Английская Википедия:2008–09 Top 14 season

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Шаблон:Infobox rugby union season The 2008–09 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). It ran from late August 2008 through the final at Stade de France on June 6, 2009, in which Perpignan lifted the Bouclier de Brennus with a 22–13 win over Clermont.

This year's edition of the Top 14 welcomed Toulon, winners of the 2008 title in the second-level Pro D2, and Mont-de-Marsan, victors in the 2008 promotion playoffs between the second- through fifth-place teams in Pro D2. They took the place of Auch and Albi, relegated at the end of the 2007–08 Top 14. Auch, which had been promoted to the Top 14 for 2007–08, finished bottom of the table and went down. The other newly promoted team in 2007–08, Dax, finished second-from-bottom, but were reprieved when French sporting authorities forcibly relegated 12th-place Albi to Pro D2 due to financial issues.

Teams

Club	City (department)	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season
Bayonne	Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)	Stade Jean Dauger	16,934Шаблон:Refn	9th
Biarritz	Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)	Parc des Sports Aguiléra	15,000	6th
Bourgoin	Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère)	Stade Pierre Rajon	9,441	10th
Brive	Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze)	Stade Amédée-Domenech	15,000	11th
Castres	Castres (Tarn)	Stade Pierre-Fabre	11,500	5th
Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme)	Stade Marcel-Michelin	16,574	Runners up (1st in league)
Dax	Dax (Landes)	Stade Maurice Boyau	16,170	13th (not relegated)
Mont-de-Marsan	Mont-de-Marsan (Landes)	Stade Guy Boniface	22,000	Promoted from Pro D2 (play-offs)
Montauban	Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne)	Stade Sapiac	12,600Шаблон:Refn	7th
Montpellier	Montpellier (Hérault)	Stade Yves-du-Manoir	15,789	8th
Perpignan	Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales)	Stade Aimé Giral	16,593	Semi-finals (4th in league)
Stade Français	Paris, 16th arrondissement	Stade Jean-BouinШаблон:Refn	12,000	Semi-finals (4th in league)
Toulon	Toulon (Var)	Stade MayolШаблон:Refn	13,700	Promoted from Pro D2 (champions)
Toulouse	Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)	Stade Ernest-WallonШаблон:Refn	19,500	Champions (2nd in league)

Competition format

Each club plays 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. As in previous seasons, the top four clubs at the end of the home-and-away season advanced to a single-elimination playoff. The semifinals were held at neutral sites on May 29 and 30, with the final at Stade de France on June 6.

Going into the season, the top six clubs were guaranteed of berths in the 2009–10 Heineken Cup, with the possibility of a seventh if a French club had advanced further in the 2008–09 Heineken Cup than any team from England or Italy. However, the seventh French berth did not materialize this season, as the only Top 14 club to make the knockout stage, Toulouse, were eliminated in the quarterfinals, while England's Leicester Tigers reached the final (where they lost to Irish side Leinster). The sixth-place team would have been relegated to the 2009–10 European Challenge Cup if 11th-place Bourgoin had won the 2008–09 Challenge Cup final on 22 May; however, Bourgoin were defeated by English side Northampton Saints.

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 uses 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, a system that also makes it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for 2008-09.

France's bonus point system operates as follows:

• 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).

Season synopsis

While the four playoff teams—Perpignan, Toulouse, Clermont, and Stade Français—separated themselves from the pack fairly early in the season, it was Toulouse who were the form team in the first half of the season; they had a Top 14-record streak of 11 wins from Round 5 through Round 15. However, Perpignan surged in the second half of the season, finishing level with Toulouse on the season log; the Catalans claimed the top seed on the first tiebreaker of head-to-head competition points. Biarritz used a late-season surge to claim fifth place, while the final Heineken Cup berth was ultimately decided in the final round, when Brive's draw with Bourgoin combined with Bayonne's win over Stade Français without a bonus point left Brive and Bayonne level on the log; Brive won on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head scoring.

At the other end of the ladder, Mont-de-Marsan were rarely competitive and finished bottom. The second relegation place finally fell on Dax, after Bourgoin, Castres, and the highly ambitious Toulon spent time in relegation trouble.

For much of the season, Bourgoin faced another type of relegation trouble—financial. At the end of each season, all teams in both divisions of LNR must pass a financial audit conducted by DNACG (Direction nationale d'aide et de contrôle de gestion), LNR's financial arm, to be able to keep their professional licenses. The club were able to satisfy DNACG that they had sufficient financial guarantees to participate in Top 14 and were thus allowed to stay in the top flight.

• Second division: 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2 season

Table

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|hth_PER = Perpignan finished first on the ladder, ahead of Toulouse, based on a 5–4 edge in head-to-head competition points; Toulouse scored a regular win against Perpignan in Round 6, while Perpignan picked up a bonus-point win in the return match in Round 19. |hth_TLS = PER |hth_BRI = Brive edged out Bayonne for sixth place, and ultimately the final Heineken Cup berth. In Round 8, Bayonne defeated Brive 14–9 at home. In the return match in Round 21, Brive won 13–6 at home. Since both losing teams picked up bonus points, the tiebreaker went to head-to-head point differential, in which Brive had a two-point edge. |hth_BAY = BRI

|col_A=#d8ffeb|text_A=Advance to playoffs
Qualified for the 2009–10 Heineken Cup |result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A |col_Q=#ccccff|text_Q=Qualified for the 2009–10 Heineken Cup |result5=Q|result6=Q |col_R=#ffcccc|text_R=Relegated to the 2009–10 Rugby Pro D2 |result13=R|result14=R |update=complete|source= }}

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Knock-out stages

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Final

FB 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Jérôme Porical RW 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Farid Sid OC 13 Шаблон:Flagicon David Marty Шаблон:Suboff IC 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Maxime Mermoz LW 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Julien Candelon Шаблон:Suboff FH 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Gavin Hume SH 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolas Durand Шаблон:Suboff N8 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Damien Chouly OF 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Pérez BF 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Grégory Le Corvec Шаблон:Suboff RL 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Olibeau Шаблон:Suboff LL 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Rimas Álvarez Kairelis TP 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolas Mas (c) Шаблон:Suboff HK 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Marius Țincu Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Perry Freshwater Шаблон:Suboff Replacements: HK 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Guilhem Guirado Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Kisi Pulu Шаблон:Subon LK 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Guillaume Vilaceca Шаблон:Subon FL 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Gerrie Britz Шаблон:Subon SH 20 Шаблон:Flagicon David Mélé Шаблон:Subon CE 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Grandclaude Шаблон:Subon WG 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Philip Burger Шаблон:Subon PR 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Sebastian Bozzi Шаблон:Subon Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Brunel

FB 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Floch RW 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Benoît Baby OC 13 Шаблон:Flagicon Aurélien Rougerie (c) IC 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Gonzalo Canale LW 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Napolioni Nalaga Шаблон:Suboff FH 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Brock James SH 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Pierre Mignoni N8 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Julien Bonnaire OF 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandre Audebert BF 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Cudmore Шаблон:Suboff RL 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Thibaut Privat Шаблон:Suboff LL 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Julien Pierre TP 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Martín Scelzo Шаблон:Suboff HK 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Ledesma Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Domingo Шаблон:Suboff Replacements: HK 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Benoît Cabello Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Laurent Emmanuelli Шаблон:Subon LK 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Loïc Jacquet Шаблон:Subon N8 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Elvis Vermeulen Шаблон:Subon SH 20 Шаблон:Flagicon John Senio FH 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Seremaia Bai Шаблон:Subon CE 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Pierre-Emmanuel Garcia PR 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Davit Zirakashvili Шаблон:Subon Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Vern Cotter

Leading scorers

• Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Brock James	Clermont	324
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Goode	Brive	235
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Lionel Beauxis	Stade Français	212
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Benjamin Boyet	Bourgoin	207
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Romain Teulet	Castres	195
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Dimitri Yachvili	Biarritz	193
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Jérôme Porical	Perpignan	176
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Antoine Vignau-Tuquet	Dax	160
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Fabien Fortassin	Montauban	148
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Cédric Garcia	Bayonne	116

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Napolioni Nalaga	Clermont	21
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Vilimoni Delasau	Montauban	10
	Шаблон:Flagicon Takudzwa Ngwenya	Biarritz	10
	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Gerber	Bayonne	10
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Julien Candelon	Perpignan	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Floch	Clermont	9
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Mathieu Bastareaud	Stade Français	8
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Byron Kelleher	Toulouse	7
	Шаблон:Flagicon Maxime Médard	Toulouse	7
	Шаблон:Flagicon Neumi Nanuku	Dax	7
	Шаблон:Flagicon Aurélien Rougerie	Clermont	7

Attendances

• Attendances do not include the semi-finals or final as these are at neutral venues.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bayonne	13	175,382	13,491	18,840	10,938	79%
Biarritz	13	118,151	9,089	13,104	7,000	61%
Bourgoin	13	91,679	7,052	18,014	4,428	67%
Brive	13	125,756	9,674	14,066	7,892	64%
Castres	13	103,075	7,929	9,451	6,615	69%
Clermont	13	190,622	14,663	15,853	12,207	88%
Dax	13	95,704	7,362	10,204	5,057	46%
Mont-de-Marsan	13	91,270	7,021	10,468	5,445	32%
Montauban	13	91,309	7,024	12,589	5,068	56%
Montpellier	13	150,402	11,569	14,570	9,503	73%
Perpignan	13	166,629	12,818	14,578	11,671	77%
Stade Français	13	325,539	25,041	79,842	7,443	79%
Toulon	13	206,631	15,895	56,953	11,482	91%
Toulouse	13	277,839	21,372	34,993	15,665	93%

See also

• 2008–09 Heineken Cup
• 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2 season

References

• Шаблон:In lang "Ligue Nationale de Rugby". lnr.fr. Accessed July 27, 2008.

External links

• Шаблон:In lang Ligue Nationale de Rugby - Official website
• Top 14 on Planetrugby.com
• Top 14 - 2008/2009 on itsrugby.co.uk