2004–05 English Premiership (rugby union)

2004-2005 Zurich Premiership
Countries	England
Champions	London Wasps (5th title)
Runners-up	Leicester Tigers
Relegated	Harlequins
Matches played	135
Top point scorer	Jason Strange (244)
Top try scorer	Tom Varndell (10)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004-05 Zurich Premiership was the 18th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions.

Harlequins were relegated, to be replaced by Bristol.

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 3 Play-offs 3.1 Semi-final 3.2 Final 4 Zurich Wildcard 4.1 Semi finals 4.2 Final

Table

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Leicester Tigers (F)	22	15	3	4	665	323	+342	75	27	9	3	78
2	London Wasps (C)	22	15	1	6	561	442	+119	59	40	6	5	73
3	Sale Sharks (SF)	22	13	0	9	513	442	+71	51	43	4	4	60
4	Bath	22	12	2	8	407	366	+41	33	35	1	5	58
5	Saracens	22	12	2	8	384	428	-44	39	43	3	2	57
6	Gloucester	22	10	1	11	407	487	-80	43	43	3	2	47
7	Newcastle Falcons	22	9	2	11	475	596	-121	43	64	3	4	47
8	Leeds Tykes	22	9	0	13	380	431	-51	34	40	1	6	43
9	Worcester Warriors	22	9	0	13	365	493	-128	36	53	1	5	42
10	London Irish	22	8	0	14	378	421	-43	28	35	1	7	40
11	Northampton Saints	22	8	0	14	410	473	-63	31	44	2	6	40
12	Harlequins (R)	22	6	1	15	416	459	-43	41	46	3	9	38
Source:Guinness Premiership Green background denotes qualification for the playoffs. These teams and those highlighted in blue qualified for the 2005–06 Heineken Cup.

Results

Week 1

4 September 2004 14:00	London Irish	18 – 12	Harlequins	Twickenham Attendance: 51,000

4 September 2004 15:00	Northampton Saints	29 – 14	Bath	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,027

4 September 2004 16:15	Saracens	13 – 11	London Wasps	Twickenham Attendance: 51,000

5 September 2004 13:30	Sale Sharks	26 – 19	Leicester Tigers	Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,952

5 September 2004 14:30	Leeds Tykes	16 – 21	Gloucester	Headingley Attendance: 4,079

5 September 2004 15:30	Worcester Warriors	9 – 30	Newcastle Falcons	Sixways Attendance: 8,300

Week 2

11 September 2004 14:15	Bath	18 – 33	Newcastle Falcons	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,400

11 September 2004 14:45	London Wasps	30 – 33	Sale Sharks	Adams Park Attendance: 7,011

11 September 2004 15:00	Gloucester	23 – 16	London Irish	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,265

11 September 2004 15:00	Leicester Tigers	42 – 20	Leeds Tykes	Welford Road Attendance: 16,533

11 September 2004 15:00	NEC Harlequins	13 – 45	Northampton Saints	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 7,823

12 September 2004 15:00	Saracens	16 – 10	Worcester Warriors	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,620

Week 3

17 September 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	25 – 15	Saracens	Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,014

18 September 2004 14:00	Worcester Warriors	22 – 26	Bath	Sixways Attendance: 6,348

18 September 2004 14:45	Northampton Saints	12 – 18	Gloucester	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,093

19 September 2004 15:00	London Irish	22 – 39	Leicester Tigers	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,472

19 September 2004 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	22 – 21	NEC Harlequins	Kingston Park Attendance: 8,706

19 September 2004 19:30	Leeds Tykes	9 – 13	London Wasps	Headingley Attendance: 3,526

Week 4

24 September 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	57 – 3	Worcester Warriors	Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,647

25 September 2004 15:00	Gloucester	31 – 17	Newcastle Falcons	Kingsholm Attendance: 13,000

25 September 2004 15:00	Leicester Tigers	32 – 13	Northampton Saints	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

25 September 2004 15:05	NEC Harlequins	10 – 18	Bath	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,844

26 September 2004 15:00	London Wasps	35 – 26	London Irish	Adams Park Attendance: 7,957

26 September 2004 15:00	Saracens	23 – 29	Leeds Tykes	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,325

Week 5

2 October 2004 14:00	Worcester Warriors	33 – 7	NEC Harlequins	Sixways Attendance: 7,235

2 October 2004 14:15	Bath	29 – 14	Gloucester	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,400

2 October 2004 14:45	Newcastle Falcons	15 – 44	Leicester Tigers	Kingston Park Attendance: 8,609

2 October 2004 15:00	Northampton Saints	9 – 10	London Wasps	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,036

3 October 2004 14:30	Leeds Tykes	11 – 14	Sale Sharks	Headingley Attendance: 4,592

3 October 2004 15:00	London Irish	20 – 3	Saracens	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 7,047

Week 6

8 October 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	16 – 17	London Irish	Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,206

9 October 2004 14:45	Leicester Tigers	16 – 16	Bath	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

9 October 2004 15:00	Gloucester	29 – 23	NEC Harlequins	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,471

10 October 2004 15:00	Leeds Tykes	24 – 19	Worcester Warriors	Headingley Attendance: 5,207

10 October 2004 15:00	London Wasps	43 – 29	Newcastle Falcons	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

10 October 2004 15:00	Saracens	23 – 12	Northampton Saints	Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,712

Week 7

16 October 2004 14:00	Worcester Warriors	13 – 18	Gloucester	Sixways Attendance: 8,401

16 October 2004 14:45	Bath	16 – 19	London Wasps	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,400

16 October 2004 15:00	London Irish	12 – 16	Leeds Tykes	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 6,410

16 October 2004 15:00	NEC Harlequins	9 – 15	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 9,954

16 October 2004 15:00	Northampton Saints	6 – 23	Sale Sharks	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 11,365

17 October 2004 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	20 – 20	Saracens	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,762

Week 8

5 November 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	39 – 25	Newcastle Falcons	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,641

5 November 2004 20:00	Leeds Tykes	26 – 21	Northampton Saints	Headingley Attendance: 3,247

5 November 2004 20:00	London Wasps	19 – 16	NEC Harlequins	Adams Park Attendance: 8,283

6 November 2004 14:45	Leicester Tigers	28 – 13	Gloucester	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

6 November 2004 15:00	Saracens	30 – 37	Bath	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 3,595

7 November 2004 15:00	London Irish	25 – 15	Worcester Warriors	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 7,232

Week 9

12 November 2004 19:45	Gloucester	17 – 27	London Wasps	Kingsholm Attendance: 13,000

12 November 2004 19:45	NEC Harlequins	40 – 10	Saracens	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,050

13 November 2004 12:30	Bath	27 – 13	Sale Sharks	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,500

13 November 2004 12:30	Northampton Saints	20 – 21	London Irish	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 11,749

13 November 2004 12:30	Worcester Warriors	11 – 38	Leicester Tigers	Sixways Attendance: 8,477

14 November 2004 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	29 – 16	Leeds Tykes	Kingston Park Attendance: 6,020

Week 10

19 November 2004 19:45	Leeds Tykes	28 – 30	Bath	Headingley Attendance: 4,096

19 November 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	13 – 19	NEC Harlequins	Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,186

20 November 2004 12:30	Northampton Saints	6 – 17	Worcester Warriors	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 11,208

21 November 2004 15:00	London Irish	21 – 15	Newcastle Falcons	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,560

21 November 2004 15:00	London Wasps	17 – 17	Leicester Tigers	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

21 November 2004 15:00	Saracens	14 – 9	Gloucester	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,860

Week 11

26 November 2004 19:30	Gloucester	24 – 14	Sale Sharks	Kingsholm Attendance: 12,365

26 November 2004 20:00	Worcester Warriors	27 – 24	London Wasps	Sixways Attendance: 8,477

27 November 2004 14:45	Leicester Tigers	21 – 9	Saracens	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

28 November 2004 14:15	Bath	27 – 15	London Irish	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,500

28 November 2004 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	27 – 16	Northampton Saints	Kingston Park Attendance: 6,871

28 November 2004 15:00	NEC Harlequins	31 – 17	Leeds Tykes	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 6,447

Week 12

26 December 2004 15:00	Saracens	8 – 8	NEC Harlequins	Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,285

27 December 2004 14:30	Leeds Tykes	11 – 15	Newcastle Falcons	Headingley Attendance: 14,293

27 December 2004 15:00	Leicester Tigers	50 – 7	Worcester Warriors	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

27 December 2004 15:00	London Irish	21 – 22	Northampton Saints	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,364

27 December 2004 15:00	London Wasps	33 – 20	Gloucester	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

27 December 2004 15:00	Sale Sharks	19 – 10	Bath	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,641

Week 13

1 January 2005 14:00	Worcester Warriors	16 – 6	London Irish	Sixways Attendance: 8,477

1 January 2005 14:15	Bath	6 – 13	Saracens	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,500

1 January 2005 15:00	Northampton Saints	18 – 9	Leeds Tykes	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,001

2 January 2005 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	30 – 29	Sale Sharks	Kingston Park Attendance: 10,200

2 January 2005 15:00	NEC Harlequins	15 – 27	London Wasps	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 9,999

2 January 2005 17:00	Gloucester	13 – 28	Leicester Tigers	Kingsholm Attendance: 13,000

Week 14

28 January 2005 19:45	Saracens	32 – 13	Newcastle Falcons	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,870

28 January 2005 20:00	Leeds Tykes	16 – 5	London Irish	Headingley Attendance: 4,252

29 January 2005 14:45	Sale Sharks	37 – 24	Northampton Saints	Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,887

29 January 2005 15:00	Gloucester	28 – 16	Worcester Warriors	Kingsholm Attendance: 13,000

29 January 2005 15:00	Leicester Tigers	32 – 17	NEC Harlequins	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

29 January 2005 17:35	London Wasps	9 – 12	Bath	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

Week 15

4 February 2005 20:00	Worcester Warriors	22 – 15	Leeds Tykes	Sixways Attendance: 8,441

5 February 2005 14:00	NEC Harlequins	38 – 9	Gloucester	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,782

5 February 2005 15:00	Northampton Saints	20 – 21	Saracens	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,020

5 February 2005 19:45	Bath	6 – 6	Leicester Tigers	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,500

6 February 2005 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	29 – 28	London Wasps	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,659

6 February 2005 15:00	London Irish	6 – 9	Sale Sharks	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 8,125

Week 16

18 February 2005 19:45	Sale Sharks	19 – 10	Leeds Tykes	Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,556

19 February 2005 14:00	NEC Harlequins	9 – 15	Worcester Warriors	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,166

19 February 2005 15:00	Gloucester	17 – 16	Bath	Kingsholm Attendance: 13,000

19 February 2005 15:00	Leicester Tigers	83 – 10	Newcastle Falcons	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

20 February 2005 15:00	London Wasps	39 – 9	Northampton Saints	Adams Park Attendance: 9,507

20 February 2005 15:00	Saracens	12 – 30	London Irish	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,254

Week 17

25 February 2005 20:00	Leeds Tykes	5 – 14	Saracens	Headingley Attendance: 3,132

25 February 2005 20:00	Worcester Warriors	23 – 10	Sale Sharks	Sixways Attendance: 8,477

26 February 2005 14:15	Bath	15 – 17	NEC Harlequins	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,500

26 February 2005 15:00	Northampton Saints	26 – 11	Leicester Tigers	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,084

27 February 2005 12:00	London Irish	19 – 33	London Wasps	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 10,018

27 February 2005 13:15	Newcastle Falcons	27 – 27	Gloucester	Kingston Park Attendance: 6,333

Week 18

11 March 2005 19:30	Leicester Tigers	15 – 6	London Irish	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

12 March 2005 14:00	Bath	18 – 10	Worcester Warriors	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,425

12 March 2005 14:00	Gloucester	18 – 26	Northampton Saints	Kingsholm Attendance: 12,203

13 March 2005 14:00	NEC Harlequins	39 – 23	Newcastle Falcons	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,240

13 March 2005 15:00	London Wasps	30 – 15	Leeds Tykes	Adams Park Attendance: 7,545

13 March 2005 15:00	Saracens	32 – 19	Sale Sharks	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,751

Week 19

25 March 2005 19:45	Sale Sharks	25 – 27	London Wasps	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,641

26 March 2005 14:00	Worcester Warriors	18 – 19	Saracens	Sixways Attendance: 8,498

26 March 2005 15:00	Northampton Saints	22 – 20	NEC Harlequins	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,064

26 March 2005 17:00	London Irish	12 – 13	Gloucester	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,111

27 March 2005 14:30	Leeds Tykes	23 – 22	Leicester Tigers	Headingley Attendance: 6,723

27 March 2005 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	5 – 9	Bath	Kingston Park Attendance: 8,834

Week 20

9 April 2005 15:00	Bath	30 – 12	Northampton Saints	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,500

9 April 2005 15:00	Gloucester	15 – 33	Leeds Tykes	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,396

9 April 2005 15:00	Leicester Tigers	45 – 15	Sale Sharks	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

9 April 2005 15:00	NEC Harlequins	20 – 25	London Irish	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,500

10 April 2005 15:00	London Wasps	45 – 24	Saracens	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

10 April 2005 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	16 – 21	Worcester Warriors	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,151

Week 21

15 April 2005 19:45	Northampton Saints	23 – 22	Newcastle Falcons	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,027

15 April 2005 19:45	Sale Sharks	35 – 17	Gloucester	Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,456

17 April 2005 15:00	London Wasps	32 – 17	Worcester Warriors	Adams Park Attendance: 8,941

17 April 2005 16:00	Saracens	19 – 17	Leicester Tigers	Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,812

24 April 2005 15:00	London Irish	19 – 21	Bath	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 10,771

Week 22

26 April 2005 19:45	Leeds Tykes	21 – 10	NEC Harlequins	Headingley Attendance: 8,161

30 April 2005 15:00	Bath	6 – 10	Leeds Tykes	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,500

30 April 2005 15:00	Gloucester	13 – 14	Saracens	Kingsholm Attendance: 13,000

30 April 2005 15:00	Leicester Tigers	45 – 10	London Wasps	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

30 April 2005 15:00	NEC Harlequins	22 – 23	Sale Sharks	Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,500

30 April 2005 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	23 – 16	London Irish	Kingston Park Attendance: 9,328

30 April 2005 15:00	Worcester Warriors	21 – 19	Northampton Saints	Sixways Attendance: 8,493

Play-offs

As for the 2003–04 season, the first placed team automatically qualified for the final where they played the winner of the second vs third place semi-final. This was the last season in which this format off play-off was used.

Semi-final

7 May 2005 15:15	London Wasps	43 – 22	Sale Sharks	Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 5,824 Referee: Dave Pearson
		Report

Final

14 May 2005 15:30	Leicester Tigers	14 – 39	London Wasps	Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Chris White
		Report

Zurich Wildcard

Semi finals

6 May 2005	Saracens	28 – 10	Worcester Warriors	Vicarage Road, Watford

8 May 2005	Gloucester	23 – 16	Newcastle Falcons	Kingsholm, Gloucester

Final

14 May 2005	Saracens	24 – 16	Gloucester Rugby	Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham

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