2018–19 Élite 1 season
| 2018–19 Élite 1 season | |
|---|---|
| Countries | France |
| Date | 16 September 2018–19 May 2019 |
| Champions | Montpellier (8th title) |
| Runners-up | Toulouse |
| Relegated | SO Villelonguet Stado Tarbes-Pyrénées |
| Official website | |
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The 2018–2019 Élite 1 season was the 48th edition of the competition and featured 16 teams.
Montpellier HR defeated Stade Toulousain in the final and were crowned champions. SO Villelonguet and Stado Tarbes Pyrénées were relegated to Élite 2 at the end of the season.[1]
Participants
For the 2018–2019 season, Elite 1 was structured as follows:
| Club | 2017–18 Ranking |
Coach | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS Bayonne | 6th | Jean-Matthieu Alcalde Samuel Dylbaitys Vincent Corret |
Stade Pierre-Cacareigt |
| Blagnac SCR | 4th | Nicolas Tranier Jean Lassere Laurent Tranier |
Stade Ernest-Argelès |
| AC Bobigny | 7th | Alexandre Gau | Stade Henri-Wallon |
| Stade Bordelais | 2nd (Elite 2, Group 2) | Clément Millet Florent Torregaray |
Stade Chaban-Delmas |
| Ovalie Caennaise | 3rd (Elite 2, Group 2) | Gilles Rabier Jean-François Mouton |
Stade Hélitas |
| FC Grenoble Amazones | 1st (Elite 2, Group 1, Champion) | Emmanuel Pellorce Cristian Spachuk |
Stade Jean-Julien |
| Stade Villeneuvois LM | 2nd | Frédéric Cocqu Cyril Fouda |
Terrain Emmanuel Théry Stadium Lille Métropole |
| Lons Section Paloise | 1st (Elite 2, Group 2) | Christophe Barraqué Laurent Vitalla |
Stade du Bourg (Complexe Georges Martin) |
| Montpellier HR | 1st (Champion) | Patrick Raffy Olivier Clessienne |
Stade Sabathé |
| Stade Français | 2nd (Elite 2, Group 1) | Olivier Carreiras Anaïs Lagougine |
Stade René-Leduc |
| Stade Rennais | 5th | Vincent Brehonnet Anne Berville |
Stade du Commandant Bougouin |
| ASM Rugby | 8th | Fabrice Ribeyrolles Vincent Fargeas |
Stade Michel-Brun |
| ASRUC Rugby | 4th (Elite 2, Group 1) | Cyrille Lloza | Stade de l'ASRUC |
| Stado Tarbes Pyrénées | 4th (Elite 2, Group 2) | Thierry Escoubas Laurent Abadie Philippe Mallet |
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| Stade Toulousain | 3rd | Anthony Granja Pascal Belaubre |
Stade Ernest-Wallon |
| SO Villelonguet | 3rd (Elite 2, Group 2) | Pierre Vergés Jean-Marie Faveaux |
Stade Joseph-Raynal |
Regular season
Format
The competition consists of two groups of eight teams, established based on their rankings in the 2017–2018 seasons of the Elite 1 Top 8 and Elite 2 Armelle Auclair competitions, with matches played home and away. The championship was interrupted by a long winter break, which lasted from 17 December 2018 to 23 March 2019, apart from a few postponed matches played in mid-January. During this period, the international players participated in the 2019 Women's Six Nations Tournament while the clubs competed in the French Women's Rugby 10s Cup.[2]
Regular season standings
Pool 1
| Rank | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montpellier HR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 754 | 94 | +660 | 69 |
| 2 | Blagnac SCR | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 488 | 174 | +314 | 56 |
| 3 | ASM Rugby | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 293 | 177 | +116 | 41 |
| 4 | Stade Rennais | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 386 | 281 | +105 | 39 |
| 5 | Stade Français | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 217 | 294 | -77 | 34 |
| 6 | Lons Section Paloise | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 195 | 343 | -148 | 18 |
| 7 | ASRUC Rugby | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 126 | 649 | -523 | 6 |
| 8 | SO Villelonguet | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 91 | 563 | -472 | 2 |
Pool 2
| Rank | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stade Toulousain | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 602 | 65 | +537 | 64 |
| 2 | AS Bayonne | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 518 | 200 | +318 | 56 |
| 3 | AC Bobigny | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 415 | 198 | +217 | 47 |
| 4 | FC Grenoble Amazones | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 221 | 290 | -69 | 32 |
| 5 | Stade Villeneuvois LM | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 195 | 271 | -76 | 29 |
| 6 | Stade Bordelais | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 182 | 312 | -130 | 26 |
| 7 | Ovalie Caennaise | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 105 | 509 | -404 | 10 |
| 8 | Stado Tarbes Pyrénées | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 87 | 480 | -393 | 5 |
Final phase
- The top 4 ranked teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
- Each quarter-final will take place on the home ground of the team with the highest ranking at the end of the qualifying phase. The semi-finals and the final will be played on neutral ground, with the winner of the final being crowned French Champion.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 4 May 2019 – Stade Éric Béchu | ||||||||||
| Montpellier HR | 51 | |||||||||
| 11 May 2019 – Stade Jacques-Fouroux | ||||||||||
| FC Grenoble Amazones | 7 | |||||||||
| Montpellier HR | 40 | |||||||||
| 4 May 2019 – Stade Pierre-Cacareigt | ||||||||||
| AS Bayonne | 12 | |||||||||
| AS Bayonne | 21 | |||||||||
| 18 May 2019 – Stade Maurice Trélut | ||||||||||
| ASM Rugby | 15 | |||||||||
| Montpellier HR | 22 | |||||||||
| 4 May 2019 – Stade Ernest-Wallon | ||||||||||
| Stade Toulousain | 13 | |||||||||
| Stade Toulousain | 22 | |||||||||
| 11 May 2019 – Stade Jacques-Fouroux | ||||||||||
| Stade Rennais | 10 | |||||||||
| Stade Toulousain | 30 | |||||||||
| 4 May 2019 – Stade Ernest-Argelès | ||||||||||
| Blagnac SCR | 15 | |||||||||
| Blagnac SCR | 20 | |||||||||
| AC Bobigny | 18 | |||||||||
Semi-finals
| 11 May 2019 | Stade Toulousain | 30–15 | Blagnac SCR | Stade Jacques-Fouroux | ||
| 12:15 PM | Referee: Pierre Bru |
| 11 May 2019 | Montpellier HR | 40–12 | AS Bayonne | Stade Jacques-Fouroux | ||
| 2:15 PM | Referee: Yannick Vals |
Final
| 18 May 2019 | Montpellier HR | 22–13 | Stade Toulousain | Stade Maurice Trélut | ||
| 9 PM | Referee: Hervé Lasausa |
Relegation phase
- The bottom four teams in each group compete in the relegation phase.
- The relegation/play-off matches first and second are played at the home ground of the higher-ranked team from the qualifying phase. The four losing teams from the first round of relegation/play-offs compete in a second round to try and avoid relegation from Elite 1 Féminine. The two losing teams are relegated to Elite 2 Féminine.
Round 1
Following SO Villelonguet's withdrawal from the remainder of the season, only half of the relegation playoff matches were played. The teams from Lille, Lons, and Caen automatically secured their place in Elite 1.
| 5 May 2019 | Stade Français | 56–5 | Stado Tarbes Pyrénées | Stade René-Leduc | ||
| 2 PM | Referee: Sylvain Desvaux |
| 5 May 2019 | Stade Bordelais | 17–20 | ASRUC Rugby | Stade Chaban-Delmas | ||
| 2 PM | Referee: Thibault Santamaria |
Round 2
| 12 May 2019 | Stade Bordelais | 25–5 | Stado Tarbes Pyrénées | Stade Sainte-Germaine | ||
| 3 PM | Referee: Fabrice Alejo |
References
- ^ "2018-19 Elite 1 Season". www.rugbyarchive.net. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
- ^ a b "Féminines - Adieu Top 8, bonjour l'élite 1 à... 16 équipes". rugbyamateur.fr (in French). 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2026-02-21.