France Elite Competition : 2014-19 (Clubs ranked)

St Estève - XIII Catalan vs Limoux

Over the past five years, which teams have been the most successful of the sides in the elite section? There are three areas that are shown to the right of the chart below in yellow. They are the league, the finals and the Lord Derby Cup. The blue middle area is for each year, while the green is the total. Orange shows which club was the highest scoring.

	Rnk	Team	TOT	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15		Lge	Fls	LD
	1	St Estève Cat	222	54	52	28	46	42		82	68	72
	1	Lézignan	222	40	40	52	42	48		86	64	72
	3	Carcassonne	216	56	24	46	42	48		86	66	64
	4	Limoux	214	38	50	50	52	24		78	74	62
	5	Avignon	112	9	40	18	17	28		56	38	18
	6	Albi	106	24	29	29	24			46	18	42
	7	Toulouse	74	7	7	7	9	44		48	20	6
	8	Villeneuve	71	17	8	15	14	17		47	6	18
	9	Palau	64	16	15	8	16	9		46	6	12
	10	St Gaudens	40	8	10	16		6		28		12
	11	Carpentras	12	6			6					12
	11	Villegailhenc	12	6	6							12
	13	Ferrals	6				6					6
	13	Villefranche	6			6						6
	13	Baho	6			6						6
		Total	1383	281	281	281	274	266		603	360	420

A top four emerge when points are applied (the points system is what I have put together). They are St Estève Catalan, Lézignan, Carcassonne and Limoux. At the bottom of the list there are teams that play in a lower division but had success in the cup.

Now for the awards for the 2014-19 period.

Top Overall Team: St Estève Catalan & Lézignan (equal).

Best League Team: Lézignan & Carcassonne (equal).

Best Finals Team: Limoux.

Best Cup Team: St Estève Catalan & Lézignan (equal).