Elite One Championship 2016–2017

In 2016–2017 ten clubs competed for the title.[1]. The season ran from October 2016 to June 2017. The first round of matches took place at the Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpignan where the ten clubs played over the weekend called "Magic Weekend 1" this was followed by 18 rounds home and away matches before a second Magic Weekend as the last round of games. The top six clubs then progressed into the end of season play-offs to determine the champions. The league saw the return of Saint-Gaudens Bears following their promotion.

Elite One Championship
League	Elite One Championship
Duration	20 rounds followed by play-offs
Teams	10
Broadcast partners	beIN Sport
2016–2017
Champions	Limoux Grizzlies
League leaders	Lézignan Sangliers
Runners-up	Lézignan Sangliers
Biggest home win	Lézignan Sangliers 76-0 Palau XIII Broncos
Biggest away win	Toulouse Olympique Broncos 4-82 Lézignan Sangliers

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Lézignan Sangliers	20	19	0	1	1	839	368	+471	58
2	Limoux Grizzlies	20	15	0	5	4	653	407	+246	49
3	Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan	20	13	0	7	6	634	398	+236	45
4	AS Carcassonne	20	13	0	7	5	643	430	+213	44
5	SO Avignon	20	13	0	7	3	567	445	+122	42
6	RC Albi	20	9	0	11	4	511	616	-105	31
7	Saint-Gaudens Bears	20	8	0	12	3	433	622	-189	27
8	Villeneuve Leopards	20	5	0	15	7	372	534	-162	22
9	Palau XIII Broncos	20	4	0	16	3	343	694	-351	15
10	Toulouse Olympique Broncos	20	1	0	19	4	326	807	-481	7

Points : victory : 3, defeat with less than 12 points : 1 (point bonus), defeat with more than 12 points : 0.

Results

Teams	Albi	Avignon	Carcass	Lezig	Limoux	Palau	StEsXIII	StGaud	ToulB	Villen
RC Albi	x	14-9	31-22	10-22	12-42	44-32	20-36	50-20	32-20	31-20
SO Avignon	24-22	x	15-16	20-16	16-33	46-10	19-16	38-20	36-18	38-26
AS Carcassonne	53-12	42-16	x	18-28	33-32	48-6	28-20	38-26	46-22	32-16
Lézignan Sangliers	56-20	50-38	16-14	x	12-10	76-0	28-26	72-26	60-6	44-6
Limoux Grizzlies	32-22	40-20	34-28	24-54	x	36-20	50-22	60-10	46-10	28-10
Palau XIII Broncos	18-44	22-28	6-74	14-36	18-20	x	8-24	32-8	40-12	20-14
Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan	44-20	44-18	39-26	30-31	14-10	20-4	x	10-20	62-8	48-10
Saint-Gaudens Bears	40-22	4-26	10-28	18-52	20-32	30-16	12-40	x	31-24	10-12
Toulouse Olympique Broncos	10-23	12-40	14-32	4-82	18-32	44-14	22-50	22-44	x	28-40
Villeneuve Leopards	28-32	8-12	12-25	22-36	14-16	30-10	10-28	24-26	32-6	x

• Magic Weekend 1 (Round 1)

• Toulouse Olympique Broncos 10-16 Saint-Gaudens Bears
• RC Albi 22-24 Villeneuve Leopards
• Lézignan Sangliers 30-26 Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan
• Palau XIII Broncos 4-44 SO Avignon
• AS Carcassonne 16-40 Limoux Grizzlies

• Magic Weekend 2 (Round 20)

• Villeneuve Leopards 12-42 Saint-Gaudens Bears
• SO Avignon 64-28 RC Albi
• Lézignan Sangliers 38-36 Limoux Grizzlies
• Palau XIII Broncos 49-16 Toulouse Olympique Broncos
• AS Carcassonne 24-35 Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan

Grand Final

Limoux Grizzlies 24-22 Lézignan Sangliers
Parc des sports, Narbonne
Crowd:8,270

References

1. (in French) Grande messe à Brutus, Didier Navarre, Midi Olympique, 19 septembre 2016.

External links

• (in French) Official website of the Fédération française de rugby à XIII.