1994–95 Courage League National Division One

1994–95 Courage League
1994–95 Courage League
Countries	England
Champions	Leicester Tigers (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bath
Relegated	Northampton Saints
Matches played	90
Official website
	www.premiershiprugby.com
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 English Premiership, known at the time as the 1994–95 Courage League was the eighth season of competitive rugby union in England. Each team played each other twice, in a round robin system.

Leicester Tigers were the eventual champions, beating Bath by four points. Northampton Saints were relegated.^[1]

West Hartlepool and Sale Sharks were promoted, replacing London Irish and Newcastle Gosforth.

The 1994–95 Courage League season was the first to be shown live on Sky Sports.

Participating teams

Locations of the 1994–95 Courage League National Division One teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Recreation Ground	8,200	Bath, Somerset
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Bristol, Avon
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,000	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	The Stoop	8,500	Twickenham, London
Leicester Tigers	Welford Road	16,000	Leicester, Leicestershire
Northampton Saints	Franklin's Gardens	10,000	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,500	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Sale	Heywood Road	5,400	Sale, Greater Manchester
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,000	Sudbury, London
West Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856	Hartlepool, County Durham

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Leicester Tigers	18	15	1	2	400	239	+161	31
2	Bath	18	12	3	3	373	245	+128	27
3	Wasps	18	13	0	5	469	313	+156	26
4	Sale Sharks	18	7	2	9	327	343	−16	16
5	Orrell	18	6	3	9	256	325	−69	15
6	Bristol	18	7	0	11	301	353	−52	14
7	Gloucester	18	6	1	11	269	336	−67	13
8	Harlequins	18	6	1	11	275	348	−73	13
9	West Hartlepool	18	6	1	11	312	412	−100	13
10	Northampton Saints	18	6	0	12	267	335	−68	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

The Home Team is listed in the left column.

Home \ Away	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	NOR	ORR	SAL	WAS	WHA
Bath Rugby		18–9	19–19	22–11	20–20	26–6	32–13	13–18	12–9	53–17
Bristol	9–10		21–17	19–14	31–22	13–24	20–9	44–22	24–25	12–17
Gloucester RFC	10–15	19–17		17–28	9–3	14–13	9–6	8–20	16–21	48–12
Harlequins	19–25	9–10	10–14		13–40	10–9	6–8	15–15	26–57	20–10
Leicester Tigers	31–21	17–3	16–6	22–8		28–15	29–19	37–20	21–6	33–16
Northampton Saints	16–32	15–18	9–6	16–23	18–20		15–3	9–22	19–13	25–14
Orrell	6–6	20–16	43–14	10–28	0–6	13–10		22–19	10–16	22–22
Sale Sharks	3–19	21–9	16–14	19–20	10–20	41–6	8–8		12–17	22–7
Wasps	11–10	27–15	45–8	25–7	18–23	27–21	52–25	52–22		33–22
West Hartlepool	18–20	47–11	22–21	10–8	6–12	12–21	17–19	23–17	20–15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "1994/95 Courage League Division 1 Table". Homepage.ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

External links

Official website

[1] "1994/95 Courage League Division 1 Table". Homepage.ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

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