MEDIA GUIDE 2014-15 Club media contacts

Club Address Contact Email Club Address Contact Email

Bath Rugby Helen Bayes Welsh Farleigh House, Damian Dolan 01225 904113 [email protected] 5000 Oxford Business Park [email protected] Farleigh, Hungerford, 07584 528506 07758 774419 South, Oxford, OX4 2BH Bath, BA2 7RW

Newcastle Falcons Mark Stevens , Brunton Road, Ceryn Rowntree Stadium, 01392 890915 [email protected] Kenton Bank Foot, 0191 214 2805 [email protected] Sandy Park Way, Exeter, 07771 654730 , 07764 933 219 EX2 7NN NE13 8AF

Gloucester Rugby Saints Chris Duncan Wood , Franklin’s Gardens, Wearmouth 01452 872266 [email protected] [email protected] Kingsholm Road, Weedon Road, 01604 599125 07833 795745 , GL1 3AX Northampton, NN5 5BG 07808 866270

Harlequins Imogen Gaunt Dave Swanton Sale FC Academy, 020 8410 6045 [email protected] 0161 286 8915 [email protected] Stadium, Langhorn Drive, Carrington Lane, 07785 629842 07702 906250 Twickenham, TW2 7SX Carrington, M31 4AE

Saracens, Matthew Tigers Gary Sherrard Allianz Park Stadium, Hennessey Aylestone Road, 0116 217 1284 [email protected] [email protected] Greenlands Lane, 0203 675 7211 Leicester, LE2 7TR 07894 783345 London, NW4 1RL 07715 077892

London Irish Wasps Hazelwood Andrew Hogan Twyford Avenue Sports Melissa Platt Croysdale Avenue, Green St, 01932 750111 [email protected] Ground, Twyford 0208 896 4871 [email protected] Sunbury-on-Thames, 07545 602709 Avenue, Acton, 07809 512 172 TW16 6QU London, W3 9QA

For Accreditation to any Aviva match go to www.premiershiprugbydata.com WELCOME Premiership Rugby

Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Welcome to Aviva Premiership Rugby’s interactive media guide. We hope that it will make your lives easier in the 2014-15 season and beyond. Clubs • The 3% rise in attendances last season shows that the league is in great shape. Once again, the Aviva Premiership has been the most competitive league in the • world with 51% of all games being won by seven points or less. This season includes an exciting new chapter for European club rugby with the dawn of the • European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby and we can’t wait to see them kick off. • Harlequins • This guide includes information on all 12 Aviva Premiership Rugby teams, our partners and our community work. Premiership Rugby’s community programmes • have helped to make a difference to 260,000 children and young people in and 54,000 in Brazil. These programmes are crucial to Premiership Rugby • London Welsh and if you ever want to write a story on how rugby is changing lives please contact us and we will arrange all you need to produce it. • • This guide is downloadable, on to any device, PC or Smart phone. We have made sure that all websites and email addresses contained within it are clickable. • Sale Sharks • Saracens So if you want to call, email or apply for accreditation for an Aviva Premiership Rugby match it is only a click away within this document. • Wasps In addition to this Aviva Premiership Rugby Guide, this is our chance to make sure that everyone is signed up to the Premiership Rugby media list. If you don’t get Fixtures & Media our press releases, please email Sophie Neal at [email protected] and we’ll sign you up. Accreditation

Season Structure, We are delighted to confirm that Premiership Rugby’s statistician Stuart Farmer will continue to produce his excellent weekly previews of Aviva Premiership Salary & Faqs Rugby which should arrive in your Inbox each Tuesday of an Aviva Premiership Rugby week. We can also take on bespoke statistical tasks for you so if your Referees newspaper, website, TV station or radio station is looking for specific statistics to enhance their coverage of Aviva Premiership Rugby then drop us a line. Logos History After a tremendous first season, BT Sport continues as our Broadcast Partner. Coverage will also continue on the BBC which includes coverage on BBC Five Live and every match live on a local BBC radio station. Partners Play and BreakThru The terrific work undertaken for radio stations by Talking Rugby is complimented by the fully free Premiership Rugby TV. The service currently has thousands of Other Media subscribers, and now needs no registration offering you match action from Aviva Premiership Rugby matches from three hours after the final whistle. Try it out at Contacts www.premiershiprugby.tv.

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from In addition, Premiership Rugby’s YouTube channel now has 28,000 subscribers and a library of clips which grows every week. If you want to watch highlights or Premiership Rugby features from our clubs head to Premiership Rugby TV or our YouTube Channel, where there are ‘shelves’ for every side. • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Also on our YouTube channel is a brilliant new video which shows you the Premiership Rugby story – watch it by clicking here. • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs Social media continues to play an ever more important role in all our lives and in addition to @premrugby and our Facebook account (180,000 followers and • Gloucester Rugby counting) this season we will focus on our Instagram account so look out for that. • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers We are in constant dialogue with the Writers’ Club and are delighted to announce that the deal offering you 10 per cent off Aviva products – • London Irish courtesy of our title sponsor - has been extended for 2014-15. If you are a member, please email either of us for details. • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons We will continue to use the same accreditation system this season. Please contact us if you do not have a username and password because it’s the only way to • Northampton Saints book your accreditation for the game. • Sale Sharks • Saracens If you are doing any stories on Aviva Premiership Rugby let us know in case we can provide some information, check some facts or statistics or provide a • Wasps spokesperson for your story and that applies to each of our 12 Aviva Premiership Rugby clubs. Fixtures & Media Also any suggestions for improvements we can make to the communications side of Aviva Premiership Rugby then please contact us. We know some of you have Accreditation seen more top flight rugby than anyone else on the planet so we value your opinions on all facets of Aviva Premiership Rugby. Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Paul Morgan Sophie Neal Communications Director Communications Manager Partners Mob: 07557 477796 Tel: 07813 689124 Play and BreakThru Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Other Media Contacts

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE 2014/15 WELCOME AVIVA

Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva This is our fifth season as Aviva Premiership Rugby and with the round the corner it is an exciting time to be at the heart of club rugby. Clubs We go into the 2014-15 season with a new champion club – Northampton Saints – and the return of London Welsh to the top flight. Every year we are treated • Bath Rugby to an even tenser league, tighter games and yet more thrilling match action. • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Whilst the clubs deliver for us on the pitch, we continue to ensure that we are engaging our customers and employees with the rugby. The number of our 15 • Harlequins million customers who have experienced the rugby firsthand has grown year on year and there are plans to do more this season including bringing them • Leicester Tigers highlights of the on pitch action through our Aviva App. • London Irish • London Welsh This season also sees the development of our investment in the grassroots of the game as we move to the Aviva Tackling Numbers programme – ensuring that • Newcastle Falcons we are improving the numeracy skills of primary school children through the power of sport. Each year we’ll see 13,000 children go through the programme • Northampton Saints delivered by our 12 Aviva Premiership Rugby clubs. We’re excited about the difference that we are going to make not only to their physical wellbeing but also • Sale Sharks tackling an issue that is wider than just sport – the financial numeracy of the next generation. • Saracens • Wasps We also have a new partnership with Synergy who’ll be working with you, the rugby media, to continue the great work that you do. The media are the shop Fixtures & Media window for the game and are vital in ensuring we continue to deliver compelling coverage for the fans of this great club competition. So whatever your needs Accreditation are – from selfies, to the in-depth interview we look forward to working with you this season. Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Looking forward to another cracking season. Referees Logos History Louisa Cheetham Partners Senior Sponsorship & CR Manager Play and BreakThru Mob: 07800 699199 Email: [email protected] Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Bath Rugby Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Recreation Ground, Spring Gardens, Bath, BA2 6PW • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 13,595

BATH RUGBY • Exeter Chiefs OFFICIAL TEAM MERCHANDISE • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 01225 325 200 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Farleigh House, Farleigh, Hungerford, Bath BA2 7RW • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground

BATH RUGBY • Sale Sharks Farleigh House, Farleigh, Hungerford, Bath BA2 7RW OFFICIAL TEAM MERCHANDISE • Saracens • Wasps Club Media Contact Fixtures & Media Helen Bayes, Press Officer Accreditation Tel: 01225 904113 Season Structure, Mob: 07758 774419 Salary Cap & Faqs Fax: 01225 325 201 Referees Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE 2014/15 CLUBS Bath Rugby

Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Executive Chairman: Bruce Craig Welcome Head Coach: • Welcome from First Team Coach: Toby Booth Premiership Rugby First Team Coach: Darren Edwards • Welcome from Aviva Forwards Coach: Neal Hatley Clubs High Performance Manager: Allan Ryan • Bath Rugby Academy Director: • Exeter Chiefs Interim Head Analyst: Kate Burke • Gloucester Rugby Rugby Operations and Player Welfare Manager: Sophie Bennett • Harlequins Head of Communications: Sinead Russell • Leicester Tigers Ticket Office Supervisor: Ollie Bennet • London Irish • London Welsh Club Website Address • Newcastle Falcons www.bathrugby.com • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks Club Media Email List • Saracens Contact Helen Bayes • Wasps Fixtures & Media Media Accreditation Accreditation Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Media Facilities 22 press seats Referees 8 radio/ TV seats Logos Telephones. ISDN lines. Wireless access. Press working area. History Partners Media Parking Limited number of media parking passes available. Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts One to Watch : Whilst may have grabbed the headlines in terms of new signings, there is a lot of talent coming through the ranks at Bath Rugby, not Welcome least 20 year old Ollie Devoto. • Welcome from Devoto joined the Academy when he was 18 and was quickly promoted to the first team. Adept at both fly-half and centre, the powerful young player has a fine Premiership Rugby distribution game from hand and boot, and is fearless in defence. Named LV= Breakthrough Player of the Year after his committed performances in the Blue, Black • Welcome from Aviva and White, he looks set to continue his rise, earning his first call-up to the senior England team that took on the Barbarians at Twickenham in June. Clubs • Bath Rugby Ins & Outs • Exeter Chiefs In: Sam Burgess (South Rabbitohs - NRL), Nick Auterac (Saracens), Luke Arscott (Exeter Chiefs), Grant Shiells (Newcastle Falcons), Henry Thomas • Gloucester Rugby (Sale Sharks) • Harlequins Out: (Clermont), Charlie Beech ( Carnegie), (), Ryan Caldwell (Exeter Chiefs), Eusebio Guinazu, • Leicester Tigers Tom Heathcote (), Nick Koster (), Josh Ovens, Anthony Perenise (Bristol) and Martin Roberts (). • London Irish • London Welsh Club Mascot • Newcastle Falcons Maximus • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens Directions and map • Wasps By Road: M4 Junction 18, Bath 10 miles south. Fixtures & Media By Rail: Bath Spa Station has direct links with London, Bristol, , Salisbury and Southampton. Remaining national network changes at Bristol. Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE 2014/15 CLUBS Bath Rugby

Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Agulla Horacio Fullback/wing 1.81m 5’ 11” 88kg 13st 12lb 22/10/84 Premiership Rugby Arscott Luke Fullback 1.86m 6’ 1” 98kg 15st 6lb 07/07/84 • Welcome from Aviva Attwood Dave Lock 2.01m 6’ 7” 119kg 18st 10lb 05/04/87 england Auterac Nick Prop 1.83m 6’ 0” 115kg 18st 2lb 12/11/92 Clubs Banahan Matt Wing 2.01m 6’ 7” 110kg 17st 5lb 30/12/86 england • Bath Rugby Batty Ross Hooker 1.84m 6’ 0” 102kg 16st 1lb 20/09/86 • Exeter Chiefs Burgess Sam 1.96m 6’ 5” 116kg 18st 4lb 14/12/88 • Gloucester Rugby Catt Nathan Prop 1.87m 6’ 2” 115kg 18st 2lb 06/01/88 • Harlequins Cook Chris Scrum-half 1.78m 5’ 10” 92kg 14st 7lb 16/04/91 • Leicester Tigers Day Dominic Lock 1.98m 6’ 6” 116kg 18st 4lb 22/08/85 • London Irish Devoto Ollie Fly-half/Fullback 1.93m 6’ 4” 103kg 16st 3lb 22/09/93 • London Welsh Eastmond Kyle Fullback/Wing 1.70m 5’ 7” 82kg 12st 13lb 17/07/89 england • Newcastle Falcons Fa’osiliva Alafoti Flanker 1.83m 6’ 0” 112kg 17st 9lb 28/10/85 • Northampton Saints Fearns Carl Flanker 1.91m 6’ 3” 123kg 19st 5lb 28/05/89 england • Sale Sharks Ford George Fly-half 1.78m 5’ 10” 84kg 13st 3lb 16/03/93 • Saracens Garvey Matt Lock/Back row 1.98m 6’ 6” 125kg 19st 10lb 26/10/87 • Wasps Gilbert Mat Flanker 1.92m 6’ 4” 108kg 17st 0lb 09/10/86 england Deaf Fixtures & Media Henson Gavin Back 1.82m 6’ 0” 96kg 15st 2lb 01/02/82 /Lions Accreditation Hooper Stuart Lock 1.94m 6’ 4” 113kg 17st 11lb 18/11/81 Season Structure, Houston Leroy Back Row 1.88m 6’ 2” 114kg 17st 13lb 10/11/86 Salary Cap & Faqs James Paul Prop 1.85m 6’ 1” 115kg 18st 2lb 13/05/82 Wales Referees Joseph Jonathan Centre 1.83m 6’ 0” 91kg 14st 5lb 21/05/91 england Logos Louw Francois Flanker 1.90m 6’ 3” 109kg 17st 2lb 15/06/85 Mercer Guy Flanker 1.81m 5’ 11” 100kg 15st 10lb 12/12/89 History Orlandi Juan Pablo Prop 1.90m 6’ 3” 117kg 18st 6lb 20/06/83 argentina Partners Palma-Newport Kane Prop 1.89m 6’ 2” 120kg 18st 13lb 26/10/90 Play and BreakThru Rokoduguni Semesa Wing/Centre 1.84m 6’ 0” 98kg 15st 6lb 28/08/87 england Other Media Shiells Grant Prop 1.86m 6’ 1” 107kg 16st 12lb 23/09/89 Contacts Sisi David Back Row 1.96m 6’ 5” 120kg 18st 13lb 05/02/93 Spencer Will Lock 2.00m 6’ 7” 124kg 19st 7lb 30/05/92

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE 2014/15 CLUBS Bath Rugby

Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Stringer Peter Scrum-half 1.70m 5’ 7” 72kg 11st 5lb 13/12/77 Premiership Rugby Thomas Henry Prop 1.88m 6’ “2 118kg 18st 8lb 30/10/90 england • Welcome from Aviva Watson Anthony Fullback/wing 1.85m 6’ 1” 93kg 14st 9lb 26/02/94 Webber Rob Hooker 1.83m 6’ 0” 116kg 18st 4lb 01/08/86 england Clubs Williams Ben Centre 1.87m 6’ 2” 101kg 15st 13lb 28/05/89 • Bath Rugby Wilson David Prop 1.86m 6’ 1” 125kg 19st 10lb 09/04/85 england • Exeter Chiefs Woodburn Olly Wing 1.87m 6’ 2” 96kg 15st 2lb 18/11/91 • Gloucester Rugby Young Micky Scrum-half 1.75m 5’ 9” 83kg 13st 1lb 31/12/88 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Exeter Chiefs Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Sandy Park Stadium, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, EX2 7NN • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 12,500 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 01392 890890 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Sandy Park Stadium, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, EX2 7NN • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Sandy Park • Saracens • Wasps Club Media Contact Fixtures & Media Mark Stevens, Communications Manager Accreditation Tel: 01392 890915 Season Structure, Mob: 07771 654730 Salary Cap & Faqs Fax: 01392 890888 Referees Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE 2014/15 CLUBS Exeter Chiefs

Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Chairman & Chief Executive: Tony Rowe OBE Welcome Deputy Chief Executive: Keiron Northcott • Welcome from Finance Director: Alan Quantick Premiership Rugby Head Coach: • Welcome from Aviva Assistant Coaches: Ali Hepher, Rob Hunter Clubs Skills Coach: Ricky Pellow • Bath Rugby Team Manager: Tony Walker • Exeter Chiefs Academy Manager: Robin Cowling • Gloucester Rugby Team Administrator: Tony Walker • Harlequins Head of Strength & Conditioning: Mark Twiggs • Leicester Tigers Head of Sports Medicine: Adrian Harris • London Irish Head Physiotherapist: Jamie Fulton • London Welsh Video Analyst: Simon Norris • Newcastle Falcons Head of Corporate: John Wood • Northampton Saints Match Day Sponsorship Executive: Chris Bentley • Sale Sharks Operations Manager: Natasha Pavis • Saracens Chief Steward / Safety Officer: Stuart Kennedy • Wasps Fixtures & Media Club Website Address Accreditation www.exeterchiefs.co.uk Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Club Media Email List Email [email protected] to be added to the Exeter Chiefs media email list. Referees Logos Media Accreditation History Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Media Facilities 45 press seats. Welcome Media Centre is located to the north end of the main West Grandstand. Team sheets, a match programme and free wireless access are provided to all • Welcome from visiting media. Premiership Rugby Post-match press conference takes place in Media Centre following final whistle. • Welcome from Aviva Match Tickets are to be collected from the main VIP reception in the West Grandstand. Clubs • Bath Rugby Media Parking • Exeter Chiefs Limited number of media parking passes available at Sandy Park, plus off-site parking at Friends Life serviced by a free bus shuttle service. • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins One to Watch • Leicester Tigers : Much is expected of the young Cornishman in what promises to be a big year for the talented back. Having featured in all of England’s Six • London Irish Nations matches last term, the all-action winger is lethal with ball in hand and has a devastating step off either foot. His unique attacking skills make him a • London Welsh dangerous on-field attacker, whilst his defensive skills are improving year on year. • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Ins & Outs • Sale Sharks In: Chrysander Botha (Lions), Ryan Caldwell (Bath Rugby), (London Scottish), Adam Hughes (Bristol), Mitch Lees (London Welsh), • Saracens (), Elvis Taione (Jersey), (Leicester Tigers) • Wasps Out: Luke Arscott (Bath Rugby), Lloyd Fairbrother (), James Hanks (Retired), Tom Hayes (Retired), Craig Mitchell (Cardiff ), James Phillips Fixtures & Media (London Scottish), Jason Shoemark (Retired), Hoani Tui (Lyon), Chris Whitehead (Retired) Accreditation Season Structure, Club Mascot Salary Cap & Faqs Big Chief Referees Directions and map Logos From junction 30 of the M5 follow signs to Exeter and the A379 at the roundabout and take first left to Sandy Park. History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE 2014/15 CLUBS Exeter Chiefs

Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Armand Don Back-Row 1.91m 6ft 4in 114kg 17st 9lbs 23.09.88 Premiership Rugby Arnott Jack Winger 1.80m 5ft 11in 81kg 12st 7lbs 02.09.93 • Welcome from Aviva Bateman Greg Hooker/Prop 1.78m 5ft 10in 115kg 18st 1lb 20.06.89 Bodilly Max Full-Back 1.81m 5ft 11in 82kg 12st 9lbs 09.09.94 Clubs Botha Chrysander Full-Back 1.88m 6ft 2in 87kg 13st 7lbs 13.07.88 namibia • Bath Rugby Brown Alex Prop 1.85m 6ft 1in 123kg 19st 3lbs 13.10.89 • Exeter Chiefs Caldwell Ryan Lock 2.00m 6ft 6in 109kg 17st 1lb 01.09.84 ireland • Gloucester Rugby Carrick-Smith Will Lock 2.09m 6ft 11in 129kg 20st 3lbs 02.04.92 • Harlequins Chudley Will Scrum-Half 1.75m 5ft 8in 80kg 12st 5lbs 17.03.88 • Leicester Tigers Conlon Joel Back-Row 1.87m 6ft 2in 105kg 16st 5lbs 04.05.94 • London Irish Cowan-Dickie Luke Hooker/Prop 1.84m 6ft 110kg 17st 3lbs 20.06.93 • London Welsh Davies Kieran Prop 1.83m 6ft 110kg 17st 3lbs 02.12.93 • Newcastle Falcons Dollman Phil Centre/Full-Back 1.83m 6ft 89kg 14st 15.05.85 • Northampton Saints Ewers Dave Back-Row 1.93m 6ft 4in 128kg 20st 1lb 03.11.90 • Sale Sharks Francis Tomas Prop 1.85m 6ft 1in 135kg 21st 2lbs 27.04.92 • Saracens Hendrickson Tom Centre 1.84m 6ft 96kg 15st 1lb 01.09.94 • Wasps Hill Sam Centre 1.84m 6ft 100kg 15st 7lbs 14.07.93 Fixtures & Media Horstmann Kai Back-Row 1.91m 6ft 4in 108kg 17st 21.09.81 Accreditation Hughes Adam Centre/Winger 1.80m 5ft 11in 93kg 14st 6lbs 14.01.90 Season Structure, Innard Jack Hooker 1.80m 5ft 11in 98kg 15st 4lbs 03.07.95 Salary Cap & Faqs James Tom Winger 1.86m 6ft 1in 102kg 16st 1lb 17.04.87 Wales Referees Jess Matt Winger 1.82m 5ft 11in 90kg 14st 1lb 04.04.84 Logos Johnson Tom Back-Row 1.88m 6ft 2in 106kg 16st 6lbs 16.07.82 england Lees Mitch Lock/Back-Row 1.96m 6ft 5in 122kg 19st 2lbs 12.10.88 History Lewis Dave Scrum-Half 1.73m 5ft 6in 81kg 12st 7lbs 19.04.89 Partners Low Moray Prop 1.88m 6ft 2in 128kg 20st 1lb 28.11.84 scotland Play and BreakThru Moon Ben Prop 1.81m 5ft 11in 110kg 17st 3lbs 14.07.89 Other Media Mumm Dean Lock 1.94m 6ft 5in 108kg 17st 05.03.84 australia Contacts Naqelevuki Sireli Centre/Wing 1.92m 6ft 4in 120kg 18st 8lbs 30.09.80 Nowell Jack Full-Back 1.80m 5ft 11in 97kg 15st 2lbs 11.04.93 england

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Oulton Jack Scrum-Half 1.80m 5ft 11in 85kg 13st 3lbs 06.10.95 Premiership Rugby Rimmer Carl Prop 1.83m 6ft 114kg 17st 9lbs 29.04.86 • Welcome from Aviva Scaysbrook James Back-Row 1.84m 6ft 98kg 15st 4lbs 01.01.82 Sexton Jerry Lock 1.95m 6ft 5in 116kg 18st 2lbs 20.01.93 Clubs Simmonds Sam Back-Row 1.83m 6ft 97kg 15st 2lbs 10.11.94 • Bath Rugby Skinner Sam Back-Row 1.93m 6ft 4in 105kg 16st 5lbs 31.01.95 • Exeter Chiefs Slade Henry Fly-Half 1.87m 6ft 2in 92kg 15st 4lbs 19.03.93 • Gloucester Rugby Steenson Gareth Fly-Half 1.78m 5ft 10in 84kg 13st 2lbs 05.04.84 • Harlequins Sturgess Brett Prop 1.86m 6ft 1in 111kg 17st 4lbs 16.11.81 • Leicester Tigers Sweeney Ceri Fly-Half 1.79m 5ft 10in 85kg 13st 3lbs 21.01.80 Wales • London Irish Taione Elvis Hooker 1.80m 5ft 11in 108kg 17st 25.05.83 • London Welsh Thomas Haydn Scrum-Half 1.75m 5ft 8in 78kg 12st 2lbs 17.09.82 england • Newcastle Falcons Townsend Stu Scrum-Half 1.75m 5ft 8in 86kg 13st 9lbs 11.10.95 • Northampton Saints Vainikolo Fetu’u Winger 1.82m 5ft 11in 102kg 16st 30.01.85 tonga • Sale Sharks Waldrom Thomas No.8 1.85m 6ft 1in 113kg 17st 7lbs 28.04.83 england • Saracens Welch Damian Lock 1.98m 6ft 6in 114kg 17st 9lbs 28.05.82 • Wasps White Ben Back-Row 1.93m 6ft 4in 105kg 16s5 5lbs 23.11.83 Fixtures & Media Whitten Ian Centre 1.89m 6ft 2in 105kg 16st 5lbs 05.06.87 ireland Accreditation Yeandle Jack Hooker 1.85m 6ft 1in 108kg 17st 22.12.89 Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Gloucester Rugby Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Kingsholm Stadium, Kingsholm Road, Kingsholm, Gloucester, GL1 3AX • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 16,121 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 0871 871 8781 (calls to this number will cost no more than 10p per minute from a BT landline) • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Kingsholm Stadium, Kingsholm Road, Kingsholm, Gloucester, GL1 3AX • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Gloucester Rugby, Hartpury Sports Academy, Hartpury College, Hartpury, Gloucester, GL19 3BE • Saracens Contact Adrienne Eley on 01452 700141 or 07789 118769 • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Club Media Contacts Season Structure, Duncan Wood, Media Manager Tom Burrows, Media Assistant Salary Cap & Faqs Tel: 01452 872266 Tel: 01452 872271 Referees Mob: 07833 795745 Mob: 07808 069592 Logos Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE 2014/15 CLUBS Gloucester Rugby

Club media contacts Other Club Contacts CEO: Stephen Vaughan Welcome Commercial Manager: Mike Turner • Welcome from Operations Manager: Shaun Roberts Premiership Rugby Community Manager: Gary Little • Welcome from Aviva Director of Rugby: David Humphreys Clubs Head Coach: Laurie Fisher • Bath Rugby Scrum Coach; • Exeter Chiefs Attack and Back Coach: Nick Walshe • Gloucester Rugby Defence coach: John Muggleton • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers Club Website Address • London Irish www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons Club Media Email List • Northampton Saints Email [email protected] with name, company and contact details. • Sale Sharks • Saracens Media Accreditation • Wasps Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com Fixtures & Media Accreditation Media Facilities 30 press seats (10 for radio and 20 for written press) in the main grandstand. All radio facilities need to be pre-arranged with the Club’s Media Manager. Tom Burrows, Media Assistant Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs A further 28 seats across 14 workstations in top right of the new grandstand with TV screens with a stream from the big screen are available on request for Tel: 01452 872271 media in our overflow seats. Referees Mob: 07808 069592 The media room is located in the new South stand and is clearly signposted from the main entrance. Entrance to the media room is via the players’ entrance and Email: [email protected] Logos is accessible by both stairs and lift. There is seating for 36 people. History All positions have power points. Partners Wireless broadband is available as are a number of standard telephone lines. A number of hard wired internet positions are available if requested in advance. A selection of refreshments and hot and cold drinks are available in the media room. Play and BreakThru Access to the press seats, located on the second floor, is via stairs or lift. Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Media Parking Media parking is limited and located off site but within easy walking distance. All media are asked to state whether they require matchday parking and they will Welcome be contacted on an individual basis as to whether parking is available. • Welcome from Directions are supplied within a confirmation email the day before the game. Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva One to Watch Clubs : The Scottish international joins the Cherry and Whites from and the experienced half-back will provide the key link • Bath Rugby between the newly-bolstered pack and backline. • Exeter Chiefs A dependable kicker and game manager, Laidlaw’s arrival will give quality strength at scrum half at Kingsholm. • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Ins & Outs • Leicester Tigers In: (Ulster), Mark Atkinson (Bedford), (Bristol), (Ospreys), (Perpignan), (Worcester • London Irish Warriors), Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh), (Ospreys), Aleki Lutui (Edinburgh Rugby), (), (Wasps), Henry Purdy • London Welsh (Leicester Tigers), Steve McColl and Jacob Rowan (Yorkshire Carnegie) • Newcastle Falcons Out: (Leicester Tigers), , Dan George, Matt Cox (all Worcester Warriors), (), (Tasman • Northampton Saints Makos), Huia Edmonds (Narbonne), Martyn Thomas, Lua Lokotui, Koree Britton (Released), Jonny Bentley (Jersey), Rupert Harden (Treviso), Will James, Olly • Sale Sharks Morgan, Tim Taylor, Andy Hazell, (Retired), Tom Heard (Plymouth Albion) • Saracens • Wasps Directions and map Fixtures & Media By Road from the North, South or East: Leave the M5 at junction 11 and follow signs for Gloucester, A40. Follow the dual carriageway to Accreditation roundabout, turn right following A40 signs to Gloucester/Ross on Wye. Follow the dual carriageway to the next roundabout (Longford Roundabout), and Season Structure, turn left following A38 signs to Gloucester City Centre. You come to another roundabout (Tewkesbury Road Roundabout), go straight across following signs Salary Cap & Faqs to Gloucester City Centre; you are now on the Kingsholm Road. Kingsholm Stadium is approximately 800 yards on the right hand side of the road. Referees By Road from the West: Use the A48 or A40 into Gloucester. On approaching Gloucester, use the A40 Gloucester Northern Bypass. You will then Logos come to the Longford Roundabout and take directions as listed above. Gloucester Rugby Park and Ride: The club’s Park and Ride facility runs every 20 minutes for two hours before and after each home Aviva History Premiership Rugby fixture. Supporters’ vehicles can be securely parked at the British Energy overspill car park at Barnwood which is clearly signposted Partners from the motorway. Swanbrook Bus Company provide the shuttle service. More than 400 cars can use this facility into Kingsholm and it is easy for all Play and BreakThru supporters with excellent access from junction 11A of M5. Other Media All official facilities are manned during match hours. Cars are left at owner’s own risk. Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Afoa John prop 1.83m 6ft 118kg 18st 8lb 16.10.83 Premiership Rugby Atkinson Mark centre 1.91m 6ft 5in 106kg 16st 8lb 8.3.90 • Welcome from Aviva Burns Billy fly half 1.80m 6ft 84kg 13st 3lb 13.6.94 Cook Rob full-back 1.83m 6ft 95kg 15st 07.07.84 Clubs Dawidiuk Darren hooker 1.80m 5ft 11in 106kg 16st 8lb 21.9.87 • Bath Rugby Evans Gareth back row 1.91m 6ft 3in 114kg 18st 19.09.91 • Exeter Chiefs Galarza Mariano lock 2.03m 6ft 7in 118kg 18st 8lb 11.12.86 argentina • Gloucester Rugby Hibbard Richard hooker 1.83m 6ft 112kg 17st 9lb 13.12.83 Wales • Harlequins Hook James fly half 1.85m 6ft 1in 96kg 15st 2lb 27.06.85 Wales • Leicester Tigers Hudson James lock 2.01m 6ft 7in 113kg 17st 10lb 28.10.81 • London Irish Isaacs Tom centre 1.83m 6ft 93kg 14st 9lb 18.2.87 • London Welsh Kalamafoni Sione back row 1.91m 6ft 3in 118kg 18st 8lb 18.05.88 tonga • Newcastle Falcons Knight Shaun prop 1.83m 6ft 117kg 18st 6lb 19.02.90 • Northampton Saints Kvesic Matt back row 1.88m 6ft 2in 105kg 16st 8lb 14.04.92 england • Sale Sharks Laidlaw Greig half back 1.76m 5ft 8in 80kg 12st 8lb 12.10.85 scotland • Saracens Lutui Aleki hooker 1.83m 6ft 110kg 17st 5lb 01.07.78 tonga • Wasps May Jonny centre 1.88m 6ft 2in 92kg 14st 7lb 01.04.90 england Fixtures & Media McColl Steve full-back 1.83m 6ft 1in 100kg 15st 6lb 16.08.88 Accreditation Monahan Shane wing 1.88m 6ft 2in 103kg 16st 3lb 28.04.87 Season Structure, Morgan Ben number eight 1.91m 6ft 3in 115kg 18st 7lb 18.02.89 england Salary Cap & Faqs Moriarty Ross back row 1.88m 6ft 2in 103kg 16st 2lb 18.4.94 Referees Murphy Dan prop 1.90m 6ft 3in 115kg 18st 1lb 27.10.85 Logos Palmer Tom lock 2.00m 6ft 7in 118kg 18st 8lb 27.03.79 england Puafisi Sila prop 1.85m 6ft 1in 120kg 18st 13lb 15.04.88 tonga History Robson Dan scrum half 1.71m 5ft 8in 80kg 12st 8lb 14.03.92 Partners Rowan Jacob back row 1.85m 6ft 1in 102kg 16st 14.01.90 Play and BreakThru Tom lock/ back row 1.93m 6ft 5in 113kg 17st 12lb 18.04.89 Other Media Sharples Charlie wing 1.84m 6ft 89kg 14st 17.08.89 england Contacts Simpson-Daniel James wing 1.75m 5ft 9 1/2in 93kg 14st 8lb 30.05.82 england Stooke Elliott lock 1.98m 6ft 6in 130kg 20st 7lb 10.09.93

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Thomas Aled fly half 1.83m 6ft 1in 92kg 14st 7lb 02.01.85 Premiership Rugby Thomas Yann prop 1.88m 6ft 2in 120kg 18st 11lb 16.04.90 • Welcome from Aviva Trinder Henry centre 1.85m 6ft 1in 93kg 14st 8lb 14.04.89 Twelvetrees Billy centre 1.91m 6ft 3in 103kg 16st 3lb 15.11.88 england Clubs Wood Nick prop 1.86m 6ft 1in 112kg 17st 5lb 09.01.83 • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Harlequins Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Twickenham Stoop Stadium, Langhorn Drive, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 7SX • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 14,800 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 020 8410 6000 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Twickenham Stoop Stadium, Langhorn Drive, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 7SX • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Surrey Sports Park Ltd, University of Surrey, Richard Meyjes Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7AD • Saracens • Wasps Club Media Contact Fixtures & Media Imogen Gaunt, Callum Sheppard, Communications Executive Accreditation Head of Communications and Marketing Tel: 020 8410 6025 Season Structure, Tel: 020 8410 6045 Mob: 07557 924466 Salary Cap & Faqs Mob: 07785 629842 Fax: 020 8410 6001 Referees Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts David Ellis, Chief Executive Welcome Tel: 020 8410 6000 Email: [email protected] • Welcome from Conor O’Shea, Director of Rugby Premiership Rugby Email: conor.o’[email protected] • Welcome from Aviva Graeme Bowerbank, Rugby Manager Clubs Tel: 0208 410 6014 Email: [email protected] • Bath Rugby John Kingston, Head Coach • Exeter Chiefs Email: [email protected] • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Club Website Address • Leicester Tigers www.quins.co.uk • London Irish • London Welsh Club Media Email List • Newcastle Falcons Contact Callum Sheppard by email ([email protected]). • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks Media Accreditation • Saracens Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com • Wasps Fixtures & Media Media Facilities Accreditation Media Room located in the “Try Learning Centre“ at the back of the South Stand. Season Structure, 56 seats available in the Press Box, IG stand. Salary Cap & Faqs Accredited photographers only permitted to shoot along the IG stand touchline between the trylines and 22m lines, south stand and north-west and south-west corners. Dedicated photographers’ room in Control Tower. Referees Entrance to the stadium on a matchday via Gate 1 (north-west corner). Logos History Media PARKING Partners Available within the Rosebine car park just off the A316. Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts One to Watch : Jack Clifford is one of the club’s most exciting up-and-coming talents. The Australian-born back row forward capped off an impressive 12 Welcome months captaining the 2013 Under 20s to Six Nations and Junior World Cup titles, by representing England 7s during the HSBC World Sevens Series in • Welcome from Japan and Hong Kong. Premiership Rugby Born to a Kenyan father and an Australian mother, he has been with the club since he was 13. Jack began his career at Cranleigh minis and made his • Welcome from Aviva debut for Harlequins against Northampton Saints in 2012. Clubs Clifford has previously been dual registered with Esher and Ealing. • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs Ins & Outs • Gloucester Rugby In: Aseli Tikoirotuma (wing, Chiefs), (wing, London Irish) • Harlequins Out: Max Crumpton (hooker, Bristol), Maurie Fa’asavalu (No.8, Oyonnax), Tom Guest (No.8, London Irish), Nick Kennedy (lock, retired), Nic Mayhew • Leicester Tigers (prop), Tim Molenaar (centre, London Welsh), Sam Smith (wing, Worcester Warriors), (wing, retired) • London Irish • London Welsh Club Mascot • Newcastle Falcons Harley and Charley Bear • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens Directions and map • Wasps By Road: From the M3: Follow the M3 until it ends at the Sunbury roundabout. Continue up the A316 Chertsey Road, over three roundabouts. Continue for 2 miles. With Twickenham Rugby Stadium on your left, Quins’ ground is on the right. U-turn at the RFU roundabout. Enter the Stoop via Langhorn Drive, Fixtures & Media 450 yards on your left. Accreditation From the M4: Leave the M4 at Junction 3. Take the 3rd exit of the roundabout for the A312, towards Feltham (A3006). Continue along the A312 for Season Structure, 4.5 miles. At the A305/A316 roundabout, turn left onto the A316. Follow the A316 Chertsey Road, over three roundabouts. Continue for 2 miles. With Salary Cap & Faqs Twickenham Rugby Stadium on your left, Quins’ ground is on the right. U-turn at the RFU roundabout. Enter the Stoop via Langhorn Drive, 450 yards on Referees your left. Logos By Bus: Bus number 267 runs between Hammersmith and Fulwell Garage, calling at Stamford Brook, Turnham Green, Bridge, , Isleworth and Twickenham. Bus number 281 runs between Hounslow and Tolworth, visiting Whitton, Twickenham, Fulwell, Teddington, Hampton Wick, Kingston and History Surbiton. Both services stop within easy reach of the ground. Partners By Rail: Twickenham station is served by trains from London Waterloo and Reading, with more services and routes accessible via Clapham Junction. Play and BreakThru After the match (and after a warming pint or two in the East Stand) there are plenty of trains to return you home safely. Upon leaving the station, turn right Other Media towards Twickenham Rugby Stadium and left at the miniroundabout. Take the first left into Court Way and then turn left into Craneford Way and continue Contacts on until you reach the stadium. The Twickenham Stoop is at the end of the road on the right.

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB (Imp) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Adeniran-Olule Seb Prop 6ft 17.5 25.10.95 Premiership Rugby Botica Ben Fly-Half 5ft 11in 13.3 07.10.89 • Welcome from Aviva Brown Mike Full-Back 6ft 0in 14.4 04.09.85 england Buchanan Rob Hooker 6ft 0in 16 13.05.91 Clubs Burns Jordan Scrum-Half 5ft 7in 12.4 17.02.94 • Bath Rugby Care Danny Scrum-Half 5ft 11in 13.3 02.01.87 england • Exeter Chiefs Casson Tom Centre 6ft 0in 14.8 06.04.90 • Gloucester Rugby Cheeseman Henry Back-Row 6ft 3in 15.4 29.09.95 • Harlequins Chisholm James Back-Row 6ft 4in 16.5 11.08.95 • Leicester Tigers Chisholm Ross Full-Back 6ft 0in 14 19.10.90 • London Irish Collier Will Prop 6ft 2in 17.6 05.05.91 • London Welsh Dickson Karl Scrum-Half 5ft 11in 12.2 02.08.82 • Newcastle Falcons Doran Jones Paul Prop 6ft 0in 18.1 02.05.85 england • Northampton Saints Easter Nick Back-Row 6ft 4in 17.9 15.08.78 england • Sale Sharks Evans Nick Fly-Half 6ft 0in 13.2 14.08.80 new Zealand • Saracens Gray Joe Hooker 6ft 1in 16.3 05.08.88 • Wasps Grimoldby Louis Fly-Half 5ft 8in 13.4 10.05.94 Fixtures & Media Hopper Matt Centre 5ft 10in 14 29.01.85 Accreditation Ibuanokpe Josh Prop 6ft 3in 19.4 16.01.96 Season Structure, Lambert Mark Prop 6ft 3in 19.6 19.02.85 Salary Cap & Faqs Lindsay-Hague Ollie Winger 5ft 11in 12.6 08.10.90 Referees Lowe George Centre 5ft 11in 15 22.10.89 Marchant Joe Centre 6ft 14 16.07.96 Logos Marfo Darryl Prop 6ft 1in 17.7 01.11.90 History Marler Joe Prop 6ft 1in 17.9 07.07.90 england Partners Matthews Charlie Second-Row 6ft 8in 18.1 23.07.91 Play and BreakThru Merrick George Second-Row 6ft 8in 18.9 4.11.92 Monye Ugo Winger 6ft 1in 14.3 13.04.83 england/B&I Lions Other Media Piper Charlie Hooker 5ft 10in 16.5 18.02.96 Contacts

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Height Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Imp) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Robshaw Chris Back-Row 6ft 3in 17.4 04.06.86 england Premiership Rugby Robson George Second-Row 6ft 5in 17.9 04.11.85 • Welcome from Aviva Sloan Harry Centre 6ft 2in 16 16.06.94 Clubs South Stan Second-Row 6ft 6in 17.7 24.07.96 • Bath Rugby Tikorituma Aseli Wing / Centre 6ft 2in 14.4 24.06.86 Fiji • Exeter Chiefs Trayfoot Joe Back-Row 6ft 3in 17.1 05.02.91 • Gloucester Rugby Treadwell Kieran Second-Row 6ft 7in 17.3 16.11.95 • Harlequins Turner-Hall Jordan Centre 6ft 0in 16.8 05.01.88 england • Leicester Tigers Wallace Luke Back-Row 6ft 2in 16.1 02.10.90 • London Irish Ward Dave Hooker 5ft 11in 15.7 21.05.85 • London Welsh Williams Tom Winger 5ft 11in 13.2 12.10.83 • Newcastle Falcons Yarde Marland Winger 6ft 0in 14.13 20.04.92 england • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Leicester Tigers Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Leicester Tigers, , Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7TR • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 24,000 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 0844 856 1880 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Leicester Tigers, Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7TR • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Oval Park, Wigston Road, Oadby LE2 5QG • Saracens • Wasps Club Media Contact Fixtures & Media Gary Sherrard, Head of Communications Accreditation Tel: 0116 2171 284 Andy Mann, Press Officer Season Structure, Mob: 07894 783345 Tel: 0116 2171 256 Salary Cap & Faqs Fax: 0116 2171 304 Mob: 0776 66 54325 Referees Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Chairman: Peter Tom CBE Welcome Chief Executive: Simon Cohen • Welcome from Director of Rugby: Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Club Website Address Clubs www.leicestertigers.com • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs Club Media Email List • Gloucester Rugby To be added to our media mailing list, please email Gary Sherrard or Andy Mann with your name and publication. • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers Media Accreditation • London Irish Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons Media Facilities • Northampton Saints 50 press seats; post-match press conference in media room; press working area; refreshments provided. Wi-fi access in the media area has been upgraded for • Sale Sharks 2014-15 season. Internet access sockets are also now available within the press box for written media, please bring your own Ethernet cable. • Saracens • Wasps Media PARKING Fixtures & Media There is no media parking on site. A number of places are allocated at Leicester City FC just a five-minute walk from Tigers’ stadium. Please apply for parking Accreditation with your accreditation request. Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs One to Watch : Italy international Leonardo Ghiraldini will provide serious competition for Tigers’ England and British & Irish Lions hooker Tom Referees Youngs. Logos Ghiraldini is one of four players to arrive at Welford Road from Italian side Benetton Treviso during the summer and brings with him a wealth of European History experience. Partners The 29-year-old captained Italy in the 2010 RBS 6 Nations and has made 67 times appearances for his country, including a start in the 2007 World Cup in France and three starts in the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Ins & Outs In: Seremaia Bai (centre, Castres), (flanker, Treviso), Freddie Burns (fly-half, Gloucester Rugby), Leonardo Ghiraldini (hooker, Treviso), Welcome Christian Loamanu (wing, Treviso), Laurence Pearce (back row, Rotherham), (prop, Treviso), Aniseko Sio (prop, Vaimoso) • Welcome from Out: Dan Bowden (centre/ Blues), Ryan Bower (prop, WorcesterWarriors), Joe Cain (lock, retired), (hooker, retired), Pasqualle Premiership Rugby Dunn (centre, Doncaster ), (fly-half, Toulouse), Rob Hawkins (hooker, Newcastle Falcons), Michael Noone (back row, Jersey), Henry • Welcome from Aviva Purdy (wing, Gloucester Rugby), Jerome Schuster (prop, Tarbes), Boris Stankovich (prop, Dragons), Scott Steele (scrum-half, London Irish), Thomas Waldrom Clubs (No.8, Exeter Chiefs), Harry Wells (second-row, ) • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs Club Mascot • Gloucester Rugby Welford • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers Directions and map • London Irish By Road: Exit the motorway at Junction 21 (M1). Follow the signs for the city centre via Narborough Road (A5460). After 3 miles, at the crossroad • London Welsh junction with Upperton Road, turn right. The stadium is 1/2 mile ahead. • Newcastle Falcons From A6 (South): Follow the signs for the city centre, coming in via London Road. At the main set of lights opposite the entrance to the railway station • Northampton Saints (on the right), turn left onto the Waterloo Way which becomes Tigers Way. The stadium is 1/2 mile further on. • Sale Sharks From A5199 (South): Follow the signs for the city centre, coming in via Welford Road. • Saracens From A426 (South): Follow the signs for the city centre, coming in via Aylestone Road. • Wasps From A47 (East): Follow the signs for the city centre, coming in via Uppingham Road. At the St Georges Retail Park roundabout, take the second exit into Fixtures & Media St Georges Way (A594). Carry on past the Leicester Mercury offices on the right, and then filter off right into Waterloo Way just before the Railway Station. Accreditation This then turns into Tigers Way and the stadium is 1/2 mile further on. Season Structure, By Rail: Leicester Station is a ten minute walk away, along Waterloo Way and Tigers Way. Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Allen Anthony Centre 1.80m 5ft 11in 91kg 14st 5lb 01/09/86 england Premiership Rugby Ayerza Marcos Prop 1.85m 6ft 1in 110kg 17st 5lb 12/01/83 argentina • Welcome from Aviva Bai Seremaia Centre/Fly-half 1.87m 6ft 2in 100kg 15st 10lb 04/01/79 Fiji Balmain Fraser Prop 1.85m 6ft 1in 116kg 18st 4lb 16/11/91 Clubs Barbieri Robert Back row 1.85m 6ft 1in 108kg 17st 0lb 05/06/84 italy • Bath Rugby Benjamin Miles Wing 1.85m 6ft 1in 104kg 16st 5lb 11/05/88 • Exeter Chiefs Briggs Neil Hooker 1.80m 5ft 11in 98kg 15st 6lb 01/06/85 • Gloucester Rugby Bristow Tom Prop 1.82m 6ft 0in 108kg 17st 0lb 16/08/91 • Harlequins Brugnara Riccardo Prop 1.80m 5ft 11in 115kg 18st 0lb 26/12/93 • Leicester Tigers Burns Freddie Fly-half 1.83m 6ft 0in 88kg 13st 12lb 13/05/90 england • London Irish Camacho Gonzalo Wing 1.73m 5ft 8in 85kg 13st 5lb 28/08/84 argentina • London Welsh Cole Dan Prop 1.91m 6ft 3in 115kg 18st 1lb 09/05/87 england/Lions • Newcastle Falcons Crane Jordan Back row 1.91m 6ft 3in 109kg 17st 2lb 03/06/86 england • Northampton Saints Croft Tom Back row 1.96m 6ft 5in 105kg 16st 7lb 07/11/85 england/Lions • Sale Sharks De Chaves Sebastien Lock 2.01m 6ft 6in 105kg 16st 7lb 30/01/90 • Saracens Deacon Louis Lock 1.98m 6ft 6in 115kg 18st 2lb 07/10/80 england • Wasps Ghiraldini Leonardo Hooker 1.84m 6ft 0in 99kg 15st 8lb 26/12/84 italy Fixtures & Media Gibson Jamie Back row 1.96m 6ft 5in 107kg 16st 12lb 27/09/90 Accreditation Goneva Vereniki Centre/Wing 1.78m 5ft 10in 97kg 15st 4lb 05/04/84 Fiji Season Structure, Hamilton Scott Full-back/wing 1.90m 6ft 3in 100kg 15st 10lb 04/03/80 new Zealand Salary Cap & Faqs Harrison Sam Scrum-half 1.75m 5ft 9in 80kg 12st 8lb 07/04/90 Referees Hepetema Terrence Centre 1.83m 6ft 0in 95kg 14st 10lb 03/01/92 Logos Kitchener Graham Lock 1.98m 6ft 6in 121kg 18st 13lb 29/09/89 Loamanu Christian Centre/Wing 1.88m 6ft 2in 106kg 16st 10lb 13/05/86 Japan History Mafi Steve Lock/Flanker 2.00m 6ft 6in 112kg 16st 8lb 09/12/89 tonga Partners Matera Pablo Flanker 1.93m 6ft 4in 99kg 15st 8lb 18/07/93 argentina Play and BreakThru Mele David Scrum-half 1.70m 5ft 7in 70kg 11st 0lb 22/10/85 Other Media Morris Niall Wing/Full-back 1.88m 6ft 2in 88kg 13st 12lb 08/08/88 Contacts Mulipola Logovi’i Prop 1.93m 6ft 4in 124kg 19st 7lb 11/03/87 samoa Parling Geoff Lock 1.98m 6ft 6in 115kg 18st 2lb 28/10/83 england/Lions

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Pasquali Tiziano Prop 1.88m 6ft 1in 118kg 18st 7lb 14/07/94 Premiership Rugby Pearce Laurence Back row 1.96m 6ft 4in 120kg 18st 10lb 03/12/90 • Welcome from Aviva Pohe Javiah Centre 1.78m 5ft 10in 104kg 16st 5lb 24/06/94 Clubs Rizzo Michele Prop 1.88m 6ft 1in 110kg 17st 5lb 16/09/82 italy • Bath Rugby Salvi Julian Flanker 1.87m 6ft 1in 100kg 15st 10lb 09/10/85 • Exeter Chiefs Scully Blaine Full-back/wing 1.92m 6ft 4in 93kg 14st 9lb 29/02/88 usa • Gloucester Rugby Slater Ed Lock/Back row 2.00m 6ft 6in 116kg 18st 4lb 01/08/88 • Harlequins Smith Matt Wing/Centre 1.90m 6ft 2.5in 98kg 15st 6lb 15/11/85 • Leicester Tigers Thacker Harry Hooker 1.74m 5ft 8in 88kg 13st 12lb 18/02/94 • London Irish Tait Mathew Full-back 1.83m 6ft 0in 90kg 14st 2lb 06/02/86 england • London Welsh Thompstone Adam Wing 1.83m 6ft 0in 101kg 15st 12lb 04/09/87 • Newcastle Falcons Tuilagi Manusamoa Centre 1.84m 6ft 0in 110kg 17st 5lb 18/05/91 england/Lions • Northampton Saints Williams Owen Fly-half 1.83m 6ft 0in 91kg 14st 4lb 27/02/92 • Sale Sharks Youngs Ben Scrum-half 1.79m 5ft 10in 87kg 13st 10lb 05/09/89 england/Lions • Saracens Youngs Tom Hooker 1.75m 5ft 9in 102kg 16st 0lb 28/01/87 england/Lions • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips London Irish Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby , Junction 11, M4, Reading RG2 0FL • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 24,100 (all seated) • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 01189 681016 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Hazelwood, Croysdale Avenue, Green Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex TW16 6QU • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Hazelwood, Croysdale Avenue, Green Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex TW16 6QU • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Club Media Contact Accreditation Andrew Hogan, Communications Manager Season Structure, Tel: 01932 750111 Salary Cap & Faqs Mob: 07545 602709 Referees Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Head of Rugby Operations - Kieran McCarthy Welcome Director of Rugby - Brian Smith • Welcome from Forwards Coach - Glenn Delaney Premiership Rugby Backs Coach - Richard Whiffin • Welcome from Aviva Head of Strength and Conditioning - Steve Walsh Clubs Head of Medical Services - Brian O’Leary • Bath Rugby President - Mick Crossan • Exeter Chiefs Executive Chairman - David Fitzgerald • Gloucester Rugby Financial Director - Trevor Byrne • Harlequins Commercial Director - Jim O’Toole • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Website Address • London Welsh www.london-irish.com • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Media Email List • Sale Sharks How to subscribe: email details to [email protected] with name and publication. • Saracens • Wasps Media Accreditation Fixtures & Media Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com Accreditation Season Structure, Media Facilities Salary Cap & Faqs The Media Centre on the upper level of the West Stand is the focal point of all match day media activity. Postmatch press conferences and interviews take place there. The suite is equipped with individual work stations and communications facilities. The stadium complex also has a wi-fi network. Referees The media gallery has accommodation for print and broadcast media with enhanced facilities. There are 90 seats, most have access to ISDN lines only Logos – these must be booked in advance direct with the stadium. History Photographers must collect their passes and then proceed to the Photographers Room which is on the ground level of the West Stand (adjacent to entrance GA). Partners Photographers’ bibs, which must also be collected from the reception desk and returned to it, are mandatory for pitchside access. TV camera crews must occupy allocated places on the gallery. Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Media PARKING A limited number of media parking passes are available, applications with accreditation requests please. Welcome • Welcome from One to Watch Premiership Rugby : Eoin Griffin arrives from Connacht on a two year deal. • Welcome from Aviva Griffin, who is born and bred in , joined the Connacht Academy after impressing in the provincial Schools competition. He made 62 appearances Clubs for Connacht scoring four tries. • Bath Rugby The 23-year-old has represented Ireland at age grade level and in 2013 and 2014 was part of the squad that took part in the Tbilisi Cup • Exeter Chiefs in Georgia and Nations Cup in Romania. • Gloucester Rugby The outside centre is looking to showcase the form he has showed for Connacht in the Aviva Premiership this season. • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers Ins & Outs • London Irish In: (Ulster), (Edinburgh), Sean Cox (Edinburgh), Dan Leo (Perpignan), Tom Guest (Harlequins), Luke Narraway (Perpignan), Conor Gilsenan • London Welsh (Leinster), Scott Steele (Leicester Tigers), Chris Noakes (Auckland Blues), Eoin Griffin (Connacht), James Short (Saracens) • Newcastle Falcons Out: Chris Hala’ufia (Scarlets), (Ulster), Setaimata Sa (Hull RL), Marland Yarde (Harlequins), James O’Connor (Toulon), CJ Van Der Linde (Toulon), • Northampton Saints Sailosi Tagicakibau (Wasps) • Sale Sharks • Saracens Club Mascot • Wasps Digger the Irish Wolfhound. The famous mascot meets and greets fans pre-match and rallies the crowd during all home matches. His real life counterpart Fixtures & Media “Niall“ makes a personal appearance at all home matches. London Irish has “Junior Club Membership” for supporters. Accreditation Season Structure, Directions and map Salary Cap & Faqs By Road: From the M4, exit the M4 at junction 11, heading for Reading on the A33. Continue straight across the first and second roundabouts, passing the Stadium on your left. At the next roundabout (past McDonald’s), take the first left onto Northern Way and follow signs to car parks. Referees Car Parking: The stadium car park charge is £7 on the day. On matchdays, there is also parking available nearby at the Greyhound Stadium Car Park Logos and The Old Depot Car Park, Imperial Way. History By Rail: Reading Station is served by three major train operators. Great Western Trains leave Paddington at least five times per hour and take Partners approximately 23 minutes. Check at www.greatwesterntrains.com. South West Trains from London Waterloo to Reading take approximately 90 minutes. Check at www.southwesttrains.com. Virgin Trains travel via Reading to London Paddington. Check at www.virgintrains.co.uk. Play and BreakThru Other Media On match days, a Shuttle Bus Service operates from Reading Station to the Stadium. Please check the club’s official website for ticket prices. Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Met) Welcome • Welcome from Allinson Darren Scrum Half 1.75 m 82 13.11.87 Premiership Rugby Armitage Guy Centre 1.95m 113 19.11.91 • Welcome from Aviva Aulika Halani Prop 1.85m 130 31.08.83 tonga Cowan Blair Flanker 1.88m 106 21.04.86 scotland Clubs Court Tom Prop 1.91m 122 06.11.80 ireland / Lions • Bath Rugby Cox sean lock 1.95m 115 16.01.85 • Exeter Chiefs Cross Geoff Prop 1.85m 116 11.12.82 scotland • Gloucester Rugby Dorrian Myles Fly Half 1.85m 88 26.11.82 • Harlequins Ellis Gerard Hooker 1.82m 116 25/10/92 • Leicester Tigers Fenby Andrew Wing 1.83m 98 24.10.85 • London Irish Fowlie tom Centre 1.88m 100 23/04/95 • London Welsh Geraghty Shane Fly Half 1.78m 88 12.08.86 england • Newcastle Falcons Gilsenan Conor Flanker 1.88m 98 10.09.92 • Northampton Saints Griffin eoin Centre 1.85m 95 18.09.90 • Sale Sharks Guest Tom Number 8 1.93m 105 05.07.84 • Saracens Hagan Jamie Prop 1.91m 122 05.04.87 Ireland • Wasps Halavatau leo Prop 1.80m 125 21.11.83 Fixtures & Media Harris Jonny Prop 1.85m 117 15.01.91 Accreditation Homer Tom Full Back 1.78m 91 01.04.90 Season Structure, Leo Dan Lock 1.98m 112 02.10.82 Samoa Salary Cap & Faqs Lewington Alex Wing 1.85m 96 20.09.91 Referees Low Kieran Lock 1.98m 112 27.01.91 Scotland Logos Mayhew Mike Hooker 1.85m 110 22.01.87 Mulchrone Fergus Full Back 1.83m 96 23.12.86 History Narraway Luke Number 8 1.90m 106 07.08.83 england Partners Noakes Chris Fly Half 1.82m 86 21.07.85 Play and BreakThru Ojo Topsy Wing 1.83m 90 28.07.85 england Other Media O’Leary Tomás Scrum Half 1.80m 87 22.10.83 ireland Contacts Paice David Hooker 1.85m 104 24.11.83 England Parr Matt Prop 1.88m 118 29.09.82

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Height Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Met) Welcome • Welcome from Rouse Nic Lock 1.96m 115 10.02.81 Premiership Rugby Sheridan Eamonn Centre 1.94m 110 14.05.89 • Welcome from Aviva Short James Wing 1.83m 85 15.10.89 Sinclair Jebb Flanker 1.93m 115 08.04.86 Canada Clubs Skivington George Lock 1.98m 115 03.12.82 • Bath Rugby Steele Scott Scrum Half 1.78m 85 24.07.83 • Exeter Chiefs Stevens Jimmy Hooker 1.83m 101 27.01.91 • Gloucester Rugby Treviranus Ofisa Flanker 1.82m 107 31.03.84 samoa • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips London Welsh Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby The , Grenoble Road, Oxford, OX4 4XP • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 12,500 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 01865 717661 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh 5000 Oxford Business Park South, Oxford, OX4 2BH • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks , 187 Kew Rd, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2AZ • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Club Media Contact Season Structure, Damian Dolan, Communications Manager Salary Cap & Faqs Mob: 07584 528506 Referees Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts President: OBE Welcome Chairman: Bleddyn Phillips • Welcome from Chief Executive Officer: Mike Stevens Premiership Rugby Head coach: Justin Burnell • Welcome from Aviva Assistant Coaches: Gordon Ross, Ollie Smith, Matthew Ferguson Clubs Team Manager: Sonny Parker • Bath Rugby Head of Strength & Conditioning: Ryan Campbell • Exeter Chiefs Lead Physiotherapist: Georgina Ewer • Gloucester Rugby General Manager Tracey Robinson • Harlequins Head of Commercial Development: Jeremy Scott • Leicester Tigers Finance Manager: Michael Harnetty • London Irish Sales Manager: Paul O’Brien • London Welsh Ticketing Manager: Michelle Morris • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Website Address • Sale Sharks www.london-welsh.co.uk • Saracens • Wasps Club Media Email List Fixtures & Media Contact Damian Dolan Accreditation Season Structure, Media Accreditation Salary Cap & Faqs Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com Referees Media Facilities Logos 63 press seats with benches in front of them in the South Stand, top tier. There are only 12 power points, so extensions are advisable. Seats MM 42-48 are History reserved or radio, next to ISDN lines. Wi Fi is available in the stand and Media Suite, located directly behind the press seats. Post-match press conference in the Partners Media Suite. Refreshments provided. Play and BreakThru Media PARKING Other Media Car parking available to all media if requested in advance. All car parking at the Kassam Stadium is free. Contacts

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Club media contacts One to Watch : Capped 71 times by the All Blacks during an international career spanning 2004-2013, Piri joins the Exiles from Super 15 side the Blues. Welcome • Welcome from The scrum half scored 103 points in his 71 appearances for the All Blacks and played a leading role in New Zealand’s 2011 World Cup success, Premiership Rugby particularly in their knockout victories over Australia and Argentina, when he was man of the match. • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Ins & Outs • Bath Rugby In: Eddie Aholelei (), (Scarlets), Koree Britton (Northampton Saints), Shane Cahill (), James Down (Cardiff • Exeter Chiefs Blues), Chris Elder (Plymouth Albion), Jack Gilding (Viadana), Cameron Goodhue (Worcester Warriors), Pablo Henn (Limoges), Jesse Liston (Blackheath), • Gloucester Rugby Jimmie Litchfield (Hartpury College), Lachlan McCaffrey (), Josh McNally (), Tim Molenaar (Harlequins), Ricky Reeves (Wasps), Nic • Harlequins Reynolds (Scarlets), Tristan Roberts (Bristol), (Plymouth Albion), James Sandford (Cornish Pirates), Dean Schofield (Worcester Warriors), Nathan • Leicester Tigers Taylor (Hartpury College), Taione Vea (London Wasps), Darren Waters (Newport Gwent Dragons), Piri Weepu (Blues). • London Irish Out: Joe Ajuwa, , Tom Bristow (returning to Leicester Tigers), (returning to Bath Rugby), Kevin Davis, Mike Denbee, Peter Edwards, • London Welsh Ollie Frost, Cai Griffiths, , Tyson Keats, Toby L’Estrange, Mitch Lees, Billy Moss, Ian Nimmo, Liam O’Neill, Sonny Parker, Rory Pitman, John • Newcastle Falcons Quill, Paddy Ryan, Will Spencer (returning to Bath Rugby), James Tideswell, Hudson Tonga’uiha, Josh Watkins. • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks Club Mascot • Saracens Dewi the Dragon • Wasps Fixtures & Media Directions and map Accreditation By Road: From all main roads around Oxford: Follow the brown football signs towards the Kassam Football Stadium. On seeing signs to the car Season Structure, parks, follow car park R2 and head for the Conference Reception/ Club Reception entrance next to the ticket office. Salary Cap & Faqs From the M4: Leave the M4 at Junction 13 and join the northbound carriageway of the A34. Follow the A34 towards Oxford. Exit A34 onto A4142 and follow the brown football signs towards the Kassam Football Stadium. Referees From the M40 – Northbound: Leave the M40 at Junction 7. At the end of the slip road, turn left onto the A329 signposted Little Milton and Logos Stadhampton and you will see signs for the B480. Continue forward on the B480 (through Stadhampton and Chiselhampton) for approx 8 miles until you History reach a main roundabout. Take the first exit signposted Reading & the Bowlplex and the Kassam Stadium is approx 1 mile on the right hand side. Partners From the M40 – Southbound: Leave the M40 at junction 8a. Follow A40 to the first roundabout (McDonalds Family Restaurant is on left hand side). Take first exit towards Cowley and Newbury A34 and follow the brown football signs which will take you to the stadium. Play and BreakThru By rail/bus: Oxford station is a fair distance from the ground. Take the No5 bus from the station (Stop R2). Get off at Knights Road in Blackbird Leys, Other Media which is a five minute walk from the stadium. It’s a 25 minute journey (approx.). Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Aholelei Eddie Prop 1.9m 6ft 3in 123kg 19st 5lb 3.12.81 tonga Premiership Rugby Awcock Alan Full back/Wing 1.89m 6ft 3in 95kg 15st 22.4.88 • Welcome from Aviva Barkley Olly Fly half 1.8m 5ft 11in 93kg 14st 9lb 28.11.81 england Britton Koree Hooker 1.8m 5ft 11in 113kg 17st 11lb 4.3.92 Clubs Browne Daniel Back row/Second row 1.95m 6ft 5in 111kg 17st 6lb 16.4.79 • Bath Rugby Browne Peter Second row/Back row 2m 6ft 7in 116.5kg 18st 4lb 25.10.87 • Exeter Chiefs Cahill Shane Prop 1.85m 6ft 1in 114kg 17st 13lb 30.7.87 • Gloucester Rugby Cooper Ben Prop 1.83m 6ft 124kg 19st 7lb 15.6.89 • Harlequins Corker Matt Second row 2m 6ft 7in 118kg 18st 8lb 30.11.82 • Leicester Tigers Crane Rhys Wing 1.85m 6ft 1in 95.5kg 15st 14.10.85 • London Irish Davies Alex Fly half/Scrum half 1.76m 5ft 9in 90kg 14st 2lb 21.6.86 • London Welsh Matthew Dobson Hooker 1.83m 6ft 111kg 17st 6lb 16.12.86 • Newcastle Falcons Down James Second row 2m 6ft 7in 122kg 19st 3lb 29.8.87 • Northampton Saints Elder Chris Full back 1.93m 6ft 4in 102kg 16st 12.6.92 • Sale Sharks Gilding Jack Prop 1.8m 5ft 11in 120kg 18st 2lb 10.3.88 • Saracens Goodhue Cameron Back row 1.92m 6ft 4in 112kg 17st 8lb 24.1.87 • Wasps Henn Pablo Prop 1.82m 5ft 12in 115kg 18st 1lb 15.7.82 argentina Fixtures & Media Jewell Seb Full back/Centre 1.86m 6ft 1in 92kg 14st 7lb 20.12.87 Accreditation Kirwan Carl Flanker 1.90m 6ft 3in 108kg 17st 21.3.91 Season Structure, Lewis James Centre 1.88m 6ft 2in 92kg 14st 7lb 20.11.87 Salary Cap & Faqs Lewis Rob Scrum half 1.88m 6ft 2in 93kg 14st 9lb 20.11.87 Referees Liston Jesse Back row 1.88m 6ft 2in 109kg 17st 2lb 17.8.93 Logos Litchfield Jimmy Prop 1.88m 6ft 2in 130kg 20st 6lb 27.10.91 May Tom Centre 1.78m 5ft 10in 96kg 15st 1lb 5.2.79 england History McCaffrey Lachlan Back row 1.94m 6ft 4in 108kg 17st 17.3.90 Partners McNally Joshua Second row 2.01m 6ft 7in 125kg 19st 9lb 21.8.90 Play and BreakThru Molenaar Tim Centre 1.9m 6st 3in 104kg 16st 5lb 19.2.81 Other Media Morris Nathan Hooker 1.83m 6ft 109kg 17st 2lb 3.3.93 Contacts Pienaar Ben Number 8 1.93m 6ft 4in 106.5kg 16st 10lb 10.9.86 Reeves Ricky Prop 1.85m 6ft 1in 118kg 18st 8lb 26.2.82

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Reynolds Nic Centre 1.86m 6ft 1in 97kg 15st 3lb 7.4.89 Premiership Rugby Roberts Tristan Fly half 1.73m 5ft 8in 83kg 13st 1lb 23.3.87 • Welcome from Aviva Robinson Will Fly half 1.83m 6ft 86kg 13st 7lb 9.1.93 Clubs Rowley Paul Scrum half 1.79m 5ft 10in 86kg 13st 7lb 15.12.87 • Bath Rugby Sandford James Second row 1.99m 6st 6in 120kg 18st 12lb 27.1.89 • Exeter Chiefs Schofield Dean Second row 1.98m 6st 6in 124kg 19st 7lb 19.1.79 england • Gloucester Rugby Scott Nick Wing 1.86m 6ft 1in 98kg 15st 6lb 13.6.90 • Harlequins Stedman Ollie Back row 1.91m 6ft 3in 116kg 18st 2lb 20.5.91 • Leicester Tigers Stegmann Seb Wing/Centre 1.85m 6ft 1in 93kg 14st 9lb 12.4.89 • London Irish Taylor Nathan Hooker 1.8m 5ft 11in 112kg 17st 8lb 4.3.92 • London Welsh Thorpe Richard Flanker 1.87m 6ft 1in 105kg 16st 7lb 1.11.84 • Newcastle Falcons Tincknell James Centre/Wing 1.93m 6ft 4in 101kg 15st 12lb 13.8.88 • Northampton Saints Trevett Nathan Prop 1.77m 5ft 10in 114kg 17st 13lb 23.3.85 • Sale Sharks Vea Taione Prop 1.88m 6ft 2in 130kg 20st 6lb 1.12.88 tonga • Saracens Vella Nathan Hooker 1.86m 6ft 1in 105kg 16st 7lb 10.2.90 • Wasps Waters Darren Flanker 1.85m 6ft 1in 102kg 18st 12lb 14.6.85 Weepu Piri Scrum half 1.78m 5ft 10in 94kg 14st 11lb 7.9.83 new Zealand Fixtures & Media West Ben Second row 1.98m 6ft 6in 111.5kg 17st 7lb 19.1.92 Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Newcastle Falcons Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Kingston Park, Brunton Road, Kenton Bank Foot, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 8AF • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 10,200 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 0191 214 5588 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Kingston Park, Brunton Road, Kenton Bank Foot, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 8AF • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Kingston Park, Brunton Road, Kenton Bank Foot, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 8AF • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Club Media Contact Accreditation Ceryn Rowntree, Communications and Marketing Season Structure, Tel: 0191 214 2805 Salary Cap & Faqs Mob: 07764 933 219 Referees Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Director of Rugby: Dean Richards Welcome Head Coach: John Wells • Welcome from Defence Coach: Graham Steadman Premiership Rugby Team Manager: John Stokoe • Welcome from Aviva Skills and Attack Coach: Dave Walder Clubs Scrum Coach: Micky Ward • Bath Rugby Strength and Conditioning Coach: Andy Perry • Exeter Chiefs Head of Athletic Performance: Kevin McShane • Gloucester Rugby Video Analyst: Martin Hastie • Harlequins Lead Doctor: Rachel Scurfield • Leicester Tigers Head Physio: Simon Pope • London Irish Physio: Fraser McKinney • London Welsh Academy Manager: Mark Laycock • Newcastle Falcons Managing Director: Mick Hogan • Northampton Saints Sales and Marketing Director: Keith Christie • Sale Sharks Community Director: Melanie Magee • Saracens Commercial Director: Duncan Edward • Wasps Finance Director: Steven Rogers Fixtures & Media Match day Safety Officer: Hugh McSherry Accreditation Retail Manager: Clare Short Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Club Website Address www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk Referees Logos Club Media Email List History Please contact [email protected] Partners Media Accreditation Play and BreakThru Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Media Facilities Pre and post-match members of the media are welcome in the club’s media suite, on the first floor of the East Stand (enter through the East Stand glass doors) Welcome where programmes, team sheets, photographers’ bibs, food and drink are all provided. During the game the club has 20 press seats with power points in the • Welcome from West Stand press gantry, along with five ISDN lines and 10 phone sockets. There is overflow seating for a further eight in the press box with power and desks, Premiership Rugby although these are unavailable during TV games. Early requests are advised to guarantee a place in the press box during televised games. • Welcome from Aviva Photographers must wear the bibs provided at all times and are only allowed behind the fence at both ends of the stadium, at the South end or behind the Clubs padded boards around the pitch. Photographers are at no times allowed on the grass for their own safety and that of the players. Failure to comply with these • Bath Rugby regulations will result in a warning, followed by ejection from the stadium. • Exeter Chiefs The post-match press conference will be held in the East Stand media suite where there are 15 desk spaces with power, phone lines and wireless internet access. • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Media PARKING • Leicester Tigers A limited number of media parking passes are available, applications with accreditation requests please. Free Parking subject to prior notification. • London Irish • London Welsh One to Watch • Newcastle Falcons George McGuigan: Newcastle Falcons Academy graduate George McGuigan will be looking to make an impact on the Aviva Premiership in his first • Northampton Saints year as part of the club’s senior squad. McGuigan picked up a string of first team appearances last term not only in the LV= Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup • Sale Sharks competitions, but also in the Aviva Premiership, where he provided strong competition for the experienced hookers within the squad and was selected as • Saracens the club’s Young Player of the Season for 2013-14. Although hailing from Richmond, North Yorkshire, the 21 year old hooker has represented Ireland at • Wasps both Under 18s and Under 20s level and is hotly tipped as one to watch in the seasons to come. Fixtures & Media Accreditation Ins & Outs Season Structure, In: (London Scottish), Josh Furno (Biarritz), (Yorkshire Carnegie), Rob Hawkins (Leicester Tigers), Mark Irving (Tynedale), Alex Rogers Salary Cap & Faqs (Lille), Juan Pablo Socino (Rotherham), Ruki Tipuna (Bristol), (Chiefs), Alesana (Alex) Tuilagi (NTT Shining Arcs), Anitelea (Andy) Tuilagi (Newport Gwent Dragons) Referees Out: Alex Crockett (Retired), Carlo del Fava (Retired), James Fitzpatrick (Yorkshire Carnegie), Andrew Higgins (Retired), Joel Hodgson (Northampton Logos Saints), Fraser McKenzie (Edinburgh), Franck Montanella (Biarritz), Chris Pilgrim (Yorkshire Carnegie), Grant Shiells (Bath Rugby), Ryan Shortland (Retired), History Gary Strain (Released), Sean Tomes (Released) Partners Club Mascot Play and BreakThru Flash the Falcon. Flash does match day entertainment for the Flock junior supporters club and participates in half-time kicking competitions, photos with fans etc. Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Directions and map Welcome By Road: From the A1 Western Bypass, take the turn off for Newcastle Airport at road signposted Newcastle Airport/ Ponteland/ B6918, and follow • Welcome from signs for Kingston Park on the B6918. Go straight over two roundabouts, under a bridge and then turn right on to Brunton Road after around half a mile. Premiership Rugby The stadium is then visible on your left in approximately 300 metres. • Welcome from Aviva By Rail: The main railway station is Central Station in Newcastle city centre. From there, follow the Metro directions below. Clubs By Metro: Kingston Park is connected to most parts of Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland by the Metro train network. Kingston Park Metro station is • Bath Rugby a five minute walk from Kingston Park station on the Airport branch of the line. The station is nine stops and 15-20 minutes from the centre of Newcastle. • Exeter Chiefs Services arrive and depart Kingston Park approximately every ten minutes, with the last train at around midnight. For a detailed Metro map and full • Gloucester Rugby timetables for all Metro services, go to www.tyneandwearmetro.co.uk • Harlequins By Air: Kingston Park stadium is only a five minute drive from Newcastle International Airport. Driving from the airport, take the B6918 turn off to the left • Leicester Tigers at the main roundabout outside the airport, then after around 2 miles turn left up Brunton Road. The stadium is visible on your left after around 300 yards. • London Irish Taxis are freely available outside the airport exit. Metro trains also run approximately every 10 minutes from the airport to Kingston Park station, which is a • London Welsh five minute walk from the stadium. As the airport is the last station on the line, you can take any Metro train as they all stop at Kingston Park. The journey • Newcastle Falcons is only three stops and takes approximately five minutes. For more information on Newcastle International Airport and the services available go to www. • Northampton Saints newcastleinternational.co.uk or for more information on Metro trains from the airport go to www.tyneandwearmetro.co.uk • Sale Sharks By Bus: Local bus services run from Kingston Park to Newcastle city centre and numerous other parts of the city on a regular basis. National Express • Saracens coach services connect Newcastle with many parts of Britain from the station in the Gallowgate area of the city centre, next to St James’s Park football • Wasps stadium. From Gallowgate bus station to get to Kingston Park, take the Metro one stop from St James’s Park station to Monument, and then change to trains marked for ‘Airport’ and Kingston Park station is nine stops away, with a journey time of approximately 15-20 minutes. For detailed local bus timetable Fixtures & Media information go to www.tyneandweartimetables.co.uk or for details of National Express services from Gallowgate go to www.nationalexpress.co.uk Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Weight Club media contacts Christian Name Surname Position DOB Honours (Met) (Met) Welcome • Welcome from Daniel barnes Centre 183 93.2 07/10/89 Premiership Rugby Dominic Barrow Second Row 200 119.7 19/03/93 • Welcome from Aviva Michael Blair Scrum Half 183 85.0 20/04/81 scotland, Lions Clubs Prop 188 124.5 29/08/90 England • Bath Rugby Noah Cato Wing 183 99.3 31/03/88 • Exeter Chiefs Thomas Catterick Full Back 180 85.7 18/10/90 • Gloucester Rugby Rory Clegg Fly Half 191 94.3 06/01/90 • Harlequins Eric Fry Prop 193 119.0 14/09/87 USA • Leicester Tigers Second Row 200 109.0 21/10/89 italy • London Irish Warren Fury Scrum Half 183 91.6 10/12/85 Wales • London Welsh Philip Godman Fly Half 175 84.0 20/05/82 scotland • Newcastle Falcons Calum Green Second Row 193 116.0 15/07/90 • Northampton Saints Robert Hawkins Hooker 186 101.1 14/04/83 • Sale Sharks Jamie Helleur Centre 180 92.0 21/11/83 Samoa • Saracens Allister Hogg Back Row 193 105.2 20/01/83 scotland • Wasps Mark irving Prop 195 136.0 26/04/89 Uili Kolo’ofai Second Row 198 118.0 29/09/82 tonga Fixtures & Media Hooker 178 101.4 28/09/81 Scotland Accreditation Scott Macleod Second Row 200 106.1 03/03/79 scotland Season Structure, Richard Mayhew Back Row 193 107.4 24/06/85 Salary Cap & Faqs George mcGuigan Hooker 182 111.8 30/03/93 Referees Adam Powell Centre 180 97.2 01/01/87 Logos Andrew Saull Back Row 186 100.4 27/09/88 Sinoti Sinoti Wing 178 101.0 09/09/85 Samoa History Full Back 180 95.0 08/08/86 england Rugby League Partners Juan socino Centre 178 98.0 30/05/88 Play and BreakThru Alexander Tait Full Back 184 94.1 18/03/88 Other Media Kane Thompson Back Row 198 112.0 09/01/82 samoa Contacts Matthew thompson Hooker 191 121.3 12/12/82 Centre 183 97.0 24/04/85 Argentina

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Height Weight Club media contacts Christian Name Surname Position DOB Honours (Met) (Met) Welcome • Welcome from Ruki Tipuna Scrum Half 172 73.4 05/11/83 new Zealand Maori Premiership Rugby Oliver tomaszczyk Prop 186 133.0 24/11/86 • Welcome from Aviva Wing 185 117.0 24/02/81 Samoa Clubs Anitelea Tuilagi Wing 183 112.0 05/06/86 Samoa • Bath Rugby Robert Vickers Prop 184 113.1 02/12/81 • Exeter Chiefs William Welch Back Row 193 108.0 03/04/90 • Gloucester Rugby Mark Wilson Back Row 191 111.6 06/10/89 • Harlequins Scott Wilson Prop 193 127.1 12/03/94 • Leicester Tigers Christopher York Back Row 193 106.5 27/12/89 • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Northampton Saints Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Franklin’s Gardens, Weedon Road, Northampton, NN5 5BG • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 13,591

NORTHAMPTON OFFICIAL TEAM • Exeter Chiefs MERCHANDISE • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 01604 751543 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Franklin’s Gardens, Weedon Road, Northampton, NN5 5BG • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Franklin’s Gardens, Weedon Road, Northampton, NN5 5BG • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Club Media Contacts Accreditation Chris Wearmouth, Head of Communications Tom Kwah, Press Officer Season Structure, Tel: 01604 599125 Tel: 01604 599129 Salary Cap & Faqs Mob: 07808 866270 Mob: 07713 135091 Referees Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Director of Rugby: Welcome Coaches: , Alan Dickens, Alex King • Welcome from Team Manager: Paul Shields Premiership Rugby Recruitment and Development Manager: • Welcome from Aviva Academy Coaches: Mark Hopley, Paul Diggin Clubs Team Administrator: Rebecca Worth • Bath Rugby Chairman: Tony Hewitt • Exeter Chiefs Chief Executive: Allan Robson • Gloucester Rugby Commercial Director: Brian Facer • Harlequins Head of Community: Sian Haynes • Leicester Tigers Stadium Manager: Andy Tresias • London Irish • London Welsh Club Website Address • Newcastle Falcons www.northamptonsaints.co.uk • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks Club Media Email List • Saracens Mailing requests need to go to [email protected] • Wasps Fixtures & Media Media Accreditation Accreditation See the Media Accreditation section of the media guide for details of how to apply for accreditation. Accreditation needs to be applied for no later than 48 hours before a match. Please note that photographers need a written commission. Passes, bibs and programmes can be collected from the Saints Ticket Office. Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Media Facilities Referees 60 press seats, with wi-fi access in the press box and press room. The press box also has hard-wire internet access – USERS MUST BRING THEIR OWN Logos NETWORK CABLES. Please note that TV commentary and away coach positions are also in the press box and seating may be limited for some matches. ISDN History lines need to be installed by users. Partners Post-match press conferences are held in the Church’s Stand, which also serves as a working room for journalists. Photographers will be assigned a different Play and BreakThru working room that will be confirmed on each match day. Photographers must also note the working protocols in operation at Franklin’s Gardens. Invitations to Other Media press sessions will be sent out at the beginning of each week. Contacts

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Club media contacts One to Watch Cam Dolan:Cam Dolan arrived at Franklin’s Gardens over the winter on injury dispensation duty from Life University in Georgia, USA, and although the Welcome Floridian native did not play for the Saints’ first team he has the potential to make a big impact this coming season. • Welcome from Premiership Rugby At 6’7” and 110kg he has a physical presence, but what makes Dolan stand out are his pace and handling skills that caught the eye in his man of the • Welcome from Aviva match performance for the US Eagles in their game against the NZ Maori in November 2013. Clubs • Bath Rugby Still just 24 years of age going into the 2014/15 campaign, Dolan is a regular in the Eagles’ starting line-up, and helped his country reach the 2015 • Exeter Chiefs World Cup. But before then his focus is making his mark in black, green and gold. • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Ins & Outs • Leicester Tigers In: Joel Hodgson (Newcastle Falcons) • London Irish Out: Fa’atoina Autagavaia (France), Paul Diggin (retired), GJ Van Velze (Worcester Warriors) • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons Club Mascot • Northampton Saints Bernie the Dog, and his good friend Frankie. • Sale Sharks • Saracens Directions and map • Wasps By Road: Exit J15A of M1 and follow signs to Northampton and Sixfields. At mini roundabout, turn right next to TGI Fridays into Walter Tull Way and Fixtures & Media then straight over next mini roundabout into Way for access to car parks. Please use these directions, NOT follow your sat nav system, which Accreditation will take you to the front gate which is around ¾ mile as the crow flies from the car park. Season Structure, By Rail: Taxi rank available at Northampton station or catch the number 9 bus from the other side of the main road opposite the station. However, a Salary Cap & Faqs 10-minute walk is just as easy: turn right out of the main car park and follow the road past BP garage, Thomas A Becket pub, bus depot, post office and working men’s club. Franklin’s Gardens can be clearly seen from the left hand side of the road. Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Christian Name Surname Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Centre 1.91m 6’3” 107kg 16st 11lb 06/12/87 england Premiership Rugby Flanker 1.93m 6’4” 110kg 17st 4lb 10/06/89 • Welcome from Aviva Tom Collins Wing 1.82m 6’0” 84kg 13st 3lb 03/07/94 Prop 1.85m 6’1” 124kg 19st 7lb 30/08/88 england/Lions Clubs James Craig Lock/Back-row 2.01m 6’7” 112kg 17st 9lb 08/11/88 • Bath Rugby Alex Day Scrum-half 1.84m 6’0” 88kg 13st 12lb 11/04/93 • Exeter Chiefs Christian Day Lock 1.96m 6’5” 114kg 17st 13lb 24/06/83 • Gloucester Rugby Gareth Denman Prop 1.83m 6’0” 118kg 18st 8lb 12/11/90 • Harlequins Sam Dickinson Lock/Back-row 1.93m 6’4” 110kg 17st 4lb 28/01/85 • Leicester Tigers Glenn Dickson Centre/Fly Half 1.87m 6’2” 100kg 15st 10lb 22/10/86 • London Irish Scrum-half 1.78m 5’10” 84kg 13st 3lb 29/03/85 england • London Welsh Cam Dolan No 8 2.01m 6’7” 110kg 17st 4lb 07/03/90 united States • Newcastle Falcons Phil Dowson Back row 1.91m 6’3” 110kg 17st 4lb 01/10/81 england • Northampton Saints Jamie Elliott Centre 1.75m 5’9” 88kg 13st 12lb 31/08/92 • Sale Sharks Full back 1.83m 6’0” 95kg 14st 13lb 22/07/85 england • Saracens Kahn Fotuali’i Scrum-half 1.83m 6’0” 95kg 14st 13lb 22/05/82 samoa • Wasps Flanker 1.88m 6’2” 102kg 16st 0olb 05/09/92 Fixtures & Media Hooker 1.85m 6’1” 109kg 17st 2lb 24/03/86 england Accreditation Mike Haywood Hooker 1.80m 5’11” 98kg 15st 6lb 10/11/91 Season Structure, Joel Hodgson Scrum-half 1.78m 5’10” 79kg 12st 6lb 01/08/92 Salary Cap & Faqs Lock/Back-row 2.01m 6’7” 109kg 17st 2lb 23/02/89 england Referees Salesi Ma’afu Prop 1.85m 6’1” 133kg 20st 13lb 26/03/83 australia Logos Manoa Lock/Back-row 1.98m 6’6” 124kg 19st 7lb 05/03/85 united States Ross McMillan Hooker 1.85m 6’1” 113kg 17st 11lb 02/06/87 History Tom Mercey Prop 1.80m 5’11” 115kg 18st 1lb 15/06/87 Partners Fly half 1.80m 5’11” 92kg 14st 6lb 21/07/84 england Play and BreakThru Wing 1.93m 6’4” 107kg 16st 11lb 13/04/92 Wales/Lions Other Media Ben Nutley Flanker 1.85m 6’1” 101kg 15st 12lb 07/04/92 Contacts Adam Parkins Prop 1.95m 6’5” 121kg 19st 0lb 20/12/89 George Pisi Centre 1.85m 6’1” 94kg 14st 11lb 29/06/86 samoa

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Christian Name Surname Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Ken Pisi Wing 1.83m 6’0” 91kg 14st 4lb 24/02/89 samoa Premiership Rugby Tom Stephenson Centre 1.78m 5’10” 94kg 14st 11lb 05/05/94 • Welcome from Aviva Dom Waldouck Centre 1.80m 5’11” 94kg 14st 11lb 26/09/87 Prop 1.83m 6’0” 116kg 18st 3lb 14/02/90 Clubs Prop 1.83m 6’0” 115kg 18st 1lb 13/08/92 • Bath Rugby James Wilson Centre 1.96m 6’5” 101kg 15st 12lb 07/07/83 • Exeter Chiefs Flanker 1.93m 6’4” 104kg 16st 5lb 03/11/86 england • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Sale Sharks Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby AJ Bell Stadium, 1 Stadium Way, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Salford M30 7EY Tel: 0844 844 8400. • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 12,000 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 08444-994-994 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Sale FC Academy, Carrington Lane, Carrington, Sale, M31 4AE • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Sale FC Academy, Carrington Lane, Carrington, Sale, M31 4AE • Saracens • Wasps Club Media Contact Fixtures & Media Dave Swanton, Head of Media,PR & Supporter Liaison Accreditation Tel: 0161 286 8915 Season Structure, Mobile: 07702 906250 Salary Cap & Faqs Fax: 0161-962-9687 Referees Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Chief Executive: Ian Blackhurst Welcome Director of Rugby: Steve Diamond • Welcome from Head Coach: Premiership Rugby Team manager: Paul Smith • Welcome from Aviva Head of Academy/Transition: Pete Anglesea Clubs Coaching Staff: Mike Forshaw • Bath Rugby Academy Manager: Ray Unsworth • Exeter Chiefs Assistant: David Wilks • Gloucester Rugby Head of Sports Science: Adam Grainger • Harlequins Performance Analyst: Hugh Jenner • Leicester Tigers Financial Director: Steve Cornwall • London Irish Commercial Director: Neil Ryan • London Welsh Commercial Manager: Andy Lamb • Newcastle Falcons Ticket Office Manager: Wendy Briers • Northampton Saints Commercial Executives: Greg Harris, Steve Hanley and Julie Loynd • Sale Sharks Community: Jonny Acheson & Helen Stuart • Saracens Merchandise Manager: Lisa Robinson • Wasps Matchday Press Assistant: Stephen Thomas Fixtures & Media Stadium Manager: Ruth Steenson Accreditation Stadium Operations: Marcelle Locke Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Club Website Address www.salesharks.com Referees Logos Club Media Email List History Send details to [email protected] Partners Media Accreditation Play and BreakThru Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Media Facilities Media Suite on ground floor accessed through reception. 40 media places in press box with other spaces available if required. Press Box has power and wifi. Welcome Must stress that Media MUST be booked in advance. • Welcome from Premiership Rugby Media PARKING • Welcome from Aviva Car Park Places must be booked in advance. Clubs • Bath Rugby One to Watch • Exeter Chiefs Nathan Fowles: Nathan Fowles is a young scrum half with pace to burn. His 2013-14 Season was wrecked by a shoulder injury but he’ll be back fitter • Gloucester Rugby and faster than ever. • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers Ins & Outs • London Irish In: (Clermont Auvergne), Chris Cuisiter (Glasgow Warriors), (Treviso), Darren Fearn (Bedford Blues), Luke McLean • London Welsh (Treviso), Magnus Lund (Biarritz) • Newcastle Falcons Out: Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby), (Wasps), (Wasps), (retired), (Bristol), Tom Holmes (Rotherham), • Northampton Saints Aston Croall, Kirill Kulemin (Perpignan) • Sale Sharks • Saracens Club Mascot • Wasps Sharky Fixtures & Media Accreditation Directions and map Season Structure, By Road: Directions M60 to J11 follow A57 signposted Irlam, follow brown signs. Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby Junction 11 • Exeter Chiefs al an C • Gloucester Rugby hip r S • Harlequins ste he nc • Leicester Tigers Ma • London Irish 7 A5 M • London Welsh 6 0 • Newcastle Falcons City • Northampton Saints Airport • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Chill Factore Fixtures & Media AJ Bell 4 Accreditation Stadium 1 7 2 5 5 Season Structure, A B The Trafford Salary Cap & Faqs Centre Referees l Logos na Ca p History hi r S te es M6 Partners ch 0 an Play and BreakThru M Other Media Contacts

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Addison Will Centre 1.86m 6ft 1in 94kg 14st 11lb 20/08/92 Premiership Rugby Arscott Tom Winger/Full back 1.83m 6ft 90kg 14st 2lb 25/08/87 • Welcome from Aviva Baines Dan Hooker 1.83m 6ft 106kg 16st 9lb 04/08/86 Beaumont Josh Lock 2m 6ft 7in 109kg 17st 2lb 24/03/92 Clubs Brady Tom Winger 1.82m 5ft 11in 94kg 14st 11lb 10/02/91 • Bath Rugby Braid Dan Flanker 1.83m 6ft 100kg 15st 10lb 13/02/81 new Zealand • Exeter Chiefs Cipriani Danny Fly Half 1.83m 6ft 1in 92kg 14st 6lb 02/11/87 england • Gloucester Rugby Cliff Will Scrum half 1.80m 5ft 10in 83kg 13st 0lb 17/10/88 • Harlequins Cobilas Vadim Prop 1.82m 5ft 11in 118kg 18st 8lb 30/07/87 moldova • Leicester Tigers Cusiter Chris Scrum Half 1.83m 6ft 83kg 13st 1lb 13/06/82 scotland/Lions • London Irish Cueto Mark Winger 1.83m 6ft 95kg 15st 0lb 26/12/79 england/Lions • London Welsh Di Marchi Alberto Prop 1.83m 6ft 118kg 18st 8lb 13/03/86 italy • Newcastle Falcons Easter Mark Back row 1.89m 6ft 2in 103kg 16st 3lb 10/10/82 • Northampton Saints Fearn Darren Prop 1.90m 6ft 3in 130kg 20st 4lb 17/12/88 • Sale Sharks Fihaki Viliami Back row 1.96m 6ft 5in 107kg 16st 11lb 17/01/87 tonga • Saracens Flynn James Prop 1.83m 6ft 114kg 17st 13lb 05/10/92 • Wasps Ford Joe Fly Half 1.83m 6ft 85kg 13st 5lb 04/06/90 Fixtures & Media Forsyth Andy Centre 1.89m 6ft 2in 87kg 13st 9lb 09/09/90 Accreditation Fowles Nathan Scrum Half 1.80m 5ft 10in 87kg 13st 9lb 08/04/93 Season Structure, Haley Michael Full Back 1.89m 6ft 2in 89kg 14st 0lb 28/06/94 Salary Cap & Faqs Harrison Ross Prop 1.86m 6ft 1in 111kg 17st 6lb 03/09/92 Referees Hines Nathan Lock 2m 6ft 7in 118kg 18st 8lb 29/03/76 scotland/Lions Logos Ingall Charlie Winger 1.91m 6ft 3in 96kg 15st 1lb 19/07/89 James Sam Fly-Half 1.96m 6ft 5in 94kg 14st 11lb 03/07/94 History Jennings Mark Centre 1.83m 6ft 97kg 15st 3lb 27/02/93 Partners Jones Marc Hooker 1.85m 6ft 1in 105kg 16st 7lb 03/04/81 Play and BreakThru Leota Johnny Centre 1.83m 6ft 103kg 16st 3lb 21/01/84 samoa Other Media Lewis-Roberts Eifion Prop 1.83m 6ft 128kg 20st 2lb 13/02/81 Wales Contacts Lund Magnus Flanker 1.91m 6ft 3in 101kg 15st 13lb 25/06/83 england MacKenzie Phil Winger 1.86m 6ft 1in 96kg 15st 1lb 25/02/87 Canada

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Macleod Nick Fly Half 1.83m 6ft 89kg 14st 0lb 23/03/83 Premiership Rugby Mamukashvili Shalva Hooker 1.83m 6ft 108kg 17st 02/10/90 Georgia • Welcome from Aviva McLean Luke Fullback 1.91m 6ft 3in 94kg 14st 11lb 29/06/87 italy Mills Jonathan Flanker 1.96m 6ft 5in 112kg 17st 8lb 12/02/84 Clubs Ostrikov Andrei Lock 1.98m 6ft 6in 116kg 18st 3lb 02/07/87 Russia • Bath Rugby Paterson Michael Lock/Back Row 1.96m 6ft 5in 107kg 16st 11lb 09/05/85 england • Exeter Chiefs Seymour David Flanker 1.82m 5ft 11in 97kg 15st 3lb 27/09/84 • Gloucester Rugby Taylor Tommy Hooker 1.82m 5ft 11in 100kg 15st 10lb 11/11/91 • Harlequins Tuitupou Sam Centre 1.79m 5ft 9in 91kg 14st 4lb 01/02/82 new Zealand • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Saracens Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Allianz Park, Greenlands Lane, London, NW4 1RL • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 10,000 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 0203 675 7200 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Allianz Park, Greenlands Lane, London, NW4 1RL • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Saracens Training Centre, Woollam Playing Fields, 160 Harpenden Road, St Albans, Herts AL3 6BB • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Club Media Contact Accreditation Matthew Hennessey Season Structure, Tel: 0203 675 7211 Salary Cap & Faqs Mobile: 07715 077892 Referees Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Director of Rugby: Mark McCall Welcome Chief Executive: Edward Griffiths • Welcome from Backs Coach: Kevin Sorrell Premiership Rugby Forwards Coach: Alex Sanderson • Welcome from Aviva Defence and Forwards Coach: Clubs Kicking Coach: Dan Vickers • Bath Rugby Skills Coach: Joe Shaw • Exeter Chiefs Rugby Manager: JP O’Reilly • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Club Website Address • Leicester Tigers www.saracens.com • London Irish • London Welsh Club Media Email List • Newcastle Falcons E-mail to [email protected] • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks Media Accreditation • Saracens Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com • Wasps

Fixtures & Media Media Facilities Accreditation E-mail to [email protected] with any questions. Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Media PARKING Referees Limited number of spaces available – contact Matthew Hennessey on above details. Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts One to Watch Jim Hamilton: Giant lock-forward Jim Hamilton is a familiar sight to Aviva Premiership Rugby fans. The Scotland international has spent the majority of Welcome his professional career plying his trade in England’s premier club rugby competition with spells at Leicester Tigers and Gloucester Rugby. Hamilton arrives • Welcome from at Saracens after transferring from French side Montpellier, as the north London Club look to replace recently retired captain who has taken Premiership Rugby on a coaching role with Japan to work with ex-Saracens Director of Rugby, Eddie Jones. • Welcome from Aviva Known for his abrasive nature, ball carrying capabilities and leadership qualities, the 31-year-old will have a big role to play in the heart of the Saracens Clubs engine room alongside new club captain Alistair Hargreaves as well as England international Mouritz Botha, England Saxon and USA’s • Bath Rugby . • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Ins & Outs • Harlequins In: Mike Ellery (England 7s), & Jim Hamilton (Both Montpellier), Kieran Longbottom (), Matt Hankin & Scott Spurling (Saracens • Leicester Tigers Senior Academy). • London Irish Out: Luke Baldwin (Bristol), Steve Borthwick (retired), Nick Fenton-Wells (Bedford), Justin Melck (retired), James Short (London Irish), Matt Stevens (Natal • London Welsh Sharks), Michael Tagicakibau (Scarlets), ( Warriors) • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Mascot • Sale Sharks Sarrie the Camel and Wolfgang the Wolf • Saracens • Wasps Directions and map Fixtures & Media From the North: Exit the M1 at junction 2, exit onto Great North Way / A1 to towards C. London/Holloway/ N Circular/A406 East Turn left onto Accreditation Greenlands Lane. Season Structure, From the West: Exit the North Circular Road / A406 at the A41 ramp to Aylesbury/Centre London West. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the Salary Cap & Faqs A41 ramp to Aylesbury/Hendon/Hatfield/A1. Merge onto Brent Cross Flyover/A41. Continue to follow A41. Continue onto Watford Way/A1. Turn right onto Page Street. Turn right onto Champions Way and then into Greenlands Lane. Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Ashton Chris Wing 1.82m 5ft 11in 92kg 14st 6lb 29/03/87 england Premiership Rugby Barrington Richard Prop 1.86m 6ft 1in 123kg 20st 24/09/89 • Welcome from Aviva Barritt Brad Centre 1.86m 6ft 1in 96kg 15st 3lb 07/08/86 england Botha Mouritz Second Row 1.96m 6ft 6in 113kg 17st 11lb 29/01/82 england Clubs Bosch Marcelo Centre 1.86m 6ft 1in 92kg 14st 7lb 07/01/84 argentina • Bath Rugby Brits Schalk Hooker 1.82m 5ft 11in 98kg 15st 6lb 16/05/81 south Africa • Exeter Chiefs Brown Kelly Back Row 1.93m 6ft 4in 108kg 17st 08/06/82 scotland • Gloucester Rugby Burger Jacques Back Row 1.88m 6ft 2in 106kg 16st 9lb 29/07/83 Namibia • Harlequins De Jager Nick Back Row 1.93m 6ft 3ins 108kg 17st 07/02/90 • Leicester Tigers De Kock Neil Scrum Half 1.77m 5ft 9in 81kg 12st 10lb 20/11/78 south Africa • London Irish Du Plessis Petrus Prop 1.85m 6ft 1in 113kg 17st 11lb 31/05/81 • London Welsh Ellery Mike Wing 1.93m 6ft 4in 102kg 16st 1lb 17/11/89 • Newcastle Falcons Farrell Owen Fly Half / Centre 1.88m 6ft 2in 92kg 14st 6lb 24/09/91 england • Northampton Saints Figallo Juan Prop 1.87m 6ft 2in 112kg 17st 9lb 25/03/88 argentina • Sale Sharks Fraser Will Back Row 1.88m 6ft 2ins 102kg 16st 3lb 29/10/89 • Saracens George Jamie Hooker 1.83m 6ft 109kg 17st 2lb 22/10/90 • Wasps Gill Rhys Prop 1.83m 6ft 109kg 17st 2lb 30/10/86 Wales Fixtures & Media Goode Alex Full Back / Fly Half 1.81m 5ft 11in 91kg 14st 4lb 07/05/88 england Accreditation Hamilton Jim Second Row 2.03m 6ft 8in 125kg 19st 9lb 17/11/82 scotland Season Structure, Hankin Matt Back Row 1.88m 6ft 2in 92kg 14st 6lb 03/04/93 Salary Cap & Faqs Hargreaves Alistair Second Row 2.01m 6ft 7in 114kg 17st 12lb 29/04/86 south Africa Referees Hodgson Charlie Fly Half 1.78m 5ft 10in 82kg 12st 12lbs 12/11/80 england / Lions Logos Johnston James Prop 1.88m 6ft 2in 138kg 21st 10lb 06/03/86 samoa Joubert Ernst Back Row 1.93m 6ft 4in 105kg 16st 7lb 05/08/80 History Kruis George Back Row 1.98m 6ft 6in 113kg 17st 11lb 22/02/90 Partners Longbottom Kieran Prop 1.81m 5ft 11in 113kg 17st 11lb 20/12/85 Play and BreakThru Mordt Nils Centre 1.85m 6ft 1in 91kg 14st 4lb 05/12/83 Other Media Sheriff Eoin Second Row 1.96m 6ft 5in 109kg 17st 1lb 22/08/88 Contacts Streather Tim Centre 1.83m 6ft 87kg 13st 10lb 14/06/88 Spencer Ben Scrum Half 1.79m 5ft 10in 83kg 13st 1lb 31/07/92

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Height Height Weight Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Imp) (Met) (Imp) Welcome • Welcome from Spurling Scott Hooker 1.78m 5ft 10in 100kg 15st 8lb 10/06/93 Premiership Rugby Strettle David Wing 1.83m 5ft 11in 87kg 13st 9lb 23/07/83 england • Welcome from Aviva Taylor Duncan Wing 1.89m 6ft 3ins 92kg 14st 7lb 05/09/89 scotland Clubs Vunipola Billy No.8 1.88m 6ft 2ins 126kg 19st 11lb 03/11/92 england • Bath Rugby Vunipola Mako Prop 1.80m 5ft 11in 121kg 19st 13/01/91 england, Lions • Exeter Chiefs Wigglesworth Richard Scrum Half 1.76m 5ft 9in 86kg 13st 7lb 09/06/83 england • Gloucester Rugby Wray Jackson Back Row 1.88m 6ft 2in 105kg 16st 7lb 10/11/90 • Harlequins Wyles Chris Full Back / Wing 1.83m 6ft 94kg 14st 11lb 13/09/83 usa • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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NAME OF CLUB Club media contacts Club strips Wasps Welcome • Welcome from Stadium Address Premiership Rugby Adams Park, Hillbottom Rd, High Wycombe. HP12 4HJ • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Stadium Capacity • Bath Rugby 10,516 • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Club Switchboard • Harlequins 0208 993 8298 • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Club Office Address • London Welsh Twyford Avenue Sports Ground, Twyford Avenue, Acton, London. W3 9QA • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Training Ground • Sale Sharks Twyford Avenue Sports Ground, Twyford Avenue, Acton, London. W3 9QA • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Club Media Contacts Accreditation Melissa Platt, Senior Communications Manager Season Structure, Tel: 0208 896 4871 Ben Lloyd, Digital Communications Manager Salary Cap & Faqs Mob: 07809 512 172 Mob: 07958 111007 Referees Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Other Club Contacts Director of Rugby: Welcome Backs Coach: Stephen Jones • Welcome from Defence Coach: Brad Davis Premiership Rugby Head of Strength and Conditioning: Dan Baugh • Welcome from Aviva Head Physiotherapist: Ali James Clubs Head of Performance Analysis: Luke Bowen • Bath Rugby 1st XV Manager: Kevin Harman • Exeter Chiefs Academy Manager: Matt Davies • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Club Website Address • Leicester Tigers www.wasps.co.uk • London Irish • London Welsh Club Media Email List • Newcastle Falcons To subscribe to Wasps Media Email list, send your request to [email protected] • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks Media Accreditation • Saracens Media accreditation for all Aviva Premiership Rugby matches can be applied for through the central media accreditation system www.premiershiprugbydata.com • Wasps

Fixtures & Media Media Facilities Accreditation 52 seated spaces, all under cover, including 7 radio seats. Season Structure, Media centre with working area, normal telephone lines and free wireless internet connection is located under the Main Stand nearest the main car park. Salary Cap & Faqs Post match press conferences take place in the Chiltern Room, which is also located in the Main Stand. Referees Logos Media PARKING History Requests for car parking should be sent with media accreditation applications. Parking is limited but available in the Upper Tier Car Park. Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts One to Watch : The Samoan powerhouse who can play centre or wing joins Wasps this season after excelling for the during the Super Welcome Rugby season where he has been a standout performer. Leiua made his Test debut for Samoa in the victory over Scotland in Durban in June 2013, and • Welcome from subsequently toured with Samoa on their end of year trip to Europe. Wasps supporters will be looking forward to seeing the power, pace and lethal Premiership Rugby finishing of the 15-stone Pacific Islander in action. • Welcome from Aviva Clubs Ins & Outs • Bath Rugby In: (prop, Treviso), Bradley Davies (second-row, Cardiff Blues), James Gaskell (second-row/back-row, Sale Sharks), • Exeter Chiefs (fly-half, Glasgow), (wing, Wasps Academy), Buster Lawrence (back-row, Moseley), Alapati Leiua (centre/wing Hurricanes), • Gloucester Rugby (fly-half, Yorkshire Carnegie), Rob Miller (fullback, Sale Sharks), Edd Shervington (hooker, Worcester Warriors), (Wasps Academy), Sailosi • Harlequins Tagicakibau (wing, London Irish), Thomas Young (flanker, Gloucester Rugby), John Yapp E( dinburgh Rugby) • Leicester Tigers Out: Tommy Bell (fly-half, Jersey), Joe Carlisle (fly-half, Treviso), Neil Cochrane (hooker, Edinburgh Rugby), Matt Everard (back-row Nottingham), Esteban • London Irish Lozada (second-row, retired), Charlie Hayter (England 7s), Tom Palmer (second-row, Gloucester Rugby), Rory Pitman (back-row, Scarlets), Ricky Reeves (prop, • London Welsh London Welsh), Brett Sheehan (scrum-half, Narbonne), (fullback, retired), Andrew Suniula (centre, released) Taione Vea (prop, London Welsh) • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Club Mascot • Sale Sharks Sting is Wasps Official Club Mascot who entertains the fans on match-days with his crazy antics. He is also a keen fundraiser for Wasps Community Foundation • Saracens and is the leader of the ‘Stingers’ - Wasps Junior Supporters Club. • Wasps

Fixtures & Media Directions and map Accreditation From the North: From the M40, exit at Junction 4 and take the exit for A4010 (John Hall Way). Follow this road crossing 3 mini roundabouts until Season Structure, the road becomes New Road. Keep on New Road until next mini roundabout take left turn onto Lane End Road. Cross next mini roundabout onto Salary Cap & Faqs Hillbottom Road, this will take you on to Adams Park. Referees From London: Join M25 and head for J16 M25/M40. Join M40 and head to J4/A404 High Wycombe. Leave the M40 at Junction 4 and take the Logos A4010 exit (John Hall Way, signposted Aylesbury). FREE Park and Ride is signposted on your left 200 yards from the roundabout. To get to Adams Park please follow the BROWN tourist information road signs showing a soccer ball. History From the West: M40 to J4 M40/A404. At Junction 4 take slip road and turn left, then take first exit for A4010 (John Hall Way). FREE Park and Partners Ride is signposted on your left 200 yards from the roundabout. To get to Adams Park please follow the BROWN tourist information road signs Play and BreakThru showing a soccer ball. Other Media By Rail: High Wycombe, Chiltern Railways trains leave London Marylebone for High Wycombe approximately four times per hour. Contacts Park and Ride: Shuttle buses operate between the train and bus stations and Adams Park stadium before and after home games.

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Height Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Met) Welcome • Welcome from Bassett Josh Wing 191cm 94kg 17/03/92 Premiership Rugby Bell Chris Centre 188cm 100kg 07/01/83 • Welcome from Aviva Cannon James lock 203cm 120kg 24/09/88 Clubs Cittadini Lorenzo Prop 190cm 118kg 17/12/82 Italy • Bath Rugby Cooper-Woolley Jake Prop 190cm 126kg 18/11/89 • Exeter Chiefs Daly Elliot Centre 184cm 98kg 08/10/92 • Gloucester Rugby Davies Bradley Second Row 200cm 121kg 09/01/87 Wales • Harlequins Davies Charlie Scrum Half 186cm 96kg 23/05/90 • Leicester Tigers Festuccia Carlo Hooker 180 cm 105kg 20/06/80 italy • London Irish Gaskell James Second Row 201cm 111kg 20/05/90 • London Welsh Goode Andy Fly Half 180cm 99 kg 03/04/80 england • Newcastle Falcons Haskell James Back Row 194cm 117kg 02/04/85 england • Northampton Saints Helu Will Wing 188cm 100kg 19/04/86 Tonga • Sale Sharks Holmes Jonah Wing 188cm 98kg 24/07/92 • Saracens Hughes Nathan Back Row 196cm 128kg 10/06/91 • Wasps Jackson Ed Back Row 193cm 110kg 02/12/88 Jackson Ruaridh Fly half 182cm 89kg 12/02/88 scotland Fixtures & Media Jacobs ben Centre 185cm 95kg 17/05/82 Accreditation Johnson Ashley Back Row 185cm 115kg 16/05/86 south Africa Season Structure, Jones Sam Back Row 191cm 110kg 15/12/91 Salary Cap & Faqs Launchbury Joe Lock 197cm 117kg 12/04/91 England Referees Lawrence Buster Back Row 186cm 104kg 07/11/91 Logos Leiua Alapati Centre 182 cm 100Kg 21/09/88 samoa Lindsay tom Hooker 188cm 112kg 18/11/87 History Lozowski Alex Fly half 184cm 89kg 30/06/93 Partners Masi Andrea Centre 184cm 101kg 30/03/81 Italy Play and BreakThru McIntyre simon Prop 183cm 119kg 19/03/91 Other Media Miller Rob Full Back 180cm 93kg 05/08/89 Contacts Moates Jack Scrum Half 185cm 88kg 21/11/92 Morris nathan Hooker 183cm 109kg 03/03/93

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Height Weight Club media contacts Surname Christian Name Position DOB Honours (Met) (Met) Welcome • Welcome from Mullan Matt Prop 183cm 112kg 23/02/87 England Premiership Rugby Myall Kearnan lock 201cm 114kg 15/12/86 • Welcome from Aviva Rowlands Will Second Row 203cm 116kg 19/09/91 Shervington edd Hooker 181cm 110kg 11/03/85 Clubs Simpson Joe Scrum Half 183cm 86kg 05/07/88 england • Bath Rugby Swainston Phil Prop 185cm 120kg 12/12/89 • Exeter Chiefs Tagicakibau Sailosi Wing /Centre 193cm 108 kg 14/11/82 samoa • Gloucester Rugby Taylor Will Prop 188cm 117kg 04/03/91 • Harlequins Thompson Guy Back Row 186cm 102kg 23/01/87 • Leicester Tigers Varndell Tom Wing 188cm 103kg 16/09/85 England • London Irish Wade Christian Wing 175cm 86kg 15/05/91 England • London Welsh Yapp John Prop 188cm 124kg 09/04/83 Wales • Newcastle Falcons Young Thomas Back Row 183cm 100kg 18/05/92 • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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All matches in rounds one to seven are confirmed but the rest of the season is subject to change. Club media contacts See the Match Centre on www.premiershiprugby.com for up-to-date fixtures. Welcome • Welcome from Round 1 Premiership Rugby Fri 5 Sep 2014 19:45 northampton Saints v Gloucester Rugby Franklin’s Gardens • Welcome from Aviva Sat 6 Sep 14:00 sale Sharks v Bath Rugby AJ Bell Stadium Clubs Sat 6 Sep 14:00 saracens v Wasps • Bath Rugby Sat 6 Sep 15:00 leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons Welford Road • Exeter Chiefs Sat 6 Sep 16:30 London Irish v Harlequins Twickenham Stadium • Gloucester Rugby Sun 7 Sep 14:00 london Welsh v Exeter Chiefs Kassam Stadium • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Round 2 • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons Fri 12 Sep 19:45 Harlequins v Saracens Twickenham Stoop • Northampton Saints Sat 13 Sep 15:00 bath Rugby v London Welsh Recreation Ground • Sale Sharks Sat 13 Sep 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v Sale Sharks Kingsholm • Saracens Sat 13 Sep 15:15 exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers Sandy Park • Wasps Sun 14 Sep 14:00 Wasps v Northampton Saints adams Park Fixtures & Media Sun 14 Sep 15:00 newcastle Falcons v London Irish Kingston Park Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Round 3 Referees Fri 19 Sep 19:45 Gloucester Rugby v Exeter Chiefs Kingsholm Logos Sat 20 Sep 14:00 sale Sharks v London Welsh AJ Bell Stadium History Sat 20 Sep 15:00 Harlequins v Wasps Twickenham Stoop Partners Sat 20 Sep 15:00 london Irish v Saracens Madejski Stadium Play and BreakThru Sat 20 Sep 15:15 bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers Recreation Ground Sun 21 Sep 14:00 newcastle Falcons v Northampton Saints Kingston Park Other Media Contacts

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Round 4 Club media contacts Fri 26 Sep 19:45 london Welsh v Gloucester Rugby Kassam Stadium Welcome Sat 27 Sep 15:00 leicester Tigers v London Irish Welford Road • Welcome from Sat 27 Sep 15:00 saracens v Sale Sharks Allianz Park Premiership Rugby Sat 27 Sep 15:15 northampton Saints v Bath Rugby Franklin’s Gardens • Welcome from Aviva Sun 28 Sep 14:00 Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins Sandy Park Clubs Sun 28 Sep 14:00 Wasps v Newcastle Falcons adams Park • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Round 5 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers Fri 3 Oct 19:45 bath Rugby v Saracens Recreation Ground • London Irish Sat 4 Oct 15:00 Harlequins v London Welsh Twickenham Stoop • London Welsh Sat 4 Oct 15:00 london Irish v Northampton Saints madejski Stadium • Newcastle Falcons Sat 4 Oct 15:15 Gloucester Rugby v Leicester Tigers Kingsholm • Northampton Saints Sun 5 Oct 14:00 sale Sharks v Wasps AJ Bell Stadium • Sale Sharks Sun 5 Oct 15:00 newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs Kingston Park • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Round 6 Accreditation Fri 10 Oct 19:45 Leicester Tigers v Harlequins Welford Road Season Structure, Sat 11 Oct 14:30 london Welsh v Newcastle Falcons Kassam Stadium Salary Cap & Faqs Sat 11 Oct 15:00 exeter Chiefs v London Irish Sandy Park Referees Sat 11 Oct 15:00 saracens v Gloucester Rugby Allianz Park Logos Sat 11 Oct 15:15 northampton Saints v Sale Sharks Franklin’s Gardens History Sun 12 Oct 14:00 Wasps v Bath Rugby Adams Park Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media 17/18/19 Oct european First Round Contacts 24/25/26 Oct european second Round

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31 Oct/1 Nov/2 Nov LV= Cup First Round Club media contacts 7/8/9 Nov LV= Cup second Round Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby Round 7 • Welcome from Aviva Sat 15 Nov 14:00 sale Sharks v London Irish AJ Bell Stadium Clubs Sat 15 Nov 15:00 bath Rugby v Newcastle Falcons Recreation Ground • Bath Rugby Sat 15 Nov 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v Harlequins Kingsholm • Exeter Chiefs Sat 15 Nov 15:00 leicester Tigers v Saracens Welford Road • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Sat 15 Nov 15:00 northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs Franklin’s Gardens • Leicester Tigers Sun 16 Nov 14:00 Wasps v London Welsh Adams Park • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons Round 8 • Northampton Saints Fri 21 Nov 20:00 newcastle Falcons v Gloucester Rugby Kingston Park • Sale Sharks Sat 22 Nov 15:00 exeter Chiefs v Wasps Sandy Park • Saracens Sat 22 Nov 15:00 Harlequins v Sale Sharks Twickenham Stoop • Wasps Sat 22 Nov 15:00 london Irish v Bath Rugby Madejski Stadium Fixtures & Media Sat 22 Nov 15:00 saracens v Northampton Saints allianz Park Accreditation Sun 23 Nov 14:30 london Welsh v Leicester Tigers Kassam Stadium Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Round 9 Logos Sat 29 Nov 15:00 Bath Rugby v Harlequins Recreation Ground History Sat 29 Nov 15:00 exeter Chiefs v Saracens Sandy Park Partners Sat 29 Nov 15:00 leicester Tigers v Wasps Welford Road Play and BreakThru Sat 29 Nov 15:00 london Irish v Gloucester Rugby Madejski Stadium Other Media Sun 30 Nov 14:30 london Welsh v Northampton Saints Kassam Stadium Contacts Sun 30 Nov 15:00 newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks Kingston Park

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5/6/7 Dec european third Round Club media contacts 12/13/14 Dec european fourth Round Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby Round 10 • Welcome from Aviva Sat 20 Dec 14:00 sale Sharks v Exeter Chiefs AJ Bell Stadium Clubs Sat 20 Dec 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v Bath Rugby Kingsholm • Bath Rugby Sat 20 Dec 15:00 Harlequins v Newcastle Falcons Twickenham Stoop • Exeter Chiefs Sat 20 Dec 15:00 northampton Saints v Leicester Tigers Franklin’s Gardens • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Sat 20 Dec 15:00 saracens v London Welsh Allianz Park • Leicester Tigers Sun 21 Dec 14:00 Wasps v London Irish Adams Park • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons Round 11 • Northampton Saints Fri 26 Dec 15:00 london Irish v London Welsh Madejski Stadium • Sale Sharks Sat 27 Dec 14:00 sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers AJ Bell Stadium • Saracens Sat 27 Dec 15:00 bath Rugby v Exeter Chiefs Recreation Ground • Wasps Sat 27 Dec 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v Wasps Kingsholm Fixtures & Media Sat 27 Dec 15:00 Harlequins v Northampton Saints Twickenham Stadium Accreditation Sat 27 Dec 15:00 newcastle Falcons v Saracens Kingston Park Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Round 12 Logos Sat 3 Jan 2015 15:00 exeter Chiefs v Gloucester Rugby Sandy Park History Sat 3 Jan 15:00 leicester Tigers v Bath Rugby Welford Road Partners Sat 3 Jan 15:00 northampton Saints v Newcastle Falcons Franklin’s Gardens Play and BreakThru Sat 3 Jan 15:00 saracens v London Irish Allianz Park Other Media Sun 4 Jan 14:00 Wasps v Sale Sharks Adams Park Contacts Sun 4 Jan 14:30 London Welsh v Harlequins Kassam Stadium

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Round 13 Club media contacts Sat 10 Jan 14:00 sale Sharks v Northampton Saints aJ Bell Stadium Welcome Sat 10 Jan 15:00 bath Rugby v Wasps Recreation Ground • Welcome from Sat 10 Jan 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v Saracens Kingsholm Premiership Rugby Sat 10 Jan 15:00 Harlequins v Leicester Tigers Twickenham Stoop • Welcome from Aviva Sun 11 Jan 15:00 london Irish v Exeter Chiefs Madejski Stadium Clubs Sun 11 Jan 15:00 newcastle Falcons v London Welsh Kingston Park • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby european fifth Round • Harlequins 16/17/18 Jan • Leicester Tigers 23/24/25 Jan european sixth Round • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons 30 Jan/31 Jan/1 Feb LV= Cup third Round • Northampton Saints 6/7/8 Feb LV= Cup fourth Round • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Round 14 Fixtures & Media Sat 14 Feb 15:00 exeter Chiefs v Newcastle Falcons sandy Park Accreditation Sat 14 Feb 15:00 leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby Welford Road Season Structure, Sat 14 Feb 15:00 northampton Saints v London Irish Franklin’s Gardens Salary Cap & Faqs Sun 15 Feb 14:00 Wasps v Harlequins Adams Park Referees Sun 15 Feb 14:30 london Welsh v Sale Sharks Kassam Stadium Logos Sun 15 Feb 15:00 saracens v Bath Rugby Allianz Park History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Round 15 Club media contacts Fri 20 Feb 20:00 newcastle Falcons v Wasps Kingston Park Welcome Sat 21 Feb 14:00 sale Sharks v Saracens AJ Bell Stadium • Welcome from Sat 21 Feb 15:00 bath Rugby v Northampton Saints Recreation Ground Premiership Rugby Sat 21 Feb 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v London Welsh Kingsholm • Welcome from Aviva Sat 21 Feb 15:00 Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs Twickenham Stoop Clubs Sat 21 Feb 15:00 london Irish v Leicester Tigers Madejski Stadium • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs Round 16 • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Sat 28 Feb 14:30 london Welsh v London Irish Kassam Stadium • Leicester Tigers Sat 28 Feb 15:00 exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby Sandy Park • London Irish Sat 28 Feb 15:00 leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks Welford Road • London Welsh Sat 28 Feb 15:00 Northampton Saints v Harlequins Franklin’s Gardens • Newcastle Falcons Sat 28 Feb 15:00 saracens v Newcastle Falcons allianz Park • Northampton Saints Sun 1 Mar 14:00 Wasps v Gloucester Rugby Adams Park • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Round 17 Fixtures & Media Sat 7 Mar 15:00 bath Rugby v Sale Sharks Recreation Ground Accreditation Sat 7 Mar 15:00 exeter Chiefs v London Welsh Sandy Park Season Structure, Sat 7 Mar 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v Northampton Saints Kingsholm Salary Cap & Faqs Sat 7 Mar 15:00 Harlequins v London Irish Twickenham Stoop Referees Sun 8 Mar 14:00 Wasps v Saracens Adams Park Logos Sun 8 Mar 15:00 newcastle Falcons v Leicester Tigers Kingston Park History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Round 18 Club media contacts Sat 28 Mar 14:00 sale Sharks v Gloucester Rugby AJ Bell Stadium Welcome Sat 28 Mar 15:00 leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs Welford Road • Welcome from Sat 28 Mar 15:00 london Irish v Newcastle Falcons madejski Stadium Premiership Rugby Sat 28 Mar 15:00 northampton Saints v Wasps Franklin’s Gardens • Welcome from Aviva Sat 28 Mar 15:00 Saracens v Harlequins Clubs Sun 29 Mar 14:30 london Welsh v Bath Rugby Kassam Stadium • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby european quarter finals • Harlequins 3/4/5/6 Apr • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh Round 19 • Newcastle Falcons Sat 11 Apr 15:00 exeter Chiefs v Northampton Saints sandy Park • Northampton Saints Sat 11 Apr 15:00 Harlequins v Gloucester Rugby Twickenham Stoop • Sale Sharks Sat 11 Apr 15:00 saracens v Leicester Tigers Allianz Park • Saracens Sun 12 Apr 14:30 london Welsh v Wasps Kassam Stadium • Wasps Sun 12 Apr 15:00 london Irish v Sale Sharks Madejski Stadium Fixtures & Media Sun 12 Apr 15:00 newcastle Falcons v Bath Rugby Kingston Park Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs 17/18/19/20 Apr european Semi-Finals Referees Logos

History Round 20 Partners Sat 25 Apr 14:00 Sale Sharks v Harlequins AJ Bell Stadium Play and BreakThru Sat 25 Apr 15:00 bath Rugby v London Irish Recreation Ground Other Media Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v Newcastle Falcons Kingsholm Contacts Sat 25 Apr 15:00 leicester Tigers v London Welsh Welford Road Sat 25 Apr 15:00 northampton Saints v Saracens stadiummk Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Wasps v Exeter Chiefs Twickenham Stadium

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1/2 May European finals Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Round 21 Premiership Rugby Sat 9 May 14:00 sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons aJ Bell Stadium • Welcome from Aviva Sat 9 May 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v London Irish Kingsholm Clubs Sat 9 May 15:00 Harlequins v Bath Rugby Twickenham Stoop • Bath Rugby Sat 9 May 15:00 northampton Saints v London Welsh Franklin’s Gardens • Exeter Chiefs Sat 9 May 15:00 saracens v Exeter Chiefs Allianz Park • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Sun 10 May 14:00 Wasps v Leicester Tigers Adams Park • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh Round 22 • Newcastle Falcons Sat 16 May Bath Rugby v Gloucester Rugby Recreation Ground • Northampton Saints Sat 16 May Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks Sandy Park • Sale Sharks Sat 16 May Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints Welford Road • Saracens Sat 16 May London Irish v Wasps Madejski Stadium • Wasps Sat 16 May London Welsh v Saracens Kassam Stadium Fixtures & Media Sat 16 May Newcastle Falcons v Harlequins Kingston Park Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs AVIVA Premiership Rugby Semi-Finals Referees 22/23/24 May PR-SF 1 Logos 22/23/24 May PR-SF 2 History Partners Play and BreakThru AVIVA Premiership Rugby Final Other Media Sat 30 May PR-F Twickenham Stadium Contacts For LV= Cup fixtures click here | For European Rugby Champions Cup fixtures click here and for European Rugby Challenge Cup fixtures click here

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Premiership Rugby and the Premiership Rugby clubs will continue to use a central media accreditation system for the 2014-15 season. Club media contacts Welcome All applications to attend matches at Premiership Rugby club venues need to be processed through this online system which can be accessed at: • Welcome from premiershiprugbydata.com Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva The process will be as follows: If you had accreditation for the 2013/14 season you do not need to re-apply. Please use your existing username and password. Clubs

• Bath Rugby If not, please go to premiershiprugbydata.com and complete the Premiership Rugby Accreditation Agreement form containing Premiership Rugby’s terms and • Exeter Chiefs conditions of entry that must be signed and returned to [email protected] with the relevant additional information. • Gloucester Rugby

• Harlequins If you work for an organisation (eg a newspaper or photographic agency), they can complete this form on your behalf or add you as an employee to their • Leicester Tigers accreditation account. • London Irish

• London Welsh If you are freelance or an independent, please complete your own form. • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints 1. On receipt of the signed agreement, if the application is successful the person signing the agreement will be issued with a username and password for • Sale Sharks the system by Premiership Rugby. This may be a desk contact who will make bookings for all employees at some organisations (eg newspapers and • Saracens photographic agencies). • Wasps 2. Individuals or desks will then be able to apply for accreditation for matches and add employees in order to assign them to matches by going to www. Fixtures & Media premiershiprugbydata.com and logging in with your user name and password. Accreditation 3. The home press officer will receive your application for a specific match and reply to you via email on whether your application has been successful or Season Structure, not. You will also be able to apply for facilities such as car parking where available. Salary Cap & Faqs 4. For any technical problems please contact Oppolis on 01902 375 651. Referees Photographers Logos If you are a photographer, please also supply proof of £5 million worth of public liability insurance and copies of 12 published rugby press cuttings History containing your photos along with proof that these were paid for (eg a copy of invoices). Partners Play and BreakThru The 12 rugby press cuttings should not include international rugby. They can be regional or national press cuttings, including the websites of national newspapers, the BBC, and websites of Premiership Rugby partner broadcasters. They can also be from specific rugby publications, including but not Other Media restricted to Rugby Times, The Rugby Paper, Rugby World, and Premiership Rugby club publications and websites. The suitability of any other press and Contacts website cuttings for the fulfilment of these requirements will be at the discretion of Premiership Rugby.

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AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY 2014-15 – SEASON STRUCTURE Club media contacts The 12 clubs in Aviva Premiership Rugby are: Welcome Bath Rugby, Exeter Chiefs, Gloucester Rugby, Harlequins, Leicester Tigers, London Irish, London Welsh, Newcastle Falcons, Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks, • Welcome from Saracens and Wasps. Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Aviva Premiership Rugby commences on the weekend of 5/6/7 September 2014. Clubs During Aviva Premiership Rugby points will be awarded as follows: • Bath Rugby • 4 points will be awarded for a win • Exeter Chiefs • 2 points will be awarded for a draw • Gloucester Rugby • 1 point will be awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or less • Harlequins • 1 point will be awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match • Leicester Tigers • London Irish THE AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY SEMI-FINALS AND FINAL • London Welsh Aviva Premiership Rugby consists of 22 rounds with round 22 taking place on Saturday 16 May 2015. • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints The club that tops the Aviva Premiership Rugby table after round 22 will automatically qualify for home advantage in the Aviva Premiership Rugby semi-final • Sale Sharks against the club that finishes fourth. The club that finishes second will qualify for home advantage in the other Aviva Premiership Rugby semi-final against the • Saracens club that finishes third. • Wasps Fixtures & Media The two Aviva Premiership Rugby semi-final matches will take place over the weekend of 22/23/24 May 2015 and the winning clubs will go forward to the Accreditation prestigious Aviva Premiership Rugby Final at Twickenham on Saturday 30 May 2015. Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs The club that wins the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final 2015 will be 2015 Aviva Premiership Rugby Champions. Referees European qualification Logos The basis upon which the Aviva Premiership Rugby Clubs may qualify for participation in any agreed European club competition to take place in the 2015- History 16 season shall be based upon the highest ranked teams dependent on the number of qualifying teams. Partners Play and BreakThru PROMOTION/RELEGATION As in previous seasons, there will be automatic promotion and relegation between the club that finishes bottom of Aviva Premiership Rugby after 22 rounds Other Media and the club that wins the Greene King IPA Championship. As in previous seasons this is dependent on the Minimum Standards Criteria which require certain Contacts minimum standards to be met across all areas of a professional club’s business.

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Salary Caps exist in many commercially successful sports around the world. The most obvious examples are the NFL and NHL in the USA, and the NRL and Club media contacts AFL in Australia. The introduction in football of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play and the Premier League clubs’ new financial regulations, together with Salary Caps Welcome in Rugby League, County , French Rugby Union’s , and the Welsh Regions in rugby union, all demonstrate how European sport has recently • Welcome from grasped the importance of controlling costs and long-term financial sustainability. Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva As a collective, Premiership Rugby and its clubs led the way in England when they introduced their Salary Cap in 1999 in order to ensure the financial viability of all clubs and the Aviva Premiership Rugby competition, to control inflationary pressures on clubs’ costs, and to provide a level playing field for Clubs clubs to ensure a competitive Aviva Premiership Rugby competition. • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs These objectives are borne out in the financial success the league is now seeing with more clubs breaking even, a healthy turnover of teams at the top of • Gloucester Rugby the league with four different Aviva Premiership Rugby Champions in as many years, and the Aviva Premiership being the most competitive league in world • Harlequins rugby with the highest number of games finishing in less than one score compared to any other rugby competition in the world. • Leicester Tigers • London Irish The level of the Salary Cap and the operation and management of it is reviewed regularly to ensure it is fit for purpose. The Premiership Rugby Board, • London Welsh made up of the 12 Clubs, determines the Regulations and has a Salary Cap Manager, whose role is to monitor and investigate player recruitment and • Newcastle Falcons remuneration across the Clubs, to ensure the system is managed in a fair and reasonable manner. • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks The level of the Salary Cap is proportionate and aligned to the growth of the business and is linked directly to the annual net central distributions to the Clubs • Saracens from Premiership Rugby. The current level of the Salary Cap for 2014/15 is £4.76m, plus one excluded player whose salary sits outside the cap, enabling • Wasps Clubs to recruit and retain world class talent. Clubs are also encouraged to develop home grown talent - by accessing up to eight £30,000 Academy Credits Fixtures & Media (total £240,000) for players who have graduated from the Club’s Academy. There is also an Academy Cap of £200,000, meaning the total available to Accreditation clubs is £5.2m (plus the excluded player and injury replacement provisions), a significant increase from the original £1.2m in 1999. Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Matches in the Aviva Premiership Rugby competition get more compelling and competitive every year and the Salary Cap is fundamental to the long-term Referees success of this competition and the clubs who play in it, from both a financial and competitive perspective. This responsible financial management helps support investments made by shareholders, players and fans in building a bright future for the Aviva Premiership Rugby competition and its clubs. Logos History For more details please visit premiershiprugby.com/salarycap. Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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PREMIERSHIP PLACINGS Club media contacts 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 Welcome 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 • Welcome from fewer wins. Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva 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 Aviva Premiership Rugby Competition than a club with a smaller difference between match points “for“ and match points “against“. Clubs • Bath Rugby 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 • Exeter Chiefs placed higher in the Aviva Premiership Rugby Competition than the club having the lesser number of match points “for“. • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins If the above does not establish different Aviva Premiership Rugby Competition positions then the club in the higher position shall be the club that has achieved • Leicester Tigers the higher aggregate match points scored by it in the same season against the other club. • London Irish • London Welsh If this still does not establish the position then the club who has won the most matches, excluding its first Aviva Premiership Rugby Competition match of the • Newcastle Falcons season, then its second Aviva Premiership Competition match and so on, until it can be established which the higher placed club is. • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks FOREIGN PLAYERS • Saracens A club may play or select as a replacement in a match squad a maximum of 2 “Foreign Players”. The legal definition of foreign players is different to one of • Wasps non-English players as a result of two major ECJ Rulings – Bosman and Kolpak. Fixtures & Media Accreditation Bosman The reinforced the Treaty of Rome in a sporting context, allowing the free movement of EU national workers around other EU Season Structure, countries. This effectively means any EU national has the same rights as any ’local’ worker and therefore cannot be defined as a foreigner. Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Kolpak The Kolpak ruling means that any national from a country with a trade agreement with the EU, once lawfully employed in the EU, shall not be classed as a Foreign Player if the agreement has anti-discrimination provisions within it. This relates to countries such as South Africa, Samoa, Fiji and Tonga. Logos History ENGLAND QUALIFIED PLAYERS Partners The level of English Qualified Players (EQP) in Premiership Rugby has been fairly consistent since the inception of the league, 70.8% in the 2013/14 season. Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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ENTRY AND ONGOING CRITERIA Club media contacts Clubs wishing to play Premiership Rugby must fulfil a list of criteria set down by the Professional Game Board and agreed with the RFU Championship. This Welcome covers areas such as stadia, club administration and other key roles, community development programmes, ground tenure and ground moves, facilities, • Welcome from medical and safety, marketing, plans to increase attendances, adherence to the salary cap and playing and contractual commitments. The purpose of the Premiership Rugby minimum criteria is to set a standard for all clubs to operate by, which all will benefit from. • Welcome from Aviva DISCIPLINARY PROCESS Clubs Breaches of discipline in Premiership Rugby matches and in the LV= Cup competition will be dealt with by the RFU disciplinary process. A full copy of the RFU • Bath Rugby disciplinary regulations is available on www.rfu.com. • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby There are citing officers at every Aviva Premiership Rugby match and they have 24 hours following the final whistle to review the match and initiate • Harlequins disciplinary proceedings if they identify foul play and deem the offence to have passed the “red card” test, which is the threshold for a player to be cited. • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Breaches of discipline in the European Rugby Champions Cup or the European Rugby Challenge Cup matches are dealt with by European Professional Club • London Welsh Rugby (EPCR) under the terms of their participation agreement with the Premiership Rugby clubs. • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints PROMOTION/RELEGATION • Sale Sharks Automatic promotion and relegation between Premiership Rugby and the RFU Championship is enshrined in the eight year agreement signed between the • Saracens Union (RFU) and Premier Rugby Ltd (PRL) in 2007. • Wasps Fixtures & Media Promotion and relegation is however subject to the Minimum Standards Criteria being fulfilled by the club finishing top of the RFU Championship as outlined above. Accreditation Season Structure, ANTI-DOPING & ILLICIT DRUGS Salary Cap & Faqs Premiership Rugby condemns doping, which is the illegal use of prohibited substances and methods, as prescribed by the World Anti-Doping Code and Prohibited Referees List, to enhance performance. Logos Premiership Rugby and the (RFU) work together against doping, including supporting the implementation of a comprehensive and effective History anti-doping programme of education, testing and results management aimed at deterring and detecting doping. Partners Play and BreakThru In 2010, England became the first major rugby nation to implement an out of competition illicit drugs education, testing and rehabilitation programme. Other Media This programme is designed to address the gap in WADA testing which does not test players for illicit drugs (cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy) on non-match days. Contacts Players testing positive for illicit drugs will be offered education and counselling on the dangers of illicit drug use, with sanctions applied for subsequent test failures.

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs JP Doyle Tom Foley Darren Gamage Greg Garner • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Simon Harding Andrew Jackson Steve Lee Greg Macdonald Craig Maxwell-Keys John Meredith • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Dave Proctor Dean Richards David Rose Andrew Small Ian Tempest Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts ASSISTANT REFEREES TELEVISION MATCH OFFICIALS RFU Referees Media Contact: / RESERVE OFFICIALS Welcome Sean Davey Kate Saddler • Welcome from Roger Baileff Trevor Fisher Premiership Rugby Paul Burton David Grashoff Rugby House, • Welcome from Aviva Ross Campbell Graham Hughes 200 Whitton Road, Clubs Nigel Carrick Rowan Kitt Twickenham TW2 7BA • Bath Rugby Darryl Chapman Keith Lewis • Exeter Chiefs Gareth Copsey David Sainsbury Tel: 020 8831 6734/07734 985931 • Gloucester Rugby Sara Cox Geoff Warren Email: [email protected] • Harlequins Clare Daniels • Leicester Tigers Paul Dix • London Irish Robin Goodliffe • London Welsh Jonathan Healey • Newcastle Falcons Claire Hodnett • Northampton Saints Peter Huckle • Sale Sharks Dino Maddern • Saracens Roy Maybank • Wasps Simon McConnell Fixtures & Media Matthew O’Grady Accreditation Michael Patz Season Structure, Andrew Pearce Salary Cap & Faqs Brian Ravenhill Ashley Rowden Referees Chris Sharp Logos Lionel Spooner History Kevin Stewart Partners Stuart Terheege Andrew Watson Play and BreakThru Phil Watters Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens The Aviva Premiership Rugby logos, club crests and Premiership Rugby logos can be downloaded by members of • Wasps the media from the Media Centre within www.avivapremiershiprugby.com Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media The Premiership Rugby logo remains the property of Premiership Rugby and reproduction is subject to the approval of Premiership Rugby. For further Contacts information, please contact Premiership Rugby on 020 8831 7900.

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2013-14 Aviva Premiership Rugby 2012-13 Aviva Premiership Rugby Club media contacts 12 clubs 12 clubs Welcome Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down • Welcome from Champions: Northampton Saints Champions: Leicester Tigers Premiership Rugby Relegated: Worcester Warriors Relegated: London Welsh • Welcome from Aviva Promoted: London Welsh Promoted: Newcastle Falcons Clubs • Bath Rugby Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby 1 saracens 22 19 0 3 629 353 87 1 saracens 22 17 1 4 533 339 77 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers 2 northampton Saints 22 16 2 4 604 350 78 2 leicester Tigers 22 15 1 6 538 345 74 • London Irish 3 leicester Tigers 22 15 2 5 542 430 74 3 Harlequins 22 15 0 7 560 453 69 • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons 4 Harlequins 22 15 0 7 437 365 67 4 northampton Saints 22 14 0 8 501 433 65 • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks 5 bath Rugby 22 14 2 6 495 388 67 5 Gloucester Rugby 22 12 1 9 515 481 60 • Saracens 6 sale Sharks 22 12 0 10 432 399 57 6 exeter Chiefs 22 12 1 9 542 446 59 • Wasps Fixtures & Media 7 london Wasps 22 9 0 13 451 533 49 7 bath Rugby 22 10 1 11 452 434 53 Accreditation 8 exeter Chiefs 22 9 0 13 426 480 45 8 london Wasps 22 9 0 13 511 528 48 Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs 9 Gloucester Rugby 22 8 0 14 440 539 44 9 london Irish 22 7 1 14 459 601 35 Referees 10 london Irish 22 7 0 15 396 496 36 10 sale Sharks 22 7 1 14 377 596 35 Logos 11 newcastle Falcons 22 3 0 19 281 544 22 11 Worcester Warriors 22 5 1 16 422 547 33 History Partners 12 Worcester Warriors 22 2 0 20 325 581 16 12 london Welsh 22 5 0 17 412 619 23 Play and BreakThru Other Media Aviva Premiership Rugby Final Aviva Premiership Rugby Final Contacts Saturday 31 May 2014, Saturday 25 May 2013, Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium Saracens 20 – 24 Northampton Saints Leicester Tigers 37 – 17 Northampton Saints

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2011-12 Aviva Premiership Rugby 2010-11 Aviva Premiership Rugby Club media contacts 12 clubs 12 clubs Welcome Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down • Welcome from Champions: Harlequins Champions: Saracens Premiership Rugby Relegated: Newcastle Falcons Relegated: Carnegie • Welcome from Aviva Promoted: London Welsh Promoted: Worcester Warriors Clubs • Bath Rugby Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby 1 Harlequins 22 17 1 4 526 389 75 1 leicester Tigers 22 16 1 5 594 403 78 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers 2 leicester Tigers 22 15 1 6 647 475 74 2 saracens 22 18 0 4 484 318 76 • London Irish 3 saracens 22 16 1 5 489 350 73 3 Gloucester Rugby 22 14 1 7 528 452 67 • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons 4 northampton Saints 22 14 0 8 539 374 65 4 northampton Saints 22 14 0 8 533 430 65 • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks 5 exeter Chiefs 22 12 0 10 436 421 59 5 bath Rugby 22 13 1 8 427 367 62 • Saracens 6 sale Sharks 22 10 0 12 453 538 49 6 london Irish 22 11 0 11 523 459 54 • Wasps Fixtures & Media 7 london Irish 22 8 1 13 514 516 46 7 Harlequins 22 9 2 11 482 384 52 Accreditation 8 bath Rugby 22 9 0 13 365 412 44 8 exeter Chiefs 22 10 0 12 428 460 43 Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs 9 Gloucester Rugby 22 8 1 13 456 507 44 9 london Wasps 22 9 1 12 425 497 43 Referees 10 Worcester Warriors 22 7 1 14 322 448 36 10 sale Sharks 22 6 1 15 432 618 32 Logos 11 london Wasps 22 6 0 16 363 502 33 11 newcastle Falcons 22 4 1 17 360 553 23 History Partners 12 newcastle Falcons 22 6 2 14 351 529 32 12 leeds Carnegie 22 4 0 18 315 590 23 Play and BreakThru Other Media Aviva Premiership Rugby Final Aviva Premiership Rugby Final Contacts Saturday 26 May 2012, Saturday 28 May 2011, Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium Harlequins 30 – 23 Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers 18 – 22 Saracens

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2009-10 Guinness Premiership 2008-09 Guinness Premiership Club media contacts 12 clubs 12 clubs Welcome Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down • Welcome from Champions: Leicester Tigers Champions: Leicester Tigers Premiership Rugby Relegated: Worcester Warriors Relegated: Bristol Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Promoted: Exeter Chiefs Promoted: Leeds Carnegie Clubs • Bath Rugby Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby 1 leicester Tigers 22 15 1 6 541 325 73 1 leicester Tigers 22 15 1 6 582 401 71 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers 2 northampton Saints 22 16 0 6 472 322 71 2 Harlequins 22 14 1 7 519 387 66 • London Irish 3 saracens 22 15 1 6 480 367 69 3 london Irish 22 12 1 9 551 386 66 • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons 4 bath Rugby 22 12 2 8 450 366 61 4 bath Rugby 22 13 2 7 539 441 65 • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks 5 london Wasps 22 13 0 9 394 399 57 5 sale Sharks* 22 13 0 9 447 410 61 • Saracens 6 london Irish 22 10 3 9 469 384 52 6 Gloucester Rugby 22 12 0 10 435 448 57 • Wasps Fixtures & Media 7 Gloucester Rugby 22 10 1 11 470 457 48 7 london Wasps 22 11 0 11 431 416 53 Accreditation 8 Harlequins 22 9 2 11 420 484 46 8 northampton Saints 22 10 1 11 443 434 49 Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs 9 newcastle Falcons 22 6 4 12 319 431 37 9 saracens 22 9 0 13 437 447 47 Referees 10 leeds Carnegie 22 7 1 14 283 493 36 10 newcastle Falcons 22 9 1 12 362 456 44 Logos 11 sale Sharks 22 6 1 15 333 495 32 11 Worcester Warriors 22 7 2 13 348 530 34 History Partners 12 Worcester Warriors 22 3 4 15 312 420 28 12 bristol Rugby 22 2 1 19 299 637 17 Play and BreakThru * Sale Sharks deducted one point for fielding an unregistered player. Other Media Guinness Premiership Final Guinness Premiership Final Contacts Saturday 29 May 2010, Saturday 16 May 2009, Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium Leicester Tigers 33 – 27 Saracens Leicester Tigers 10 – 9 London Irish

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2007-08 Guinness Premiership 2006-07 Guinness Premiership Club media contacts 12 clubs 12 clubs Welcome Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down • Welcome from Champions: London Wasps Champions: Leicester Tigers Premiership Rugby Relegated: Leeds Carnegie Relegated: Northampton Saints • Welcome from Aviva Promoted: Northampton Saints Promoted: Leeds Carnegie Clubs • Bath Rugby Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby 1 Gloucester Rugby 22 15 0 7 551 377 74 1 Gloucester Rugby 22 15 2 5 531 404 71 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers 2 london Wasps 22 14 2 6 599 459 70 2 leicester Tigers 22 14 1 7 569 456 71 • London Irish 3 bath Rugby 22 15 0 7 526 387 69 3 bristol Rugby 22 14 1 7 398 394 64 • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons 4 leicester Tigers 22 13 0 9 539 428 64 4 saracens 22 12 2 8 539 399 63 • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks 5 sale Sharks 22 14 0 8 481 374 63 5 london Wasps 22 12 1 9 504 431 61 • Saracens 6 Harlequins 22 12 0 10 480 440 63 6 london Irish 22 12 0 10 398 407 53 • Wasps Fixtures & Media 7 london Irish 22 13 0 9 433 382 59 7 NEC Harlequins 22 10 0 12 503 438 51 Accreditation 8 saracens 22 11 0 11 533 525 52 8 bath Rugby 22 8 2 12 428 492 45 Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs 9 bristol Rugby 22 7 1 14 393 473 37 9 newcastle Falcons 22 9 0 13 435 528 44 Referees 10 Worcester Warriors 22 6 2 14 387 472 36 10 sale Sharks 22 8 1 13 414 500 42 Logos 11 newcastle Falcons 22 7 0 15 333 542 34 11 Worcester Warriors 22 6 1 15 346 459 34 History Partners 12 leeds Carnegie 22 2 1 19 336 732 12 12 northampton Saints 22 6 1 15 342 499 33 Play and BreakThru Other Media Guinness Premiership Final Guinness Premiership Final Contacts Saturday 31 May 2008, Saturday 12 May 2007, Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium London Wasps 26 – 16 Leicester Tigers Gloucester Rugby 16 – 44 Leicester Tigers

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2005-06 Guinness Premiership 2004-05 Zurich Premiership Club media contacts 12 clubs 12 clubs Welcome Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down • Welcome from Champions: Sale Sharks Champions: London Wasps Premiership Rugby Relegated: Relegated: NEC Harlequins • Welcome from Aviva Promoted: NEC Harlequins Promoted: Bristol Rugby Clubs • Bath Rugby Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby 1 sale Sharks 22 16 1 5 573 444 74 1 leicester Tigers 22 15 3 4 665 323 78 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers 2 leicester Tigers 22 14 3 5 518 415 68 2 london Wasps 22 15 1 6 561 442 73 • London Irish 3 london Irish 22 14 0 8 493 454 66 3 sale Sharks 22 13 0 9 513 442 60 • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons 4 london Wasps 22 12 3 7 527 447 64 4 bath Rugby 22 12 2 8 407 366 58 • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks 5 Gloucester Rugby 22 11 1 10 483 385 59 5 saracens 22 12 2 8 384 428 57 • Saracens 6 northampton Saints 22 10 1 11 464 488 53 6 Gloucester 22 10 1 11 407 487 47 • Wasps Fixtures & Media 7 newcastle Falcons 22 9 1 12 416 433 47 7 newcastle Falcons 22 9 2 11 475 596 47 Accreditation 8 Worcester Warriors 22 9 1 12 451 494 47 8 leeds Tykes 22 9 0 13 380 431 43 Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs 9 bath Rugby 22 9 1 12 441 494 46 9 Worcester Warriors 22 9 0 13 365 493 42 Referees 10 saracens 22 8 1 13 433 483 46 10 london Irish 22 8 0 14 378 421 40 Logos 11 bristol Rugby 22 8 1 13 393 445 41 11 northampton Saints 22 8 0 14 410 473 40 History Partners 12 leeds Tykes 22 5 0 17 363 473 28 12 NEC Harlequins 22 6 1 15 416 459 38 Play and BreakThru Other Media Guinness Premiership Final Zurich Premiership Final Contacts Saturday 27 May 2006, Saturday 14 May 2005, Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium Sale Sharks 45 – 20 Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers 14 – 39 London Wasps

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2003-04 Zurich Premiership 2002-03 Zurich Premiership Club media contacts 12 clubs 12 clubs Welcome Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down • Welcome from Champions: London Wasps Champions: London Wasps Premiership Rugby Relegated: Relegated: Bristol Shoguns • Welcome from Aviva Promoted: Worcester Warriors Promoted: Rotherham Clubs • Bath Rugby Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby 1 bath Rugby 22 18 0 4 508 311 79 1 Gloucester 22 17 2 3 617 396 82 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers 2 london Wasps 22 16 0 6 575 406 73 2 london Wasps 22 13 2 7 553 460 67 • London Irish 3 northampton Saints 22 15 1 6 574 416 70 3 northampton Saints 22 13 0 9 512 376 62 • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons 4 Gloucester 22 14 0 8 491 412 63 4 sharks 22 12 2 8 556 470 62 • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks 5 leicester Tigers* 22 11 3 8 537 430 55 5 leeds Tykes 22 12 2 8 478 435 58 • Saracens 6 NEC Harlequins 22 10 2 10 502 449 54 6 leicester Tigers 22 12 0 10 448 396 55 • Wasps Fixtures & Media 7 sale Sharks 22 9 3 10 510 472 53 7 NEC Harlequins 22 9 0 13 461 560 44 Accreditation 8 london Irish 22 10 1 11 427 454 49 8 saracens 22 8 0 14 499 587 42 Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs 9 newcastle Falcons 22 7 2 13 497 525 45 9 london Irish 22 8 1 13 432 485 40 Referees 10 saracens* 22 8 1 13 397 543 39 10 newcastle Falcons 22 8 0 14 388 545 40 Logos 11 leeds Tykes 22 7 1 14 449 588 37 11 bath 22 7 2 13 385 490 36 History Partners 12 Rotherham Titans 22 0 0 22 309 770 3 12 bristol Shoguns 22 7 1 14 504 633 36 Play and BreakThru * Leicester and Saracens docked one point each for fielding ineligible players. Other Media Zurich Premiership Final Zurich Premiership Final Contacts Saturday 29 May 2004, Saturday 31 May 2003, Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium Bath Rugby 6 – 10 London Wasps Gloucester Rugby 3 – 39 London Wasps

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2001-02 Zurich Premiership 2000-01 Zurich Premiership Club media contacts 12 clubs 12 clubs Welcome Relegation and Promotion: Leeds escape relegation after Rotherham Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down • Welcome from not promoted due to facilities failing to meet Premiership criteria Champions: Leicester Tigers Premiership Rugby Champions: Leicester Tigers Relegated: Rotherham • Welcome from Aviva Promoted: Leeds Tykes Clubs • Bath Rugby Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby 1 leicester Tigers 22 18 0 4 658 349 83 1 leicester Tigers 22 18 1 3 571 346 82 • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers 2 sale Sharks 22 14 1 7 589 517 69 2 london Wasps 22 16 0 6 663 428 74 • London Irish 3 Gloucester 22 14 0 8 692 485 68 3 bath 22 14 0 8 680 430 70 • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons 4 london Irish 22 11 3 8 574 465 57 4 northampton Saints 22 13 0 9 518 463 59 • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks 5 northampton Saints 22 12 1 9 506 426 56 5 saracens 22 12 0 10 589 501 58 • Saracens 6 newcastle Falcons 22 12 1 9 490 458 56 6 newcastle Falcons 22 11 0 11 554 568 57 • Wasps Fixtures & Media 7 london Wasps 22 12 0 10 519 507 54 7 Gloucester 22 10 0 12 473 526 48 Accreditation 8 bristol Shoguns 22 9 1 12 591 632 50 8 london Irish 22 10 1 11 476 576 45 Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs 9 NEC Harlequins 22 5 3 14 434 507 35 9 bristol 22 9 1 12 443 492 44 Referees 10 saracens 22 7 0 15 425 671 34 10 sale Sharks 22 8 1 13 561 622 43 Logos 11 bath 22 7 0 15 311 524 33 11 NEC Harlequins 22 7 0 15 440 538 38 History Partners 12 leeds Tykes 22 6 0 16 406 654 28 12 Rotherham 22 2 0 20 335 813 12 Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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1999-00 Allied Dunbar Premiership 1998-99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Club media contacts 12 clubs 14 clubs Welcome Relegation and Promotion: Play-off between bottom club of Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down plus play-offs where 13th • Welcome from Premiership One and top club of Premiership Two placed team in Premiership One take on 2nd place in Premiership Two over Premiership Rugby Champions: Leicester Tigers two legs. Premiership reduced to 12 teams for 99/00 season when Richmond • Welcome from Aviva Relegated: Bedford Blues went bankrupt and London Scottish merged with London Irish Promoted: Rotherham Champions: Leicester Tigers Clubs Relegated: West Hartlepool Promoted: Bristol • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Gloucester Rugby Pos Club Pld w D L F A Pts • Harlequins 1 leicester Tigers 22 18 1 3 687 425 51 • Leicester Tigers 1 leicester Tigers 26 22 0 4 771 423 44 • London Irish 2 bath 22 15 2 5 690 425 43 2 northampton Saints 26 19 0 7 754 556 38 • London Welsh 3 Gloucester 22 15 0 7 628 490 40 • Newcastle Falcons 3 saracens 26 16 1 9 748 583 33 • Northampton Saints 4 saracens 22 14 0 8 729 514 37 • Sale Sharks 4 NEC Harlequins 26 16 1 9 690 653 33 • Saracens 5 northampton Saints 22 13 0 9 551 480 35 5 Wasps 26 15 1 10 717 506 31 • Wasps 6 bristol 22 12 1 9 632 602 34 Fixtures & Media 6 bath 26 15 0 11 698 574 30 Accreditation 7 london Wasps 22 11 1 10 640 461 31 7 london Irish 26 15 0 11 703 607 30 Season Structure, 8 london Irish 22 9 1 12 613 616 25 Salary Cap & Faqs 8 newcastle Falcons 26 14 0 12 719 639 28 9 newcastle Falcons 22 6 2 14 377 630 19 Referees 9 Richmond 26 11 2 13 720 715 22 Logos 10 NEC Harlequins 22 7 0 15 441 687 18 10 Gloucester 26 9 1 16 554 643 19 History 11 sale Sharks 22 7 0 15 381 633 18 Partners 11 Sale 26 9 1 16 604 731 19 12 Bedford Blues 22 1 0 21 396 802 3 Play and BreakThru 12 london Scottish 26 8 0 18 491 734 16 Other Media Contacts 13 bedford Blues 26 6 0 20 541 840 12 14 West Hartlepool 26 3 1 22 501 1007 7

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1997-98 Allied Dunbar Premiership 1991-92 Courage League Club media contacts 12 clubs Relegation and Promotion: Top two clubs from Premiership 13 clubs Relegation and Promotion: Two up, two down Welcome Two were automatically promoted. Play-offs involving the bottom two clubs Champions: Bath Relegated: Nottingham and Rosslyn Park • Welcome from in Premiership One take on 3rd and 4th in Premiership Two over two legs. Promoted: London Scottish and West Hartlepool Premiership Rugby Making a 14 team Premiership for 98/99 • Welcome from Aviva Champions: Newcastle Falcons Relegated: Bristol 1990-91 Courage League Promoted: Bedford, West Hartlepool and London Scottish 13 clubs Relegation and Promotion: Two up, two down Clubs (London Irish retain their Premiership One status) Champions: Bath Relegated: Moseley and Liverpool St Helens • Bath Rugby Promoted: Rugby and London Irish • Exeter Chiefs 1996-97 Courage League • Gloucester Rugby 12 clubs Relegation and Promotion: Two up, two down, plus 1989-90 Courage League • Harlequins introduction of two-legged play-offs between 9th and 10th in Premiership 12 clubs Relegation and Promotion: One down, two up to expand to • Leicester Tigers One and 3rd and 4th in Premiership Two 12 clubs for the 90/91 season Champions: Wasps Relegated: Bedford • London Irish Champions: Wasps Relegated: West Hartlepool and Orrell Promoted: Northampton and Liverpool St Helens • London Welsh Promoted: Richmond and Newcastle Falcons • Newcastle Falcons 1988-89 Courage League • Northampton Saints 1995-96 Courage League 12 clubs Relegation and Promotion: Two up, two down • Sale Sharks 10 clubs Relegation and Promotion: No relegation and Northampton Champions: Bath Relegated: Waterloo and Liverpool St Helens • Saracens and London Irish came up to form a 12 club league for 96/97 Promoted: Saracens and Bedford • Wasps Champions: Bath Promoted: Northampton and London Irish Fixtures & Media 1987-88 Courage League began Accreditation 1994-95 Courage League 12 clubs - Bath, Bristol, , Gloucester, Harlequins, Leicester, Season Structure, 10 clubs Relegation and Promotion: One up, one down Moseley, Nottingham, Orrell, Sale, Wasps, Waterloo Salary Cap & Faqs Champions: Leicester Relegated: Northampton Promoted: Saracens Relegation and Promotion: Two up, two down Referees Champions: Leicester 1993-94 Courage League Relegated: Coventry and Sale Logos 10 clubs Relegation and Promotion: Two up, two down Promoted: Rosslyn Park and Liverpool St Helens History Champions: Bath Relegated: London Irish and Newcastle Gosforth Partners Promoted: Sale and West Hartlepool For more information on the history of the Premiership visit Play and BreakThru www.premiershiprugby.com 1992-93 Courage League Other Media 13 clubs Relegation and Promotion: Four down, one up to make a 10 Contacts team league for 93/94 Champions: Bath Relegated: London Scottish, Saracens, West Hartlepool and Promoted: Newcastle Gosforth

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2013-14 Aviva Premiership Rugby 2005-06 Guinness Premiership Club media contacts George Ford (Bath Rugby) scored 250 points (Sale Sharks) scored 248 points Welcome Niki Goneva (Leicester Tigers) scored 12 tries (Leicester Tigers) scored 14 tries • Welcome from Premiership Rugby 2012-13 Aviva Premiership Rugby 2004-05 Zurich Premiership • Welcome from Aviva (Harlequins) scored 258 points (Leicester Tigers) scored 268 points Tom Varndell (London Wasps) scored 13 tries/ Tom Voyce (London Wasps) scored 12 tries Clubs (London Wasps) scored 13 tries • Bath Rugby 2003-04 Zurich Premiership • Exeter Chiefs 2011-12 Aviva Premiership Rugby Andy Goode (Saracens/Leicester Tigers) scored 266 points • Gloucester Rugby (London Irish) scored 278 points Steve Hanley (Sale Sharks) & (Northampton Saints) • Harlequins Rob Miller (Sale Sharks) scored 10 tries scored 13 tries each • Leicester Tigers • London Irish 2010-11 Aviva Premiership Rugby 2002-03 Zurich Premiership • London Welsh (Newcastle Falcons) scored 230 points Alex King (London Wasps) scored 284 points • Newcastle Falcons Alesana Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers) scored 13 tries Steve Hanley (Sale Sharks) scored 14 tries • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks 2009-10 Guinness Premiership 2001-02 Zurich Premiership • Saracens Jimmy Gopperth (Newcastle Falcons) scored 219 points Barry Everitt (London Irish) scored 343 points • Wasps (Northampton Saints) scored 16 tries (Sale Sharks) scored 13 tries Fixtures & Media Accreditation 2008-09 Guinness Premiership 2000-01 Zurich Premiership Season Structure, Glen Jackson (Saracens) scored 239 points (Wasps) scored 282 points Salary Cap & Faqs Joe Maddock (Bath Rugby) scored 11 tries Paul Sampson (Wasps) scored 12 tries Referees 2007-08 Guinness Premiership 1999-00 Allied Dunbar Premiership Logos Andy Goode (Leicester Tigers) scored 207 points Jarrod Cunningham (London Irish) scored 324 points History Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers) scored 14 tries (Bath) scored 15 tries Partners Play and BreakThru 2006-07 Guinness Premiership Glen Jackson (Saracens) scored 281 points Other Media (Bristol Rugby) scored 11 tries Contacts

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Premiership Rugby would like to thank all the Premiership Rugby Partners for their continued support. Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Clubs AVIVA • Bath Rugby We are delighted to be in our fifth season of our long-term commitment to English rugby as title sponsor of Aviva Premiership Rugby. Last year we announced • Exeter Chiefs an extension to the original four-year deal which will continue Aviva’s involvement in rugby until at least 2017. • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins • Aviva provides 31 million customers with insurance, savings and investment products. • Leicester Tigers • We are one of the UK’s leading insurers and one of Europe’s leading providers of life and general insurance. • London Irish • We combine strong life insurance, general insurance and asset management businesses under one powerful brand. • London Welsh • We are committed to serving our customers well in order to build a stronger, sustainable business, which makes a positive contribution to society, and for • Newcastle Falcons which our people are proud to work. • Northampton Saints • The Aviva media centre at www.aviva.com/media includes images, company and product information and a news release archive. • Sale Sharks • For an interactive introduction to what we do and how we do it, please click here www.aviva.com/library/reports/this-is-aviva • Saracens • For broadcast-standard video, please visit www.aviva.com/media/video • Wasps • Follow us on twitter: @avivaplc Fixtures & Media Accreditation Media Contact, Aviva: Season Structure, Jennifer Mitton (Senior Account Manager – Synergy) – [email protected] or 07855 323 245 Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva LAND ROVER As Official Vehicle of Premiership Rugby and Rugby World Cup 2015, Land Rover is proud to support rugby from the grassroots game all the way to the Clubs elite. Land Rover continues to be the title sponsor of the exciting Land Rover , a first of its kind festival for under 11 and under 12 age • Bath Rugby groups. Land Rover’s affiliation extends to the twelve Premiership Rugby community departments, which includes essential support of each Premiership Rugby • Exeter Chiefs Academy as well as the provision of a vehicle to use for their work. • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Land Rover last season bolstered their support of the strong work Premiership Rugby teams’ community departments are delivering, by becoming a key • Leicester Tigers partner of the award winning social inclusion programme HITZ, which aims at getting youngsters back into education and employment. • London Irish • London Welsh Since 1948 Land Rover has been manufacturing authentic 4x4s that represent true breadth of capability across the model range. Defender, Freelander, • Newcastle Falcons Discovery, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover and Range Rover Evoque each define the world’s 4x4 sectors. Land Rover products are currently sold in • Northampton Saints approximately 180 global markets. • Sale Sharks • Saracens For more information, visit www.landrover.co.uk • Wasps Fixtures & Media Keep up to date with Land Rover’s rugby activity on Twitter with @LandRoverRugby Accreditation Season Structure, Media Contact, Land Rover: Salary Cap & Faqs Michael White – [email protected] or +44 (0) 20 7593 5229 / +44 (0) 7552 289 239 Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Green Flag Following a fantastic first season of sponsorship, Green Flag are proud to once again partner with Premiership Rugby as the official Breakdown Provider. Clubs

• Bath Rugby Lots of rugby fans travel to and from games by car, which is why Green Flag will be carrying out free car health checks at Premiership Rugby clubs throughout the • Exeter Chiefs season to ensure everyone’s journey runs smoothly, no matter what. • Gloucester Rugby

• Harlequins With over 40 years experience, Green Flag provides customers with breakdown cover 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Customers have access to a network of • Leicester Tigers breakdown operators across the UK and mainland Europe. • London Irish

• London Welsh To find out more about Green Flag products or to get a quote, call 0845 246 1557, connect via the Green Flag Rescue Me Application or visit www.greenflag.com • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks Media contacts, Green Flag • Saracens Emma Watson, 07516 224581 or Chloe Jervis, 07412 555513 • Wasps [email protected] Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva GUINNESS® As Official Beer of Premiership Rugby, we’ll be activating throughout the season as well as activating our wider rugby partnerships with England, Wales, Clubs Ireland and Scotland Rugby Unions, The RBS 6 Nations and Guinness PRO12. • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs Responsible Drinking continues to be a key message in all of our rugby sponsorships and moving forward, the team at GUINNESS will continue to promote • Gloucester Rugby drinkaware.co.uk in new and innovative ways throughout the season with Premiership Rugby and the Home Nations. • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers Media Contacts, Guinness: • London Irish Donald Parish – [email protected] or +44 (0) 20 3128 6816 or + 44 (0) 7816 279101 • London Welsh Lewis Davey – [email protected] or +44 (0) 20 3128 6815 or + 44 (0) 7531 993995 • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Gilbert Gilbert are delighted to be the Official Ball and Rugby Clothing Partner of Premiership Rugby and continue to work closely with them in key initiatives helping Clubs to develop and encourage rugby throughout the country. • Bath Rugby

• Exeter Chiefs has over 180 years of rugby heritage. When the ’inventor of the game’ William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it on the Close • Gloucester Rugby at Rugby School in 1823, it was a Gilbert ball he chose. Since that eventful day, Gilbert have supplied balls to teams from all Nations, at all levels and are • Harlequins proud to be the Official Ball Supplier for an unprecedented 6th consecutive Rugby World Cup in 2015, in England. • Leicester Tigers

• London Irish It is Gilbert’s constant research and development that has maintained the brand as the number one choice in Europe and of the major rugby nations. Not • London Welsh only does Gilbert manufacture the finest rugby balls, there is an extensive range of clothing, footwear, body armour and rugby equipment that is used by club • Newcastle Falcons and international players worldwide. • Northampton Saints

• Sale Sharks The product range includes lightweight, high performance rugby boots, impact-absorbing body armour and a complete range of training equipment and clothing. • Saracens • Wasps Gilbert is truly an International brand name, which you will always find at ’the heart of the game’. Fixtures & Media Accreditation Media Contacts, Gilbert: Season Structure, Andrew Challis – [email protected] or 01580 880357 Salary Cap & Faqs Gary Edmunds – [email protected] or 01580 880357 Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Citizen Watch UK Citizen Watch UK is delighted to announce its new partnership as the official Timekeeper of Premiership Rugby. Working together with Premiership Rugby, Clubs Citizen will actively raise awareness of its new brand statement: ‘Better Starts Now’ within the rugby community nationwide, mirroring the fans and the clubs’ • Bath Rugby commitment to constantly improving their team’s performance. • Exeter Chiefs

• Gloucester Rugby Citizen is recognised not only as one of the world’s leading watch brands in both men’s and ladies’ timepieces, but over the last decade, Citizen has also • Harlequins been a worldwide leader in advanced technology, having pioneered “Eco-Drive”, which harnesses either artificial light or sunlight and converts it into energy • Leicester Tigers to power the watch. Running continuously for up to 7 years, even in the dark and having no battery to dispose of, Eco-Drive is also Eco-Friendly. • London Irish • London Welsh Citizen’s watch collection, horological innovations and sophisticated dial technology has also earned respect from within the watch and jewellery industry. • Newcastle Falcons It is the most decorated watch brand in the UK being crowned “Watch Brand of the Year (2012)” for the 6th time and has recently been awarded the • Northampton Saints prestigious “Supplier of the Year” in both 2014 and 2013 and “Marketing Campaign of the Year 2014.” • Sale Sharks • Saracens Citizen Watch UK knows the impact sporting teams have upon the nation and is proud to align itself with Premiership Rugby, a marker of excellence • Wasps and professionalism in the sporting arena. By partnering with Premiership Rugby, Citizen is confident that its vast portfolio of watches and its new brand Fixtures & Media statement; Better Starts Now, will resonate across the wide and varied nationwide rugby fan-base. Accreditation Season Structure, Media Contact, Citizen Watch UK: Salary Cap & Faqs For further information, imagery and samples, please contact: Referees Larissa Trew or Ellie Adams at Believe Eve, email [email protected] or call 0845 299 0200 Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva BT Sport This season BT Sport will show all 69 live games from the Aviva Premiership, the Premiership Rugby 7s, as well as the new European Rugby Champions Cup Clubs and European Rugby Challenge Cup. • Bath Rugby

• Exeter Chiefs BT Sport’s rugby coverage is presented by Craig Doyle alongside rugby experts former England captain and British and Irish Lions , • Gloucester Rugby ex-England internationals , , and and Sarra Elgan. Former Ireland, Leinster and British and Irish Lions • Harlequins star Brian O’Driscoll will be joining BT Sport as a rugby expert on coverage of the European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup. • Leicester Tigers

• London Irish BT Sport is free with BT Broadband. TV customers require a set top box, either a YouView or Vision+ box for BT TV customers or a Sky box if customers take • London Welsh the channels via Sky’s digital satellite platform. Customers taking BT Sport via Sky’s digital satellite platform can access the channels with just one call to BT. • Newcastle Falcons TV customers who receive the channels via BT TV with BT Infinity or on the Sky digital satellite platform have the option of receiving the channels in HD. • Northampton Saints

• Sale Sharks Customers without BT Broadband can also receive the channels through the Sky Digital Satellite platform. There is no requirement for customers to take a Sky • Saracens TV subscription as BT Sport is retailed by BT. • Wasps

Fixtures & Media For more information or to order BT Sport, customers should call 0800 400 440 or visit: www.btsport.com. Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva ITV ITV4 broadcasts highlights of all the action from every Aviva Premiership Rugby match throughout the season as well as highlights of the LV= Cup games. Clubs Aviva Premiership Rugby is broadcast on Sunday evenings, with repeats through the week on both ITV4 and ITV. The highlights are also available to watch at • Bath Rugby any time on the ITV Player at www.ITV.com. • Exeter Chiefs

• Gloucester Rugby ITV4’s sport portfolio includes live UEFA Europa League, the Tour de France and French Open tennis and ITV hold the UK broadcast rights to the 2015 IRB • Harlequins Rugby World Cup tournaments, with every game broadcast on ITV and ITV4. • Leicester Tigers

• London Irish Aviva Premiership Rugby is presented by Mark Durden-Smith with a team of rugby experts including David Flatman and a host of big names from the world of rugby. • London Welsh

• Newcastle Falcons ITV4 and ITV are available free-to-air on all digital platforms including Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media. • Northampton Saints

• Sale Sharks Media Contact, ITV4: • Saracens Visit the ITV Press Centre www.itv.com/presscentre • Wasps Fixtures & Media Accreditation Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts Welcome • Welcome from Premiership Rugby • Welcome from Aviva Bodega Trivento Argentinean wine brand Trivento has signed an exclusive deal to be an Official Supporter of Premiership Rugby. This collaboration, a first for Premiership Clubs Rugby, will run throughout the 2014-15 season. Trivento, part of the Concha y Toro stable and one of the fastest-growing Top 5 Argentine wine brands, will • Bath Rugby act as an Official Supporter throughout the year with the opportunity to extend the agreement for an additional two years. • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Planned in store activation across all key accounts throughout the year will be supported by: • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • Bespoke FSDU stands with signature Premiership Rugby branding • London Irish • Premiership Rugby on pack branding on the brand’s key sku, Trivento Malbec Reserve • London Welsh • The Malbec Reserve label also features the Gold medal it was awarded at the Decanter Wine Awards 2014. • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Founded in 1996 in Luyan de Cujo, Mendoza, Trivento is a modern Argentinean winery that produces quality wines at a range of price points. The Trivento • Sale Sharks vineyards lie high above sea level at the foot of the Andes Mountains, in Mendoza, Argentina. The vineyards take advantage of the high altitudes, snowmelts • Saracens and the influences of the 3 winds that sweep the area and are a distinguishing feature of the region’s climate and environment, which the winery takes its • Wasps name from. Trivento Malbec Reserve was awarded Gold at Decanter’s 2014 World Wine Awards. Fixtures & Media Accreditation Facebook: Trivento UK Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Media Contact, Bodega Trivento: Referees Georgie Thompson at LDR LONDON – [email protected] or 020 7851 6629 Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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COMMUNITY Club media contacts Welcome • 12 Aviva Premiership Rugby Clubs • Welcome from • 90+ national and local programmes Premiership Rugby • 140 community development staff • Welcome from Aviva • 500+ club volunteers • 600 role models Clubs • 180,000 hours of community programming • Bath Rugby • 310,000 community programme participants • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Each season Premiership Rugby and its clubs, working together with our players, coaches and impressive list of private, public and third sector partners, • Harlequins invest over £3million in a variety of community programmes under the Play and BreakThru campaigns which aim to grow grassroots participation and • Leicester Tigers tackle core issues. • London Irish • London Welsh Each Premiership Rugby club is required to have a Community Development programme involving local schools, colleges and clubs led by appropriately • Newcastle Falcons qualified and experienced employees. • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks Play • Saracens The Play campaign aims to support the growth of the game by providing opportunities • Wasps to participate, develop and excel in rugby union. Fixtures & Media Accreditation • Participate – Establish high-quality coaching, playing and competitive opportunities Season Structure, for young people to take part in rugby, utilising experienced development staff from our Salary Cap & Faqs Premiership Rugby clubs. Referees • Develop – Develop players, coaches and clubs to “be their best” through the sharing of expertise and the creation of resources. Logos • Excel – Provide opportunities to nurture and develop talent within the game. History Partners Rugby Union is entering a new era of opportunity, as the world focuses its attention Play and BreakThru on Rugby World Cup 2015 in England and then Rugby 7s return to the Olympics in Rio 2016. This era will see the profile and potential to build on the established Other Media participation base to take rugby to the next level and bring the sport to a new Contacts domestic and global audience.

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Each year Premiership Rugby is dedicated to creating more than 310,000 opportunities Club media contacts for people to participate in rugby. Helping increase numbers of participants in the sport Welcome and health and wellbeing. • Welcome from Premiership Rugby In addition to the national programmes below, the Play initiative is implemented at • Welcome from Aviva grassroots level through curricular, after-school, club and team-based programmes. The initiative is supported by our players and coaches throughout the year and has a Clubs prominent presence at Aviva Premiership Rugby club events and match days as well • Bath Rugby Premiership Rugby’s key calendar events, including the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final • Exeter Chiefs and . • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Programmes run under the Play campaign include: • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup – The Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup is • London Welsh a nationwide tournament for under 11 and under 12 teams. It is the first of its kind to be • Newcastle Falcons officiated by Premiership Rugby and aims to motivate and inspire young people to take • Northampton Saints part in competitive sport. During the first six seasons, over 50,000 aspiring young players • Sale Sharks took part in festivals all over the country. • Saracens Each Premiership Rugby club hosts a Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup Festival during • Wasps the season with one team from each of the regional festivals being selected to parade at Fixtures & Media half time during the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final. Accreditation Season Structure, Premiership Rugby Academy – The Premiership Rugby Academy delivers rugby Salary Cap & Faqs focused activity camps for children aged six to 17. Each year over 10,000 children Referees take part in high quality coaching sessions during the school holidays at camps across England. The camps engage them in the sport and encourage healthy lifestyles. Logos The camps are available to children of all abilities and each camp is designed by History professional coaches. Young players learn all the latest techniques and skills from coaches Partners at the cutting edge of the game and are encouraged to “be their best”. Play and BreakThru Premiership Rugby Master Class – Coaching is one of the most crucial factors in Other Media developing, sustaining and increasing participation in sport. Premiership Rugby Master Contacts Classes deliver coaching information from the very top of the domestic club game to grassroots club coaches, school teachers, young leaders and volunteers. The coaching

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workshops support the future of grassroots coaching and inspire coaches by transferring Club media contacts knowledge and best practice from the elite end of domestic . Welcome • Welcome from TRY Rugby – Through an innovative partnership between Premiership Rugby and the Premiership Rugby British Council, TRY Rugby is supporting the growth of rugby across Brazil. Since 2012, • Welcome from Aviva Premiership Rugby coaches, working with local partners SESI-FIEMG, FIESC and FIESP, have been running the Try Rugby programme so that it now reaches 14,000 children and Clubs young people each week in 24 sites across the states of Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina • Bath Rugby and São Paulo. • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby The Try Rugby coaches: • Harlequins • Provide sporting opportunities in disadvantaged communities. • Leicester Tigers • Instil rugby’s core values of teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and • London Irish sportsmanship. • London Welsh • Develop the English language among participants, volunteers and teachers. • Newcastle Falcons • Promote a better understanding of social differences among people from a wide range • Northampton Saints of cultural and social backgrounds. • Sale Sharks • Saracens BreakThru • Wasps BreakThru is Premiership Rugby’s innovative and ground-breaking campaign that places Fixtures & Media rugby union and Premiership Rugby at the forefront of sports-based social change. By Accreditation promoting education and training, inclusion and healthy lifestyles in the most deprived Season Structure, communities, Premiership Rugby is working to create BreakThru moments for thousands of Salary Cap & Faqs young people both in the UK and overseas. Referees Rugby has a unique culture in the world of sport. It combines physical attributes Logos of speed, skill, strength and aggression, with principles of teamwork, discipline, History respect and collective responsibility. Using rugby as an entry point, these traits can Partners be harnessed to tackle a range of social issues that blight many young people and Play and BreakThru communities across the UK. Other Media BreakThru brings together Premiership Rugby’s long-standing commitment to utilise its Contacts brands, players and assets to support positive outcomes for young people.

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The BreakThru campaign’s objectives are: Club media contacts Welcome Health Objectives • Welcome from • Enhance understanding of health and wellbeing. Premiership Rugby • Support an increase in levels of healthy activity. • Welcome from Aviva Education Objectives Clubs • Create inspirational resources for teachers to use sport as a tool to engage young • Bath Rugby people in education. • Exeter Chiefs • Engage young people in an innovative learning experience. • Gloucester Rugby • Raise aspirations and expectations of disengaged young people with the aim of • Harlequins engaging them back into accredited training. • Leicester Tigers • London Irish Social Change Objectives • London Welsh • Provide sporting opportunities to disadvantaged communities. • Newcastle Falcons • Reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. • Northampton Saints • Promote community cohesion. • Sale Sharks • Support the delivery of the NEET agenda. • Saracens • Wasps Programmes run under the BreakThru campaign include: Fixtures & Media Accreditation Aviva Tackling Numbers – Aviva Tackling Numbers is an innovative and engaging Season Structure, programme for Key Stage 2 children, which makes learning about numbers fun, exciting Salary Cap & Faqs and rewarding. Recognising this contribution to increasing financial literacy in the UK, Referees Tackling Numbers has been awarded the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) Quality Mark. Logos Delivered by the 12 Premiership Rugby Clubs across England and available online, this History rugby themed programme integrates interactive classroom maths sessions with practical, Partners number-based rugby games. It uses rugby as the vehicle to deliver a range of numeracy Play and BreakThru challenges in a new and exciting way. By using rugby themed content that connects with real life experiences, Tackling Numbers puts in place foundations for financial literacy in Other Media later life. Contacts Aviva Tackling Numbers offers a new way to achieve the National Curriculum’s maths and physical education, citizenship and personal, social, health and economic education

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(PSHE) outcomes. To allow children to progress at their own rate, this resource also Club media contacts contains differentiated task levels and opportunities for assessment throughout. Welcome • Welcome from The key aims of the project are to: Premiership Rugby • Improve children’s confidence in their number skills • Welcome from Aviva • Increase children’s appreciation of the importance of number skills • Enhance children’s uptake and enjoyment of physical activity Clubs • Bath Rugby HITZ – The award winning HITZ programme tackles some of the greatest challenges • Exeter Chiefs facing young people today – unemployment, crime and disillusionment. Delivered • Gloucester Rugby nationally by Premiership Rugby and funded by national partners Barclays, Comic Relief, • Harlequins Land Rover and Wooden Spoon, HITZ uses rugby to increase young people’s resilience, • Leicester Tigers self-reliance and confidence. It gives them the skills to get back into education, vocational • London Irish training, apprenticeships and employment. Please visit HITZrugby.com to find out more. • London Welsh • Newcastle Falcons HITZ Objectives: • Northampton Saints • To support and educate disadvantaged and disillusioned young people into further • Sale Sharks opportunities in mainstream education and training. Helping them to realise their • Saracens own personal outcome (employment with training, access to apprenticeships, further • Wasps education) and teaching them life skills. Fixtures & Media • To encourage participants into regular sporting participation to receive the associated Accreditation health and wellbeing benefits. Season Structure, • To encourage good relations between people regardless of their backgrounds. Salary Cap & Faqs • To reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. Referees HITZ Reach: Logos Across the three-year programme HITZ will engage: History • 9,100 11 – 19 year olds who will receive rugby sessions plus workshops covering Partners employability and financial skills. Play and BreakThru • 1,560 of the above (16 – 19 year olds) will commence the educational element of the programme. Other Media • 3,133 11 – 19 year olds will receive financial and employment skills training. Contacts

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Something To Chew On – Funded by Public Health England and The Supporters Club media contacts Club, BT Sport’s charitable initiative, Something To Chew On brings together England’s Welcome Premiership Rugby clubs to make a positive impact on children’s food choices and making • Welcome from them more active. Premiership Rugby Each year we deliver an exciting and effective approach in over 200 targeted schools • Welcome from Aviva educating over 11,000 seven and eight-year old children about healthy eating. We also train over 400 teachers to teach tag rugby to extend the programme to even more Clubs children. (Schools in the first 20% of the Index of Multiple Depravation are prioritised.) • Bath Rugby • Exeter Chiefs The programme consists of: • Gloucester Rugby • One hour of classroom teaching on diet and health, food safety, food preparation and • Harlequins cooking. • Leicester Tigers • One hour of rugby, fitness and body movement on the field to motivate children to be • London Irish active. Facts taught in the classroom are reinforced with food-themed rugby sessions. • London Welsh • Assemblies for parents to reinforce messaging at home and in the classroom. • Newcastle Falcons • Training for participating teachers in Tag Rugby delivery, to create a legacy. • Northampton Saints • Rugby equipment and healthy eating educational resources given to the schools for • Sale Sharks their future use. • Saracens • School tag rugby festivals and chance of a lifetime opportunities for schools to play at • Wasps the Twickenham Aviva Premiership Rugby Final. Fixtures & Media Accreditation To find out more, go to premiershiprugby.com/SomethingToChewOn Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs For more information on any of Premiership Rugby’s community work, please contact Paul Referees Morgan or Sophie Neal. Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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Club media contacts BT SPORT BT Centre, PP B6C, 81 Newgate Street, EC1A 1AJ Welcome • Welcome from Jasmine Holland Premiership Rugby Email: [email protected] • Welcome from Aviva Clubs GETTY IMAGES • Bath Rugby 101 Bayham Street, Camden, London NW1 OAG • Exeter Chiefs • Gloucester Rugby Neil Loft • Harlequins Tel: 020 3227 2496 Mobile: 07976 292434 Email: [email protected] • Leicester Tigers • London Irish OPTA • London Welsh Opta, 10th Floor, 91 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8RT Switchboard: 020 7902 0621 Email: [email protected] • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints Richard Crouch • Sale Sharks Email: [email protected] • Saracens • Wasps PREMIERSHIP RUGBY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT Fixtures & Media 7th Floor, Regal House, 70 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3QS Accreditation Season Structure, Paul Morgan Salary Cap & Faqs Mobile: 07557 477796 Email: [email protected] Sophie Neal Referees Tel: 07813 689124 Email: [email protected] Logos History PREMIERSHIP RUGBY OFFICIAL STATISTICIAN Partners Stuart Farmer Media Services (SFMS), 14 Cotes Road, Burbage, Leicestershire, LE10 2HJ Play and BreakThru Stuart Farmer Other Media Tel: 01455 442807 or 849 Mobile: 07802 961057 Email: [email protected] Contacts

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Club media contacts PREMIERSHIP RUGBY PRODUCTIONS Ollie Lewis Welcome Tel: 020 8831 7904 Mobile: 07900 271 544 Email: [email protected] • Welcome from Premiership Rugby Gareth Rees • Welcome from Aviva Mobile: 07949 942623 Email: [email protected] Clubs • Bath Rugby RFU COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT • Exeter Chiefs Rugby House, Twickenham Stadium, 200 Whitton Road, Twickenham TW2 7BA • Gloucester Rugby • Harlequins Will Chignell • Leicester Tigers Mobile: 07711 146104 Email: [email protected] • London Irish • London Welsh Dave Barton • Newcastle Falcons Mobile: 07736 517610 Email: [email protected] • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens THE RUGBY PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (RPA) • Wasps 7th Floor, Regal House, 70 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3QS Fixtures & Media Patrick Giffney, Communications Manager Accreditation Tel: 020 3053 6678 Mobile: 07826 852 285 Email: [email protected] Season Structure, Salary Cap & Faqs Referees Logos History Partners Play and BreakThru Other Media Contacts

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London Welsh Bath Rugby The Kassam Stadium, Recreation Ground, Spring Gardens, Bath, www.bathrugby.com www.london-welsh.co.uk Grenoble Road, BA2 6PW Oxford, OX4 4XP

Exeter Chiefs Newcastle Falcons Sandy Park Stadium, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, www.exeterchiefs.co.uk Kingston Park, Brunton Road, Kenton Bank Foot, www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk EX2 7NN Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 8AF

Gloucester Rugby Northampton Saints Kingsholm Stadium, Kingsholm Road, www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk Franklin’s Gardens, Weedon Road, Northampton, www.northamptonsaints.co.uk Gloucester, GL1 3AX NN5 5BG

Harlequins Sale Sharks Twickenham Stoop Stadium, Langhorn Drive, www.quins.co.uk AJ Bell Stadium, 1 Stadium Way, Liverpool Road, www.salesharks.com Twickenham, TW2 7SX Eccles, Salford M30 7EY

Leicester Tigers Saracens Welford Road Stadium, Aylestone Road, Leicester, www.leicestertigers.com Allianz Park, Greenlands Lane, www.saracens.com LE2 7TR London, NW4 1RL

London Irish Wasps Madejski Stadium, Junction 11, M4, Reading www.london-irish.com Adams Park, Hillbottom Road, High Wycombe, www.wasps.co.uk RG2 0FL Buckinghamshire HP12 4HJ