2003–04 Zurich Premiership
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The 2003-04 Zurich Premiership was the 17th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union
competitions.
Rotherham were relegated after failing to win a single match all season.
, the first placed team automatically qualified for the final where they played the winner of the second vs third place semi-final.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
competitions.
Rotherham were relegated after failing to win a single match all season.
Table
| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bath Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league... (F) |
22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 508 | 311 | 45 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 79 | ||
| 2 | London Wasps London Wasps London Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999... (C) |
22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 575 | 406 | +169 | 59 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 73 | |
| 3 | Northampton Saints Northampton Saints Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591.... (SF) |
22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 574 | 416 | 61 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 70 | ||
| 4 | Gloucester | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 491 | 412 | +79 | 51 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 63 | |
| 5 | Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010... * |
22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 537 | 430 | 53 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 55 | ||
| 6 | Harlequins Harlequin F.C. The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop... |
22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 502 | 449 | 50 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 54 | ||
| 7 | Sale Sharks Sale Sharks Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the... |
22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 510 | 472 | +38 | 56 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 53 | |
| 8 | London Irish London Irish London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top... |
22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 427 | 454 | -27 | 30 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 49 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in... |
22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 497 | 525 | -28 | 53 | 55 | 4 | 9 | 45 | |
| 10 | Saracens Saracens F.C. Saracens are a professional rugby union team based in St. Albans, England – although they play their home games at Vicarage Road, in Watford. They are currently members of the Aviva Premiership, the top level of domestic rugby union in England... * |
22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 397 | 543 | |||||||
| 40 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Leeds Tykes | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 449 | 588 | |||||||
| 47 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Rotherham Titans Rotherham R.U.F.C. Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club, or Rotherham Titans are a professional rugby union team from Rotherham, Yorkshire, currently playing in the English RFU Championship-History:... (R) |
22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 309 | 770 | |||||||
| 32 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Source:Guinness Premiership * Leicester and Saracens deducted one point each for fielding an ineligible player. Green background denotes qualification for playoffs. These teams and those highlighted in blue qualified for the 2004–05 Heineken Cup. |
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Play-offs
As for the 2002–03 season2002–03 Zurich Premiership
The 2002-03 Zurich Premiership was the 16th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions.The Zurich Championship which had been competed for in seasons 2000–01 and 2001–02 was dropped from this season.-Table:...
, the first placed team automatically qualified for the final where they played the winner of the second vs third place semi-final.