Elite One Championship 2007–2008

Elite One Championship 2007/08
League Elite One Championship
Teams 11
Broadcast partners France Canal+
2007–08
Champions Lezignan Sangliers
League leaders Lezignan Sangliers
Runners-up Pia XIII
Top point-scorer(s) Philip Ramage (Limoux Grizzlies) 238 points
Top try-scorer(s) Jared Taylor (Lezignan Sangliers) 34
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Elite Two Championship SO Avignon
Relegated to Elite Two Championship RC Albi

The 2007/08 season was the fifth year of the Elite One Championship, the top level rugby league competition in France. The season commenced on 6 October 2007 and like the prevoius season, there were 11 teams with one team missing a round each week. A total of 22 rounds were played, with the last finishing on 12 April 2008 before the play-offs, that determined who played in the Grand Final. RC Albi were the league's new club having been promoted from the Elite Two Championship. Pia XIII were the defending champions having beaten Lezignan Sangliers in the 2006/2007 season Grand Final. The top 8 clubs qualified for the end of season play-offs. In the first week of the Play-Offs, Saint-Gaudens Bears and UTC both easily beat Toulouse Olympique and RC Albi respectively. However both teams were then beaten, Saint-Gaudens Bears by third placed AS Carcassonne, and UTC by Limoux Grizzlies in Week 2. Pia XIII beat AS Carcassonne in the first semi-final and a day later Lezignan Sangliers, the league leaders, squeezed past Limoux Grizzlies. In the Grand Final held at the Stade de la Mediterranee in Béziers, Lezignan Sangliers did what they had failed to do the previous season and beat Pia XIII 26-16, and thus winning the title for the first time. Despite finishing 8th and reaching the Lord Derby cup final RC Albi were relegated and Toulouse Olympique left the league and joined the English Rugby League system. SO Avignon were promoted from the 2nd tier. The Lord Derby Cup was won by Limoux Grizzlies.

Table

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Lezignan Sangliers 201802829366+46356
2 Pia XIII 201604659344+31552
3 AS Carcassonne 201406578343+23545
4 Limoux Grizzlies 201208561408+15344
5 Union Treiziste Catalane 201208594486+10844
6 Saint-Gaudens Bears 20100104764175940
7 Toulouse Olympique 208012353518-16536
8 RC Albi 205015361533-17230
9 Lyon Villeurbanne XIII 205015358571-21330
10 RC Carpentras XIII 205015337861-52430
11 Villeneuve Leopards 205015309568-25927

Points win=3: draw=2: loss=1:

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Play-Offs

Round 1

April 16, 2008
Saint-Gaudens Bears 40 - 10 Toulouse
Try: Vincent Almuzara
Simon Greaves
Anthony Golder (2)
Karim Djemai
Stanfield
Fourcade Abasse
Goal: Simon Greaves (6)		 Try: Andrei Olari
Laurent Carrasco
Goal: Damien Couturier
Stade Jules Ribet, Saint-Gaudens
April 20, 2008
UTC 31 - 8 Albi Tigers
Try: Denis Mounis
Mathieu Griffi
Ahlalou
Goal: Patrice Gomez (7)
Drop: Patrice Gomez		 Try: Julien Castagnet
Cedric Fabre
Goal:
Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan

Round 2

April 26, 2008
Carcassonne 30 - 22 Saint-Gaudens Bears
Try: Teddy Sadaoui (2)
Sebastien Azema
Gregory Tiquet
Romaric Bemba
Goal: Frederic Banquet (5)		 Try: Anthony Golder
Stanfield
Fourcade Abasse
Karim Djemai
Goal: Simon Greaves (3)
Stade Albert-Domec, Carcassonne
April 27, 2008
Limoux Grizzlies 34 - 18 UTC
Try: Mathieu Pala
Ismael Ximenez
Sam Key (2)
Mathieu Mayans
Goal: Philip Ramage (7)		 Try: Florian Quintilla
Sebastien Payan
Goal: Patrice Gomez (5)
Stade de l'Aiguille, Limoux

Round 3

May 3, 2008
Pia Donkeys 38 - 26 Carcassonne
Try: Nicolas Piquemal
Mohamed Djalout
Paul Franze
Craig West
Anthony Carrere (2)
Sebastien Martins
Goal: Anthony Carrere (3)
Maxime Grésèque (2)		 Try: Christophe Moly
Mathieu Alberola
Patrice Benausse
Cyril Armani
Goal: Frederic Banquet (5)
Stade Daniel Ambert, Pia
May 4, 2008
Lezignan Sangliers 25 - 18 Limoux Grizzlies
Try: Chris Beattie
Gregory Mazard
David Romero
Goal: Jared Taylor (2)
Nicolas Munoz (4)
Drop: James Wynne		 Try: Mathieu Pala
John O'Sullivan
Herve Marrot
Goal: Phillip Ramage (3)
Stade du Moulin, Lézignan-Corbières

Final

May 17, 2008
Lezignan Sangliers 26 - 16 Pia Donkeys
Try: Jared Taylor (2)
Franck Rovira
Gregory Mazard
Goal: James Wynne (2)
Nicolas Munoz (3)		 Try: Nicolas Piquemal
Sebastien Martins
Dean Bosnich
Goal: Maxime Grésèque (2)
Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers
Attendance: 8233
Referee/s: M.Drizza

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