Elite One Championship 2016–2017

Elite One Championship
LeagueElite One Championship
Duration20 rounds followed by play-offs
Teams10
Broadcast partnersFrancebeIN Sport
2016–2017
ChampionsLimoux Grizzlies
League leadersLézignan Sangliers
Runners-upLézignan Sangliers
Biggest home winLézignan Sangliers 76-0 Palau XIII Broncos
Biggest away winToulouse Olympique Broncos 4-82 Lézignan Sangliers

In 2016–2017 ten clubs competed for the title.[1] The season ran from October 2016 to June 2017. The first round of matches took place at the Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpignan where the ten clubs played over the weekend called "Magic Weekend 1" this was followed by 18 rounds home and away matches before a second Magic Weekend as the last round of games. The top six clubs then progressed into the end of season play-offs to determine the champions. The league saw the return of Saint-Gaudens Bears following their promotion.

Table

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Lézignan Sangliers 20 19 0 1 1 839 368 +471 58
2 Limoux Grizzlies 20 15 0 5 4 653 407 +246 49
3 Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan 20 13 0 7 6 634 398 +236 45
4 AS Carcassonne 20 13 0 7 5 643 430 +213 44
5 SO Avignon 20 13 0 7 3 567 445 +122 42
6 RC Albi 20 9 0 11 4 511 616 -105 31
7 Saint-Gaudens Bears 20 8 0 12 3 433 622 -189 27
8 Villeneuve Leopards 20 5 0 15 7 372 534 -162 22
9 Palau XIII Broncos 20 4 0 16 3 343 694 -351 15
10 Toulouse Olympique Broncos 20 1 0 19 4 326 807 -481 7

Points : victory : 3, defeat with less than 12 points : 1 (point bonus), defeat with more than 12 points : 0.

Results

Teams Albi Avignon Carcass Lezig Limoux Palau StEsXIII StGaud ToulB Villen
RC Albi x 14-9 31-22 10-22 12-42 44-32 20-36 50-20 32-20 31-20
SO Avignon 24-22 x 15-16 20-16 16-33 46-10 19-16 38-20 36-18 38-26
AS Carcassonne 53-12 42-16 x 18-28 33-32 48-6 28-20 38-26 46-22 32-16
Lézignan Sangliers 56-20 50-38 16-14 x 12-10 76-0 28-26 72-26 60-6 44-6
Limoux Grizzlies 32-22 40-20 34-28 24-54 x 36-20 50-22 60-10 46-10 28-10
Palau XIII Broncos 18-44 22-28 6-74 14-36 18-20 x 8-24 32-8 40-12 20-14
Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan 44-20 44-18 39-26 30-31 14-10 20-4 x 10-20 62-8 48-10
Saint-Gaudens Bears 40-22 4-26 10-28 18-52 20-32 30-16 12-40 x 31-24 10-12
Toulouse Olympique Broncos 10-23 12-40 14-32 4-82 18-32 44-14 22-50 22-44 x 28-40
Villeneuve Leopards 28-32 8-12 12-25 22-36 14-16 30-10 10-28 24-26 32-6 x
  • Magic Weekend 1 (Round 1)
  • Toulouse Olympique Broncos 10-16 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • RC Albi 22-24 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Lézignan Sangliers 30-26 Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan
  • Palau XIII Broncos 4-44 SO Avignon
  • AS Carcassonne 16-40 Limoux Grizzlies
  • Magic Weekend 2 (Round 20)
  • Villeneuve Leopards 12-42 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • SO Avignon 64-28 RC Albi
  • Lézignan Sangliers 38-36 Limoux Grizzlies
  • Palau XIII Broncos 49-16 Toulouse Olympique Broncos
  • AS Carcassonne 24-35 Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan

Grand Final

Limoux celebrating their victory

Limoux Grizzlies 24-22 Lézignan Sangliers
Parc des sports, Narbonne
Crowd: 8,270

References

  1. ^ (in French) Grande messe à Brutus, Didier Navarre, Midi Olympique, 19 septembre 2016.


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