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2005-06 Guinness Premiership

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The 2005-06 Guinness Premiership is a rugby union club competition that was played from September of 2005 to May of 2006 in England. The final was played between the Sale Sharks and the Leicester Tigers at Twickenham. The Sharks won 45 to 20 to win the premiership. The Leeds Tykes were relegated, whilst the Harlequin F.C. were promoted for the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership.

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After regular season

Team Pld W D L F A width="25"
/-
BP Pts
Sale Sharks 22 16 1 5 573 444 129 8 74
Leicester Tigers 22 14 3 5 518 415 103 6 68
London Irish 22 14 0 8 493 454 39 10 66
London Wasps 22 12 3 7 527 447 80 10 64
Gloucester 22 11 1 10 483 385 98 13 59
Northampton Saints 22 10 1 11 464 488
11 53
Newcastle Falcons 22 9 1 12 416 433
9 47
Worcester Warriors 22 9 1 12 451 494
9 47
Bath Rugby 22 9 1 12 441 494
8 46
Saracens 22 8 1 13 433 483
12 46
Bristol Rugby 22 8 1 13 393 445
7 41
Leeds Tykes (relegated) 22 5 0 17 363 573
8 28

Table notes

  • Pld = Played
  • W = Win
  • D = Draw
  • L = Loss
  • F = For
  • A = Against
  • +/- = Points difference (F subtract A)
  • BP = Earned for either scoring 4 tries in a match, or by losing by a margin <7

Top Scorers

Points

  1. Jason Strange, Bristol 244 (1T, 22C & 65P)
  2. Glen Jackson, Saracens 238 (3T, 32C, 51P & 2DG)
  3. Shane Drahm, Worcester 233 (3T, 25C, 52P & 4DG)
  4. Ludovic Mercier, Gloucester 213 (2T, 25C, 49P & 2DG)
  5. Charlie Hodgson, Sale 208 (2T, 24C, 49P & 1DG)
  6. Bruce Reihana, Northampton 206 (5T, 32C & 39P)
  7. Andy Goode, Leicester 200 (25C, 49P & 1DG)
  8. Mark van Gisbergen, Wasps 199 (3T, 32C & 40P)
  9. Matthew Burke, Newcastle 142 (8T, 12C & 26P)
  10. Chris Malone, Bath 125 (4T, 13C, 24P & 4DG)
Notes
  • T = Try, worth 5 points
  • C = Conversion, worth 2 points
  • P = Penalty, worth 3 points
  • DG = Drop Goal, worth 3 points

Tries

  1. Tom Varndell, Leicester 14
  2. Tom Voyce, Wasps 10
  3. Delon Armitage, London Irish 8
  4. Tom Biggs, Leeds 8
  5. Matthew Burke, Newcastle 8
  6. Anthony Elliott, Newcastle 8
  7. David Lemi, Bristol 8
  8. Paul Sackey, Wasps 8
  9. Ben Cohen, Northampton 7
  10. Topsy Ojo, London Irish 7
  11. Dan Scarbrough, Saracens 7

Season draw

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Semi-finals

  • Sunday 14th May Sale Sharks 22–12 London Wasps
  • Sunday 14th May Leicester Tigers 40–8 London Irish

Final

Wikinews has News related to this article:
  • Saturday 27th May Sale Sharks 45–20 Leicester Tigers (Twickenham)
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