Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Zurich Premiership The Zurich Premiership is the present name for the leading rugby union league competition for English clubs. From 1987/88 until 1996/97 it was known as the Courage League, and from 1997/98 until 1999/2000 as the Allied Dunbar Premiership. Winners 1987/88 Leicester Tigers 1988/89 Bath 1989/90 Wasps 1990/91 Bath 1991/92 Bath 1992/93 Bath 1993/94 Bath 1994/95 Leicester Tigers 1995/96 Bath 1996/97 Wasps 1997/98 Newcastle 1998/99 Leicester Tigers 1999/00 Leicester Tigers 2000/01 Leicester Tigers 2001/02 Leicester Tigers 2002/03 Wasps (League won by Gloucester) In the 2002/03 season a controversial play-off system was introduced, under which the winner of the league had to play the winner of a match between the second- and third-placed teams for the title. Although Gloucester won the league by a clear margin, second-placed Wasps (who had defeated third-placed Northampton) beat them easily in the play-offs. Many followers of the game regarded the outcome as an injustice. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.

Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Zurich Premiership The Zurich Premiership is the present name for the leading rugby union league competition for English clubs. From 1987/88 until 1996/97 it was known as the Courage League, and from 1997/98 until 1999/2000 as the Allied Dunbar Premiership. Winners 1987/88 Leicester Tigers 1988/89 Bath 1989/90 Wasps 1990/91 Bath 1991/92 Bath 1992/93 Bath 1993/94 Bath 1994/95 Leicester Tigers 1995/96 Bath 1996/97 Wasps 1997/98 Newcastle 1998/99 Leicester Tigers 1999/00 Leicester Tigers 2000/01 Leicester Tigers 2001/02 Leicester Tigers 2002/03 Wasps (League won by Gloucester) In the 2002/03 season a controversial play-off system was introduced, under which the winner of the league had to play the winner of a match between the second- and third-placed teams for the title. Although Gloucester won the league by a clear margin, second-placed Wasps (who had defeated third-placed Northampton) beat them easily in the play-offs. Many followers of the game regarded the outcome as an injustice. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.