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Hanks not happy with Wasps draw with Quins
Saturday 4 September 2010
London Wasps director of rugby Tony Hanks has left his players in no doubt about his anger about the team not securing a victory from their clash with Harlequins.
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Baxter won't let Chiefs get carried away
Saturday 4 September 2010
Exeter Chiefs coach Rob Baxter says that he is thrilled with his team's performance which gave them a victory in their first ever Premiership match he won't be getting carried away.
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Venter blames sin-binning for Saracens loss
Saturday 4 September 2010
Saracens coach Brendan Venter has blamed the second half sin-binning of Alex Goode for Saracens' 33-16 loss to London Irish at Twickenham on Saturday.
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Harlequins fight back for London Wasps draw
Saturday 4 September 2010
Harlequins bounced back after trailing at half time to draw 29-all with London Wasps at Twickenham in their Aviva Premiership opener.
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London Irish start with victory over Saracens
Saturday 4 September 2010
London Irish started their Aviva Premiership campaign at Twickenham with a 33-16 victory over last season's runners up Saracens.
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Exeter shock Gloucester in Premiership opener
Saturday 4 September 2010
Exeter Chiefs got a dream start to the Aviva Premiership with a home 22-10 victory over one of the Premiership big guns Gloucester.
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Sale kick off Premiership with Falcons win
Friday 3 September 2010
Sale Sharks kicked off the Aviva Premiership with a strong 35-18 victory over Newcastle Falcons at Edgeley Park
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Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers Preview
Friday 3 September 2010
Northampton Saints Director of rugby Jim Mallinder has named the squad that will face Leicester on Sunday in front of a sold-out Franklin's Gardens.
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Murphy to captain Leicester Tigers again
Friday 3 September 2010
Geordan Murphy has been named to lead Leicester Tigers as captain for the 2010/11 season.
The Ireland international, now entering
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Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester Rugby Preview
Friday 3 September 2010
Exeter Chiefs join Aviva Premiership Rugby and become the 19th different club to play Premiership rugby following their promotion from the Championship last season, and contest their first ever game in England’s top division.
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London Irish v Saracens preview
Friday 3 September 2010
London Irish have a won 4, lost 2 record in the six previous seasons of the London Double Header. The Exiles finished off last campaign with an unwanted run of three
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Leeds Carnegie v Bath Rugby Preview
Friday 3 September 2010
Leeds Carnegie have not won on the opening weekend of a Premiership season since they defeated Leicester 26-13 at Headingley Carnegie in 2002.
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London Wasps v Harlequins Preview
Friday 3 September 2010
London Wasps have named a side for their Aviva Premiership Rugby opener against Harlequins with new signings Nic Berry, Riki Flutey, Richard Haughton and Andy Powell who all start for Wasps
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Sale Sharks break youngest captaincy record
Thursday 2 September 2010
Sale Sharks have announced that James Gaskell will captain the side during the 2010-2011 season. When James leads the side out on Friday evening against Newcastle Falcons
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Leicester still the Premiership team to beat
Thursday 2 September 2010
The new English Premiership rugby union season gets underway on Friday but the old problem of how to top Leicester remains.
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Sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons Preview
Thursday 2 September 2010
Sale and Newcastle meet in round one for the fourth time in the last six years, whilst the Sharks have not beaten the Tynesiders since a 14-9 victory at Kingston park on 7 September 2008.
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Northampton could leave Franklin's GardensExeter Chiefs call on supporters for big openingMallinder wants more from Saints' England starsLeicester Tigers boost second row stocksDanny Care to stay with Harlequins until 2013
Overview of the Aviva Premiership
The English Premiership is known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship (by Aviva) is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system.
There are, at present, twelve clubs in the Premiership.
The competition has been played since 1987, and has evolved into the current Premiership system employing relegation to and promotion from the National Division One competition.
Clubs competing in the Guinness Premiership qualify for Europe's two club competitions, the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup.
The 2008/09 champions are the Leicester Tigers .
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
Bath Recreation Ground 10,600 Bath,
Somerset
Bristol Memorial Stadium 11,750.
Bristol
Gloucester Kingsholm Stadium 16,500
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins Twickenham Stoop 12,700
Twickenham, Middlesex/London
Leicester Tigers
Welford Road 16,815 Leicester, Leicestershire
London Irish Madejski Stadium
24,161 Reading, Berkshire
London Wasps Adams Park 10,000
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Newcastle Falcons Kingston Park
10,200 Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints Franklin's
Gardens 13,600 Northampton
Sale Sharks Edgeley Park 10,852 Stockport, Greater
Manchester
Saracens Vicarage Road 19,920 Watford,
Hertfordshire
Worcester Warriors Sixways
Stadium 10,197 Worcester, Worcestershire
Source -Wikipedia
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
London Irish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 5 |
2 |
Sale Sharks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 4 |
3 |
Exeter Chiefs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 |
4 |
Harlequins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 2 |
5 |
Leicester Tigers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 2 |
6 |
London Wasps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 |
Northampton Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 |
Bath Rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 |
Leeds Carnegie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 |
Gloucester Rugby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 0 |
11 |
Newcastle Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 35 | 0 |
12 |
Saracens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 33 | 0 |
Last update : 04/09/10 - Updated each
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