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Elite One Championship 2007/08
League Elite One Championship
Teams11
Broadcast partners France Canal+
2007–08
Champions Lézignan Sangliers
League leaders Lézignan Sangliers
Runners-up Pia XIII
Top point-scorer(s) Philip Ramage ( Limoux Grizzlies) 238 points
Top try-scorer(s) Jared Taylor ( Lézignan 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 previous 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 Lézignan 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 Lézignan Sangliers, the league leaders, squeezed past Limoux Grizzlies. In the Grand Final held at the Stade de la Mediterranee in Béziers, Lézignan 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 Lézignan Sangliers 20 18 0 2 829 366 +463 56
2 Pia XIII 20 16 0 4 659 344 +315 52
3 AS Carcassonne 20 14 0 6 578 343 +235 45
4 Limoux Grizzlies 20 12 0 8 561 408 +153 44
5 Union Treiziste Catalane 20 12 0 8 594 486 +108 44
6 Saint-Gaudens Bears 20 10 0 10 476 417 59 40
7 Toulouse Olympique 20 8 0 12 353 518 -165 36
8 RC Albi 20 5 0 15 361 533 -172 30
9 Lyon Villeurbanne XIII 20 5 0 15 358 571 -213 30
10 RC Carpentras XIII 20 5 0 15 337 861 -524 30
11 Villeneuve Leopards 20 5 0 15 309 568 -259 27

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

Results

Round 1

  • Albi Tigers 24-36 Toulouse Olympique
  • Pia Donkeys 22-18 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Carcassonne 30-20 UTC
  • Villeneuve Leopards 52-12 Carpentras
  • Lézignan Sangliers 30-14 Saint-Gaudens Bears

Round 2

  • Toulouse Olympique 19-14 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Carcassonne 17-24 Pia Donkeys
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 44-0 Albi Tigers
  • Carpentras 48-20 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Limoux Grizzlies 31-18 Lézignan Sangliers

Round 3

  • Albi Tigers 30-18 Limoux Grizzlies
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 10-24 Toulouse Olympique
  • Villeneuve Leopards 16-36 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • Carpentras 4-44 Carcassonne
  • UTC 44-28 Pia Donkeys

Round 4

  • Carcassonne 37-12 Toulouse Olympique
  • Lézignan Sangliers 46-18 Albi Tigers
  • UTC 32-16 Carpentras
  • Limoux Grizzlies 40-10 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 12-16 Saint-Gaudens Bears

Round 5

  • Villeneuve Leopards 24-50 Lézignan Sangliers
  • Pia Donkeys 86-4 Carpentras
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 24-20 Carcassonne
  • Limoux Grizzlies 38-4 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Toulouse Olympique 32-40 UTC

Round 6

  • Albi Tigers 36-12 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Carcassonne 35-0 Limoux Grizzlies
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 24-34 Lézignan Sangliers
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 48-14 UTC
  • Toulouse Olympique 12-38 Pia Donkeys

Round 7

  • Pia Donkeys 58-8 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 22-16 Albi Tigers
  • Carpentras 28-16 Toulouse Olympique
  • Lézignan Sangliers 38-11 Carcassonne
  • UTC 30-22 Limoux Grizzlies

Round 8

  • Carcassonne 50-30 Albi Tigers
  • Villeneuve Leopards 30-14 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 54-18 Carpentras
  • UTC 24-40 Lézignan Sangliers
  • Limoux Grizzlies 30-32 Pia Donkeys

Round 9

  • Toulouse Olympique 14-10 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • Albi Tigers 8-12 UTC
  • Villeneuve Leopards 3-22 Carcassonne
  • Lézignan Sangliers 22-4 Pia Donkeys
  • Limoux Grizzlies 28-14 Carpentras

Round 10

  • Toulouse Olympique 8-26 Limoux Grizzlies
  • Pia Donkeys 27-4 Albi Tigers
  • Carcassonne 37-12 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • UTC 66-6 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Lézignan Sangliers 68-16 Carpentras

Round 11

  • Albi Tigers 35-8 Carpentras
  • Pia Donkeys 10-6 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 12-31 UTC
  • Lézignan Sangliers 38-12 Toulouse Olympique
  • Limoux Grizzlies 34-22 Saint-Gaudens Bears

Round 12

  • Toulouse Olympique 24-6 Albi Tigers
  • Carpentras 28-10 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 22-28 Pia Donkeys
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 18-36 Lézignan Sangliers
  • UTC 10-28 Carcassonne

Round 13

  • Albi Tigers 18-38 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • Villeneuve Leopards 4-14 Toulouse Olympique
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 50-14 Carpentras
  • Pia Donkeys 32-6 Carcassonne
  • Lézignan Sangliers 52-12 Limoux Grizzlies

Round 14

  • Limoux Grizzlies 52-8 Albi Tigers
  • Toulouse 28-10 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 16-21 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Carcassonne 74-14 Carpentras
  • Pia Donkeys 30-20 UTC

Round 15

  • Albi Tigers 24-21 Lézignan Sangliers
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 12-14 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Toulouse 10-19 Carcassonne
  • Villeneuve Leopards 16-10 Limoux Grizzlies
  • Carpentras 30-26 UTC

Round 16

  • Carcassonne 28-18 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 18-16 Limoux Grizzlies
  • UTC 28-4 Toulouse
  • Lézignan Sangliers 66-6 Villeneuve Leopards
  • Pia Donkeys 66-16 Carpentras

Round 17

  • Villeneuve Leopards 23-19 Albi Tigers
  • Limoux Grizzlies 14-28 Carcassonne
  • UTC 24-16 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • Lézignan Sangliers 50-26 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Pia Donkeys 40-20 Toulouse

Round 18

  • Albi Tigers - Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Limoux Grizzlies 44-20 UTC
  • Carcassonne 14-28 Lézignan Sangliers
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 22-20 Pia Donkeys
  • Toulouse 36-20 Carpentras

Round 19

  • Albi Tigers 12-36 Carcassonne
  • Lézignan Sangliers 42-34 UTC
  • Pia Donkeys 48-16 Limoux Grizzlies
  • Carpentras 6-42 Saint-Gaudens Bears
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne - Villeneuve Leopards

Round 20

  • UTC 14-12 Albi Tigers
  • Pia Donkeys 26-30 Lézignan Sangliers
  • Carpentras 9-54 Limoux Grizzlies
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 18-6 Toulouse
  • Carcassonne 22-14 Villeneuve Leopards

Round 21

  • Albi Tigers 12-22 Pia Donkeys
  • Lézignan Sangliers 56-10 Carpentras
  • Villeneuve Leopards 26-36 UTC
  • Limoux Grizzlies 42-8 Toulouse
  • Lyon-Villeurbanne 24-20 Carcassonne

Round 22

  • Carpentras 22-14 Albi Tigers
  • Villeneuve Leopards 16-22 Pia Donkeys
  • Toulouse 18-66 Toulouse
  • UTC 70-12 Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • Saint-Gaudens Bears 0-34 Limoux Grizzlies

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
Lézignan 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

Main article: Elite One Championship V Grand Final
May 17, 2008
Lézignan 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: M.Drizza

Records

Club

  • Most Victories: Lézignan Sangliers; 18
  • Least Victories: Albi Tigers, Lyon-Villeurbanne, Carpentras, Villeneuve Leopards; 5
  • Best Offense: Lézignan Sangliers; 829
  • Worst Offense: Villeneuve Leopards; 309
  • Best Defense: Carcassonne; 343
  • Worst Defense: Carpentras; 861
  • Biggest Margin: R5 Pia Donkeys 86-4 Carpentras; 82pts
  • Most Points: R5 Pia Donkeys 86-4 Carpentras; 90pts
  • Least Points: R11 Pia Donkeys 10-6 Villeneuve Leopards; 16pts

Player

  • Top Points Scorer: Philip Ramage (Limoux Grizzlies); 238
  • Top Try Scorer: Jared Taylor (Lézignan Sangliers); 34
  • Top Conversion Scorer: Nicolas Munoz (Lézignan Sangliers); 98
  • Top Drop-Kick Scorer: Frederic Banquet (Carcassonne); 4

See also

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