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2007–08 Premiership Rugby

Rugby union competition in England

Field	Value
name	2007–08 Guinness Premiership
countries	England
champions	London Wasps
count	6
runnersup	Leicester Tigers
relegated	Leeds Carnegie
matches	135
attendance	1517863
top point scorer	ENG Andy Goode (207 points)
top try scorer	ENG Tom Varndell (14 tries)
prevseason	[2006–07](2006-07-premiership-rugby)
nextseason	[2008–09](2008-09-premiership-rugby)

The 2007–08 Guinness Premiership was the 21st season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2007 and May 2008. Round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham, between the four London teams.

Due to the 2007 Rugby World Cup the season started a week later than usual, as England were trying to defend their title. Leeds Tykes, which renamed themselves Leeds Carnegie shortly after the 2006–07 season, were promoted from National Division One 2006–07, taking the place of Northampton Saints who were relegated.

During the course of the season, London Wasps went from 10th in the league during October, to beat Leicester in the Guinness Premiership Final at Twickenham on 31 May 2008.

Teams

Leeds Carnegie, having won the 2006–07 National Division One, replaced Northampton Saints, who were relegated last season after finishing bottom of the table.

	Club		Stadium
Bath	Recreation Ground	10,600	Bath, Somerset
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Bristol
Gloucester	Kingsholm	16,500	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	The Stoop	12,638	Twickenham, London
Leeds Carnegie	Headingley Stadium	22,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leicester Tigers	Welford Road	17,500	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
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

Number of matches won
Difference between points scored and allowed
Total number of points scored
Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Rearranged fixtures

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Rearranged fixtures

Round 20

Round 21

Rearranged fixture

Round 22

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

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ARG Marcelo Loffreda

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

Most points

Source:

Rank	Name	Club	Points
1	ENG Andy Goode	Leicester Tigers	207
2	ENG Charlie Hodgson	Sale Sharks	201
3	ENG Danny Cipriani	London Wasps	192
4	NZ Glen Jackson	Saracens	179
5	ENG Olly Barkley	Bath Rugby	178
6	ENG Ryan Lamb	Gloucester Rugby	169
7	ARG Alberto Di Bernardo	Leeds Carnegie	127
8	AUS Shane Drahm	Worcester Warriors	118
9	ENG Adrian Jarvis	Harlequins	115
10	AUS Chris Malone	Harlequins	107

Most tries

Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	ENG Tom Varndell	Leicester Tigers	14
2	ENG Matt Banahan	Bath Rugby	10
ENG James Simpson-Daniel	Gloucester Rugby
4	ENG Miles Benjamin	Worcester Rugby	9
ENG Lesley Vainikolo	Gloucester Rugby
6	ENG Ben Foden	Sale Sharks	8
ENG Tom Voyce	London Wasps
8	ENG Tom Arscott	Bristol	7
ENG Tom Biggs	Leeds Carnegie
ENG Tom May	Newcastle Falcons
ENG Adam Powell	Saracens
ENG Paul Sackey	London Wasps
ENG Fraser Waters	London Wasps

References

"2007-08 Premiership Rugby top points scorers". ESPNScrum.
"2007-08 Premiership Rugby top try scorers". ESPNscrum.

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