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2004–05 Premiership Rugby

Rugby union competition in England

Field	Value
name	2004–2005 Zurich Premiership
countries	England
champions	London Wasps (5th title)
runnersup	Leicester Tigers
relegated	Harlequins
matches	137
attendance	1481355
top point scorer	England Andy Goode
(268)
top try scorer	England Tom Voyce
(12)
prevseason	[2003–04](2003-04-premiership-rugby)
nextseason	[2005–06](2005-06-premiership-rugby)

(268) (12) The 2004–05 Zurich Premiership was the 18th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions.

For the first time, two of the opening games of the season were played at Twickenham, in the 2004 London Double Header, between the four "London" teams: Harlequins, London Irish, London Wasps and Saracens.

At the end of the season, Harlequins were relegated, to be replaced by Bristol for 2005–06.

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Recreation Ground	10,500	Bath, Somerset
Gloucester	Kingsholm	13,000	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	The Stoop	10,000	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	The Causeway Stadium	10,000	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Newcastle Falcons	Kingston Park	10,200	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints	Franklin's Gardens	12,100	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Sale	Edgeley Park	10,641	Stockport, Greater Manchester
Saracens	Vicarage Road	22,000	Watford, Hertfordshire
Worcester	Sixways	8,477	Worcester, Worcestershire

;Notes

Table

Results

Week 1

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Week 12

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Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

Play-offs

As for the 2003–04 season, the first placed team automatically qualified for the final, where they played the winner of the second vs third place semi-final. This was the last season in which that format of play-off was used.

Semi-final

Final

Report 2 Pens: Goode (3) Cons: van Gisbergen (3) Pens: van Gisbergen (5) Drop Goals: King

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Wildcard

Semi finals

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 Andy Goode	Leicester Tigers	268
2	NZL Mark van Gisbergen	Wasps	225
3	ENG Charlie Hodgson	Sale Sharks	200
4	IRE Jeremy Staunton	Harlequins	186
5	AUS Shane Drahm	Northampton Saints	180
6	SCO Gordon Ross	Leeds Tykes	161
7	ENG Jonny Wilkinson	Newcastle Falcons	150
8	IRE Barry Everitt	London Irish	145
9	ENG Henry Paul	Gloucester	136
10	AUS Chris Malone	Bath	133

Most tries

Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	ENG Tom Voyce	Wasps	12
2	ENG Mark Cueto	Sale Sharks	11
ENG Ayoola Erinle	Wasps
4	ENG Steve Hanley	Sale Sharks	9
5	ENG Neil Back	Leicester Tigers	7
AUS Scott Staniforth	London Irish
ENG Michael Stephenson	Newcastle Falcons
8	8 players	6

Notes

References

"London Calling - The Clash!".
(1990). "Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91". Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.
"2004-05 Premiership Rugby top points scorers". ESPNScrum.
"2004-05 Premiership Rugby top try scorers". ESPNscrum.

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