English rugby union championship 1993/94

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The 1993/1994 season of the English Premiership was the seventh season of the major division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Courage League . It comprised 18 game days with a preliminary and a second round. Bath Rugby won the league title for the fourth time in a row and for the fifth time , while London Irish and Newcastle Gosforth 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 (M) 18th 17th 0 1 431: 181 + 250 34
    02. Leicester Tigers 18th 14th 0 4th 425: 210 + 215 28
    03. London Wasps 18th 10 1 7th 362: 340 + 22 21st
    04th Bristol rugby 18th 10 0 8th 331: 276 + 55 20th
    05. Northampton Saints 18th 9 0 9 305: 342 - 37 18th
    06th Harlequins 18th 8th 0 10 333: 287 + 46 16
    07th Orrell RUFC 18th 8th 0 10 327: 302 + 25 16
    08th. Gloucester RFC 18th 6th 2 10 247: 356 - 109 14th
    09. London Irish 18th 4th 0 14th 217: 391 - 174 8th
    10. Newcastle Gosforth (P) 18th 2 1 15th 190: 483 - 293 5

    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 18 game days with one preliminary and one second round. The two best-placed teams, the Sale Sharks and the West Hartlepool RFC , rose to the Premiership. The Rugby Lions and the Otley RUFC 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. Sale Sharks 18th 13 2 3 438: 160 + 278 28
    02. West Hartlepool RFC (R) 18th 13 2 3 389: 271 + 118 28
    03. Saracens (R) 18th 11 1 6th 299: 238 + 61 23
    04th Wakefield RFC 18th 8th 3 7th 347: 240 + 107 19th
    05. Moseley RFC 18th 9 1 8th 266: 220 + 46 19th
    06th Nottingham RFC 18th 8th 1 9 254: 326 - 72 19th
    07th Waterloo RFC 18th 6th 2 10 231: 346 - 115 14th
    08th. London Scottish (R) 18th 6th 0 12 232: 325 - 93 12
    09. Rugby Lions (R) 18th 5 1 12 186: 302 - 116 11
    10. Otley RUFC (P) 18th 4th 1 13 235: 449 - 214 9

    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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