2019 Tahiti Championship season

The 2019 Tahiti Championship competition was the 46th season of the Tahitian domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby (FPR).[2][1]

2019 Tahiti Championship
Countries Tahiti
Date19 September 2019 – 30 November 2019
ChampionsPirae (7th Title) [1]
Runners-upArue
RelegatedPaea[1]
Matches played23 [1]
Top point scorerFrench Polynesia Manahau Pautu
(Pirae)
101 points [1]
Top try scorerFrench Polynesia Yannick Mauahiti
(Pirae)
13 tries [1]
Official website
www.federationpolynesiennederugby.com/competitions/2019/resultats-2019/seniors-championnat-de-tahiti-a-xv-2019.html
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Teams

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Number of teams by regions

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All but one team this season are from Papeete or suburbs of the Papeete Urban Area.

Teams Region or island Team(s)
7   Tahiti Arue, Faa’a, Paea, Papeete, Pirae, Punaauia and Taravao

Competition format

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The top four teams at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another once) enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of Tahiti. This consists of two rounds. The semi-finals, with the losers meeting for 3rd place and with the winners meeting in the final at the Stade Fautaua in Pirae.

Tahiti's bonus point system operates as follows:[3]

  • 4 points for a win.
  • 2 points for a draw.
  • 1 point for a loss.
  • No point for a forfeit.
  • 1 bonus point for scoring at least 4 tries (or more).
  • 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer).

Table

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Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff. Yellow Cards Red Cards Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Arue (VC) 6 5 0 1 168 44 +124 1 0 4 0 25
2 Pirae (C) 6 5 0 1 296 66 +230 2 1 5 0 25
3 Punaauia (SF) 6 4 0 2 147 87 +60 3 1 2 1 21
4 Papeete (SF) 6 3 0 3 156 108 +48 3 0 2 2 19
5 Paea (R) 6 2 0 4 106 205 -99 5 2 2 1 15
6 Faa’a (DC) 6 2 0 4 82 151 -69 1 1 2 0 12
7 Taravao 6 0 0 6 38 332 -294 0 0 0 0 4

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  2. Points difference in head-to-head matches
  3. Try differential in head-to-head matches
  4. Points difference in all matches
  5. Try differential in all matches
  6. Points scored in all matches
  7. Tries scored in all matches
  8. Fewer matches forfeited
  9. Classification in the previous Tahiti Championship season
Green background (rows 1 and 4) receive semi-final play-off places.
Pink background (rows 5–7) may be relegated to Tahiti Championship D2.

Final table — source: [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Résultats 2019 - SENIORS - Championnat de Tahiti à XV 2019". www.federationpolynesiennederugby.com.
  2. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Accueil". www.federationpolynesiennederugby.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  3. ^ "Rugby Club de Pirae - Tahiti - Séniors - Championnat à XV 2015". www.rugbyclubdepirae.pf. Retrieved 2020-11-09.