2016 League 1

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2016 League 1
LeagueLeague 1
Duration21 matches
Teams15
2016 Season
ChampionsRochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets
League LeadersToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique
Top try-scorer(s)ToulouseRLcolours.png (29)

The 2016 League 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.

The 2016 League 1 season was expanded to 15 teams with Toulouse Olympique rejoining the British game. At the end of the weekly rounds the top 8 teams played each other once more in the League 1 Super 8s after which the top 5 teams competed in the play-offs. The bottom 7 teams played each other once more with the top two teams competing for the inaugural League 1 Shield.

Teams[]

Colors Club City Stadium Capacity*
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Barrow, Cumbria Craven Park 7,600
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears Coventry, West Midlands Butts Park Arena 4,000
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Doncaster, South Yorkshire Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Prince of Wales Stadium 480
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Pennine Way 2,000
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks Leeds, West Yorkshire South Leeds Stadium 4,000
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Keighley, West Yorkshire Cougar Park 7,800
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars Haringey, London New River Stadium 5,000
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder Newcastle, Tyne and Wear Kingston Park 10,200
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders Wrexham, Wales Racecourse Ground 10,771
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Rugby League Oxford, Oxfordshire Iffley Road 500
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets Rochdale, Greater Manchester Spotland 10,000
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions Caerphilly, Glamorgan Wales Virginia Park 5,000
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitania Stade Ernest-Argelès 4,066
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights York, North Yorkshire Bootham Crescent 8,256

*capacity for rugby league games may differ from official stadium capacity.

Standings[]

Regular season[]

Pos Club P W D L For Ag Diff Pts Qualification
1 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 14 13 1 0 702 184 +518 27 League 1 Super 8s
2 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 14 12 1 1 547 252 +295 25
3 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 14 10 1 3 482 256 +226 21
4 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 14 10 0 3 499 304 +195 20
5 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 14 9 1 4 529 253 +276 19
6 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 14 9 0 5 520 368 +152 18
7 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 14 8 0 6 383 374 +9 16
8 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 14 8 0 6 354 376 –22 16
9 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 14 7 1 6 404 368 +36 15 League 1 Shield
10 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 14 5 2 7 336 355 –19 12
11 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 14 4 1 9 289 460 –171 9
12 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 14 3 0 11 334 479 –145 6
13 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 14 1 0 13 176 582 –406 2
14 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Rugby League 14 1 0 13 176 582 –406 2
15 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 14 1 0 13 190 718 –528 2

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs (S) = Secured spot in 2017 Championship

Super 8s[]

Pos Club P W D L For Ag Diff Pts Qualification
1 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 21 20 1 0 990 276 +714 41 Promotion Final
2 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 21 16 1 4 709 440 +269 33
3 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 21 15 1 5 769 375 +394 31 Playoffs
4 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 21 14 0 7 683 526 +157 28
5 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 21 12 1 8 618 461 +157 25
6 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 21 11 0 10 658 514 +144 22 Season Complete
7 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 21 11 0 10 544 550 –6 22
8 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 21 8 0 13 470 650 –180 16

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs

League 1 Shield[]

Pos Club P W D L For Ag Diff Pts Qualification
1 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 20 13 1 6 686 460 +226 27 League 1 Shield Final
2 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 20 9 2 9 505 469 +36 20
3 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 20 8 1 11 446 590 –144 17
4 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 20 5 0 15 515 644 –129 10
5 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Rugby League 20 4 0 16 356 843 –487 8
6 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 20 2 0 18 274 723 –449 4
7 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 20 2 0 18 274 976 –702 4
League 1 Shield Final
Date Winner Score Runner up Venue
18 September 2016 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 31–26 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders Kingston Park

Playoffs[]

Promotion Final

 
Final
 
  
 
 
 
 
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique22
 
 
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets24
 

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 62
4 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 10
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 32
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 22
2 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 46
3 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 6

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