Английская Википедия:2009–10 Top 14 season

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Шаблон:Infobox rugby union season 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.

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 DaugerШаблон:Refn	16,934	7th
Biarritz	Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)	Parc des Sports AguiléraШаблон:Refn	15,000	5th
Bourgoin	Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère)	Stade Pierre RajonШаблон:Refn	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-BouinШаблон:Refn	12,000	Semi-finals (4th in league)
Toulon	Toulon (Var)	Stade MayolШаблон:Refn	13,800Шаблон:Refn	9th
Toulouse	Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)	Stade Ernest-WallonШаблон:Refn	19,500	Semi-finals (2nd in league)

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. (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. Ugo Mola, previously backs coach for Brive, was promoted to the head coaching position.
• On 7 November, Richard Dourthe resigned at Bayonne after a run of defeats put them in the drop zone. Club president Francis Salagoïty announced later that day that Thierry Mentières and Jean-Philippe Coyola would serve as co-head coaches.
• 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.

Captains and head coaches

Club	Captain	Head Coach
Albi	Шаблон:Flagicon Vincent Clément	Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Christophe Bacca Шаблон:Flagicon Philippe Laurent
Bayonne	Шаблон:Flagicon Rémy Martin	Шаблон:Flagicon Christian Gajan
Biarritz	Шаблон:Flagicon Jérôme Thion	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Isaac Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Michel Gonzalez
Bourgoin	Шаблон:Flagicon Julien Frier	Шаблон:Flagicon Éric Catinot Шаблон:Flagicon Xavier Péméja
Brive	Шаблон:Flagicon Fabrice Estebanez	Шаблон:Flagicon Ugo Mola Шаблон:Flagicon Christophe Laussucq
Castres	Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandre Albouy Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Tillous-Borde	Шаблон:Flagicon Laurent Labit Шаблон:Flagicon Laurent Travers
Clermont	Шаблон:Flagicon Aurélien Rougerie	Шаблон:Flagicon Vern Cotter
Montauban	Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Clarkin	Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Calvet Шаблон:Flagicon Marc Raynaud
Montpellier	Шаблон:Flagicon Fulgence Ouedraogo	Шаблон:Flagicon Warren Britz
Perpignan	Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolas Mas	Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Brunel
Racing Métro	Шаблон:Flagicon Lionel Nallet	Шаблон:Flagicon Pierre Berbizier
Stade Français	Шаблон:Flagicon Rodrigo Roncero	Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Delmas Шаблон:Flagicon Didier Faugeron
Toulon	Шаблон:Flagicon Joe van Niekerk	Шаблон:Flagicon Philippe Saint-André
Toulouse	Шаблон:Flagicon Thierry Dusautoir	Шаблон:Flagicon Guy Novès

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, 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.

France's bonus point system operated 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).

Table

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|team1=PER|name_PER=Perpignan (F) |team2=TLN|name_TLN=Toulon (SF) |team3=CLE|name_CLE=Clermont |team4=TLS|name_TLS=Toulouse (SF) |team5=CAS|name_CAS=Castres (QF) |team6=RAC|name_RAC=Racing Métro (QF) |team7=BIA|name_BIA=Biarritz |team8=STF|name_STF=Stade Français |team9=BRI|name_BRI=Brive |team10=MTP|name_MTP=Montpellier |team11=BOU|name_BOU=Bourgoin |team12=MTB|name_MTB=Montauban |team13=BAY|name_BAY=Bayonne |team14=ALB|name_ALB=Albi |win_PER=17|draw_PER=0|loss_PER=9|pf_PER=582|pa_PER=412|b_PER=12 |win_TLN=18|draw_TLN=1|loss_TLN=7|pf_TLN=541|pa_TLN=456|b_TLN=6 |win_CLE=15|draw_CLE=3|loss_CLE=8|pf_CLE=644|pa_CLE=414|b_CLE=12|status_CLE=C |win_TLS=15|draw_TLS=1|loss_TLS=10|pf_TLS=524|pa_TLS=359|b_TLS=12 |win_CAS=14|draw_CAS=3|loss_CAS=9|pf_CAS=542|pa_CAS=398|b_CAS=11 |win_RAC=14|draw_RAC=1|loss_RAC=11|pf_RAC=518|pa_RAC=530|b_RAC=6 |win_BIA=12|draw_BIA=0|loss_BIA=14|pf_BIA=471|pa_BIA=442|b_BIA=11 |win_STF=10|draw_STF=4|loss_STF=12|pf_STF=600|pa_STF=572|b_STF=10 |win_BRI=11|draw_BRI=2|loss_BRI=13|pf_BRI=459|pa_BRI=513|b_BRI=10 |win_MTP=13|draw_MTP=0|loss_MTP=13|pf_MTP=453|pa_MTP=574|b_MTP=3 |win_BOU=11|draw_BOU=1|loss_BOU=14|pf_BOU=407|pa_BOU=591|b_BOU=4 |win_MTB=10|draw_MTB=2|loss_MTB=14|pf_MTB=422|pa_MTB=525|b_MTB=5|status_MTB=R |win_BAY=9|draw_BAY=0|loss_BAY=17|pf_BAY=492|pa_BAY=490|b_BAY=11 |win_ALB=4|draw_ALB=0|loss_ALB=22|pf_ALB=349|pa_ALB=728|b_ALB=8|status_ALB=R

|hth_PER = Perpignan finished first on the ladder, ahead of Toulon, based on a 5–4 edge in head-to-head competition points. |hth_TLN = PER |note_BIA = 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. |hth_STF = Stade Français finished eighth on the ladder, ahead of Brive, based on a 5–4 edge in head-to-head competition points. |hth_BRI = STF

|note_MTB = 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, which reportedly stemmed from a loan the club took out to improve their ground, Stade Sapiac. Montauban could have appealed at the next DNACG meeting on 4 May, but the club wound up filing for bankruptcy on 26 April. 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, but ultimately were relegated to the third-level Fédérale 1. These developments meant that Bayonne, who finished second from bottom, escaped the drop. |note_BAY = MTB

|col_A=#d8ffeb|text_A=Advance to playoff semi-finals
Qualified for the 2010–11 Heineken Cup |result1=A|result2=A |col_Q=#ccccff|text_Q=Advance to playoff quarter-finals
Qualified for the 2010–11 Heineken Cup |result3=Q|result4=Q|result5=Q|result6=Q |col_B=#ffffcc|text_B=Qualified for the 2010–11 Heineken Cup |result7=B |col_R=#ffcccc|text_R=Relegated to the 2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 |result12=R|result14=R |update=complete|source= }}

Fixtures & Results

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Round 3

• Postponed after six Castres players were diagnosed with H1N1 flu. Game rescheduled to 16 September 2009.

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Round 4

• Game postponed due to the H1N1 outbreak in the Castres side. Game to be rescheduled for 29 September 2009.

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Round 3 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 29 August 2009.

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Round 4 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 2 September 2009.

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Round 12

• Postponed due to unplayable pitch. Game rescheduled to 2 December 2009.Шаблон:Refn

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Round 14

• 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.

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Round 12 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 5 November 2009.

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Round 18

• Postponed due to unplayable conditions. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2010.

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Round 14 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 28 November 2009.

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Round 18 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 9 January 2010.

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Playoffs

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

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Final

FB	15	Шаблон:Flagicon Jérôme Porical
RW	14	Шаблон:Flagicon Christophe Manas
OC	13	Шаблон:Flagicon David Marty
IC	12	Шаблон:Flagicon Maxime Mermoz
LW	11	Шаблон:Flagicon Adrien Planté
FH	10	Шаблон:Flagicon Gavin Hume	Шаблон:Suboff
SH	9	Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolas Durand	Шаблон:Suboff
N8	8	Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Tuilagi	Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Subon Шаблон:Suboff
OF	7	Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Pérez	Шаблон:Suboff
BF	6	Шаблон:Flagicon Ovidiu Tonița
RL	5	Шаблон:Flagicon Robins Tchale-Watchou	Шаблон:Suboff
LL	4	Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Olibeau
TP	3	Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolas Mas (c)	Шаблон:Suboff
HK	2	Шаблон:Flagicon Guilhem Guirado	Шаблон:Suboff
LP	1	Шаблон:Flagicon Perry Freshwater	Шаблон:Suboff
Replacements:
HK	16	Шаблон:Flagicon Marius Țincu	Шаблон:Subon
PR	17	Шаблон:Flagicon Jérôme Schuster	Шаблон:Subon
LK	18	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillaume Vilaceca	Шаблон:Subon
FL	19	Шаблон:Flagicon Grégory Le Corvec	Шаблон:Subon
SH	20	Шаблон:Flagicon David Mélé	Шаблон:Subon
CE	21	Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Grandclaude	Шаблон:Subon
FH	22	Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolas Laharrague	Шаблон:Subon
PR	23	Шаблон:Flagicon Kisi Pulu	Шаблон:Subon
Coach:
Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Brunel

FB	15	Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Floch
RW	14	Шаблон:Flagicon Napolioni Nalaga
OC	13	Шаблон:Flagicon Aurélien Rougerie (c)
IC	12	Шаблон:Flagicon Marius Joubert
LW	11	Шаблон:Flagicon Julien Malzieu
FH	10	Шаблон:Flagicon Brock James
SH	9	Шаблон:Flagicon Morgan Parra
N8	8	Шаблон:Flagicon Elvis Vermeulen
OF	7	Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandre Lapandry	Шаблон:Suboff
BF	6	Шаблон:Flagicon Julien Bonnaire
RL	5	Шаблон:Flagicon Thibaut Privat	Шаблон:Suboff
LL	4	Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Cudmore
TP	3	Шаблон:Flagicon Martín Scelzo	Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Subon
HK	2	Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Ledesma	Шаблон:Suboff
LP	1	Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Domingo
Replacements:
HK	16	Шаблон:Flagicon Benoît Cabello	Шаблон:Subon
PR	17	Шаблон:Flagicon Vincent Debaty
LK	18	Шаблон:Flagicon Julien Pierre	Шаблон:Subon
FL	19	Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandre Audebert	Шаблон:Subon
SH	20	Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Senio
FH	21	Шаблон:Flagicon Tasesa Lavea
CE	22	Шаблон:Flagicon Gonzalo Canale
PR	23	Шаблон:Flagicon Davit Zirakashvili	Шаблон:Subon Шаблон:Suboff
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 Romain Teulet	Castres	263
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Jonny Wilkinson	Toulon	230
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Brock James	Clermont	225
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Jonathan Wisniewski	Racing Métro	183
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Jérôme Porical	Perpignan	181
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Federico Todeschini	Montpellier	167
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Cédric Rosalen	Montauban	166
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Lionel Beauxis	Stade Français	159
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Benjamin Boyet	Bourgoin	159
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Dimitri Yachvili	Biarritz	150

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Gerber	Bayonne	9
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Napolioni Nalaga	Clermont	8
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Vincent Clerc	Toulouse	7
	Шаблон:Flagicon Benjamin Fall	Bayonne	7
	Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Floch	Clermont	7
	Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Gasnier	Stade Français	7
	Шаблон:Flagicon Takudzwa Ngwenya	Biarritz	7
	Шаблон:Flagicon François Trinh Duc	Montpellier	7
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Sireli Bobo	Racing Métro	6
	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Masoe	Castres	6
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet	Bayonne	6
	Шаблон:Flagicon Ollie Phillips	Stade Français	6
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jérôme Porical	Perpignan	6
	Шаблон:Flagicon Farid Sid	Perpignan	6
	Шаблон:Flagicon Iosefa Tekori	Castres	6

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.

Month	Player of the Month	Club
August	Joe van Niekerk	Toulon
September	Jonny Wilkinson	Toulon
October	Julien Candelon	Perpignan
November	Not awarded — Test window

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%
ClermontШаблон:Refn	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%
ToulouseШаблон:Refn	14	299,643	21,403	34,594	15,001	89%

See also

• 2009–10 Heineken Cup
• 2009–10 Rugby Pro D2 season

External links

• Шаблон:In lang Ligue Nationale de Rugby – Official website
• Top 14 on Planetrugby.com