2019 Tahiti Championship season
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). [2][3][1]
| 2019 Tahiti Championship | |
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| Countries |  Tahiti |
| Date | 19 September 2019 – 30 November 2019 |
| Champions | Pirae (7th Title) [1] |
| Runners-up | Arue |
| Relegated | Paea [1] |
| Matches played | 23 [1] |
| Top point scorer | Manahau Pautu (Pirae) 101 points [1] |
| Top try scorer | Yannick Mauahiti (Pirae) 13 tries [1] |
| Official website | |
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Teams
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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) |
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| 7 |  Tahiti | Arue, Faa’a, 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]
- 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
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| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff. | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||
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| 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 | Faa’a (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 | 4 | ||||
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If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
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| 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: | |||||||||||||||||
References
- "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Résultats 2019 - SENIORS - Championnat de Tahiti à XV 2019". www.federationpolynesiennederugby.com.
- "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Accueil". www.federationpolynesiennederugby.com.
- https://www.facebook.com/rugbytahitiinfos
- "Rugby Club de Pirae - Tahiti - Séniors - Championnat à XV 2015". www.rugbyclubdepirae.pf. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
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