1995–96 Courage League National Division One

1995–96 Courage League
1995–96 Courage League
Countries	England
Champions	Bath (6th title)
Runners-up	Leicester Tigers
Matches played	90
Official website
	www.premiershiprugby.com
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 English Premiership, known at the time as the 1995–96 Courage League was the ninth season of competitive rugby union in England.

Each team played each other twice, in a round robin system.

Bath were the champions, beating Leicester Tigers by one point. Despite a disastrous season with 18 defeats in as many matches, West Hartlepool kept its place in the first division due to the expansion of the league from 10 teams to 12 the following season.^[1]

Participating teams

London

London teams:
Harlequins
Saracens
Wasps

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Locations of the 1995–96 Courage League National Division One teams

Harlequins

Saracens

Wasps

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Greater London Courage League National One clubs

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
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,500	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Sale	Heywood Road	5,400	Sale, Greater Manchester
Saracens	Bramley Road	2,000^[2]	Enfield, London
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	Qualification
1	Bath (C)	18	15	1	2	575	276	+299	31	Champion 1996–97 Heineken Cup
2	Leicester Tigers	18	15	0	3	476	242	+234	30	Qualified for the 1996–97 Heineken Cup
3	Harlequins	18	13	0	5	524	314	+210	26
4	Wasps	18	11	0	7	439	322	+117	22
5	Sale	18	9	1	8	365	371	−6	19
6	Bristol	18	8	0	10	329	421	−92	16
7	Orrell	18	7	0	11	323	477	−154	14
8	Gloucester	18	6	0	12	275	370	−95	12
9	Saracens (P)	18	5	0	13	284	451	−167	10
10	West Hartlepool	18	0	0	18	288	634	−346	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Results

The Home Team is listed in the left column.

Home \ Away	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	ORR	SAL	SAR	WAS	WHA
Bath Rugby		52–19	37–11	41–15	14–15	55–20	38–38	52–16	36–12	34–22
Bristol	5–43		22–16	25–31	29–43	33–14	30–6	21–7	9–17	12–3
Gloucester RFC	16–10	18–14		13–24	14–27	27–0	17–22	17–10	15–26	17–16
Harlequins	13–19	28–3	33–19		25–29	21–25	55–0	23–15	29–20	34–18
Leicester Tigers	9–14	43–6	28–6	19–21		22–3	32–10	31–3	15–12	48–15
Orrell	11–44	26–29	21–3	9–23	10–38		12–6	38–13	32–29	20–10
Sale	18–30	15–6	21–13	29–11	12–16	39–13		18–15	18–25	44–13
Saracens	15–21	11–24	19–16	6–13	25–21	12–9	9–24		20–24	31–30
Wasps	6–15	33–5	21–10	3–34	11–21	51–16	25–16	38–16		52–12
West Hartlepool	15–20	15–37	19–27	21–91	12–19	22–44	11–29	31–41	3–34

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

References

^ "Courage National Leagues - Final Tables – 1995/96". www.moseleyrugby.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ "Saracens aim for bigger Wembley crowds following Premiership defeat of Worcester". The Telegraph. 15 February 2010.

External links

Official website

[1] "Courage National Leagues - Final Tables – 1995/96". www.moseleyrugby.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 11 February 2009.

[2] "Saracens aim for bigger Wembley crowds following Premiership defeat of Worcester". The Telegraph. 15 February 2010.

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