Aviva Premiership League Table

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	P	W	D	L	PD	BP	PTS
C - Leicester Tigers	11	10	0	1	+137	8	48
EC - Northampton Saints	11	10	1	0	+95	4	46
RU - Gloucester	11	5	0	6	+17	9	29
EC - Bath Rugby	11	6	0	5	+13	4	28
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EC - London Wasps	11	6	0	5	-26	3	27
EC - London Irish	11	5	0	6	+18	5	25
07 - Exeter Chiefs	11	4	1	6	-31	4	22
08 - Saracens	11	3	2	6	-4	6	22
09 - Sale Sharks	11	5	0	6	-33	1	21
10 - Harlequins	11	4	0	7	-59	2	18
11 - Worcester Warriors	11	3	0	8	-63	4	16
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12 - Newcastle Falcons	11	3	0	8	-64	3	15

Think this is a good first season and we should end it now (y)

Just a quick one Pull. Should Tigers not be on 14 points?

They've had 3 bonus point wins haven't they?

You only have 2 BPs marked on the table?
Just realised this hasnt been updated for the games played this weekend so never mind me!!

I have it done as four games played? Am I going crazy?

I beat Chiefs in round 1 and Worcester in round 4

I HAVEN'T UPDATED IT YET! CHILL OUT!

Hurry up Pull, ruining it for everyone! hahaha

First time I've really looked at the table. Surprised to see a few teams in the positions they are in.

Yeah, pooly's been really lucky to be honest!

Like Glos in 11th....not sure where i'm going wrong!!

Mate its nothing your doing you have just had an awful run of fixtures!!

Worcester with the 9-10-12 axis, top of the table Tigers and Sarries before the internationals hit all away and unbeaten Saints at home. Thats a nightmare start to the season really!

I think you're up to 9th after this weeks win anyway mate.

Ah I'll be happier with 9th!! Yeah I'll work my way up somehow!

Dropped from 7th to 10th this week. So tight from 4th to 12th, anyone could make the play offs and anyone could go down. Going to be a real scrap in the run in!

Pooly/Pull

do you want me to update the league table?

I'd like to have a peak! Plenty of changes this week i reckon, some big wins for mid table sides

I've gone ahead and updated so people can see where they are. Hope that's ok?

Looks like the top 3 are nailed on for the play offs then it really is anyone else for 4th spot.

My remaining fixtures are...

London Irish (h)
Worcester Warriors (a)
Northampton Saints (h)
Saracens (a)

so only one of the top 3 to play, and it's at Sandy Park so I should have a little bit for home advantage. Going to be an almighty bun fight for the Heino spots I think.

Sorry guys, I thought I had updated this.. thanks Pete

No worries bud, am at home today and the little one was having a nap so had a bit of time.

I was hoping that I'd have more losing bonus points.

It can be tough getting LBP's, if everyone says you will lose by 1 point, you are fecked as it works out as an eleven point loss.

Need to target the win rather than bonus points.

ohh, target the win......that's great advice, i'll write that down!

I was 6th last time i looked!

Haha, if I wasn't trying to win I think I could be the worst manager in history.

Blogs?

I dropped from 7th to 10th this week as well driver mate. It's all so tight that if you win your next game you could be back up in 5th/6th place again.

Week 16
Northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers

This looks like a biggy, can anyone beat the Tigers?

I'm unbeaten as well...
Tonga, Ferris, Read, Sexton and co are chomping at the bit to get at Tigers

Hmmm Fluxy or Blogs............................tough decision

Hoping I can sneak into the playoffs somehow.

Is this up to date?

no!

Who's in charge here? sort it out!

jokes

Pull

He's in vagas

Lucky bar steward!

	P	W	D	L	PD	BP	PTS
01 - Leicester Tigers	8	8	0	0	+116	6	38
02 - Northampton Saints	8	7	1	0	+69	2	32
03 - Bath Rugby	8	5	0	3	+24	3	23
04 - London Wasps	8	5	0	3	-17	1	21
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05 - London Irish	8	3	0	5	+14	4	16
06 - Saracens	8	2	1	5	+1	6	16
07 - Exeter Chiefs	8	3	0	5	-27	3	15
08 - Gloucester	8	2	0	6	-22	6	14
09 - Harlequins	8	3	0	5	-38	2	14
10 - Worcester Warriors	8	3	0	5	-44	2	14
11 - Newcastle Falcons	8	3	0	5	-44	1	13
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12 - Sale Sharks	8	3	0	5	-32	0	12

Bare in mind it could be wrong, as it's my first attempt!

But makes for some good reading heading into the last three games of the season.

Top two look sorted, I reckon Irish/Chiefs/Sarries can chase down one of Bath or Wasps.

However any of the three I just mentioned could get sucked into the relegation dog fight.

And...

I'm not bottom of the table!

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	P	W	D	L	PD	BP	PTS
01 - Leicester Tigers	9	8	0	1	+108	6	38
02 - Northampton Saints	9	8	1	0	+77	3	37
03 - Bath Rugby	9	5	0	4	+21	4	24
04 - London Wasps	9	5	0	4	-22	2	22
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05 - London Irish	9	4	0	5	+24	5	21
06 - Exeter Chiefs	9	4	0	5	-26	3	19
07 - Gloucester	9	3	0	6	-8	7	19
08 - Harlequins	9	4	0	5	-33	2	18
09 - Sale Sharks	9	4	0	5	-29	0	16
10 - Saracens	9	2	1	6	-9	6	16
11 - Worcester Warriors	9	3	0	6	-45	3	15
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12 - Newcastle Falcons	9	3	0	6	-58	1	13

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Interesting reading...

Getting a bit nervous of what's coming up below me now! Home to Wasps this week is a huge game for both of us.

I should be above Gloucester and Sharks should be above Saracens. First decider if teams are level on points is number of wins, not points difference.

Didn't know that, give me a second...

Sorted

No worries bud, I'll post this here so that people know, it's a direct lift of the AP website...


League Placings

In the case of equality at any stage of the Season, positions at that stage of the season shall be determined firstly by the number of wins achieved and then on the basis of match points differential. A Club with a larger number of wins shall be placed higher than a Club with the same number of league points but fewer wins.

If Clubs have equal league points and equal number of wins then a Club with a larger difference between match points "for" and match points "against" shall be placed higher in the Premiership League than a Club with a smaller difference between match points "for" and match points "against".

Should two Clubs have the same number of league points and the same match points difference, the Club having scored more match points "for" shall be placed higher in the Premiership League than the Club having the lesser number of match points "for".

If the above does not establish different Premiership League positions then the Club in the higher position shall be the Club that has achieved the higher aggregate match points scored by it in the same season against the other Club.

If this still does not establish the position then the Club who has won the most matches, excluding its first Premiership League match of the season, then its second Premiership League match and so on, until it can be established which the higher placed Club is.

3rd and 4th is all to play for!

Bath v Wasps this week which is going to give one of the chasing pack a real chance of putting themselves in a position to steal a top 4 spot going into the final game.

Also even if one of the chasing pack suffers a defeat and don't get LBP, they could be dragged into the relegation dogfight.

I've got Tigers away last game of season, which is a LBP at best, so Wasps at home is a must win. Been third all season, so would be gutted to miss out on playoffs now!

I've got Saints (h) and Saracens (a) which are two tough games. Going to be a case of really going for it to see what I can get from each and hoping that it's enough.