2014–15 Rugby Pro D2 season

none May 2015 2014–15 Pro D2 100px France 23 August 2014 – 24 May 2015 Pau Agen Massy 112 {{#expr: + 5560 + 4831 + 1624 + 5989 + 4756 + 3412 + 11954 + 5374 + 5575 + 4338 + 3651 + 4249 + 6745 + 10242 + 5185 + 3366 + 2643 + 3293 + 1530 + 4213 + 6556 + 8133 + 7538 + 4088 + 5878 + 5383 + 3011 + 3683 + 2938 + 7509 + 5923 + 3048 + 2762 + 1625 + 4321 + 4591 + 8025 + 10275 + 5445 | tries = {{#expr: + 6 + 7 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 8 + 3 + 7 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 3 }} | top point scorer = Gilles Bosch (Carcassonne)180 pointshttp://www.lnr.fr/statistiques-generales.html#prod2 Statistiques générales, Saison 2014-2015 Ligue nationale de rugby French 5 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130806092703/http://www.lnr.fr/statistiques-generales.html#prod2 2013-08-06 dead Click on the tabs for "Joueurs" and "Meilleurs réalisateurs". | top try scorer = Taleta Tupuloa (Montauban) & Rodney Davies (Biarritz)6 trieshttp://www.lnr.fr/statistiques-generales.html#prod2 Statistiques générales, Saison 2014-2015 Ligue nationale de rugby French 5 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130806092703/http://www.lnr.fr/statistiques-generales.html#prod2 2013-08-06 dead Click on the tabs for "Joueurs" and "Meilleurs marqueurs". | website = www.lnr.fr | prevseason = 2013–14 | nextseason = 2015–16 }} The 2014–15 Rugby Pro D2 was the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2014–15 season. It ran alongside the 2014–15 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). The average team salaries at the outset of the 2014–15 season were €5.97m; Biarritz and Perpignan had the highest team salaries with €11.07m."Toulouse top budget charts in Top 14 with €35m", ESPNscrum. August 19, 2014. 2 Teams Club City Stadium Capacity SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) Stade Armandie 14,000 SC Albi Albi (Tarn) Stadium Municipal d'Albi 13,000 Stade Aurillacois Aurillac (Cantal) Stade Jean Alric 9,000 AS Béziers Hérault Béziers (Hérault) Stade de la Méditerranée 18,500 Biarritz Olympique Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Parc des Sports Aguiléra 15,000 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère) Stade Pierre Rajon 10,000 US Carcassonne Carcassonne (Aude) Stade Albert Domec 10,000 US Colomiers Colomiers (Haute-Garonne) Stade Michel Bendichou 11,400 US Dax Dax (Landes) Stade Maurice Boyau 16,170 RC Massy Massy (Essonne) Stade Jules Ladoumègue 3,200 US Montauban Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) Stade Sapiac 12,600 Stade Montois Mont-de-Marsan (Landes) Stade Guy Boniface 22,000 RC Narbonne Narbonne (Aude) Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié 12,000 Section Paloise Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Stade du Hameau 13,800 USA Perpignan Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) Stade Aimé Giral 16,600 Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) Stade Maurice Trélut 16,400 France 395 right Location of teams in Rugby Pro D2 2014–15 France 44.192636 0.620311 Agen right France 43.93 2.15 Albi top France 44.93 2.44 Aurillac right France 43.33472 3.26611 Béziers right France 43.483333 -1.55 Biarritz left France 45.58961 5.28764 Bourgoin bottom France 43.21 2.35 Carcassonne bottom France 43.62 1.33 Colomiers right France 43.71 -1.06 Dax left France 48.73 1.74 Massy right France 44.0181 1.3558 Montauban top France 43.895481 -0.482786 Mont-de-Marsan top France 43.18 3.00 Narbonne right France 43.30 -0.37 Pau left France 42.715278 2.891389 Perpignan France 43.23 0.07 Tarbes bottom Changes in the lineup from 2013–14 were: Lyon won the 2013–14 Pro D2 title and were thereby automatically promoted to the Top 14. La Rochelle won the promotion playoffs to secure the second promotion place. The bottom two finishers in 2013–14, Bourg-en-Bresse and Auch, were relegated from Pro D2 to Fédérale 1. The two bottom finishers in the 2013–14 Top 14 season, Perpignan and Biarritz Olympique, were relegated to Pro D2. The two finalists in Fédérale 1, champion Montauban and runner-up Massy, 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 earns 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 LNR 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:http://www.lnr.fr/IMG/pdf/Statuts_et_Reglements_LNR_2014-2015.pdf Article 330, Section 3.2. Points "terrain" et points de bonus Statuts et Reglements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2014/2015, Chapitre 2 : Règlement sportif des championnats profesionnels Ligue Nationale de Rugby French 166 2014-08-26 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 less). This is a change from previous seasons, in which the margin was 7 points or less. Table main Rugby 2014–15 Rugby Pro D2 table n n PR PAU Pau MdM Mont-de-Marsan PER Perpignan AGE Agen ALB Albi AUR Aurillac BIA Biarritz COL Colomiers CAR Carcassonne MTB Montauban BÉZ Béziers TAR Tarbes BOU Bourgoin NAR Narbonne DAX Dax MAS Massy 20 1 9 754 530 10 2 18 0 12 676 531 4 7 17 1 12 744 615 7 5 17 0 13 732 611 7 6 18 0 12 651 606 2 6 16 2 12 650 579 6 3 17 0 13 647 580 6 3 16 0 14 635 632 1 4 15 0 15 688 706 2 4 13 1 16 627 638 5 5 14 0 16 620 655 2 5 13 2 15 635 750 0 6 11 3 16 548 652 2 4 11 1 18 604 746 1 3 10 1 19 518 687 1 4 8 0 22 643 854 1 8 green1 Champions automatically promoted to Top 14 C #ccccfd Qualified for the promotion play-offs Q Q Q #fde910 Winner of the promotion play-offs P #ffcccc Relegated to Fédérale 1 R Dax, which finished in 15th, was spared relegation when Fédérale 1 runner-up Lille was denied promotion. 21 August 2015 Relegation Previously, the teams that finish in 15th and 16th places in the table are relegated to Fédérale 1 at the end of the season. In certain circumstances, "financial reasons" may cause a higher-placed team to be demoted instead, or prevent one of the two finalists in Fédérale 1 from promotion. This season saw an example of the latter situation. Following the 2014–15 season, 15th-place Dax was spared relegation after Fédérale 1 runner-up Lille was denied promotion due to excessive debthttps://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/La-montee-de-lille-refusee/568715 La montée de Lille refusée L'Équipe French 23 June 2015 14 August 2015 and failed in an appeal of the decision.http://www.lnr.fr/sites/default/files/cp_lnr_-_decisions_du_comite_directeur_du_vendredi_21_aout_2015_0.pdf Décisions du Comité Directeur de la LNR du 21 août 2015 LNR French 21 August 2015 21 August 2015 The last instance of a team outside the bottom two places being relegated was at the end of the 2011–12 season, when 9th-place Bourgoin were relegated, thereby reprieving 15th-place Béziers. Fixtures The outline fixtures schedule was announced on 16 May 2014.http://www.lnr.fr/espace-medias-communiques-de-presse-cp-lnr-top-14-et-pro-d2-les-calendriers-2014-2015-16-05-2014-11-66-18447,18447.html CP LNR - TOP 14 et PRO D2, les calendriers 2014-2015 French LNR 16 May 2014 2 June 2014http://admin.lnr.fr/IMG/pdf/PRO_D2_Calendrier_2014_2015.pdf Calendrier 2014/2015 French LNR 16 May 2014 2 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140724174049/http://admin.lnr.fr/IMG/pdf/PRO_D2_Calendrier_2014_2015.pdf 24 July 2014 dead dmy-all Round 1 23 August 2014 18:30 Béziers 31 – 27 Stats Agen (BP) Stade de la Méditerranée 5,560 David Rosich 23 August 2014 18:30 Bourgoin 23 – 32 Stats Albi Stade Jean Dauger 4,831 Adrien Descottes 23 August 2014 18:30 (BP) Massy 12 – 14 Stats Pau Stade Jules-Ladoumègue 1,624 George Clancy (IRE) 23 August 2014 18:30 (BP) Montauban 30 – 13 Stats Carcassonne Stade Sapiac 5,989 Julien Castaignède 23 August 2014 18:30 Narbonne 12 – 20 Stats Mont-de-Marsan Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié 4,756 Jonathan Gasnier 23 August 2014 18:30 Tarbes 28 – 22 Stats Dax Stade Maurice Trélut 3,412 Christophe Mallet 24 August 2014 15:05 Perpignan 22 – 9 Stats Colomiers Stade Aimé Giral 11.954 Mathieu Noirot 24 August 2014 18:30 Biarritz 16 – 15 Stats Aurillac (BP) Parc des Sports Aguiléra Flavien Bourquet Round 2 30 August 2014 13:10 (BP) Agen 33 – 36 Stats Bourgoin Stade Armandie 5.374 Thomas Charabas 30 August 2014 18:30 Béziers 41 – 17 Stats Tarbes Stade de la Méditerranée 5,575 Stéphane Boyer 30 August 2014 18:30 Carcassonne 15 – 13 Stats Narbonne (BP) Stade Albert Domec 4,338 Vincent Blasco-Baqué 30 August 2014 18:30 Dax 17 – 12 Stats Montauban (BP) Stade Maurice Boyau 3,651 Cédric Clavé 30 August 2014 18:30 (BP) Mont-de-Marsan 24 – 26 Stats Colomiers Stade Guy Boniface 4,249 Mourad Zitouni 30 August 2014 18:30 (BP) Pau 41 – 3 Stats Aurillac Stade du Hameau 6,745 Thierry Mallet 31 August 2014 15:00 Perpignan 42 – 21 Stats Massy Stade Aimé Giral 10,242 Pierre Brousset 31 August 2014 15:30 (BP) Albi 34 – 16 Stats Biarritz Stadium Municipal d'Albi 5,185 Tual Trainini Round 3 6 September 2014 18:00 Dax 20 – 26 Stats Bourgoin Stade Maurice Boyau 3,366 Laurent Millotte 6 September 2014 18:30 (BP) Aurillac 25 – 9 Stats Montauban Stade Jean Alric 2,643 Mathieu Delpy 6 September 2014 18:30 Colomiers 20 – 17 Stats Carcassonne (BP) Stade Michel Bendichou 3,293 Nicolas Datas 6 September 2014 18:30 (BP) Massy 16 – 19 Stats Albi Stade Jules Ladournègue 1,530 Thomas Charabas 7 September 2014 14:00 Tarbes 16 – 15 Stats Perpignan (BP) Stade Maurice Trélut 4,213 Vincent Blasco-Baqué 7 September 2014 15:00 Biarritz 24 – 20 Stats Mont-de-Marsan (BP) Parc des Sports Aguiléra 6,556 Mathieu Noirot 7 September 2014 15:00 Narbonne 25 – 15 Stats Béziers Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié 8,133 Tual Trainini 7 September 2014 16:45 (BP) Pau 26 – 21 Stats Agen (BP) Stade du Hameau 7,538 Arnaud Blondel Round 4 13 September 2014 18:30 Albi 24 – 20 Stats Dax (BP) Stadium Municipal d'Albi 4,088 Jonathan Gasnier 13 September 2014 18:30 (BP) Béziers 22 – 23 Stats Pau Stade de la Méditerranée 5,878 Flavien Hourquet 13 September 2014 18:30 Bourgoin 23 – 23 Stats Aurillac Stade Pierre Rajon 5,383 Nicolas Datas 13 September 2014 18:30 Carcassonne 25 – 18 Stats Biarritz Stade Albert Domec 3,011 Christophe Mallet 13 September 2014 18:30 Mont-de-Marsan 25 – 22 Stats Massy (BP) Stade Guy Boniface 3,683 Stéphane Boyer 13 September 2014 18:30 Tarbes 44 – 30 Stats Colomiers Stade Maurice Trélut 2,938 Arnaud Blondel 13 September 2014 19:00 Montauban 24 – 19 Stats Perpignan (BP) Stade Sapiac 7,509 David Rosich 14 September 2014 17:05 (BP) Agen 48 – 8 Stats Narbonne Stade Armandie 5,923 Adrien Descottes Round 5 20 September 2014 18:30 Aurillac 15 – 10 Stats Carcassonne (BP) Stade Jean Alric 3,048 Pierre Brousset 20 September 2014 18:30 (BP) Colomiers 9 – 12 Stats Béziers Stade Michel Bendichou 2,762 Thomas Charabas 20 September 2014 18:30 Massy 27 – 25 Stats Bourgoin (BP) Stade Jules-Ladournègue 1,625 Vincent Blasco-Baqué 20 September 2014 18:30 Mont-de-Marsan 30 – 20 Stats Montauban Stade Guy Boniface 4,321 Thierry Mallet 20 September 2014 18:30 Narbonne 38 – 22 Stats Albi Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié 4,591 Cédric Clavé 20 September 2014 18:30 Pau 22 – 15 Stats Dax Stade du Hameau 8,025 Adrien Descottes 20 September 2014 19:00 (BP) Perpignan 32 – 16 Stats Agen Stade Aimé Giral 10,275 Stéphane Boyer 21 September 2014 15:05 (BP) Biarritz 52 – 10 Stats Tarbes Parc des Sports Aguiléra 5,445 Laurent Millotte Round 6 4 October 2014 17:00 Béziers 17 – 9 Stats Biarritz Stade de la Méditerranée Jaco van Heerden (South Africa) 4 October 2014 18:30 (BP) Agen 29 – 11 Stats Colomiers Stade Armandie Mathieu Delpy 4 October 2014 18:30 Carcassonne 36 – 33 Stats Tarbes (BP) Stade Albert Domec Julien Castaignède 4 October 2014 18:30 Dax 16 – 3 Stats Aurillac Stade Maurice Boyau Mathieu Noirot 4 October 2014 18:30 Massy 39 – 25 Stats Narbonne Stade Jules-Ladournègue Jérôme Lamirand 4 October 2014 18:30 Montauban 17 – 12 Stats Albi (BP) Stade Sapiac Christophe Dutreuilh 5 October 2014 15:00 (BP) Bourgoin 12 – 17 Stats Pau Stade Pierre Rajon Tual Trainini 5 October 2014 15:00 Perpignan 25 – 21 Stats Mont-de-Marsan (BP) Stade Aimé Giral Arnaud Blondel Round 7 11 October 2014 19:00 (BP) Albi 23 – 27 Stats Béziers Stadium Municipal d'Albi Mourad Zitouni 11 October 2014 19:00 (BP) Aurillac 48 – 17 Stats Massy Stade Jean Alric Cédric Clavé 11 October 2014 19:00 Mont-de-Marsan 22 – 6 Stats Bourgoin Stade Guy Boniface Pierre Brousset 11 October 2014 19:00 Narbonne 11 – 36 Stats Pau Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Nicolas Datas 11 October 2014 19:00 (BP) Tarbes 20 – 25 Stats Agen Stade Maurice Trélut Adrien Descottes 12 October 2014 15:00 Biarritz 24 – 17 Stats Dax Parc des Sports Aguiléra Vincent Blasco-Baqué 12 October 2014 15:00 Colomiers 27 – 14 Stats Montauban Stade Michel Bendichou Julien Castaignède 12 October 2014 17:00 (BP) Carcassonne 42 – 17 Stats Perpignan Stade Albert Domec Thomas Charabas Round 8 18 October 2014 18:30 Agen 28 – 19 Stats Mont-de-Marsan Stade Armandie Francisco Pastrana 18 October 2014 18:30 Dax 16 – 34 Stats Colomiers Stade Maurice Boyau Tual Trainini 18 October 2014 18:30 Massy 39 – 29 Stats Carcassonne Stade Jules Ladournègue Thierry Mallet 18 October 2014 18:30 (BP) Montauban 43 – 3 Stats Biarritz Stade Sapiac Jonathan Gasnier 18 October 2014 18:30 Narbonne 33 – 17 Stats Aurillac Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Mathieu Delpy 18 October 2014 18:30 (BP) Pau 35 – 10 Stats Albi Stade du Hameau Laurent Millotte 19 October 2014 15:00 (BP) Bourgoin 42 – 16 Stats Tarbes Stade Pierre Rajon Elia Rizzo 19 October 2014 17:00 Perpignan 28 – 25 Stats Béziers (BP) Stade Aimé Giral Christophe Mallet Round 9 1 November 2014 17:15 Biarritz 23 – 18 Stats Perpignan (BP) Parc des Sports Aguiléra Stéphane Boyer 1 November 2014 18:30 Albi 19 – 16 Stats Tarbes (BP) Stadium Municipal d'Albi Mathieu Noirot 1 November 2014 18:30 Aurillac 19 – 12 Stats Agen Stade Jean Alric Flavien Hourquet 1 November 2014 18:30 Béziers 19 – 0 Stats Bourgoin Stade de la Méditerranée David Rosich 1 November 2014 18:30 Carcassonne 40 – 17 Stats Dax Stade Albert Domec Mourad Zitouni 1 November 2014 18:30 Colomiers 15 – 7 Stats Massy Stade Michel Bendichou Christophe Dutreuilh 1 November 2014 18:30 (BP) Montauban 17 – 18 Stats Narbonne Stade Sapiac Thomas Charabas 2 November 2014 17:00 Mont-de-Marsan 15 – 6 Stats Pau Stade Guy Boniface Jonathan Gasnier Round 10 8 November 2014 18:00 (BP) Aurillac 19 – 20 Stats Albi Stade Jean Alric Christophe Mallet 8 November 2014 20:00 Bourgoin 25 – 19 Stats Carcassonne Stade Pierre Rajon Julien Castagnede 9 November 2014 15:00 Agen 24 – 13 Stats Montauban Stade Armandie Laurent Millotte 9 November 2014 15:00 Dax 19 – 12 Stats Perpignan Stade Maurice Boyau Mathieu Delpy 9 November 2014 15:00 Massy 19 – 10 Stats Béziers Stade Jules-Ladoumègue Pierre Brousset 9 November 2014 15:00 (BP) Pau 41 – 6 Stats Biarritz Stade du Hameau Tual Trainini 9 November 2014 15:00 Tarbes 26 – 16 Stats Mont-de-Marsan Stade Maurice Trélut Vincent Blasco baque 9 November 2014 17:00 Narbonne 10 – 19 Stats Colomiers Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Thierry Mallet Round 11 15 November 2014 14:00 Albi 22 – 9 Stats Agen Stadium Municipal d'Albi Julien Castaignede 15 November 2014 18:00 (BP) Béziers 14 – 19 Stats Aurillac Stade de la Méditerranée Jerome Lamirand 15 November 2014 18:00 (BP) Colomiers 50 – 10 Stats Pau Stade Michel Bendichou Thomas Charabas 15 November 2014 18:00 (BP) Montauban 31 – 13 Stats Tarbes Stade Michel Bendichou Arnaud Blondel 16 November 2014 15:00 Biarritz 21 – 3 Stats Massy Parc des Sports Aguiléra Nicolas Datas 16 November 2014 15:00 Dax 12 – 3 Stats Narbonne Stade Maurice Boyau Adrien Descottes 16 November 2014 15:00 (BP) Perpignan 42 – 0 Stats Bourgoin Stade Aimé Giral Cédric Clave 16 November 2014 15:05 Carcassonne 17 – 28 Stats Mont-de-Marsan Stade Albert-Domec Pierre Brousset Round 12 22 November 2014 15:00 (BP) Biarritz 42 – 18 Stats Agen Parc des Sports Aguiléra Adrien Descottes 22 November 2014 18:00 Albi 34 – 22 Stats Carcassonne Stadium Municipal d'Albi Jonathan Gasnier 22 November 2014 18:00 Aurillac 20 – 13 Stats Colomiers Stade Jean Alric David Rosich 22 November 2014 18:00 Bourgoin 14 – 20 Stats Montauban Stade Pierre Rajon Mathieu Noirot 23 November 2014 15:00 (BP) Massy 50 – 13 Stats Dax Stade Jules-Ladoumègue Jerome Lamirand 23 November 2014 15:00 Mont-de-Marsan 32 – 18 Stats Béziers Stade Guy Boniface Stephane Boyer 23 November 2014 15:00 Narbonne 36 – 23 Stats Tarbes Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié Christophe Mallet 23 November 2014 15:00 Pau 22 – 19 Stats Perpignan (BP) Stade du Hameau Vincent Blasco baque Round 13 29 November 2014 17:00 (BP) Montauban 22 – 24 Stats Pau Stade Sapiac Mourad Zitouni 29 November 2014 18:30 Agen 22 – 17 Stats Dax (BP) Stade Armandie Flavien Hourquet 29 November 2014 18:30 Béziers 16 – 12 Stats Carcassonne (BP) Stade de la Méditerranée Thomas Charabas 29 November 2014 18:30 Perpignan 15 – 15 Stats Aurillac Stade Aimé Giral Thierry Mallet 29 November 2014 18:30 Tarbes 26 – 7 Stats Massy Stade Maurice Trélut Jonathan Gasnier 30 November 2014 15:00 Colomiers 24 – 17 Stats Bourgoin Stade Michel Bendichou Laurent Millotte 30 November 2014 15:00 Mont-de-Marsan 26 – 17 Stats Albi Stade Guy Boniface Christophe Dutreuilh 7 December 2014 15:00 Narbonne 7 – 20 Stats Biarritz Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié Mathieu Delpy Round 14 Weekend of 13 December 2014 Round 15 Weekend of 20 December 2014 Round 16 Weekend of 10 January 2015 Round 17 Weekend of 17 January 2015 Round 18 Weekend of 24 January 2015 Round 19 Weekend of 31 January 2015 Round 20 Weekend of 7 February 2015 Round 21 Weekend of 21 February 2015 Round 22 Weekend of 28 February 2015 Round 23 Weekend of 7 March 2015 Round 24 Weekend of 14 March 2015 Round 25 Weekend of 28 March 2015 Round 26 Weekend of 4 April 2015 Round 27 Weekend of 11 April 2015 Round 28 Weekend of 25 April 2015 Round 29 Weekend of 2 May 2015 Round 30 Weekend of 9 May 2015 Play–offs The highest ranked team at the end of the regular season, Pau, earned automatic promotion to the Top 14 as champion de France de PRO D2 2015. Semi–finals The semi–finals followed a 2 v 5, 3 v 4 system, with the higher ranked team playing at home. 17 May 2015 14:00 Mont-de-Marsan 22 – 8 Stats Albi Stade Guy-Boniface Salem Attalah 17 May 2015 17:00 Perpignan 32 – 32 Stats Agen Stade Aimé Giral Cyril Lafon Under LNR rules, if a playoff match ends level after full-time, the first tiebreaker is try count. Agen advanced with 4 tries to Perpignan's 2. Final The winners of the semi–finals played off for the second promotion spot to the Top 14. 24 May 2015 15:05 Mont-de-Marsan 15 – 16 Stats Agen Brethous 14' cMirande 79' m Saubusse 15' Saubusse 43' Paris 45' c Francis (1/1) Francis (3) 21', 31', 56' Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse Cédric Marchat See also 2014–15 Top 14 season References External links fr Ligue Nationale de Rugby – Official website fr Midi Olympique 2014-15 Category:2014–15 in French rugby union leagues