2018–19 Premiership Rugby

2018–19 Gallagher Premiership
Countries	England
Date	31 August 2018 – 1 June 2019
Matches played	36
Attendance	460,938 (average 12,804 per match)
Highest attendance	40,013 Northampton v Leicester 6 October 2018
Lowest attendance	5,586 Sale v Newcastle 6 October 2018
Tries scored	226 (average 6.3 per match)
Top point scorer	George Ford (Leicester) (94 points)
Top try scorer	Charlie Sharples (Gloucester) (8 tries)
Official website
www.premiershiprugby.com

The 2018–19 Premiership Rugby is the 32nd season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the first to be sponsored by Gallagher. The competition will be broadcast by BT Sport for the sixth successive season with five games also simulcast free-to-air on Channel 5. Highlights of each weekend's games will be shown on Channel 5 with extended highlights on BT Sport.

The reigning champions entering the season were Saracens, who claimed their fourth title after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the 2018 final.

Bristol Bears were promoted as champions from the 2017–18 RFU Championship at the first attempt.

Teams

Bristol Bears, having won the 2017–18 RFU Championship, replace London Irish, who were relegated last season after finishing bottom of the table.

Bath

Bristol

Exeter

Gloucester

Harlequins

Leicester

Wasps

Worcester

Newcastle

Northampton

Sale

Saracens

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2018–19 Gallagher Premiership Teams

Club	Director of Rugby/Head Coach	Captain	Kit supplier	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Todd Blackadder	Matt Garvey	Canterbury	The Recreation Ground	14,500	Bath
Bristol Bears	Pat Lam	N/A (Leadership Group)	Bristol Sport	Ashton Gate	27,000	Bristol
Exeter Chiefs	Rob Baxter	Jack Yeandle	Samurai Sportswear	Sandy Park	12,800	Exeter
Gloucester	David Humphreys	Willi Heinz	XBlades	Kingsholm Stadium	16,115	Gloucester
Harlequins	Paul Gustard Billy Millard	James Horwill Chris Robshaw	Adidas	Twickenham Stoop	14,800	Twickenham, Greater London
Leicester Tigers	Geordan Murphy (interim)	Tom Youngs	Kukri	Welford Road	25,849	Leicester
Newcastle Falcons	Dean Richards	Will Welch	ISC	Kingston Park	10,200	Newcastle upon Tyne
Northampton Saints	Chris Boyd	Dylan Hartley Alex Waller	Macron	Franklin's Gardens	15,249	Northampton
Sale Sharks	Steve Diamond	Jono Ross	Samurai Sportswear	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000	Salford, Greater Manchester
Saracens	Mark McCall	Brad Barritt	Nike	Allianz Park	10,000	Barnet, Greater London
Wasps	Dai Young	Joe Launchbury	Under Armour	Ricoh Arena	32,609	Coventry
Worcester Warriors	Alan Solomons	GJ van Velze	VX3	Sixways Stadium	11,499	Worcester

Pre-season

The 2018 edition of the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series would be held on 27 and 28 July at Franklin's Gardens. All twelve Premiership teams would feature in one venue over two days. Teams would be split into four pools of three which played each other once in a round-robin basis with the tournament splitting into Cup and Plate competitions on the second day.

Fixtures

Fixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 6 July 2018. Due to redevelopment work causing the closure of Twickenham Stadium, round 1 did not include the London Double Header.

Despite a four year deal being struck in 2016, no matches have yet been scheduled to take place in the United States. It had previousley been reported that Sale Sharks vs Harlequins in round 18 would take place at Toyota Park just outside Chicago, Illinois. However, the round 6 match between Harlequins and Saracens will be broadcast live in the US on a major network with NBC as opposed to NBCSN broadcasting for the first time.

All fixtures are subject to change.

Highlights of the season include:

• The Derby — Northampton Saints vs Leicester Tigers at Twickenham on 6 October
• Big Game 11 — Harlequins will host Wasps in this season's edition of the Big Game at Twickenham on 29 December.
• The Clash — Bath Rugby will return to Twickenham on 6 April. This year's opponent will be fellow West Country rivals Bristol Bears.

Regular Season

Round 1

31 August 2018 19:45

Bristol Bears	17 – 10	Bath (1 BP)
Try: Leiua 71' m Pen: Madigan (4/4) 8', 28', 42', 67'	Report	Try: Homer 51' c Con: Priestland (1/1) 53' Pen: Priestland (1/3) 62'

Ashton Gate Attendance: 26,079 Referee: JP Doyle

1 September 2018 14:00

Gloucester	27 – 16	Northampton Saints
Try: Hanson 4' m Sharples 33' c Con: Twelvetrees (1/2) 35' Pen: Twelvetrees (5/6) 1', 12', 24', 62', 76'	Report	Try: Francis 14' m Lawes 65' m Pen: Biggar (2/2) 10', 21'

Kingsholm Attendance: 13,781 Referee: Matthew Carley

1 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Harlequins	51 – 23	Sale Sharks
Try: Tapaui (2) 21' c, 39' c Earle 34' c Marchant 55' c M. Smith 70' c Crumpton 78' c Con: M. Smith (6/6) 22', 36', 40', 56', 71', 79' Pen: M. Smith (3/4) 3', 42', 49'	Report	Try: MacGinty 24' c Yarde 29' c Con: MacGinty (2/2) 26', 31' Pen: MacGinty (3/3) 16', 38', 51'

Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 11,463 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

1 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Worcester Warriors	20–21	Wasps
Try: Mills 15' c Lewis 52' c Con: Weir (2/2) 17', 53' Pen: Weir (2/2) 3', 9'	Report	Try: Launchbury 49' c Taylor 56' m Con: Searle (1/2) 49' Pen: Searle (2/3) 27', 35', 68'

Sixways Attendance: 7,796 Referee: Karl Dickson

1 September 2018 16:30

(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs	40 – 6	Leicester Tigers
Try: Woodburn 27' c S. Simmonds 36' c Cowan-Dickie 60' c Slade 64' c Kvesic 75' m Whitten 78' c Con: Steenson (5/6) 28', 37', 61', 66', 79'	Report	Pen: G. Ford (2/3) 14', 25'

Sandy Park Attendance: 10,452 Referee: Wayne Barnes

2 September 2018 15:00

Newcastle Falcons	21 – 32	Saracens (1 BP)
Try: M. Wilson (2) 55' m, 70' c Con: Flood (1/2) 71' Pen: Flood (3/3) 3', 8', 33'	Report	Try: George 14' c Lewington (2) 39' c, 60' m Tompkins 75' c Con: Farrell (3/4) 15', 40', 76' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 11', 80'

Kingston Park Attendance: 7,015 Referee: Ian Tempest

Round 2

7 September 2018 19:45

Northampton Saints	25 – 18	Harlequins (1 BP)
Try: Hartley 55' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 56' Pen: Biggar (5/6) 18', 33', 40', 45', 62' Mallinder (1/1) 76'	Report	Try: Care 51' c Lang 71' m Con: M. Smith (1/1) 52' Pen: M. Smith (2/2) 7', 64'

Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 11,865 Referee: Tom Foley

8 September 2018 14:00

(1 BP) Wasps	31 – 42	Exeter Chiefs (1 BP)
Try: Daly 2' c Bassett 13' c Hughes 37' c Robson 68' c Con: Searle (3/3) 3', 14', 38' Sopoaga (1/1) 69' Pen: Searle (1/1) 33'	Report	Try: Cordero 11' c S. Simmonds (2) 17' c, 44' c Slade (2) 24' c, 48' c Armand 79' c Con: Steenson (6/6) 12', 18', 25', 45', 49', 80'

Ricoh Arena Attendance: 13,104 Referee: Christophe Ridley

8 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Leicester Tigers	49 – 33	Newcastle Falcons (1 BP)
Try: G. Ford 1' m May (2) 8' c, 40' m Thompstone 12' c Tuilagi 22' c Con: G. Ford (3/5) 9', 14', 23' Pen: G. Ford (6/6) 6', 20', 29', 47', 56', 80'	Report	Try: Takulua 16' c Goneva (2) 25' c, 33' m M. Wilson 45' c Mavinga 52' c Con: Flood (4/5) 17, 26', 45', 53'

Welford Road Attendance: 20,045 Referee: Matthew Carley

8 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Saracens	44 – 23	Bristol Bears
Try: Gallagher 4' c Lewington 43' m B. Vunipola 49' c L. Williams (3) 52' m, 69' c, 76' c Con: Farrell (4/6) 5', 50', 69', 78' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 32', 39'	Report	Try: Leiua (2) 10' c, 40' m Haining 72' m Con: Sheedy (1/2) 11' Pen: Sheedy (2/2) 20', 27'

Allianz Park Attendance: 8,736 Referee: Andrew Jackson

8 September 2018 16:30

(1 BP) Bath	31 – 31	Gloucester (1 BP)
Try: Rokoduguni 39' c Dunn (2) 42' c, 63' c Stooke 73' c Con: Burns (2/2) 40', 43' Priestland (2/2) 63', 75' Pen: Priestland (1/1) 71'	Report	Try: Ackermann (2) 14' c, 25' c Braley 33' c Banahan 77' c Con: Twelvetrees (4/4) 15', 26', 34', 78' Pen: Twelvetrees (1/1) 69'

Recreation Ground Attendance: 14,278 Referee: Luke Pearce

9 September 2018 15:00

Sale Sharks	21 – 15	Worcester Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Beaumont 19' m Solomona 32' c Con: MacGinty (1/2) 34' Pen: MacGinty (3/3) 6', 30', 54'	Report	Try: Heem 46' c Pennell 60' m Con: Weir (1/2) 47' Pen: Weir (1/1) 51'

AJ Bell Stadium Attendance: 7,145 Referee: JP Doyle

Round 3

14 September 2018 19:45

(1 BP) Gloucester	35 – 13	Bristol Bears
Try: Grobler 41' c Sharples (2) 48' c, 54' m Slater 63' m Banahan 80' m Con: Twelvetrees (2/5) 41', 48' Pen: Twelvetrees (2/2) 8', 69'	Report	Try: Morahan 16' c Con: Madigan (1/1) 18' Pen: Madigan (2/2) 10', 29'

Kingsholm Attendance: 14,197 Referee: Tom Foley

15 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs	35 – 18	Sale Sharks
Try: Cordero 6' c J. Hill 25' c Maunder 49' c Cuthbert 62' c Lawday 73' c Con: J. Simmonds (3/3) 7', 26', 50' Steenson (2/2) 64', 74'	Report	Try: Yarde 18' c B. Evans 60' m Con: MacGinty (1/2) 19' Pen: MacGinty (2/3) 2', 15'

Sandy Park Attendance: 9,073 Referee: Karl Dickson

15 September 2018 15:00

(2 BP) Harlequins	32 – 37	Bath (1 BP)
Try: Care 14' c Marchant 19' m Marler 75' c Mulchrone 79' c Con: M. Smith (1/2) 15' Lang (2/2) 75', 79' Pen: M. Smith (2/2) 13', 49'	Report	Try: Roberts 10' m Mercer (2) 23' c, 56' c Cokanasiga (2) 36' c, 45' m Con: Burns (2/4) 24', 36' Priestland (1/1) 57' Pen: Burns (1/2) 28' Drop: Burns (1/1) 33'

Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 11,897 Referee: Matthew Carley

15 September 2018 15:00

Northampton Saints	27 – 38	Saracens (1 BP)
Try: Francis 15' c Hartley 54' c Franks 62' c Con: Biggar (3/3) 16', 55', 63' Pen: Biggar (2/2) 24', 69'	Report	Try: Lewington (2) 26' m, 31' m B. Spencer 42' c Strettle (2) 71' c, 74' m Con: B. Spencer (1/3) 43' Goode (1/2) 72' Pen: B. Spencer (1/1) 48' Goode (2/2) 60' 66'

Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 12,317 Referee: JP Doyle

15 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Worcester Warriors	20 – 23	Newcastle Falcons
Try: Penalty try 40+2' Weir 49' c Con: Weir (1/1) 50' Pen: Weir (1/1) 21' Pennell (1/1) 68'	Report	Try: Takulua 5' c Sinoti 11' c Con: Flood (2/2) 6', 12' Pen: Flood (3/3) 44', 56', 72'

Sixways Attendance: 5,641 Referee: Wayne Barnes

16 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Wasps	41 – 35	Leicester Tigers (2 BP)
Try: de Jongh (2) 9' c, 54' c Bassett 14' c Hughes 22' m Con: Sopoaga (3/4) 10', 15', 55' Pen: Sopoaga (4/4) 32', 66', 72', 79' Daly (1/1) 40'	Report	Try: May (2) 17' m, 56' c Veainu 36' c Kalamafoni 48' c Con: G. Ford (3/4) 37', 49', 57' Pen: G. Ford (3/4) 26', 30', 42'

Ricoh Arena Attendance: 18,102 Referee: Ian Tempest

Round 4

21 September 2018 19:45

(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons	17 – 24	Exeter Chiefs
Try: Kibirige 1' c J. Williams 51' c Con: Flood (2/2) 2', 53' Pen: Flood (1/1) 37'	Report	Try: S. Simmonds (2) 5' c, 33' c Kvesic 64' c Con: J. Simmonds (2/2) 5', 34' Steenson (1/1) 66' Pen: J. Simmonds (1/1) 43'

Kingston Park Attendance: 7,022 Referee: Andrew Jackson

22 September 2018 15:00

Sale Sharks	13 – 31	Wasps (1 BP)
Try: Ross 1' c Con: MacGinty (1/1) 2' Pen: MacGinty (2/2) 13', 45'	Report	Try: Carr 34' c Bassett 38' c Stuart 52' c Hughes 77' c Con: Sopoaga (4/4) 35', 40', 53', 78' Pen: Sopoaga (1/2) 8'

AJ Bell Stadium Attendance: 6,340 Referee: Wayne Barnes

22 September 2018 15:00

Bristol Bears	20 – 13	Harlequins (1 BP)
Try: O'Conor 35' m Pen: Madigan (5/5) 19', 42', 49', 53', 59'	Report	Try: Care 7' c Con: Lang (1/1) 8' Pen: Lang (2/2) 15', 56'

Ashton Gate Attendance: 12,287 Referee: Ian Tempest

22 September 2018 15:00

Bath	17 – 15	Northampton Saints (1 BP)
Try: Burns 28' c Cokanasiga 62' c Con: Burns (2/2) 29', 63' Pen: Burns (1/3) 54'	Report	Try: Reinach 18' c Collins 78' m Con: Biggar (1/2) 19' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 72'

Recreation Ground Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Karl Dickson

23 September 2018 15:00

(2 BP) Leicester Tigers	37 – 44	Worcester Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Thompson 26' m May 57' m Denton 62' c Kalamafoni 68' c G. Ford 75' c Con: G. Ford (3/5) 62', 69', 75' Pen: G. Ford (2/2) 11', 16'	Report	Try: Weir (2) 1' c, 4' c Singleton 22' m Pennell 33' m T. Hill (2) 52' c, 78' c Con: Weir (3/5) 2', 5', 80' Pennell (1/1) 53' Pen: Weir (2/2) 11', 16'

Welford Road Attendance: 18,444 Referee: Luke Pearce

23 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Saracens	38 – 15	Gloucester
Try: Strettle 5' c Itoje (2) 26' c, 38' c Maitland 52' c Lozowski 68' c Con: Farrell (5/5) 6', 27', 39', 54', 69' Pen: Farrell (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: Atkinson 71' m Sharples 79' c Con: Twelvetrees (1/2) 80+1' Pen: Twelvetrees (1/1) 35'

Allianz Park Attendance: 8,591 Referee: Christophe Ridley

Round 5

28 September 2018 19:45

(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons	22 – 23	Wasps
Try: M. Wilson 17' J. Williams (2) 29' c, 46' c Con: Flood (2/3) 29', 47' Pen: Flood (1/1) 36'	Report	Try: Bassett 11' m M. Watson 40+1' m de Jongh 59' c Con: Sopoaga (1/3) 59' Pen: Sopoaga (2/4) 22', 71'

Kingston Park Attendance: 6,904 Referee: Karl Dickson

29 September 2018 15:00

(2 BP) Bristol Bears	40 – 45	Northampton Saints (1 BP)
Try: Hurrell (2) 6' c, 67' m Thacker 30' c Morahan 47' c Leiua 80+1' m Con: Sheedy (3/3) 7', 31', 49' Pen: Sheedy (3/3) 24', 39', 54'	Report	Try: Painter 13' c Kellaway 20' c Ludlam 36' c Naiyaravoro 43' c Waller 58' c Haywood 62' c Con: Biggar (5/5) 14', 21', 36', 45', 59' Mallinder (1/1) 64' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 5'

Ashton Gate Attendance: 14,684 Referee: Luke Pearce

29 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs	28 – 11	Worcester Warriors
Try: Yeandle 24' c Ewers (2) 31' c, 39' c H. Williams 72' c Con: Steenson (4/4) 25', 32', 40', 72'	Report	Try: T. Hill 50' m Pen: Pennell (2/2) 17', 43'

Sandy Park Attendance: 9,730 Referee: Ian Tempest

29 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Gloucester	25 – 27	Harlequins
Try: Cipriani 12' m Sharples (2) 37' c, 67' c Con: Cipriani (2/3) 38', 68' Pen: Cipriani (2/2) 28', 34'	Report	Try: Earle (2) 16' m, 18' c Con: Lang (1/2) 19' Pen: Lang (2/3) 41', 45' M. Smith (3/4) 58', 65', 78'

Kingsholm Attendance: 13,232 Referee: JP Doyle

29 September 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Saracens	50 – 27	Bath
Try: L. Williams (3) 11' m, 41' c, 52' m Goode 14' c George 29' c Tompkins 37' c Maitland 66' m Tolofua 77' c Con: Farrell (5/8) 15', 30', 38', 42', 78'	Report	Try: Cook 33' c Homer (2) 40' c, 61' c Con: Priestland (2/2) 34', 40+1' Burns (1/1) 62' Pen: Priestland (2/2) 2', 26'

Allianz Park Attendance: 8,493 Referee: Tom Foley

30 September 2018 15:00

Leicester Tigers	19 – 15	Sale Sharks (1 BP)
Try: Eastmond 12' c Con: G. Ford (1/1) 13' Pen: G. Ford (4/4) 23', 37', 68', 76'	Report	Try: Yarde 4' m Webber 61' m Langdon 78' m

Welford Road Attendance: 18,652 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

Round 6

5 October 2018 19:45

Bath	24 – 39	Exeter Chiefs (1 BP)
Try: Priestland 22' c Cook 74' m Con: Burns (1/2) 22' Pen: Burns (4/4) 11', 33', 43', 52'	Report	Try: Townsend 28' c Armand 35' m Kvesic 61' c Whitten 65' c Nowell 70' c Con: Steenson (4/5) 29', 62', 66', 72' Pen: Steenson (2/2) 26', 46'

Recreation Ground Attendance: 14,301 Referee: Christophe Ridley

6 October 2018 15:00

Northampton Saints	15 – 23	Leicester Tigers
Try: Gibson 14' m Ribbans 45' m Haywood 68' m	Report	Try: B. Youngs 30' c Olowofela 32' c Con: G. Ford (2/2) 30', 33' Pen: G. Ford (3/4) 3', 24', 56'

Twickenham Stadium Attendance: 40,013 Referee: JP Doyle

6 October 2018 15:00

Sale Sharks	20 – 7	Newcastle Falcons
Try: Phillips 53' B. Evans 65' m Janse van Rensburg 72' m Con: MacGinty (1/3) 53' Pen: MacGinty (1/1) 33'	Report	Try: Welch 36' c Con: Hodgson (1/1) 38'

AJ Bell Stadium Attendance: 5,586 Referee: Tom Foley

6 October 2018 15:00

Wasps	21 – 35	Gloucester (1 BP)
Try: Robson 2' c Daly 46' c de Jongh 61' c Con: Searle (3/3) 3', 46', 62'	Report	Try: Vellacott 14' c Sharples (2) 23' c, 70' m Ludlow 73' c Con: Cipriani (3/4) 15', 24', 74' Pen: Cipriani (3/4) 22', 37', 56'

Ricoh Arena Attendance: 15,401 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

6 October 2018 19:30

(1 BP) Harlequins	20 – 25	Saracens
Try: Care 34' c Marchant 53' c Con: M. Smith (2/2) 35', 53' Pen: M. Smith (2/3) 7', 33'	Report	Try: B. Vunipola 68' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 69' Pen: Farrell (6/7) 16', 29', 41', 47', 65', 73'

Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 13,950 Referee: Luke Pearce

7 October 2018 15:00

(1 BP) Worcester Warriors	52 – 7	Bristol Bears
Try: van Velze 12' c Mills 25' c Mama 33' c Venter 38' c Pennell 42' c Adams 46' c Heem 78' c Con: Weir (6/6) 14', 26', 35', 40', 43', 47', 80' Pen: Pennell (1/1) 8'	Report	Try: Y. Thomas 2' c Con: Madigan (1/1) 4'

Sixways Attendance: 9,172 Referee: Wayne Barnes

Round 7

16 November 2018 19:45

Gloucester	v	Leicester Tigers

Recreation Ground

16 November 2018 19:45

Harlequins	v	Newcastle Falcons

Twickenham Stoop

17 November 2018 12:45

Bath	v	Worcester Warriors

Recreation Ground

17 November 2018 13:00

Northampton Saints	v	Wasps

Franklin's Gardens

17 November 2018 13:00

Saracens	v	Sale Sharks

Allianz Park

18 November 2018 15:00

Bristol Bears	v	Exeter Chiefs

Ashton Gate

Round 8

23 November 2018 19:45

Newcastle Falcons	v	Bath

Kingston Park

23 November 2018 19:45

Worcester Warriors	v	Harlequins

Sixways

24 November 2018 13:00

Exeter Chiefs	v	Gloucester

Sandy Park

24 November 2018 13:00

Sale Sharks	v	Northampton Saints

AJ Bell Stadium

24 November 2018 13:00

Wasps	v	Bristol Bears

Ricoh Arena

25 November 2018 15:00

Leicester Tigers	v	Saracens

Welford Road

Round 9

30 November 2018 19:45

Harlequins	v	Exeter Chiefs

Twickenham Stoop

1 December 2018 13:00

Bristol Bears	v	Leicester Tigers

Ashton Gate

1 December 2018 15:00

Gloucester	v	Worcester Warriors

Kingsholm

1 December 2018 15:00

Northampton Saints	v	Newcastle Falcons

Franklin's Gardens

1 December 2018 15:00

Saracens	v	Wasps

Allianz Park

2 December 2018 15:00

Bath	v	Sale Sharks

Recreation Ground

Round 10

21 December 2018 19:45

Worcester Warriors	v	Northampton Saints

Sixways

22 December 2018 15:00

Leicester Tigers	v	Harlequins

Welford Road

22 December 2018 15:00

Exeter Chiefs	v	Saracens

Sandy Park

22 December 2018 15:00

Sale Sharks	v	Bristol Bears

AJ Bell Stadium

23 December 2018 15:00

Wasps	v	Bath

Ricoh Arena

23 December 2018 15:00

Newcastle Falcons	v	Gloucester

Kingston Park

Round 11

28 December 2018 19:45

Northampton Saints	v	Exeter Chiefs

Franklin's Gardens

29 December 2018 15:00

Gloucester	v	Sale Sharks

Kingsholm

29 December 2018 15:00

Saracens	v	Worcester Warriors

Sandy Park

29 December 2018 16:00

Harlequins	v	Wasps

Twickenham

30 December 2018 15:00

Bristol Bears	v	Newcastle Falcons

Ashton Gate

30 December 2018 15:00

Bath	v	Leicester Tigers

Recreation Ground

Round 12

4 January 2019 19:45

Sale Sharks	v	Saracens

AJ Bell Stadium

5 January 2019 15:00

Worcester Warriors	v	Bath

Sixways

5 January 2019 15:00

Newcastle Falcons	v	Harlequins

Kingston Park

5 January 2019 15:00

Exeter Chiefs	v	Bristol Bears

Sandy Park

5 January 2019 15:00

Leicester Tigers	v	Gloucester

Welford Road

6 January 2019 15:00

Wasps	v	Northampton Saints

Ricoh Arena

Leading 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 have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Most points

Last updated 7 October 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	George Ford	Leicester	94
2	Owen Farrell	Saracens	69
3	Marcus Smith	Harlequins	61
	Duncan Weir	Worcester
5	Dan Biggar	Northampton	53
6	AJ MacGinty	Sale	50
	Gareth Steenson	Exeter
8	Toby Flood	Newcastle	46
9	Billy Twelvetrees	Gloucester Rugby	43
10	Freddie Burns	Bath	42

Most tries

Last updated 7 October 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	Charlie Sharples	Gloucester	8
2	Liam Williams	Saracens	6
3	Alex Lewington	Saracens	5
	Jonny May	Leicester
	Sam Simmonds	Exeter
6	Josh Bassett	Wasps	4
	Danny Care	Harlequins
	Juan de Jongh	Wasps
	Alapati Leiua	Bristol
	Mark Wilson	Newcastle

Season attendances

By club

• Attendances do not include the final at Twickenham.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bath	3	42,729	14,243	14,301	14,150	98%
Bristol Bears	3	53,050	17,683	26,079	12,287	65%
Exeter Chiefs	3	29,255	9,752	10,452	9,073	76%
Gloucester	3	41,210	13,737	14,197	13,232	85%
Harlequins	3	37,310	12,437	13,950	11,463	84%
Leicester Tigers	3	57,141	19,047	20,045	18,444	74%
Newcastle Falcons	3	20,941	6,980	7,022	6,904	68%
Northampton Saints	3	64,195	21,398	40,013	11,865	69%
Sale Sharks	3	19,071	6,357	7,145	5,586	53%
Saracens	3	25,820	8,607	8,736	8,493	86%
Wasps	3	46,607	15,536	18,102	13,104	48%
Worcester Warriors	3	22,609	7,536	9,172	5,641	66%

Highest attendances

Date	Game	Stadium	Attendance
6 October 2018	Northampton Saints (h) v Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stadium	40,013
31 August 2018	Bristol Bears (h) v Bath	Ashton Gate	26,079
8 September 2018	Leicester Tigers (h) v Newcastle Falcons	Welford Road Stadium	20,045
30 September 2018	Leicester Tigers (h) v Sale Sharks	Welford Road Stadium	18,652
23 September 2018	Leicester Tigers (h) v Worcester Warriors	Welford Road Stadium	18,444
16 September 2018	Wasps (h) v Leicester Tigers	Ricoh Arena	18,102

External links

• Official website