English Premiership 2002-2003

Zurich Premiership 2002-2003
Partecipanti	12
Vincitore:	Wasps (3°)
Retrocessa:	Bristol

La Zurich Premiership 2002/03 è stato il 16º campionato inglese di vertice di rugby XV, la English Premiership.

Iniziato il 30 agosto 2002, è terminato con la finale del 31 maggio 2003 che ha visto la vittoria finale dei London Wasps contro il Gloucester Rugby. Le dodici squadre partecipanti hanno dapprima disputato la regular season con gare di andata e ritorno; le migliori tre hanno poi avuto accesso ai play-off, giocati con la formula dell'eliminazione diretta.

Squadre partecipanti

Club	Città	Stadio	Capacità
Bath	Bath	The Recreation Ground	11.700
Bristol	Bristol	Memorial Ground	12.100
Gloucester	Gloucester	Kingsholm Stadium	16.500
Harlequins	Londra	The Stoop	14.816
Leeds	Leeds	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	22.250
Leicester	Leicester	Welford Road	24.000
London Irish	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24.250
Wasps	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10.516
Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne	Kingston Park	10.200
Northampton	Northampton	Franklin's Gardens	13.600
Sale Sharks	Stockport	Edgeley Park	10.852
Saracens	Watford	Vicarage Road	19.920

Fase a girone unico

1ª giornata   30-8-2002 Sale Sharks - Northampton Saints 24-21 31-8-2002 Leeds Tykes - Leicester Tigers 26-13 31-8-2002 Harlequins - Gloucester 19-25 1-9-2002 Newcastle Falcons - London Wasps 24-17 1-9-2002 Bristol Shoguns - Saracens 30-45 1-9-2002 London Irish - Bath 22-24   4ª giornata   20-9-2002 Leeds Tykes - Sale Sharks 29-29 21-9-2002 Gloucester - Bristol Shoguns 45-18 21-9-2002 Leicester Tigers - Newcastle Falcons 52-9 21-9-2002 Harlequins - London Irish 29-19 21-9-2002 Northampton Saints - Bath 24-3 22-9-2002 London Wasps - Saracens 51-23   7ª giornata   26-10-2002 London Wasps - Gloucester 23-16 26-10-2002 Bath - Leeds Tykes 20-22 26-10-2002 Newcastle Falcons - Sale Sharks 31-20 27-10-2002 London Irish - Northampton Saints 12-14 27-10-2002 Saracens - Leicester Tigers 18-26 2-3-2003 Bristol Shoguns - Harlequins 48-41   10ª giornata   15-11-2002 Leicester Tigers - Gloucester 20-15 15-11-2002 Sale Sharks - Saracens 37-26 17-11-2002 Leeds Tykes - Northampton Saints 26-19 17-11-2002 Newcastle Falcons - Bath 20-24 17-11-2002 Bristol Shoguns - London Irish 32-32 17-11-2002 Harlequins - London Wasps 27-14   13ª giornata   27-12-2002 London Wasps - Leicester Tigers 26-13 28-12-2002 Bath - Harlequins 23-9 28-12-2002 Northampton Saints - Gloucester 13-16 29-12-2002 Bristol Shoguns - Sale Sharks 18-6 29-12-2002 London Irish - Newcastle Falcons 20-0 29-12-2002 Saracens - Leeds Tykes 11-6   16ª giornata   7-2-2003 Leeds Tykes - Newcastle Falcons 12-17 8-2-2003 Leicester Tigers - Bristol Shoguns 40-6 8-2-2003 Gloucester - Bath 29-16 8-2-2003 Harlequins - Sale Sharks 0-45 8-2-2003 Northampton Saints - Saracens 34-25 9-2-2003 London Wasps - London Irish 35-11   19ª giornata   1-3-2003 Bath - Saracens 30-9 16-4-2003 Sale Sharks - Gloucester 30-30 19-4-2003 Harlequins - Leicester Tigers 17-9 20-4-2003 Bristol Shoguns - London Wasps 19-34 20-4-2003 London Irish - Leeds Tykes 14-26 20-4-2003 Newcastle Falcons - Northampton Saints 22-20   22ª giornata   10-5-2003 Bath Rugby - Newcastle Falcons 24-12 10-5-2003 Gloucester - Leicester Tigers 31-13 10-5-2003 London Irish - Bristol Shoguns 41-21 10-5-2003 London Wasps - Harlequins 21-25 10-5-2003 Northampton Saints - Leeds Tykes 28-6 10-5-2003 Saracens - Sale Sharks 34-19

2ª giornata   7-9-2002 Northampton Saints - Newcastle Falcons 31-13 7-9-2002 Gloucester - Sale Sharks 44-8 7-9-2002 Leicester Tigers - Harlequins 30-6 8-9-2002 Leeds Tykes - London Irish 41-16 8-9-2002 London Wasps - Bristol Shoguns 38-35 8-9-2002 Saracens - Bath 28-3   5ª giornata   27-9-2002 Sale Sharks - Harlequins 20-16 28-9-2002 Saracens - Northampton Saints 31-19 28-9-2002 Bath - Gloucester 21-21 29-9-2002 Newcastle Falcons - Leeds Tykes 27-20 29-9-2002 Bristol Shoguns - Leicester Tigers 25-20 29-9-2002 London Irish - London Wasps 21-31   8ª giornata   1-11-2002 Sale Sharks Bristol Shoguns 28-14 2-11-2002 Harlequins - Bath 18-9 2-11-2002 Gloucester - Northampton Saints 18-9 2-11-2002 Leicester Tigers - London Wasps 9-6 3-11-2002 Leeds Tykes - Saracens 27-18 3-11-2002 Newcastle Falcons - London Irish 16-24   11ª giornata   23-11-2002 Northampton Saints Harlequins 35-7 24-11-2002 Bath - Bristol Shoguns 19-30 24-11-2002 Gloucester - Leeds Tykes 28-10 24-11-2002 London Irish - Leicester Tigers 27-7 24-11-2002 London Wasps - Sale Sharks 25-32 24-11-2002 Saracens - Newcastle Falcons 17-13   14ª giornata   3-1-2003 Leeds Tykes - Bath 20-7 3-1-2003 Sale Sharks - Newcastle Falcons 38-3 4-1-2003 Gloucester - London Wasps 24-17 4-1-2003 Leicester Tigers - Saracens 23-18 4-1-2003 Harlequins - Bristol Shoguns 26-17 4-1-2003 Northampton Saints - London Irish 10-22   17ª giornata   15-3-2003 Bath - Northampton Saints 10-27 15-3-2003 Sale Sharks - Leeds Tykes 32-20 16-3-2003 London Irish - Harlequins 6-16 16-3-2003 Newcastle Falcons - Leicester Tigers 24-22 16-3-2003 Bristol Shoguns - Gloucester 21-38 16-3-2003 Saracens - London Wasps 31-42   20ª giornata   1-3-2003 London Wasps - Newcastle Falcons 13-12 10-4-2003 Bath Rugby - London Irish 18-15 26-4-2003 Gloucester - Harlequins 29-11 26-4-2003 Leicester Tigers - Leeds Tykes 18-17 26-4-2003 Northampton Saints - Sale Sharks 27-17 29-4-2003 Saracens - Bristol Shoguns 17-16

3ª giornata   13-9-2002 Sale Sharks - Leicester Tigers 29-16 14-9-2002 Bath - London Wasps 27-27 14-9-2002 Harlequins - Leeds Tykes 23-33 15-9-2002 Newcastle Falcons - Gloucester 19-22 15-9-2002 Bristol Shoguns - Northampton Saints 28-36 15-9-2002 London Irish - Saracens 32-10   6ª giornata   5-10-2002 Sale Sharks London Irish 36-14 5-10-2002 Gloucester - Saracens 44-14 5-10-2002 Leicester Tigers - Bath 22-20 5-10-2002 Harlequins - Newcastle Falcons 47-23 5-10-2002 Northampton Saints - London Wasps 34-20 6-10-2002 Leeds Tykes - Bristol Shoguns 25-13   9ª giornata   9-11-2002 Northampton Saints - Leicester Tigers 3-16 10-11-2002 Bath - Sale Sharks 24-18 10-11-2002 London Irish - Gloucester 19-40 10-11-2002 Bristol Shoguns - Newcastle Falcons 38-10 10-11-2002 London Wasps - Leeds Tykes 27-27 10-11-2002 Saracens - Harlequins 36-30   12ª giornata   29-11-2002 Sale Sharks - Bath 36-18 30-11-2002 Gloucester - London Irish 25-20 30-11-2002 Harlequins - Saracens 36-32 30-11-2002 Leicester Tigers - Northampton Saints 12-15 1-12-2002 Leeds Tykes - London Wasps 15-18 1-12-2002 Newcastle Falcons - Bristol Shoguns 12-20   15ª giornata   1-2-2003 Newcastle Falcons - Harlequins 32-17 1-2-2003 Bath - Leicester Tigers 8-15 2-2-2003 Bristol Shoguns - Leeds Tykes 12-17 2-2-2003 London Irish - Sale Sharks 11-23 2-2-2003 London Wasps - Northampton Saints 16-9 2-2-2003 Saracens - Gloucester 22-29   18ª giornata   4-4-2003 Leeds Tykes - Harlequins 23-22 6-4-2003 London Wasps - Bath 36-17 6-4-2003 Saracens - London Irish 12-14 6-4-2003 Leicester Tigers - Sale Sharks 33-20 12-4-2003 Gloucester - Newcastle Falcons 25-23 16-4-2003 Northampton Saints - Bristol Shoguns 43-13   21ª giornata   2-5-2003 Harlequins - Northampton Saints 19-31 3-5-2004 Leicester Tigers - London Irish 19-20 3-5-2004 Sale Sharks - London Wasps 9-16 4-5-2004 Leeds Tykes - Gloucester 30-23 4-5-2004 Bristol Shoguns - Bath 30-20 4-5-2004 Newcastle Falcons - Saracens 26-22

Classifica

		Squadra	G	V	N	P	PF	PS	DP	MF	MS	BM	BP	PT
	1.	Gloucester	22	17	2	3	617	396	+221	67	35	7	3	82
	2.	Wasps	22	13	2	7	553	460	+93	55	36	6	5	67
	3.	Northampton	22	13	0	9	512	376	+136	52	24	5	5	62
HC	4.	Sale Sharks	22	12	2	8	556	470	+86	61	46	8	2	62
HC	5.	Leeds	22	12	2	8	478	435	+43	38	39	1	5	58
HC	6.	Leicester	22	12	0	10	448	396	+52	44	32	4	3	55
	7.	Harlequins	22	9	0	13	461	560	-99	43	60	3	5	44
	8.	Saracens	22	8	0	14	499	587	-88	49	61	5	5	42
	9.	London Irish	22	8	1	13	432	485	-53	32	46	2	4	40
	10.	Newcastle	22	8	0	14	388	545	-157	31	58	3	5	40
	11.	Bath	22	7	2	13	385	490	-105	33	44	1	3	36
	12.	Bristol	22	7	1	14	504	633	-129	47	71	3	3	36

Playoff

La prima classificata nel girone unico ebbe accesso diretto alla finale dove incontrò la vincente della semifinale, disputata tra la seconda e la terza classificata.

Semifinale

High Wycombe 17 maggio 2003

London Wasps

19 – 10

Northampton

Adams Park (7.398 spett.)

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Finale

Londra 31 maggio 2003

Gloucester

3 – 39

Wasps

Twickenham (42.000 spett.)

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Zurich wildcard

Le squadre piazzate dal 5º al 8º posto nella stagione regolare disputarono una fase a eliminazione diretta per ottenere l'ultimo posto disponibile in Heineken Cup.

Semifinali

Andata

Londra 14 maggio 2003

Harlequins XV

26 – 23

Leicester

Twickenham Stoop

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Watford 14 maggio 2003

Saracens

57 – 21

Leeds

Vicarage Road

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Andata

Leicester 18 maggio 2003

Leicester

28 – 13

Harlequins

Welford Road

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Leeds 18 maggio 2003

Leeds

27 – 13

Saracens

Headingley

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Finale

Northampton 31 maggio 2003

Leicester

27 – 20 (d.t.s.)

Saracens

Franklin's Gardens

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