Elite One Championship III
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This article details the third year of the Elite One Championship
, the top-level rugby league
French Championship.
Elite One Championship
The Elite One Championship is the top tier French professional domestic rugby league competition....
, the top-level rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
French Championship.
Table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pia Donkeys |
20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 795 | 381 | 55 | |
| 2 |  Toulouse OlympiqueToulouse Olympique Toulouse Olympique are a French professional rugby league team from Toulouse, in the southwest of France. They were founded on 22 October, in 1937 two years after the founding of the French Rugby League Federation. Between 1995 and 2002 the club were known as Spacers de Toulouse, due to links with... |
20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 830 | 268 | 52 | |
| 3 |  Limoux GrizzliesLimoux Grizzlies Limoux Grizzlies are a French rugby league club from the town of Limoux in the département of Aude. They play in the Elite One Championship.-History:The Limoux club was founded in 1951. The club won its first and thus far only French Championship in 1968... |
20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 644 | 390 | 49 | |
| 4 |  Union Treiziste Catalane |
20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 714 | 458 | 47 | |
| 5 |  Saint-Gaudens Bears |
20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 766 | 463 | 46 | |
| 6 |  CarcassonneAS Carcassonne AS Carcassonne are a professional rugby league football club based in Carcassonne in the south of France. They play in the French rugby league championship and are one of the most successful clubs in French rugby league, having won a total of ten French Championship titles and eleven Lord Derby Cups... |
20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 504 | 544 | ||
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| 7 |  Villeneuve Leopards |
20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 620 | 427 | 40 | |
| 8 | Villefranche XIII Aveyron Villefranche XIII Aveyron Villefranche XIII Aveyron are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in southern France that represents the sous-préfecture area of Aveyron and also the Villefranche-de-Rouergue commune... |
20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 449 | 632 | ||
| 32 | |||||||||
| 9 |  Lezignan SangliersLézignan Sangliers Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France... |
20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 394 | 652 | ||
| 29 | |||||||||
| 10 |  CarpentrasCarpentras XIII RC Carpentras XIII are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in the city of Carpentras in the south of France. They play in the French rugby league championship and as to date have never achieved either a Championship victory or attained a Lord Derby Cup title with their best result... |
20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 229 | 1222 | ||
| 20 | |||||||||
| 11 | Marseille XIII Marseille XIII -History:Marseille XIII were founded in 1946.The club has only won the French Championship once, in 1949. They have however lost three finals, in 1950, 1952 and 1973... |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also
- Rugby league in FranceRugby league in FranceRugby league has been played in France since 1934. As with rugby union, the heartland of the game is the south of the country.During the Second World War, in association with the French rugby union, the sport was banned by the Vichy government, an act which the sport has struggled to recover from...
- French Rugby League ChampionshipFrench rugby league championshipThe French rugby league championship has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France and Monaco since the sport was introduced to the country in the thirties....
- Elite One Championship IVElite One Championship IVThis article details the fourth year of the Elite One Championship, the top-level rugby league French Championship. The season commenced on 6 October 2006. Like last season, there were 11 teams with one team missing a round each week...