2017–18 Premiership Rugby
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The 2017–18 Aviva Premiership was the 31st season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the eighth and final one to be sponsored by Aviva. The reigning champions entering the season were Exeter Chiefs, who had claimed their first title after defeating Wasps in the 2017 final. London Irish had been promoted as champions from the 2016–17 RFU Championship at the first attempt.
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2017–18 Aviva Premiership | |
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Countries | England |
Date | 1 September 2017 – 26 May 2018 |
Champions | Saracens (4th title) |
Runners-up | Exeter Chiefs |
Relegated | London Irish |
Matches played | 135 |
Attendance | 1,912,301 (average 14,165 per match) |
Tries scored | 784 (average 5.8 per match) |
Top point scorer | Owen Farrell (Saracens) (217 points) |
Top try scorer | Josh Adams (Worcester), Vereniki Goneva (Newcastle), Christian Wade (Wasps) (13 tries) |
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The competition was broadcast by BT Sport for the fifth successive season and with five games also simulcast free-to-air on Channel 5 for the first time. Highlights of each weekend's games were shown on Channel 5 with extended highlights on BT Sport.