1989–90 Courage League

1989–90 Courage League
Countries	England
Champions	Wasps (1st title)
Runners-up	Gloucester
Relegated	Bedford Blues
Matches played	66
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Courage League was the third season of competitive league rugby union in England. Wasps were the champions, beating Gloucester by just one point. Bedford Blues were relegated.^[1]

Participating teams

London

London teams

Harlequins
Rosslyn Park
Saracens
Wasps

Locations of the 1989–90 Courage League National Division One teams

Harlequins

Rosslyn Park

Saracens

Wasps

Greater London Courage League National One clubs

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Bath	8,200	Bath, Somerset
Bedford	Goldington Road	7,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
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
Moseley	The Reddings	10,000 (est)	Birmingham, West Midlands
Nottingham	Ireland Avenue	4,950	Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	3,000	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Rosslyn Park	Priory Lane	2,000	Roehampton, London
Saracens	Bramley Road	2,000	Enfield, London
Wasps	Repton Avenue		Sudbury, London

Table

1989–90 Courage League table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points
1	Wasps (C)	11	9	0	2	250	106	144	18
2	Gloucester	11	8	1	2	214	139	75	17
3	Bath Rugby	11	8	0	3	258	104	154	16
4	Saracens	11	7	1	3	168	167	1	15
5	Leicester Tigers	11	6	0	5	248	184	64	12
6	Nottingham	11	6	0	5	187	148	39	12
7	Harlequins	11	6	0	5	218	180	38	12
8	Orrell	11	5	0	6	221	132	89	10
9	Bristol Rugby	11	4	0	7	136	144	-8	8
10	Rosslyn Park	11	4	0	7	164	243	-79	8
11	Moseley	11	2	0	9	138	258	-120	4
12	Bedford Blues (R)	11	0	0	11	70	467	-397	0

Results

The Home Team is listed on the left column.


Clubs	BAT	BED	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	MOS	NOT	ORR	ROS	SAR	WAS
Bath Rugby		76-0			32-12	26-15	27-9
Bedford Blues			6-16		8-71		0-24		7-25		3-22	9-44
Bristol Rugby	13-14			6-13		11-13		13-9		6-15		21-22
Gloucester RFC	13-6	37-6			24-9				16-10	41-12	21-21
Harlequins			13-7			15-12		22-27	15-9	19-15		12-9
Leicester Tigers		60-3		16-26				15-6			34-6
Moseley			10-16	12-16	22-21	20-38		6-22				0-42
Nottingham	12-9	47-16		12-3					9-25	6-11	25-12
Orrell	6-9		12-15			33-10	25-13			64-14
Rosslyn Park	6-34	45-12				9-23	18-9				13-15	6-14
Saracens	9-7		17-12		15-9		33-13		12-6
Wasps	9-18			29-4		29-12		16-12	12-6		24-6

Home Win

Draw

Away Win

References

↑ "COURAGE LEAGUE 1989/1990". Ipernews.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

External links

Official website

English Premiership

2016–17 teams	Bath Bristol Exeter Chiefs Gloucester Harlequins Leicester Tigers Newcastle Falcons Northampton Saints Sale Sharks Saracens Wasps Worcester Warriors

Former clubs	Bedford Coventry Leeds Carnegie (Leeds Tykes) Liverpool St Helens London Irish London Scottish London Welsh Moseley Nottingham Orrell Richmond Rosslyn Park Rotherham Titans Rugby Lions Waterloo West Hartlepool

Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Rugby union in England

Governing body

National teams

Men's	England England Saxons 7's U-20 U-21 U-19 U-18 Schoolboys British and Irish Lions England Counties XV

Women's	Women's 7's

International Competitions

Competition divisions

European competitions

National competitions

London and South East
competitions

Midland competitions

Northern competitions

South West competitions

County competitions

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