2016–17 English Premiership (rugby union)
| 2016–17 Aviva Premiership | |
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| Countries |
 England
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| Date | 2 September 2016 – 27 May 2017 |
| Matches played | 84 |
| Attendance | 1,084,289 (average 12,908 per match) |
| Tries scored | 156 (average 1.857 per match) |
| Top point scorer |
Jimmy Gopperth (Wasps) (148 points) |
| Top try scorer |
Christian Wade (Wasps) (7 tries) |
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The 2016–17 Aviva Premiership will be the 30th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition, and the seventh to be sponsored by Aviva. The competition will be broadcast by BT Sport for the fourth successive season. Highlights of each weekend's games are shown on ITV with extended highlights on BT Sport.
The reigning champions entering the season are Saracens, who claimed their 3rd title (and 2nd consecutively) after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the 2015–16 final.
Bristol, having beaten Doncaster Knights 60 – 47 on aggregate in the Greene King IPA Championship play-off final, replace London Irish, who were relegated last season after finishing bottom of the table having only won 4 league games.
The 2016 edition of the Singha Premiership Rugby Sevens was held in July and August. Once again, the four Welsh Regions contested a group, alongside the twelve Premiership clubs, which were split into three groups. The top two sides from each group contested the series final at the Ricoh Arena on 6 August.
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
Fixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 7 July 2016. As is the norm, round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham. Unlike the previous year, no games would take place abroad.
All fixtures are subject to change, taken from Premiership Rugby Match Centre.
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