1994–95 Courage League National Division One

1994–95 Courage League
Countries	England
Date	10 September 1995 – 4 May 1995
Champions	Leicester Tigers (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bath
Relegated	Northampton Saints
Matches played	90
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The 1994–95 Courage League National Division One was the eighth season of the first tier of the English league system, currently known as the Gallagher Premiership. Bath were the defending champions and West Hartlepool and Sale Sharks were the promoted teams. Each team played each other twice, in a round robin system and this was the first Courage League season to be shown live on Sky Sports.

Leicester Tigers were the eventual champions, beating Bath by four points, claiming their second league title. The battle to avoid relegation was extremely keenly fought, with Northampton Saints being the sole relegated side after Gloucester managed to draw their rescheduled game against Bath, meaning that the Kingsholm side stayed up instead.^[1]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Bath	Recreation Ground	8,200	Bath, Somerset	Champions
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Bristol, Avon	4th
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,000	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	8th
Harlequins	The Stoop	8,500	Twickenham, London	6th
Leicester Tigers	Welford Road	16,000	Leicester, Leicestershire	2nd
Northampton Saints	Franklin's Gardens	10,000	Northampton, Northamptonshire	5th
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,500	Orrell, Greater Manchester	7th
Sale	Heywood Road	5,400	Sale, Greater Manchester	Promoted from Courage Division 2 (1st)
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,000	Sudbury, London	3rd
West Hartlepool	Brierton Lane	7,000^[2]	Hartlepool, County Durham	Promoted from Courage Division 2 (2nd)

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

Home \ Away	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	NOR	ORR	SAL	WAS
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

Participating teams

Table

Results

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 11 (rescheduled game)

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 13 (rescheduled game)

See also

References

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