2005–06 Premiership Rugby

Rugby union competition in England 2005–06 Guinness Premiership England Sale Sharks 1 Leicester Tigers Leeds Tykes 135 1483920 ENG Charlie Hodgson (248 points) ENG Tom Varndell (14 tries) 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 Guinness Premiership was the 19th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2005 and May 2006. The final was contested by the Sale Sharks and the Leicester Tigers at Twickenham. Sale Sharks won 45–20 to win the Premiership. Leeds Tykes were relegated, whilst Harlequins were promoted for the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership. As per a tradition started in the previous year, two of the opening games of the season (round 1) were played at Twickenham, in the 2005 London Double Header. yes Participating teams England 400 right Locations of the 2005-06 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 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 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 Stadium11,916Substantial ground upgrades including two temporary stands saw capacity at the Memorial Stadium went up from 8,500 to 11,916 ahead of the 2005–06 season.BristolGloucesterKingsholm12,500Gloucester, GloucestershireLeeds TykesHeadingley Stadium*Leeds Tykes would also play 1 home game on at Twickenham Stadium in London on 3 September 2005 n Leeds Tykes22,250Leeds, West YorkshireLeicester TigersWelford Road16,815Leicester, LeicestershireLondon IrishMadejski Stadium24,161Reading, BerkshireLondon WaspsThe Causeway Stadium*London Wasps would also play 1 home game on at Twickenham Stadium in London on 3 September 2005 n London Wasps10,000High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireNewcastle FalconsKingston Park 10,200 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Northampton SaintsFranklin's Gardens13,600Northampton, NorthamptonshireSaleEdgeley Park10,852Stockport, Greater ManchesterSaracensVicarage Road22,000Watford, HertfordshireWorcesterSixways9,728Worcester, Worcestershire Notes n Table main Rugby Q SAL Sale Sharks (C) LEI Leicester Tigers (F) LIR London Irish (SF) LWA London Wasps (SF) GLO Gloucester NOR Northampton Saints NEW Newcastle Falcons WOR Worcester Warriors BAT Bath SAR Saracens BRI Bristol LEE Leeds Tykes (R) 16 1 5 573 444 52 42 6 2 14 3 5 518 415 51 24 5 1 14 0 8 493 454 54 44 6 4 12 3 7 527 447 53 42 7 3 11 1 10 483 385 46 33 4 9 10 1 11 464 488 53 50 4 7 9 1 12 416 433 42 44 3 6 9 1 12 451 494 40 56 3 6 9 1 12 441 494 38 49 3 5 8 1 13 433 483 42 48 5 7 8 1 13 393 445 28 41 0 7 5 0 17 363 573 36 62 1 7 #d8ffeb Playoff place QP QP QP QP #ccf 2006–07 Heineken Cup QC QC #fcc Relegation place QR complete Guinness PremiershipApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Results Round 1 2 September 2005 20:00 Sale Sharks 26–25 Newcastle Falcons Edgeley Park 10,546 3 September 2005 14:00 London Wasps 23–11 Saracens Twickenham 35,000 3 September 2005 15:00 Leicester Tigers 32–0 Northampton Saints Welford Road 16,815 3 September 2005 16:20 Leeds Tykes 11–27 London Irish Twickenham 35,000 4 September 2005 13:00 Bristol 19–16 Bath Memorial Stadium 11,760 4 September 2005 15:00 Worcester Warriors 15–15 Gloucester Sixways 9,728 Round 2 10 September 2005 14:15 Bath 9–17 Northampton Saints Recreation Ground 10,060 10 September 2005 14:45 London Wasps 29–29 Leicester Tigers The Causeway Stadium 8,459 10 September 2005 15:00 Gloucester 21–18 Sale Sharks Kingsholm 9,374 11 September 2005 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 14–16 Bristol Kingston Park 6,661 11 September 2005 15:00 London Irish 15–20 Worcester Warriors Madejski Stadium 7,118 11 September 2005 15:00 Saracens 34–16 Leeds Tykes Vicarage Road 6,190 Round 3 16 September 2005 20:00 Sale Sharks 29–3 London Irish Edgeley Park 7,246 17 September 2005 14:00 Worcester Warriors 25–24 Saracens Sixways 9,140 17 September 2005 14:45 Northampton Saints 9–16 Newcastle Falcons Franklin’s Gardens 12,018 17 September 2005 15:00 Leicester Tigers 40–26 Bath Welford Road 16,815 18 September 2005 14:30 Leeds Tykes 23–47 London Wasps Headingley 4,544 18 September 2005 15:00 Bristol 9–41 Gloucester Memorial Stadium 11,558 Round 4 24 September 2005 14:45 Gloucester 28–24 Northampton Saints Kingsholm 11,156 24 September 2005 15:00 London Irish 24–22 Bristol Madejski Stadium 6,957 25 September 2005 14:30 Leeds Tykes 20–28 Leicester Tigers Headingley 7,143 25 September 2005 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 16–27 Bath Kingston Park 6,869 25 September 2005 15:00 London Wasps 34–20 Worcester Warriors The Causeway Stadium 8,720 25 September 2005 15:00 Saracens 32–40 Sale Sharks Vicarage Road 7,132 Round 5 14 October 2005 19:45 Leicester Tigers 16–16 Newcastle Falcons Welford Road 16,815 14 October 2005 20:00 Sale Sharks 18–10 London Wasps Edgeley Park 9,916 14 October 2005 20:00 Worcester Warriors 22–15 Leeds Tykes Sixways 9,626 15 October 2005 14:45 Bath 18–16 Gloucester Recreation Ground 10,600 15 October 2005 15:00 Northampton Saints 25–23 London Irish Franklin’s Gardens 13,262 16 October 2005 15:00 Bristol 11–23 Saracens Memorial Stadium 7,068 Round 6 4 November 2005 20:00 London Wasps 21–16 Bristol The Causeway Stadium 7,901 4 November 2005 20:00 Worcester Warriors 15–11 Leicester Tigers Sixways 9,776 5 November 2005 14:45 Leeds Tykes 11–17 Sale Sharks Headingley 4,206 5 November 2005 15:00 Gloucester 27–20 Newcastle Falcons Kingsholm 12,500 5 November 2005 15:00 London Irish 36–13 Bath Madejski Stadium 9,458 5 November 2005 15:00 Saracens 28–22 Northampton Saints Vicarage Road 8,524 Round 7 11 November 2005 19:45 Newcastle Falcons 20–23 London Irish Kingston Park 10,200 11 November 2005 20:00 Sale Sharks 24–13 Worcester Warriors Edgeley Park 7,056 12 November 2005 12:30 Northampton Saints 13–21 London Wasps Franklin’s Gardens 13,585 12 November 2005 15:00 Leicester Tigers 25–20 Gloucester Welford Road 16,815 13 November 2005 14:15 Bath 12–12 Saracens Recreation Ground 10,348 13 November 2005 15:00 Bristol 32–6 Leeds Tykes Memorial Stadium 7,648 Round 8 18 November 2005 20:00 Sale Sharks 24–16 Leicester Tigers Edgeley Park 10,641 18 November 2005 20:00 Worcester Warriors 24–15 Bristol Sixways 9,726 20 November 2005 14:30 Leeds Tykes 28–25 Northampton Saints Headingley 4,564 20 November 2005 15:00 London Irish 25–10 Gloucester Madejski Stadium 9,027 20 November 2005 15:00 London Wasps 28–20 Bath The Causeway Stadium 8,656 20 November 2005 15:00 Saracens 27–18 Newcastle Falcons Vicarage Road 9,413 Round 9 25 November 2005 19:45 Bath 12–16 Leeds Tykes Recreation Ground 9,957 25 November 2005 19:45 Leicester Tigers 35–3 London Irish Welford Road 16,815 26 November 2005 12:30 Gloucester 19–8 Saracens Kingsholm 10,516 26 November 2005 12:30 Northampton Saints 21–22 Worcester Warriors Franklin’s Gardens 12,481 27 November 2005 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 17–15 London Wasps Kingston Park 7,379 27 November 2005 15:00 Bristol 22–14 Sale Sharks Memorial Stadium 7,518 Round 10 26 December 2005 14:00 Worcester Warriors 18–36 Bath Sixways 9,726 26 December 2005 15:00 London Wasps 32–25 Gloucester The Causeway Stadium 10,000 26 December 2005 15:00 Sale Sharks 34–14 Northampton Saints Edgeley Park 10,641 27 December 2005 14:30 Leeds Tykes 10–13 Newcastle Falcons Headingley 11,601 27 December 2005 15:00 Bristol 15–3 Leicester Tigers Memorial Stadium 11,916 27 December 2005 15:00 Saracens 19–20 London Irish Vicarage Road 12,923 Round 11 31 December 2005 14:45 London Irish 19–35 London Wasps Madejski Stadium 18,122 31 December 2005 15:00 Gloucester 31–7 Leeds Tykes Kingsholm 11,529 1 January 2006 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 21–15 Worcester Warriors Kingston Park 8,864 1 January 2006 15:00 Northampton Saints 29–22 Bristol Franklin’s Gardens 13,485 2 January 2006 14:15 Bath 9–21 Sale Sharks Recreation Ground 10,600 2 January 2006 15:00 Leicester Tigers 34–27 Saracens Welford Road 16,815 Round 12 7 January 2006 14:45 Worcester Warriors 11–15 Northampton Saints Sixways 9,726 8 January 2006 13:30 Saracens 9–19 Gloucester Vicarage Road 6,493 8 January 2006 14:30 Leeds Tykes 25–14 Bath Headingley 5,446 8 January 2006 15:00 London Irish 25–28 Leicester Tigers Madejski Stadium 11,096 8 January 2006 15:00 London Wasps 21–6 Newcastle Falcons The Causeway Stadium 10,000 8 January 2006 15:00 Sale Sharks 31–29 Bristol Edgeley Park 9,686 Round 13 27 January 2006 19:45 Bristol 23–26 Worcester Warriors Memorial Stadium 9,058 28 January 2006 14:00 Bath 28–16 London Wasps Recreation Ground 10,600 28 January 2006 15:00 Gloucester 9–13 London Irish Kingsholm 10,710 28 January 2006 15:00 Leicester Tigers 27–27 Sale Sharks Welford Road 16,815 28 January 2006 15:00 Newcastle Falcons 21–16 Saracens Kingston Park 6,405 28 January 2006 15:00 Northampton Saints 21–18 Leeds Tykes Franklin’s Gardens 13,448 Round 14 10 February 2006 19:45 Gloucester 34–16 Leicester Tigers Kingsholm 12,500 10 February 2006 20:00 Leeds Tykes 26–16 Bristol Headingley 5,573 11 February 2006 14:00 Worcester Warriors 33–48 Sale Sharks Sixways 9,726 12 February 2006 15:00 London Irish 6–9 Newcastle Falcons Madejski Stadium 9,822 12 February 2006 15:00 London Wasps 19–19 Northampton Saints The Causeway Stadium 8,143 12 February 2006 15:00 Saracens 29–34 Bath Vicarage Road 6,731 Round 15 17 February 2006 19:45 Leicester Tigers 28–22 Worcester Warriors Welford Road 16,815 17 February 2006 20:00 Sale Sharks 35–24 Leeds Tykes Edgeley Park 10,224 18 February 2006 14:15 Bath 28–33 London Irish Recreation Ground 10,600 18 February 2006 14:45 Northampton Saints 58–17 Saracens Franklin’s Gardens 13,523 19 February 2006 13:30 Bristol 9–9 London Wasps Memorial Stadium 9,028 19 February 2006 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 9–13 Gloucester Kingston Park 7,284 Round 16 24 February 2006 19:45 Newcastle Falcons 24–16 Leicester Tigers Kingston Park 10,200 24 February 2006 20:00 Leeds Tykes 21–15 Worcester Warriors Headingley 3,718 25 February 2006 12:00 Gloucester 15–18 Bath Kingsholm 12,500 26 February 2006 13:00 London Irish 30–3 Northampton Saints Madejski Stadium 9,355 26 February 2006 15:00 London Wasps 26–16 Sale Sharks The Causeway Stadium 10,000 26 February 2006 15:00 Saracens 13–19 Bristol Vicarage Road 5,216 Round 17 10 March 2006 19:45 Leicester Tigers 26–23 Leeds Tykes Welford Road 16,815 10 March 2006 20:00 Sale Sharks 9–15 Saracens Edgeley Park 9,307 10 March 2006 20:00 Worcester Warriors 37–8 London Wasps Sixways 9,726 11 March 2006 14:15 Bath 20–18 Newcastle Falcons Recreation Ground 10,600 11 March 2006 15:00 Northampton Saints 21–20 Gloucester Franklin’s Gardens 13,443 12 March 2006 13:00 Bristol 20–21 London Irish Memorial Stadium 7,258 Round 18 25 March 2006 14:15 Bath 12–19 Leicester Tigers Recreation Ground 10,600 25 March 2006 14:45 London Irish 21–29 Sale Sharks Madejski Stadium 19,884 25 March 2006 15:00 Gloucester 15–20 Bristol Kingsholm 11,517 26 March 2006 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 13–32 Northampton Saints Kingston Park 7,364 26 March 2006 15:00 London Wasps 28–0 Leeds Tykes The Causeway Stadium 8,186 26 March 2006 15:00 Saracens 29–15 Worcester Warriors Vicarage Road 6,011 Round 19 7 April 2006 20:00 Leeds Tykes 13–17 Saracens Headingley 4,899 8 April 2006 13:45 Sale Sharks 18–15 Gloucester Edgeley Park 10,140 8 April 2006 14:00 Worcester Warriors 10–12 London Irish Sixways 9,726 8 April 2006 15:00 Northampton Saints 24–21 Bath Franklin’s Gardens 13,454 9 April 2006 15:00 Bristol 23–7 Newcastle Falcons Memorial Stadium 9,237 Round 20 14 April 2006 19:45 Northampton Saints 19–24 Leicester Tigers Franklin’s Gardens 13,493 15 April 2006 15:00 Gloucester 27–16 Worcester Warriors Kingsholm 12,500 15 April 2006 15:00 London Irish 28–24 Leeds Tykes Madejski Stadium 8,320 15 April 2006 17:15 Bath 31–16 Bristol Recreation Ground 10,600 16 April 2006 14:30 Newcastle Falcons 32–21 Sale Sharks Kingston Park 9,018 16 April 2006 15:00 Saracens 13–12 London Wasps Vicarage Road 10,391 Rearranged fixture 22 April 2006 14:30 Leicester Tigers 20–19 London Wasps Welford Road 16,815 Round 21 28 April 2006 19:45 Saracens 12–13 Leicester Tigers Vicarage Road 9,828 28 April 2006 20:00 Sale Sharks 38–12 Bath Edgeley Park 10,641 29 April 2006 14:00 Worcester Warriors 35–27 Newcastle Falcons Sixways 9,726 30 April 2006 14:30 Leeds Tykes 7–31 Gloucester Headingley 4,452 30 April 2006 15:00 Bristol 16–19 Northampton Saints Memorial Stadium 9,862 30 April 2006 18:00 London Wasps 37–56 London Irish The Causeway Stadium 10,000 Round 22 6 May 2006 15:00 Bath 25–22 Worcester Warriors Recreation Ground 10,400 6 May 2006 15:00 Gloucester 32–37 London Wasps Kingsholm 12,500 6 May 2006 15:00 Leicester Tigers 32–3 Bristol Welford Road 16,815 6 May 2006 15:00 London Irish 30–18 Saracens Madejski Stadium 11,352 6 May 2006 15:00 Newcastle Falcons 54–19 Leeds Tykes Kingston Park 8,084 6 May 2006 15:00 Northampton Saints 34–36 Sale Sharks Franklin’s Gardens 13,577 Play-offs Semi-finals 14 May 2006 13:30 Sale Sharks 22–12 London Wasps Edgeley Park 10,641 14 May 2006 16:00 Leicester Tigers 40–8 London Irish Welford Road 14,069 Final 27 May 2006 16:00 Sale Sharks 45–20 Report 1Report 2 Leicester Tigers Tries: Cueto 8' mLund 17' mOriol Ripol 40' cMayor 80' cCon: Hodgson (1/3)Courrent (1/1)Pen: Hodgson (6) 3', 31', 45', 49', 64', 78'DG: Hodgson 71' Tries: Moody 10' cHamilton 70' cCon: Goode (2/2)Pen: Goode (2) 35', 43' Twickenham Stadium 58,000 Dave Pearson Team details _bluesides _bluesides _hoops_black_white 0000ff 000000 0000ff 000000 0000ff Sale Sharks _redwhitehoops _redwhitehoops _redwhitehoops _hoops_red_white 006666 006666 006666 ffffff 006666 Leicester Tigers FB 15ENG Jason Robinson (c)RW 14ENG Mark CuetoOC 13WAL Mark Taylor 67IC 12WSM Elvis Seveali'iLW 11ESP Oriol Ripol78FH 10ENG Charlie HodgsonSH 9 ENG Richard Wigglesworth 74N8 8 FRA Sébastien ChabalOF 7 ENG Magnus LundBF 6 SCO Jason White RL 5 ENG Chris Jones 75LL 4 ARG Ignacio Fernández Lobbe 40TP 3 ENG Stuart Turner HK 2 ENG Andy Titterell52LP 1 FRA Lionel Faure 54Replacements:HK 16FRA Sébastien Bruno 52PR 17SCO Barry Stewart 54LK 18ENG Dean Schofield 40LK 19ENG Christian Day 75SH 20ENG Ben Foden 74 FH 21FRA Valentin Courrent 78CE 22ENG Chris Mayor67Coach:FRA Philippe Saint-André FB 15IRE rugby union Geordan Murphy RW 14WSM Alesana Tuilagi46 OC 13ENG Ollie SmithIC 12NZL Daryl GibsonLW 11ENG Tom VarndellFH 10ENG Andy GoodeSH 9 ENG Harry Ellis52N8 8 ENG Martin Corry (c)OF 7 IRE rugby union Shane Jennings 51BF 6 ENG Lewis Moody RL 5 ENG Ben KayLL 4 IRE rugby union Leo Cullen55TP 3 ENG Julian WhiteHK 2 ENG George Chuter63LP 1 ENG Graham Rowntree60Replacements:HK 16ENG James Buckland63PR 17ENG Michael Holford 60LK 18SCO Jim Hamilton55 FL 19ENG Louis Deacon51SH 20ENG Austin Healey52WG 21ENG Leon Lloyd FB 22ENG Sam Vesty 46Coach:AUS Pat Howard Sky Sports Dream Team 2005/06 15 Matt Burke (Newcastle Falcons) 14 Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers) 13 Mathew Tait (Newcastle Falcons) 12 Mike Catt (London Irish) 11 Tom Voyce (London Wasps) 10 Carlos Spencer (Northampton Saints) 9 Justin Marshall (Leeds Tykes) 1 Tony Windo (Worcester Warriors) 2 Mark Regan (Bristol) 3 Cobus Visagie (Saracens) 4 Danny Grewcock (Bath Rugby) 5 Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers) 6 Matt Salter (captain, Bristol) 7 Magnus Lund (Sale Sharks) 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón (London Irish)McConnell Jonathan http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/news/1347.php News : Top Catt: Mike Catt Voted GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP Player of the Season Premiership Rugby 2006-05-24 2011-03-05 News related to this article Sale Sharks defeat Leicester Tigers to win Guinness Premiership Top 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 did not earn international senior caps. 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Most points Source:http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/most_points.html?id=2005%2F06;trophy=65;type=season ESPNScrum 1 September 2020 2005-06 Premiership Rugby top points scorers Rank Name Club Points1ENG Charlie HodgsonSale Sharks 2482WAL Jason StrangeBristol 2443NZL Glen JacksonSaracens 2384AUS Shane DrahmWorcester Warriors 2335ENG Andy GoodeLeicester Tigers 2256FRA Ludovic MercierGloucester 2137ENG Mark van GisbergenLondon Wasps 2118NZL Bruce ReihanaNorthampton Saints 2069AUS Matt BurkeNewcastle Falcons 14210AUS Chris MaloneBath 130 Most tries Source:http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/most_tries.html?id=2005%2F06;trophy=65;type=season;type=tournament ESPNscrum 1 September 2020 2005-06 Premiership Rugby top try scorers RankPlayerTeamTries1ENG Tom VarndellLeicester Tigers142ENG Tom VoyceLondon Wasps103ENG Delon ArmitageLondon Irish8ENG Tom BiggsLeeds TykesAUS Matt BurkeNewcastle FalconsENG Anthony ElliottNewcastle FalconsSAM David LemiBristolENG Paul SackeyLondon Wasps9ENG Ben CohenNorthampton Saints7NZL Riki FluteyLondon IrishENG Topsy OjoLondon IrishENG Dan ScarbroughSaracens Notes References External links Official site 2005-06 England