Countries England Location England, United Kingdom Attendance 1,084,289 Tries scored 456 | Dates 3 Sep 2016 – 27 May 2017 Country England Matches played 90 | |
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Top point scorer Jimmy Gopperth (Wasps)
(175 points) Top try scorer Christian Wade (Wasps)
(10 tries) Similar 2015–16 English Premiership, 2014–15 English Premiership, 2014–15 European Rugby C, 2011–12 English Premiership, 2016–17 European Rugby C | ||
The 2016–17 Aviva Premiership will be the 30th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition, and the seventh to be sponsored by Aviva. The competition will be broadcast by BT Sport for the fourth successive season. Highlights of each weekend's games are shown on ITV with extended highlights on BT Sport.
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The reigning champions entering the season are Saracens, who claimed their 3rd title (and 2nd consecutively) after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the 2015–16 final.
Teams
Bristol, having beaten Doncaster Knights 60 – 47 on aggregate in the Greene King IPA Championship play-off final, replace London Irish, who were relegated last season after finishing bottom of the table having only won 4 league games.
Pre-season
The 2016 edition of the Singha Premiership Rugby Sevens was held in July and August. Once again, the four Welsh Regions contested a group, alongside the twelve Premiership clubs, which were split into three groups. The top two sides from each group contested the series final at the Ricoh Arena on 6 August.
Regular season
Fixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 7 July 2016. As is the norm, round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham. Unlike the previous year, no games would take place abroad.
All fixtures are subject to change, taken from Premiership Rugby Match Centre.
Play-offs
As with previous season, the top four teams will contest the semi-finals in a 1st v 4th, 2nd v 3rd format. The two remaining teams will then face off in the final held at Twickenham in late May.
Leading scorers
Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.