"or Premiership games at Wembley Stadium and London Stadium. The Big Game (rugby) The Big Game is an annual rugby union match hosted by Harlequins during the Christmas holiday season each year. As of 2011 for sponsorship purposes it is known as the LV= Big Game. It is one of Harlequins' regular home matches in the Premiership Rugby but it is moved from their usual home ground at the Twickenham Stoop (14,816 capacity) to the much larger Twickenham Stadium (82,000 seats). There are other high-profile matches in London between Premiership Rugby clubs at other times, in particular the London Double"
"single home match for Harlequins at the Stoop. The 2017 event would be London Irish's turn to host and would be held at their Hazelwood training ground. Cunningham Duncombe Series The Cunningham Duncombe Series is a series of pre-season friendlies between two English Rugby Union clubs; London Irish and Harlequins. The series is named in memory of two late former players, Jarrod Cunningham of London Irish and Nick Duncombe of Harlequins. The series was conceived in 2015 and kicked off with two matches played at Twickenham Stoop in back-to-back weeks. Although both matches were played at the Stoop. The teams"
"Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium (; usually known as Twickenham or Twickers) is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, south west London, England. Owned by the governing body of rugby union in England, the Rugby Football Union (the RFU), the stadium hosts home test matches for the England national rugby union team. Other rugby union games played at the stadium include the Middlesex Sevens, selected Premiership Rugby fixtures, selected Anglo-Welsh Cup matches, the Varsity Match between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and selected European Rugby Champions Cup matches. The RFU headquarters are in the stadium. Twickenham Stadium has also hosted"
"Premiership Rugby teams. In 2016 Harlequins hosted due to London Irish's relegation from the premiership. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 the series would feature a newly promoted team. The Double Header would not take place in 2018 due to redevelopment works at Twickenham Stadium. At other times of year Twickenham is also used for regular season Premiership fixtures, such as The Big Game hosted by Harlequins at Christmas time, The Clash hosted by Bath and the Premiership Final in late May. Scorers: Scorers: London Wasps 26 – 15 Harlequins Teams: Replacements: Joe Ward, Ben Broster, Tom French, Dan Leo, Hugo"
"facility at Ravenscraig, the Historic Scotland Category A listed Dollan Baths and the Airdrie Lesiure Centre. Twickenham, home to both the England national rugby union team and England's national governing body for the sport, hosted the 2012 Heineken Cup Final on 19 May. As with Millennium Stadium the year before, this was the fourth final for Twickenham. The adjacent Twickenham Stoop hosted the Amlin Challenge Cup final on the day before the Heineken Cup Final; this was the fourth Challenge Cup final at The Stoop. After Birmingham and Manchester failed to deliver winning bids for the 1992, 1996 and 2000"
"(in Tri-Nations mode), Australia which resulted in a 20-all draw, 12,360 people attended the game making it the largest rugby league crowd at the venue beating the 1997 World Club Championship match between the and Canberra Raiders where 7,819 people attended. The ground played host to the final of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. In 2015, it began hosting what was intended to be an annual event in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. All matches were held at The Stoop except for the third-place match and Cup final, which were played at Twickenham Stadium. However, the Women's Sevens"
"20 May (winning 8–0). This last match was played under a typical ""long-rains"" shower that, though heavy, did not soften the hard ground enough to be a problem. In 1963, Harlequin acquired an athletics ground with 14 acres (57,000 m²) just over the road from the Twickenham ground, which became its training pitch. This subsequently become their home: the Stoop Memorial Ground which in 2005 was renamed The Twickenham Stoop. This is named after Adrian Dura Stoop, who won 15 caps for England and is said to have been the person who developed modern back play. With the introduction of"
"a series whitewash over Australia in Sydney, and equalled the world record of 18 consecutive wins with an impressive 61–21 victory over Scotland securing the six nations championship of the 2017 edition. In 2018, England lost five consecutive test matches, including a home match versus Ireland. Up until 1910, the English rugby team used various stadia in a number of venues around England before settling at Twickenham Stadium. It is the largest rugby-dedicated stadium in the world. After sell-out matches at Crystal Palace in 1905 and 1906 against New Zealand and South Africa respectively, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) decided"
"home games with the majority being played at the Twickenham Stoop. On 8 June 2013, London once again played a home game at Priestfield Stadium, this time being heavily beaten 82–10 by Warrington in front of 3,041 fans. On 28 March, London had to play a home game at Molesey Road due to a waterlogged pitch at the Stoop. For the next home game on 6 April, Harlequins didn't allow London to use the Stoop due to a Heineken Cup game, forcing them to play Bradford at Adams Park. London Broncos had a successful Challenge Cup campaign in 2013, reaching"
"clock for the match. The ground's official name changed in July 2005 from the Stoop Memorial Ground to Twickenham Stoop Stadium. The club owns the ground freehold through its subsidiary Harlequin Estates (Twickenham) Ltd. According to the 2012 annual report submitted by the club's operating company to Companies House, in 2010 external valuers placed the combined value of the land and buildings at £27.19 million on a depreciated replacement cost basis. In an interview with the fans website on 23 April 2012, the Chief Executive, David Ellis confirmed that an architect has visited the club and given ideas on possible"
"another Premiership club with London roots, Wasps moved their home matches entirely outside the London commuter belt to Coventry in December 2014. Shortly before their move, Wasps purchased the major football ground Ricoh Arena, and share it with Coventry City F.C. Wasps maintained their training base within Greater London in West Acton until June 2016 but are now fully based in the West Midlands. The England national rugby union team play their home matches at Twickenham Stadium during the Six Nations Championship, as well as the November inbound touring nations. The ground also hosted the Rugby World Cup finals in"
"the English rugby union team, who play nearly all their home games at the stadium. Twickenham hosts England's home Six Nations matches, as well as inbound touring teams from the Southern Hemisphere, usually annually around November. Apart from its relationship with the national team, Twickenham is the venue for a number of other domestic and international rugby union matches. It hosts the annual London leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Cup (championship) final and third-place match of the annual London leg of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and the domestic Middlesex Sevens competition. It is also the"
"named due to the town of Twickenham. The English national side play their home matches there during the Six Nations Championship, as well as the November inbound touring nations. The ground also hosted the 1991 Rugby World Cup final, where Australia defeated England. Twickenham hosts the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup, and has hosted the European club championship final five times—four times in the era of the former Heineken Cup, and most recently in 2015 for the new European Rugby Champions Cup. The stadium is also host to The Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge as well as the English"
"Irish return after being promoted back into the Premiership. Home teams were confirmed on 22 June, with the away teams confirmed at the Premiership fixture launch on 7 July. London Double Header The London Double Header began in 2004 and typically opens the season of Premiership Rugby (currently known as the Gallagher Premiership due to sponsorship), the top rugby union league in England. Two games are played consecutively at Twickenham Stadium, originally involving the 'big four' London origin teams of the Premiership, Harlequins, London Irish, Wasps (London Wasps until the 2014–15 season) and Saracens. Harlequins were relegated from the premiership"
"then much has been done in terms of upgrading with a current capacity of 14,800. The stadium was known as the Stoop Memorial Ground for many years, but it was renamed the Twickenham Stoop in 2005. They also play one game at Twickenham Stadium each December called the Big Game. During the quarter final of the 2009 Heineken Cup against Leinster, Harlequins wing Tom Williams came off the field with what turned out to be a faked blood injury to facilitate a tactical substitution of fly-half Nick Evans back onto the field. An investigation by the ERC and the RFU"
"year they announced that they would be establishing a partnership with rugby league club London Broncos, which saw the two clubs sharing Harlequins home ground of The Stoop from the start of the 2006 Super League season. As part of the deal, the Broncos changed their name to , though the two clubs remain under separate ownership. In 2005–06, Quins utterly dominated National Division One. They won 25 of their 26 league matches, including their first 19, losing only at Exeter Chiefs on 25 February 2006. Quins also averaged nearly 40 points per match, scored four or more tries in"
"Cunningham Duncombe Series The Cunningham Duncombe Series is a series of pre-season friendlies between two English Rugby Union clubs; London Irish and Harlequins. The series is named in memory of two late former players, Jarrod Cunningham of London Irish and Nick Duncombe of Harlequins. The series was conceived in 2015 and kicked off with two matches played at Twickenham Stoop in back-to-back weeks. Although both matches were played at the Stoop. The teams took it in turns to act as the home side. It was confirmed on 4 July, 2016 that the series would continue in 2016. Staged as a"
"London to play at Griffin Park as tenants of Brentford FC. 2003 marked the club's first Super League play off appearance, losing in the first round to St. Helens 24–6 at Knowsley Road. The 2005 season was marked by significant activity off the pitch as the club welcomed new chairman and majority shareholder Ian Lenagan who had bought up 65% of the shares. This was followed by the announcement of a partnership with Harlequins Rugby Union Club that saw the side return to Twickenham Stoop, this time renamed as Harlequins RL for the 2006 season. Ian Lenagan became the majority"
"Twickenham Twickenham is an affluent suburban area of south-west London, England. It lies on the River Thames and is west-southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965. Twickenham has an extensive town centre and is famous for being the home of rugby union in England, with hundreds of thousands of spectators visiting Twickenham Stadium, the world's largest rugby stadium, each year. The historic riverside area is famous for its network of 18th-century buildings and pleasure grounds, many of which survive intact. This area has three grand"
"Park. This was the first opportunity of the season for any of the teams competing in the Premiership to win a trophy. The finals were held on 5 August 2011 at The Stoop and the Series was won by Newcastle Falcons. 2011–12 Premiership Rugby The 2011–12 Aviva Premiership was the 25th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions and the second to be sponsored by Aviva. It began on 3 September with five matches, including the annual London Double Header at Twickenham, and ended with the final on 26 May, also at Twickenham. The champions"
"London Double Header The London Double Header began in 2004 and typically opens the season of Premiership Rugby (currently known as the Gallagher Premiership due to sponsorship), the top rugby union league in England. Two games are played consecutively at Twickenham Stadium, originally involving the 'big four' London origin teams of the Premiership, Harlequins, London Irish, Wasps (London Wasps until the 2014–15 season) and Saracens. Harlequins were relegated from the premiership at the end of the 2004–05 season and thus for the 2005–06 season Leeds Tykes (now known as Yorkshire Carnegie) were included instead. The same applied to London Irish"
"and final. Twickenham have also competed in indoor tournaments under the nickname ""The Treefrogs"" (due to the bright green clothing worn resembling that of the famous red-eyed tree frog immortalised by David Attenborough’s bestseller, Life on Earth). Twickenham Green (or The Green) is the primary home venue for Twickenham CC First XI and Second XI (with home games being played on alternate Saturdays). The Green is also the home venue for a number of fixtures on Sunday’s including the Lady’s XI as well as various midweek fixtures hosted by Twickenham CC. The Green has also hired by local businesses to"
"and Scotland, and (until 2005) the William Webb Ellis Cup which was obtained by England at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Twickenham Stadium Tours are also available through the Museum and run four times per day (Tuesday to Saturday) and twice on Sundays. It is usually open every day of the week except for Mondays. Except match days when for ticket holders only a special price entry to the museum is available. Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium (; usually known as Twickenham or Twickers) is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, south west London, England. Owned by the governing body of"
"drop-goal in extra time. An estimated 750,000 gathered in Trafalgar Square to celebrate their arrival. In rugby sevens, Twickenham Stadium annually hosts the London Sevens, the final event of the annual World Rugby Sevens Series for men's national teams. In 2014–15, it also hosted the third-place match and Cup (championship) final of the London Women's Sevens, part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The remainder of the latter event was held at the nearby Twickenham Stoop. The London Women's Sevens was originally planned to be an annual event, but did not appear on the 2015–16 series schedule. Rugby union"
"1991, in which Australia defeated England, and 2015, with New Zealand defeating Australia. Twickenham hosts the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup, and has hosted the final of European club rugby's top competition, now known as the European Rugby Champions Cup, five times, most recently in 2015. The stadium is also host to The Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge as well as the English schools' Daily Mail Cup final. London was also home to the massive celebrations for the English rugby team when they returned home from Australia after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup, where Jonny Wilkinson kicked a"
"Northampton Saints Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They were formed in 1880, and play in black, green, and gold colours. The team play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 15,250. Their biggest rivals are Leicester Tigers. ""The East Midlands Derby"" is one of the fiercest rivalries in English Rugby Union. The club has won the English Premiership, the RFU Championship three times, the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the EDF Energy Trophy, the European Rugby Champions Cup, and are twice winners of the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The club was established in"
"in 1987, having won the European cup twice, the first tier of English rugby ten times, and the Anglo-Welsh cup seven times. Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They were formed in 1880, and play in black, green, and gold colours. The team play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 15,500. Their biggest rivals are Leicester Tigers. ""The East Midlands Derby"" is one of the fiercest rivalries in English Rugby Union. Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge), Leicestershire (Grace Road), Derbyshire (County Cricket Ground, Derby) and Northamptonshire (County Cricket Ground, Northampton) are in"
"the results will give evidence-based facts to improve measures for participant safety in contact sports."" Saracens F.C. Saracens Football Club () are an English professional rugby union team based in London, England. Established in 1876, they currently play in Premiership Rugby, the top level of domestic rugby union in England, and were the champions of the European Rugby Champions Cup, which they won twice consecutively, in 2016 and 2017. Since 2012, Saracens have played their home games at Allianz Park in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet; previous grounds have included Vicarage Road in Watford, and Bramley Road. The"
"Stade Français 21–20. The semi-finals were played at neutral venues; Tigers beat the Llanelli Scarlets 33–17 at Walkers Stadium in Leicester, while Wasps defeated Northampton Saints 30–13 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The all-English final at the home of English rugby in Twickenham Stadium attracted a then-record Heineken Cup attendance. 2007 Heineken Cup Final The 2007 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2006–07 Heineken Cup, the 12th season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 20 May 2007 at Twickenham Stadium in London. The match was contested by the Leicester Tigers"
"in 2016 who were replaced. The matches form part of the regular season fixtures, with one team nominated as the home side for each match. Since 2008 (2016 being an exception) and the inception of The Big Game, Harlequins only compete in the double header as an away side in order to reduce the number of home games they play away from the Stoop. Since 2015 and Wasps' relocation to Coventry, the direction of the series has changed. Two London teams (normally London Irish and Saracens) act as the hosts with the away team being any of the other 10"
"for the next season's European Rugby Champions Cup whilst the team in seventh place advances to a playoff for another place. Teams that do not qualify for the Champions Cup play in the European Rugby Challenge Cup. Bold italics denote players active in the 2018–19 Premiership. All records relate to 1997 onward when National League One was re-launched as the Premiership. Source: Source: Source: Between 1987–2002, the team at the top of the league was crowned English champions. From 2002–03, the winner of the league has been determined with a Premiership Final, which takes place at Twickenham. Each season at"
"the same ground and had access to the Richardson Evans Playing Fields, Roehampton Vale, though as a home venue for the Harlequin Amateurs it was not fit for a professional club of either code. There was no integration, no player development and the administrative and commercial resources sharing was largely allowing the RL club to have shared office space. The integration appeared to be a combined lottery – which folded long before the Rugby League side permanently left the Twickenham Stoop – and the two ""double headers"". The first was in 2006 in which the Union side played first, then"
"FIFA World Cup Final, with England defeating West Germany, and served as the venue for the FA Cup Final as well as rugby league's Challenge Cup final. The new Wembley Stadium serves exactly the same purposes and has a capacity of 90,000. Two Aviva Premiership rugby union teams are based in London, Saracens and Harlequins. London Scottish, London Welsh and London Irish play in the RFU Championship club and other rugby union clubs in the city include Richmond F.C., Rosslyn Park F.C., Westcombe Park R.F.C. and Blackheath F.C.. Twickenham Stadium in south-west London hosts home matches for the England national"