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Last updated on February 1, 2009
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English Premiership

Rugby

English Premiership rugby has been played since 1987 as a competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are 12 clubs in the Premiership. Leicester Tigers won the first year's championship. Before the league's inception, there were fears that having rugby leagues would lead to greater violence on the field, but that proved to be an unfounded concern, and the Premiership became a success. The league turned professional for the 1996/97 season. In 1997, Wasps FRC joined Bath and Leicester as the only teams to win a final in the league's first decade.

SeasonLeague Table WinnersPremiership Final Winners
2006/07GloucesterLeicester Tigers
2005/06Sale SharksSale Sharks
2004/05Leicester TigersLondon Wasps
2003/04BathLondon Wasps
2002/03GloucesterLondon Wasps
2001/02Leicester TigersGloucester
2000/01Leicester TigersLeicester Tigers
1999/00Leicester TigersN/A
1998/99Leicester TigersN/A
1997/98Newcastle FalconsN/A
1996/97Wasps R.F.CN/A
1995/96BathN/A
1994/95Leicester TigersN/A
1993/94BathN/A
1992/93BathN/A
1991/92BathN/A
1990/91BathN/A
1989/90Wasps F.CN/A
1988/89BathN/A
1987/88Leicester TigersN/A

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