English Rugby Union Championship 1990/91

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The 1990/1991 season of the English Premiership was the fourth season of the major league of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Courage League . It comprised twelve game days, with each team playing once against the other. Bath rugby won the league title for the second time . At the end of the season, Moseley RFC and Liverpool St Helens FC were relegated.

Courage League

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  • master
  • Relegation to National Division One

    • M: Last year's champion
    P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division One

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Bath rugby 12 10 0 2 270: 109 + 161 20th
    02. London Wasps (M) 12 9 1 2 252: 151 + 101 19th
    03. Harlequins 12 8th 0 4th 267: 162 + 105 16
    04th Leicester Tigers 12 8th 0 4th 223: 128 + 95 16
    05. Orrell RUFC 12 7th 0 5 247: 105 + 142 14th
    06th Gloucester RFC 12 7th 0 5 133: 170 - 37 14th
    07th Rosslyn Park FC 12 6th 0 6th 216: 174 + 42 12
    08th. Nottingham RFC 12 6th 0 6th 173: 231 - 58 12
    09. Northampton Saints (P) 12 5 1 6th 149: 254 - 105 11
    10. Saracens 12 5 0 7th 209: 169 + 40 10
    11. Bristol rugby 12 4th 1 7th 147: 241 - 94 9
    12. Moseley RFC 12 1 1 10 113: 244 - 131 3
    13. Liverpool St Helens FC (P) 12 0 0 12 88: 349 - 261 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 12 game days, with each team playing once against the other. The top two teams, the Rugby Lions and London Irish , rose to the Premiership. Moseley RFC and Headingley FC had to relegate to National Division Two .

    table
  • Promotion to the Premiership
  • Relegation to National Division Two

    • P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division Two
    R: Relegation (relegated) from the Premiership

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Rugby Lions 12 10 0 2 252: 146 + 106 20th
    02. London Irish 12 9 1 2 239: 192 + 47 19th
    03. Wakefield RFC (P) 12 8th 0 4th 188: 109 + 79 16
    04th Coventry RFC 12 8th 0 4th 172: 129 + 43 16
    05. London Scottish (P) 12 7th 0 5 240: 178 + 62 14th
    06th Newcastle Gosforth 12 6th 0 6th 169: 140 + 29 12
    07th Sale Sharks 12 5 1 6th 224: 156 + 68 11
    08th. Bedford Blues (R) 12 4th 2 6th 138: 203 - 65 10
    09. Waterloo RFC 12 4th 1 7th 154: 206 - 52 9
    10. Blackheath FC 12 4th 0 8th 134: 169 - 35 8th
    11. Plymouth Albion 12 4th 0 8th 129: 210 - 81 8th
    12. Richmond FC 12 3 1 8th 134: 245 - 111 7th
    13. Headingley FC 12 3 0 9 125: 215 - 90 6th

    The points were distributed as follows:

    • 2 points if you win
    • 1 point in case of a tie
    • 0 points if you lose

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