Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Zurich Premiership is the present name for the leading rugby union league competition for English clubs. From 1987/88 until 1996/97 it was known as the Courage League, and from 1997/98 until 1999/2000 as the Allied Dunbar Premiership. Winners 1987/88 Leicester Tigers 1988/89 Bath 1989/90 Wasps 1990/91 Bath 1991/92 Bath 1992/93 Bath 1993/94 Bath 1994/95 Leicester Tigers 1995/96 Bath 1996/97 Wasps 1997/98 Newcastle 1998/99 Leicester Tigers 1999/00 Leicester Tigers 2000/01 Leicester Tigers 2001/02 Leicester Tigers 2002/03 Wasps (League won by Gloucester) In the 2002/03 season a controversial play-off system was introduced, under which the winner of the league had to play the winner of a match between the second- and third-placed teams for the title. Although Gloucester won the league by a clear margin, second-placed Wasps (who had defeated third-placed Northampton) beat them easily in the play-offs. Many followers of the game regarded the outcome as an injustice. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.