Tony Rowe commented that it has taken 12 years of trying to get to the Premiership, which set me thinking about how many players had been involved during that time.  Of course there are many ex-players from before this time who are still involved with the club but these lists only cover tose who played in each season.  With help from Statbunker I have compiled details of those who played in each of those twelve years (ranked on match appearances).  There's a link to the Statbunker site for each player just click their name in the lists. Those in bold are part of the 09/10 Championship winning squad, the list of those who played in this is:-

It has to be noted that many others played their part in preparing the players to compete so effectively.

Compiling this has brought back many memories for me and I hope it does for you.  Here's the next three years, 2000 -2003.

Season 00/01 - 3rd place with 71 points but some distance behind Worcester on 112 and league winners Leeds on 116.  Top points scorer John Hill with 131 closely followed by Sam Howard with 125.  Most tries 8 by To'o Vaega and Martin Ridley.

Played	Won	Draw	Lost	For	Against	Ponts Diff	BP	Points
26	14	0	12	677	563	114	15	70

Season 01/02 - 3rd place with 92 points behind Worcester 108 and league winners Rotherham on 120.  Top scorer Chris Malone with 247, most tries Richard Baxter 16.

Played	Won	Draw	Lost	For	Against	Points Diff	BP	Points
26	19	1	6	707	448	259	14	92

Season 02/03 - 3rd place with 104 points behind Worcester 114 and league winners Rotherham on 116.  Top scorer Tony Yapp 349, most tries Ed Lewsey 11.

Played	Won	Draw	Lost	For	Against	Points Diff	BP	Points
26	20	2	4	940	459	481	20	104