2002–03 Top 16 season

French rugby union season France Stade Français 11 SU Agen Stade Montois and Bordeaux-Begles 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2002–03. The competition was played by 16 team. In the first phase, two pool of 8 was Played. The first 4 of each pool was admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title, the other to a relegation tournament. First round (3 point for victories, 2 point for drawn, 1 point for losses) Pool A main FBR grey BIA BOR BOU CAS GRE MTB MFR STF Biarritz 41–13 30–16 34–27 30–27 30–12 24–16 22–5 Bordeaux-Bègles 15–22 36–21 30–20 26–10 31–10 20–20 15–6 Bourgoin 39–13 31–26 26–26 21–15 19–6 37–10 38–28 Castres 18–39 24–21 27–22 47–19 15–15 24–21 15–34 Grenoble 22–14 40–0 17–5 36–28 38–9 21–22 3–9 Montauban 25–13 22–15 15–16 18–17 16–27 24–17 22–22 Montferrand 16–20 20–6 21–11 22–0 14–17 55–7 22–12 Stade Français 22–15 30–19 20–12 35–15 25–13 43–27 15–3 complete main WDL Q points 3 2 1 BIA Biarritz STF Stade Français BOU Bourgoin GRE Grenoble MFR Montferrand BOR Bordeaux-Begles CAS Castres MTB Montauban 10 0 4 347 273 9 1 4 306 241 7 1 6 314 290 7 0 7 305 266 6 1 7 279 238 5 1 8 273 317 4 2 8 303 372 4 2 8 228 358 #FFFF80 A A A A complete Pool B main FBR grey AGE BEZ COL MDM NAR PAU PER TOU Agen 35–12 19–12 34–8 30–6 58–13 18–6 27–19 Béziers 26–30 32–9 29–7 31–24 15–15 9–34 15–18 Colomiers 9–35 23–16 33–28 29–12 12–6 14–9 18–38 Mont-de-Marsan 6–16 32–20 32–24 15–15 17–25 22–23 6–42 Narbonne 22–10 32–26 34–7 26–5 28–22 18–13 16–31 Pau 16–18 31–25 40–28 34–13 40–25 17–6 20–20 USA Perpignan 16–23 22–6 32–3 50–6 39–0 24–12 32–17 Toulouse 27–6 39–19 12–6 36–11 32–24 28–16 43–20 complete main WDL Q points 3 2 1 AGE Agen TOU Toulouse PER Perpignan PAU Pau NAR Narbonne COL Colomiers BEZ Béziers MDM Mont-de-Marsan 12 0 2 359 198 11 1 2 402 236 8 0 6 326 208 6 2 6 307 317 6 1 7 282 330 5 0 9 227 345 3 1 10 281 351 2 1 11 208 407 #FFFF80 A A A A complete Relegation pool The teams sum to the point obtained in the first round, the point obtained in the matches played with the 4 team from other group (hone and away). main FBR grey BEZ BOR CAS COL MDM MTB MFR NAR Béziers 27–12 26–22 null null 36–24 20–24 null Bègles-Bordeaux 40–48 null 44–19 24–12 null null 42–10 Castres 29–13 null 44–25 54–20 null null 42–34 Colomiers null 22–18 39–20 null 32–21 15–15 null Mont-de-Marsan null 26–25 28–16 null 16–11 33–33 null Montauban 27–13 null null 28–18 47–26 null 25–18 Montferrand 45–7 null null 38–7 33–24 null 22–25 Narbonne null 41–38 22–15 null null 27–29 35–32 complete main WDL R points 3 2 1 MFR Montferrand NAR Narbonne MTB Montauban CAS Castres BOR Begles-Bordeaux COL Colomiers BEZ Béziers MDM Mont-de-Marsan 10 3 9 521 404 10 1 11 494 575 9 2 11 440 544 8 2 12 545 579 8 1 13 518 528 8 1 13 404 573 7 1 14 471 574 5 2 15 393 650 #FFDFDF R R complete Bordeaux-Begles was relegated o the Pro D2 for 2003-04 by DNACG (fr nationale d'aide et de contrôle de gestion federal commission for finance control of the professional clubs due to financial irregularities. Bordeaux was one of the four teams that always played in the first division of French championship after the First World War, with Toulouse, Agen and Montferrand. So Béziers was saved to relegation. Top 8 Two Pool of 4 teams. The first two of each pool were qualified for semifinals. Them and the third also qualified for 2004–05 Heineken Cup Pool A15 mar.Grenoble-Stade Français7 - 2815 mar.Agen-Perpignan18 - 124 apr.Perpignan-Grenoble38 - 145 apr.Stade Français-Agen28 - 1618 apr.Perpignan-Stade Français12 - 1319 apr.Agen-Grenoble25 - 163 mayGrenoble-Agen28 - 313 mayStade Français-Perpignan24 - 1910 mayStade Français-Grenoble53 - 2710 mayPerpignan-Agen26 - 2217 mayAgen-Stade Français30 - 1117 mayGrenoble-Perpignan35 - 12 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 STF Stade Français AGE Agen PER Perpignan GRE Grenoble 5 0 1 167 111 4 0 2 142 121 2 0 4 119 136 1 0 5 127 187 #FFFF80 Q Q #DDDDDD A complete Pool B15 mar.Biarritz-Toulouse22 - 1515 mar.Bourgoin-Pau49 - 234 apr.Toulouse-Bourgoin37 - 195 apr.Pau-Biarritz30 - 3918 apr.Pau-Toulouse33 - 5519 apr.Bourgoin-Biarritz14 - 63 mayBiarritz-Bourgoin39 - 163 mayToulouse-Pau58 - 2310 mayToulouse-Biarritz34 - 2010 mayPau-Bourgoin15 - 1517 mayBourgoin-Toulouse82 - 1917 mayBiarritz-Pau31 - 23 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 TOU Toulouse BIA Biarritz BOU Bourgoin PAU Pau 4 0 2 218 199 4 0 2 157 132 3 0 3 195 141 1 0 5 149 247 #FFFF80 Q Q #DDDDDD A complete Semifinals 31 May 2003 Toulouse 22 - 16 Agen Stade de la Mosson, Clermont Ferrand Y.Jauzion Y. Delaigue Y. Delaigue 5 C. Stoltz Gelez Gelez 3 31 May 2003 Stade Français 32 - 9 Biarritz Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Blin, R. Martin D.Dominguez 2 D.Dominguez 5 D.Dominguez Dimitri Yachvili 3 Final 7 June 2003 Stade Français 32 - 18 Toulouse Stade de France, Paris Galthié, Corleto Dominguez 2 Dominguez 5, Liebenberg 1 Michalak 5, Delaigue Stade Français: Sylvain Marconnet, Benoît August, Pieter de Villiers, David Auradou, Mike James, Pierre Rabadan, Raphaël Jéchoux, Patrick Tabacco, Fabien Galthié, Diego Dominguez, Thomas Lombard, Stéphane Glas, Brian Liebenberg, Christophe Dominici, Ignacio Corleto - Replacements : Mathieu Blin, Pablo Lemoine, Rémy Martin, Jérôme Fillol, Cliff Mytton, Arnaud Marchois, Arthur Gomes Toulouse : Benoît Lecouls, Yannick Bru, Patrice Collazo, David Gérard, Fabien Pelous, Trevor Brennan, Jean Bouilhou, Christian Labit, Frédéric Michalak, Yann Delaigue, Vincent Clerc, Yannick Jauzion, Émile Ntamack, Xavier Garbajosa, Clément Poitrenaud - Replacements : William Servat, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Grégory Lamboley, Jean-Baptiste Élissalde, Cédric Desbrosse, Cédric Heymans, Finau Maka External links LNR.fr Category:Top 14 seasons France