Start of next season (2017-2018 ?)

[BJW 252]

Been informed Elite 1 season will start January 2018. What is the position with lower level clubs or are all seasons starting January 2018 ? 

Planning visit to Avignon in November 2017 and wanted to take in game or 2. 

[Henson Park Old Firm 452]

What is the reason behind the late start?

[BJW 252]

Believe it's partly because of World Cup but also due to lack of teams in Elite 1 to avoid clubs playing one another possibly 4 times a season.

[BJW 252]

Better try the FFR XIII then as nobody on here seems to know.

[BJW 252]

FFR XIII say fixtures released around 20th July so will update after then.

[BJW 252]

All FFR XIII can tell me is season starts end of September but fixtures still not finalised !

[BJW 252]

Elite 1 fixtures here;

http://www.ffr13.fr/actualites/calendrier-elite-1-20172018/

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon 1,052]

Might this be part of a little-by-little approach to get the French game playing to the same spring-summer-autumn season as the British one?  For example, just two years ago the final of La Coupe de France Lord Derby was in mid-April; now it is set for mid-June.

[oiseau 433]

On 25/06/2017 at 12:59 AM, BJW said:

Been informed Elite 1 season will start January 2018. What is the position with lower level clubs or are all seasons starting January 2018 ? 

Planning visit to Avignon in November 2017 and wanted to take in game or 2. 

There will be games in the Elite 2 and the DN leagues. Depends when you are over.

[BJW 252]

Unfortunately now unlikely to be in France in November (was going to Primeur launch) but would happily have headed to Carpentras or Montpellier etc. Now waiting for UK fixtures before seeing if can have quick jaunt Jan/Feb.