2011–12 Rugby Pro D2 season

2011–12 Pro D2 100px France August 2011 – 27 May 2012 Grenoble Pau GrenobleMont-de-Marsan BourgoinPérigueux 243 FRA Maxime Petitjean (406) www.lnr.fr 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 Rugby Pro D2 was the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2011–12 season. It ran alongside the 2011–12 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Grenoble claimed the automatic promotion spot as league champions, and Mont-de-Marsan earned the second promotion spot by winning a playoff among the next four teams. Béziers and Périgueux finished in the two bottom spots, which would normally lead to automatic relegation to Fédérale 1. However, Béziers were spared the drop when Bourgoin were forcibly relegated to Fédérale 1 for financial reasons.http://www.espnscrum.com/france-top-14-2012-13/rugby/story/168358.html Bourgoin wilt under financial pressure Ian Moriarty ESPN Scrum 9 August 2012 13 September 2012 Teams France 350 right Location of teams in Rugby Pro D2 2011–12 France 43.53 5.45 Aix-en-Provence right France 43.93 2.15 Albi France 43.65 0.59 Auch top France 44.93 2.44 Aurillac France 45.58961 5.28764 Bourgoin right France 43.21 2.35 Carcassonne bottom France 43.18 3.00 Narbonne France 43.71 -1.06 Dax left France 45.18 5.73 Grenoble bottom France 46.059444 -1.151389 La Rochelle France 43.90 -0.51 Mt-de-Marsan left France 43.33472 3.26611 Béziers left France 46.26 5.66 Oyonnax top France 43.30 -0.37 Pau left France 45.19164 0.70002 Périgueux left France 43.23 0.07 Tarbes ClubCityStadium Pays d'Aix RC Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) Stade Maurice David SC Albi Albi (Tarn) Stadium Municipal d'Albi FC Auch Auch (Gers) Stade du Moulias Stade Aurillacois Aurillac (Cantal) Stade Jean Alric AS Béziers Hérault Béziers (Hérault) Stade de la Méditerranée Bourgoin-Jallieu Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère) Stade Pierre Rajon US Carcassonne Carcassonne (Aude) Stade Albert Domec US Dax Dax (Landes) Stade Maurice Boyau FC Grenoble Grenoble (Isère) Stade Lesdiguières La Rochelle La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) Stade Marcel-Deflandre Stade Montois Mont-de-Marsan (Landes) Stade Guy Boniface RC Narbonne Narbonne (Aude) Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Oyonnax Rugby Oyonnax (Ain) Stade Charles-Mathon Section Paloise Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Stade du Hameau CA Périgueux Périgueux (Dordogne) Stade Francis-Rongiéras Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) Stade Maurice Trélut 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 earned 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 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. 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 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 2011–12 Rugby Pro D2 TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDiffBonus pointsPointsHead-to-head 1 Grenoble 30 22 1 7 727 398 +329 15 105 2 Pau 30 19 1 10 602 536 +66 9 87 3 Stade Montois 30 19 0 11 569 453 +116 8 84 4 Dax 30 18 3 9 590 508 +82 6 84 5 La Rochelle 30 18 0 12 667 563 +104 9 81 6 Carcassonne 30 17 2 11 659 616 +43 9 81 7 Albi 30 14 0 16 659 616 +43 16 72 8 Oyonnax 30 14 1 15 594 589 +5 11 69 9 Bourgoin 30 14 0 16 620 671 −51 10 66 10 Auch 30 14 1 15 489 557 −68 7 65 11 Aix-en-Provence 30 12 1 17 658 681 −23 13 63 12 Tarbes 30 13 0 17 561 646 −85 9 61 13 Aurillac 30 12 2 16 570 610 −40 8 60 14 Narbonne 30 12 0 18 550 654 −104 11 59 15 Béziers 30 9 0 21 499 673 −174 10 46 16 Périgueux 30 7 0 23 516 713 −197 13 41 {| 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;" |      |Two teams relegated to Fédérale 1 – Bourgoin for financial reasons, and Périgueux as bottom finisher. |} Updated as of 21 May 2012http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/result-prod2-2011.html Pro D2 : 2011/2012 - results, fixtures, tables - Rugby - It's rugby Itsrugby.co.uk 2011-11-07 Results Results table The home team is listed in the left column. Summary table of results Clubs AIX ALB AUC AUR BÉZ BOU CAR DAX GRE MDM NAR OYO PAU PÉR ROC TAR Aix35-2733-2318-1820-1323-2522-2629-3617-1524-1629-3639-1327-919-831-1739-32 Albi19-1614-1223-1034-641-1710-1333-919-1814-1535-2225-325-627-931-1535-29 Auch28-1015-920-1921-1325-1515-106-246-1315-914-1239-1714-1725-2221-2525-22 Aurillac19-2832-2520-2119-1336-1720-1526-146-626-1218-318-918-1915-935-1437-18 Béziers18-1618-1523-628-2018-1113-186-1511-1619-1127-2113-3520-3021-1326-3410-15 Bourgoin13-1947-1825-1029-159-333-3027-1223-29-23-2024-2321-2623-1618-2121-9Carcassonne24-2025-1922-1828-2147-4518-2534-2016-4325-306-1221-1934-1624-2028-1627-21 Dax25-1815-918-1824-1923-1128-1223-23-20-1321-1638-1427-924-1512-622-13 Grenoble39-955-1042-327-1347-1530-1317-1218-1622-1632-2624-924-1834-635-321-3 Mont-de-Marsan9-624-38-340-316-627-2220-1515-612-1628-1843-027-1626-022-1319-16 Narbonne16-932-259-1229-1220-1339-3212-1418-2212-409-1324-2015-621-1928-2229-14 Oyonnax31-1918-1915-1329-1243-1925-1213-1318-2223-634-1222-1626-043-725-1813-9 Pau31-2237-1416-340-2025-1626-1028-189-918-1624-1532-3-26-1417-1228-27 Périgueux39-3833-279-1122-1533-2618-257-3923-189-1119-2721-913-2016-2232-2021-22 La Rochelle35-325-634-2526-1622-333-1922-921-1318-1624-1554-1026-1613-623-1741-7 Tarbes22-2022-1932-2211-1218-2623-1616-2523-1615-915-1619-1317-618-1732-2621-15 Home win Draw Home defeat Promotion playoffs All times CEST. Semi-finals 19 May 2012 15:10 Pau 16 – 14 La Rochelle Vainqueur 35' c Manca (1/1) Manca (3) 26', 33', 56' Ferrou 75' m Fauque (3) 18', 30', 43' Stade du Hameau, Pau 12,500https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/match/17688 https://web.archive.org/web/20120521221320/http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/match/17688 dead May 21, 2012 Pau – La Rochelle, Pro D2 2011-2012 – Démi-finales L'Équipe French 2012-05-19 2012-06-07 Laurent Cardona 20 May 2012 18:00 Mont-de-Marsan 24 – 20 Dax Chedal 18' mMazzonetto 47' c Vignau-Tuquet (1/2) Vignau-Tuquet (4) 3', 5', 26', 74' Mirande (2) 63' c, 78' c Lacoste (2/2) Lacoste (2) 46', 66' Stade Guy Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan 8,783https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/match/17689 https://web.archive.org/web/20120522125206/http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/match/17689 dead May 22, 2012 Mont-de-Marsan – Dax, Pro D2 2011-2012 – Démi-finales L'Équipe French 2012-05-20 2012-06-07 Patrick Péchambert Final 27 May 2012 14:00 Pau 20 – 29 Mont-de-Marsan Furnat 5' cLarrieu 60' c Manca (2/2) Manca (2) 23', 43' Jágr (2) 25' c, 45' c Vignau-Tuquet (2/2) Vignau-Tuquet (3) 4', 13', 34'Arrayet (2) 67', 73' Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 23,928 https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/match/17687 https://web.archive.org/web/20120530184057/http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/match/17687 dead May 30, 2012 Pau – Mont-de-Marsan, Pro D2 2011-2012 – Finale L'Équipe French 2012-05-27 2012-06-07 Jean Rebollal See also 2011–12 Top 14 season References External links fr Ligue Nationale de Rugby – Official website fr Midi Olympique fr Match Attd 2011-12 Pro D2