2016 League 1

2016 League 1
LeagueLeague 1
Duration21 matches
Teams15
2016 Season
Champions Rochdale Hornets
League Leaders Toulouse Olympique
Top try-scorer Kuni Minga (29)

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

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 Rugby League Oxford, Oxfordshire Iffley Road 500
Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Tilsley Park[a] 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

Pos Club P W D L For Ag Diff Pts Qualification
1 Toulouse Olympique 14 13 1 0 702 184 +518 27 League 1 Super 8s
2 Rochdale Hornets 14 12 1 1 547 252 +295 25
3 York City Knights 14 10 1 3 482 256 +226 21
4 Doncaster 14 10 0 3 499 304 +195 20
5 Barrow Raiders 14 9 1 4 529 253 +276 19
6 Keighley Cougars 14 9 0 5 520 368 +152 18
7 Hunslet Hawks 14 8 0 6 383 374 +9 16
8 London Skolars 14 8 0 6 354 376 –22 16
9 Newcastle Thunder 14 7 1 6 404 368 +36 15 League 1 Shield
10 North Wales Crusaders 14 5 2 7 336 355 –19 12
11 Coventry Bears 14 4 1 9 289 460 –171 9
12 Gloucestershire All Golds 14 3 0 11 334 479 –145 6
13 South Wales Scorpions 14 1 0 13 176 582 –406 2
14 Oxford Rugby League 14 1 0 13 176 582 –406 2
15 Hemel Stags 14 1 0 13 190 718 –528 2

Source:[3]

Super 8s

Standings

PosClub PWDLForAgDiffPtsQualification
1 Toulouse Olympique 212010990276+71441Promotion Final
2 Rochdale Hornets 211614709440+26933
3 Barrow Raiders 211515769375+39431Playoffs
4 Doncaster 211407683526+15728
5 York City Knights 211218618461+15725
6 Keighley Cougars 2111010658514+14422Season Complete
7 Hunslet Hawks 2111010544550–622
8 London Skolars 218013470650–18016
Source:[4]

Play-offs

Promotion FinalPlay-off semi-finalsPlay-off final
1 Toulouse Olympique22
2 Rochdale Hornets24
Toulouse Olympique62
5 York City Knights10
Toulouse Olympique32
Barrow Raiders22
3 Barrow Raiders46
4 Doncaster6

Source:[3][5]

League 1 Shield

Standings

Pos Club P W D L For Ag Diff Pts Qualification
1 Newcastle Thunder 20 13 1 6 686 460 +226 27 League 1 Shield Final
2 North Wales Crusaders 20 9 2 9 505 469 +36 20
3 Coventry Bears 20 8 1 11 446 590 –144 17
4 Gloucestershire All Golds 20 5 0 15 515 644 –129 10
5 Oxford Rugby League 20 4 0 16 356 843 –487 8
6 South Wales Scorpions 20 2 0 18 274 723 –449 4
7 Hemel Stags 20 2 0 18 274 976 –702 4
Source:[6]

Final

League 1 Shield Final
Date Winner Score Runner up Venue
18 September 2016 Newcastle Thunder 31–26 North Wales Crusaders Kingston Park
Source:[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ In January 2016, Oxford announced that the club had been given approval by the RFL to relocate to Tilsley Park in Abingdon-on-Thames. Oxford used Iffley Road for their home league matches until the installation of a new pitch at Tilsley Park had been completed. Their first match at the new ground was the round 6 fixture against Hunslet.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Oxford RL move to Tilsley Park". Oxford Rugby League. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rugby League – It is coming to Tilsley Park". Oxford Rugby League. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "2016 Kingstone Press League 1". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Co-operative Championship 1 table". BBC Sport. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "2016 Super 8's - League 1". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Kingstone Press League 1". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "League 1 Shield Final – Newcastle Thunder 31 North Wales Crusaders 26". Wales Rugby League. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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