1997–98 English Premiership (rugby union)

1997–98 Allied Dunbar Premiership
Countries	England
Champions	Newcastle Falcons (1st title)
Runners-up	Saracens
Relegated	Bristol
Matches played	132
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 English Premiership (called the Allied Dunbar Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the league at the top of the English rugby union pyramid.

Contents 1 Table 1.1 Results 1.2 Week 1 1.3 Week 2 1.4 Week 3 1.5 Week 4 1.6 Week 5 1.7 Week 6 1.8 Week 7 1.9 Week 8 1.10 Week 9 1.11 Week 10 1.12 Week 11 1.13 Week 12 1.14 Week 13 1.15 Week 14 1.16 Week 15 1.17 Week 16 1.18 Week 17 1.19 Week 18 1.20 Week 19 1.21 Week 20 1.22 Week 21 1.23 Week 22 1.24 Week 23 1.25 Week 24 1.26 Week 25 1.27 Week 26 2 External links

Table

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Points
1	Newcastle Falcons (C)	22	19	0	3	645	387	+258	85	31	38
2	Saracens	22	18	1	3	584	396	+188	59	36	37
3	Bath	22	13	0	9	575	455	+120	66	49	26
4	Leicester Tigers	22	12	2	8	569	449	+120	64	45	26
5	Richmond	22	12	0	10	607	499	+108	81	50	24
6	Gloucester	22	11	1	10	512	528	−16	52	65	23
7	Sale Sharks	22	10	2	10	605	558	+47	71	60	22
8	Northampton Saints	22	9	1	12	493	472	+21	46	53	19
9	London Wasps	22	8	1	13	490	609	−119	47	68	17
10	Harlequins	22	8	0	14	516	645	−129	58	73	16
11	London Irish	22	6	0	16	457	673	−216	45	82	12
12	Bristol (R)	22	2	0	20	351	733	−382	36	98	4

Results

Week 1

23 August 1997 14:15	Bath	13 – 20	Newcastle Falcons	Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,000

23 August 1997 15:00	Gloucester	35 – 13	Bristol	Kingsholm Attendance: 7,564

23 August 1997 15:00	Northampton Saints	23 – 26	NEC Harlequins	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 6,027

23 August 1997 15:00	Richmond	32 – 12	London Irish	Athletic Ground Attendance: 4,779

24 August 1997 15:00	Sale Sharks	10 – 19	Saracens	Heywood Road Attendance: 3,000

Week 2

30 August 1997 14:15	NEC Harlequins	20 – 27	Bath	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 6,154

30 August 1997 15:00	Bristol	21 – 38	London Wasps	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,000

30 August 1997 15:00	Leicester Tigers	33 – 16	Gloucester	Welford Road Attendance: 11,159

30 August 1997 15:00	London Irish	20 – 26	Sale Sharks	The Avenue Attendance: 5,000

Week 3

8 October 1997 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	37 – 12	Northampton Saints	Kingston Park Attendance: 3,390

8 October 1997 20:00	Saracens	15 – 9	Richmond	Vicarage Road Attendance: 4,134

Week 4

18 October 1997 14:15	Richmond	37 – 16	NEC Harlequins	Athletic Ground Attendance: 4,836

18 October 1997 15:00	Bath	44 – 15	Bristol	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,000

18 October 1997 15:00	Northampton Saints	25 – 6	Leicester Tigers	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 8,186

18 October 1997 15:00	Sale Sharks	26 – 33	Newcastle Falcons	Heywood Road Attendance: 4,000

19 October 1997 15:00	London Wasps	15 – 19	Saracens	Loftus Road Attendance: 9,700

19 October 1997 15:15	Gloucester	29 – 7	London Irish	Kingsholm Attendance: 6,287

Week 5

25 October 1997 14:15	Leicester Tigers	33 – 22	Bath	Welford Road Attendance: 16,000

25 October 1997 15:00	NEC Harlequins	52 – 41	Sale Sharks	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 6,810

26 October 1997 15:00	Bristol	22 – 15	Northampton Saints	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,062

26 October 1997 15:00	London Irish	22 – 17	London Wasps	The Avenue Attendance: 4,000

26 October 1997 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	18 – 12	Richmond	Kingston Park Attendance: 4,202

26 October 1997 15:00	Saracens	42 – 24	Gloucester	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,163

Week 6

1 November 1997 15:00	Bath	47 – 31	Richmond	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,000

1 November 1997 15:00	London Irish	19 – 35	Newcastle Falcons	The Avenue Attendance: 5,000

2 November 1997 15:00	Gloucester	16 – 17	NEC Harlequins	Kingsholm Attendance: 7,937

2 November 1997 15:00	London Wasps	22 – 38	Sale Sharks	Loftus Road Attendance: 4,105

2 November 1997 15:00	Saracens	31 – 9	Bristol	Vicarage Road Attendance: 4,258

Week 7

8 November 1997 15:00	Northampton Saints	13 – 19	Saracens	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 7,088

9 November 1997 15:00	Sale Sharks	76 – 0	Bristol	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,500

Week 8

13 December 1997 14:15	Leicester Tigers	55 – 15	Sale Sharks	Welford Road Attendance: 10,695

13 December 1997 15:00	Bristol	12 – 13	Richmond	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,415

13 December 1997 15:00	London Irish	10 – 51	Northampton Saints	The Avenue Attendance: 4,300

13 December 1997 15:00	NEC Harlequins	53 – 17	London Wasps	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,812

14 December 1997 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	37 – 27	Gloucester	Kingston Park Attendance: 3,000

14 December 1997 15:00	Saracens	50 – 23	Bath	Vicarage Road Attendance: 10,658

16 December 1997 20:00	Richmond	32 – 15	Leicester Tigers	Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,076

Week 9

20 December 1997 15:00	Leicester Tigers	27 – 3	NEC Harlequins	Welford Road Attendance: 11,606

21 December 1997 14:30	Richmond	21 – 24	Northampton Saints	Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,204

Week 10

26 December 1997 15:00	Saracens	21 – 22	Leicester Tigers	Vicarage Road Attendance: 14,291

27 December 1997 14:00	Bristol	8 – 50	Newcastle Falcons	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,000

27 December 1997 15:00	Gloucester	26 – 20	Richmond	Kingsholm Attendance: 8,328

27 December 1997 15:00	NEC Harlequins	26 – 24	London Irish	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,348

27 December 1997 15:00	Northampton Saints	18 – 10	London Wasps	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 8,772

27 December 1997 15:00	Sale Sharks	11 – 13	Bath	Heywood Road Attendance: 4,500

Week 11

30 December 1997 15:00	Bath	26 – 3	Northampton Saints	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,000

30 December 1997 19:30	London Irish	10 – 25	Saracens	The Avenue Attendance: 3,800

30 December 1997 19:30	London Wasps	22 – 18	Richmond	Loftus Road Attendance: 4,912

30 December 1997 19:30	Sale Sharks	24 – 24	Gloucester	Heywood Road Attendance: 3,500

30 December 1997 19:45	Leicester Tigers	19 – 25	Newcastle Falcons	Welford Road Attendance: 16,000

31 December 1997 15:00	NEC Harlequins	38 – 40	Bristol	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 5,124

Week 12

10 January 1998 15:00	Northampton Saints	33 – 14	Sale Sharks	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 5,929

11 January 1998 15:00	London Wasps	26 – 20	Gloucester	Loftus Road Attendance: 4,245

11 January 1998 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	46 – 13	London Irish	Kingston Park Attendance: 3,500

11 January 1998 15:00	Saracens	25 – 16	NEC Harlequins	Vicarage Road Attendance: 10,753

Week 13

17 January 1998 14:00	Leicester Tigers	45 – 21	London Wasps	Welford Road Attendance: 15,000

17 January 1998 15:00	London Irish	14 – 45	Richmond	The Avenue Attendance: 3,500

18 January 1998 15:00	Bristol	13 – 14	Gloucester	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,601

18 January 1998 15:00	NEC Harlequins	5 – 30	Northampton Saints	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,612

Week 14

31 January 1998 14:30	Richmond	10 – 15	Saracens	Athletic Ground Attendance: 3,888

31 January 1998 15:00	Northampton Saints	17 – 21	Newcastle Falcons	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 8,989

1 February 1998 15:00	Gloucester	32 – 25	Leicester Tigers	Kingsholm Attendance: 7,963

1 February 1998 15:00	London Wasps	32 – 18	Bristol	Loftus Road Attendance: 4,112

1 February 1998 15:00	Sale Sharks	41 – 16	London Irish	Heywood Road Attendance: 3,500

Week 15

11 February 1998 19:15	Bath	47 – 3	Gloucester	Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,500

14 February 1998 14:00	Gloucester	20 – 15	Northampton Saints	Kingsholm Attendance: 5,689

14 February 1998 15:00	Bath	43 – 27	London Wasps	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,000

14 February 1998 15:00	Bristol	20 – 37	Saracens	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,239

14 February 1998 15:00	Leicester Tigers	34 – 19	London Irish	Welford Road Attendance: 10,762

15 February 1998 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	43 – 15	NEC Harlequins	Kingston Park Attendance: 5,031

15 February 1998 15:00	Richmond	20 – 28	Sale Sharks	Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,017

Week 16

20 February 1998 20:00	London Irish	38 – 23	Bristol	The Avenue Attendance: 1,500

24 February 1998 19:30	Saracens	42 – 20	Sale Sharks	Vicarage Road Attendance: 3,722

Week 17

28 February 1998 15:00	Bath	39 – 13	NEC Harlequins	Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,200

28 February 1998 15:00	Bristol	24 – 27	Leicester Tigers	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,143

Week 18

7 March 1998 15:00	Leicester Tigers	15 – 15	Northampton Saints	Welford Road Attendance: 14,500

7 March 1998 15:00	NEC Harlequins	41 – 12	Richmond	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,532

8 March 1998 15:00	Bristol	16 – 22	Bath	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,271

8 March 1998 15:00	Saracens	33 – 27	London Wasps	Vicarage Road Attendance: 12,332

10 March 1998 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	23 – 18	Sale Sharks	Kingston Park Attendance: 2,638

11 March 1998 19:30	Gloucester	22 – 15	London Wasps	Kingsholm Attendance: 6,629

Week 19

14 March 1998 14:15	Bath	16 – 5	Leicester Tigers	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,200

14 March 1998 15:00	Northampton Saints	35 – 12	Bristol	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 4,900

14 March 1998 15:00	Richmond	30 – 17	Newcastle Falcons	Athletic Ground Attendance: 4,367

14 March 1998 15:00	Sale Sharks	23 – 13	NEC Harlequins	Heywood Road Attendance: 4,000

15 March 1998 15:00	Gloucester	38 – 15	Saracens	Kingsholm Attendance: 7,135

15 March 1998 15:00	London Wasps	19 – 38	London Irish	Loftus Road Attendance: 7,935

Week 20

24 March 1998 19:30	London Irish	23 – 19	Gloucester	The Avenue Attendance: 2,300

25 March 1998 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	30 – 25	Saracens	Kingston Park Attendance: 6,868

28 March 1998 15:00	Leicester Tigers	42 – 19	Richmond	Welford Road Attendance: 10,146

28 March 1998 15:00	London Irish	35 – 49	Bath	The Avenue Attendance: 4,800

29 March 1998 15:00	NEC Harlequins	36 – 16	Gloucester	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,127

Week 21

7 April 1998 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	20 – 13	London Wasps	Kingston Park Attendance: 4,500

10 April 1998 15:00	Bath	13 – 29	Saracens	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,200

10 April 1998 15:00	Richmond	43 – 3	Bristol	Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,500

11 April 1998 15:00	Gloucester	27 – 29	Newcastle Falcons	Kingsholm Attendance: 9,048

11 April 1998 15:00	Sale Sharks	35 – 21	Leicester Tigers	Heywood Road Attendance: 4,000

12 April 1998 15:00	London Wasps	29 – 26	NEC Harlequins	Loftus Road Attendance: 5,749

Week 22

13 April 1998 15:00	Richmond	32 – 14	Bath	Athletic Ground Attendance: 6,500

15 April 1998 19:15	Bristol	15 – 25	Sale Sharks	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,547

18 April 1998 14:00	NEC Harlequins	14 – 23	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 5,362

18 April 1998 15:00	Gloucester	27 – 17	Bath	Kingsholm Attendance: 10,574

18 April 1998 15:00	Northampton Saints	39 – 47	Richmond	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 5,350

18 April 1998 15:00	Sale Sharks	28 – 28	London Wasps	Heywood Road Attendance: 3,800

19 April 1998 15:00	Bristol	5 – 17	London Irish	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,265

19 April 1998 15:05	Saracens	12 – 10	Newcastle Falcons	Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,764

Week 23

22 April 1998 19:30	Northampton Saints	33 – 18	London Irish	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 4,600

22 April 1998 19:45	London Wasps	18 – 17	Newcastle Falcons	Loftus Road Attendance: 5,045

25 April 1998 14:15	Leicester Tigers	10 – 10	Saracens	Welford Road Attendance: 16,900

25 April 1998 15:00	Bath	19 – 29	Sale Sharks	Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,500

25 April 1998 15:00	London Irish	62 – 14	NEC Harlequins	The Avenue Attendance: 4,200

25 April 1998 15:00	Richmond	33 – 22	Gloucester	Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,000

26 April 1998 15:00	London Wasps	31 – 15	Northampton Saints	Loftus Road Attendance: 5,261

26 April 1998 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	43 – 18	Bristol	Kingston Park Attendance: 3,162

Week 24

28 April 1998 19:15	Bath	20 – 3	London Irish	Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,500

29 April 1998 19:30	NEC Harlequins	26 – 28	Saracens	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,152

29 April 1998 19:45	London Wasps	17 – 13	Leicester Tigers	Loftus Road Attendance: 3,791

2 May 1998 15:00	Gloucester	31 – 19	Sale Sharks	Kingsholm Attendance: 6,319

2 May 1998 15:00	Northampton Saints	16 – 15	Bath	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 6,320

2 May 1998 15:00	Richmond	51 – 29	London Wasps	Athletic Ground Attendance: 4,551

3 May 1998 15:00	Bristol	19 – 26	NEC Harlequins	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,110

3 May 1998 15:00	Saracens	29 – 21	London Irish	Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,143

Week 25

4 May 1998 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	27 – 10	Leicester Tigers	Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 7,210

10 May 1998 15:00	Leicester Tigers	34 – 25	Bristol	Welford Road Attendance: 8,678

10 May 1998 15:00	Sale Sharks	30 – 19	Northampton Saints	Heywood Road Attendance: 3,000

Week 26

11 May 1998 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	20 – 15	Bath	International Stad. Attendance: 11,750

14 May 1998 19:45	Saracens	43 – 20	Northampton Saints	Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,117

17 May 1998 13:00	NEC Harlequins	20 – 44	Newcastle Falcons	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,897

17 May 1998 15:00	London Irish	16 – 55	Leicester Tigers	The Avenue Attendance: 2,500

17 May 1998 15:00	London Wasps	17 – 31	Bath	Loftus Road Attendance: 9,324

17 May 1998 15:00	Northampton Saints	22 – 24	Gloucester	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 5,500

17 May 1998 15:00	Sale Sharks	28 – 40	Richmond	Heywood Road Attendance: 4,000

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