2016 League 1
LeagueLeague 1
Duration21 matches
Teams15
2016 Season
Champions Rochdale Hornets
League Leaders Toulouse Olympique
Top try-scorer(s) Kuni Minga (29)

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.

Teams

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

*capacity for rugby league games may differ from official stadium capacity.

Standings

Regular season

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

Super 8s

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 Rochdale Hornets 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

League 1 Shield

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
League 1 Shield Final
Date Winner Score Runner up Venue
18 September 2016 Newcastle Thunder 31–26 North Wales Crusaders Kingston Park

Playoffs

Promotion Final

 
Final
 
  
 
 
 
 
 Toulouse Olympique22
 
 
 Rochdale Hornets24
 

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 Toulouse Olympique 62
4 York City Knights 10
Toulouse Olympique 32
Barrow Raiders 22
2 Barrow Raiders 46
3 Doncaster 6

References

External links

2016 in rugby league
RFL League 1
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