2003–04 English Premiership (rugby union)

2003-2004 Zurich Premiership
Countries	England
Champions	London Wasps (4th title)
Runners-up	Bath
Relegated	Rotherham Titans
Matches played	135
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003-04 Zurich Premiership was the 17th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions.

Rotherham were relegated after failing to win a single match all season.

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 3 Play-offs 3.1 Semi-final 3.2 Final 4 Zurich Wildcard 4.1 Semi finals 4.2 Final 5 References 6 External links

Table

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Bath (F)	22	18	0	4	508	311	+197	45	24	4	3	79
2	London Wasps (C)	22	16	0	6	575	406	+169	59	37	6	3	73
3	Northampton Saints (SF)	22	15	1	6	574	416	+158	61	48	6	2	70
4	Gloucester	22	14	0	8	491	412	+79	51	41	4	3	63
5	Leicester Tigers*	22	11	3	8	537	430	+107	53	37	4	2	55
6	Harlequins	22	10	2	10	502	449	+53	50	43	4	6	54
7	Sale Sharks	22	9	3	10	510	472	+38	56	50	5	6	53
8	London Irish	22	10	1	11	427	454	-27	30	37	1	6	49
9	Newcastle Falcons	22	7	2	13	497	525	-28	53	55	4	9	45
10	Saracens*	22	8	1	13	397	543	-146	40	56	3	3	39
11	Leeds Tykes	22	7	1	14	449	588	-139	47	59	4	3	37
12	Rotherham Titans (R)	22	0	0	22	309	770	-461	32	90	0	3	3
Source:Guinness Premiership * Leicester and Saracens deducted one point each for fielding an ineligible player. Green background denotes qualification for playoffs. These teams and those highlighted in blue qualified for the 2004–05 Heineken Cup.

Results

Week 1

12 September 2003 19:45	Sale Sharks	37 – 37	Northampton Saints	Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,105

13 September 2003 14:45	Harlequins	33 – 27	London Wasps	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,223

13 September 2003 15:00	Gloucester	22 – 8	Rotherham Titans	Kingsholm Attendance: 10,114

13 September 2003 15:00	Leicester Tigers	29 – 19	London Irish	Welford Road Attendance: 16,029

14 September 2003 14:30	Leeds Tykes	32 – 44	Bath	Headingley Attendance: 4,093

14 September 2003 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	20 – 25	Saracens	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,012

Week 2

20 September 2003 14:15	Bath	24 – 6	Northampton Saints	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,381

20 September 2003 14:45	Rotherham Titans	15 – 43	Harlequins	Millmoor Attendance: 4,003

21 September 2003 15:00	London Irish	16 – 10	Gloucester	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,968

21 September 2003 15:00	London Wasps	33 – 10	Leeds Tykes	Adams Park Attendance: 5,721

21 September 2003 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	9 – 8	Sale Sharks	Kingston Park Attendance: 5,628

21 September 2003 15:00	Saracens	19 – 19	Leicester Tigers	Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,730

Week 3

26 September 2003 19:45	Leicester Tigers	28 – 21	Newcastle Falcons	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

26 September 2003 19:45	Sale Sharks	9 – 14	Bath	Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,500

26 September 2003 20:00	Leeds Tykes	23 – 13	Rotherham Titans	Headingley Attendance: 4,842

27 September 2003 14:45	Gloucester	30 – 7	Saracens	Kingsholm Attendance: 10,050

27 September 2003 15:00	Harlequins	15 – 10	London Irish	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,523

27 September 2003 15:00	Northampton Saints	27 – 17	London Wasps	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 10,571

Week 4

4 October 2003 14:45	Leicester Tigers	16 – 22	Sale Sharks	Welford Road Attendance: 15,507

4 October 2003 15:00	Rotherham Titans	13 – 42	Northampton Saints	Millmoor Attendance: 3,118

5 October 2003 14:00	London Wasps	19 – 20	Bath	Adams Park Attendance: 7,767

5 October 2003 15:00	London Irish	31 – 16	Leeds Tykes	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,725

5 October 2003 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	42 – 22	Gloucester	Kingston Park Attendance: 6,102

5 October 2003 15:00	Saracens	39 – 33	Harlequins	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,380

Week 5

10 October 2003 19:45	Sale Sharks	33 – 37	London Wasps	Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,803

11 October 2003 14:15	Bath	47 – 3	Rotherham Titans	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,733

11 October 2003 14:45	Gloucester	24 – 3	Leicester Tigers	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,000

11 October 2003 15:00	Harlequins	18 – 11	Newcastle Falcons	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 6,523

11 October 2003 15:00	Northampton Saints	24 – 30	London Irish	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 10,384

12 October 2003 15:00	Leeds Tykes	41 – 31	Saracens	Headingley Attendance: 2,888

Week 6

17 October 2003 19:45	Rotherham Titans	14 – 28	Sale Sharks	Millmoor Attendance: 2,229

18 October 2003 15:30	Harlequins	0 – 16	Gloucester	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 6,223

18 October 2003 16:00	Northampton Saints	33 – 20	Newcastle Falcons	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 9,923

19 October 2003 14:00	Bath	25 – 3	Saracens	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,154

19 October 2003 14:30	Leeds Tykes	39 – 18	Leicester Tigers	Headingley Attendance: 4,073

19 October 2003 15:00	London Wasps	22 – 15	London Irish	Adams Park Attendance: 6,463

Week 7

25 October 2003 14:45	Newcastle Falcons	19 – 17	Bath	Kingston Park Attendance: 4,885

25 October 2003 15:00	Gloucester	24 – 19	Leeds Tykes	Kingsholm Attendance: 9,832

25 October 2003 15:00	Leicester Tigers	15 – 32	Northampton Saints	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

25 October 2003 15:00	Harlequins	21 – 30	Sale Sharks	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 5,123

26 October 2003 15:00	London Irish	47 – 26	Rotherham Titans	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,831

26 October 2003 15:00	Saracens	3 – 42	London Wasps	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,950

Week 8

31 October 2003 19:45	Sale Sharks	26 – 28	London Irish	Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,605

31 October 2003 20:00	Leeds Tykes	16 – 30	Harlequins	Headingley Attendance: 3,205

1 November 2003 14:15	Bath	31 – 17	Leicester Tigers	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,980

1 November 2003 14:45	Northampton Saints	30 – 17	Gloucester	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 11,026

1 November 2003 15:00	Rotherham Titans	12 – 25	Saracens	Millmoor Attendance: 2,500

2 November 2003 15:00	London Wasps	30 – 26	Newcastle Falcons	Adams Park Attendance: 5,151

Week 9

8 November 2003 14:45	Sale Sharks	37 – 21	Leeds Tykes	Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,367

8 November 2003 15:00	Gloucester	14 – 20	Bath	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,000

8 November 2003 15:00	Leicester Tigers	32 – 22	London Wasps	Welford Road Attendance: 15,384

8 November 2003 15:00	Harlequins	43 – 21	Northampton Saints	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 6,223

9 November 2003 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	56 – 10	Rotherham Titans	Kingston Park Attendance: 5,452

9 November 2003 15:00	Saracens	31 – 34	London Irish	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,013

Week 10

21 November 2003 19:45	London Wasps	20 – 12	Gloucester	Adams Park Attendance: 7,288

21 November 2003 19:45	Sale Sharks	33 – 3	Saracens	Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,487

22 November 2003 14:15	Bath	18 – 10	Harlequins	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,980

22 November 2003 15:00	Northampton Saints	48 – 24	Leeds Tykes	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 11,292

22 November 2003 16:00	Rotherham Titans	17 – 27	Leicester Tigers	Millmoor Attendance: 2,900

23 November 2003 15:00	London Irish	15 – 19	Newcastle Falcons	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 6,791

Week 11

29 November 2003 14:45	Newcastle Falcons	20 – 23	London Wasps	Kingston Park Attendance: 10,001

29 November 2003 15:00	Gloucester	28 – 20	Northampton Saints	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,000

29 November 2003 15:00	Leicester Tigers	12 – 13	Bath	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

29 November 2003 15:00	Harlequins	9 – 16	Leeds Tykes	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,123

30 November 2003 15:00	London Irish	9 – 3	Sale Sharks	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 7,488

30 November 2003 15:00	Saracens	29 – 10	Rotherham Titans	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,680

Week 12

19 December 2003 19:45	Sale Sharks	27 – 27	Harlequins	Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,643

20 December 2003 13:00	Rotherham Titans	10 – 15	London Irish	Millmoor Attendance: 1,910

20 December 2003 14:15	Bath	20 – 10	Newcastle Falcons	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,800

20 December 2003 14:45	Northampton Saints	14 – 0	Leicester Tigers	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,150

21 December 2003 14:30	Leeds Tykes	22 – 18	Gloucester	Headingley Attendance: 7,467

21 December 2003 15:00	London Wasps	41 – 0	Saracens	Adams Park Attendance: 9,350

Week 13

27 December 2003 15:00	Gloucester	18 – 17	Harlequins	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,000

27 December 2003 15:00	Leicester Tigers	39 – 11	Leeds Tykes	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

27 December 2003 15:00	Sale Sharks	35 – 7	Rotherham Titans	Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,797

27 December 2003 15:00	Saracens	15 – 24	Bath	Vicarage Road Attendance: 11,477

27 December 2003 15:15	London Irish	19 – 34	London Wasps	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,318

28 December 2003 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	23 – 19	Northampton Saints	Kingston Park Attendance: 10,000

Week 14

1 January 2004 15:00	Saracens	27 – 3	Leeds Tykes	Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,350

3 January 2004 14:45	Leicester Tigers	18 – 28	Gloucester	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

4 January 2004 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	25 – 29	Harlequins	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,975

4 January 2004 15:00	London Irish	15 – 36	Northampton Saints	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 10,004

4 January 2004 15:00	London Wasps	26 – 10	Sale Sharks	Adams Park Attendance: 9,506

4 January 2004 15:00	Rotherham Titans	18 – 34	Bath	Millmoor Attendance: 6,894

Week 15

6 February 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	3 – 3	Leicester Tigers	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,541

6 February 2004 20:00	Leeds Tykes	9 – 16	London Irish	Headingley Attendance: 3,230

7 February 2004 14:40	Bath	6 – 10	London Wasps	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,980

7 February 2004 15:00	Gloucester	36 – 12	Newcastle Falcons	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,000

7 February 2004 15:00	Harlequins	12 – 10	Saracens	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,170

7 February 2004 15:00	Northampton Saints	18 – 8	Rotherham Titans	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 10,839

Week 16

14 February 2004 15:00	Rotherham Titans	20 – 27	London Wasps	Millmoor Attendance: 2,200

14 February 2004 18:00	Gloucester	38 – 12	Sale Sharks	Kingsholm Attendance: 10,993

15 February 2004 13:00	Saracens	18 – 22	Northampton Saints	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,651

15 February 2004 13:30	Newcastle Falcons	25 – 28	Leeds Tykes	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,503

Week 17

21 February 2004 14:15	Bath	22 – 13	Leeds Tykes	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,818

21 February 2004 14:30	London Irish	9 – 22	Leicester Tigers	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 10,836

21 February 2004 15:00	Northampton Saints	51 – 12	Sale Sharks	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 11,756

22 February 2004 15:00	Rotherham Titans	21 – 35	Gloucester	Millmoor Attendance: 2,250

22 February 2004 15:00	Saracens	32 – 27	Newcastle Falcons	Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,516

22 February 2004 18:00	London Wasps	22 – 21	Harlequins	Adams Park Attendance: 8,549

Week 18

19 March 2004 19:45	Leicester Tigers	30 – 21	Harlequins	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

21 March 2004 15:00	London Irish	20 – 21	Bath	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,840

Week 19

26 March 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	38 – 20	Gloucester	Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,487

27 March 2004 14:15	Bath	23 – 21	London Irish	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,980

27 March 2004 15:00	Harlequins	20 – 23	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,871

27 March 2004 15:00	Northampton Saints	24 – 3	Saracens	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,003

28 March 2004 14:30	Leeds Tykes	30 – 30	Newcastle Falcons	Headingley Attendance: 4,907

28 March 2004 15:00	London Wasps	39 – 11	Rotherham Titans	Adams Park Attendance: 6,757

Week 20

2 April 2004 19:45	Rotherham Titans	20 – 34	Leeds Tykes	Millmoor Attendance: 2,750

3 April 2004 14:15	Bath	16 – 12	Sale Sharks	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,980

3 April 2004 14:45	Saracens	8 – 16	Gloucester	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,907

4 April 2004 15:00	London Irish	15 – 15	Harlequins	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,574

4 April 2004 15:00	London Wasps	31 – 5	Northampton Saints	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

4 April 2004 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	25 – 25	Leicester Tigers	Kingston Park Attendance: 10,000

Week 21

16 April 2004 19:45	Leicester Tigers	38 – 10	Saracens	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

16 April 2004 19:45	Harlequins	43 – 20	Rotherham Titans	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 4,758

18 April 2004 14:00	Northampton Saints	16 – 6	Bath	Franklin’s Gardens 12,005

18 April 2004 14:30	Leeds Tykes	7 – 11	London Wasps	Headingley Attendance: 3,194

18 April 2004 16:00	Gloucester	28 – 13	London Irish	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,000

Week 22

23 April 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	41 – 16	Newcastle Falcons	Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,486

Week 23

1 May 2004 14:45	Gloucester	28 – 25	London Wasps	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,000

1 May 2004 15:00	Leicester Tigers	75 – 13	Rotherham Titans	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

2 May 2004 14:00	Harlequins	25 – 22	Bath	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,870

2 May 2004 14:30	Leeds Tykes	15 – 31	Northampton Saints	Headingley Attendance: 4,239

2 May 2004 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	15 – 16	London Irish	Kingston Park Attendance: 8,723

2 May 2004 15:00	Saracens	39 – 23	Sale Sharks	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,917

Week 24

8 May 2004 15:00	Bath	41 – 7	Gloucester	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,980

8 May 2004 15:00	Leeds Tykes	20 – 31	Sale Sharks	Headingley Attendance: 4,036

8 May 2004 15:00	London Irish	14 – 20	Saracens	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,856

8 May 2004 15:00	London Wasps	17 – 48	Leicester Tigers	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

8 May 2004 15:00	Northampton Saints	18 – 17	Harlequins	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,048

8 May 2004 15:00	Rotherham Titans	20 – 26	Newcastle Falcons	Don Valley Stadium Attendance: 5,203

Play-offs

As for the 2002–03 season, the first placed team automatically qualified for the final where they played the winner of the second vs third place semi-final.

Semi-final

16 May 2004 14:00	London Wasps	57 – 20	Northampton Saints	Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 6,219
		Report

Final

29 May 2004 18:00	Bath	6 – 10	London Wasps	Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 59,500
		Report

Zurich Wildcard

The Zurich Wildcard was contested by the teams placed fourth through seventh in the final table.

Semi finals

15 May 2004	Gloucester	44 – 35	Sale Sharks	Kingsholm, Gloucester

Despite winning this match, Gloucester forfeited their place in the final as English teams were awarded an additional Heineken Cup qualification place due to London Wasps winning the 2003–04 Heineken Cup. This additional place was awarded to Gloucester as the next highest placed team in the league not automatically qualified.^[1][2]

26 May 2004	Leicester Tigers	43 – 26	Harlequins	Welford Road, Leicester

Final

29 May 2004	Sale Sharks	27 – 48	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham, London

References

External links

• Who Will Play In The Zurich Wildcard Final
• Wildcard and Euro Qualification Explained
• 2003/4 Zurich Premiership Preview - The Finals

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