Английская Википедия:2019–20 Premiership Rugby

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The 2019–20 Gallagher Premiership was the 33rd season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the second one to be sponsored by Gallagher. The reigning champions entering the season were Saracens, who had claimed their fifth title after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the 2019 final. London Irish had been promoted as champions from the 2018–19 RFU Championship at the first attempt.

The competition was broadcast by BT Sport for the seventh successive season and with five games also simulcast free-to-air on Channel 5. Highlights of each weekend's games were shown on Channel 5 with extended highlights on BT Sport.

Summary

Exeter Chiefs won their second title after defeating Wasps in the final at Twickenham having also topped the regular season table. Saracens were automatically relegated after having failed to comply with prior years salary cap restrictions and were deducted a total of 105 points across two separate judgements. It was the second time that Saracens have been relegated from the top flight since the leagues began and the first time since the 1992–93 Premiership Rugby season.

Due to changes to the global rugby calendar and the COVID-19 pandemic, this season started and finished later than previous seasons and including the Premiership Rugby Cup, ran for 58 weeks in total.

On 5 November 2019, Premiership Rugby announced that Saracens would be deducted 35 points in the 2019–20 season and fined £5.3 million due to undisclosed payments to players in previous seasons. Saracens initially said they would appeal the ruling, but on 18 November announced that they accepted the punishments, with the deduction leaving them 26 points adrift at the bottom of the table. After further failure to comply with the salary cap, Saracens were announced to be automatically relegated at the end of the season on 18 January 2020 despite relegation not being an available sanction in the salary cap regulations. On 28 January 2020 this was confirmed with the application of a further 70 point deduction.

On 16 March 2020, the league was suspended for an initial five week period due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Resumption was originally scheduled for the weekend of 24/25/26 April but was later postponed indefinitely. The restart eventually took place on 14 August, with all games played behind closed doors and broadcast live on BT Sport. Channel 5 also broadcast 5 matches.

Teams

Twelve teams compete in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season and London Irish who were promoted from the 2018–19 RFU Championship after a top flight absence of one year. They replaced Newcastle Falcons who were relegated after six years in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

Club	Director of Rugby/Head Coach	Captain	Kit supplier	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	Canterbury	The Recreation Ground	14,509	Bath
Bristol Bears	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	Bristol Sport	Ashton Gate	27,000	Bristol
Exeter Chiefs	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	Samurai Sportswear	Sandy Park	13,593Шаблон:Efn	Exeter
Gloucester	Шаблон:NobreakШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Nobreak	Elite Pro Sports	Kingsholm Stadium	16,115	Gloucester
Harlequins	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	Adidas	Twickenham StoopШаблон:Efn	14,800	Twickenham, Greater London
Leicester Tigers	Шаблон:NobreakШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Nobreak	Kukri	Welford Road	25,849	Leicester
London Irish	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	BLK	Madejski StadiumШаблон:Efn	24,161	Reading
Northampton Saints	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	Macron	Franklin's Gardens	15,200	Northampton
Sale Sharks	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	Samurai Sportswear	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000	Salford, Greater Manchester
Saracens	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	Nike	Allianz Park	8,500Шаблон:Efn	Hendon, Greater London
Wasps	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	Under Armour	Ricoh Arena	32,609	Coventry
Worcester Warriors	Шаблон:Nobreak	Шаблон:Nobreak	VX3	Sixways Stadium	11,499	Worcester

Preseason

The 2019 edition of the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series was held at Franklin's Gardens on 13 and 14 September 2019. For the third successive year all twelve Premiership teams would feature in one venue over two days. Teams would be split into four pools of three which played each other once in a round-robin basis with the tournament splitting into Cup and Plate competitions on the second day.

In a repeat of the 2018 final, Saracens beat Wasps 35–19 to win the 2019 Premiership Sevens Cup. Gloucester beat Sale Sharks to win the Plate. It was the third successive year Wasps had made the cup final of the competition.

Fixtures

Fixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 10 July 2019. Due to the Rugby World Cup, the first round of matches commenced during the fifth week of the season, following four rounds of the Premiership Cup. The London Double Header does not feature after being discontinued last year.

Highlights of the season included:

• Big Game 12 - Harlequins hosted Leicester Tigers in this season's edition of the Big Game at Twickenham on 28 December 2019.

All fixtures are subject to change.

Regular season

Round 13

Following round 13, the league was suspended until 14 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.

Play-offs

As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premiership table, following the conclusion of the regular season, contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage. The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the Premiership Final at Twickenham on 24 October 2020.

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Leading scorers

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Most points

Шаблон:Updated Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Rhys Priestland	Bath	206
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Marcus Smith	Harlequins	198
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Callum Sheedy	Bristol	181
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Jimmy Gopperth	Wasps	165
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Joe Simmonds	Exeter	143
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Robert du Preez	Sale	141
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Duncan Weir	Worcester	127
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Billy Twelvetrees	Gloucester	114
9	Шаблон:Flagicon James Grayson	Northampton	104
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Manu Vunipola	Saracens	98

Most tries

Шаблон:Updated Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Earl	Saracens/Bristol	11
	Шаблон:Flagicon Ollie Thorley	Gloucester
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Jonny Hill	Exeter	10
	Шаблон:Flagicon Zach Kibirige	Wasps
	Шаблон:Flagicon Luke Morahan	Bristol
	Шаблон:Flagicon Louis Rees-Zammit	Gloucester
	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Simmonds	Exeter
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Ollie Hassell-Collins	London Irish	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon Ruaridh McConnochie	Bath
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Willis	Wasps

Season attendances

By club

• Attendances only include matches up to the suspension of fixtures in March 2020. After this matches were played behind closed doors, or as part of the trialled return of spectators with attendance limited to 3,500 or 1,000.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bath	7	99,747	14,250	14,509	13,976	98%
Bristol Bears	7	125,413	17,916	26,399	12,867	66%
Exeter Chiefs	7	86,888	12,413	13,593	11,015	93%
Gloucester	6	83,067	13,845	16,115	12,844	86%
Harlequins	7	158,885	22,698	75,500	13,006	94%
Leicester Tigers	6	118,739	19,790	23,353	17,559	77%
London Irish	6	34,995	5,833	9,259	3,622	24%
Northampton Saints	7	96,040	13,720	15,200	11,412	90%
Sale Sharks	6	43,051	7,175	8,579	5,951	60%
Saracens	6	43,814	7,302	8,500	6,293	86%
Wasps	6	81,415	13,569	24,842	9,503	42%
Worcester Warriors	7	60,455	8,636	11,499	7,297	75%

Highest attendances

Date	Game	Stadium	Attendance
28 December 2019	Harlequins (h) v Leicester Tigers	Twickenham	75,500
18 October 2019	Bristol Bears (h) v Bath	Ashton Gate	26,399
21 December 2019	Wasps (h) v Harlequins	Ricoh Arena	24,842
15 February 2020	Leicester Tigers (h) v Wasps	Welford Road	23,353
27 December 2019	Bristol Bears (h) v Wasps	Ashton Gate	23,078
21 December 2019	Leicester Tigers (h) v Exeter Chiefs	Welford Road	21,219
4 January 2020	Leicester Tigers (h) v Bristol Bears	Welford Road	19,807
25 January 2020	Bristol Bears (h) v Gloucester	Ashton Gate	18,779
27 October 2019	Leicester Tigers (h) v Saracens	Welford Road	18,533
29 February 2020	Leicester Tigers (h) v Worcester Warriors	Welford Road	18,268

External links

• Шаблон:Official website