Elite One Championship 2007–2008 Explained

Elite One Championship 2007/08
League:Elite One Championship
No Of Teams:11
Tv: Canal+
Season:2007–08
Season Champs:Lézignan Sangliers
Second Place:Pia XIII
League Leaders:Lézignan Sangliers
Top Try Scorer:Jared Taylor (Lézignan Sangliers) 34
Top Scorer:Philip Ramage (Limoux Grizzlies) 238 points
Relegate:RC Albi
Relegate To:Elite Two Championship
Left:Toulouse Olympique
Left To:Championship
Promote:SO Avignon
Promote From:Elite Two Championship
Prevseason Year:2006–2007
Nextseason Year:2008–2009
Website:http://ffr13.fr

The 2007/08 season was the fifth year of the Elite One Championship, the top level rugby league competition in France. The season commenced on 6 October 2007 and like the previous season, there were 11 teams with one team missing a round each week. A total of 22 rounds were played, with the last finishing on 12 April 2008 before the play-offs, that determined who played in the Grand Final. RC Albi were the league's new club having been promoted from the Elite Two Championship. Pia XIII were the defending champions having beaten Lézignan Sangliers in the 2006/2007 season Grand Final. The top 8 clubs qualified for the end of season play-offs. In the first week of the play-offs, Saint-Gaudens Bears and UTC both easily beat Toulouse Olympique and RC Albi respectively. However both teams were then beaten, Saint-Gaudens Bears by third placed AS Carcassonne, and UTC by Limoux Grizzlies in Week 2. Pia XIII beat AS Carcassonne in the first semi-final and a day later Lézignan Sangliers, the league leaders, squeezed past Limoux Grizzlies. In the Grand Final held at the Stade de la Mediterranee in Béziers, Lézignan Sangliers did what they had failed to do the previous season and beat Pia XIII 26-16, and thus winning the title for the first time. Despite finishing 8th and reaching the Lord Derby cup final RC Albi were relegated and Toulouse Olympique left the league and joined the English Rugby League system. SO Avignon were promoted from the 2nd tier. The Lord Derby Cup was won by Limoux Grizzlies.

Table

width=20 abbr="Position" width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=20 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=20 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=20 abbr="Points" Pts
1 Lézignan Sangliers201802829366+46356
2 Pia XIII201604659344+31552
3 AS Carcassonne201406578343+23545
4 Limoux Grizzlies201208561408+15344
5 Union Treiziste Catalane201208594486+10844
6 Saint-Gaudens Bears20100104764175940
7 Toulouse Olympique208012353518-16536
8 RC Albi205015361533-17230
9 Lyon Villeurbanne XIII205015358571-21330
10 RC Carpentras XIII205015337861-52430
11 Villeneuve Leopards205015309568-25927

Points win=3: draw=2: loss=1:

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Play-offs

Round 3

Final

See main article: article and Elite One Championship V Grand Final.

Records

Club

Player

See also

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