Monday 7 August 2017

France Elite Teams By Season : 2015-16



For this season nine sides were in the Elite One league, with AS Carcassone taking the top spot from FC Lézignan-Corbières and Limoux Grizzlies. All these sides are near each other, in the Aude Cathar region I believe.



Finals: Anyway, the finals went into a three group stage that led to a final eight sides. With the final four, AS Carcassone narrowly defeated St Estève - XIII Catalan 18-16. On the other side of the draw, Limoux Grizzlies overcame FC Lézignan 22-18. The final mixed up the order of the league placings with Limoux Grizzlies narrowly taking out the grand final from AS Carcassone 26-24. 5,500 came along to Albi to see the game.

The Lord Derby Cup reached the semi-finals stage with Limoux defeating Lézignan 42 – 22. Also, St Estève prevailed over Sporting Club Albigeois (Albi) 48 - 16. In the final St Estève - XIII Catalan defeated Limoux Grizzlies 33-16. The game was attended by 4,200 at Carcassonne.

An extra side was added for the following season, with RC St Gaudens XIII coming on board.


Rnk Team E 1 Fls LD Tot

1 Limoux 16 20 16 52

2 St Estève Cat 14 12 20 46

3 Lézignan 18 12 12 42

3 Carcassonne 20 16 6 42

5 Albi 12 - 12 24

6 Avignon 11 6 - 17

7 Palau 10 6 - 16

8 Villeneuve 8 - 6 14

9 Toulouse 9 - - 9

10 Carpentras - - 6 6

10 Ferrals - - 6 6


Total 118 72 84 274

Thanks to Graeme for assistance with data: https://francerl.wordpress.com/

For the 2014/15 season, please click here.
For the 2016/17 season, please click here.

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