=season ESPNScrum 1 September 2020 2001-02 Premiership Rugby top points scorers Rank Player ClubPoints1IRE rugby union Barry EverittLondon Irish3432FRA Ludovic MercierGloucester3343ENG Charlie HodgsonSale Sharks2734IRE rugby union Paul BurkeHarlequins2585ENG Paul GraysonNorthampton Saints2386ARG Felipe ContepomiBristol2217ENG Jonny WilkinsonNewcastle Falcons2158ENG Tim StimpsonLeicester Tigers2129RSA Luke SmithSaracens19410ENG Alex KingWasps183 Most tries Source:http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/most_tries.html?id=2001%2F02;trophy=65;type=season;type=tournament ESPNscrum 1 September 2020 2001-02 Premiership Rugby top try scorers Rank Player ClubTries1ENG Mark CuetoSale Sharks132ENG Dan ScarbroughLeeds Tykes123ENG Steve BoothLeicester Tigers9ARG Felipe ContepomiBristolIRE rugby union Geordan MurphyLeicester TigersSAM Junior ParamoreGloucesterENG Jason RobinsonSale SharksENG James Simpson-DanielGloucester10ENG Ben CohenNorthampton Saints8ENG Michael StephensonNewcastle Falcons References 2001-02 England