2012–13 Rugby Pro D2 season

2012–13 Pro D2 100px France 25 August 2012 – 19 May 2013 Oyonnax Brive OyonnaxBrive Aix-en-ProvenceMassy 243 1119194 825 Fabien Fortassin (Tarbes)393 points Florian Denos (Oyonnax)17 tries www.lnr.fr 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Rugby Pro D2 is the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2012–13 season. It ran alongside the 2012–13 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Teams France 340 right Location of teams in Rugby Pro D2 2012–13 France 43.53 5.45 Aix-en-Provence right France 43.93 2.15 Albi France 43.65 0.59 Auch top France 44.93 2.44 Aurillac France 43.33472 3.26611 Béziers right France 45.16 1.55 Brive top France 43.21 2.35 Carcassonne bottom France 43.62 1.33 Colomiers bottom France 43.71 -1.06 Dax left France 46.059444 -1.151389 La Rochelle France 45.766944 4.834167 Lyon right France 48.73 1.74 Massy right France 43.18 3.00 Narbonne France 46.26 5.66 Oyonnax top France 43.30 -0.37 Pau left France 43.23 0.07 Tarbes bottom ClubCityStadium Pays d'Aix RC Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) Stade Maurice David SC Albi Albi (Tarn) Stadium Municipal d'Albi FC Auch Auch (Gers) Stade du Moulias Stade Aurillacois Aurillac (Cantal) Stade Jean Alric Béziers Béziers (Hérault) Stade de la Méditerranée Brive Brive (Corrèze) Stade Amédée-Domenech US Carcassonne Carcassonne (Aude) Stade Albert Domec Colomiers Colomiers (Haute-Garonne) Stade Michel Bendichou US Dax Dax (Landes) Stade Maurice Boyau La Rochelle La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) Stade Marcel-DeflandreLyon OULyon (Rhône)Matmut Stadium Massy Massy (Essonne) Stade Jules Ladoumègue RC Narbonne Narbonne (Aude) Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Oyonnax Rugby Oyonnax (Ain) Stade Charles-Mathon Section Paloise Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Stade du Hameau Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) Stade Maurice Trélut Changes in the lineup from 2011–12 were: FC Grenoble won the 2011–12 Pro D2 title and were thereby automatically promoted to the Top 14. Mont-de-Marsan won the promotion playoffs to secure the second promotion place. The bottom finisher in 2011–12, Périgueux, was relegated from Pro D2 to Fédérale 1. Second-from-bottom Béziers were spared relegation when ninth-placed Bourgoin were forcibly relegated to Fédérale 1 for financial reasons. The two bottom finishers in the Top 14 in 2011-12, Brive and Lyon, were relegated to Pro D2. The two finalists in Fédérale 1, champion Massy and runner-up Colomiers, earned promotion. Competition format The top team at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away), is declared champion and earns a spot in the next Top 14 season. Teams ranked second to fifth compete in promotion playoffs, with the semifinals being played at the home ground of the higher-ranked team. The final is then played on neutral ground, and the winner earned the second ticket to the next Top 14. 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,http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3559_2450951,00.html French try out new bonus point system Planet-Rugby.com 27 June 2007 13 August 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120105/http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0%2C18259%2C3559_2450951%2C00.html 29 September 2007 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.http://www.lnr.fr/omm/upload/3%20-%20Titre%20II%20-%20Reglement%20sportif%202008%20-2009.pdf Article 330, Section 3.2. Points "terrain" Règlements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2008/2009, Chapitre 2 : Règlement sportif du Championnat de France Professionnel Ligue Nationale de Rugby French 27 August 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120217084857/http://www.lnr.fr/omm/upload/3%20-%20Titre%20II%20-%20Reglement%20sportif%202008%20-2009.pdf 17 February 2012 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). Table main Rugby 2012–13 Rugby Pro D2 table n n PR OYO Oyonnax BRI Brive PAU Pau ROC La Rochelle AUR Aurillac TAR Tarbes CAR Carcassonne LYO Lyon NAR Narbonne COL Colomiers ALB Albi BÉZ Béziers AUC Auch DAX Dax AIX Aix-en-Provence MAS Massy 24 1 5 877 536 10 3 20 2 8 658 532 6 4 20 1 9 725 519 5 6 19 0 11 718 569 6 5 19 1 10 680 643 0 4 17 1 12 695 625 5 5 15 1 14 640 595 3 9 13 3 14 696 585 6 8 14 2 14 673 670 0 9 13 2 15 568 615 2 8 12 1 17 580 630 1 8 10 1 19 534 742 1 8 8 3 19 442 612 1 11 10 1 19 567 708 2 5 9 0 21 552 774 2 7 6 2 22 598 848 0 9 green1 Champions, promoted to Top 14 C #fde910 Won promotion play-offs P #ccccfd Qualified for promotion play-offs Q Q Q #ffcccc Relegated to Fédérale 1 R R 10 June 2013 Itsrugby.co.uk Relegation Normally, the teams that finish in 15th and 16th places in the table are relegated to Fédérale 1 at the end of the season. However, 7th placed Carcassonne were under threat of demotion due to "financial reasons".http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/pro-d2/2012-2013/la-dnacg-retrograde-carcassonne-en-federale-1_sto3761756/story.shtml La DNACG rétrograde Carcassonne en Fédérale 1 Midi Olympique 20 May 2013 18 May 2013 French Carcassonne appealed this decisionhttp://uscarcassonne.com/USC15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=577&catid=35 Le Président de l'USC concernant le communiqué de presse LNR-DNACG www.uscarcassonne.com 20 May 2013 18 May 2013 French and their appeal was successful.http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/pro-d2/2012-2013/carcassonne-maintenu-en-pro-d2_sto3801895/story.shtml Carcassonne maintenu en Pro D2 ! Midi Olympique 17 June 2013 14 June 2013 French Consequently, Pays d'Aix were demoted along with Massy. Play–offs Semi–finals The semi–finals follow a 2 v 5, 3 v 4 system - with the higher ranked team playing at home. 11 May 2013 19:00 Pau 30 – 16 La Rochelle Ramsey 2' cRadidi 60' m Boulogne (1/2) Manca (5/6) 32', 40', 46', 60', 79' Boulogne (1/1) 19' Canale 14' c Fauqué (1/1) Fauqué (3/3) 21', 25', 53' Stade du Hameau 14,000 Cédric Marchat 12 May 2013 15:10 Brive 30 – 14 Aurillac Namy 26' mNoon 60' c Caminati (1/2) Caminati (5/5) 10', 16', 45', 76', 80' Swanepoel (1/1) 71' Lescure 58' m Petitjean (3/3) 4', 24', 48' Stade Amédée-Domenech 14,000 Sébastien Minery Final 19 May 2013 16:00 Brive 30 – 10 Report Pau Ledevedec 14' cCaminati 20' cLuafutu 78' c Caminati (3/3) Caminati (3/3) 4', 48', 56' Solofuti 53' c Boulogne (1/1) Manca (1/2) 25' Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 33,175 http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/pro-d2/2012-2013/record-de-spectateurs-battu-pour-une-finale-de-pro-d2_sto3763611/story.shtml Record de spectateurs battu pour une finale de Pro D2 French 20 May 2013 19 May 2013 Laurent Cardona See also 2012–13 Top 14 season References External links fr Ligue Nationale de Rugby – Official website fr Midi Olympique 2012–13 Pro D2