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London Irish start with victory over Saracens

Saturday 4 September 2010

London Irish started their Aviva Premiership campaign at Twickenham with a 33-16 victory over last season's runners up Saracens.
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Exeter shock Gloucester in Premiership opener

Saturday 4 September 2010

Exeter Chiefs got a dream start to the Aviva Premiership with a home 22-10 victory over one of the Premiership big guns Gloucester.
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Sale kick off Premiership with Falcons win

Friday 3 September 2010

Sale Sharks kicked off the Aviva Premiership with a strong 35-18 victory over Newcastle Falcons at Edgeley Park
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Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers Preview

Friday 3 September 2010

Northampton Saints Director of rugby Jim Mallinder has named the squad that will face Leicester on Sunday in front of a sold-out Franklin's Gardens.
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Murphy to captain Leicester Tigers again

Friday 3 September 2010

Geordan Murphy has been named to lead Leicester Tigers as captain for the 2010/11 season. The Ireland international, now entering
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Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester Rugby Preview

Friday 3 September 2010

Exeter Chiefs join Aviva Premiership Rugby and become the 19th different club to play Premiership rugby following their promotion from the Championship last season, and contest their first ever game in England’s top division.
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London Irish v Saracens preview

Friday 3 September 2010

London Irish have a won 4, lost 2 record in the six previous seasons of the London Double Header. The Exiles finished off last campaign with an unwanted run of three
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Leeds Carnegie v Bath Rugby Preview

Friday 3 September 2010

Leeds Carnegie have not won on the opening weekend of a Premiership season since they defeated Leicester 26-13 at Headingley Carnegie in 2002.
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London Wasps v Harlequins Preview

Friday 3 September 2010

London Wasps have named a side for their Aviva Premiership Rugby opener against Harlequins with new signings Nic Berry, Riki Flutey, Richard Haughton and Andy Powell who all start for Wasps
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Sale Sharks break youngest captaincy record

Thursday 2 September 2010

Sale Sharks have announced that James Gaskell will captain the side during the 2010-2011 season. When James leads the side out on Friday evening against Newcastle Falcons
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Leicester still the Premiership team to beat

Thursday 2 September 2010

The new English Premiership rugby union season gets underway on Friday but the old problem of how to top Leicester remains.
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Sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons Preview

Thursday 2 September 2010

Sale and Newcastle meet in round one for the fourth time in the last six years, whilst the Sharks have not beaten the Tynesiders since a 14-9 victory at Kingston park on 7 September 2008.
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Northampton could leave Franklin's Gardens

Thursday 2 September 2010

Northampton Saints are said to be considering leaving their home at Franklin's Gardens if they are not given permission to expand the ground.
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Exeter Chiefs call on supporters for big opening

Thursday 2 September 2010

Bryan Rennie is calling on the club's fanatical supporters to raise the roof off Sandy Park as Exeter Chiefs prepare to kick-off their first-ever season in the Aviva Premiership this weekend.
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Mallinder wants more from Saints' England stars

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Northampton Saints coach Jim Mallinder has told his players that there is plenty of room for improvement ahead of the kick off of the Aviva Premiership this weekend.
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Leicester Tigers boost second row stocks

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Leicester Tigers have signed Tonga international second-rower Steve Mafi to bolster the squad in time for the new Aviva Premiership Rugby season.
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Overview of the Aviva Premiership

The English Premiership is known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship (by Aviva) is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system.

There are, at present, twelve clubs in the Premiership.

The competition has been played since 1987, and has evolved into the current Premiership system employing relegation to and promotion from the National Division One competition.

Clubs competing in the Guinness Premiership qualify for Europe's two club competitions, the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup.

The 2008/09 champions are the Leicester Tigers .

 

Team Stadium Capacity City/Area


Bath Recreation Ground 10,600 Bath, Somerset
Bristol Memorial Stadium 11,750. Bristol
Gloucester Kingsholm Stadium 16,500 Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins Twickenham Stoop 12,700 Twickenham, Middlesex/London
Leicester Tigers Welford Road 16,815 Leicester, Leicestershire
London Irish Madejski Stadium 24,161 Reading, Berkshire
London Wasps Adams Park 10,000 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Newcastle Falcons Kingston Park 10,200 Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints Franklin's Gardens 13,600 Northampton
Sale Sharks
Edgeley Park 10,852 Stockport, Greater Manchester
Saracens Vicarage Road 19,920 Watford, Hertfordshire
Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium 10,197 Worcester, Worcestershire

Source -Wikipedia

 
 
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Aviva Premiership Rugby

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
London Irish 1 1 0 0 33 16 5
2
Sale Sharks 1 1 0 0 35 18 4
3
Exeter Chiefs 1 1 0 0 22 10 4
4
Harlequins 1 0 1 0 29 29 2
5
Leicester Tigers 1 0 1 0 29 29 2
6
London Wasps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7
Northampton Saints 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8
Bath Rugby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9
Leeds Carnegie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10
Gloucester Rugby 1 0 0 1 10 22 0
11
Newcastle Falcons 1 0 0 1 18 35 0
12
Saracens 1 0 0 1 16 33 0
Last update : 04/09/10 - Updated each monday
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