The 2005–06 Guinness Premiership was the 19th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2005 and May 2006. The final was contested by the Sale Sharks and the Leicester Tigers at Twickenham. Sale Sharks won 45–20 to win the Premiership. Leeds Tykes were relegated, whilst Harlequins were promoted for the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership.
As per a tradition started in the previous year, two of the opening games of the season (round 1) were played at Twickenham, in the 2005 London Double Header.
Participating teams
Team Stadium CapacityCity/Area BathRecreation Ground10,600Bath, SomersetBristolMemorial Stadium11,916BristolGloucesterKingsholm12,500Gloucester, GloucestershireLeeds TykesHeadingley Stadium22,250Leeds, West YorkshireLeicester TigersWelford Road16,815Leicester, LeicestershireLondon IrishMadejski Stadium24,161Reading, BerkshireLondon WaspsThe Causeway Stadium10,000High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireNewcastle FalconsKingston Park 10,200 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Northampton SaintsFranklin's Gardens13,600Northampton, NorthamptonshireSaleEdgeley Park10,852Stockport, Greater ManchesterSaracensVicarage Road22,000Watford, HertfordshireWorcesterSixways9,728Worcester, Worcestershire Notes
Table
Results
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
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Rearranged fixture
Round 21
Round 22
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
FB 15 Jason Robinson (c)RW 14 Mark CuetoOC 13 Mark Taylor IC 12 Elvis Seveali'iLW 11 Oriol RipolFH 10 Charlie HodgsonSH 9 Richard Wigglesworth N8 8 Sébastien ChabalOF 7 Magnus LundBF 6 Jason White RL 5 Chris Jones LL 4 Ignacio Fernández Lobbe TP 3 Stuart Turner HK 2 Andy TitterellLP 1 Lionel Faure Replacements:HK 16 Sébastien Bruno PR 17 Barry Stewart LK 18 Dean Schofield LK 19 Christian Day SH 20 Ben Foden FH 21 Valentin Courrent CE 22 Chris MayorCoach: Philippe Saint-André FB 15 Geordan Murphy RW 14 Alesana Tuilagi OC 13 Ollie SmithIC 12 Daryl GibsonLW 11 Tom VarndellFH 10 Andy GoodeSH 9 Harry EllisN8 8 Martin Corry (c)OF 7 Shane Jennings BF 6 Lewis Moody RL 5 Ben KayLL 4 Leo CullenTP 3 Julian WhiteHK 2 George ChuterLP 1 Graham RowntreeReplacements:HK 16 James BucklandPR 17 Michael Holford LK 18 Jim Hamilton FL 19 Louis DeaconSH 20 Austin HealeyWG 21 Leon Lloyd FB 22 Sam Vesty Coach: Pat Howard
Sky Sports Dream Team 2005/06 15 Matt Burke (Newcastle Falcons) 14 Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers) 13 Mathew Tait (Newcastle Falcons) 12 Mike Catt (London Irish) 11 Tom Voyce (London Wasps) 10 Carlos Spencer (Northampton Saints) 9 Justin Marshall (Leeds Tykes) 1 Tony Windo (Worcester Warriors) 2 Mark Regan (Bristol) 3 Cobus Visagie (Saracens) 4 Danny Grewcock (Bath Rugby) 5 Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers) 6 Matt Salter (captain, Bristol) 7 Magnus Lund (Sale Sharks) 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón (London Irish)
Top scorers Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who did not earn international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.
Most points Source: Rank Name Club Points1 Charlie HodgsonSale Sharks 2482 Jason StrangeBristol 2443 Glen JacksonSaracens 2384 Shane DrahmWorcester Warriors 2335 Andy GoodeLeicester Tigers 2256 Ludovic MercierGloucester 2137 Mark van GisbergenLondon Wasps 2118 Bruce ReihanaNorthampton Saints 2069 Matt BurkeNewcastle Falcons 14210 Chris MaloneBath 130
Most tries Source: RankPlayerTeamTries1 Tom VarndellLeicester Tigers142 Tom VoyceLondon Wasps103 Delon ArmitageLondon Irish8 Tom BiggsLeeds Tykes Matt BurkeNewcastle Falcons Anthony ElliottNewcastle Falcons David LemiBristol Paul SackeyLondon Wasps9 Ben CohenNorthampton Saints7 Riki FluteyLondon Irish Topsy OjoLondon Irish Dan ScarbroughSaracens
Notes
References
External links Official site