Английская Википедия:2018–19 Top 14 season

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Шаблон:Infobox rugby union season The 2018–19 Top 14 competition was the 120th season of the French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from the 2017–18 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 (Perpignan and Grenoble) in place of the two relegated teams, Oyonnax and Brive.

On 27 April 2019, Perpignan were relegated after they lost at home to La Rochelle, condemning the newly promoted side to the drop with three games still to play. It was a truly dreadful season for Perpignan and one of the worst ever by a club in the history of the Top 14 - at one point it even looked like they might go through the whole season without a win but mercifully they finally achieved a victory on 16 February 2019 against Montpellier. They will be joined in 2018–19 Rugby Pro D2 by Grenoble, who lost the relegation playoff game, 22-28, to Brive. Brive and Rugby Pro D2 champions, Bayonne, will play in the 2019–20 Top 14.

The Top 14 final was contested between the top two teams in the league stage – Toulouse (1st) and Clermont (2nd) – who both won their semi-finals with relative ease. In the end it was Toulouse who triumphed at the Stade de France, seeing out a 24-18 victory to win its 20th title and the clubs first since 2012. It was a well deserved victory for Le Stade, who were head and shoulders the best team in the league, finishing 15 points clear of Clermont and beating them twice out of three meetings (the other result was a draw). Despite missing out on the title, it was a still excellent season for Clermont, who massively improved on 2017-18 when they finished 9th, and also won the 2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

In terms of attendances, the Top 14 once again proved to be the most popular rugby union league in the world, with over 2.7 million supporters watching games that season. This was an average of 14,624 per game, slightly higher than the second best supported league - the 2018–19 English Premiership - which had an average of 14,507.

Teams

Club	City (department)	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season
Agen	Agen (Lot-et-Garonne)	Stade Armandie	14,000	11th
Bordeaux Bègles	Bordeaux (Gironde)	Stade Chaban-DelmasШаблон:Refn	34,694	10th
Castres	Castres (Tarn)	Stade Pierre-Fabre	12,500	Champions (6th in league)
Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme)	Stade Marcel-Michelin	19,022	9th
Grenoble	Grenoble (Isère)	Stade des Alpes	20,068	Promoted from Pro D2 (play-off)
La Rochelle	La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)	Stade Marcel-Deflandre	16,000	7th
Lyon	Lyon (Métropole de Lyon)	Matmut Stadium de Gerland	25,000	Semi-finals (5th in league)
Montpellier	Montpellier (Hérault)	Altrad Stadium	15,697	Runners up (1st in league)
Pau	Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)	Stade du Hameau	18,324	8th
Perpignan	Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales)	Stade Aimé Giral	14,593	Promoted from Pro D2 (champions)
Racing	Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine)	Paris La Défense ArenaШаблон:Refn	30,681	Semi-finals (2nd in league)
Stade Français	Paris, 16th arrondissement	Stade Jean-Bouin	20,000	12th
Toulon	Toulon (Var)	Stade MayolШаблон:Refn	18,200	Quarter-finals (4th in league)
Toulouse	Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)	Stade Ernest-WallonШаблон:Refn	19,500	Quarter-finals (3rd in league)

Number of teams by region

Teams	Region or country	Team(s)
4	Шаблон:Flag	Agen, Bordeaux Bègles, La Rochelle, and Pau
	Шаблон:Flag	Castres, Montpellier, Perpignan, and Toulouse
3	Шаблон:Flag	Clermont, Grenoble, and Lyon
2	Шаблон:Flag	Racing and Stade Français
1	Шаблон:Flag	Toulon

Competition format

The top six teams at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away) enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of France. This consists of three rounds: the teams finishing third to sixth in the table play quarter-finals (hosted by the third and fourth placed teams). The winners then face the top two teams in the semi-finals, with the winners meeting in the final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

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 made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons.

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 5 points (or fewer). The margin had been 7 points until being changed prior to the 2014–15 season.

Table

2018–19 Top 14 Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Шаблон:Abbr	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Toulouse (CH)	26	21	2	3	820	508	+312	9	1	98
2	Clermont (RU)	26	16	3	7	828	535	+293	9	4	83
3	Lyon (SF)	26	17	1	8	683	525	+158	7	1	78
4	Racing (QF)	26	15	1	10	750	563	+187	8	4	74
5	La Rochelle (SF)	26	16	0	10	719	616	+103	6	1	71
6	Montpellier (QF)	26	14	1	11	659	546	+113	6	6	70
7	Castres	26	15	0	11	508	499	+9	4	5	69
8	Stade Français	26	14	0	12	583	579	+4	4	4	64
9	Toulon	26	12	0	14	572	542	+30	6	3	57
10	Bordeaux Bègles	26	12	1	13	618	711	–93	4	3	57
11	Pau	26	9	0	17	501	763	–262	2	5	43
12	Agen	26	8	1	17	431	654	–223	0	4	38
13	Grenoble (R)	26	5	2	19	448	691	–243	0	5	29
14	Perpignan (R)	26	2	0	24	433	821	–388	0	4	12
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Competition points earned in head-to-head matches Points difference in head-to-head matches Try differential in head-to-head matches Points difference in all matches Try differential in all matches Points scored in all matches Tries scored in all matches Fewer matches forfeited Classification in the previous Top 14 season
Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup. Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2019–20 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Pink background (row 13) will be contest a play-off with the runners-up of the 2018–19 Rugby Pro D2 season for a place in the 2019–20 Top 14 season. Red background (row 14) will be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Final table

Relegation

Starting from the 2017–18 season forward, only the 14th placed team will be automatically relegated to Pro D2. The 13th placed team will face the runner-up of the Pro D2 play-off, with the winner of that play-off taking up the final place in Top 14 for the following season.

Fixtures and results

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Round 23

• Perpignan are relegated.

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Relegation playoff

The team finishing in 13th place faces the runner-up of the Pro D2, with the winner of this match playing in the 2019–20 Top 14 and the loser in the 2019–20 Pro D2.

Playoffs

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Final

FB 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Cheslin Kolbe RW 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Yoann Huget Шаблон:Suboff OC 13 Шаблон:Flagicon Sofiane Guitoune IC 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Pita Ahki Шаблон:Suboff LW 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Maxime Médard Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Subon FH 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Ramos SH 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Antoine Dupont N8 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Jerome Kaino (c) Шаблон:Suboff OF 7 Шаблон:Flagicon François Cros BF 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Rynhardt Elstadt RL 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Joe Tekori Шаблон:Suboff LL 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Richie Arnold Шаблон:Suboff TP 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Charlie Faumuina Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Subon HK 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Péato Mauvaka Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Cyril Baille Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Subon Substitutions: HK 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Guillaume Marchand Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Clément Castets Шаблон:Subon Шаблон:Suboff BR 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Piula Faʻasalele Шаблон:Subon BR 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Selevasio Tolofua Шаблон:Subon LK 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Richie Gray Шаблон:Subon SH 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Bézy Шаблон:Subon FH 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Romain Ntamack Шаблон:Subon PR 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Maks van Dyk Шаблон:Subon Шаблон:Suboff Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Ugo Mola

FB 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Isaia Toeava RW 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Damian Penaud OC 13 Шаблон:Flagicon George Moala Шаблон:Suboff IC 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Wesley Fofana LW 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Alivereti Raka Шаблон:Suboff FH 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Camille Lopez SH 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Greig Laidlaw Шаблон:Suboff N8 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Fritz Lee (c) OF 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandre Lapandry Шаблон:Suboff BF 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Judicaël Cancoriet RL 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Vahaamahina Шаблон:Suboff LL 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Sitaleki Timani Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Subon TP 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Rabah Slimani Шаблон:Suboff HK 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Benjamin Kayser Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Etienne Falgoux Шаблон:Suboff Substitutions: HK 16 Шаблон:Flagicon John Ulugia Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Loni Uhila Шаблон:Subon BR 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Peceli Yato Шаблон:Subon LK 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Jedrasiak Шаблон:Subon SH 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Charlie Cassang Шаблон:Subon CE 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Nanai-Williams Шаблон:Subon CE 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Apisai Naqalevu Шаблон:Subon PR 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Davit Zirakashvili Шаблон:Subon Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Franck Azéma

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Ihaia West	La Rochelle	257
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Ramos	Toulouse	255
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Jonathan Wisniewski	Lyon	250
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Benjamín Urdapilleta	Castres	224
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Gaëtan Germain	Grenoble	223
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Greig Laidlaw	Clermont	205
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Baptiste Serin	Bordeaux Bègles	181
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Slade	Pau	153
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Benoît Paillaugue	Montpellier	147
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Jake McIntyre	Agen	146

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Virimi Vakatawa	Racing	13
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sofiane Guitoune	Toulouse	12
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Zebo	Racing	11
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Bonneval	Toulouse	10
	Шаблон:Flagicon Charlie Ngatai	Lyon	10
	Шаблон:Flagicon Peceli Yato	Clermont	10
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Gaël Fickou	Stade Français	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon Yoann Huget	Toulouse	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Imhoff	Racing	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon George Moala	Clermont	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon Damian Penaud	Clermont	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon Louis Picamoles	Montpellier	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon Vincent Rattez	La Rochelle	9

Attendances

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

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Agen	13	109,913	8,455	10,569	6,492	60%
Bordeaux Bègles	13	265,315	20,409	30,127	13,273	58%
Castres	13	140,994	10,846	12,500	9,700	87%
Clermont	13	232,058	17,851	18,783	15,579	94%
Grenoble	13	166,407	12,801	15,551	10,000	64%
La Rochelle	13	207,983	15,999	16,000	15,983	100%
Lyon	14	195,364	13,955	18,016	11,298	56%
Montpellier	13	134,140	10,318	13,500	8,100	66%
Pau	13	169,572	13,044	16,652	11,324	71%
Perpignan	13	150,606	11,585	14,466	10,038	79%
Racing	14	214,215	15,301	25,305	9,000	53%
Stade Francais	13	133,812	10,293	15,500	6,100	51%
Toulon	13	211,819	16,294	43,089	12,585	76%
Toulouse	13	238,641	18,357	32,721	10,767	84%

See also

• 2018–19 Rugby Pro D2 season