The 2019 Tahiti Championship competition was the 46th season of the Tahitian domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby (FPR).
Teams
Club City (commune) Stadium Capacity Previous season Papeete, Arue Stade Fautaua 10,000 5th Faʻaʻā Papeete, Faʻaʻā Stade Fautaua 10,000 Champions (1st in league) Paea Papeete, Paea Stade Fautaua 10,000 Did not compete Papeete Papeete Stade Fautaua 10,000 4th place (2nd in league) Pirae Papeete, Pirae Stade Fautaua 10,000 Runners up (3rd in league) Punaauia Papeete, Punaauia Stade Fautaua10,000 3rd-place winners (4th in league) Taravao Taravao (Taiarapu-Est) Taravao 6th
Number of teams by regions All but one team this season are from Papeete or suburbs of the Papeete Urban Area. Teams Region or island Team(s)7Arue, Faʻaʻā, Paea, Papeete, Pirae, Punaauia and Taravao
Competition format The top four teams at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another once) enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of Tahiti. This consists of two rounds. The semi-finals, with the losers meeting for 3rd place and with the winners meeting in the final at the Stade Fautaua in Pirae.
Tahiti's bonus point system operates as follows:
4 points for a win. 2 points for a draw. 1 point for a loss. No point for a forfeit. 1 bonus point for scoring at least 4 tries (or more). 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer).
Table
2019 Tahiti Championship Tablewatch · edit · discussClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints Yellow CardsRed CardsTry BonusLosing BonusPoints 1 Arue (VC) 6 5 0 1 168 44 +124 1 0 4 0 25 2 Pirae (C) 6 5 0 1 296 66 +230 2 1 5 0 25 3 Punaauia (SF) 6 4 0 2 147 87 +60 3 1 2 1 21 4 Papeete (SF) 6 3 0 3 156 108 +48 3 0 2 2 19 5 Paea (R) 6 2 0 4 106 205 -99 5 2 2 1 15 6 Faʻaʻā (DC) 6 2 0 4 82 151 -69 1 1 2 0 12 7 Taravao 6 0 0 6 38 332 -294 0 0 0 0 4If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Competition points earned in head-to-head matches Points difference in head-to-head matches Try differential in head-to-head matches Points difference in all matches Try differential in all matches Points scored in all matches Tries scored in all matches Fewer matches forfeited Classification in the previous Tahiti Championship season Green background (rows 1 and 4) receive semi-final play-off places.Pink background (rows 5–7) may be relegated to Tahiti Championship D2. Final table — source:
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