London Double Header

The London Double Header began in 2004 and opens the season of the English Premiership (currently sponsored as the Aviva Premiership), the top rugby union league in England.

Two games are played consecutively at Twickenham, usually 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 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. Between 2008 and 2015 and the inception of The Big Game, Harlequins only competed in the double header as an away side in order to reduce the number of home games they play away from the Stoop.

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.

2004

4 September 2004
14:00
London Irish 18 – 12 Harlequins
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Wayne Barnes
4 September 2004
16:15
Saracens 13 – 11 London Wasps
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 51,000

2005

3 September 2005
14:00
London Wasps 23 – 11 Saracens
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 35,000
3 September 2005
16:20
Leeds Tykes 11 – 27 London Irish
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Sean Davey

2006

2 September 2006
14:00
London Irish 20 – 19 NEC Harlequins
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 51,960
2 September 2006
16:20
Saracens 19 – 21 London Wasps
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 51,960
Referee: Roy Maybank

2007

15 September 2007
15:30
Harlequins 35 – 27 London Irish
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 39,400
Referee: Ashley Rowden
15 September 2007
18:00
London Wasps 19 – 29 Saracens
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 39,400
Referee: Sean Davey

2008

6 September 2008
14:30
London Irish 26 – 14 London Wasps
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 52,087
Referee: Andrew Small
FB 15 Australia Peter Hewat
WG14 England Topsy Ojo
CE 13 England Delon Armitage
CE12 Samoa Seilala Mapusua
WG 11 Samoa Sailosi Tagicakibau
FH 10 England Mike Catt  65'
SH 9 England Paul Hodgson  72'
N8 8 Tonga Chris Hala'ufia 16' to 26'  78'
FL7 England Steffon Armitage
FL6 England Richard Thorpe
LK5 England Gary Johnson
LK4 England Nick Kennedy
PR3 South Africa Faan Rautenbach  60'
HK2 South Africa Danie Coetzee  60'
PR1 England Alex Corbisiero}  48'
Substitutes:
PR 16 England Dan Murphy  48'
HK 17 England David Paice  60'
HK 18 England James Buckland  60'
FL 19 England Jon Fisher  78'
WG 20 England Adam Thompstone
SH 21 England Peter Richards  72'
FH 22 Ireland Eoghan Hickey  65'
Coach:
FB 15 England Mark van Gisbergen  67'
WG14 England Paul Sackey
CE 13 England Dominic Waldouck
CE12 England Josh Lewsey  41'
WG 11 England Tom Voyce
FH 10 England Riki Flutey
SH 9 Ireland Eoin Reddan
N8 8 England James Haskell  67'
FL7 England Tom Rees
FL6 England Joe Worsley
LK5 England Richard Birkett  53'
LK4 England Simon Shaw
PR3 South Africa Pat Barnard  53'
HK2 France Raphael Ibanez  67'
PR1 England Tim Payne
Substitutes:
HK 16England Rob Webber  67'
PR 17England Phil Vickery  53'
LK 18England Tom Palmer  53'
N8 19England John Hart  67'
SH 20England Joe Simpson
FH 21Ireland Jeremy Staunton  41'
CE 22Australia Lachlan Mitchell  67'
Coach:
6 September 2008
17:00
Saracens 21 – 24 Harlequins
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 52,087
Referee: Wayne Barnes

2009

5 September 2009
14:30
Saracens 18 – 14 London Irish
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 67,684
Referee: Dave Pearson
FB 15 England Alex Goode
WG14 England Noah Cato
CE 13 Fiji Kameli Ratuvou
CE12 England Brad Barritt
WG 11 United States Chris Wyles
FH 10 New Zealand Glen Jackson  73'
SH 9 South Africa Neil de Kock  69'
N8 8 South Africa Ernst Joubert 59' to 69'
FL7 England Andy Saull
FL6 South Africa Wikus van Heerden  53'  63'  78'
LK5 England Hugh Vyvyan  60'
LK4 England Steve Borthwick
PR3 Italy Carlos Nieto
HK2 South Africa Schalk Brits 53' to 63'
PR1 Wales Rhys Gill  63'
Substitutes:
HK 16Italy Fabio Ongaro  53'  63'
PR 17England Tom Mercey  63'
PR 18England Richard Skuse
LK 19South Africa Mouritz Botha  60'
N8 20Wales Michael Owen  78'
SH 21New Zealand Justin Marshall  69'
FH 22South Africa Derick Hougaard  73'
WG 23England Richard Haughton
Coach:
FB 15 England Delon Armitage 53' to 63'
WG14 England Adam Thompstone
CE 13 Samoa Elvis Seveali'i  41'
CE12 Samoa Seilala Mapusua
WG 11 Samoa Sailosi Tagicakibau
FH 10 England Ryan Lamb
SH 9 England Paul Hodgson
N8 8 Tonga Chris Hala'ufia  51'
FL7 England Steffon Armitage
FL6 England Declan Danaher  8'  13'
LK5 England Andy Perry  51'
LK4 England Nick Kennedy
PR3 Romania Paulică Ion  51'
HK2 South Africa Danie Coetzee  51'
PR1 New Zealand Clarke Dermody  69'
Substitutes:
PR 16England Dan Murphy  69'
HK 17England James Buckland  51'
PR 18South Africa Faan Rautenbach  51'
LK 19Ireland Bob Casey  51'
FL20Samoa George Stowers  8'  13'  51'
FB 21Australia Peter Hewat
SH 22England Peter Richards  41'
SH 23Argentina Alfredo Lalanne
Coach:

Scorers:

Scorers:

5 September 2009
17:15
London Wasps 26 – 15 Harlequins
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 67,684
Referee: Dean Richards

London Wasps 26 – 15 Harlequins

Teams:

Replacements: Joe Ward, Ben Broster, Tom French, Dan Leo, Hugo Ellis, Warren Fury, Dave Walder, Lachlan Mitchell.

Scorers:

Replacements: Tani Fuga, Aston Croall, John Andress, Jim Evans, Tom Guest, Steve So'oialo, Rory Clegg, George Lowe.

Scorers:

Key:

2010

4 September 2010
14:00
London Irish 33 – 16 Saracens
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 75,112
Referee: Andrew Small
4 September 2010
16:30
London Wasps 29 – 29 Harlequins
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 75,112
Referee: Chris White

2011

3 September 2011
14:00
London Irish 24 – 29 Harlequins
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 55,437
Referee: Greg Garner
3 September 2011
16:30
Saracens 15 – 20 London Wasps
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 55,437
Referee: JP Doyle

2012

1 September 2012
14:00
London Wasps 40 – 42 Harlequins
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 63,102
Referee: Greg Garner
1 September 2012
16:30
Saracens 40 – 3 London Irish
Report
Twickenham
Attendance: 63,102
Referee: Wayne Barnes

2013

7 September 2013
14:00
London Irish 20–42 (BP) Saracens
Try: Low 37' c
Yarde 69' c
Con: Humphreys (2/2)
Pen: Humphreys (2) 13', 62'
Report Try: George (2) 9' c, 35' m
Vunipola 63' c
Ashton 81' m
Con: Farrell (2/4)
Pen: Farrell (6) 4', 27', 39', 41', 51', 72'
Twickenham
Attendance: 62,637
Referee: Greg Garner
7 September 2013
16:30
London Wasps (BP) 15–16 Harlequins
Try: Launchbury 0' c
Palmer 80' m
Con: Goode (1/2)
Pen: Goode (1) 13'
Report Try: Dickson 70' c
Con: Evans (1/1)
Pen: Evans (3) 12', 45', 49'
Twickenham
Attendance: 62,637
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth

2014

6 September 2014
14:00
Saracens (BP) 34 – 28 (BP) Wasps
Try: Ashton 6' c
Strettle (3) 20' c, 62' c, 78' c
Con: Hodgson (2/2)
Farrell (2/2)
Pen: Hodgson (2/3) 13', 18'
Report Try: Hughes 43' c
Wade (2) 53' m, 59' c
Con: Goode (2/3)
Pen: Goode (3/3) 10', 16', 26'
Twickenham
Attendance: 66,164
Referee: Andrew Small
6 September 2014
16:30
London Irish (BP) 15 – 20 Harlequins
Pen: Geraghty (5/6) 24', 33', 42', 54', 66'
Report Try: Monye 10' c
Lindsay-Hague 34' c
Con: Evans (2/2)
Pen: Evans (2/6) 7', 27'
Twickenham
Attendance: 66,164
Referee: Greg Garner

2015

The 2015 London Double Header was moved from its traditional Round 1 position, to Round 5, in order to accommodate the 2015 Rugby World Cup knock-out stage matches being played at Twickenham Stadium. It was also the first time since 2005 that Saracens, Harlequins, London Irish and Wasps have not all taken part in the event. Harlequins chose not to take part due to the proximity of The Big Game 8 and were therefore replaced by Worcester Warriors. There had been suggestions that Wasps would not take part, following their move to the Ricoh Arena, however they were announced as one of the away teams for the event at the fixture launch on 3 July 2015.

28 November 2015
15:15
Saracens (BP) 48–18 Worcester Warriors
Try: Ashton (2) 3' c, 51' c
Spencer 21' c
Wray 43' c
Brits 55' c
Ransom 62' c
Con: Hodgson (6/6)
Pen: Hodgson (2/3) 30', 39'
Report Try: Rees 70' m
Van Velze 79' c
Con: Heathcote (1/2)
Pen: Heathcote (2/3) 33', 37'
Twickenham
Attendance: 42,680
Referee: Ian Tempest
28 November 2015
17:30
London Irish 15–33 (BP) Wasps
Try: Williams (2) 40' m, 56' c
Con: Noakes (1/2)
Pen: Noakes (1/3) 7'
Report Try: Halai (2) 37' m, 74' m
Daly 49' c
Young 70' c
Con: Jackson (1/2)
Gopperth (1/2)
Pen: Jackson (2/4) 4', 18'
Gopperth (1/1) 54'
Twickenham
Attendance: 42,680
Referee: Wayne Barnes

2016

The 2016 London Double Header will return to its traditional Round 1 position. London Irish were relegated from the Premiership and therefore would not take part. Home teams were confirmed on 28 June, with away teams confirmed at fixture launch on 7 July.

3 September 2016
14:00
Saracens (BP) 35-3 Worcester Warriors
3 September 2016
16:30
Harlequins 21-19 (BP) Bristol Rugby

References

  1. "'Head-butt' compounds Quins woes". BBC Sport. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

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