1999–2000 English Premiership (rugby union)

1999-2000 Allied Dunbar Premiership
Countries	England
Champions	Leicester Tigers (4th title)
Runners-up	Bath
Relegated	Bedford Blues
Matches played	132
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 English Premiership (called the Allied Dunbar Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the league at the top of the English rugby union pyramid.

Contents 1 Table 2 Results 2.1 Week 1 2.2 Week 2 2.3 Week 3 2.4 Week 4 2.5 Week 5 2.6 Week 6 2.7 Week 7 2.8 Week 8 2.9 Week 9 2.10 Week 10 2.11 Week 11 2.12 Week 12 2.13 Week 13 2.14 Week 14 2.15 Week 15 2.16 Week 16 2.17 Week 17 2.18 Week 18 2.19 Week 19 2.20 Week 20 2.21 Week 21 2.22 Week 22 2.23 Week 23 2.24 Week 24 2.25 Week 25 3 External links

Table

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Points
1	Leicester Tigers (C)	22	18	1	3	687	425	+262	74	45	51
2	Bath	22	15	2	5	690	425	+265	71	44	43
3	Gloucester	22	15	0	7	628	490	+138	68	46	40
4	Saracens	22	14	0	8	729	514	+215	83	57	37
5	Northampton Saints	22	13	0	9	551	480	+71	61	51	35
6	Bristol	22	12	1	9	632	602	+30	76	60	34
7	London Wasps	22	11	1	10	640	461	+179	76	39	32
8	London Irish	22	9	1	12	613	616	−3	63	77	25
9	Harlequins	22	7	0	15	441	687	−246	32	74	20
10	Sale Sharks	22	7	0	15	381	633	−252	55	82	18
11	Newcastle Falcons	22	6	2	14	377	630	−253	40	73	18
12	Bedford Blues (R)	22	1	0	21	396	802	−406	51	102	3

Points increased from 2 to 3 for a win after the World Cup in November 1999.

Results

Week 1

10 September 1999 15:00	Bristol Shoguns	40 – 25	Bedford Blues	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,785

11 September 1999 15:00	Gloucester	31 – 16	Newcastle Falcons	Kingsholm Attendance: 5,453

11 September 1999 15:00	NEC Harlequins	10 – 30	Bath Rugby	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 5,428

11 September 1999 15:00	Northampton Saints	46 – 24	Leicester Tigers	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 9,512

11 September 1999 15:00	Sale Sharks	16 – 8	London Wasps	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,210

12 September 1999 15:00	Saracens	23 – 28	London Irish	Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,121

Week 2

25 September 1999 15:00	Bath Rugby	33 – 13	Northampton Saints	Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,000

25 September 1999 15:00	Bedford Blues	8 – 27	London Irish	Goldington Road Attendance: 2,659

25 September 1999 15:00	Leicester Tigers	18 – 3	Sale Sharks	Welford Road Attendance: 8,721

25 September 1999 15:00	NEC Harlequins	33 – 24	Saracens	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 5,361

26 September 1999 15:00	London Wasps	30 – 26	Gloucester	Loftus Road Attendance: 5,127

26 September 1999 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	32 – 37	Bristol Shoguns	Kingston Park Attendance: 3,342

Week 3

1 October 1999 19:30	Gloucester	34 – 6	Leicester Tigers	Kingsholm Attendance: 5,338

1 October 1999 20:00	Bristol Shoguns	20 – 13	London Wasps	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,385

1 October 1999 20:00	Saracens	39 – 15	Bedford Blues	Vicarage Road Attendance: 4,513

2 October 1999 15:00	Northampton Saints	29 – 27	NEC Harlequins	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 6,257

2 October 1999 15:00	Sale Sharks	28 – 22	Bath Rugby	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,800

3 October 1999 14:00	London Irish	56 – 8	Newcastle Falcons	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,951

Week 4

9 October 1999 14:30	Northampton Saints	8 – 32	Saracens	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 5,781

10 October 1999 13:00	London Wasps	43 – 20	London Irish	Loftus Road Attendance: 3,566

10 October 1999 13:00	NEC Harlequins	3 – 10	Sale Sharks	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 2,322

10 October 1999 14:15	Bath Rugby	33 – 20	Gloucester	Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,600

Week 5

15 October 1999 19:30	Gloucester	24 – 23	NEC Harlequins	Kingsholm Attendance: 4,809

16 October 1999 15:00	Bristol Shoguns	31 – 31	Bath Rugby	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,020

16 October 1999 15:00	London Irish	30 – 31	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,705

17 October 1999 15:00	Sale Sharks	9 – 13	Northampton Saints	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,900

17 October 1999 15:00	Saracens	55 – 6	Newcastle Falcons	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,319

Week 6

23 October 1999 13:00	Leicester Tigers	36 – 19	Bristol Shoguns	Welford Road Attendance: 7,785

Week 7

28 October 1999 15:00	NEC Harlequins	36 – 20	Bristol Shoguns	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 2,719

29 October 1999 19:45	Sale Sharks	12 – 58	Saracens	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,800

30 October 1999 13:00	Bath Rugby	25 – 25	London Irish	Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,200

30 October 1999 13:00	Leicester Tigers	61 – 12	Bedford Blues	Welford Road Attendance: 8,308

30 October 1999 15:00	Northampton Saints	9 – 25	Gloucester	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 6,257

30 October 1999 19:30	London Wasps	19 – 19	Newcastle Falcons	Loftus Road Attendance: 2,871

Week 8

5 November 1999 19:30	Gloucester	35 – 14	Sale Sharks	Kingsholm Attendance: 4,725

5 November 1999 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	12 – 12	Leicester Tigers	Kingston Park Attendance: 2,835

5 November 1999 20:00	Bristol Shoguns	19 – 29	Northampton Saints	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,500

6 November 1999 12:00	Bedford Blues	24 – 28	Bath Rugby	Goldington Road Attendance: 2,119

7 November 1999 15:00	Saracens	27 – 26	London Wasps	Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,517

7 November 1999 15:05	London Irish	16 – 17	NEC Harlequins	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,671

Week 9

13 November 1999 14:15	Bath Rugby	45 – 12	Newcastle Falcons	Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,400

13 November 1999 15:00	Leicester Tigers	28 – 9	London Wasps	Welford Road Attendance: 10,043

13 November 1999 15:00	NEC Harlequins	11 – 10	Bedford Blues	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 2,753

13 November 1999 15:00	Northampton Saints	24 – 19	London Irish	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 6,489

13 November 1999 16:00	Sale Sharks	15 – 40	Bristol Shoguns	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,588

14 November 1999 15:00	Gloucester	22 – 19	Saracens	Kingsholm Attendance: 9,084

Week 10

4 December 1999 15:00	Bedford Blues	17 – 41	Northampton Saints	Goldington Road Attendance: 4,306

4 December 1999 15:00	Bristol Shoguns	25 – 38	Gloucester	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,620

4 December 1999 15:00	London Irish	26 – 3	Sale Sharks	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,716

5 December 1999 15:00	London Wasps	23 – 21	Bath Rugby	Loftus Road Attendance: 6,012

5 December 1999 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	15 – 16	NEC Harlequins	Kingston Park Attendance: 2,844

5 December 1999 18:30	Saracens	36 – 20	Leicester Tigers	Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,182

Week 11

23 December 1999 19:00	NEC Harlequins	16 – 52	London Wasps	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,046

26 December 1999 14:15	Bath Rugby	3 – 13	Leicester Tigers	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,200

26 December 1999 15:00	Gloucester	40 – 15	London Irish	Kingsholm Attendance: 7,388

26 December 1999 15:00	Northampton Saints	37 – 5	Newcastle Falcons	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 9,478

26 December 1999 15:00	Sale Sharks	22 – 3	Bedford Blues	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,800

Week 12

27 December 1999 13:00	Bristol Shoguns	45 – 22	Saracens	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,420

29 December 1999 15:00	Leicester Tigers	29 – 17	NEC Harlequins	Welford Road Attendance: 15,499

29 December 1999 19:30	London Irish	35 – 21	Bristol Shoguns	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,478

29 December 1999 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	12 – 6	Sale Sharks	Kingston Park Attendance: 2,359

29 December 1999 19:45	London Wasps	15 – 21	Northampton Saints	Loftus Road Attendance: 5,117

30 December 1999 15:00	Bedford Blues	6 – 18	Gloucester	Goldington Road Attendance: 1,813

30 December 1999 15:00	Saracens	19 – 6	Bath Rugby	Vicarage Road Attendance: 10,292

Week 13

22 January 2000 14:00	Gloucester	29 – 23	Bristol Shoguns	Kingsholm Attendance: 8,903

22 January 2000 14:15	Bath Rugby	27 – 16	London Wasps	Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,300

22 January 2000 15:00	Leicester Tigers	48 – 20	Saracens	Welford Road Attendance: 13,910

22 January 2000 15:00	NEC Harlequins	12 – 15	Newcastle Falcons	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,978

22 January 2000 15:00	Northampton Saints	38 – 16	Bedford Blues	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 7,049

23 January 2000 14:00	Sale Sharks	24 – 31	London Irish	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,900

Week 14

25 January 2000 19:30	Bedford Blues	25 – 28	NEC Harlequins	Goldington Road Attendance: 2,181

25 January 2000 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	16 – 20	Bath Rugby	Kingston Park Attendance: 2,901

25 January 2000 19:45	Saracens	35 – 21	Gloucester	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,772

25 January 2000 20:00	London Wasps	20 – 29	Leicester Tigers	Loftus Road Attendance: 5,168

26 January 2000 19:30	London Irish	20 – 44	Northampton Saints	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,229

Week 15

12 February 2000 14:00	Northampton Saints	19 – 23	Bristol Shoguns	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 7,228

12 February 2000 15:00	Bath Rugby	32 – 22	Bedford Blues	Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,800

12 February 2000 15:00	Leicester Tigers	34 – 26	Newcastle Falcons	Welford Road Attendance: 13,246

12 February 2000 15:00	NEC Harlequins	14 – 39	London Irish	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,588

12 February 2000 15:00	Sale Sharks	13 – 31	Gloucester	Heywood Road Attendance: 3,079

13 February 2000 15:00	London Wasps	41 – 17	Saracens	Loftus Road Attendance: 8,372

Week 16

27 February 2000 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	23 – 20	Bedford Blues	Kingston Park Attendance: 2,403

Week 17

8 March 2000 19:30	Bristol Shoguns	35 – 16	Sale Sharks	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,656

11 March 2000 14:00	Gloucester	11 – 35	Northampton Saints	Kingsholm Attendance: 9,381

11 March 2000 15:00	Bedford Blues	22 – 32	Leicester Tigers	Goldington Road Attendance: 4,722

11 March 2000 15:00	Bristol Shoguns	42 – 39	NEC Harlequins	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,825

11 March 2000 15:00	London Irish	16 – 64	Bath Rugby	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,174

12 March 2000 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	8 – 34	London Wasps	Kingston Park Attendance: 4,260

12 March 2000 15:00	Saracens	56 – 28	Sale Sharks	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,112

Week 18

25 March 2000 14:15	Bath Rugby	39 – 13	Bristol Shoguns	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,500

25 March 2000 15:00	Leicester Tigers	41 – 16	London Irish	Welford Road Attendance: 13,247

25 March 2000 15:00	NEC Harlequins	24 – 38	Gloucester	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,127

25 March 2000 15:00	Northampton Saints	26 – 7	Sale Sharks	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 7,460

26 March 2000 15:00	London Wasps	62 – 8	Bedford Blues	Loftus Road Attendance: 4,932

26 March 2000 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	15 – 6	Saracens	Kingston Park Attendance: 3,950

Week 19

8 April 2000 15:00	Bedford Blues	32 – 22	Newcastle Falcons	Goldington Road Attendance: 3,165

8 April 2000 15:00	Gloucester	16 – 36	Bath Rugby	Kingsholm Attendance: 9,500

8 April 2000 15:00	Sale Sharks	36 – 20	NEC Harlequins	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,398

Week 20

15 April 2000 14:15	Bath Rugby	36 – 6	Sale Sharks	Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,300

16 April 2000 15:00	Bedford Blues	29 – 57	Saracens	Goldington Road Attendance: 3,067

Week 21

18 April 2000 19:30	Newcastle Falcons	28 – 23	London Irish	Kingston Park Attendance: 2,880

18 April 2000 19:45	Leicester Tigers	24 – 13	Gloucester	Welford Road Attendance: 14,850

19 April 2000 19:30	NEC Harlequins	29 – 17	Northampton Saints	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,500

19 April 2000 19:45	London Wasps	25 – 31	Bristol Shoguns	Loftus Road Attendance: 3,257

22 April 2000 15:00	Gloucester	26 – 12	London Wasps	Kingsholm Attendance: 6,040

22 April 2000 15:00	London Irish	33 – 23	Bedford Blues	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,108

22 April 2000 15:00	Northampton Saints	13 – 17	Bath Rugby	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 8,972

22 April 2000 15:00	Sale Sharks	13 – 48	Leicester Tigers	Heywood Road Attendance: 3,443

23 April 2000 15:00	Bristol Shoguns	30 – 11	Newcastle Falcons	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,126

Week 22

24 April 2000 15:00	Saracens	50 – 10	NEC Harlequins	Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,352

26 April 2000 19:30	Bedford Blues	7 – 21	London Wasps	Goldington Road Attendance: 2,283

29 April 2000 15:00	Bath Rugby	77 – 19	NEC Harlequins	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,200

29 April 2000 15:00	Bedford Blues	19 – 57	Bristol Shoguns	Goldington Road Attendance: 2,093

29 April 2000 15:00	Leicester Tigers	26 – 21	Northampton Saints	Welford Road Attendance: 16,880

29 April 2000 15:00	London Irish	27 – 41	Saracens	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 6,067

30 April 2000 15:00	London Wasps	58 – 5	Sale Sharks	Loftus Road Attendance: 3,499

30 April 2000 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	36 – 28	Gloucester	Kingston Park Attendance: 4,380

Week 23

6 May 2000 15:00	Bath Rugby	40 – 27	Saracens	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,200

6 May 2000 15:00	Gloucester	60 – 16	Bedford Blues	Kingsholm Attendance: 4,402

6 May 2000 15:00	NEC Harlequins	5 – 54	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 5,628

6 May 2000 15:00	Sale Sharks	45 – 17	Newcastle Falcons	Heywood Road Attendance: 2,478

Week 24

9 May 2000 15:00	Northampton Saints	12 – 54	London Wasps	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 5,617

10 May 2000 20:00	Bristol Shoguns	28 – 26	London Irish	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,429

14 May 2000 15:00	Bedford Blues	37 – 50	Sale Sharks	Goldington Road Attendance: 1,486

14 May 2000 15:00	Bristol Shoguns	23 – 30	Leicester Tigers	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,775

Week 25

17 May 2000 19:45	London Irish	45 – 24	London Wasps	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 2,801

17 May 2000 19:45	Saracens	29 – 24	Northampton Saints	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,592

20 May 2000 15:00	London Irish	40 – 42	Gloucester	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 5,172

21 May 2000 15:00	Leicester Tigers	43 – 25	Bath Rugby	Welford Road Attendance: 17,109

21 May 2000 15:00	London Wasps	35 – 32	NEC Harlequins	Loftus Road Attendance: 6,175

21 May 2000 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	23 – 32	Northampton Saints	Kingston Park Attendance: 4,000

21 May 2000 15:00	Saracens	37 – 10	Bristol Shoguns	Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,988

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