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2006–07 Premiership Rugby

Rugby union competition in England

Field	Value
name	2006–07 Guinness Premiership
countries	England
champions	Leicester Tigers (7th title)
runnersup	Gloucester
relegated	Northampton Saints
matches	135
attendance	1598734
prevseason	[2005–06](2005-06-premiership-rugby)
nextseason	[2007–08](2007-08-premiership-rugby)

The 2006–07 Guinness Premiership was the 20th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2006 and May 2007. It was announced during the 2005-06 season that the 2006-07 competition would end two weeks early due to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, as England would be defending their title. At the end of the previous season, Harlequins gained promotion to this season, while the Leeds Tykes were relegated. The Champions of this season were Leicester Tigers, beating Gloucester RFC 44–16 on 12 May in the Final at Twickenham, while the Northampton Saints were relegated. Leeds returned in 2007–08, under their new name of Leeds Carnegie, after being promoted.

From the start of the season, all half-time intervals were increased from the traditional 10 minutes to 15 minutes. The move has been explained as allowing clubs to capitalise on growing capacities and maximise refreshment income.

Two of the opening games of the season were played at Twickenham, in the 2006 London Double Header.

Participating teams

	Team		Stadium
Bath	Recreation Ground	10,600	Bath, Somerset
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	11,916	Bristol
Gloucester	Kingsholm	12,500	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	The Stoop	12,638	Twickenham, 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 upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints	Franklin's Gardens	13,600	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Sale	Edgeley Park	10,852	Stockport, Greater Manchester
Saracens	Vicarage Road	22,000	Watford, Hertfordshire
Worcester	Sixways	10,197	Worcester, Worcestershire

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Table

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Rearranged fixtures

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Report 2 Conv: Walker 1/1 **Pens:**Walker 3 Conv: Goode 3/7 Pens: Goode

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Individual statistics

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 did not earn international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Most points

Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	NZL Glen Jackson	Saracens	281
2	ENG Olly Barkley	Bath	185
NZL Willie Walker	Gloucester
4	ENG Adrian Jarvis	Harlequins	181
5	ENG Andy Goode	Leicester Tigers	174
6	AUS Shane Drahm	Worcester Warriors	156
7	ENG Toby Flood	Newcastle Falcons	89
8	ENG Ryan Lamb	Gloucester	87
9	IRE Ian Humphreys	Leicester Tigers	84
ENG Mark van Gisbergen	London Wasps

Most tries

Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	SAM David Lemi	Bristol	11
2	ENG Mike Brown	Harlequins	9
ENG Tom Varndell	Leicester Tigers
4	ENG Topsy Ojo	London Irish	8
NZL Mark Robinson	Northampton Saints
ENG Paul Sackey	London Wasps
ENG David Strettle	Harlequins
SAM Alesana Tuilagi	Leicester Tigers
9	FIJ Kameli Ratuvou	Saracens	7
10	6 players tied	6

References

McConnell, Jonathan. (2006-05-26). ""Derby Day" to Kick Off the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership Season". GuinnessPremiership.com.
BBC Sport — Rugby Union. (2006-04-18). "Premiership to extend half-time". BBC.co.uk.
"2006-07 Premiership Rugby top points scorers". ESPNScrum.
"2006-07 Premiership Rugby top try scorers". ESPNscrum.

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