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2002–03 Premiership Rugby

Rugby union competition in England

Field	Value
name	2002-2003 Zurich Premiership
countries	England
champions	London Wasps (3rd title)
runnersup	Gloucester
relegated	Bristol Shoguns
matches	139
attendance	1183972
prevseason	[2001–02](2001-02-premiership-rugby)
nextseason	[2003–04](2003-04-premiership-rugby)

The 2002-03 Zurich Premiership was the 16th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions.

The Zurich Championship which had been competed for in seasons 2000–01 and 2001–02 was dropped from this season.

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Recreation Ground	8,200	Bath, Somerset
Bristol Shoguns	Memorial Stadium	8,500 (1,200 seats)	Bristol
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,000	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	The Stoop	9,000 (2,000 seats)	Twickenham, London
Leeds Tykes	Headingley Stadium	22,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire
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	9,800	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints	Franklin's Gardens	12,500	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Sale	Heywood Road	5,800	Sale, Greater Manchester
Saracens	Vicarage Road	22,000	Watford, Hertfordshire

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Table

Results

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

Week 23

Week 24

Play-offs

Semi final

Final

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Zurich Wildcard

Meanwhile, Leeds (5th place), Leicester (6th), Harlequins (7th), Saracens (8th) played for a Zurich Wildcard to the 2003–04 Heineken Cup:

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Leicester advanced to the wildcard final due to a superior aggregate score of 51–39

Saracens advanced to the wildcard final due to a superior aggregate score of 70–48

Final

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:

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	ENG Alex King	Wasps	284
2	FRA Ludovic Mercier	Gloucester	258
3	RSA Braam van Straaten	Leeds Tykes	252
4	IRE Barry Everitt	London Irish	238
5	ENG Paul Grayson	Northampton Saints	213
6	ENG Jonny Wilkinson	Newcastle Falcons	205
7	ENG Andy Goode	Saracens	204
8	IRE Paul Burke	Harlequins	188
9	ARG Felipe Contepomi	Bristol	184
10	ENG Tim Stimpson	Leicester Tigers	161

Most tries

Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	ENG Steve Hanley	Sale Sharks	14
2	ENG Josh Lewsey	Wasps	12
3	ENG Mark Cueto	Sale Sharks	11
4	RSA Jake Boer	Gloucester	9
5	ENG Paul Sackey	London Irish	8
ENG Dan Scarbrough	Leeds Tykes
7	ENG Ben Cohen	Northampton Saints	7
NZL Brendon Daniel	Bristol
ENG James Forrester	Gloucester
ENG Jamie Noon	Newcastle Falcons
ENG Jason Robinson	Sale Sharks

References

(1990). "Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91". Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.
(1990). "Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91". Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.
(9 June 2002). "Metnor ready for stadium kick-off". Northern Echo.
(10 December 2000). "Newcastle Cup fury at RFU". ESPN.
(6 March 2002). "Sale Sharks - Heywood Rd". BBC Sport.
(26 March 2003). "Maine Road off". Rugby Network.
"News | Official Aviva Premiership Website : Gary Gold Post Match Interview v Gloucester Rugby".
"2002-03 Premiership Rugby top points scorers". ESPNScrum.
"2002-03 Premiership Rugby top try scorers". ESPNscrum.

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