Categoria: Premiership

Ecco gli “oscar” inglesi della stagione 2010-2011. Dominano i Northampton Saints.

Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season

Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), Winner
Brian Mujati (Northampton Saints), second placed
Schalk Brits (Saracens), third placed
Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)

Land Rover Discovery of the Season

Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Winner
Owen Farrell (Saracens), second placed
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby), third placed
James Gaskell (Sale Sharks)
George Lowe (Harlequins)

QBE Director of Rugby of the Season

Jim Mallinder (Northampton Saints), Winner
Mark McCall (Saracens), second placed
Rob Baxter (Exeter Chiefs), third placed
Richard Cockerill (Leicester Tigers)
Bryan Redpath (Gloucester Rugby)

MBNA Try of the Season

Schalk Brits (Saracens), Winner
Aviva Premiership Rugby round 21, SARACENS v Gloucester Rugby, Sunday 24th April 2011

Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), second placed
Aviva Premiership Rugby round 17, LEICESTER TIGERS v Saracens, Saturday 5th March 2011

Andrew Hazell (Gloucester Rugby), third placed
Aviva Premiership Rugby round 20, Leicester Tigers v GLOUCESTER RUGBY, Saturday 16th April 2011

Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
Aviva Premiership Rugby round 20, London Irish v NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, Saturday 23rd April 2011

Lesley Vainikolo (Gloucester Rugby)
Aviva Premiership Rugby round 7, GLOUCESTER RUGBY v Leicester Tigers, Saturday 30th October 2010

Aviva Community Player of the Season
Hayden Smith (Saracens), Winner
Also nominated:
Jimmy Gopperth (Newcastle Falcons)
Jonathan Pendlebury (Leeds Carnegie)
Ben Skirving (Bath Rugby)
Roger Wilson (Northampton Saints)

ESPN Dream Team

1, Soane Tonga’uiha (Northampton Saints)
2, Schalk Brits (Saracens)
3, Brian Mujati (Northampton Saints)
4, Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
5, Tom Hayes (Exeter Chiefs) (CAPTAIN)
6, Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
7, Jacques Burger (Saracens)
8, Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
9, Danny Care (Harlequins)
10, Jimmy Gopperth (Newcastle Falcons)
11, Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
12, Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers)
13, Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
14, David Strettle (Saracens)
15, Mike Brown (Harlequins)

Gatorade Performance of the Season

Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs)

Guinness Top Try Scorer

Alesana Tuilagi, Leicester Tigers, 12 tries, Winner
Chris Ashton, Northampton Saints, 10 tries
Topsy Ojo, London Irish, 10 tries

Gilbert Golden Boot

Jimmy Gopperth, Newcastle Falcons, 215 points, Winner
Dave Walder, London Wasps, 206 points
Nick Evans, Harlequins, 196 points

Le voci circolavano da un po’, ma ora è ufficiale: alla fine di questa stagione ben 21 giocatori lasceranno gli Sharks di Sale, giunti terzultimi al termine della regular season della Premiership. Lo ha detto Mick Hogan, amministratore delegato
Ecco l’elenco completo: Chris Bell, Asaeli Boko, Chris Brightwell, Sean Cox, Ben Cohen, Rhys Crane, Carl Fearns, Jack Forster, Charlie Hodgson, Matty James, Chris Jones, Sisaro Koyamaibole, Selorm Kuadey, Chris Leck, Neil McMillan, Simon McIntyre, Fergus Mulchrone, Kristian Ormsby, Nic Rouse, Eifion Roberts e Mathew Tait.
Non è finita, perché lasceranno il club anche quattro dirigenti: Peter Finch, il coach dei trequarti Byron Hayward e gli Dan Lyne e Andrew Vernon.

Pronostici rispettati in Inghilterra nell’ultima giornata di regular season. A Leicester e Saracens già matematicamente qualificati da un po’ si aggiungono Gloucester e Northampton.
Questi gli abbinamenti:
sabato 14 si gioca Leicester-Northampton Saints
domenica 15 tocca a Saracens-Gloucester

Risultati 22a giornata
Bath Rugby – Newcastle Falcons 42-12
Exeter Chiefs – London Wasps 21-8
Gloucester Rugby – Sale Sharks 68-17
Harlequins – Saracens 13-16
Leicester Tigers – London Irish 32-23
Northampton Saints – Leeds Carnegie 31-24

Classifica finale

	1	(1)	Leicester Tigers	22	16	1	5	594	403	67	29	8	4	78
	2	(2)	Saracens	22	18	0	4	484	318	35	26	2	2	76
	3	(3)	Gloucester Rugby	22	14	1	7	528	452	58	43	5	4	67
	4	(4)	Northampton Saints	22	14	0	8	533	430	58	38	6	3	65
	5	(5)	Bath Rugby	22	13	1	8	427	367	38	34	5	3	62
	6	(6)	London Irish	22	11	0	11	523	459	47	41	6	4	54
	7	(7)	Harlequins	22	9	2	11	482	384	45	26	4	8	52
	8	(9)	Exeter Chiefs	22	10	0	12	428	460	32	42	0	5	43
	9	(8)	London Wasps	22	9	1	12	425	497	36	45	1	4	43
	10	(10)	Sale Sharks	22	6	1	15	432	618	34	66	1	5	32
	11	(11)	Newcastle Falcons	22	4	1	17	360	553	27	55	0	5	23
	12	(12)	Leeds Carnegie	22	4	0	18	315	590	30	62	0	7	23

Il prossimo 10 di maggio all’Old Billingsgate di Londra verranno assegnati gli Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards, gli Oscar della palla ovale nella Terra d’Albione.
Poco fa rese note tutte le nominations. Eccole

Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season
Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
Schalk Brits (Saracens)
Brian Mujati (Northampton Saints)
Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)

Land Rover Discovery of the Season
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
James Gaskell (Sale Sharks)
George Lowe (Harlequins)
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)

QBE Director of Rugby of the Season
Rob Baxter (Exeter Chiefs)
Bryan Redpath (Gloucester Rugby)
Richard Cockerill (Leicester Tigers)
Jim Mallinder (Northampton Saints)
Mark McCall (Saracens)

MBNA Try of the Season
Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 21, London Irish v NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, Saturday 23rd April 2011, (his first try)
Schalk Brits (Saracens) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 21, SARACENS v Gloucester Rugby, Sunday 24th April 2011
Andrew Hazell (Gloucester Rugby) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 20, Leicester Tigers v GLOUCESTER RUGBY, Saturday 16th April 2011
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 17, Leicester Tigers v SARACENS, Saturday 5th March 2011 Lesley Vainikolo (Gloucester Rugby) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 7, GLOUCESTER RUGBY v Leicester Tigers, Saturday 30th October 2010

Gatorade Performance of the Season
Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 12, LEEDS CARNEGIE v Gloucester Rugby, Saturday 1st January 2011
Luke Watson (Bath Rugby) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 6, Leicester Tigers v BATH RUGBY, Saturday 23rd October 2010
Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 9, EXETER CHIEFS v Sale Sharks, Sat 27th November 2010

Also presented on the evening will be:
Aviva Community Player of the Season
Gilbert Golden Boot
Guinness Top Try Scorer
ESPN Dream Team
J.P. Morgan Asset Management 7s Series Player of the Season

The Awards panel comprised:
Paul Morgan (Mail on Sunday, Rugby World, Chairman Rugby Union Writers’ Club), Mick Cleary (Daily Telegraph), Alastair Eykyn (BBC), Miles Harrison (Sky Sports), Neale Harvey (Rugby Times), Nick Mullins (ESPN), Phil Winstanley (Rugby Director, Premiership Rugby)

Risultati ventunesima giornata
Sale Sharks – Exeter Chiefs 24-30
Newcastle Falcons – Leicester Tigers 13-24
London Irish – Northampton Saints 20-26
London Wasps – Bath 10-43
Saracens – Gloucester 35-12
Leeds Carnegie – Harlequins 3-38

Classifica 
Leicester 73; Saracens 72; Gloucester 62; Northampton 61; London Irish 54; Bath 53; Harlequins 46; London Wasps 43; Exeter 41; Sale 32; Newcastle, Leeds 22