2011–12 English Premiership (rugby union)

2011–12 Aviva Premiership
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The 2011–12 Aviva Premiership is the 25th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions and the second to be sponsored by Aviva. It began on 3 September with five matches, including the annual London Double Header.

This season's defending champions are Saracens, after they defeated Leicester Tigers in the final of last season's play-offs for their first-ever Premiership crown. Worcester Warriors are the newcomers for this season, after having earned promotion by winning the 2010–11 RFU Championship play-offs against Cornish Pirates.

The 2011–12 season was the first for a major change in the Premiership's salary cap, which currently stands at £4 million per team. In what will be a permanent feature of the cap system, academy credits were introduced. Each team now receives a £30,000 credit for every home-grown player in their senior squad, with a maximum of eight such credits. In addition, a standard provision of the cap system that applies only in seasons that run up against the Rugby World Cup provides each team with a credit of £30,000 for each senior squad player that participates in the World Cup.[1]

Teams

2011–12 Aviva Premiership Teams
Club Coach Captain Kit Supplier Stadium Capacity
Bath Sir Ian McGeechan Stuart Hooper Puma The Recreation Ground 12,300
Exeter Chiefs Rob Baxter Tommy Hayes Samurai Sportswear Sandy Park 10,744
Gloucester Bryan Redpath Luke Narraway KooGa Kingsholm Stadium 16,500
Harlequins Conor O'Shea Chris Robshaw O'Neills The Stoop 14,600
Leicester Tigers Richard Cockerill Geordan Murphy Cotton Traders Welford Road 24,000
London Irish Toby Booth Clarke Dermody ISC Madejski Stadium 24,250
London Wasps Dai Young Tom Rees Canterbury of New Zealand Adams Park 10,516
Newcastle Falcons Alan Tait James Hudson Cotton Traders Kingston Park 10,200
Northampton Saints Jim Mallinder Dylan Hartley BURRDA Franklin's Gardens 13,600
Sale Sharks Steve Diamond Sam Tuitupou Cotton Traders Edgeley Park 10,852
Saracens Mark McCall Steve Borthwick Nike Vicarage Road 19,920
Worcester Warriors Richard Hill Chris Pennell Cotton Traders Sixways Stadium 12,068

Table

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Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Harlequins 12 11 0 1 317 195 +122 34 17 3 0 47
2 Saracens 12 9 1 2 252 189 +63 19 17 1 1 40
3 Northampton Saints 12 7 0 5 286 201 +85 28 17 2 2 32
4 Leicester Tigers 12 6 1 5 319 306 +13 33 32 3 3 32
5 Sale Sharks 12 6 0 6 266 291 -25 25 27 1 4 29
6 London Irish 12 5 1 6 285 279 +6 23 23 2 5 29
7 Gloucester Rugby 12 5 1 6 260 233 +27 24 20 1 5 28
8 Exeter Chiefs 12 5 0 7 226 242 -16 18 22 1 6 27
9 Bath Rugby 12 5 0 7 216 226 -10 18 14 0 3 23
10 Worcester Warriors 12 4 1 7 154 205 -51 9 18 0 3 21
11 London Wasps 12 4 0 8 191 257 -66 19 19 1 4 21
12 Newcastle Falcons 12 2 1 9 197 345 -148 14 38 0 1 11

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places, and receive berths in the 2012–13 Heineken Cup. Blue background (rows 5 and 6) are clubs that do not make the play-offs, but will receive Heineken Cup berths. Red background (row 12) to be relegated if the champion of the RFU Championship meets the requirements for promotion. Updated 09 October 2011 — Current English Leagues

source:Premiership Rugby

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References

  1. ^ "Premiership clubs handed salary cap boost". ESPN Scrum. 26 May 2011. http://www.espnscrum.com/premiership-2010-11/rugby/story/140449.html. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 
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