| 2016 League 1 | |
| League: | League 1 |
| Duration: | 21 matches |
| No Of Teams: | 15 |
| Season: | 2016 Season |
| Season Champs: | Rochdale Hornets |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| League Leaders: | Toulouse Olympique |
| League Leaders Name: | League Leaders |
| Top Try Scorer: | Kuni Minga (29) |
| Promotion To: | 2017 Championship |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 Championship 1 |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 League 1 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
The 2016 League 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.
The 2016 League 1 season was expanded to 15 teams with Toulouse Olympique rejoining the British game. At the end of the weekly rounds the top 8 teams played each other once more in the League 1 Super 8s after which the top 5 teams competed in the play-offs. The bottom 7 teams played each other once more with the top two teams competing for the inaugural League 1 Shield.
| Colors | Club | City | Stadium | Capacity* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Raiders | Barrow, Cumbria | Craven Park | 7,600 | ||
| Coventry Bears | Coventry, West Midlands | Butts Park Arena | 4,000 | ||
| Doncaster | Doncaster, South Yorkshire | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 | ||
| Gloucestershire All Golds | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | Prince of Wales Stadium | 480 | ||
| Hemel Stags | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire | Pennine Way | 2,000 | ||
| Hunslet Hawks | Leeds, West Yorkshire | South Leeds Stadium | 4,000 | ||
| Keighley Cougars | Keighley, West Yorkshire | Cougar Park | 7,800 | ||
| London Skolars | Haringey, London | New River Stadium | 5,000 | ||
| Newcastle Thunder | Newcastle, Tyne and Wear | Kingston Park | 10,200 | ||
| North Wales Crusaders | Wrexham, Wales | Racecourse Ground | 10,771 | ||
| Oxford Rugby League | Oxford, Oxfordshire | Iffley Road | 500 | ||
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale, Greater Manchester | Spotland | 10,000 | ||
| South Wales Scorpions | Caerphilly, Glamorgan Wales | Virginia Park | 5,000 | ||
| Toulouse Olympique | Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitania | Stade Ernest-Argelès | 4,066 | ||
| York City Knights | York, North Yorkshire | Bootham Crescent | 8,256 |
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | For | Ag | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toulouse Olympique | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 702 | 184 | +518 | 27 | League 1 Super 8s |
| 2 | Rochdale Hornets | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 547 | 252 | +295 | 25 | |
| 3 | York City Knights | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 482 | 256 | +226 | 21 | |
| 4 | Doncaster | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 499 | 304 | +195 | 20 | |
| 5 | Barrow Raiders | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 529 | 253 | +276 | 19 | |
| 6 | Keighley Cougars | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 520 | 368 | +152 | 18 | |
| 7 | Hunslet Hawks | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 383 | 374 | +9 | 16 | |
| 8 | London Skolars | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 354 | 376 | –22 | 16 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Thunder | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 404 | 368 | +36 | 15 | League 1 Shield |
| 10 | North Wales Crusaders | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 336 | 355 | –19 | 12 | |
| 11 | Coventry Bears | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 289 | 460 | –171 | 9 | |
| 12 | Gloucestershire All Golds | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 334 | 479 | –145 | 6 | |
| 13 | South Wales Scorpions | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 176 | 582 | –406 | 2 | |
| 14 | Oxford Rugby League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 176 | 582 | –406 | 2 | |
| 15 | Hemel Stags | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 190 | 718 | –528 | 2 | |
(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs(S) = Secured spot in 2017 Championship
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | For | Ag | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toulouse Olympique | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 990 | 276 | +714 | 41 | Promotion Final |
| 2 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 709 | 440 | +269 | 33 | ||
| 3 | Barrow Raiders | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 769 | 375 | +394 | 31 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Doncaster | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 683 | 526 | +157 | 28 | |
| 5 | York City Knights | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 618 | 461 | +157 | 25 | |
| 6 | Keighley Cougars | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 658 | 514 | +144 | 22 | Season Complete |
| 7 | Hunslet Hawks | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 544 | 550 | –6 | 22 | |
| 8 | London Skolars | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 470 | 650 | –180 | 16 |
(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | For | Ag | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle Thunder | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 686 | 460 | +226 | 27 | League 1 Shield Final |
| 2 | North Wales Crusaders | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 505 | 469 | +36 | 20 | |
| 3 | Coventry Bears | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 446 | 590 | –144 | 17 | |
| 4 | Gloucestershire All Golds | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 515 | 644 | –129 | 10 | |
| 5 | Oxford Rugby League | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 356 | 843 | –487 | 8 | |
| 6 | South Wales Scorpions | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 274 | 723 | –449 | 4 | |
| 7 | Hemel Stags | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 274 | 976 | –702 | 4 |
| 18 September 2016 | Newcastle Thunder | 31–26 | North Wales Crusaders | Kingston Park |
Promotion Final
Playoffs