2008–09 Rugby Pro D2 season

France Racing Métro Racing MétroAlbi Bourg-en-BresseBéziers 243 1139050 703 FRA Pierre-Yves Montagnat (336) FRA Yoann Huguet (14) 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2 was the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, in the 2008–09 season. It ran alongside the 2008–09 Top 14 competition; both competitions were operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Previous season At the end of the previous season, Toulon were champions and thus automatically promoted to Top 14. They were eventually followed by Mont-de-Marsan, who beat Racing Métro in extra time in the final providing the second promotion place. Blagnac, which had been newly promoted to Pro D2 for the 2007–08 season, finished bottom of the table and were initially relegated to Fédérale 1, but were further relegated by French sporting authorities to Fédérale 2 due to financial problems. Limoges finished second-from-bottom for the second consecutive year; unlike 2006–07, when Limoges were reprieved when Gaillac were denied a professional license due to financial issues, they received no such break in 2007–08. The other promoted team in 2007–08, Aurillac, stayed up, finishing in 11th. Colomiers and Bourg-en-Bresse earned promotion from Fédérale 1 for the 2008–09 season, while Albi and Auch were relegated from the 2007–08 Top 14. 2008–09 synopsis Racing Métro, which had barely missed out on promotion the previous season, easily won the title, clinching with three rounds to spare. The three promotion playoff games were decided by a total of 5 points, with the semifinal between Albi and La Rochelle being tied after extra time and decided on the third step of the tiebreaker, penalties scored during the match. Albi ultimately defeated Oyonnax in the final to secure an immediate return to the Top 14. The two newly promoted teams, Colomiers and Bourg-en-Bresse, were in relegation trouble throughout the season, but Colomiers escaped, finishing in 14th, the last safe spot. Bourg-en-Bresse were provisionally joined in relegation by Béziers. However, this did not end the relegation saga. In order to keep a professional license and stay in Pro D2, all clubs must pass a postseason audit conducted by DNACG (Direction nationale d'aide et de contrôle de gestion), the LNR's financial arm. On June 12, DNACG announced that Tarbes and Bourg-en-Bresse had failed their audits and would be relegated. Tarbes would be relegated to Fédérale 1, while Bourg-en-Bresse, already consigned to Fédérale 1, would face a further drop to Fédérale 2.https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/breves2009/20090612_2243_bourgoin-reste-parmi-l-elite.html Bourgoin reste parmi l'élite French L'Équipe 2009-06-12 2009-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20090615041012/http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/breves2009/20090612_2243_bourgoin-reste-parmi-l-elite.html 15 June 2009 dead dmy-all Béziers would have been spared the drop if Tarbes had not successfully appealed its relegation. However, Tarbes were able to come up with sufficient financial guarantees to satisfy DNACG, and its relegation to Fédérale 1 was officially rescinded on June 26.http://frenchrugbyclub.com/Top-14/Top-14-Tarbes-Escape-000514.html News: Tarbes escape relegation from ProD2 after cash boost; France ring the changes FrenchRugbyClub.com 2009-06-26 2009-07-10 The competition 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 2007-06-27 2007-08-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120105/http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0%2C18259%2C3559_2450951%2C00.html 2007-09-29 a system that also makes it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for 2008–09.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 2008-08-27 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120217084857/http://www.lnr.fr/omm/upload/3%20-%20Titre%20II%20-%20Reglement%20sportif%202008%20-2009.pdf 2012-02-17 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). Season table {| class="wikitable" width="450px" style="float:left; font-size:95%; margin-left:15px;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#fff;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Key to colors |- | style="background: #3fff00;" |      |Champions automatically promoted to Top 14 |- | style="background: #fde910;" |      |Winner of playoffs between second- through fifth-place teams for the second promotion place |- | style="background:#ccf;"|      |Remaining participants in promotion playoffs |- | style="background: #ff79B4;" |      |Bottom two teams are relegated to Fédérale 1. |} 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2 TableClubTotal pointsBonus pointsMatch pointsGamesWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDiff 1 Racing Métro 107 11 96 30 24 0 6 754 469 +285 2 Agen 94 10 84 30 21 0 9 799 543 +256 3 Albi 87 7 80 30 19 2 9 569 493 +76 4 La Rochelle 87 15 72 30 18 0 12 647 499 +148 5 Oyonnax 85 11 74 30 18 1 11 605 438 +167 6 Lyon 84 14 72 30 17 1 12 600 448 +152 7 Tarbes 73 11 62 30 15 1 14 602 534 +68 8 Pau 72 10 62 30 15 1 14 523 507 +16 9 Aurillac 72 6 66 30 16 1 13 615 653 −38 10 Grenoble 60 14 46 30 11 1 18 416 469 −53 11 Bordeaux-Bègles 60 8 52 30 13 0 17 591 639 −48 12 Auch 53 9 44 30 11 0 19 416 533 −117 13 Narbonne 49 7 42 30 9 3 18 494 672 −178 14 Colomiers 47 7 40 30 9 2 19 541 679 −138 15 Bourg-en-Bresse 43 9 34 30 8 1 21 507 813 −306 16 Béziers 41 5 36 30 8 2 20 465 755 −290 Schedule and results Matches are listed in the following order: By date. If matches are held on the same day, by kickoff time. Otherwise, in alphabetic order of home club. All times CET. Rounds 1 to 5 Round 1 6 September, 18:30 — Aurillac 11 - 6 (1 BP) Albi 6 September, 18:30 — Béziers 15 - 15 Pau 6 September, 18:30 — Grenoble (1 BP) 31 - 6 Colomiers 6 September, 18:30 — La Rochelle 30 - 12 Oyonnax 6 September, 18:30 — Lyon 18 - 9 Racing Métro 6 September, 18:30 — Narbonne 6 - 6 Tarbes 7 September, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP) 18 - 25 Bordeaux-Bègles 7 September, 15:15 — Agen 30 - 16 Auch Round 2 13 September, 18:30 — Albi 26 - 19 (1 BP) Grenoble 13 September, 18:30 — Auch 21 - 16 (1 BP) Narbonne 13 September, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles 24 - 12 Béziers 13 September, 18:30 — Colomiers 20 - 6 Lyon 13 September, 18:30 — Pau 27 - 15 Agen 13 September, 18:30 — Tarbes (1 BP) 15 - 16 Aurillac 14 September, 15:00 — Racing Métro 12 - 9 (1 BP) La Rochelle 14 September, 16:00 — Oyonnax (1 BP) 38 - 8 Bourg-en-Bresse Round 3 20 September, 18:30 — Agen 26 - 19 (1 BP) Oyonnax 20 September, 18:30 — Aurillac (1 BP) 49 - 19 Bordeaux-Bègles 20 September, 18:30 — La Rochelle 15 - 12 (1 BP) Auch 20 September, 18:30 — Lyon (1 BP) 56 - 3 Tarbes 20 September, 18:30 — Narbonne 16 - 25 Racing Métro 21 September, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP) 12 - 18 Albi 21 September, 15:00 — Grenoble 22 - 9 Pau 21 September, 15:15 — Colomiers (1 BP) 38 - 17 Béziers Round 4 27 September, 18:30 — Albi 28 - 22 (1 BP) Narbonne 27 September, 18:30 — Auch 24 - 6 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 September, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles (1 BP) 22 - 23 La Rochelle 27 September, 18:30 — Oyonnax 22 - 15 (1 BP) Lyon 27 September, 18:30 — Pau 30 - 23 (1 BP) Colomiers 27 September, 18:30 — Racing Métro (1 BP) 35 - 16 Aurillac 27 September, 18:30 — Tarbes 34 - 24 Agen 28 September, 15:15 — Béziers 16 - 25 Grenoble Round 5 4 October, 18:30 — Agen (1 BP) 14 - 17 Bordeaux-Bègles 4 October, 18:30 — Aurillac 30 - 26 (1 BP) Oyonnax 4 October, 18:30 — Béziers 22 - 19 (1 BP) Auch 4 October, 18:30 — Colomiers 15 - 15 Narbonne 4 October, 18:30 — Grenoble (1 BP)10 - 16 Racing Métro 4 October, 18:30 — Lyon (1 BP) 15 - 22 (1 BP) Albi 5 October, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse 22 - 16 (1 BP) Tarbes 5 October, 15:15 — La Rochelle 18 - 14 (1 BP) Pau Rounds 6 to 10 Round 6 18 October, 18:30 — Agen (1 BP) 62 - 9 Bourg-en-Bresse 18 October, 18:30 — Albi 29 - 22 (1 BP) La Rochelle 18 October, 18:30 — Auch 15 - 9 (1 BP) Grenoble 18 October, 18:30 — Narbonne 26 - 17 Bordeaux-Bègles 18 October, 18:30 — Oyonnax 16 - 3 Pau 18 October, 18:30 — Racing Métro (1 BP) 37 - 9 Béziers 18 October, 18:30 — Tarbes 25 - 10 Colomiers 19 October, 14:00 — Lyon 19 - 13 (1 BP) Aurillac Round 7 25 October, 18:30 — Béziers 9 - 30 (1 BP) Oyonnax 25 October, 18:30 — Grenoble 23 - 19 (1 BP) Tarbes 25 October, 18:30 — La Rochelle (1 BP) 23 - 18 (1 BP) Lyon 25 October, 18:30 — Narbonne 25 - 22 (1 BP) Agen 25 October, 18:30 — Pau 16 - 15 (1 BP) Racing Métro 26 October, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse 11 - 20 Aurillac 26 October, 15:00 — Colomiers 24 - 15 Auch 26 October, 15:15 — Bordeaux-Bègles 19 - 6 Albi Round 8 1 November, 18:30 — Agen 18 - 12 (1 BP) Grenoble 1 November, 18:30 — Auch 17 - 12 (1 BP) Pau 1 November, 18:30 — Aurillac (1 BP) 31 - 9 Narbonne 1 November, 18:30 — La Rochelle (1 BP) 56 - 18 Bourg-en-Bresse 1 November, 18:30 — Lyon 12 - 10 (1 BP) Béziers 1 November, 18:30 — Oyonnax 16 - 16 Albi 1 November, 18:30 — Tarbes 31 - 15 Bordeaux 2 November, 16:45 — Racing Métro 9 - 8 (1 BP) Colomiers Round 9 8 November, 18:30 — Albi 30 - 20 Colomiers 8 November, 18:30 — Aurillac 25 - 19 (1 BP) La Rochelle 8 November, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles (1 BP) 14 - 18 Pau 8 November, 18:30 — Grenoble 21 - 20 (1 BP) Lyon 8 November, 18:30 — Narbonne 22 - 21 (1 BP) Bourg-en-Bresse 8 November, 18:30 — Oyonnax 25 - 9 Auch 8 November, 18:30 — Tarbes (1 BP) 16 - 23 Racing Métro 9 November, 15:15 — Béziers 21 - 16 (1 BP) Agen Round 10 15 November, 18:30 — Agen 19 - 16 (1 BP) La Rochelle 15 November, 18:30 — Albi 18 - 12 (1 BP) Tarbes 15 November, 18:30 — Auch 15 - 5 Bordeaux-Bègles 15 November, 18:30 — Colomiers 15 - 30 (1 BP) Aurillac 15 November, 18:30 — Pau 21 - 16 (1 BP) Lyon 15 November, 18:30 — Racing Métro 31 - 20 Oyonnax 16 November, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse 9 - 3 (1 BP) Béziers 16 November, 15:15 — Narbonne 6 - 3 (1 BP) Grenoble Rounds 11 to 15 Round 11 29 November, 18:30 — Agen 36 - 17 Colomiers 29 November, 18:30 — Aurillac 29 - 22 (1 BP) Grenoble 29 November, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles 15 - 9 (1 BP) Oyonnax 29 November, 18:30 — La Rochelle (1 BP) 33 - 9 Béziers 29 November, 18:30 — Lyon 14 - 13 (1 BP) Narbonne 29 November, 18:30 — Pau 22 - 9 Bourg-en-Bresse 30 November, 15:15 — Tarbes 26 - 12 Auch 30 November, 16:30 — Racing Métro (1 BP) 36 - 17 Albi Round 12 6 December, 18:30 — Albi 16 - 13 (1 BP) Pau 6 December, 18:30 — Béziers 25 - 16 Aurillac 6 December, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles 33 - 12 Colomiers 6 December, 18:30 — Grenoble 12 - 12 Bourg-en-Bresse 6 December, 18:30 — Lyon (1 BP) 12 - 13 Agen 6 December, 18:30 — Narbonne 33 - 16 La Rochelle 6 December, 18:30 — Oyonnax 12 - 6 (1 BP) Tarbes 7 December, 15:15 — Auch 22 - 18 (1 BP) Racing Métro Round 13 13 December, 18:30 — Albi 20 - 14 (1 BP) Auch 13 December, 18:30 — Aurillac (1 BP) 16 - 20 Agen 13 December, 18:30 — Colomiers 24 - 16 (1 BP) Oyonnax 13 December, 18:30 — Pau (1 BP) 33 - 3 Narbonne 13 December, 18:30 — Racing Métro (1 BP) 22 - 6 Bordeaux-Bègles 13 December, 18:30 — Tarbes 23 - 10 Béziers 14 December, 14:30 — Grenoble 14 - 6 La Rochelle 14 December, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP) 18 - 23 Lyon Round 14 20 December, 18:30 — Auch 11 - 9 (1 BP) Aurillac 20 December, 18:30 — La Rochelle (1 BP) 32 - 9 Colomiers 20 December, 18:30 — Narbonne (1 BP) 34 - 8 Béziers 20 December, 18:30 — Oyonnax 9 - 3 (1 BP) Grenoble 20 December, 18:30 — Pau 12 - 11 (1 BP) Tarbes 21 December, 14:30 — Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP) 10 - 17 Racing Métro 21 December, 15:00 — Bordeaux-Bègles 28 - 37 (1 BP) Lyon 21 December, 15:15 — Agen 20 - 8 Albi Round 15 10 January, 18:30 — Béziers 21 - 21 Albi 10 January, 18:30 — Colomiers 13 - 3 Bourg-en-Bresse 10 January, 18:30 — Grenoble 13 - 12 (1 BP) Bordeaux-Bègles 10 January, 18:30 — Tarbes (1 BP) 10 - 12 La Rochelle 11 January, 15:00 — Oyonnax (1 BP) 42 - 17 Narbonne 11 January, 15:15 — Lyon 9 - 3 (1 BP) Auch 14 February, 18:30 — Aurillac 13 - 22 Pau 15 February, 14:00 — Racing Métro 32 - 28 (1 BP) Agen Rounds 16 to 20 Round 16 17 January, 18:30 — Auch 12 - 20 Agen 17 January, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles (1 BP) 45 - 12 Bourg-en-Bresse 17 January, 18:30 — Oyonnax 18 - 12 (1 BP) La Rochelle 17 January, 18:30 — Pau 27 - 14 Béziers 17 January, 18:30 — Tarbes 27 - 8 Narbonne 18 January, 14:15 — Albi (1 BP) 28 - 12 Aurillac 18 January, 15:00 — Colomiers 12 - 6 (1 BP) Grenoble 18 January, 15:00 — Racing Métro (1 BP) 30 - 6 Lyon Round 17 24 January, 18:30 — La Rochelle 22 - 11 Racing Métro 24 January, 18:30 — Lyon 9 - 9 Colomiers 25 January, 14:30 — Agen 28 - 14 Pau 25 January, 15:00 — Aurillac 17 - 37 Tarbes 25 January, 15:00 — Béziers 18 - 12 (1 BP) Bordeaux-Bègles 25 January, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP) 3 - 9 Oyonnax 25 January, 15:00 — Grenoble (1 BP) 9 - 13 Albi 25 January, 15:30 — Narbonne (1 BP) 6 - 13 Auch Round 18 31 January, 18:30 — Albi (1 BP) 31 - 18 Bourg-en-Bresse 31 January, 18:30 — Auch (1 BP) 5 - 6 La Rochelle 31 January, 18:30 — Béziers 12 - 6 (1 BP) Colomiers 31 January, 18:30 — Pau 9 - 8 (1 BP) Grenoble 31 January, 18:30 — Tarbes 19 - 16 (1 BP) Lyon 1 February, 14:45 — Oyonnax 19 - 3 Agen 1 February, 15:00 — Racing Métro (1 BP) 37 - 10 Narbonne 1 February, 15:15 — Bordeaux-Bègles 29 - 18 Aurillac Round 19 7 February, 15:00 — Narbonne 10 - 9 (1 BP) Albi 7 February, 16:00 — Grenoble 12 - 8 (1 BP) Béziers 7 February, 16:00 — Lyon 9 - 6 (1 BP) Oyonnax 8 February, 15:00 — Agen (1 BP) 45 - 23 Tarbes 8 February, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP) 36 - 0 Auch 8 February, 15:00 — Colomiers 18 - 13 (1 BP) Pau 8 February, 15:00 — La Rochelle (1 BP) 13 -16 Bordeaux-Bègles 8 February, 17:15 — Aurillac 16 - 35 Racing Métro Round 20 21 February, 18:30 — Albi 19 - 13 (1 BP) Lyon 21 February, 18:30 — Auch (1 BP) 32 - 8 Béziers 21 February, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles 37 - 28 Agen 21 February, 18:30 — Narbonne 37 - 24 Colomiers 21 February, 18:30 — Oyonnax (1 BP) 34 - 7 Aurillac 21 February, 18:30 — Tarbes (1 BP) 59 - 9 Bourg-en-Bresse 22 February, 15:00 — Racing Métro 15 - 7 Grenoble 22 February, 15:15 — Pau 20 - 19 (1 BP) La Rochelle Rounds 21 to 25 Round 21 28 February, 18:30 — Aurillac 18 - 9 Lyon 28 February, 18:30 — Béziers 19 - 51 (1 BP) Racing Métro 28 February, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles 26 - 22 Narbonne 28 February, 18:30 — Colomiers 20 - 16 (1 BP) Tarbes 28 February, 18:30 — Grenoble 26 - 3 Auch 28 February, 18:30 — Pau 15 - 12 (1 BP) Oyonnax 1 March, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse 18 - 65 (1 BP) Agen 1 March, 15:15 — La Rochelle 19 - 16 (1 BP) Albi Round 22 7 March, 18:30 — Agen 20 - 6 Narbonne 7 March, 18:30 — Albi 20 - 17 (1 BP) Bordeaux-Bègles 7 March, 18:30 — Auch 17 - 12 (1 BP) Colomiers 7 March, 18:30 — Aurillac 23 - 17 (1 BP) Bourg-en-Bresse 7 March, 18:30 — Lyon 27 - 12 La Rochelle 7 March, 18:30 — Racing Métro 28 - 10 Pau 7 March, 18:30 — Tarbes 10 - 3 (1 BP) Grenoble 8 March, 15:45 — Oyonnax (1 BP) 35 - 6 Béziers Round 23 14 March, 18:30 — Béziers 17 - 56 (1 BP) Lyon 14 March, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles 12 - 27 Tarbes 14 March, 18:30 — Colomiers 19 - 27 Racing Métro 14 March, 18:30 — Grenoble (1 BP) 16 - 20 Agen 14 March, 18:30 — Narbonne 23 - 23 Aurillac 14 March, 18:30 — Pau 25 - 14 Auch 15 March, 14:00 — Albi 30 - 13 Oyonnax 15 March, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse 20 - 38 (1 BP) La Rochelle Round 24 21 March, 18:30 — Agen (1 BP) 51 - 16 Béziers 21 March, 18:30 — Auch 15 - 12 (1 BP) Oyonnax 21 March, 18:30 — La Rochelle 33 - 19 Aurillac 21 March, 18:30 — Pau (1 BP) 22 - 27 Bordeaux-Bègles 21 March, 18:30 — Racing Métro 25 - 16 Tarbes 22 March, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse 24 - 16 Narbonne 22 March, 15:00 — Colomiers (1 BP) 31 - 37 Albi 22 March, 15:15 — Lyon (1 BP) 45 - 6 Grenoble Round 25 4 April, 18:30 — Aurillac 25 - 15 Colomiers 4 April, 18:30 — Béziers (1 BP) 23 - 26 Bourg-en-Bresse 4 April, 18:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles 25 - 8 Auch 4 April, 18:30 — Grenoble 23 - 16 (1 BP) Narbonne 4 April, 18:30 — La Rochelle (1 BP) 23 - 25 Agen 4 April, 18:30 — Lyon 25 - 12 Pau 4 April, 18:30 — Tarbes 20 - 11 Albi 5 April, 15:15 — Oyonnax 28 - 13 Racing Métro Rounds 26 to 30 Round 26 11 April, 18:30 — Auch 6 - 16 Tarbes 11 April, 18:30 — Béziers 15 - 9 (1 BP) La Rochelle 11 April, 18:30 — Grenoble (1 BP) 17 - 20 Aurillac 11 April, 18:30 — Narbonne 6 - 26 Lyon 11 April, 19:00 — Oyonnax 18 - 17 (1 BP) Bordeaux-Bègles 12 April, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse 31 - 12 Pau 12 April, 15:00 — Colomiers 19 - 28 Agen 12 April, 16:00 — Albi 14 - 26 Racing Métro Round 27 18 April, 18:30 — Aurillac 25 - 24 (1 BP) Béziers 18 April, 18:30 — Colomiers (1 BP) 44 - 16 Bordeaux-Bègles 18 April, 18:30 — La Rochelle (1 BP) 37 - 16 Narbonne 18 April, 18:30 — Pau 11 - 3 Albi 18 April, 18:30 — Racing Métro (1 BP) 35 - 13 Auch 18 April, 18:30 — Tarbes 24 - 15 Oyonnax 19 April, 15:00 — Bourg-en-Bresse 19 - 6 Grenoble 19 April, 15:15 — Agen (1 BP) 25 - 0 Lyon Round 28 25 April, 18:30 — Agen 23 - 12 Aurillac 25 April, 18:30 — Auch (1 BP) 7 - 11 Albi 25 April, 18:30 — Béziers 35 - 19 Tarbes 25 April, 18:30 — La Rochelle 23 - 7 Grenoble 25 April, 18:30 — Lyon (1 BP) 27 - 10 Bourg-en-Bresse 25 April, 18:30 — Narbonne 21 - 15 (1 BP) Pau 25 April, 18:30 — Oyonnax 27 - 16 Colomiers 26 April, 17:30 — Bordeaux-Bègles 12 - 33 (1 BP) Racing Métro Round 29 2 May, 18:30 — Albi 30 - 23 (1 BP) Agen 2 May, 18:30 — Aurillac 37 - 36 (1 BP) Auch 2 May, 18:30 — Béziers 37 - 18 Narbonne 2 May, 18:30 — Grenoble 10 - 18 Oyonnax 2 May, 18:30 — Lyon (1 BP) 30 - 10 Bordeaux-Bègles 2 May, 18:30 — Racing Métro (1 BP) 48 - 32 Bourg-en-Bresse 2 May, 18:30 — Tarbes 23 - 22 (1 BP) Pau 3 May, 14:15 — Colomiers 15 - 29 La Rochelle (1 BP) Round 30 17 May, 14:15 — Agen 32 - 17 Racing Métro 17 May, 14:15 — Albi (1 BP) 24 - 6 Béziers 17 May, 14:15 — Auch (1 BP) 10 - 12 Lyon 17 May, 14:15 — Bordeaux-Bègles (1 BP) 19 - 21 Grenoble 17 May, 14:15 — Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP) 52 - 27 Colomiers 17 May, 14:15 — La Rochelle 19 - 13 (1 BP) Tarbes 17 May, 14:15 — Narbonne 16 - 29 Oyonnax 17 May, 14:15 — Pau (1 BP) 16 - 19 Aurillac Promotion playoffs All times CEST. Semi-finals 23 May 2009 16:00 Albi 15 – 15 (a.e.t.)1 Report La Rochelle Pen: Manca (1/1) 12' Stewart (2/2) 20', 43'Boulogne (2/2) 54', 94' Pen: Boboul (4/7) 15', 34', 67', 90'Drop: Boboul 7' Stade Municipal, Albi 11,500 Romain Poite 24 May 2009 15:00 Agen 15 – 18 Report Oyonnax Pen: Miquel (5/6) 23', 37', 46', 53', 73' Pen: Montagnat (5/8) 14', 17', 29', 39', 59'Bouillot (1/1) 77' Stade Armandie, Agen 12,500 David Rosich 1 1 In the case of a draw at the end of extra-time, the team who has received the fewer red cards goes through. If the number of red cards is the same for both teams, the team that has scored the more tries, then the more penalties qualifies. Albi went through thanks to their 5 penalties to La Rochelle's 4. Final 31 May 2009 15:10 Albi 14 – 12 Oyonnax Report Try: Lakafia 30' m Pen: Manca (2/5) 43', 50'Boulogne (1/1) 75' Pen: Montagnat (3/5) 15', 53', 78'Drop: Guilloux 33' Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier 12,000 Franck Maciello See also 2008–09 Top 14 season Notes and references External links LNR.fr 2008–09 Pro D2