1990–91 National Division 1

1990–91 National Division 1
1990–91 National Division 1
Countries	England
Date	22 September 1990 – 27 April 1991
Champions	Bath (2nd title)
Runners-up	Wasps
Relegated	Moseley; Liverpool St Helens
Matches played	78
Top point scorer	126 – Rob Andrew (Wasps)
Top try scorer	9 – Andrew Harriman (Harlequins); Rory Underwood (Leicester)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 National Division 1 (sponsored by Courage Brewery) was the fourth season of the top tier of the English rugby union league system, the Courage Clubs Championship, currently known as Premiership Rugby. Wasps were the defending champions and Northampton and Liverpool St Helens the promoted sides.

Countries

Date22 September 1990 – 27 April 1991

ChampionsBath (2nd title)

Runners-upWasps

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Bath finished the season the champions for the second time, beating the holders Wasps by just one point. The two bottom sides, Moseley and Liverpool St Helens, were relegated to the 1991–92 National Division 2.^[2]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Bath	Recreation Ground	8,300 (1,000 seats)^[3]	Bath, Somerset	3rd
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	8,500 (1,200 seats)^[4]	Bristol, Avon	9th
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,100 (1,100 seats)^[5]	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	2nd
Harlequins	The Stoop	9,000 (2,000 seats)^[6]	Twickenham, London	7th
Leicester	Welford Road	14,700 (9,200 seats)^[7]	Leicester, Leicestershire	5th
Liverpool St Helens	Moss Lane	4,370 (370 seats)^[8]^[9]	St Helens, Merseyside	Promoted from National 2 (2nd)
Moseley	The Reddings	9,999 (1,800 seats)^[10]	Birmingham, West Midlands	11th
Northampton	Franklin's Gardens	6,000 (2,000 seats)^[11]	Northampton, Northamptonshire	Promoted from National 2 (1st)
Nottingham	Ireland Avenue	4,990 (590 seats)^[12]	Beeston, Nottinghamshire	6th
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,300 (300 seats)^[13]	Orrell, Greater Manchester	8th
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	4,630 (630 seats)^[14]	Roehampton, London	10th
Saracens	Bramley Road	2,300 (300 seats)^[15]^[16]	Enfield, London	4th
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,200 (1,200 seats)^[17]^[18]	Sudbury, London	Champions

Home \ Away	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	LIV	MOS	NOR	NOT	ORR	ROS	SAR	WAS
Bath Rugby				23–3		46–3	11–6			17–9	45–21		15–16
Bristol	3–10		15–12		10–6				6–22	3–36		25–6
Gloucester RFC	15–17			38–19			30–12		22–6	9–16		21–16
Harlequins		38–16				41–12	33–6	21–6			18–6		12–18
Leicester	3–9		18–6	12–15					25–9	15–12		29–6
Liverpool St Helens		6–7	7–26		7–28			13–23	12–13			3–17
Moseley		9–9			19–43	20–12		10–16			9–19		9–22
Northampton	10–16	12–9	6–7		18–28				22–15			15–6
Nottingham	9–22			6–19			12–7			16–12		3–28	12–10
Orrell				12–9		38–0	16–0	60–0			12–3		12–14
Rosslyn Park		16–13	17–12		17–15	39–9		48–0	9–15
Saracens	6–49			7–39			21–6			19–12	13–11
Wasps		46–19	14–9		12–22	51–4		21–21			13–10	15–6

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