2004–05 Top 16 season

French rugby union season Top16.png France Biarritz Olympique 4 Stade Français GrenobleBéziersAuch 2003–04 2005–06 The 2004–05 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2004–05. It was the final season under the 16 club format, as the competition became the Top 14 for the 2005–06 season. Biarritz Olympique won the championship, defeating Stade Français Paris in the final at Stade de France. FC Grenoble, Béziers and Auch were relegated to Rugby Pro D2 after the 2004–05 season. Standings main Rugby QR n n y STF Stade Français BIA Biarritz BOU Bourgoin TOU Toulouse PER Perpignan CAS Castres CLE Clermont AGE Agen BRI Brive NAR Narbonne MON Montpellier BAY Bayonne PAU Pau GRE Grenoble BEZ Béziers AUC Auch 21 2 7 858 613 11 20 0 10 838 488 16 20 2 8 855 648 12 19 0 11 875 574 18 18 1 11 688 583 12 17 3 10 704 678 10 16 2 12 745 647 9 16 1 13 674 568 11 14 1 15 668 745 8 13 2 15 588 755 7 12 0 18 628 765 14 12 3 15 587 763 6 10 2 18 605 715 11 7 2 21 580 842 10 6 3 21 600 876 8 7 0 23 503 736 9 #FFFF80 A A A A #FF80C0 R R R complete Semi-finals 3 June 2005 Stade Français 33-18 Stade Toulousain Bordeaux Pichot, Villiers Skrela 2 Skrela 2 Skrela 3 Elissalde, Heymans Elissalde Elissalde Elissalde 4 June 2005 Biarritz olympique 32-27 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Stadium Municipal, Touluse Gobelet, Traille Peyrelongue, Brusque Yachvili 3 Yachvili Peyrelongue= Papé Anthony Forest, G.Davis Péclier 3 Péclier 2 Final 2005-06-11 Biarritz 37 – 34 (after extra time) Stade Français Try Gobelet 17' Con Yachvili 17'Pen Yachvili (9) 4', 13', 24', 36', 50', 55', 63', 69', 102'Drop Peyrelongue 100' Try Dominici 26' Con Skrela 26'Pen Skrela (8) 7', 21', 29', 33', 42', 58', 78', 90'Drop Liebenberg 51' Stade de France, Saint-Denis 79,475 Jean-Christophe Gastou FRA FB 15FRA Nicolas BrusqueRW 14FRA Philippe Bidabé 27OC 13FRA Guillaume BoussèsIC 12FRA Damien TrailleLW 11FRA Jean-Baptiste GobeletFH 10FRA Julien PeyrelongueSH 9 FRA Dimitri YachviliN8 8 FRA Thomas Lièvremont (c)OF 7 FRA Imanol HarinordoquyBF 6 FRA Serge BetsenRL 5 FRA David Couzinet 52LL 4 FRA Jérôme Thion 5 15TP 3 FRA Denis Avril 73HK 2 FRA Benoît August 74LP 1 ROU Petru BălanReplacements:HK 16FRA Jean-Michel Gonzalez 74PR 17FRA Benoît Lecouls 73LK 18FRA Olivier Olibeau 52FL 19FRA Didier ChouchanSH 20FRA Julien DupuyCE 21ARG Federico Martín Aramburú 27FH 22FRA Benjamin DambielleCoach:FRA Patrice Lagisquet FB 15ARG Juan Martín Hernández 27RW 14FRA Julien AriasOC 13FRA Stéphane GlasIC 12FRA Brian LiebenbergLW 11FRA Christophe Dominici 73FH 10FRA David SkrelaSH 9 ARG Agustín PichotN8 8 RSA Shaun SowerbyOF 7 FRA Rémy MartinBF 6 FRA Pierre Rabadan 97RL 5 CAN Mike JamesLL 4 FRA David Auradou (c) 5 15 70TP 3 FRA Pieter de Villiers 50 74HK 2 FRA Mathieu Blin 60LP 1 ARG Rodrigo Roncero 40 50 74Replacements:HK 16FRA Benjamin Kayser 60PR 17FRA Sylvain Marconnet 50LK 18FRA Olivier Brouzet 70FL 19ITA Mauro Bergamasco 97WG 20ITA Mirco Bergamasco 27CE 21FRA Olivier Sarraméa 73SH 22FRA Jérôme FillolCoach:FRA Fabien Galthié See also 2004–05 Rugby Pro D2 2004–05 Heineken Cup External links LNR.fr Table Category:Top 14 seasons France