2016 League 1

2016 League 1
League	League 1
Duration	22 matches
Teams	15
2016 Season
Promotion and relegation
Relegated to N/A	N/A

The 2016 League 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, will be 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. This means that teams play each other in a bi weekly round wither have team not playing in one round. At the end of the weekly rounds the top 8 teams play each other once more in the League 1 Super 8s after which the top 5 teams compete in the play-offs. The bottom 7 teams play each other once more with the top two teams competing for the 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 RLFC	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Iffley Road	500
	Rochdale Hornets	Rochdale, Greater Manchester	Spotland	10,000
	South Wales Scorpions	Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales	Parc Dyffryn Pennar	2,000 (400 seated)
	Toulouse Olympique	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées	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	13	10	1	2	454	222	232	21
4	Doncaster RLFC	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 RLFC	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	17	16	1	0	826	222	604	33	Promotion Final
2	Rochdale Hornets	18	14	1	3	631	354	277	29
3	Barrow Raiders	18	13	1	4	667	309	358	27	Playoffs
4	York City Knights	17	11	1	5	540	338	202	23
5	Doncaster RLFC	17	11	0	6	565	406	159	22
6	Keighley Cougars	18	10	0	8	566	454	112	20	Season Complete
7	Hunslet Hawks	18	10	0	8	481	488	-7	20
8	London Skolars	17	8	0	9	418	474	-56	16

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs

League 1 Shield

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	For	Ag	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Newcastle Thunder	18								League 1 Shield Final
2	North Wales Crusaders	18
3	Coventry Bears	17
4	Gloucestershire All Golds	17
5	Oxford RLFC	18
6	South Wales Scorpions	17
7	Hemel Stags	17

Winner of League 1 Shield

External links

• Official Website