1988–89 Courage League
Encyclopedia
The 1988/89 season was only the second ever season of competitive league rugby union
in England. The Champions were Bath
, their first title, who won the league by a convincing margin from perennial runners up Gloucester.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
in England. The Champions were Bath
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
, their first title, who won the league by a convincing margin from perennial runners up Gloucester.
Results
The Home Team is listed on the left column.| Clubs | BAT | BRI | GLO | HAR | LEI | LIV | MOS | NOT | ORR | ROS | WAS | WAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Rugby Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league... |
16-9 | 19-9 | 22-16 | 36-12 | 16-6 | 38-9 | ||||||
| Bristol Rugby Bristol Rugby Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'... |
18-6 | 50-14 | 18-0 | 15-6 | 14-3 | |||||||
| Gloucester RFC | 10-11 | 28-0 | 37-9 | 13-6 | 19-3 | |||||||
| Harlequins | 9-26 | 26-11 | 15-6 | 38-15 | 23-24 | |||||||
| Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010... |
15-12 | 13-12 | 21-31 | 15-27 | 28-15 | 15-6 | ||||||
| Liverpool St Helens | 7-21 | 9-31 | 12-23 | 15-22 | 12-32 | |||||||
| Moseley | 0-38 | 22-13 | 18-15 | 10-12 | 7-13 | 13-6 | ||||||
| Nottingham | 10-6 | 12-0 | 12-12 | 13-9 | 9-15 | |||||||
| Orrell | 6-16 | 16-15 | 20-4 | 12-6 | 9-9 | 15-12 | ||||||
| Rosslyn Park | 6-19 | 18-16 | 8-26 | 12-16 | 9-18 | 19-3 | ||||||
| Wasps London Wasps London Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999... |
21-19 | 23-15 | 16-10 | 39-10 | 39-16 | |||||||
| Waterloo | 15-15 | 22-34 | 6-12 | 8-18 | 14-24 | 0-29 |
| Home Win | Draw | Away Win |
Table
| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bath Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league... (C) |
11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 263 | 98 | +165 | 20 |
| 2 | Gloucester | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 215 | 112 | 15 | |
| 3 | Wasps London Wasps London Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999... |
11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 206 | 138 | +68 | 15 |
| 4 | Nottingham Nottingham R.F.C. Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby.... |
11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 142 | 122 | 13 | |
| 5 | Orrell Orrell R.U.F.C. Orrell Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union team from the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester.The club were founded in 1927, holding a place in the top-tier of rugby union from 1986 to 1997.-1927–1939:... |
11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 157 | -9 | 13 |
| 6 | Leicester Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010... |
11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 189 | 199 | -10 | 13 |
| 7 | Bristol Bristol Rugby Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'... |
11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 117 | +71 | 12 |
| 8 | Harlequins | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 194 | 184 | +10 | 10 |
| 9 | Rosslyn Park Rosslyn Park F.C. Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union team. Founded in 1879, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in... |
11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 172 | 208 | -36 | 10 |
| 10 | Moseley | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 113 | 242 | -129 | 6 |
| 11 | Waterloo Waterloo R.F.C. Waterloo Football Club is an English Rugby Union team based at St Anthonys Road, Blundellsands, Merseyside. It celebrated its 125th season in 2007/08, having been founded in 1882 by brothers Sidney and Harry Hall and George Abercrombie. From 1882 until 1884 the club was known as Serpentine after... (R) |
11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 120 | 235 | -115 | 3 |
| 12 | Liverpool St.Helens Liverpool St Helens F.C. Liverpool St Helens Football Club are a rugby union team formed from the merger of Liverpool Football Club and St. Helens RUFC. The club currently plays in North 1 West.... (R) |
11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 116 | 254 | -138 | 2 |