2016 League 1 | |
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League | League 1 |
Duration | 21 matches |
Teams | 15 |
2016 Season | |
Champions | Rochdale Hornets |
League Leaders | Toulouse Olympique |
Top try-scorer(s) | 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.