2000–01 Premiership Rugby
The 2000–01 English Premiership was the 14th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions. Leicester Tigers finished top of the league for the third year in a row giving them their fifth English champions title.
This season saw the introduction of the bonus points scoring system.
Additionally, an 8 team end of season knock-out competition, the Zurich Championship was introduced, although this was not used to determine the English Champions, that being the preserve of the Zurich Premiership winners. Leicester also won the Zurich Championship in this season.
Rotherham were relegated, to be replaced by Leeds Tykes for the 2001–02 season.
Participating teams
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
| Bath | Bath | 8,200 | Bath, Somerset |
| Bristol | Memorial Stadium | 12,100 | Bristol |
| Gloucester | Kingsholm | 11,000 | Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
| Harlequins | The Stoop | 8,500 | Twickenham, London |
| Leicester Tigers | Welford Road | 16,000 | Leicester, Leicestershire |
| London Irish | Madejski Stadium | 24,161 | Reading, Berkshire |
| London Wasps | Loftus Road | 18,439 | Shepherd's Bush, London |
| Newcastle Falcons | Kingston Park | 10,000 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
| Northampton Saints | Franklin's Gardens | 10,000 | Northampton, Northamptonshire |
| Rotherham Titans | Clifton Lane | 2,500 | Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
| Sale | Heywood Road | 5,400 | Sale, Greater Manchester |
| Saracens | Vicarage Road | 22,000 | Watford, Hertfordshire |
Table
Results
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Zurich Championship
The top eight teams qualified for the knock-out Zurich Championship, seeded on the basis of their league finish.Seeding
Quarter–finals
Semi–finals
Final
Total Season Attendances
| Club | Home Games | Total | Average | Highest | Lowest | % Capacity |
| Bath | 12 | 91,968 | 7,664 | 8,500 | 6,840 | 93% |
| Bristol | 11 | 51,024 | 4,639 | 6,781 | 2,380 | 38% |
| Gloucester | 11 | 73,430 | 6,675 | 9,859 | 5,428 | 61% |
| Harlequins | 11 | 51,460 | 4,678 | 7,067 | 3,089 | 55% |
| Leicester Tigers | 13 | 157,167 | 12,090 | 16,006 | 8,112 | 76% |
| London Irish | 11 | 65,115 | 5,920 | 12,037 | 2,504 | 24% |
| London Wasps | 13 | 73,719 | 5,671 | 12,137 | 3,444 | 31% |
| Newcastle Falcons | 12 | 55,065 | 4,589 | 8,500 | 2,623 | 46% |
| Northampton Saints | 11 | 85,647 | 7,786 | 10,000 | 6,093 | 78% |
| Rotherham Titans | 11 | 27,963 | 2,542 | 4,000 | 1,800 | 87% |
| Sale Sharks | 11 | 30,939 | 2,813 | 3,877 | 1,844 | 52% |
| Saracens | 11 | 101,441 | 9,222 | 13,021 | 6,092 | 42% |