1992–93 National Division 1

1992–93 National Division 1
1992–93 National Division 1
Countries	England
Date	19 September 1992 – 24 April 1993
Champions	Bath (4th title)
Runners-up	Wasps
Relegated	London Scottish; Saracens; West Hartlepool; Rugby Lions
Matches played	78
Top point scorer	122 – Jonathan Webb (Bath)
Top try scorer	7 – Stuart Barnes (Bath)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 National Division 1 (sponsored by Courage Brewery) was the sixth 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 the promoted sides, London Scottish and West Hartlepool.

Countries

Date19 September 1992 – 24 April 1993

ChampionsBath (4th title)

Runners-upWasps

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Bath were the champions for the third year running (and fourth overall), beating Wasps on points difference on the very last day of the season after both sides won their final fixtures. Four clubs were relegated to the 1993–94 National Division 2; London Scottish, Saracens, West Hartlepool and Rugby Lions.^[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	10th
Gloucester	Kingsholm	12,000^[a]	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	4th
Harlequins	The Stoop	9,000 (2,000 seats)^[6]	Twickenham, London	8th
Leicester	Welford Road	14,700 (9,200 seats)^[7]	Leicester, Leicestershire	6th
London Irish	The Avenue	3,600 (600 seats)^[8]	Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey	9th
London Scottish	Athletic Ground	7,300 (1,300 seats)^[9]	Richmond, London	Promoted from National 2 (1st)
Northampton	Franklin's Gardens	6,000 (2,000 seats)^[10]	Northampton, Northamptonshire	3rd
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,300 (300 seats)^[11]	Orrell, Greater Manchester	2nd
Rugby Lions	Webb Ellis Road	3,200 (200 seats)^[12]^[13]	Rugby, Warwickshire	11th
Saracens	Bramley Road	2,300 (300 seats)^[14]^[15]	Enfield, London	5th
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,200 (1,200 seats)^[16]^[17]	Sudbury, London	7th
West Hartlepool	Brierton Lane	7,000^[18]	Hartlepool, County Durham	Promoted from National 2 (2nd)

Home \ Away	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	LOI	LOS	NOR	ORR	RLI	SAR	WAS	WHA
Bath Rugby				22–6		42–19	40–6		39–3	61–7		22–11
Bristol	8–31		9–22		15–10				23–11		12–7		19–11
Gloucester RFC	0–20			25–5					8–13	21–12	19–5		6–21
Harlequins		16–0				47–24	22–22	7–12		35–14		13–15
Leicester	3–13		22–21	23–0					9–0		30–3		21–8
London Irish		9–7	6–18		14–30			12–3			10–9		25–13
London Scottish		8–11	8–3		11–18	28–21		21–34					10–15
Northampton	11–8	16–6	16–21		12–13						21–17		55–9
Orrell				18–16		8–12	13–10	9–10		66–0		10–11
Rugby Lions		21–32			5–28	0–14	20–45	7–13				3–34
Saracens	13–19			3–18			41–17		6–9	14–9		9–13
Wasps		7–6	14–9		14–13	18–9	10–6	20–12
West Hartlepool	10–38			9–12					39–15	5–6	3–10	6–19

Bath	22 – 6	Harlequins
	Report^[19]

London Scottish	8 – 3	Gloucester
	Report^[21]

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