The 2021–22 Elite One Championship will be the 87th season of France's domestic rugby league competition and the 21st season known as the Elite One championship. There will be nine teams in the league.[1] Each team will play 16 matches in the regular season. The top six teams will progress to a three-week final series played throughout May 2022.
| Elite One Championship 2021-22 | |
|---|---|
| League | Elite One Championship |
| Duration | 16 rounds + playoffs |
| Teams | 9 |
| Broadcast partners |  ViàOccitanie (Available Worldwide Online) Sport en France  Club YouTube Channels |
| 2021–22 season | |
| Champions |  AS Carcassonne2nd Elite One title |
| League leaders |  Limoux Grizzlies |
| Biggest home win |  Saint-Estève Catalan 64 – 4  Saint-Gaudens Bears (17 April 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Saint-Estève Catalan 52 – 0 Saint-Gaudens Bears (23 January 2022) |
| Top point-scorer(s) | Baptiste Fabre 166 |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Jordan Flovie 19 |
AS Carcassonne won their second Elite One Championship and twelfth French Rugby League Championship after beating league leaders Limoux Grizzlies in the final 20-16 after finishing 2nd in the regular season.
Teams
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Regular season
editThe regular season started on 17 October 2021 and ended on 24 April 2022. Each team was scheduled with every other team twice, once at home and the other away making 16 games for each team and a total of 72 games.
Results
edit| Clubs | ALB | AVI | CAR | LÉZ | LIM | STE | STG | TOU | VIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albi
|
24-32 | 34-16 | 34-22 | 12-44 | 32-26 | 58-6 | 31–22 | 20-28 | |
 Avignon
|
24-30 | 18-25 | 14-18 | 6-24 | 42-6 | 52-12 | 46-0 | 46-6 | |
| Carcassonne
|
18-12 | 44-10 | 31-18 | 38-34 | 41-6 | 42-10 | 54-10 | 50-18 | |
 Lézignan
|
34-24 | 28-27 | 30-16 | 14-24 | 24-22 | 72-16 | 22-16 | 28-18 | |
| Limoux
|
34-14 | 38-6 | 24-18 | 10-12 | 37-24 | 56-0 | 56-0 | 44-0 | |
| Saint-Estève Catalan
|
32-19 | 16-54 | 12–36 | 32-16 | 20-18 | 64-4 | 32-4 | 22-16 | |
| Saint-Gaudens
|
10-40 | 22-24 | 10–40 | 16-48 | 10-60 | 0-52 | 22-20 | 12-32 | |
 Toulouse
|
8-31 | 10-22 | 4-62 | 18-34 | 10-26 | 34-28 | 36-8 | 26–29 | |
 Villeneuve
|
16-41 | 12-19 | 18–38 | 6-16 | 22-12 | 8-30 | 32-16 | 35-22 |
| Home Victory | Draw | Home Loss |
Source: [2]
Ladder
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | BP | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limoux Grizzlies
|
16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 541 | 206 | 335 | 40 | Qualification for Semi-Finals |
| 2 | AS Carcassonne (C)
|
16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 577 | 262 | 315 | 40 | |
| 3 | FC Lézignan
|
16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 436 | 324 | 112 | 38 | Qualification for Qualifying-Finals |
| 4 | Albi Tigers
|
16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 456 | 372 | 84 | 31 | |
| 5 | Saint-Estève Catalan
|
16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 444 | 373 | 71 | 30 | |
| 6 | SO Avignon
|
16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 412 | 331 | 81 | 29 | |
| 7 | Villeneuve Leopards
|
16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 296 | 442 | −146 | 22 | |
| 8 | Toulouse Olympique Broncos
|
16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 240 | 538 | −298 | 11 | |
| 9 | Saint-Gaudens Bears
|
16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 164 | 718 | −554 | 2[a] |
Notes:
- ^ Saint-Gaudens Bears deducted 2 points for failing to fulfil the fixture against Carcasonne
- 3 points for a victory
- 1 point bonus for losing team if the margin is less than 12
- If two teams have equal points then the separation factor is point difference. If a team has a greater point difference they rank higher on the table. If still tied then head-to-head matches will be the tie-breaker.
Finals Series
editAt the end of the regular season, the top six from the regular season advance to the knockout stage. First 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 22 May at Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié in Narbonne.
Bracket
edit| Qualifying Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Stade de l'Aiguille, Limoux | |||||||||||||
| Stade Mazicou, Albi | 1 | Limoux | 36 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Albi | 24 | 5 | Saint-Estève Catalan | 4 | Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne | |||||||
| 5 | Saint-Estève Catalan | 28(a.e.t) | 1 | Limoux | 16 | ||||||||
| Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne | 2 | Carcassonne | 20 | ||||||||||
| Stade du Moulin, Lézignan | 2 | Carcassonne | 31 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Lézignan | 46 | 3 | Lézignan | 18 | ||||||||
| 6 | SO Avignon | 12 | |||||||||||
Grand Final
editSunday, 22 May, 2022
15:30 |
| Limoux
|
16 – 20 | Carcassonne
|
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Yann Belmaziz (8') 1 Zachary Santo (78') 1 Goals: Patrick Templeman 4 (8', 14' pen, 52' pen, 78' ) |
[3][4][5] 1st: 8 – 12 2nd: 8 – 8 |
Tries: 1 (28') Maika Serulevu 1 (38') Alexis Escamilla 1 (44') Dane Francis 1 (64') Clément Soubeyras Goals: 2 Clément Herrero (28', 38') Sin Bins: (7') Mickael Simon |
References
edit- ^ "Lae Tigers claim PNG Digicel Cup". Rugby League Review. 154: 30.
- ^ "Elite 1 2021/2022 (France): Results". flashscore. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Carcassonne XIII : les champions de France 2022 de retour à la maison". L'Independant. 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Finale d'Elite 1 : Carcassonne est champion après avoir dominé Limoux". L'Independant. 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Carcassonne champion!". French Rugby League Federation. 22 May 2022.