English Rugby Union Championship 1995/96
The 1995/1996 season of the English Premiership was the ninth season of the major league 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. Bristol Rugby won the championship for the sixth time . At the end of the season there were no relegated teams due to the upcoming expansion of the league by two teams.
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 | 18th | 15th | 1 | 2 | 575: 276 | + 299 | 31 |
2. | Leicester Tigers (M) | 18th | 15th | 0 | 3 | 476: 242 | + 231 | 30th |
3. | Harlequins | 18th | 13 | 0 | 5 | 524: 314 | + 210 | 26th |
4th | London Wasps | 18th | 11 | 0 | 7th | 439: 322 | + 117 | 22nd |
5. | Sale Sharks | 18th | 9 | 1 | 8th | 365: 371 | - 6 | 19th |
6th | Bristol rugby | 18th | 8th | 0 | 10 | 329: 421 | - 92 | 16 |
7th | Orrell RUFC | 18th | 7th | 0 | 11 | 323: 477 | - 154 | 14th |
8th. | Gloucester rugby | 18th | 6th | 0 | 12 | 275: 370 | - 95 | 12 |
9. | Saracens (P) | 18th | 5 | 0 | 13 | 284: 451 | - 161 | 10 |
10. | West Hartlepool RFC | 18th | 0 | 0 | 18th | 288: 634 | - 346 | 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 18 game days with one preliminary and one second round. The top two teams, the Northampton Saints and London Irish , rose to the Premiership. Due to the upcoming expansion of the league by two teams, there were no relegated teams 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 (R) | 18th | 18th | 0 | 0 | 867: 203 | + 664 | 36 |
2. | London Irish | 18th | 15th | 0 | 3 | 584: 405 | + 179 | 30th |
3. | London Scottish | 18th | 10 | 2 | 6th | 361: 389 | - 28 | 22nd |
4th | Wakefield RFC | 18th | 8th | 0 | 10 | 328: 331 | - 3 | 16 |
5. | Waterloo RFC | 18th | 7th | 2 | 9 | 309: 483 | - 174 | 16 |
6th | Moseley RFC | 18th | 7th | 0 | 11 | 327: 447 | - 120 | 14th |
7th | Blackheath FC (P) | 18th | 6th | 1 | 11 | 341: 469 | - 128 | 13 |
8th. | Newcastle Gosforth | 18th | 5 | 1 | 12 | 348: 405 | - 57 | 11 |
9. | Nottingham RFC | 18th | 5 | 1 | 12 | 333: 433 | - 100 | 11 |
10. | Bedford Blues (P) | 18th | 5 | 1 | 12 | 287: 520 | - 233 | 11 |
* Deduction of 2 points
The points were distributed as follows:
- 2 points if you win
- 1 point in case of a tie
- 0 points if you lose