2003–04 Top 16 season

French rugby union season August 2013 France Stade Français 12 USA Perpignan US Colomiers and US Montauban 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2003–04. The competition was played by 16 teams. In the first stage, two pools of 8 played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8" to play for the title, the other 4 to a relegation tournament. First round (3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss) Pool A main WDL Q points 3 2 1 BOU Bourgoin BRI Brive CAS Castres STF Stade Français AGE Agen PAU Pau MFR Montferrand COL Colomiers 9 0 5 352 280 8 1 5 357 301 8 1 5 297 281 7 0 7 299 263 7 0 7 292 269 6 1 7 281 343 5 1 8 226 278 4 0 10 238 327 #FFFF80 A A A A complete Pool B main WDL Q points 3 2 1 TOU Toulouse PER Perpignan BIA Biarritz BEZ Béziers MPL Montpellier NAR Narbonne GRE Grenoble MTB Montauban 10 0 4 371 319 9 0 5 357 284 8 0 6 335 273 8 0 6 274 275 6 0 8 285 288 6 0 8 296 303 5 0 9 306 362 4 0 10 216 336 #FFFF80 A A A A complete Relegation pool The teams total sum of the points obtained in the first round and the points obtained in the matches played with the 4 teams from the other group (home and away). main FBR grey AGE COL GRE MTB MFR MPL NAR PAU SU Agen null 12–16 22–0 null 44–3 43–21 null US Colomiers null 25–16 9–9 null 25–32 70–19 null FC Grenoble 19–19 26–10 null 15–26 null null 40–29 US Montauban 32–10 19–23 null 19–22 null null 46–12 Montferrand null null 44–3 47–10 34–7 45–14 null Montpellier 33–14 27–18 null null 26–13 null 34–7 RC Narbonne 43–35 38–16 null null 28–19 null 29–18 Pau null null 81–17 34–23 null 16–0 68–26 complete main WDL R points 3 2 1 MFR Montferrand MPL Montpellier AGE Agen PAU Pau NAR Narbonne GRE FC Grenoble COL Clomiers MTB Montauban 11 1 10 476 400 11 0 11 457 459 10 1 11 491 436 10 1 11 546 558 10 0 12 514 617 8 1 13 458 408 7 1 14 434 513 6 1 15 374 515 #FFDFDF R R complete 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 A 8 May 2004 USA Perpignan 35–21 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 8 May 2004 AS Béziers 15–19 Castres Olympique 14 May 2004 Castres Olympique 15–26 USA Perpignan 15 May 2004 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 33–10 AS Béziers 21 May 2004 AS Béziers 8–27 USA Perpignan 22 May 2004 Castres Olympique 25–18 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 28 May 2004 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 35–26 Castres Olympique 29 May 2004 USA Perpignan 45–6 AS Béziers 4 June 2004 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 18–13 USA Perpignan 5 June 2004 Castres Olympique 38–9 AS Béziers 12 June 2004 AS Béziers 28–22 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 12 June 2004 USA Perpignan 23–7 Castres Olympique main WDL Q points 3 2 1 PER USA Perpignan BOU CS Bourgoin-Jallieu CAS Castres Olympique BEZ AS Béziers 5 0 1 169 75 3 0 3 147 137 3 0 3 130 126 1 0 5 76 184 #FFFF80 A A #DDDDDD B complete Pool B 7 May 2004 Stade Français 13–6 Biarritz 8 May 2004 Brive 9–29 Toulouse 15 May 2004 Toulouse 18–24 Stade Français 15 May 2004 Biarritz 38–11 Brive 22 May 2004 Stade Français 34–10 Brive 26 May 2004 Biarritz 25–26 Toulouse 29 May 2004 Brive 24–19 Stade Français 30 May 2004 Toulouse 25–18 Biarritz 5 June 2004 Biarritz 25–12 Stade Français 5 June 2004 Toulouse 21–8 Brive 12 June 2004 Brive 20–37 Biarritz 12 June 2004 Stade Français 49–17 Toulouse main WDL Q points 3 2 1 STF Stade Français TOU Toulouse BIA Biarritz BRI Brive 4 0 2 151 100 4 0 2 136 133 3 0 3 149 107 1 0 5 82 178 #FFFF80 A A #DDDDDD B complete Semi-finals 19 June 2004 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 21–31 Stade Français Stade Gerland, Lyon 20 June 2004 USA Perpignan 18–16 Toulouse Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Final 26 June 2004 Perpignan 20–38 Stade Français Bomati 68' Edmonds 77' Giannantonio (2) 68', 77' Giannantonio (2) 5', 29' Bergamasco 53' Corleto 60' Domínguez 53' Skrela 60' Domínguez (5) 7', 14', 25', 42', 46' Skrela 57' Dominici 30' Domínguez 33' Stade de France, Saint-Denis 79,722 Joël Jutge (France) FB 15ARG Diego GiannantonioRW 14FRA Pascal BomatiOC 13FRA David Marty 64IC 12FRA Christophe ManasLW 11ENG Dan Luger 34FH 10AUS Manny EdmondsSH 9 FRA Ludovic LoustauN8 8 ARG Rimas Álvarez Kairelis 51 61OF 7 FRA Bernard Goutta (c)BF 6 FRA Grégory Le Corvec 52RL 5 FRA Christophe Porcu 52LL 4 FRA Colin GastonTP 3 FRA Nicolas MasHK 2 FRA Michel Konieck 58LP 1 ENG Perry FreshwaterReplacements:HK 16FRA Nicolas Grelon 58PR 17ITA Alejandro MorenoLK 18IRE rugby union Mick O'Driscoll 52N8 19NZL Scott Robertson 52SH 20FRA Jérôme FillolWG 21FRA David Janin 34FH 22FRA Nicolas Laharrague 64Coach:FRA Olivier Saïsset FB 15ARG Ignacio Corleto 66 76 78RW 14ARG Juan Martín HernándezOC 13FRA Stéphane GlasIC 12FRA Brian LiebenbergLW 11FRA Christophe DominiciFH 10ITA Diego Domínguez 55SH 9 ARG Agustín Pichot 78N8 8 FRA Patrick TabaccoOF 7 ITA Mauro BergamascoBF 6 FRA Pierre Rabadan 52RL 5 CAN Mike JamesLL 4 FRA David Auradou (c)TP 3 FRA Pieter de VilliersHK 2 FRA Mathieu Blin 55LP 1 FRA Sylvain Marconnet 62Replacements:HK 16FRA Benoît August 55PR 17URU Pablo Lemoine 62LK 18FRA Arnaud MarchoisFL 19FRA Christophe Moni 52SH 20FRA Grégory Mahé 78FH 21FRA David Skrela 55WG 22FRA Thomas Lombard 78Coach:RSA Nick Mallett See also 2003–04 Rugby Pro D2 season 2003–04 Heineken Cup External links LNR.fr Category:Top 14 seasons France