1987–88 Courage League

The season 1987/1988 the English Premier League was the first season of the top flight of English rugby union championship. For sponsorship reasons it was called Courage League. As in the days before the league establishment, there was no fixed schedule and the clubs appealed the scheduled among themselves. Most teams competed to eleven games, but some are only ten. The first English league titles won by the Leicester Tigers, while the Coventry RFC and Sale Sharks had to dismount.

Courage League

  • Master
  • Descent in the National Division One

The points are distributed as follows:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 points for a loss

National Division One

The season of second division ( National Division One) comprised eleven game days, each team played once each against the other. That there was, as usual, before founding the League no fixed schedule, the clubs appealed the Schedules firmly with each other. The two top-ranked teams, Rosslyn Park FC and Liverpool St Helens FC, ​​went up into the Premiership. There were no losers in this season.

  • Promotion to the Premiership

The points are distributed as follows:

  • 2 points for a win
  • 1 points for a draw
  • 0 points for a loss
England London Wasps Harlequin F.C. Bath Rugby Gloucester Rugby Moseley Rugby Football Club Bristol Rugby Saracens F.C. Leeds Carnegie Bedford Blues London Irish London Welsh RFC Newcastle Falcons Northampton Saints 1989–90 Courage League 1990–91 English Premiership (rugby union) 1991–92 English Premiership (rugby union) 1992–93 English Premiership (rugby union) 1993–94 English Premiership (rugby union) 1994–95 English Premiership (rugby union) 1995–96 English Premiership (rugby union) 1996–97 English Premiership (rugby union) 1997–98 English Premiership (rugby union) 1998–99 English Premiership (rugby union) 1999–2000 English Premiership (rugby union) 2000–01 English Premiership (rugby union) 2001–02 English Premiership (rugby union) 2002–03 English Premiership (rugby union) 2003–04 English Premiership (rugby union) 2004–05 English Premiership (rugby union) 2005–06 English Premiership (rugby union) 2006–07 English Premiership (rugby union) 2007–08 English Premiership (rugby union) 2008–09 English Premiership (rugby union) 2009–10 English Premiership (rugby union) 2010–11 English Premiership (rugby union) 2011–12 English Premiership (rugby union) 2012–13 English Premiership (rugby union) 2013–14 English Premiership (rugby union)
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