2009–10 Top 14 season
Countries
France Champions
Clermont (1st title) Runners-up
Perpignan Relegated
Montauban
Albi Matches played 187 Attendance 2,672,064 (average 14,289 per match) Highest attendance 79,262 (play-offs) Perpignan v Clermont 29 May 2010 78,254 (league stage) Stade Français v Toulouse 6 March 2010 Lowest attendance 4,813 Bourgoin v Montauban 6 March 2010 Tries scored 597 (average 3.2 per match) Top point scorer
Romain Teulet (263)Top try scorer
Sam Gerber (9)
The 2009–10
Top 14 competition was a French domestic
rugby union club competition operated by the
Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). It began on August 14, 2009 with a match between
Toulon and
Stade Français at
Stade Mayol in
Toulon , and continued through to the final at the
Stade de France on May 29, 2010.
This year's edition of the Top 14 welcomed
Racing Métro , winners of the
2009 title in the second-level
Pro D2 , and
Albi , victors in the 2009
promotion playoffs between the second- through fifth-placed teams in Pro D2, thus becoming the first team to achieve promotion to the Top 14 only one year after being relegated. They took the place of the two clubs from
Landes ,
Dax and
Mont-de-Marsan , relegated at the end of the
2008–09 Top 14 . Mont-de-Marsan, which had been
promoted to the Top 14 for 2008–09, finished bottom of the table and went down. The other newly promoted team in 2008–09,
Toulon , finished ninth, sending Dax, who had already finished second-to-bottom the previous season before being allowed to stay in the Top 14 due to Albi's financial troubles, to Pro D2.
The two teams promoted for 2009–10 had very different results. Albi finished bottom of the table by a wide margin and went directly back to Pro D2. Racing Métro, on the other hand, finished sixth, giving them a berth in the newly expanded playoffs and a place in the
2010–11 Heineken Cup .
Bayonne finished in the other relegation spot of 13th place, but were reprieved due to the financial problems of 12th-place
Montauban .
The season ended with
Clermont winning their first French national title in their nearly century-long history, defeating defending champions
Perpignan 19–6 in a rematch of last season's final. This result ended decades of frustration for Les Jaunards and their supporters, who had previously tasted defeat in all 10 of their previous final-game appearances.
[1]
Teams
Club
City (department)
Stadium
Capacity
Previous season
Albi
Albi (
Tarn )
Stadium Municipal d'Albi
13,058
Promoted from
Pro D2 (play-offs)
Bayonne
Bayonne (
Pyrénées-Atlantiques )
Stade Jean Dauger
[a 1]
16,934
7th
Biarritz
Biarritz (
Pyrénées-Atlantiques )
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
[a 2]
15,000
5th
Bourgoin
Bourgoin-Jallieu (
Isère )
Stade Pierre Rajon
[a 3]
9,441
11th
Brive
Brive-la-Gaillarde (
Corrèze )
Stade Amédée-Domenech
15,000
6th
Castres
Castres (
Tarn )
Stade Pierre-Fabre
11,500
12th
Clermont
Clermont-Ferrand (
Puy-de-Dôme )
Stade Marcel-Michelin
16,574
Runners up (3rd in league)
Montauban
Montauban (
Tarn-et-Garonne )
Stade Sapiac
12,600
8th
Montpellier
Montpellier (
Hérault )
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
15,789
10th
Perpignan
Perpignan (
Pyrénées-Orientales )
Stade Aimé Giral
16,593
Champions (1st in league)
Racing Métro
Colombes (
Hauts-de-Seine )
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
14,000
Promoted from
Pro D2 (champions)
Stade Français
Paris ,
16th arrondissement
Stade Jean-Bouin
[a 4]
12,000
Semi-finals (4th in league)
Toulon
Toulon (
Var )
Stade Mayol
[a 5]
13,800
[a 6]
9th
Toulouse
Toulouse (
Haute-Garonne )
Stade Ernest-Wallon
[a 7]
19,500
Semi-finals (2nd in league)
Locations of the 2009–10 Top 14 teams
Managerial changes
On 8 September, Stade Français sacked head coach
Ewen McKenzie and his assistant
Christophe Dominici after a disastrous start to the season put the Parisians in the drop zone.
Jacques Delmas and
Didier Faugeron were named as co-head coaches. Dominici, who owns a small stake in the club, was expected to remain in some capacity.
[2] (Stade Français quickly exited relegation danger, scoring bonus-point wins in three of their next four matches.)
On 26 October, struggling Brive, lying just above the drop zone at the time, sacked head coach
Laurent Seigne . The move came a week after honorary club president Patrick Sébastien resigned.
[3]
Ugo Mola , previously backs coach for Brive, was promoted to the head coaching position.
[4]
On 7 November,
Richard Dourthe resigned at Bayonne after a run of defeats put them in the drop zone.
[5] Club president Francis Salagoïty announced later that day that
Thierry Mentières and
Jean-Philippe Coyola would serve as co-head coaches.
[6]
On 19 March, Stade Français announced a reorganisation effective at the end of the 2009–10 season.
Michael Cheika , whose contract with
Celtic League side
Leinster expires at the end of this season, signed a three-year deal to become Director of Rugby and effective head coach from 2010–11.
[7]
Captains and head coaches
Competition format
Each club played every other club twice. The second half of the season is conducted in the same order as the first, with the club at home in the first half of the season away in the second. This season introduced a new format for the knockout stage: the top two teams qualify directly to the semifinals, while teams ranked from third to sixth qualify for a quarterfinal held at the homeground of the higher-ranked team. The semifinals are then held at neutral sites, with the final being played at the
Stade de France . This replaced the classical format consisting of semifinals between the top four teams held at neutral sites.
Going into the season, the top six clubs were guaranteed of berths in the 2010–11 Heineken Cup. The winners of the
2009–10 Heineken Cup and
European Challenge Cup are assured of berths in the 2010–11 Heineken Cup regardless of their league standing. This means that if a club finishes in the top six and wins one of the European competitions, the seventh-place team will gain a Heineken Cup berth. However, if French clubs win both competitions, only five clubs will qualify for the 2010–11 Heineken Cup via their league position because France is capped at seven Heineken Cup places. France can also secure a seventh berth if clubs from England's
Guinness Premiership , also capped at seven Heineken Cup places, win both Cup competitions, and the top club in the European Rugby Club Rankings among those not already qualified for the Heineken Cup is from the Top 14. As it turned out, France earned a seventh berth when
Toulouse won the Heineken Cup; because Toulouse had finished fourth on the regular-season table, the extra berth went to seventh-place
Biarritz , who were also their opponent in the
Heineken Cup final .
The bottom two teams are provisionally relegated to Pro D2, with the possibility of one or both of the bottom teams to be reprieved if a team above them fails a postseason financial audit (mandatory for all clubs in the league).
The LNR used a slightly different
bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions. It trialled a new system in 2007–08 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match,
[8] a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. The LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons.
[9]
France's bonus point system operated as follows:
[9]
4 points for a win.
2 points for a draw.
1 "bonus" point for winning while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent. This replaces the standard bonus point for scoring 4 tries regardless of the match result.
1 "bonus" point for losing by 7 points (or less).
Table
^
a
b Perpignan finished first on the ladder, ahead of Toulon, based on a 5–4 edge in head-to-head competition points.
^ It was possible that the sixth-place team on the table would not qualify for the Heineken Cup. However, it would occur only if French teams won both the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup, and both of these teams finished outside the top six on the league table. This did not happen in 2009–10 because only one of the European cups was won by a French team (the Heineken Cup by Toulouse). Conversely, if the only French team to win a European trophy finished in the top six, or if both European trophy winners finished in the top six, the seventh-place finisher would receive a Heineken Cup berth. Since Toulouse finished fourth, Biarritz claimed the extra French berth.
^
a
b Stade Français finished eighth on the ladder, ahead of Brive, based on a 5–4 edge in head-to-head competition points.
^
a
b Normally, the bottom two teams are relegated. However, on 1 April, the LNR's financial watchdog, DNACG, called Bourgoin, Montauban, and Stade Français for a financial review. No action was taken against Bourgoin or Stade Français, but DNACG announced that Montauban would be relegated because the club could not assure that they could clear their €1.7 million financial shortfall,
[10] which reportedly stemmed from a loan the club took out to improve their ground,
Stade Sapiac .
[11] Montauban could have appealed at the next DNACG meeting on 4 May,
[10] but the club wound up filing for bankruptcy on 26 April.
[11] The bankruptcy filing confirmed their relegation from the Top 14. They could potentially have been relegated to
Fédérale 3 , the fifth level of the French rugby pyramid,
[10] but ultimately were relegated to the third-level
Fédérale 1 . These developments meant that Bayonne, who finished second from bottom, escaped the drop.
Fixtures & Results
Round 1
Toulon 22–22 Stade Français
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,480
[12]
(1 BP) Albi 13–19 Racing Métro
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 8,233
[13]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 11,530
[14]
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 6,577
[15]
(1 BP) Montauban 16–17 Toulouse
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 10,622
[16]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 13,714
[17]
(1 BP) Brive 30–9 Montpellier
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 10,098
[18]
Round 2
Bayonne 38–24 Stade Français
(1 BP) Biarritz 39–6 Albi
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 9,850
[14]
(1 BP) Clermont 37–16 Montauban
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,333
[20]
Montpellier 18–12 Perpignan (1 BP)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 11,991
[21]
(1 BP) Toulouse 38–0 Brive
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,458
[22]
Toulon 27–13 Racing Métro
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,499
[12]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,171
[23]
Round 3
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,289
[18]
Postponed after six Castres players were diagnosed with
H1N1 flu . Game rescheduled to 16 September 2009.
[24]
[25]
Racing Métro 18–9 Bayonne
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 7,638
[26]
Stade Français 43–26 Montpellier
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,068
[27]
Bourgoin 22–17 Biarritz (1 BP)
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,063
[15]
Perpignan 17–15 Toulouse (1 BP)
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 13,696
[17]
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 7,241
[13]
Round 4
Game postponed due to the H1N1 outbreak in the Castres side. Game to be rescheduled for 29 September 2009.
[24]
Bourgoin 17–13 Racing Métro (1 BP)
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 7,542
[15]
Montpellier 22–18 Biarritz (1 BP)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 9,826
(1 BP) Stade Français 35–40 Montauban
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,008
[27]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,115
[12]
Toulouse 21–17 Bayonne (1 BP)
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,639
[22]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,240
[17]
Round 5
(1 BP) Bayonne 53–6 Bourgoin
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,140
[28]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,824
[18]
(1 BP) Castres 33–18 Montpellier
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,953
[23]
Montauban 21–18 Toulon (1 BP)
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 7,444
[16]
(1 BP) Racing Métro 14–18 Perpignan
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 7,910
[26]
Biarritz 30–22 Stade Français
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 9,921
[14]
Clermont 19–12 Toulouse (1 BP)
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,803
[20]
Round 6
Montauban 23–20 Brive (1 BP)
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,766
[16]
Montpellier 21–20 Toulon (1 BP)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 11,825
(1 BP) Stade Français 44–18 Castres
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,585
[27]
Toulouse 19–13 Albi (1 BP)
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 15,581
[22]
Biarritz 12–6 Bayonne (1 BP)
Clermont 30–22 Racing Métro
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,701
[20]
Round 3 (rescheduled game)
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 7,353
[16]
Game rescheduled from 29 August 2009.
Round 7
Albi 8–40 Clermont (1 BP)
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,408
[13]
(1 BP) Stade Français 20–6 Bourgoin
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,401
[27]
(1 BP) Brive 12–15 Biarritz
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,507
[18]
Castres 9–6 Racing Métro (1 BP)
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,485
[23]
(1 BP) Perpignan 28–9 Montauban
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,593
[17]
Toulon 18–13 Toulouse (1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,023
[28]
Round 8
Albi 19–14 Bayonne (1 BP)
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,351
[13]
Brive 11–9 Castres (1 BP)
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,255
[18]
(1 BP) Perpignan 19–3 Clermont
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 13,691
[17]
(1 BP) Biarritz 23–9 Toulon
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 9,434
[14]
(1 BP) Montauban 12–15 Bourgoin
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,332
[16]
Racing Métro 18–14 Montpellier (1 BP)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 6,846
[26]
Toulouse 9–9 Stade Français
Round 4 (rescheduled game)
(1 BP) Albi 21–25
[a 8] Castres (1 BP)
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 8,704
[13]
Game rescheduled from 2 September 2009.
Round 9
(1 BP) Stade Français 44–16 Brive
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,892
[27]
Castres 21–19 Toulon (1 BP)
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 8,149
[23]
(1 BP) Clermont 38–13 Bayonne
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,827
[20]
Montpellier 12–30 Toulouse
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 14,261
Racing Métro 17–12 Montauban (1 BP)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 6,446
[26]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 10,016
[14]
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 6,465
[15]
Round 10
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 10,419
[28]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,690
[22]
Brive 10–18 Racing Métro
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,476
[18]
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,908
[16]
Montpellier 16–9 Clermont (1 BP)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 12,292
(1 BP) Toulon 46–28 Bourgoin
Stade Mayol Attendance: 12,774
[12]
(1 BP) Stade Français 14–20 Perpignan
Round 11
Perpignan 17–15 Castres (1 BP)
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 13,948
[17]
(1 BP) Albi 15–18 Montpellier
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,461
[13]
(1 BP) Bayonne 8–14 Toulon
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 15,095
[28]
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 6,269
[15]
Racing Métro 27–20 Toulouse (1 BP)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 13,140
[26]
Clermont 19–19 Stade Français
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,854
[20]
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 8,579
[16]
Round 12
Biarritz P–P Racing Métro
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Postponed due to unplayable pitch. Game rescheduled to 2 December 2009.
[33]
[34]
[a 9]
Brive 19–14 Bayonne (1 BP)
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,167
[18]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,492
[23]
Montpellier 19–0 Montauban
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 9,094
Stade Français 23–18 Albi (1 BP)
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,220
[27]
(1 BP) Toulouse 41–3 Bourgoin
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 15,695
[22]
(1 BP) Perpignan 25–9 Toulon
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 13,539
[17]
Round 13
Albi 24–23 Perpignan (1 BP)
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,731
[13]
(1 BP) Bayonne 38–13 Montauban
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,174
[28]
(1 BP) Bourgoin 20–23 Montpellier
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,350
[15]
Racing Métro 20–18 Stade Français (1 BP)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 9,756
[26]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 12,675
[12]
(1 BP) Castres 30–10 Toulouse
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,878
[23]
(1 BP) Clermont 13–16 Biarritz
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,187
[20]
Round 14
(1 BP) Stade Français 18–22 Toulon
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,787
[27]
(1 BP) Castres 34–6 Biarritz
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,635
[23]
Racing Métro 9–6 Albi (1 BP)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 6,354
[26]
Montpellier 3–25 Brive (1 BP)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 9,004
Toulouse 17–12 Montauban (1 BP)
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 17,390
[22]
Game postponed after Perpignan reported that seven of their traveling party (including both players and coaches) were diagnosed with H1N1 flu. Game to be rescheduled for 5 February 2010.
[35]
(1 BP) Clermont 32–8 Bourgoin
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 12,131
[20]
Round 12 (rescheduled game)
(1 BP) Biarritz 19–23 Racing Métro
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 8,977
[14]
Game rescheduled from 5 November 2009.
Round 15
Montauban 20–16 Clermont (1 BP)
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,581
[16]
Bourgoin 15–9 Castres (1 BP)
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 4,976
[15]
Perpignan 29–3 Montpellier
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,410
[17]
(1 BP) Stade Français 34–10 Bayonne
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,617
[13]
Brive 27–21 Toulouse (1 BP)
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 10,638
[18]
Racing Métro 28–15 Toulon
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 8,728
[26]
Round 16
Montpellier 25–23 Stade Français (1 BP)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 11,936
(1 BP) Bayonne 19–23 Racing Métro
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 14,138
[28]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 8,786
[14]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 8,052
[23]
(1 BP) Clermont 52–10 Brive
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,741
[20]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,502
[12]
Round 17
(1 BP) Biarritz 26–10 Montpellier
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 8,461
[14]
(1 BP) Brive 29–9 Perpignan
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,622
[18]
(1 BP) Castres 41–10 Albi
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,485
[23]
Montauban 6–6 Stade Français
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 7,094
[16]
(1 BP) Racing Métro 17–18 Bourgoin
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 8,834
[26]
(1 BP) Clermont 39–3 Toulon
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,409
[20]
(1 BP) Bayonne 13–15 Toulouse
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 13,503
[28]
Round 18
(1 BP) Perpignan 31–12 Racing Métro
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,425
[17]
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 5,835
[13]
Postponed due to unplayable conditions. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2010.
[36]
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 9,633
Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,518
[12]
Stade Français 25–15 Biarritz
(1 BP) Toulouse 15–16 Clermont
Round 19
Brive 19–14 Montauban (1 BP)
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,996
[18]
Racing Métro 33–24 Clermont
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 7,993
[26]
(1 BP) Toulon 31–19 Montpellier
Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,169
[12]
Castres 32–14 Stade Français
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 8,040
[23]
Albi 6–24 Toulouse (1 BP)
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 7,726
[13]
(1 BP) Perpignan 49–20 Bourgoin
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,535
[17]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 15,407
[28]
Round 14 (rescheduled game)
Bayonne 13–30 Perpignan (1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 13,449
[28]
Game rescheduled from 28 November 2009.
Round 20
Biarritz 12–6 Brive (1 BP)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 8,013
[14]
Racing Métro 24–24 Castres
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 9,556
[26]
Bourgoin 13–22 Stade Français
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 6,886
[15]
(1 BP) Clermont 45–18 Albi
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,368
[20]
Montauban 16–13 Perpignan (1 BP)
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 7,718
[16]
(1 BP) Montpellier 16–22 Bayonne
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 10,390
(1 BP) Toulouse 3–6 Toulon
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,699
[22]
Round 18 (rescheduled game)
Bourgoin 12–6 Bayonne (1 BP)
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 8,000
[15]
Game rescheduled from 9 January 2010.
Round 21
Clermont 22–17 Perpignan (1 BP)
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,815
[20]
(1 BP) Bayonne 46–13 Albi
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 12,041
[28]
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 4,813
[15]
(1 BP) Castres 35–10 Brive
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,944
[23]
Toulon 21–20 Biarritz (1 BP)
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,630
[12]
Stade Français 0–29 Toulouse
Montpellier 22–19 Racing Métro (1 BP)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 12,032
Round 22
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 5,680
[13]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 13,357
[28]
Brive 26–14 Stade Français
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 9,677
[18]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,040
[12]
(1 BP) Toulouse 34–3 Montpellier
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 15,001
[22]
Perpignan 19–14 Biarritz (1 BP)
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 13,252
[17]
Montauban 45–31 Racing Métro
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 8,014
[16]
Round 23
(1 BP) Bourgoin 9–13 Toulon
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 7,970
[15]
Racing Métro 25–18 Brive (1 BP)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 10,792
[26]
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,569
[13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 8,216
[23]
(1 BP) Clermont 41–3 Montpellier
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,740
[20]
(1 BP) Perpignan 44–23 Stade Français
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 14,345
[17]
Round 24
Toulouse 28–23 Racing Métro (1 BP)
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,574
[22]
(1 BP) Biarritz 42–13 Montauban
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 11,000
[14]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 9,360
[18]
(1 BP) Montpellier 62–15 Albi
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 11,456
(1 BP) Toulon 31–13 Bayonne
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,805
[12]
Stade Français 19–10 Clermont
(1 BP) Castres 11–17 Perpignan
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,943
[23]
Round 25
Clermont 25–19 Castres (1 BP)
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,852
[20]
Albi 38–24 Stade Français
Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,996
[13]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 16,883
[28]
Montauban 6–19 Montpellier
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 7,500
[16]
Bourgoin 15–13 Toulouse (1 BP)
Racing Métro 29–22 Biarritz (1 BP)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 13,425
[26]
Round 26
(1 BP) Biarritz 19–26 Clermont
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 11,017
[14]
(1 BP) Brive 21–26 Toulon
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 13,847
[18]
Stade Sapiac Attendance: 9,198
[16]
Montpellier 34–27 Bourgoin (1 BP)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 13,346
(1 BP) Perpignan 44–0 Albi
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 14,256
[17]
(1 BP) Stade Français 41 -17 Racing Métro
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,732
[22]
Playoffs
All times are in
Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leading scorers
Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.
Top points scorers
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Top try scorers
[44]
Awards
Player of the Month
Players were selected by fan vote from a three-player shortlist on the official LNR site, and the results are posted roughly in the middle of the following month.
Attendances
Attendances do not include the semi-finals or final as these are at neutral venues.
Club
Home Games
Total
Average
Highest
Lowest
% Capacity
Albi
13
89,552
6,889
8,704
5,680
53%
Bayonne
13
182,040
14,003
24,411
10,419
77%
Biarritz
13
157,886
12,145
28,933
8,013
67%
Bourgoin
13
113,849
8,758
29,876
4,813
68%
Brive
13
123,756
9,520
13,847
7,996
63%
Castres
13
106,443
8,188
9,943
6,953
71%
Clermont
[a 10]
14
212,572
15,184
15,854
12,131
92%
Montauban
13
100,109
7,701
10,622
6,332
61%
Montpellier
13
147,086
11,314
14,261
9,004
72%
Perpignan
13
170,644
13,126
14,345
11,535
79%
Racing Métro
13
117,418
9,032
13,425
6,354
65%
Stade Français
13
451,301
34,715
78,254
7,008
79%
Toulon
13
254,690
19,592
57,392
11,169
92%
Toulouse
[a 11]
14
299,643
21,403
34,594
15,001
89%
See also
Notes
^ Bayonne would also play one home game at the 32,076 capacity
Estadio Anoeta in
Donostia-San Sebastián ,
Spain .
^ Biarritz would also play two home games at the 32,076 capacity
Estadio Anoeta in
Donostia-San Sebastián ,
Spain .
^ Bourgon would also play one home game at the 20,088 capacity
Stade des Alpes in
Grenoble , and another at the 41,044 capacity
Stade Gerland in
Lyon .
^ Stade Français would also play five home games at the 81,338 capacity
Stade de France as well as one home game at 20,000 capacity
Stade Sébastien Charléty .
^ Toulon would also play two home games at the 67,394 capacity
Stade Vélodrome in
Marseille .
^ Capacity of Stade Mayol up to 13,800 from 13,700 the previous season.
^ Toulouse would also play three home games at the 35,575 capacity
Stadium Municipal .
^ This was only the second Top 14 match to see both teams earn bonus points since France adopted its current bonus system in 2007–08.
^ The game was original rescheduled to 1 December 2009 but this was changed to the 2nd after it was noted that the original makeup date potentially violated LNR and French Rugby Federation (FFR) regulations requiring a minimum of 72 hours between matches.
[34]
^ Clermont's attendance figures include home quarter final playoff game.
^ Toulouse's attendance figures include home quarter final playoff game.
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