1998–99 English Premiership (rugby union)

1998-1999 Allied Dunbar Premiership
Countries	England
Champions	Leicester Tigers (3rd title)
Runners-up	Northampton Saints
Relegated	West Hartlepool
Matches played	182
Attendance	1,002,308 (average 5,507 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

The 1998–1999 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. English Premiership (rugby union) This was the second season under the sponsorship of Allied Dunbar. The league was expanded to include 14 teams instead of 12, with London Scottish, West Hartlepool and Bedford Blues being elected to the premiership. The league commenced on 5 September 1998 and finished on 20 May 1999.

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Bath	8,200	Bath, Somerset
Bedford	Goldington Road	6,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,000	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	The Stoop	8,500	Twickenham, London
Leicester Tigers	Welford Road	16,000	Leicester, Leicestershire
London Irish	The Avenue	6,600	Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
London Scottish	The Stoop	8,500	Twickenham, London
Newcastle Falcons	Kingston Park[n 1]	10,000	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints	Franklin's Gardens	10,000	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Richmond	Madejski Stadium	24,250	Reading, Berkshire
Sale	Heywood Road	5,400	Sale, Greater Manchester
Saracens	Vicarage Road	22,000	Watford, Hertfordshire
Wasps	Loftus Road	18,439	Shepherd's Bush, London
West Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856	Hartlepool, County Durham

Notes

Table

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Points
1	Leicester Tigers (C)	26	22	0	4	771	423	+348	86	34	44
2	Northampton Saints	26	19	0	7	754	556	+198	85	64	38
3	Saracens	26	16	1	9	748	583	+165	82	59	33
4	Harlequins	26	16	1	9	690	653	+37	64	75	33
5	Wasps	26	15	1	10	717	506	+211	80	45	31
6	Bath	26	15	0	11	698	574	+124	81	68	30
7	London Irish	26	15	0	11	703	607	+96	75	65	30
8	Newcastle Falcons	26	14	0	12	719	639	+80	85	69	28
9	Richmond (A)*	26	11	2	13	720	715	+5	96	75	24
10	Gloucester	26	9	1	16	554	643	−89	58	67	19
11	Sale Sharks	26	9	1	16	604	731	−127	76	80	19
12	London Scottish (A)*	26	8	0	18	491	734	−243	40	85	16
13	Bedford Blues	26	6	0	20	541	840	−299	63	101	12
14	West Hartlepool (R)	26	3	1	22	501	1007	−506	50	134	7

* At the end of the 1998–99 season, Richmond and London Scottish were placed into administration and merged with London Irish, and thus did not compete in the subsequent season.

Results

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Total Season Attendances

Club	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bath	96,200	7,400	8,500	4,800	90%
Bedford	43,696	3,361	5,125	1,308	56%
Gloucester	79,004	6,077	10,109	4,528	55%
Harlequins	71,800	5,523	8,500	2,476	65%
Leicester Tigers	158,255	12,173	15,873	8,443	76%
London Irish	52,279	4,021	6,710	2,129	61%
London Scottish	26,999	2,077	4,600	850	24%
Newcastle Falcons	47,409	3,647	5,207	2,070	35%
Northampton Saints	93,274	7,175	10,000	5,870	72%
Richmond	76,327	5,871	10,096	2,613	24%
Sale Sharks	43,218	3,324	4,800	2,100	62%
Saracens	119,941	9,226	17,347	5,261	42%
Wasps	71,429	5,495	9,526	2,797	30%
West Hartlepool	22,477	1,729	2,702	1,107	22%

External links

• Official site

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