1989–90 National Division 1

1989–90 National Division 1
1989–90 National Division 1
Countries	England
Date	9 September 1989 – 28 April 1990
Champions	Wasps (1st title)
Runners-up	Gloucester
Relegated	Bedford
Matches played	66
Top point scorer	126 – John Liley (Leicester)
Top try scorer	10 – Anthony Swift (Bath)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 National Division 1 (sponsored by Courage Brewery) was the third season of the top tier of the English rugby union league system, the Courage Clubs Championship, currently known as Premiership Rugby. Bath were the defending champions while Saracens and Bedford were the promoted sides.

Countries

England

Date9 September 1989 – 28 April 1990

ChampionsWasps (1st title)

Runners-upGloucester

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A very competitive league was won by Wasps, pipping Gloucester to the title by just one point, with Bath and Saracens not far behind in 3rd and 4th spot. Bedford were the relegated side, losing all 11 fixtures to finish bottom of the table and drop down to the 1990–91 National Division 2.^[2]

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Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Bath	Recreation Ground	8,300 (1,000 seats)^[3]	Bath, Somerset	Champions
Bedford	Goldington Road	4,800 (800 seats)^[4]	Bedford, Bedfordshire	Promoted from National 2 (2nd)
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	8,500 (1,200 seats)^[5]	Bristol, Avon	7th
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,100 (1,100 seats)^[6]	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	2nd
Harlequins	The Stoop	9,000 (2,000 seats)^[7]	Twickenham, London	8th
Leicester	Welford Road	14,700 (9,200 seats)^[8]	Leicester, Leicestershire	6th
Moseley	The Reddings	9,999 (1,800 seats)^[9]	Birmingham, West Midlands	10th
Nottingham	Ireland Avenue	4,990 (590 seats)^[10]	Beeston, Nottinghamshire	4th
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,300 (300 seats)^[11]	Orrell, Greater Manchester	5th
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	4,630 (630 seats)^[12]	Roehampton, London	9th
Saracens	Bramley Road	2,300 (300 seats)^[13]^[14]	Enfield, London	Promoted from National 2 (1st)
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,200 (1,200 seats)^[15]^[16]	Sudbury, London	3rd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wasps (C)	11	9	0	2	250	106	+144	18
2	Gloucester	11	8	1	2	214	139	+75	17
3	Bath	11	8	0	3	258	104	+154	16
4	Saracens	11	7	1	3	168	167	+1	15
5	Leicester	11	6	0	5	248	184	+64	12
6	Nottingham	11	6	0	5	187	148	+39	12
7	Harlequins	11	6	0	5	218	180	+38	12
8	Orrell	11	5	0	6	221	132	+89	10
9	Bristol	11	4	0	7	136	144	−8	8
10	Rosslyn Park	11	4	0	7	164	243	−79	8
11	Moseley	11	2	0	9	138	258	−120	4
12	Bedford (R)	11	0	0	11	70	467	−397	0

Home \ Away	BAT	BED	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	MOS	NOT	ORR	ROS	SAR	WAS
Bath		76–0			32–12	26–15	27–9
Bedford			6–16		8–71		0–24		7–25		3–22	9–44
Bristol	13–14			6–13		11–13		13–9		6–15		21–22
Gloucester	13–6	37–6			24–9				16–10	41–12	21–21
Harlequins			13–7			15–12		22–27	15–9	19–15		12–9
Leicester		60–3		16–26				15–6			34–6
Moseley			10–16	12–16	22–21	20–38		6–22				0–42
Nottingham	12–9	47–16		12–3					9–25	6–11	25–12
Orrell	6–9		12–15			33–10	25–13			64–14
Rosslyn Park	6–34	45–12				9–23	18–9				13–15	6–14
Saracens	9–7		17–12		15–9		33–13		12–6
Wasps	9–18			29–4		29–12		16–12	12–6		24–6

1989–90 National Division 1

Structure

Participating teams

Table

Results

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

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