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2000–01 Premiership Rugby

Rugby union competition in England

Rugby union competition in England

FieldValue
name2000–01 Zurich Premiership
countriesEngland
championsLeicester Tigers (5th title)
runnersupLondon Wasps
relegatedRotherham Titans
matches139
date19 August 2000 – 13 May 2001
highest attendance33,500 – Leicester v Bath (13 May 2001)
lowest attendance1,800 – Rotherham v Newcastle (10 April 2001)
attendance898438
top point scorer282 – Kenny Logan (Wasps)
top try scorer12 – Paul Sampson (Wasps)
prevseason[1999–00](1999-00-premiership-1)
nextseason[2001–02](2001-02-premiership-rugby)

The 2000–01 English Premiership was the fourteenth season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, and first to be sponsored by Zurich Insurance having been sponsored for the last three seasons by Allied Dunbar. It also heralded a restructuring the English league system, with the first tier Premiership 1 being renamed as the Premiership and second tier Premiership 2 becoming National Division 1.

Leicester Tigers finished top of the league for the third year in a row giving them their fifth English champions title.

This season saw the introduction of the bonus points scoring system.

Additionally, an 8 team end of season knock-out competition, the Zurich Championship was introduced, although this was not used to determine the English Champions, that being the preserve of the Zurich Premiership winners. Leicester also won the Zurich Championship in this season.

Rotherham were relegated, to be replaced by Leeds Tykes for the 2001–02 season.

Participating teams

TeamStadiumCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
BathRecreation Ground8,500Bath, Somerset2nd
BristolMemorial Stadium8,500 (1,200 seats)Bristol6th
GloucesterKingsholm12,000Gloucester, Gloucestershire3rd
HarlequinsThe Stoop9,000 (2,000 seats)Twickenham, London10th
Leicester TigersWelford Road17,000Leicester, LeicestershireChampions
London IrishMadejski Stadium24,161Reading, Berkshire8th
London WaspsLoftus Road18,439Shepherd's Bush, London7th
Newcastle FalconsKingston Park8,000Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear9th
Northampton SaintsFranklin's Gardens10,000Northampton, Northamptonshire5th
Rotherham TitansClifton Lane4,000Rotherham, South YorkshirePromoted from [Premiership 2](1999-2000-allied-dunbar-premiership-two)
Sale SharksHeywood Road4,800Sale, Greater Manchester11th
SaracensVicarage Road22,000Watford, Hertfordshire4th

Table

2001–02 Heineken Cup

Results

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Zurich Championship

The top eight teams qualified for the knock-out Zurich Championship, seeded on the basis of their league finish.

Seeding

SeedTeamTable pointsWinsPoints diff
**1**Leicester Tigers8218+225
**2**London Wasps7416+235
**3**Bath Rugby7014+250
**4**Northampton Saints5913+55
**5**Saracens5812+88
**6**Newcastle Falcons5711−14
**7**Gloucester4810−53
**8**London Irish4510−100

Quarter–finals

Semi–finals

Final

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Attendances

ClubHome
GamesTotalAverageHighestLowest% Capacity
Bath1291,9687,6648,5006,84090%
Bristol1151,0244,6396,7812,38055%
Gloucester1173,4306,6759,8595,42856%
Harlequins1151,4604,6787,0673,08955%
Leicester Tigers13157,16712,09016,0068,11271%
London Irish1165,1155,92012,0372,50425%
London Wasps1373,7195,67112,1373,44431%
Newcastle Falcons1146,5654,2337,3192,62353%
Northampton Saints1294,1477,84610,0006,09378%
Rotherham Titans1127,9632,5424,0001,80064%
Sale Sharks1130,9392,8133,8771,84459%
Saracens11101,4419,22213,0216,09242%

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Most points

Source:

RankPlayerClubPoints
1SCO Kenny LoganWasps282
2ENG Tim StimpsonLeicester Tigers260
3ENG Paul GraysonNorthampton Saints219
4ENG Jonny WilkinsonNewcastle Falcons203
5IRE Barry EverittLondon Irish180
6NZL Jon PrestonBath172
7ARG Felipe ContepomiBristol168
8FIJ Nicky LittleSale Sharks162
9NZL Simon MannixGloucester157
10ENG Charlie HodgsonSale Sharks144

Most tries

Source:

RankPlayerClubTries
1ENG Paul SampsonWasps12
2ENG Steve HanleySale Sharks10
SCO Kenny LoganWasps
ENG Tom VoyceBath
5ENG Ben CohenNorthampton Saints9
6ENG Neil BackLeicester Tigers8
IRE Geordan MurphyLeicester Tigers
ENG Paul SackeyLondon Irish
ENG Rob ThirlbyBath
10*8 players*7

References

References

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  11. "2000-01 Premiership Rugby top try scorers". ESPNscrum.
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