English Rugby Union Championship 1988/89
The 1988/1989 season of the English Premiership was the second season of the major league of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Courage League . It comprised eleven game days, with each team playing once against the other. Bath rugby won the league title for the first time . At the end of the season, Waterloo RFC and Liverpool St Helens FC were relegated.
Courage League
- table
M: Last year's champion
P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division One
| team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bath rugby | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 263: 98 | + 165 | 20th |
| 2. | Gloucester RFC | 11 | 7th | 1 | 3 | 215: 112 | + 103 | 15th |
| 3. | London Wasps | 11 | 7th | 1 | 3 | 206: 138 | + 68 | 15th |
| 4th | Nottingham RFC | 11 | 6th | 1 | 4th | 142: 122 | + 20 | 13 |
| 5. | Orrell RUFC | 11 | 6th | 1 | 4th | 148: 157 | - 9 | 13 |
| 6th | Leicester Tigers (M) | 11 | 6th | 1 | 4th | 189: 199 | - 10 | 13 |
| 7th | Bristol rugby | 11 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 188: 117 | + 71 | 12 |
| 8th. | Harlequins | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 194: 184 | + 10 | 10 |
| 9. | Rosslyn Park FC (P) | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 172: 208 | - 36 | 10 |
| 10. | Moseley RFC | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8th | 113: 242 | - 129 | 6th |
| 11. | Waterloo RFC | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 120: 235 | - 115 | 3 |
| 12. | Liverpool St Helens FC (P) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 116: 254 | - 138 | 2 |
The points were distributed as follows:
- 2 points if you win
- 1 point in case of a tie
- 0 points if you lose
National Division One
The season of the second division ( National Division One ) consisted of eleven game days, with each team playing once against the other. The top two teams, the Saracens and the Bedford Blues , were promoted to the Premiership, while London Scottish and London Welsh were relegated .
- table
R: Relegation (relegated) from the Premiership
| team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Saracens | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 288: 80 | + 208 | 22nd |
| 2. | Bedford | 11 | 6th | 2 | 3 | 141: 187 | - 46 | 14th |
| 3. | Northampton Saints | 11 | 6th | 1 | 4th | 165: 131 | + 34 | 13 |
| 4th | Sale Sharks (R) | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4th | 195: 152 | + 43 | 12 |
| 5. | Coventry RFC (R) | 11 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 150: 143 | + 7 | 12 |
| 6th | London Irish | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4th | 194: 222 | - 28 | 12 |
| 7th | Headingley FC | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 179: 136 | + 43 | 11 |
| 8th. | Blackheath FC | 11 | 4th | 1 | 6th | 181: 144 | + 37 | 9 |
| 9. | Richmond FC | 11 | 4th | 1 | 6th | 112: 216 | - 104 | 9 |
| 10. | Gosforth RFC | 11 | 4th | 0 | 7th | 176: 246 | - 70 | 8th |
| 11. | London Scottish | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7th | 146: 160 | - 14 | 7th |
| 12. | London Welsh | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 125: 235 | - 110 | 3 |
The points were distributed as follows:
- 2 points if you win
- 1 point in case of a tie
- 0 points if you lose