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

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 Aviva Premiership.

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]

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Bath	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 (est)	Birmingham, West Midlands
Nottingham	Ireland Avenue	4,950	Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	3,000	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	2,000	Roehampton, London
Wasps	Repton Avenue		Sudbury, London
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,000	Blundellsands, Merseyside

London

London teams
Harlequins
Rosslyn Park
Wasps

Locations of the 1988–89 Courage League National Division One teams

Harlequins

Rosslyn Park

Wasps

Greater London Courage League National Division One Clubs

Table

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points
1988–89 Courage League National Division One Table
1	Bath (C)	11	10	0	1	263	98	+165	20
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	11	1	1	9	120	235	–115	3
12	Liverpool St Helens	11	1	0	10	116	254	–138	2
Points are awarded as follows: 2 pts for a win 1 pt for a draw 0 pt for a loss
Pink background are the relegation places.

[2]

Results

The home team is listed on the left column.[3]

Table of Results
Clubs	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

Home Win

Draw

Away Win

Sponsorship

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

References

"Courage Club Championship 1988/89". Moseley Rugby Club. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
"guinness 1988–1989". Ipernews.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell, ed. (1990). Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91 (3rd ed.). Windsor: Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.

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[Moseley-1] "Courage Club Championship 1988/89". Moseley Rugby Club. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[2] "guinness 1988–1989". Ipernews.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.

[Courage-3] Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell, ed. (1990). Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91 (3rd ed.). Windsor: Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.