2017–18 English Premiership (rugby union)
| 2017–18 Aviva Premiership | |
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 England
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| Date | 1 September 2017 – 26 May 2018 |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Attendance | 241,578 (average 13,421 per match) |
| Tries scored | 80 (average 4.444 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Tommy Bell (London Irish) (26 points) |
| Top try scorer | Dan Robson (Wasps) (4 tries) |
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The 2017–18 English Premiership is the 31st season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the eighth to be sponsored by Aviva. The competition is being broadcast by BT Sport for the fifth successive season with five games also simulcast free-to-air on Channel 5 for the first time. Highlights of each weekend's games are shown on Channel 5 with extended highlights on BT Sport.
The reigning champions entering the season were Exeter Chiefs, who claimed their first title after defeating Wasps in the 2016–17 final.
After just one season back in the Premiership, Bristol were relegated with two games to go after they lost 21–36 to Wasps at Ashton Gate on 16 April 2017. Bristol's poor start to the season, combined with a lack of quality recruitment, meant that they always looked favourites for the drop and so it ultimately proved. They were replaced by London Irish who made an immediate return to the premiership after just one season in the Greene King IPA Championship.
London Irish, having beaten Yorkshire Carnegie 84–66 on aggregate in the 2016–17 Greene King IPA Championship play-off final, replace Bristol, who were relegated last season after finishing bottom of the table.
The 2017 edition of the Singha Premiership Rugby Sevens was held on 28 and 29 July at Franklin's Gardens. For the first time all twelve Premiership teams featured together in one venue over two days. Teams were split into four pools of three which played each other in a round-robin basis with the tournament splitting into Cup, Plate and Bowl finals on the second day.
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