2005–06 Guinness Premiership

2005–06 Guinness Premiership
Countries	England
Champions	Sale Sharks (1st title)
Runners-up	Leicester Tigers (7th title)
Relegated	Leeds Tykes
Matches played	135
Top point scorer	Jason Strange (244 points)
Top try scorer	Tom Varndell (14 tries)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Guinness Premiership was the 19th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2005 and May 2006. The final was contested by the Sale Sharks and the Leicester Tigers at Twickenham. Sale Sharks won 45 – 20 to win the Premiership. Leeds Tykes were relegated, whilst Harlequins were promoted for the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership.

The opening games of the Season were played at Twickenham, in the 2005 London Double Header.

Contents 1 Table 2 Top scorers 2.1 Points 2.2 Tries 3 Results 3.1 Round 1 3.2 Round 2 3.3 Round 3 3.4 Round 4 3.5 Round 5 3.6 Round 6 3.7 Round 7 3.8 Round 8 3.9 Round 9 3.10 Round 10 3.11 Round 11 3.12 Round 12 3.13 Round 13 3.14 Round 14 3.15 Round 15 3.16 Round 16 3.17 Round 17 3.18 Round 18 3.19 Round 19 3.20 Round 20 3.21 Rearranged fixture 3.22 Round 21 3.23 Round 22 4 Play-offs 4.1 Semi-finals 4.2 Final 4.3 Sky Sports Dream Team 2005/06 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	Sale Sharks (C)	22	16	1	5	573	444	129	52	42	1	2	74
2	Leicester Tigers (F)	22	14	3	5	518	415	103	51	24	3	1	68
3	London Irish (SF)	22	14	0	8	493	454	39	54	44	2	4	66
4	London Wasps (SF)	22	12	3	7	527	447	80	53	42	1	3	64
5	Gloucester	22	11	1	10	483	385	98	46	33	1	9	59
6	Northampton Saints	22	10	1	11	464	488	−24	53	50	1	7	53
7	Newcastle Falcons	22	9	1	12	416	433	−17	42	44	1	6	47
8	Worcester Warriors	22	9	1	12	451	494	−43	40	56	0	6	47
9	Bath	22	9	1	12	441	494	−53	38	49	0	5	46
10	Saracens	22	8	1	13	433	483	−50	42	48	0	7	46
11	Bristol	22	8	1	13	393	445	−52	28	41	0	7	41
12	Leeds Tykes (R)	22	5	0	17	363	573	−210	36	62	0	7	28
Source:Guinness Premiership Green background denotes qualification for the playoffs. These teams and those highlighted in blue qualified for the 2006–07 Heineken Cup.

Top scorers

Points

Points	Name	Club	Tries	Con	Pen	Drop
244	Jason Strange	Bristol	1	22	65	0
238	Glen Jackson	Saracens	3	32	51	2
233	Shane Drahm	Worcester Warriors	3	25	52	4
213	Ludovic Mercier	Gloucester	2	25	49	2
208	Charlie Hodgson	Sale Sharks	2	24	49	1
206	Bruce Reihana	Northampton Saints	5	32	39	0
200	Andy Goode	Leicester Tigers	0	25	49	1
199	Mark van Gisbergen	London Wasps	3	32	40	0
142	Matt Burke	Newcastle Falcons	8	12	26	0
125	Chris Malone	Bath	4	13	24	4

Tries

Pos	Player	Team	Tries
1	Tom Varndell	Leicester Tigers	14
2	Tom Voyce	London Wasps	10
3	Delon Armitage	London Irish	8
	Tom Biggs	Leeds Carnegie
	Matthew Burke	Newcastle Falcons
	Anthony Elliott	Newcastle Falcons
	David Lemi	Bristol
	Paul Sackey	London Wasps
9	Ben Cohen	Northampton Saints	7
	Topsy Ojo	London Irish
	Dan Scarbrough	Saracens

Results

Round 1

2 September 2005 20:00	Sale Sharks	26–25	Newcastle Falcons	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,546

3 September 2005 14:00	London Wasps	23–11	Saracens	Twickenham Attendance: 35,000

3 September 2005 15:00	Leicester Tigers	32–0	Northampton Saints	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

3 September 2005 16:20	Leeds Tykes	11–27	London Irish	Twickenham Attendance: 35,000

4 September 2005 13:00	Bristol	19–16	Bath	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 11,760

4 September 2005 15:00	Worcester Warriors	15–15	Gloucester	Sixways Attendance: 9,728

Round 2

10 September 2005 14:15	Bath	9–17	Northampton Saints	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,060

10 September 2005 14:45	London Wasps	29–29	Leicester Tigers	Adams Park Attendance: 8,459

10 September 2005 15:00	Gloucester	21–18	Sale Sharks	Kingsholm Attendance: 9,374

11 September 2005 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	14–16	Bristol	Kingston Park Attendance: 6,661

11 September 2005 15:00	London Irish	15–20	Worcester Warriors	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 7,118

11 September 2005 15:00	Saracens	34–16	Leeds Tykes	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,190

Round 3

16 September 2005 20:00	Sale Sharks	29–3	London Irish	Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,246

17 September 2005 14:00	Worcester Warriors	25–24	Saracens	Sixways Attendance: 9,140

17 September 2005 14:45	Northampton Saints	9–16	Newcastle Falcons	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,018

17 September 2005 15:00	Leicester Tigers	40–26	Bath	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

18 September 2005 14:30	Leeds Tykes	23–47	London Wasps	Headingley Attendance: 4,544

18 September 2005 15:00	Bristol	9–41	Gloucester	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 11,558

Round 4

24 September 2005 14:45	Gloucester	28–24	Northampton Saints	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,156

24 September 2005 15:00	London Irish	24–22	Bristol	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 6,957

25 September 2005 14:30	Leeds Tykes	20–28	Leicester Tigers	Headingley Attendance: 7,143

25 September 2005 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	16–27	Bath	Kingston Park Attendance: 6,869

25 September 2005 15:00	London Wasps	34–20	Worcester Warriors	Adams Park Attendance: 8,720

25 September 2005 15:00	Saracens	32–40	Sale Sharks	Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,132

Round 5

14 October 2005 19:45	Leicester Tigers	16–16	Newcastle Falcons	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

14 October 2005 20:00	Sale Sharks	18–10	London Wasps	Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,916

14 October 2005 20:00	Worcester Warriors	22–15	Leeds Tykes	Sixways Attendance: 9,626

15 October 2005 14:45	Bath	18–16	Gloucester	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,600

15 October 2005 15:00	Northampton Saints	25–23	London Irish	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,262

16 October 2005 15:00	Bristol	11–23	Saracens	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,068

Round 6

4 November 2005 20:00	London Wasps	21–16	Bristol	Adams Park Attendance: 7,901

4 November 2005 20:00	Worcester Warriors	15–11	Leicester Tigers	Sixways Attendance: 9,776

5 November 2005 14:45	Leeds Tykes	11–17	Sale Sharks	Headingley Attendance: 4,206

5 November 2005 15:00	Gloucester	27–20	Newcastle Falcons	Kingsholm Attendance: 12,500

5 November 2005 15:00	London Irish	36–13	Bath	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,458

5 November 2005 15:00	Saracens	28–22	Northampton Saints	Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,524

Round 7

11 November 2005 19:45	Newcastle Falcons	20–23	London Irish	Kingston Park Attendance: 10,200

11 November 2005 20:00	Sale Sharks	24–13	Worcester Warriors	Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,056

12 November 2005 12:30	Northampton Saints	13–21	London Wasps	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,585

12 November 2005 15:00	Leicester Tigers	25–20	Gloucester	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

13 November 2005 14:15	Bath	12–12	Saracens	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,348

13 November 2005 15:00	Bristol	32–6	Leeds Tykes	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,648

Round 8

18 November 2005 20:00	Sale Sharks	24–16	Leicester Tigers	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,641

18 November 2005 20:00	Worcester Warriors	24–15	Bristol	Sixways Attendance: 9,726

20 November 2005 14:30	Leeds Tykes	28–25	Northampton Saints	Headingley Attendance: 4,564

20 November 2005 15:00	London Irish	25–10	Gloucester	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,027

20 November 2005 15:00	London Wasps	28–20	Bath	Adams Park Attendance: 8,656

20 November 2005 15:00	Saracens	27–18	Newcastle Falcons	Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,413

Round 9

25 November 2005 19:45	Bath	12–16	Leeds Tykes	Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,957

25 November 2005 19:45	Leicester Tigers	35–3	London Irish	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

26 November 2005 12:30	Gloucester	19–8	Saracens	Kingsholm Attendance: 10,516

26 November 2005 12:30	Northampton Saints	21–22	Worcester Warriors	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 12,481

27 November 2005 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	17–15	London Wasps	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,379

27 November 2005 15:00	Bristol	22–14	Sale Sharks	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,518

Round 10

26 December 2005 14:00	Worcester Warriors	18–36	Bath	Sixways Attendance: 9,726

26 December 2005 15:00	London Wasps	32–25	Gloucester	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

26 December 2005 15:00	Sale Sharks	34–14	Northampton Saints	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,641

27 December 2005 14:30	Leeds Tykes	10–13	Newcastle Falcons	Headingley Attendance: 11,601

27 December 2005 15:00	Bristol	15–3	Leicester Tigers	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 11,916

27 December 2005 15:00	Saracens	19–20	London Irish	Vicarage Road Attendance: 12,923

Round 11

31 December 2005 14:45	London Irish	19–35	London Wasps	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,122

31 December 2005 15:00	Gloucester	31–7	Leeds Tykes	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,529

1 January 2006 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	21–15	Worcester Warriors	Kingston Park Attendance: 8,864

1 January 2006 15:00	Northampton Saints	29–22	Bristol	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,485

2 January 2006 14:15	Bath	9–21	Sale Sharks	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,600

2 January 2006 15:00	Leicester Tigers	34–27	Saracens	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

Round 12

7 January 2006 14:45	Worcester Warriors	11–15	Northampton Saints	Sixways Attendance: 9,726

8 January 2006 13:30	Saracens	9–19	Gloucester	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,493

8 January 2006 14:30	Leeds Tykes	25–14	Bath	Headingley Attendance: 5,446

8 January 2006 15:00	London Irish	25–28	Leicester Tigers	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,096

8 January 2006 15:00	London Wasps	21–6	Newcastle Falcons	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

8 January 2006 15:00	Sale Sharks	31–29	Bristol	Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,686

Round 13

27 January 2006 19:45	Bristol	23–26	Worcester Warriors	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,058

28 January 2006 14:00	Bath	28–16	London Wasps	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,600

28 January 2006 15:00	Gloucester	9–13	London Irish	Kingsholm Attendance: 10,710

28 January 2006 15:00	Leicester Tigers	27–27	Sale Sharks	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

28 January 2006 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	21–16	Saracens	Kingston Park Attendance: 6,405

28 January 2006 15:00	Northampton Saints	21–18	Leeds Tykes	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,448

Round 14

10 February 2006 19:45	Gloucester	34–16	Leicester Tigers	Kingsholm Attendance: 12,500

10 February 2006 20:00	Leeds Tykes	26–16	Bristol	Headingley Attendance: 5,573

11 February 2006 14:00	Worcester Warriors	33–48	Sale Sharks	Sixways Attendance: 9,726

12 February 2006 15:00	London Irish	6–9	Newcastle Falcons	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,822

12 February 2006 15:00	London Wasps	19–19	Northampton Saints	Adams Park Attendance: 8,143

12 February 2006 15:00	Saracens	29–34	Bath	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,731

Round 15

17 February 2006 19:45	Leicester Tigers	28–22	Worcester Warriors	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

17 February 2006 20:00	Sale Sharks	35–24	Leeds Tykes	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,224

18 February 2006 14:15	Bath	28–33	London Irish	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,600

18 February 2006 14:45	Northampton Saints	58–17	Saracens	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,523

19 February 2006 13:30	Bristol	9–9	London Wasps	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,028

19 February 2006 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	9–13	Gloucester	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,284

Round 16

24 February 2006 19:45	Newcastle Falcons	24–16	Leicester Tigers	Kingston Park Attendance: 10,200

24 February 2006 20:00	Leeds Tykes	21–15	Worcester Warriors	Headingley Attendance: 3,718

25 February 2006 12:00	Gloucester	15–18	Bath	Kingsholm Attendance: 12,500

26 February 2006 13:00	London Irish	30–3	Northampton Saints	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,355

26 February 2006 15:00	London Wasps	26–16	Sale Sharks	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

26 February 2006 15:00	Saracens	13–19	Bristol	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,216

Round 17

10 March 2006 19:45	Leicester Tigers	26–23	Leeds Tykes	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

10 March 2006 20:00	Sale Sharks	9–15	Saracens	Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,307

10 March 2006 20:00	Worcester Warriors	37–8	London Wasps	Sixways Attendance: 9,726

11 March 2006 14:15	Bath	20–18	Newcastle Falcons	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,600

11 March 2006 15:00	Northampton Saints	21–20	Gloucester	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,443

12 March 2006 13:00	Bristol	20–21	London Irish	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,258

Round 18

25 March 2006 14:15	Bath	12–19	Leicester Tigers	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,600

25 March 2006 14:45	London Irish	21–29	Sale Sharks	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 19,884

25 March 2006 15:00	Gloucester	15–20	Bristol	Kingsholm Attendance: 11,517

26 March 2006 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	13–32	Northampton Saints	Kingston Park Attendance: 7,364

26 March 2006 15:00	London Wasps	28–0	Leeds Tykes	Adams Park Attendance: 8,186

26 March 2006 15:00	Saracens	29–15	Worcester Warriors	Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,011

Round 19

7 April 2006 20:00	Leeds Tykes	13–17	Saracens	Headingley Attendance: 4,899

8 April 2006 13:45	Sale Sharks	18–15	Gloucester	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,140

8 April 2006 14:00	Worcester Warriors	10–12	London Irish	Sixways Attendance: 9,726

8 April 2006 15:00	Northampton Saints	24–21	Bath	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,454

9 April 2006 15:00	Bristol	23–7	Newcastle Falcons	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,237

Round 20

14 April 2006 19:45	Northampton Saints	19–24	Leicester Tigers	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,493

15 April 2006 15:00	Gloucester	27–16	Worcester Warriors	Kingsholm Attendance: 12,500

15 April 2006 15:00	London Irish	28–24	Leeds Tykes	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 8,320

15 April 2006 17:15	Bath	31–16	Bristol	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,600

16 April 2006 14:30	Newcastle Falcons	32–21	Sale Sharks	Kingston Park Attendance: 9,018

16 April 2006 15:00	Saracens	13–12	London Wasps	Vicarage Road Attendance: 10,391

Rearranged fixture

22 April 2006 14:30	Leicester Tigers	20–19	London Wasps	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

Round 21

28 April 2006 19:45	Saracens	12–13	Leicester Tigers	Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,828

28 April 2006 20:00	Sale Sharks	38–12	Bath	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,641

29 April 2006 14:00	Worcester Warriors	35–27	Newcastle Falcons	Sixways Attendance: 9,726

30 April 2006 14:30	Leeds Tykes	7–31	Gloucester	Headingley Attendance: 4,452

30 April 2006 15:00	Bristol	16–19	Northampton Saints	Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,862

30 April 2006 18:00	London Wasps	37–56	London Irish	Adams Park Attendance: 10,000

Round 22

6 May 2006 15:00	Bath	25–22	Worcester Warriors	Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,400

6 May 2006 15:00	Gloucester	32–37	London Wasps	Kingsholm Attendance: 12,500

6 May 2006 15:00	Leicester Tigers	32–3	Bristol	Welford Road Attendance: 16,815

6 May 2006 15:00	London Irish	30–18	Saracens	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,352

6 May 2006 15:00	Newcastle Falcons	54–19	Leeds Tykes	Kingston Park Attendance: 8,084

6 May 2006 15:00	Northampton Saints	34–36	Sale Sharks	Franklin’s Gardens Attendance: 13,577

Play-offs

Semi-finals

14 May 2006 13:30	Sale Sharks	22–12	London Wasps	Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,641

14 May 2006 16:00	Leicester Tigers	40–8	London Irish	Welford Road Attendance: 14,069

Final

27 May 2006 16:00	Sale Sharks	45–20	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stadium Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Dave Pearson
	Tries: Cueto 8' m Lund 17' m Oriol Ripol 40' c Mayor 80' c Con: Hodgson (1/3) Courrent (1/1) Pen: Hodgson (6) 3', 31', 45', 49', 64', 78' DG: Hodgson 71'		Tries: Moody 10' c Hamilton 70' c Con: Goode (2/2) Pen: Goode (2) 35', 43'

Sky Sports Dream Team 2005/06

15 Matt Burke (Newcastle Falcons) 14 Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers) 13 Mathew Tait (Newcastle Falcons) 12 Mike Catt (London Irish) 11 Tom Voyce (London Wasps) 10 Carlos Spencer (Northampton Saints) 9 Justin Marshall (Leeds Tykes) 1 Tony Windo (Worcester Warriors) 2 Mark Regan (Bristol Rugby) 3 Cobus Visagie (Saracens) 4 Danny Grewcock (Bath Rugby) 5 Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers) 6 Matt Salter (captain, Bristol Rugby) 7 Magnus Lund (Sale Sharks) 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón (London Irish)^[1]

References

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