1991–92 Courage League National Division Two

1991–92 Courage League National Division Two
Countries	England
Champions	London Scottish (1st title)
Runners-up	West Hartlepool
Relegated	Plymouth Albion and Liverpool St Helens
Matches played	78
Top point scorer	147   David Johnson (Newcastle Gosforth)
Top try scorer	11   Nick Grecian (London Scottish)

The 1991–92 Courage League National Division Two was the fifth full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship.

London Scottish, the champions, were promoted to the Courage League National Division One for season 1992–93 along with the runner-up West Hartlepool. In last place, Liverpool St Helens became the first team to lose all their league matches in one season, and along with Plymouth Albion who finished one place above them, are relegated to Courage League National Division Three for the following season. Liverpool St Helens have been promoted or relegated in each of the five seasons of league rugby, and are relegated for the second season in succession.

Participating teams

There was a total of thirteen teams in the division, with each team meeting the other teams once to give total of twelve matches each. Joining the nine teams who remained in the division from last season were Moseley and Liverpool St Helens, who finished 12th and 13th respectively in Courage League Division One the previous year. It was Moseley's first season in the second tier while Liverpool St Helen's continued their "yo–yoing" between the top two division, having been promoted twice and relegated twice in the first four seasons. Last season's Division Three champions West Hartlepool and runner–up Morley both played in Division Two for the first time. Blackheath and Newcastle Gosforth are the only teams to have played every season in the second division.

Bedford

Blackheath

Coventry

Liverpool
St Helens

London Scottish

Morley

Moseley

Newcastle

Plymouth

Sale

Wakefield

Waterloo

W Hartlepool

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Locations of the 1991–92 Courage League National Division Two teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bedford	Goldington Road	7,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Blackheath	Rectory Field	6,000	Greenwich, London
Coventry	Coundon Road	9,000+	Coventry, West Midlands
Liverpool St Helens	Moss Lane		St Helens, Merseyside
London Scottish	Athletic Ground, Richmond	4,500	Richmond, London
Morley	Scatcherd Lane		Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Moseley	The Reddings	10,000 (est)	Birmingham, West Midlands
Newcastle Gosforth	New Ground, Great North Road	10,000	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Plymouth Albion	Beacon Park	3,500	Plymouth, Devon
Sale	Heywood Road	5,400	Sale, Greater Manchester
Wakefield	College Grove	3,000	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,000	Blundellsands, Merseyside
West Hartlepool	Brierton Lane		Hartlepool, County Durham

Table

1991–92 Courage League National Division Two Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Points
1	London Scottish	12	11	0	1	304	130	174	22
2	West Hartlepool	12	11	0	1	244	89	155	22
3	Waterloo	12	8	0	4	206	184	22	16
4	Newcastle Gosforth	12	7	0	5	371	140	231	14
5	Wakefield	12	7	0	5	187	194	−7	14
6	Coventry	12	7	0	5	187	196	−9	12
7	Moseley	12	6	0	6	215	196	19	12
8	Sale	12	6	0	6	204	209	−5	10
9	Morley	12	4	0	8	171	202	−31	8
10	Bedford	12	4	0	8	168	204	−36	8
11	Blackheath	12	4	0	8	140	266	−126	8
12	Plymouth Albion	12	3	0	9	153	209	−56	6
13	Liverpool St Helens	12	0	0	12	87	418	−231	0
Points are awarded as follows: two points for a win one point for a draw no points for a loss If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: difference between points for and against total number of points for
Green background are promotion places. Pink background are relegation places.

Sponsorship

National Division Two is part of the Courage Clubs Championship and is sponsored by Courage Brewery

See also

• English rugby union system