France Elite 1 : 2023/24

The French Division 1 named Elite 1 has concluded. The number of sides involved went up from nine to ten. XIII Pia was the new side to join. After 18 rounds, AS Carcassonne was the top side from Albi RL and Limoux Grizzlies. They have a bonus point system that isn't intuitive in my opinion anyway.

The top six then entered a knock out phase. Third to sixth came together and the winners took on the two top sides. That led to those top sides making it to the final. Albi had beaten Carcassonne twice in the regular season but who would prevail in the final?

In a tight game, Albi was heading for an upset victory 6-4 but Carcassonne scored a try with 2 minutes to go and came out on top 8-6. That meant Carcassonne won the treble of League, Cup and Grand Final.