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 (folded July 2016)	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	Doncaster RLFC	14	10	0	3	499	304	195	20
4	Barrow Raiders	14	9	1	4	529	253	276	19
5	Keighley Cougars	14	9	0	5	520	368	152	18
6	Hunslet Hawks	14	8	0	6	383	374	9	16
7	London Skolars	13	7	0	6	348	344	4	14
8	Newcastle Thunder	13	6	1	6	352	348	4	13	League 1 Shield
9	North Wales Crusaders	13	5	2	6	306	320	-14	12
10	Coventry Bears	13	3	1	9	271	444	-173	7
11	Gloucestershire All Golds	13	2	0	11	282	445	-163	4
12	Oxford RLFC	13	1	0	12	198	596	-389	2
13	South Wales Scorpions	13	1	0	12	160	564	-404	2
14	Hemel Stags	13	1	0	12	170	666	-496	2
15	York City Knights	13	10	1	2	454	222	232	21

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs (S) = Secured spot in 2017 Championship

• York City Knights folded in July 2016 and were unable to complete their remaining fixtures.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/36862507<ref>

Super 8s

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	For	Ag	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Toulouse Olympique	14	13	1	0	702	184	518	27	Promotion Final
2	Rochdale Hornets
3	Playoffs
4		Doncaster RLFC
5		Barrow Raiders
6	Keighley Cougars	Season Complete
7	Hunslet Hawks
8	London Skolars

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs (S) = Secured spot in 2017 Championship

League 1 Shield

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

Winner of League 1 Shield

External links

• Official Website