1988–89_Courage_League

1988–89 Courage League
1988–89 Courage League
Countries	England
Champions	Bath (1st title)
Runners-up	Gloucester
Relegated	Liverpool St.Helens; Waterloo
Matches played	66
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Courage League National Division One

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The 1988–89 Courage League National Division One was the second season of the first tier of the English league system currently known as the Gallagher Premiership. Leicester Tigers were the defending champions while new sides Rosslyn Park and Liverpool St Helens were promoted from the 1987–88 Courage League National Division Two.

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The fixture list was much more organised than with the previous season, where clubs had organised their own fixtures. Games were now played in rounds and home and away games were fairer, although as sides only played each other once, half the league had six home matches while the others had five. The points system was changed so that a win counted for 2 points, a draw 1 point and a loss no points (previously this had been 4 points for a win, 2 for a draw and 1 for a loss).

Bath became champions for the first time winning the league by a convincing margin from runners–up Gloucester. Waterloo and Liverpool St.Helens finished in the bottom two and were relegated to the 1989–90 Courage League National Division Two.^[1]

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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	14,800	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
Nottingham	Ireland Avenue	4,950	Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,500	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	2,000	Roehampton, London
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,000	Sudbury, London
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,000	Blundellsands, Merseyside

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bath (C)	11	10	0	1	263	98	+165	20	Champions
2	Gloucester	11	7	1	3	215	112	+103	15
3	Wasps	11	7	1	3	206	138	+68	15
4	Nottingham	11	6	1	4	142	122	+20	13
5	Orrell	11	6	1	4	148	157	−9	13
6	Leicester	11	6	1	4	189	199	−10	13
7	Bristol	11	6	0	5	188	117	+71	12
8	Harlequins	11	5	0	6	194	184	+10	10
9	Rosslyn Park	11	5	0	6	172	208	−36	10
10	Moseley	11	3	0	8	113	242	−129	6
11	Waterloo (R)	11	1	1	9	120	235	−115	3	Relegated
12	Liverpool St Helens (R)	11	1	0	10	116	254	−138	2	Relegated

Home \ Away	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	LIV	MOS	NOT	ORR	ROS	WAS	WAT
Bath Rugby		16–9	19–9					22–16	36–12		16–6	38–9
Bristol				18–6		50–14	18–0		15–6			14–3
Gloucester RFC		10–11			28–0		37–9	13–6			19–3
Harlequins	9–26		26–11			15–6	38–15					23–24
Leicester Tigers	15–12	13–12		21–31					15–27	28–15	15–6
Liverpool St Helens	7–21		9–31		12–23			15–22		12–32
Moseley	0–38				22–13	18–15			10–12	7–13		13–6
Nottingham		10–6		12–0	12–12		13–9				9–15
Orrell			6–16	16–15		20–4		12–6			9–9	15–12
Rosslyn Park	6–19	18–16	8–26	12–16				9–18	19–13
Wasps		21–19		23–15		16–10	39–10			39–16
Waterloo			15–15		22–34	6–12		9–18		14–24	0–29

1988–89_Courage_League

1988–89 Courage League National Division One

Participating teams

Table

Results table

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Sponsorship

See also

References

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