League: Eleven teams lined up, with the addition of RC Carpentras XIII. SM Pia took the league with a 55 point haul, ahead of Toulouse Olympique who collected 52 points. The Limoux Grizzlies came next on 49 points and UTC (aka St Estève-Catalan) with 47. RC Saint-Gaudens came in 5th with 46 points.
Finals: Villefranche XIII and Villeneuve XIII Aveyron were the first to go, defeated by Limoux Grizzlies and UTC 64-0 and 28-20 respectively. The other qualifier of the round had RC Saint-Gaudens easily overcome AS Carcassonne 58-19.
The next round had two sudden death matches in which UTC squeaked home 28-26 against Saint-Gaudens and Villeneuve defeated Limoux 27-16. The demi-finales were between SM Pia and UTC (30-12) and Toulouse against Villeneuve (45-12).
The grand final pitted the top two teams from the league. Again Pia took the honours over Toulouse, this time narrowly 21-18. 5,500 spectators were at Toulouse to watch.
Lord Derby Cup: Starting at the quarter finals Union Sportive Entraigues XIII took on FC Lézignan but lost 14-72. SM Pia were too good for Saint-Gaudens, winning 38-6. Limoux overcame Carcassonne 36-11 and Toulouse beat UTC 44-12.
Then came the semis with Lézignan defeating Limoux by 18-17 and SM Pia too strong for Toulouse 32-6. The cup final was between SM Pia and Lézignan which went 36-20 in Pia's favour. Over 9,300 attended at Carcassonne.
Summary: SM Pia took the treble this year, winning everything and I awarded them 60 points for that effort.. Toulouse Olympique XIII came next on 46 points with a second in the league, losing the grand final and cup semi finalists. The Limoux Grizzlies collected 34 points and UTC 32.
Rk | Team | Rnd | Fls | LD | Tot | |
1 | Pia | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
2 | Toulouse | 18 | 16 | 12 | 46 | |
3 | Limoux | 16 | 6 | 12 | 34 | |
4 | UTC | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 | |
5 | Lézignan | 8 | 16 | 24 | ||
5 | St Gaudens | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |
7 | Villeneuve | 10 | 12 | 22 | ||
8 | Carcassonne | 11 | 2 | 6 | 19 | |
9 | Villerfranche | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
10 | Lyon Villeurb | 7 | 7 | |||
12 | Marseille | 6 | 6 | |||
12 | Entraigues | 6 | 6 | |||
Total | 131 | 76 | 84 | 291 |
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