2012 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series

2012 J.P Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series
Countries  England
Champions London Irish 7s
(1st title)
Runners-up Gloucester 7s
Matches played 25
Tries scored 173 (average 6.92 per match)
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The 2012 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series (styled for sponsorship reasons as the 2012 J.P Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series) was the third Rugby Union 7-a-side competition for the twelve 2012–13 Aviva Premiership Clubs. It began on Friday July 13 and lasted 4 weeks, with the final at the The Recreation Ground on Friday 3 August 2012.[1]

Format

The twelve Premiership Clubs were split into three Groups – A, B and C – with each group playing in a consecutive week in July. Each team in the group played each other once, to the International Rugby Board Laws of the Game - 7s Variations. Based on the result, teams received:

Following all the games, the winner and runner up in the group progressed to the final. In the final, the 6 teams (3 Winners and 3 Runners up) were split into 2 pools. Again teams played each other once and points were awarded based on the result. Following the culmination of this stage the winners of each pool progressed to the final, the winner of that game being declared the champions.

Group stage

The group draw was based on geographical positioning of the clubs playing, with the exception of London Welsh, who were swapped for Newcastle Falcons following their successful promotion appeal.[2] Premiership Rugby confirmed the match times at 2pm on 4 July 2012.[3][4]

Group A Group B Group C
Harlequins 7s Leicester Tigers 7s Bath 7s
London Irish 7s London Welsh 7s Exeter Chiefs 7s
London Wasps 7s Northampton Saints 7s Gloucester 7s
Saracens 7s Sale Sharks 7s Worcester Warriors 7s

Group A

Played at The Stoop, Twickenham on Friday 13 July 2012.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L F A TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Saracens 7s 3 2 0 1 64 26 10 4 1 1 10
2 London Irish 7s 3 2 0 1 74 40 12 6 1 1 10
3 Harlequins 7s 3 2 0 1 56 47 8 7 1 0 9
4 London Wasps 7s 3 0 0 3 19 100 3 16 0 1 1
Green background is the pool winner and qualified for the Final Stage.
Blue background is the runner-up and also qualified for the Final Stage.
Updated 7 July 2013 — source: Premiership Rugby
13 July 2012
19:30
London Irish 7s 14 – 21 Harlequins 7s
The Stoop
13 July 2012
19:55
London Wasps 7s 12 – 19 Saracens 7s
The Stoop
13 July 2012
20:25
London Wasps 7s 7 – 46 London Irish 7s
The Stoop
13 July 2012
20:50
Harlequins 7s 0 – 33 Saracens 7s
The Stoop
13 July 2012
21:20
London Irish 7s 14 – 12 Saracens 7s
The Stoop
13 July 2012
21:45
London Wasps 7s 0 – 35 Harlequins 7s
The Stoop

Group B

Was played at Edgeley Park, Stockport on Friday 20 July 2012.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L F A TF TA TB LB Pts
1 London Welsh 7s 3 3 0 0 117 31 19 5 3 0 15
2 Sale Sharks 7s 3 2 0 1 105 50 17 8 2 0 10
3 Northampton Saints 7s 3 1 0 2 47 94 7 16 1 0 5
4 Leicester Tigers 7s 3 0 0 3 34 128 6 20 1 1 2
Green background is the pool winner and qualified for the Final Stage.
Blue background is the runner-up and also qualified for the Final Stage.
Updated 7 July 2013 — source: Premiership Rugby
20 July 2012
19:30
London Welsh 7s 31 – 19 Sale Sharks 7s
Edgeley Park
20 July 2012
19:50
Northampton Saints 7s 26 – 24 Leicester Tigers 7s
Edgeley Park
20 July 2012
20:25
Northampton Saints 7s 7 – 34 London Welsh 7s
Edgeley Park
20 July 2012
20:50
Sale Sharks 7s 50 – 5 Leicester Tigers 7s
Edgeley Park
20 July 2012
21:20
London Welsh 7s 52 – 5 Leicester Tigers 7s
Edgeley Park
20 July 2012
21:45
Northampton Saints 7s 14 – 36 Sale Sharks 7s
Edgeley Park

Group C

Was played at Kingsholm, Gloucester on Thursday 26 July 2012.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L F A TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Gloucester 7s 3 3 0 0 93 48 15 8 3 0 15
2 Bath 7s 3 2 0 1 71 48 11 8 1 1 10
3 Exeter Chiefs 7s 3 1 0 2 45 79 7 13 1 1 6
4 Worcester Warriors 7s 3 0 0 3 60 94 10 14 2 1 3
Green background is the pool winner and qualified for the Final Stage.
Blue background is the runner-up and also qualified for the Final Stage.
Updated 7 July 2013 — source: Premiership Rugby
26 July 2012
19:30
Exeter Chiefs 7s 7 – 36 Gloucester 7s
Kingsholm
26 July 2012
19:55
Bath 7s 35 – 12 Worcester Warriors 7s
Kingsholm
26 July 2012
20:25
Bath 7s 19 – 12 Exeter Chiefs 7s
Kingsholm
26 July 2012
20:50
Gloucester 7s 33 – 24 Worcester Warriors 7s
Kingsholm
26 July 2012
21:20
Exeter Chiefs 7s 26 – 24 Worcester Warriors 7s
Kingsholm
26 July 2012
21:45
Bath 7s 17 – 24 Gloucester 7s
Kingsholm

Final stage

The finals were played at The Recreation Ground, Bath on Friday 3 August 2012.[1]

For the finals, the 6 qualified teams were split into two pools of three teams. Scoring remained the same as in the previous rounds (4 points for a win, etc.), and the winner of each pool progressed to the final.

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L F A TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Gloucester 7s 2 2 0 0 34 24 6 4 0 0 8
2 Saracens 7s 2 1 0 1 45 27 7 5 1 1 6
3 Sale Sharks 7s 2 0 0 2 24 52 4 8 0 1 1
Green background is the pool winner and qualified for the Final.
Updated 7 July 2013 — source: Premiership Rugby
3 August 2012
19:00
Saracens 7s 33 – 12 Sale Sharks 7s
The Recreation Ground
3 August 2012
19:50
Sale Sharks 7s 12 – 19 Gloucester 7s
The Recreation Ground
3 August 2012
20:40
Saracens 7s 12 – 15 Gloucester 7s
The Recreation Ground

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L F A TF TA TB LB Pts
1 London Irish 7s 2 1 0 1 55 43 9 7 1 0 5
2 London Welsh 7s 2 1 0 1 36 41 6 7 1 0 5
3 Bath 7s 2 1 0 1 38 45 6 7 1 0 5
Green background is the pool winner and qualified for the Final.
Updated 7 July 2013 — source: Premiership Rugby
3 August 2012
19:25
London Irish 7s 17 – 29 London Welsh 7s
The Recreation Ground
3 August 2012
20:15
Bath 7s 24 – 7 London Welsh 7s
The Recreation Ground
3 August 2012
21:05
London Irish 7s 38 – 14 Bath 7s
The Recreation Ground

Final

The final was contested by the winners of the two finals pools.[1]

In a slight difference to the rest of the series, the final was played in two halves of 10 minutes (instead of 7 minutes), with a slightly longer half-time.

3 August 2012
21:40
Gloucester 7s 28 – 31 London Irish 7s
The Recreation Ground
Referee: Luke Pearce

References

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