League 1 2016 season

2016 League 1

League	League 1
Duration	22 matches
Number of teams	15
2016 Season
Promotion and relegation
Relegated to N/A	N/A
< 2015 Seasons 2017 >

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
File:Rochdale colours.svg	Rochdale Hornets	Rochdale, Greater Manchester	Spotland	10,000
File:Scorpions.png	South Wales Scorpions	Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales	Parc Dyffryn Pennar	2,000 (400 seated)
File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG	Toulouse Olympique	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées	Stade Ernest-Argelès	4,066
File:Yorkcolours.svg	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	File:Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets	7	6	1	0	252	110	142	13	League 1 Super 8s
2	Keighley Cougars	6	5	0	1	260	108	152	10
3	Doncaster RLFC	7	5	0	2	215	172	44	10
4	File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique	5	4	1	0	274	42	232	9
5	Barrow Raiders	7	4	1	2	211	99	112	9
6	File:Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights	5	4	0	1	186	90	96	8
7	London Skolars	6	4	0	2	171	140	31	8
8	Newcastle Thunder	6	3	1	2	154	150	4	7
9	Hunslet Hawks	7	3	0	4	174	188	-14	6	League 1 Shield
10	North Wales Crusaders	7	3	0	4	174	188	-14	6
11	Gloucestershire All Golds	6	1	0	5	132	192	-60	2
12	File:Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions	6	1	0	5	84	258	-174	2
13	Coventry Bears	6	1	0	4	87	266	-179	2
14	Hemel Stags	6	1	0	5	86	268	-182	2
15	Oxford RLFC	7	0	0	7	108	298	-190	0

(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										Promotion Final
2
3										Playoffs
4
5
6										Season Complete
7
8

(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										League 1 Shield Final
2
3
4
5
6
7

Winner of League 1 Shield

External links

• Official Website

1. REDIRECT Template:Great Britian Rugby League links