Wednesday 14 February 2018

France Elite Teams By Season : 2005-06

In my historical countdown for the elite French RL, I have started to run out of match results. This means some points will not be able to be handed out after this edition. Still, I will provide what I can and if by chance I am able to add to later I will. For this season, it is OK.

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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For the 2006/07 season, please click here.

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