Template:2008-09 Guinness Premiership Table

2008-09 Guinness Premiership Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Leicester Tigers (Q) (C)	22	15	1	6	582	401	+181	62	40	5	4	71
2	Harlequins	22	14	1	7	519	387	+132	60	36	5	3	66
3	London Irish (Q)	22	12	1	9	551	386	+165	64	36	7	9	66
4	Bath Rugby	22	13	2	7	539	441	+98	58	48	4	5	65
5	Sale Sharks	22	13	0	9	447	410	+37	44	36	5	5	61*
6	Gloucester Rugby	22	12	0	10	435	448	-13	43	44	5	4	57
7	London Wasps	22	11	0	11	431	416	+15	33	42	2	7	53
8	Northampton Saints	22	10	1	11	443	434	+9	41	40	2	5	49
9	Saracens	22	9	0	13	437	447	-10	38	38	3	8	47
10	Newcastle Falcons	22	9	1	12	362	456	-94	38	43	2	4	44
11	Worcester Warriors	22	7	2	13	348	530	-182	30	64	0	2	34
12	Bristol Rugby (R)	22	2	1	19	299	637	-338	33	77	1	6	17
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background are play-off places, and receive berths in the 2009–10 Heineken Cup. Blue background are clubs that do not make the play-offs, but will receive Heineken Cup berths. Northampton Saints received a Heineken Cup berth by winning the European Challenge Cup. Pink background is the relegation place. Reference www.guinnesspremiership.com: Updated 26 April 2009 --- Current English Leagues
* Sale Sharks deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player

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