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The 2000–01 English Premiership (called the Zurich Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions. Leicester Tigers finished top of the league for the third year in a row giving them their fifth English champions title.
The 1999–2000 English Premiership (known as the Allied Dunbar Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth full season of rugby union within the first tier of the English leagues, known as the Premiership. The league was reduced from fourteen teams to twelve following London Scottish and Richmond both entering administration.
Premiership Rugby, ... Harlequins was the first broadcast on network television in the US of a Premiership Rugby game. ... Dunbar Premiership: Premiership 1 2000–2005:
Premiership Rugby leading points scorers Season Player Nationality Club Points Games [b] PPG Ref(s) 1997–98: Michael Lynagh: Australia: Saracens: 279 19 14.68 [1] 1998–99: John Schuster: New Zealand: Harlequins: 331 22 15.05 [2] 1999–2000: Jarrod Cunningham: New Zealand: London Irish: 324 22 14.72 [3] 2000–01: Kenny Logan: Scotland ...
2000. Channel 5 broadcasts weekly highlights of the Aviva Premiership, and does so for just one season.; 2001. May – The four-year deal between HTV Wales and S4C for the coverage of Welsh domestic club rugby ends.
Most points in a Premiership Rugby game: 32 – Tim Stimpson (v Newcastle on 21 September 2001) [6] Most points scored in a single season: 486 (9t, 57c, 109p) – Tim Stimpson in 2000–01 [1] Most points scored in a season of Premiership Rugby or National League Division 1: 321 – Tim Stimpson (1999–2000) [7]
The league consisted of fourteen teams, playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of twenty-six matches for each team. There were two promotion places with the top two teams promoted to the newly named 2000–01 National Division One (previously known as the Allied Dunbar Premiership Two).
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club . Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Club and briefly assumed their name until 1887. [ 1 ]