2000–01 Premiership Rugby
The 2000–01 English Premiership (called the Zurich Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions. Leicester Tigers finished top of the league for the third year in a row giving them their fifth English champions title.
| 2000–2001 Zurich Premiership | |
|---|---|
| Countries | England |
| Champions | Leicester Tigers (5th title) |
| Runners-up | London Wasps |
| Relegated | Rotherham Titans |
| Matches played | 139 |
| Attendance | 898,438 (average 6,464 per match) |
This season saw the introduction of the bonus points scoring system.
Additionally, an 8 team end of season knock-out competition, the Zurich Championship was introduced, although this was not used to determine the English Champions, that being the preserve of the Zurich Premiership winners. Leicester also won the Zurich Championship in this season.
Rotherham were relegated, to be replaced by Leeds Tykes for the 2001–02 season.
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