2010–11 Premiership Rugby


The 2010–11 Aviva Premiership was the 24th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions and the first to be sponsored by Aviva. It began on 3 September 2010 with Sale Sharks hosting Newcastle Falcons, and the home-and-away season continued through 7 May 2011. Semi-finals were contested on the weekend of 14–15 May, and the final was held at Twickenham in London on 28 May.
This year's competition saw the Leicester Tigers attempt to defend their premiership title, after defeating Saracens in the final of last season's play-offs. The same two teams met again in the 2011 final and this time around it was Saracens who managed to win premiership glory, the first time the club did so.
Exeter Chiefs were the newcomers for this season, after having earned promotion by winning the 2009–10 RFU Championship play-offs. Exeter finished eighth, easily avoiding relegation. Leeds Carnegie suffered the drop, which was confirmed once Worcester Warriors, which had already met the RFU's requirements for promotion, won this season's edition of the Championship.
The second day of the competition hosted the seventh edition of the London Double Header, which drew a record crowd of 75,112 for this specific event.

Teams

ClubCoachCaptainKit SupplierStadiumCapacityCity/Area
Bath Steve Meehan Luke WatsonPumaThe Recreation Ground12,200Bath, Somerset
Exeter Chiefs Rob Baxter Tommy HayesSamuraiSandy Park10,744Exeter, Devon
Gloucester Bryan Redpath Mike TindallRugbyTechKingsholm Stadium16,500Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins Conor O'Shea Chris RobshawKooGaThe Stoop14,282Twickenham, London
Leeds Carnegie Neil Back Marco WentzelISCHeadingley Stadium22,250Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leicester Tigers Richard Cockerill Geordan MurphyCottonWelford Road24,000Leicester, Leicestershire
London Irish Toby Booth Clarke DermodyRugbyTechMadejski Stadium24,250Reading, Berkshire
London Wasps Shaun Edwards Tom ReesCCCAdams Park10,516High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Newcastle Falcons Alan Tait James HudsonCottonKingston Park10,200Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints Jim Mallinder Dylan HartleyBURRDAFranklin's Gardens13,600Northampton, Northamptonshire
Sale Sharks Mike Brewer Mark CuetoCottonEdgeley Park10,852Stockport, Greater Manchester
Saracens Brendan Venter Steve BorthwickNikeVicarage Road19,920Watford, Hertfordshire

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Pre-Season

The inaugural edition of the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series began on 16 July 2010 at The Stoop, continued on 23 July at Welford Road and 30 July at Franklin's Gardens. This was the first opportunity of the season for any of the teams competing in the Premiership to win a trophy. The finals were held on 6 August 2010 at The Recreation Ground and the Series was won by Saracens.

Regular season

The fixture list was released on 29 June 2010.

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

Rescheduled Game (Round 10)

Round 18

Round 19

Rescheduled Games (Round 10 & 11)

Round 20

Rescheduled Game (Round 11)

Round 21

Rescheduled Game (Round 10)

Round 22

Play-offs

Semi-finals

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Final

Total Season Attendances

ClubHome
Games		TotalAverageHighestLowest% Capacity
Bath11130,38211,85312,20010,80095%
Exeter Chiefs1199,3799,03410,5226,02684%
Gloucester11143,45413,04116,2419,99479%
Harlequins11201,01218,27474,21210,67687%
Leeds Carnegie1163,2615,75112,0154,09726%
Leicester Tigers12252,19521,01624,00017,06388%
London Irish11178,49916,22775,1126,80647%
London Wasps11184,31716,75675,1127,18674%
Newcastle Falcons1157,3315,2126,4704,22551%
Northampton Saints11146,94013,35813,49813,20998%
Sale Sharks1190,7108,24616,4286,02667%
Saracens12125,44410,45438,4256,02940%

Individual statistics

Top try scorers

Top points scorers