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The 2018–19 Elite One Championship was the 84th season of France's domestic rugby league competition and 17th known as the Elite One Championship. Ten teams competed in the regular season playing 19 matches each from November 2018 to June 2019, with the top six teams playing a three-week finals series throughout June 2019.
Elite One Championship 2018–19 | |
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League | Elite One Championship |
Duration | 19 rounds |
Teams | 10 |
Broadcast partners | beIN Sports Radio Marseillette |
2018–19 season | |
Champions | Saint-Estève Catalan 2nd Elite One title |
League leaders | AS Carcassonne |
Biggest home win | AS Carcassonne 50 – 4 Toulouse Olympique Broncos (22 April 2019) |
Biggest away win | Albi Tigers 54 – 10 Toulouse Olympique Broncos (26 May 2019) |
Top point-scorer(s) | Aurelien Decarnin 154 |
Top try-scorer(s) | Romain Franco 24 |
Saint-Estève XIII Catalan won their second Elite One Championship beating minor premiers AS Carcassonne in the final 32–24 after finishing 2nd in the regular season.
Teams
editFormat
editRegular season
editEach team was scheduled to every other team twice, once at home and the other away. Each team then played another team again during Magic Weekend that was held on Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Carcassonne, to make a total of 19 regular season matches for each team.
Finals series
editAt the end of the regular season, the top six of the regular season advance to the knockout stage. 1st and second receive a bye for the first week of finals as third plays sixth (Qualifying Final 1) and fourth plays fifth (Qualifying Final 2), with the losers of both matches eliminated. First then plays the winner of Qualifying final 1 and second then plays the winner of Qualifying Final 2. The winners of these two matches play in Grand Final on 29 June at Stadium Municipal d'Albi in Albi.
Regular season
editHome and Away
editMagic Weekend
editMagic Weekend was held on Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14, 2019, with all matches being played in Carcassonne. All match winners would be awarded 4 points instead of the regular 3. [2] [3]
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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13 April 18:00 | Palau | 42–24 | Saint-Gaudens |
13 April 18:00 | Lézignan | 18–14 | Limoux |
13 April 18:00 | Toulouse | 30–31 | Avignon |
14 April 15:00 | Villeneuve | 24–52 | Albi |
13 April 18:00 | Saint-Estève Catalan | 22–30 | Carcassonne |
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Carcassonne | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 588 | 364 | +224 | 6 | 48 | Semi-Finals |
2 | Saint-Estève XIII Catalan (C) | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 608 | 440 | +168 | 3 | 45 | |
3 | Lézignan | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 577 | 409 | +168 | 6 | 42 | Qualifying-Finals |
4 | Limoux Grizzlies | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 512 | 400 | +112 | 3 | 42 | |
5 | Albi Tigers | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 561 | 457 | +104 | 3 | 39 | |
6 | Villeneuve Leopards | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 472 | 442 | +30 | 6 | 36 | |
7 | Palau XIII Broncos | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 492 | 583 | −91 | 11 | 26 | |
8 | SO Avignon | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 365 | 577 | −212 | 7 | 25 | |
9 | Saint-Gaudens Bears | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 388 | 608 | −220 | 4 | 19 | |
10 | Toulouse Olympique Broncos | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 421 | 704 | −283 | 5 | 17 |
Rules for classification: 3 points for a victory; 4 points for a victory in Magic Weekend; 1 point bonus for losing team if the margin is less than 12. If two teams have equal points then the separation factor is point difference. If a team has a greater point difference they rank higher on the table.
(C) Champions
Finals series
editQualifying Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||||
Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne | |||||||||||||
Stade de l'Aiguille, Limoux | 1 | Carcassonne | 20 | ||||||||||
4 | Limoux | 26 | 4 | Limoux | 16 | Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi | |||||||
5 | Albi | 24 | 1 | Carcassonne | 24 | ||||||||
Stade Municipal, Saint-Estève | 2 | Saint-Estève Catalan | 32 | ||||||||||
Stade du Moulin, Lézignan | 2 | Saint-Estève Catalan | 38 | ||||||||||
3 | Lézignan | 35 | 3 | Lézignan | 18 | ||||||||
6 | Villeneuve | 20 | |||||||||||
Qualifying Finals
editLimoux vs Albi
editSunday, 16 June, 2019
16:30 |
Limoux Grizzlies | 26 – 24 | Albi Tigers |
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Tries: Thomas Lasvenes (5') 1 Maxime Péault (23') 1 Henry Noki (45') 1 Mathieu Mayans (54') 1 Mickaël Murcia (68') 1 Goals: Mickaël Murcia 2 (68' pen, 72') Allan Torreilles 1 (45') |
[4] 1st: 8 – 12 2nd: 18 – 12 |
Tries: 2 (9', 68') Jye Ballinger 1 (12') Nittim Pedrero 1 (77') Cédric Mazars Goals: 4 Baptiste Fabre (9', 12', 68', 77') |
Lezignan vs Villeneuve
editSunday, 16 June, 2019
16:30 |
FC Lézignan | 35 – 20 | Villeneuve Leopards |
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Tries: Cyril Stacul (33', 69') 2 Benjamin Tort (3') 1 Valentin Ferret (45') 1 Lilian Albert (39') 1 Maxime Benausse (73') 1 Goals: Damien Cardace 5 (19', 33', 39', 69', 73') Field Goals: Amine Miloudi (79') 1 |
[5] 1st: 22 – 10 2nd: 13 – 10 |
Tries: 2 (22', 54') Maxence Carrasco 1 (13') Loïc Marira 1 (64') Dorian Brioux Goals: 2 Aurelien Decarnin (13', 64') |
Semi-finals
editCarcassonne vs Limoux
editSaturday, 22 June, 2019
19:30 |
Carcassonne | 20 – 16 (a.e.t) | Limoux Grizzlies |
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Tries: Bastien Canet (5') 1 Luc Franco (50') 1 Tony Tumusa (77') 1 Nabil Djalout (82') 1 Goals: Alexis Albérola 2 (5', 17' pen) |
[6] 1st: 8 – 6 2nd: 8 – 10 ET: 4 – 0 |
Tries: 1 (66') Thomas Lasvenes Goals: 6 Mickaël Murcia (20' pen, 35' pen, 38' pen, 54' pen, 59' pen, 66') |
Catalan vs Lezignan
editSunday, 23 June, 2019
16:00 |
Saint-Estève Catalan | 38 – 18 | FC Lézignan |
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Tries: Arthur Romano (9', 21') 2 Robin Brochon (17', 68') 2 Ben Pomeroy (29') 1 Romain Franco (56', 78') 2 Goals: Joan Guasch 5 (13' pen, 17', 43' pen, 68', 78' ) |
[7] 1st: 20 – 12 2nd: 18 – 6 |
Tries: 1 (3') Michaël Tribillac 1 (36') Florian Bousquet 1 (67') Amine Miloudi Goals: 3 Damien Cardace (3', 36', 67') |
Final
editTeams
editCarcassonne | Position | Saint Esteve Catalan |
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Tony Tumusa | Fullback | Robin Brochon |
Alexis Escamilla | Wing | Romain Franco |
Vincent Albert | Centre | Thomas Ambert |
Jamie Anderson | Centre | Ben Pomeroy |
Clement Soubeyras | Wing | Ugo Martin |
Luc Franco | Five-eighth | Joan Guasch |
Alexis Albérola | Halfback | Arthur Mourgue |
Amar Sabri | Prop | Mathieu Cozza |
Julien Agullo | Hooker | Alexis Meresta-Doucet |
Bastien Canet | Prop | Arnaud Bartès |
Jean-Philippe Baile (c) | 2nd Row | Paul Séguier |
Nabil Djalout | 2nd Row | Ugo Perez |
Matthieu Khedimi | Lock | Thibaud Margalet |
Johnathon Soum | Reserve | Sébastien Bled |
Damien Tétart | Reserve | Valentin Zafra |
Geoffrey Zava | Reserve | Lambert Belmas |
Florent Rouanet | Reserve | Hugo Salabio |
Patrick Albérola | Coach | Benoît Albert |
Match Summary
editSaturday, 29 June, 2019
20:00 |
Carcassonne | 24 – 32 | Saint-Estève Catalan |
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Tries: Jamie Anderson (7') 1 Vincent Albert (15') 1 Luc Franco (27') 1 Alexis Escamilla (30') 1 Goals: Alexis Albérola 2 (15', 27', 30', 61' pen) Sin Bins: Julien Agullo (65') Nabil Djalout (79') |
[8] 1st: 22 – 4 2nd: 2 – 28 |
Tries: 1 (25') Ben Pomeroy 1 (41') Paul Seguier 1 (42') Arthur Mourgue 1 (50') Ugo Perez 1 (68') Alexis Meresta-Doucet Goals: 1 (41') Joan Guasch 5 Robin Brochon (42', 50', 55' pen, 68', 73' pen) Sin Bins:(50') Arnaud Bartes (79') Hugo Salabio |
References
edit- ^ "Elite 1 2018/2019 (France): Results". scorespro. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Carcassonne : un "Magic Week-end" très festif". L'Independant. 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Le FC Lézignan-Corbières se replace, mais se cherche encore". L'Independant. 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Rugby à XIII (Elite 1) : Lézignan et Limoux en demi-finales !". L'Independant. 16 June 2019.
- ^ "FC Lézignan-Corbières XIII : une victoire et des adieux pour Tisseyre et Amilas". L'Independant. 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Un petit point en or prive Limoux de la finale". L'Independant. 24 June 2019.
- ^ "XIII Lézignan : l'exceptionnelle saison du FCL n'est pas finie". L'Independant. 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Elite 1 : exploit de Saint-Estève/XIII Catalan qui devient champion de France face à Carcassonne XIII (32-24)". L'Independant. 29 June 2019.