2010–11 Top 14 season

French domestic rugby union club competition Top 14 Logo.png 100px France Toulouse Montpellier La RochelleBourgoin 187 2827343 692 FRA Jonathan Wisniewski (336) FRA Maxime Médard (15) 2009–10 2011–12 The 2010–11 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Home-and-away play began on August 13, 2010 and continued through April 2011. The regular season was followed by a three-round playoff starting in May that involved the top six teams, culminating in the final on June 4 at Stade de France. Toulouse won the Bouclier de Brennus for the 18th time, defeating Montpellier 15–10. Season synopsis This year's edition of the Top 14 welcomed Agen, winners of the 2010 title in the second-level Pro D2 and returning to the top flight three years after being relegated, and La Rochelle, victors in the 2009 promotion playoffs between the second- through fifth-placed teams. They took the place of Montauban and Albi, relegated at the end of the 2009–10 Top 14. Of the two promoted teams, Agen survived, while La Rochelle were tentatively relegated after finishing second-from-bottom. The other relegated side were Bourgoin, which had barely avoided bankruptcy in the previous season. Their financial struggles continued, and they were docked 5 points for their financial issues. The deduction was ultimately immaterial, as even without it they would have finished more than 20 points adrift of 13th-place La Rochelle. There was, however, a chance that La Rochelle would be spared the drop. During the season, Stade Français faced major financial issues, temporarily avoiding an administrative relegation in early June 2011 when president Max Guazzini announced a deal in which a Canadian foundation, working with former France national coach Bernard Laporte and an unnamed investor, would purchase a minority stake in the club.http://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14-2010-11/rugby/story/140949.html Stade Français beat the drop ESPN Scrum 4 June 2011 4 June 2011 However, the planned infusion of €12 million did not materialize; Guazzini and Laporte sued the foundation, and three people had been arrested in connection with the deal as of June 24. On June 27, Guazzini met with the LNR's financial watchdog, DNACG, to discuss the club's situation. Reports indicated that if the club did not find €6.6 million by the time of the meeting, Stade would file for bankruptcy, which would result in an automatic relegation to the nominally amateur Fédérale 1. The French government had announced it would not bail out the club.http://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14-2010-11/rugby/story/142162.html French government will not bail Stade out ESPN Scrum 24 June 2011 24 June 2011 The meeting ended with the announcement of a new deal by which Guazzini would sell a controlling stake in the club to a group of investors led by French technology executive Jean-Pierre Savare, keeping Stade in the Top 14 and confirming La Rochelle's relegation. As part of the deal, Guazzini stepped aside as club president in favor of Savare's son Thomas.http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/top-14/2010-2011/paris-maintenu_sto2850205/story.shtml Le Stade français maintenu fr Midi Olympique 27 June 2011 27 June 2011http://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14-2010-11/rugby/story/142372.html?e=headline Stade Francais secure top flight status ESPN Scrum 27 June 2011 27 June 2011 The season saw signs of a changing of the guard in French rugby, especially in Paris. Racing Métro reasserted itself as a national power, finishing second on the season table. Bayonne went from being reprieved from relegation to playoff contenders, ultimately missing out in the final week of the season. Montpellier went from fighting for survival through much of 2009–10 to finalists this season, winning their quarterfinal and semifinal matches away by 1 point each, and leading Toulouse for most of the final before falling short. In the end, traditional power Toulouse lifted the Bouclier de Brennus. Previous season The 2009–10 season saw Clermont, in their 100th season, end decades of frustration by defeating Perpignan in the final to claim their first title, having lost in all 10 of their previous final appearances. At the other end of the table, Albi, which had been promoted to the Top 14 for 2009–10, finished bottom of the table and went down. Bayonne finished second-to-bottom but avoided relegation when it was revealed that 12th-placed Montauban were filing for bankruptcyhttp://www.scrum.com/francetop14/rugby/story/114647.html Financial strife sees Montauban relegated Scrum.com 2010-04-26 2010-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100501035259/http://www.scrum.com/francetop14/rugby/story/114647.html 1 May 2010 live and would therefore be automatically relegated. The other newly promoted team in 2009–10, Racing Métro, enjoyed a very successful season, finishing sixth, and qualified to the quarter-finals where they narrowly lost to eventual champions Clermont. Competition format Each club played every other club twice. The second half of the season was conducted in the same order as the first, with the club at home in the first half of the season away in the second. This season maintained the format introduced the previous season for the knockout stage: the top two teams qualified directly to the semifinals, while teams ranked from third to sixth qualified for a quarterfinal held at the home ground of the higher-ranked team. Semifinals are traditionally held at neutral sites; this season, both were held at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille. The final was held at Stade de France. Going into the season, the top six clubs are guaranteed of berths in the following season's Heineken Cup.http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/31_264.php Heineken Cup – Key Tournament Rules European Rugby Cup 2010-06-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080517050633/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/31_264.php 2008-05-17 Article 328, Section 3.1 – Participation des clubs français en Coupes d’Europe Reglements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2009/2010, Chapitre 2 : Règlement sportif des championnats professionnels Ligue Nationale de Rugby fr Downloadable from the official LNR site here https://web.archive.org/web/20100512174103/http://www.lnr.fr/Menus.asp?CR=75624&CSR=75711 2010-05-12 ; click on the link immediately below "REGLEMENTS DE LA LIGUE NATIONALE DE RUGBY 2009-2010". No change is expected for the 2010–11 season. The winners of the 2010–11 Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup are assured of berths in the 2011–12 Heineken Cup regardless of their league standing, as long as they avoid relegation. This means that if a club finishes in the top six and wins one of the European competitions, the seventh-place team will gain a Heineken Cup berth. However, if French clubs win both competitions, only five clubs will qualify for the 2011–12 Heineken Cup via their league position because France is capped at seven Heineken Cup places. France can also secure a seventh berth if clubs from England's Aviva Premiership, also capped at seven Heineken Cup places, win both Cup competitions, and the top club in the European Rugby Club Rankings among those not already qualified for the Heineken Cup is from the Top 14. Note, however, that if a winner of one of the European cups is relegated in the same season, LNR will not nominate it for European competition; its place will be taken by a current Top 14 side based on league position. The bottom two teams are provisionally relegated to Pro D2, with the possibility of one or both of the bottom teams to be reprieved if a team above them fails a postseason financial audit (mandatory for all clubs in the league). 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 made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. The 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" Reglements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2008/2009, Chapitre 2 : Règlement sportif du Championnat de France Professionnel Ligue Nationale de Rugby fr 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). New developments Salary cap This season was the first in French rugby history to have a fixed salary cap. Previously, the only restrictions on team salaries were that wage bills were limited to 50% of turnoverhttp://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14/rugby/story/107348.html Salary cap just sleight of hand Ian Moriarty Scrum.com 2009-12-18 2010-06-01 and that 10% of the salary budget had to be held in reserve.http://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14/rugby/story/107318.html Top 14 set for salary cap Scrum.com 2009-12-17 2010-06-01 In December 2009, LNR announced that team payrolls would be limited to €8 million in 2010–11, and that the reserve requirement would be increased to 20%. The previous limitation of 50% of turnover remained in effect. However, rugby journalist Ian Moriarty dismissed the cap as "little more than a bit of sleight of hand by the LNR to appease a sporting public", noting that the announced cap was 5% greater than the highest official wage bill in the 2009–10 Top 14, and translated to £7.1 million at the time of announcement, well above the then-current £4 million cap in the English Premiership. Moriarty also added that clubs would likely find ways around the cap, noting, "Last season [2008–09], it's rumoured that one big, overseas name was paid less than 40% of his total income as a salary." Domestic player rules LNR also announced new rules requiring a minimum percentage of French players on team rosters. Under the new policy, "French players" are defined as those meeting the following criteria: Players 21 or over must have been registered with the French Rugby Federation (FFR) for at least five years before having turned 21. Players currently under 21 must have spent at least three seasons in an FFR-approved training centre. The required percentage of French players was 40% this season, and will increase to 50% in 2011–12 and 60% in 2012–13. Tax issues A change in French tax law that took effect on 1 July 2010 raised concerns about the financial future of smaller clubs. The root of this issue is a French law known as DIC (Droit à l'Image Collectif), passed in 2004, that had allowed all French professional sports clubs to treat 30% of each player's salary as image rights. This portion of the salary was thus exempt from France's high employment and social insurance taxes, allowing French clubs to compete on a more equal financial footing with those in other European countries. However, the government announced in 2009 that it would suspend DIC.http://www.espnscrum.com/france/rugby/story/105248.html French rugby heading for crisis Ian Moriarty Scrum.com 2009-11-11 2010-06-01 The policy change was publicly criticized by wealthy club owners. Mourad Boudjellal of Toulon, who claimed that the change in the law would cost him more than €1 million in 2010–11, and Paul Goze of Perpignan took to the pitch before one of their matches to participate in a protest. Max Guazzini of Stade Français complained that the end of DIC would cost him about €800,000. However, the real concern in French rugby circles was for the potential blow to smaller clubs. Bourgoin, who only avoided a bankruptcy filing in 2009 by players agreeing to large wage cuts, faced an effective increase of €400,000 in their 2010–11 expenses. Brive had already announced that they would slash their budget by 40% for the 2010–11 season, but with a 2009–10 wage bill of €7.2 million and several high-profile players locked into long-term contracts, the increased tax bill was speculated to be a serious problem for the club. Financial troubles at Bourgoin Bourgoin's financial struggles became a major issue during the early summer of 2010. The club had been called in for a financial review by LNR's financial watchdog DNACG late in the 2009–10 season, which they survived with no action taken at that time.http://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14/rugby/story/113533.html Montauban face Top 14 ruin Scrum.com 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 However, after the fixture list for the 2010–11 season was released, DNACG denied Bourgoin a professional license.http://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14/rugby/story/118874.html Bourgoin embroiled in fresh financial trouble Scrum.com 2010-07-02 2010-07-04 Bourgoin appealed this ruling, and also considered pursuing legal action against LNR. Had Bourgoin been unsuccessful in their bid to stave off relegation, the choice of the team to replace them would not have been straightforward, as the most logical choice, Albi, who had been relegated after finishing at the bottom of the 2009–10 table, were facing their own financial problems and may not have had the resources for a Top 14 campaign.http://www.espnscrum.com/france/rugby/story/118977.html Time to hit the panic button? Ian Moriarty Scrum.com 2010-07-06 2010-07-06 However, the FFR officially rescinded the DNACG's ruling on July 9, allowing Bourgoin to stay in the Top 14, thus also confirming Albi's place in Pro D2.http://sports.orange.fr/infos/rugby/201027/bourgoin-maintenu-en-top-14_281127.html Bourgoin maintenu en Top 14 fr 2010-07-09 2010-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100711080339/http://sports.orange.fr/infos/rugby/201027/bourgoin-maintenu-en-top-14_281127.html 2010-07-11 dead The teams France center 395 Locations of the 2010–11 Top 14 teams France 44.204931 0.621153 Agen France 43.485469 -1.479289 Bayonne France 43.483333 -1.556111 Biarritz left France 45.58961 5.28764 Bourgoin France 45.162872 1.546872 Brive France 43.61087 2.25271 Castres France 45.78938 3.10609 Clermont France 46.059444 -1.151389 La Rochelle France 43.593 3.8496 Montpellier France 42.715278 2.891389 Perpignan France 48.923611 2.252222 Racing Métro left France 48.856667 2.350833 Stade Français France 43.118947 5.936531 Toulon France 43.621944 1.415556 Toulouse bottom Team Captain Head coach Stadium Capacity Agen ZAF Adri Badenhorst FRA Christophe DeylaudFRA Christian Lanta Stade Armandie 14600 Bayonne FRA Pépito Elhorga FRA Christian Gajan Stade Jean-Dauger 16934 Biarritz FRA Imanol Harinordoquy AUS Jack Isaac andFRA Jean-Michel Gonzalez Parc des Sports Aguiléra 15000 Bourgoin FRA Julien Frier FRA Éric Catinot Stade Pierre-Rajon 9441 Brive FRA Antonie Claassen FRA Ugo Mola Stade Amédée-Domenech 15000 Castres FRA Alexandre AlbouyFRA Sébastien Tillous-Borde FRA Laurent Labit andFRA Laurent Travers Stade Pierre-Antoine 11500 Clermont FRA Aurélien Rougerie NZL Vern Cotter Stade Marcel-Michelin 16334 Montpellier FRA Fulgence Ouedraogo FRA Fabien Galthié Stade Yves-du-Manoir 15000 Perpignan FRA Nicolas Mas FRA Jacques Brunel Stade Aimé-Giral 16593 Racing Métro FRA Lionel Nallet FRA Pierre Berbizier Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir 14000 La Rochelle GER Robert Mohr FRA Serge Milhas Stade Marcel-Deflandre 12500Stade Français ITA Sergio Parisse AUS Michael Cheika Stade Charléty 20000 Stade de France 80000 Toulon ZAF Joe van Niekerk FRA Philippe Saint-André Stade Mayol 13700Toulouse FRA Thierry Dusautoir FRA Guy Novès Stade Ernest-Wallon 19500 Stadium Municipal 35472 Note: Stade Francais have moved their home matches from their traditional home of Stade Jean-Bouin while a new 20,000-seat stadium is built on the site. The new Jean-Bouin is scheduled to open in 2013–14.http://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14-2010-11/rugby/story/139943.html Times are changing in Paris Ian Moriarty ESPN Scrum 2011-05-17 2011-05-17 Table main Rugby QR n n y TLS Toulouse RAC Racing Métro CAS Castres CLE Clermont BIA Biarritz MTP Montpellier BAY Bayonne TLN Toulon PER Perpignan AGE Agen STF Stade Français BRI Brive ROC La Rochelle BOU Bourgoin 17 1 8 664 485 12 16 2 8 674 549 10 16 1 9 617 487 10 15 0 11 600 445 12 15 1 10 647 571 10 15 1 10 602 495 10 16 0 10 569 508 7 15 0 11 559 469 10 13 3 10 538 543 5 11 1 14 534 677 5 10 1 15 562 614 7 8 2 16 495 578 10 6 1 19 476 673 7 2 0 24 379 822 3 -5 On January 4, Bourgoin were docked five points by the DNACG because of a predicted deficit of 1.5 million euros.http://www.lnr.fr/espace-medias-communiques-de-presse-lnr-decision-du-conseil-superieur-de-la-dnacg-suite-a-la-situation-du-04-01-2011-11-66-11932,11932.html Décision du Conseil Supérieur de la DNACG suite à la situation du CS Bourgoin-Jallieu fr LNR 2011-01-04 2011-05-09 Bourgoin first decided to appeal this decision on January 10http://www.csbj-rugby.fr/infos_actualite.php?num=592 Communiqué de presse du CSBJ - Lundi 10 janvier 2011 fr CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 2011-01-10 2011-05-09 2011-01-12 https://archive.today/20110112173154/http://www.csbj-rugby.fr/infos_actualite.php?num=592 dead before changing their minds on February 8, causing the point deduction to stand.https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/breves2011/20110208_180853_bourgoin-sanction-definitive.html Bourgoin : Sanction définitive fr L'Équipe 2011-02-08 2011-05-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110825124623/http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/breves2011/20110208_180853_bourgoin-sanction-definitive.html 2011-08-25 dead Head-to-head: Clermont: 10; Biarritz: 9; Montpellier: 9 Head-to-head: Biarritz 5; Montpellier: 4 HTH1 HTH1, HTH2 HTH1, HTH2 #ccffcc Advance to playoff semi-finalsQualified for the 2011–12 Heineken Cup A A #d8ffeb Advance to playoff quarter-finalsQualified for the 2011–12 Heineken Cup Q Q #ccccff Qualified for the 2011–12 Heineken Cup B B #ffcccc Relegated to the 2011–12 Rugby Pro D2 R R complete Notes It was possible that the sixth-place team on the table would not qualify for the Heineken Cup. However, it would have occurred only if French teams had won both the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup, both of these teams had finished outside the top six on the league table and avoided relegation, and the sixth-place team had not advanced to the Top 14 final (under LNR regulations, the participants in the final receive the first two priority spots on its Heineken Cup entry list, ahead of a French Heineken Cup winner). This did not happen in 2010–11. Conversely, if the only French team to win a European trophy finished in the top six, or if both European trophy winners finished in the top six, the seventh-place finisher would receive a Heineken Cup berth. This also did not happen in 2010–11, as the cup winners were Leinster (Ireland, Heineken Cup) and Harlequins (England, Challenge Cup). Results As in recent seasons, several teams took occasional home matches to larger stadiums, either in their home city or a nearby location. In addition to Stade Français and Toulouse, whose use of larger venues is long-established, the following teams took home matches to other venues: Castres — Round 2 vs. Toulouse, Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers Toulon — Round 7 vs. Clermont and Round 25 vs. Toulouse, Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Bourgoin — Round 12 vs. Toulouse and Round 20 vs. Racing Métro, Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Bayonne — Round 20 vs. Toulouse, Estadio Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain Biarritz — Round 22 vs. Bayonne, Estadio Anoeta Racing Métro — Round 22 vs. Toulouse, Stade de France, Saint-Denis Key The score of the game is given by the middle (third and fourth) columns. The first and last columns indicate the number of tries scored by the home and the away team, respectively. A blue border indicates that the team has earned an attacking bonus point (i.e. has scored at least three more tries than its opponent), a yellow one that the team has earned a defensive bonus point (defeat by 7 points or less). Within each round, matches are listed in order of kickoff time. Matches with the same kickoff time are listed in alphabetic order of the home team. A dark horizontal line separates matches held on different dates. Round 1 13 and 14 August 6Toulouseleft o44right24Agen30Briveleft d18right23Racing Métro 9222Biarritzleft30right22Montpellier31Toulonleft d22right26Bayonne25Stade Françaisleft o43right12Bourgoin00Perpignanleft21right13Clermont13La Rochelleleft22right d17Castres2 Round 2 20 and 21 August 0Bourgoinleft12right o25Clermont32Briveleft26right11Perpignan14Montpellierleft o36right19Racing Métro 9213Bayonneleft o27right0Agen05Stade Françaisleft41right26La Rochelle30Biarritzleft3right13Toulon11Castresleft22right d16Toulouse1 Round 3 27 and 28 August 1Toulonleft d31right36Racing Métro 9230Perpignanleft6right16Montpellier11Agenleft28right d23Biarritz21Castresleft25right16Bayonne11La Rochelleleft20right12Bourgoin03Clermontleft o33right9Brive03Toulouseleft34right16Stade Français1 Round 4 1 September 1Montpellierleft22right d21Toulouse22Perpignanleft17right d12Biarritz01Bayonneleft19right d18Brive21La Rochelleleft d13right15Toulon01Bourgoinleft22right d15Agen05Stade Françaisleft40right d34Castres31Racing Métro 92left28right17Clermont1 Round 5 5 September 3Agenleft23right23Perpignan11Castresleft31right d25Racing Métro 9212Bourgoinleft d23right28Bayonne37Toulouseleft o50right3La Rochelle03Clermontleft27right10Montpellier13Briveleft o27right9Toulon01Biarritzleft19right11Stade Français1 Round 6 10 and 11 September 0Bayonneleft18right d16Clermont12Perpignanleft27right d20Bourgoin25Racing Métro 92left o43right18La Rochelle23Stade Françaisleft d27right29Brive22Montpellierleft23right12Castres06Toulonleft o41right10Agen11Biarritzleft25right d20Toulouse2 Round 7 17 and 18 September 2Toulouseleft29right20Bayonne21Perpignanleft22right d21Stade Français26Racing Métro 92left o51right20Bourgoin23La Rochelleleft d23right29Biarritz21Castresleft28right6Brive00Agenleft6right o35Montpellier41Toulonleft28right16Clermont1 Round 8 24 and 25 September 0Bourgoinleft3right26Toulon22Agenleft12right27Stade Français21Racing Métro 92left17right d12Biarritz01Briveleft16right16Toulouse12Clermontleft24right6Castres02Bayonneleft d25right26Perpignan23Montpellierleft o26right6La Rochelle0 Round 9 1 and 2 October 1Toulonleft22right d15Castres02Bourgoinleft18right3Brive03Stade Françaisleft30right13Montpellier23Perpignanleft21right d16La Rochelle17Clermontleft o45right19Agen11Toulouseleft28right d23Racing Métro 9211Bayonneleft d19right22Biarritz1 Round 10 22 and 23 October 0Racing Métro 92left15right d9Bayonne05Toulouseleft o38right29Perpignan24Castresleft o38right11Agen13La Rochelleleft26right d21Brive23Montpellierleft o28right3Bourgoin01Biarritzleft16right d13Clermont11Stade Françaisleft22right d15Toulon0 Round 11 29 and 30 October 0Racing Métro 92left18right18Perpignan03Clermontleft o27right3Stade Français00Bayonneleft18right29Montpellier22Agenleft29right14La Rochelle26Castresleft o41right24Bourgoin32Briveleft d21right27Biarritz26Toulouseleft o44right5Toulon1 Round 12 4 November 0Agenleft21right d20Racing Métro 9213Perpignanleft20right29Toulon21La Rochelleleft22right14Clermont11Biarritzleft17right17Castres11Stade Françaisleft d20right24Bayonne34Montpellierleft o35right9Brive01Bourgoinleft11right o35Toulouse4 Round 13 4 December 2Toulonleft29right13Montpellier10Racing Métro 92left15right d13Stade Français10Briveleft12right o30Agen33Castresleft23right13Perpignan12Bayonneleft23right14La Rochelle12Clermontleft32right d25Toulouse15Biarritzleft o37right20Bourgoin2 Round 14 29 December 1Montpellierleft22right d16Biarritz11Bayonneleft20right9Toulon01Agenleft8right25Toulouse13Castresleft25right10La Rochelle12Bourgoinleft16right26Stade Français20Racing Métro 92left6right6Brive01Clermontleft22right d16Perpignan1 Round 15 2 January 2Perpignanleft23right d16Brive14Toulonleft38right26Biarritz22Agenleft21right3Bayonne04Clermontleft o34right9Bourgoin02La Rochelleleft26right26Stade Français23Racing Métro 92left28right16Montpellier12Toulouseleft23right d16Castres1 Round 16 7–9 January 2Briveleft29right d22Clermont30Montpellierleft12right12Perpignan010Biarritzleft o65right22Agen31Bayonneleft25right d22Castres12Bourgoinleft14right o44La Rochelle53Stade Françaisleft o31right3Toulouse00Racing Métro 92left15right d12Toulon0 Round 17 26 and 27 January 3Clermontleft o31right15Racing Métro 9202Biarritzleft23right d21Perpignan32Briveleft18right26Bayonne32Toulonleft12right d9La Rochelle02Agenleft23right9Bourgoin03Castresleft o34right12Stade Français04Toulouseleft o29right9Montpellier0 Round 18 11 and 12 February 1La Rochelleleft d19right22Toulouse11Toulonleft22right d16Brive15Perpignanleft o31right18Agen22Racing Métro 92left20right d13Castres13Bayonneleft24right7Bourgoin14Montpellierleft o29right9Clermont01Stade Françaisleft31right18Biarritz0 Round 19 18 and 19 February 1Briveleft26right10Stade Français20Bourgoinleft15right32Perpignan22La Rochelleleft24right32Racing Métro 9225Castresleft43right29Montpellier42Clermontleft24right d19Bayonne12Toulouseleft23right d19Biarritz12Agenleft23right13Toulon1 Round 20 4 and 5 March 1Clermontleft19right d12Toulon20Stade Françaisleft9right21Perpignan21Bourgoinleft19right o38Racing Métro 9244Biarritzleft32right d30La Rochelle40Briveleft12right20Castres21Bayonneleft19right d13Toulouse11Montpellierleft25right d24Agen3 Round 21 11 March 2Perpignanleft25right d19Bayonne24Biarritzleft36right d32Racing Métro 9221Toulouseleft23right d22Brive12La Rochelleleft20right d16Montpellier16Toulonleft o39right17Bourgoin21Stade Françaisleft22right d18Agen02Castresleft23right d19Clermont2 Round 22 25–27 March 0Castresleft18right d12Toulon01La Rochelleleft16right o34Perpignan57Briveleft o50right6Bourgoin02Agenleft26right17Clermont24Biarritzleft o40right10Bayonne13Racing Métro 92left o43right21Toulouse02Montpellierleft29right d23Stade Français1 Round 23 1 and 2 April 2Perpignanleft d24right25Toulouse22Bayonneleft26right16Racing Métro 9213Briveleft o26right9La Rochelle03Bourgoinleft27right42Montpellier54Toulonleft o38right10Stade Français16Clermontleft o41right13Biarritz22Agenleft21right d16Castres1 Round 24 15 and 16 April 1La Rochelleleft19right29Agen20Stade Françaisleft12right20Clermont22Perpignanleft23right d16Racing Métro 9211Montpellierleft d17right22Bayonne38Biarritzleft o52right26Brive44Bourgoinleft22right33Castres42Toulonleft21right9Toulouse0 Round 25 22 and 23 April 1Castresleft16right d13Biarritz17Racing Métro 92left o51right34Agen47Bayonneleft o54right20Stade Français25Toulouseleft o33right0Bourgoin06Clermontleft o34right10La Rochelle14Toulonleft o43right12Perpignan02Briveleft23right d21Montpellier2 Round 26 7 May 2Perpignanleft10right29Castres41Stade Françaisleft16right29Racing Métro 9232Bourgoinleft d18right22Biarritz11La Rochelleleft17right30Bayonne36Agenleft o36right10Brive13Montpellierleft o27right3Toulon02Toulouseleft15right6Clermont0 Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 4 Clermont 27 5 Biarritz 17 3 Castres 17 6 Montpellier 18 1 Toulouse 29 4 Clermont 6 2 Racing Métro 25 6 Montpellier 26 1 Toulouse 15 6 Montpellier 10 All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Quarter-finals 13 May 2011 21:00 Clermont 27 – 17 Report Biarritz James 57' cLapandry 68' cMalzieu 73' c Parra (2/2)James (1/1) Floch (1/1) 14'Parra (1/2) 40+2' Yachvili 30' cPeyrelongue 37' c Yachvili (2/2) Yachvili (1/2) 20' Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand 16,794https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheMatch16374.html Clermont – Biarritz, Top 14 (vendredi 13 mai 2011), Fiche Match L'Équipe fr 2011-05-13 2011-05-15 Jean-Luc Rebollal 14 May 2011 16:25 Castres 17 – 18 Report Montpellier Diarra 5' cPenalty try 40' c Teulet (2/2) Teulet (1/4) 54' Bustos Moyano (6/7) 8', 29', 33', 44', 49', 71' Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres 10,012https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheMatch16373.html Castres – Montpellier, Top 14 (samedi 14 mai 2011), Fiche Match L'Équipe fr 2011-05-14 2011-05-15 Franck Maciello Semi-finals 27 May 2011 21:00 Toulouse 29 – 6 Report Clermont Caucaunibuca (2) 8' c, 80+3' c Skrela (1/1)Bézy (1/1) Skrela (4/4) 6', 22', 47', 54'Bézy (1/4) 79' Floch (1/1) 15'Parra (1/2) 35' Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 56,676https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheMatch16340.html Toulouse – Clermont, Top 14 (vendredi 27 mai 2011), Fiche Match L'Équipe fr 2011-05-27 2011-05-28 Jérôme Garcès 28 May 2011 16:25 Racing Métro 25 – 26 Report Montpellier Bobo 52' mWisniewski 62' cQovu 76' c Wisniewski (2/3) Steyn (1/1) 4'Wisniewski (1/3) 16' Mirande 33' cFernández 42' c Bustos Moyano (2/2) Bustos Moyano (4/5) 13', 19', 51', 79' Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 56,855https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheMatch16341.html Racing-Métro 92 – Montpellier, Top 14 (samedi 28 mai 2011), Fiche Match L'Équipe fr 2011-05-28 2011-05-28 Romain Poite Final 4 June 2011 20:45 Toulouse 15 – 10 Report Montpellier Skrela (3/8) 38', 47', 67'Bézy (2/2) 70', 75' Nagusa 26' c Bustos Moyano (1/1) Trinh-Duc (1/3) 41' Stade de France, Saint-Denis 77,000https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheMatch16342.html Top 14 Finale: Fiche Match L'Équipe fr 2011-06-04 2011-06-04 Patrick Pechambert FB 15FRA Cédric Heymans 49RW 14FRA Maxime MédardOC 13FRA Yannick Jauzion 61IC 12FRA Clément PoitrenaudLW 11FJI Rupeni Caucaunibuca 65FH 10FRA David Skrela 67SH 9 FRA Jean-Marc DoussainN8 8 FRA Louis PicamolesOF 7 FRA Thierry Dusautoir (c)BF 6 FRA Jean Bouilhou 56RL 5 ARG Patricio AlbaceteLL 4 FRA Romain Millo-Chluski 48TP 3 SAM Census Johnston 76HK 2 FRA William Servat 31LP 1 RSA Daan Human 48Replacements:HK 16FRA Virgile Lacombe 31PR 17FRA Jean-Baptiste Poux 48LK 18FRA Yoann Maestri 48FL 19FRA Yannick Nyanga 56FH 20FRA Nicolas Bézy 67CE 21FRA Florian Fritz 49WG 22FRA Vincent Clerc 65PR 23SAM Johnson Falefa 76Coach: FRA Guy Novès FB 15FRA Benjamin ThiéryRW 14FJI Timoci Nagusa 33 43 58OC 13FRA Sylvain Mirande 68IC 12ARG Santiago FernándezLW 11ARG Martín Bustos MoyanoFH 10FRA François Trinh-DucSH 9 FRA Julien Tomas 65N8 8 FJI Sakiusa MatadigoOF 7 GEO Mamuka GorgodzeBF 6 FRA Fulgence Ouedraogo (c) 67RL 5 FRA Aliki Fakaté 53LL 4 RSA Drikus HanckeTP 3 GEO Giorgi Jgenti 78HK 2 ESP Fabien Rofes 53LP 1 ARG Juan Figallo 71 78Replacements:HK 16FRA Joan Caudullo 53PR 17SAM Na'ama Leleimalefaga 71LK 18FRA Mickaël de Marco 53FL 19FRA Vassili Bost 67SH 20FRA Benoît Paillaugue 65 74 80WG 21FRA Pierre Bérard 58CE 22RSA Grant Rees 68PR 23RSA Danie ThiartCoach: FRA Fabien Galthié Individual statistics Correct as of June 5, 2011 Top points scorers Player Team PointsFRA Jonathan Wisniewski Racing Métro 336FRA Romain Teulet Castres 326ARG Martín Bustos Moyano Montpellier 283ENG Jonny Wilkinson Toulon 274FRA Jérôme Porical Perpignan 268FRA Dimitri Yachvili Biarritz 256FRA Benjamin Boyet Bayonne 233FRA David Skrela Toulouse 215FRA Mathieu Bélie Brive 197FRA Julien Dupuy Stade Français 179 Points http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/stats-top14-2010.html It's Rugby 2011-06-05 Top try scorers Player Team TriesFRA Maxime Médard Toulouse 15FRA Yoann Huget Bayonne 12FRA Julien Malzieu Clermont 11FIJ Timoci Nagusa Montpellier 11FRA Marc Andreu Castres 10USA Takudzwa Ngwenya Biarritz 9SAM Joe Tekori Castres 9FRA Yoan Audrin Castres 8FIJ Sireli Bobo Racing Métro 8ENG Ollie Phillips Stade Français 8 See also 2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 season 2010–11 Heineken Cup Match Attd Notes and references External links fr Ligue Nationale de Rugby – Official website Top 14 on Planetrugby.com Category:Top 14 seasons France