1990–91 Courage League National Division One

The 1990–91 National Division One (known as the Courage League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of top flight rugby union in England.

1990–91 Courage League
Countries	England
Champions	Bath (2nd title)
Runners-up	Wasps
Relegated	Moseley Liverpool St Helens
Matches played	78
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The league was expanded to thirteen teams, with promoted teams Northampton Saints and Liverpool St Helens replacing Bedford Blues. Each team played each other once.

Bath were the champions, beating Wasps by just one point. Moseley and Liverpool St Helens were relegated.^[1]

Participating teams

Bath

Bristol

Gloucester

Leicester

Liverpool St Helens

London

Moseley

Northampton

Nottingham

Orrell

London teams:
Harlequins
Rosslyn Park
Saracens
Wasps

Locations of the 1990–91 Courage League National Division One teams

Harlequins

Rosslyn Park

Saracens

Wasps

Greater London Courage League National League Division One teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Recreation Ground	8,200	Bath, Somerset
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Bristol, Avon
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,000	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	The Stoop	8,500	Twickenham, London
Leicester Tigers	Welford Road	16,000	Leicester, Leicestershire
Liverpool St Helens	Moss Lane		St Helens, Merseyside
Moseley	The Reddings	10,000	Birmingham, West Midlands
Northampton Saints	Franklin's Gardens	10,000	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Nottingham	Ireland Avenue	4,950	Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,500	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	2,000	Roehampton, London
Saracens	Bramley Road	2,000[2]	Enfield, London
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,000	Sudbury, London

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Bath (C)	12	11	0	1	280	104	+176	22
2	Wasps	12	9	1	2	252	151	+101	19
3	Harlequins	12	8	0	4	267	162	+105	16
4	Leicester Tigers	12	8	0	4	244	140	+104	16
5	Orrell	12	7	0	5	247	105	+142	14
6	Gloucester	12	6	0	6	207	163	+44	12
7	Rosslyn Park	12	6	0	6	216	174	+42	12
8	Nottingham	12	6	0	6	138	194	−56	12
9	Northampton Saints	12	5	1	6	149	254	−105	11
10	Saracens	12	5	0	7	151	228	−77	10
11	Bristol	12	4	1	7	135	219	−84	9
12	Moseley (R)	12	1	1	10	113	244	−131	3
13	Liverpool St Helens (R)	12	0	0	12	88	349	−261	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

The home team is listed in the left column.

Home \ Away	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	LIV	MOS	NOR	NOT	ORR	ROS	SAR	WAS
Bath Rugby				23–3		46–3	11–6			17–9	45–21		15–16
Bristol	3–10		15–12		10–6				6–22	3–36		25–6
Gloucester RFC	15–17			38–19			30–12		22–6	9–16		21–16
Harlequins		38–16				41–12	33–6	21–6			18–6		12–18
Leicester Tigers	3–9		18–6	12–15					25–9	15–12		29–6
Liverpool St Helens		6–7	7–26		7–28			13–23	12–13			3–17
Moseley		9–9			19–43	20–12		10–16			9–19		9–22
Northampton Saints	10–16	12–9	6–7		18–28				22–15			15–6
Nottingham	9–22			6–19			12–7			16–12		3–28	12–10
Orrell				12–9		38–0	16–0	60–0			12–3		12–14
Rosslyn Park		16–13	17–12		17–15	39–9		48–0	9–15
Saracens	6–49			7–39			21–6			19–12	13–11
Wasps		46–19	14–9		12–22	51–4		21–21			13–10	15–6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sponsorship

National Division One is part of the Courage Clubs Championship and is sponsored by Courage Brewery.

See also

• 1990–91 Courage League National Division Two
• 1990–91 Courage League National Division Three
• 1990–91 Courage National 4 North
• 1990–91 Courage National 4 South

References

1. "Courage Club Championship 1990/91". Moseley Rugby Club. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
2. "Saracens aim for bigger Wembley crowds following Premiership defeat of Worcester". The Telegraph. 15 February 2010.

External links

• Official website