| Elite One Championship 2018–19 | |
| League: | Elite One Championship |
| Pixels: | 200px |
| Duration: | 19 rounds |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Tv: |  beIN Sports Radio Marseillette |
| 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) |
| Season: | 2018–19 season |
| Season Champs: | Saint-Estève Catalan 2nd Elite One title |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| League Leaders: | AS Carcassonne |
| Top Scorer: | Aurelien Decarnin 154 |
| Top Try Scorer: |  Romain Franco 24 |
| Prevseason Year: | 2017–2018 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2019–2020 |
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.
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.
Each 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.
At 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.
| Clubs | ALB | AVI | CAR | LÉZ | LIM | PAL | STE | STG | TOU | VIL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albi | 47–4 | 36–24 | 28–24 | 36–24 | 26–27 | 18–42 | 26–10 | 8–34 | 30–16 | ||
| Avignon | 22–34 | 26–22 | 10–36 | 28–32 | 12–24 | 16–54 | 40–18 | 22–16 | 12–20 | ||
| Carcassonne | 22–8 | 16–19 | 34–26 | 19–18 | 20–0 | 18–20 | 44–24 | 50–4 | 30–16 | ||
| Lézignan | 10–20 | 28–20 | 29–22 | 34–4 | 58–43 | 36–10 | 34–6 | 48–28 | 20–44 | ||
| Limoux | 26–16 | 48–10 | 14–31 | 22–16 | 30–14 | 22–20 | 42–12 | 42–22 | 20–12 | ||
| Palau | 38–42 | 32–16 | 40–46 | 4–42 | 16–20 | 24–32 | 14–24 | 30–36 | 16–20 | ||
| Saint-Estève Catalan | 42–24 | 56–22 | 12–36 | 24–30 | 46–18 | 36–24 | 24–20 | 38–30 | 34–22 | ||
| Saint-Gaudens | 18–48 | 38–14 | 10–40 | 26–24 | 26–36 | 24–44 | 26–28 | 20–16 | 20–22 | ||
| Toulouse | 10–54 | 6–30 | 22–60 | 20–50 | 12–56 | 35–26 | 10–50 | 46–10 | 26–48 | ||
| Villeneuve | 40–8 | 20–10 | 18–24 | 30–14 | 12–24 | 40–34 | 14–18 | 24–32 | 30–18 |
| Home Victory | Draw | Home Loss |
Magic 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]
| width=60 | Date | width=200 | Team 1 | width=50 | Score | width=200 | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 22–30 | Carcassonne |
| 2018-19 Elite One Championship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||||
| 1 | Carcassonne | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 588 | 364 | +224 | 6 | 48 | |
| 2 | Saint-Estève XIII Catalan | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 608 | 440 | +168 | 3 | 45 | |
| 3 | Lézignan | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 577 | 409 | +168 | 6 | 42 | |
| 4 | Limoux Grizzlies | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 512 | 400 | +112 | 3 | 42 | |
| 5 | Albi Tigers | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 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 | 14 | 388 | 608 | -220 | 5 | 17 | |
| Carcassonne | Position | Saint Esteve Catalan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Reserve | Sébastien Bled | ||
| Reserve | Valentin Zafra | ||
| Reserve | Lambert Belmas | ||
| Florent Rouanet | Reserve | Hugo Salabio | |
| Patrick Albérola | Coach | Benoît Albert |