English Rugby Union Championship 1989/90
The 1989/1990 season of the English Premiership was the third major league season 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. The London Wasps won the championship title for the first time . At the end of the season, the Bedford Blues had to relegate.
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. | London Wasps | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 250: 106 | + 144 | 18th |
2. | Gloucester RFC | 11 | 8th | 1 | 2 | 214: 139 | + 75 | 17th |
3. | Bath Rugby (M) | 11 | 8th | 0 | 3 | 258: 104 | + 154 | 16 |
4th | Saracens (P) | 11 | 7th | 1 | 3 | 168: 167 | + 1 | 15th |
5. | Leicester Tigers | 11 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 248: 184 | + 64 | 12 |
6th | Nottingham RFC | 11 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 190: 141 | + 49 | 12 |
7th | Harlequins | 11 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 218: 180 | + 38 | 12 |
8th. | Orrell RUFC | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 221: 132 | + 89 | 10 |
9. | Bristol rugby | 11 | 4th | 0 | 7th | 136: 144 | - 8 | 8th |
10. | Rosslyn Park FC | 11 | 4th | 0 | 7th | 161: 235 | - 74 | 8th |
11. | Moseley RFC | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 138: 263 | - 125 | 4th |
12. | Bedford Blues (P) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 60: 467 | - 407 | 0 |
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, Northampton Saints and Liverpool St Helens FC , advanced to the Premiership. There were no relegations this year.
- table
P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division Two
R: Relegation (relegated) from the Premiership
team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Northampton Saints | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 192: 135 | + 57 | 19th |
2. | Liverpool St Helens FC (R) | 11 | 8th | 2 | 1 | 154: 106 | + 48 | 18th |
3. | Richmond FC | 11 | 7th | 1 | 3 | 282: 135 | + 147 | 15th |
4th | Coventry RFC | 11 | 6th | 1 | 4th | 206: 185 | + 21 | 13 |
5. | London Irish | 11 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 228: 247 | - 19th | 12 |
6th | Rugby Lions (P) | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 238: 172 | + 66 | 10 |
7th | Plymouth Albion (P) | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 206: 164 | + 42 | 10 |
8th. | Headingley FC | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 161: 226 | - 65 | 10 |
9. | Sale Sharks | 11 | 4th | 0 | 7th | 153: 182 | - 29 | 8th |
10. | Blackheath FC | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6th | 141: 205 | - 64 | 8th |
11. | Waterloo RFC (R) | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8th | 147: 193 | - 46 | 6th |
12. | Newcastle Gosforth | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 108: 266 | - 158 | 3 |
The points were distributed as follows:
- 2 points if you win
- 1 point in case of a tie
- 0 points if you lose