The 2016 League 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was 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. At the end of the weekly rounds the top 8 teams played each other once more in the League 1 Super 8s after which the top 5 teams competed in the play-offs. The bottom 7 teams played each other once more with the top two teams competing for the inaugural League 1 Shield.
Teams ColorsClubCityStadiumCapacity* 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 Rugby League Oxford, Oxfordshire Iffley Road 500 Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Tilsley Park 500 Rochdale Hornets Rochdale, Greater Manchester Spotland 10,000 South Wales Scorpions Caerphilly, Glamorgan Wales Virginia Park 5,000 Toulouse Olympique Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitania 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.
Regular season Standings PosClubPWDLForAgDiffPtsQualification1 Toulouse Olympique141310702184+51827League 1 Super 8s2 Rochdale Hornets141211547252+295253 York City Knights141013482256+226214 Doncaster141003499304+195205 Barrow Raiders14914529253+276196 Keighley Cougars14905520368+152187 Hunslet Hawks14806383374+9168 London Skolars14806354376–22169 Newcastle Thunder14716404368+3615League 1 Shield10 North Wales Crusaders14527336355–191211 Coventry Bears14419289460–171912 Gloucestershire All Golds143011334479–145613 South Wales Scorpions141013176582–406214 Oxford Rugby League141013176582–406215 Hemel Stags141013190718–5282 Source: Super 8s Standings Pos Club P W D L For Ag Diff Pts Qualification 1 Toulouse Olympique 21 20 1 0 990 276 +714 41 Promotion Final 2 Rochdale Hornets 21 16 1 4 709 440 +269 33 3 Barrow Raiders 21 15 1 5 769 375 +394 31 Playoffs 4 Doncaster 21 14 0 7 683 526 +157 28 5 York City Knights 21 12 1 8 618 461 +157 25 6 Keighley Cougars 21 11 0 10 658 514 +144 22 Season Complete 7 Hunslet Hawks 21 11 0 10 544 550 –6 22 8 London Skolars 21 8 0 13 470 650 –180 16 Source:
Play-offs
Source: Rochdale Hornets and Toulouse Olympique are promoted to the Championship.
League 1 Shield Standings PosClubPWDLForAgDiffPtsQualification1 Newcastle Thunder201316686460+22627League 1 Shield Final2 North Wales Crusaders20929505469+36203 Coventry Bears208111446590–144174 Gloucestershire All Golds205015515644–129105 Oxford Rugby League204016356843–48786 South Wales Scorpions202018274723–44947 Hemel Stags202018274976–7024 Source: Final +League 1 Shield FinalDateWinnerScoreRunner upVenue18 September 2016 Newcastle Thunder31–26 North Wales CrusadersKingston Park Source:
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References
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