Elite 1 (rugby league)

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Elite 1
ELITE1.jpg
Founded2002; 20 years ago (2002)
Country France
Number of teams9
Level on pyramid1
Promotion to[a]
Relegation toElite 2
Domestic cup(s)Lord Derby Cup
Current championsFC Lézignan (2020-21)
Most championshipsAS Carcassonne (11)
TV partnersviàOccitanie, Sport en France
Websitesite
Current: Elite One Championship 2021–2022

Elite 1 is the top level rugby league competition in France. The season runs from September to April. The clubs play each other home and away then they enter into a play-off series culminating with a Grand Final.

History[]

The French Rugby League Championship began in 1934, the first one being the only one where it was won by the team finishing top of the table on points and not by a play-off series. The Elite One Championship was founded in 2002 after the French Rugby League Championship was split into two divisions. The format stayed the same with teams playing each other home and away, before a play-off series would determine the Champions. The club finishing bottom would not be automatically relegated, it would be dependent on whether the club finishing top of Elite Two Championship either wanted to be promoted or their facilities were up to standard.

Teams for 2021–22 season[]

Elite 1
Team Stadium Location
Balmain colours.svg Albi Tigers Albi, Tarn
Canterbury colours.svg SO Avignon Parc des Sports (Avignon) Avignon, Vaucluse
CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stade Albert Domec Carcassonne, Aude
LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan Stade du Moulin Lézignan-Corbières, Aude
North Sydney colours.svg Limoux Grizzlies Stade de l'Aiguille Limoux, Aude
Newcastle colours.svg Saint-Estève Catalan Stade Municipal Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
Coventrycolours.png Saint-Gaudens Bears Stade Jules Ribet Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Broncos Stade des Minimes Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
Canberra colours.svg Villeneuve Leopards Stade Max Rousie Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne

Map[]

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Teams currently Participating in the Elite One

Results[]

For previous winners, see French Rugby League Championship.
Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
2002–03 Canberra colours.svg Villeneuve Leopards 31 – 18 Coventrycolours.png Saint-Gaudens Bears Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 8,000
2003–04 Coventrycolours.png Saint-Gaudens Bears 14 – 10 UtcRLcolours.PNG Union Treiziste Catalane Perpignan 7,500
2004–05 UtcRLcolours.PNG Union Treiziste Catalane 66 – 16 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique XIII Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 5,000
2005–06 PiaRLcolours.PNG Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 21 – 18 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique XIII Toulouse 5,462
2006–07 PiaRLcolours.PNG Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 20 – 16 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan Stade Michel-Bendichou, Colomiers 7,882
2007–08 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 26 – 16 PiaRLcolours.PNG Baroudeurs de Pia XIII Stade de la Mediterranee, Béziers 9,550
2008–09 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 40 – 32 North Sydney colours.svg Limoux Grizzlies Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 11,263
2009–10 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 32 – 22 PiaRLcolours.PNG Baroudeurs de Pia XIII Altrad Stadium, Montpellier 6,612
2010–11 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 17 – 12 North Sydney colours.svg Limoux Grizzlies Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 11,874
2011–12 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne 26 – 20 PiaRLcolours.PNG Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 8,980
2012–13 PiaRLcolours.PNG Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 33 – 26 Newcastle colours.svg Saint-Estève Catalan Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan 6,732
2013–14 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique XIII 38 – 12 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 7,245
2014–15 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique XIII 20 – 12 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stade Michel-Bendichou, Colomiers 5,800
2015–16 North Sydney colours.svg Limoux Grizzlies 26 – 24 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stadium municipal d'Albi, Albi 5,420
2016–17 North Sydney colours.svg Limoux Grizzlies 24 – 22 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 8,270
2017–18 Canterbury colours.svg Sporting Olympique Avignon 30 – 28 North Sydney colours.svg Limoux Grizzlies Stadium municipal d’Albi, Albi 5,000
2018–19 Newcastle colours.svg Saint-Estève Catalan 32 – 24 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne 1,500
2019–20 Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France[1]
2020–21 LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan 16 – 12 CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse 3,200

Winners[]

# Club No. Year(s)
1 Lézignan Sangliers 4 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2020–21
2 Pia XIII 3 2005–06, 2006–07, 2012–13
3 Villeneuve Leopards 2 2002, 2002–03
Toulouse Olympique 2013–14, 2014–15
Limoux Grizzlies 2015–16, 2016–17
6 SO Avignon 1 2017–18
Saint-Gaudens Bears 2003–04
Union Treiziste Catalane 2004–05
AS Carcassonne 2011–12
Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan 2018–19

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Elite 1 is the highest level of the French rugby league system, however teams can apply to the RFL to play in tiers one, two, or three of the British rugby league system (providing they meet certain criteria) as this is generally considered a higher standard of rugby.

References[]

  1. ^ "Coronavirus : la Fédération française met fin aux compétitions de rugby à XIII cette saison". lequipe.fr. Groupe Amaury. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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