1991–92 National Division 1

The 1991–92 National Division 1 (sponsored by Courage Brewery) was the fifth 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 new teams included promoted sides Rugby Lions and London Irish.

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Date16 September 1991 – 25 April 1992

ChampionsBath (3rd title)

Runners-upOrrell

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Bath were the champions, retaining their title (and third overall), beating Orrell by one point, while Nottingham and Rosslyn Park were relegated to the 1992–93 National Division 2.^[2]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Bath	Recreation Ground	8,300 (1,000 seats)^[3]	Bath, Somerset	Champions
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	8,500 (1,200 seats)^[4]	Bristol, Avon	11th
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,100 (1,100 seats)^[5]	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	6th
Harlequins	The Stoop	9,000 (2,000 seats)^[6]	Twickenham, London	3rd
Leicester	Welford Road	14,700 (9,200 seats)^[7]	Leicester, Leicestershire	4th
London Irish	The Avenue	3,600 (600 seats)^[8]	Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey	Promoted from National 2 (2nd)
Northampton	Franklin's Gardens	6,000 (2,000 seats)^[9]	Northampton, Northamptonshire	9th
Nottingham	Ireland Avenue	4,990 (590 seats)^[10]	Beeston, Nottinghamshire	8th
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,300 (300 seats)^[11]	Orrell, Greater Manchester	5th
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	4,630 (630 seats)^[12]	Roehampton, London	7th
Rugby	Webb Ellis Road	3,200 (200 seats)^[13]^[14]	Rugby, Warwickshire	Promoted from National 2 (1st)
Saracens	Bramley Road	2,300 (300 seats)^[15]^[16]	Enfield, London	10th
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,200 (1,200 seats)^[17]^[18]	Sudbury, London	2nd

Home \ Away	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	LOI	NOR	NOT	ORR	ROS	RLI	SAR	WAS
Bath Rugby		9–4	29–9		37–6		15–6	25–15				32–12
Bristol				16–0		14–19	9–15			22–4	48–4		10–33
Gloucester RFC		29–15			21–3	22–15	10–17			12–9			15–10
Harlequins	18–18		21–18		20–13			23–6	7–10			21–37
Leicester		25–9				36–13	19–22			51–16	22–22		31–12
London Irish	21–26			3–39					7–21	12–12	6–6		18–13
Northampton				25–14		12–12			12–3	20–12	29–0		28–15
Nottingham		0–32	3–14		14–27	9–12	18–9			34–9
Orrell	10–9	23–9	18–12		21–9			20–6				23–0
Rosslyn Park	13–21			12–24					4–22		7–15	6–10	7–15
Rugby Lions	0–32		16–19	29–20				9–9	7–21			6–22
Saracens		13–4	12–12		9–20	27–9	9–14	13–12
Wasps	12–24			20–6				11–7	13–12		17–10	6–12

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