The 1989–90 Courage League National Division Two was the third full season of
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the
RFU Championship
The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when Eng ...
. Each team played one match against each of the other teams in the league, playing a total of eleven matches. Three teams participated in the division for the first time. They were Waterloo who were relegated from last seasons Division One, and Rugby and Plymouth Albion who were promoted from Division Three. They joined the nine teams who remained from the previous seasons.
Northampton
Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is sit ...
, the champions, were promoted to the
Courage League National Division One for season
1990–91 along with the runners–up
Liverpool St Helens. It was the second time in three seasons that Liverpool St Helens won promotion from National Division Two. Due to the expansion of the national divisions there was no relegation to
Courage League National Division Three.
Participating teams
Table
Sponsorship
National Division Two is part of the Courage Clubs Championship and is sponsored by
Courage Brewery
Courage was an English brewery, founded by John Courage in London, England, in 1787.
History Origin and family ownership
The Courage Brewery was started by John Courage (1757 – October 1793). He was a Scottish shipping agent believed to b ...
See also
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1989–90 Courage League National Division One
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1989–90 Courage League National Division Three
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1989–90 Courage Area League North
The 1989–90 Courage Area League North was the third full season of rugby union within the fourth tier of the English league system, currently known as National League 2 North, and was the counterpart to Courage Area League South (currently Nati ...
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1989–90 Courage Area League South
The 1989–90 Courage Area League South was the third full season of rugby union within the fourth tier of the English league system, currently known as National League 2 South, and counterpart to Courage Area League North (now known as National L ...
References
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RFU Championship seasons