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Bath sign French Sevens & U/21 star wing

Monday 6 September 2010

Bath Rugby have confirmed that they have signed French Sevens and ex Under-21 winger Jacques Boussuge on a one year deal.
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Mallinder pleased after Saints opening victory

Sunday 5 September 2010

Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder was thrilled with his team's opening Aviva Premiership performance when they beat champions Leicester Tigers 27-19.
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Meehan wants more than bonus point wins

Sunday 5 September 2010

Bath coach Steve Meehan says that he is not happy with his team's performance even though they beat Leeds and earned a bonus point.
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Northampton too good for Leicester's Tigers

Sunday 5 September 2010

Northampton Saints upset last season's Champions with 27-19 victory at Franklins Gardens in their Aviva Premiership opener.
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Bonus Point Bath too hot for Leeds Carnegie

Sunday 5 September 2010

Bath opened their Aviva Premiership campaign with a 16-32 bonus point victory over Leeds Carnegie at Headingley
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Hanks not happy with Wasps draw with Quins

Saturday 4 September 2010

London Wasps director of rugby Tony Hanks has left his players in no doubt about his anger about the team not securing a victory from their clash with Harlequins.
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Baxter won't let Chiefs get carried away

Saturday 4 September 2010

Exeter Chiefs coach Rob Baxter says that he is thrilled with his team's performance which gave them a victory in their first ever Premiership match he won't be getting carried away.
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Venter blames sin-binning for Saracens loss

Saturday 4 September 2010

Saracens coach Brendan Venter has blamed the second half sin-binning of Alex Goode for Saracens' 33-16 loss to London Irish at Twickenham on Saturday.
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Harlequins fight back for London Wasps draw

Saturday 4 September 2010

Harlequins bounced back after trailing at half time to draw 29-all with London Wasps at Twickenham in their Aviva Premiership opener.
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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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Overview of the Guinness Premiership

The English Premiership is known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship (by Guinness) 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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Guinness Premiership Rugby

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
London Irish 1 1 0 0 33 16 5
2
Bath Rugby 1 1 0 0 32 16 5
3
Sale Sharks 1 1 0 0 35 18 4
4
Exeter Chiefs 1 1 0 0 22 10 4
5
Northampton Saints 1 1 0 0 27 19 4
6
Harlequins 1 0 1 0 29 29 2
7
London Wasps 1 0 1 0 29 29 2
8
Leicester Tigers 1 0 0 1 19 27 0
9
Gloucester Rugby 1 0 0 1 10 22 0
10
Leeds Carnegie 1 0 0 1 16 32 0
11
Newcastle Falcons 1 0 0 1 18 35 0
12
Saracens 1 0 0 1 16 33 0
Last update : 06/09/10 - Updated each monday
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