French Rugby Union Championship 2007/08

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The 2007/08 season was the 109th edition of the French Rugby Union Championship. It comprised 14 teams in the top division Top 14 and 16 teams in the second highest division Pro D2 .

Top 14

The regular season of the Top 14 had 26 game days (one first and one second round). It began on October 26, 2007 ( about two months later than usual because of the 2007 World Cup ) and lasted until June 14. The four best-placed teams qualified for the semi-finals. In the final, which took place on June 28, 2008 in the Stade de France , the semi-final winners played for the Bouclier de Brennus championship trophy . Here sat Stade Toulousain against ASM Clermont Auvergne through and won for the 17th time the championship.

The last placed FC Auch relegated to Pro D2, while SC Albi was relegated for financial reasons. As a result, the US Dax , which is second to last, escaped relegation.

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  • Qualification for semi-finals and participation in the Heineken Cup
  • Participation in the Heineken Cup
  • Relegation to the Pro D2

    • M = reigning master
    A = promoted

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. ASM Clermont Auvergne 26th 20th 0 6th 773: 380 + 393 16 96
    2. Stade Toulousain 26th 19th 0 7th 723: 394 + 329 15th 91
    3. Stade Français (M) 26th 18th 0 8th 617: 417 + 200 8th 80
    4th USA Perpignan 26th 17th 2 7th 531: 392 + 139 7th 79
    5. Castres Olympique 26th 15th 0 11 564: 524 + 40 9 69
    6th Biarritz Olympique 26th 13 1 12 385: 339 + 46 12 66
    7th US Montauban 26th 13 0 13 420: 446 - 26th 11 63
    8th. Montpellier RC 26th 14th 0 12 426: 490 - 64 5 61
    9. Aviron Bayonnais 26th 11 1 14th 457: 535 - 78 8th 54
    10. CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 26th 10 2 14th 453: 526 - 73 8th 52
    11. CA Brive 26th 10 0 16 425: 514 - 89 11 51
    12. SC Albi 26th 9 1 16 415: 549 - 134 10 48
    13. US Dax (A) 26th 6th 1 19th 314: 645 - 331 8th 34
    14th FC Also (A) 26th 3 0 23 336: 688 - 352 7th 19th
    1. ↑ Because the deficit was too high, SC Albi was forcibly relegated; the appeal was rejected.

    The points are distributed as follows:

    • 4 points if you win
    • 2 points if there is a tie
    • 0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
    • 1 bonus point more than the opponent for three successful attempts
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Semifinals

    June 21, 2008
    5:00 p.m.     		ASM Clermont Auvergne 21: 7 USA Perpignan Stade Vélodrome , Marseille
    Attempts: Nalaga 23rd received, 47th received
    Raise: James (1/2)
    Penalty: James (2/3) 21st, 40th
    Dropgoals: James (1/1) 10th     		(16: 0)
    report     		Attempts: Laharrague 63. Increments
    : Montgomery (1/1)
    June 22, 2008
    3:15 pm     		Stade Toulousain 31: 13 Stade Français Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas , Bordeaux
    Attempts: Médard 44th received
    Jauzion (2) 56th received, 60th received
    Increases: Élissalde (1/1)
    Kunavore (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Élissalde (2/2) 20th, 22. Dropgoals
    : Kunavore (1/1) 48.     		(6: 3)
    Report     		Attempts: Fillol 73. Increments
    : Hernández (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Hernández (2/2) 24., 52.

    final

    June 28, 2008
    9:00 p.m.     		ASM Clermont Auvergne 20:26 Stade Toulousain Stade de France , Saint-Denis
    Spectators: 79,793
    Referee: Éric Darrière
    Attempts: Rougerie 20th, increased
    Sirakashvili 80th,
    increased increases: James (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: James (2/2) 13th, 69th
    		 (10:10)
    report     		Attempts: Servat 17th raised
    Médard 60th
    raised increases: Élissalde (2/2)
    Penalties: Élissalde (2/3) 33rd, 56th
    Kunavore (1/1) 74.
    Courrent (1/1) 79.
    15th Benoît baby
    14th Aurélien Rougerie ( c )
    13 Gonzalo Canale
    12 Marius Joubert
    11 Napolioni Nalaga
    10 Brock James
    09 Pierre Mignoni
    08th Julien Bonnaire
    07th Elvis Vermeulen
    06th Alexandre Audebert
    05 Jamie Cudmore
    04th Thibaut Private
    03 Dawit Sirakashvili
    02 Mario Ledesma
    01 Laurent Emmanuelli
    Substitute:
    16 John Smit
    17th Thomas Domingo
    18th Loïc Jacquet
    19th Christophe Samson
    20th Sam Broomhall
    21st Seremaia Bai
    22nd Anthony Floch
    15th Maxime Médard
    14th Cédric Heymans
    13 Maleli Kunavore
    12 Yannick Jauzion
    11 Yves Donguy
    10 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
    09 Byron Kelleher
    08th Shaun Sowerby
    07th Thierry Dusautoir
    06th Jean Bouilhou ( c )
    05 Fabien Pelous
    04th Patricio Albacete
    03 Daan Human
    02 William Servat
    01 Omar Hasan
    Substitute:
    16 Jean-Baptiste Poux
    17th Alberto Vernet Basualdo
    18th Romain Millo-Chluski
    19th Grégory Lamboley
    20th Finau Maka
    21st Valentin Courrent
    22nd Florian Fritz

    statistics

    Most attempts made
    Surname tries team
    1. FijiFiji Napolioni Nalaga 18th ASM Clermont Auvergne
    2. FranceFrance Maxime Médard 14th Stade Toulousain
    3. FranceFrance Aurélien Rougerie 11 ASM Clermont Auvergne
    4th FranceFrance Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet 09 Aviron Bayonnais
    5. United StatesUnited States Takudzwa Ngwenya 08th Biarritz Olympique
    Most points scored
    Surname Points team
    1. AustraliaAustralia Brock James 303 ASM Clermont Auvergne
    2. FranceFrance Richard Dourthe 245 Aviron Bayonnais
    3. ArgentinaArgentina Juan Martín Hernández 224 Stade Français
    4th FranceFrance Romain Teulet 219 Castres Olympique
    5. FranceFrance Fabien Fortassin 217 US Montauban

    Pro D2

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    The regular season of the Pro D2 consisted of 30 game days (one first and one second round). It began on October 27, 2007 and lasted until May 21, 2008. The best-placed team, the RC Toulon , rose straight away. The teams in places 2 to 5 contested a playoff for the second promotion place, which Stade Montois was able to secure on June 8, 2008. Two teams had to relegate to the amateur league Fédérale 1 , the USA Limoges and the Blagnac SCR .

    table

  • Direct promotion to the top 14
  • Participants in the playoff for the second promotion place
  • Relegation to the Fédérale 1

    • T = relegated Top 14
    F = promoted Fédérale 1

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. RC Toulon 30th 22nd 1 7th 873: 495 + 378 16 106
    2. Racing Métro 92 30th 21st 1 8th 683: 426 + 257 13 99
    3. Stade Montois 30th 19th 3 8th 582: 488 + 94 7th 89
    4th Lyon Olympique Universitaire 30th 17th 0 13 604: 424 + 180 15th 83
    5. Atlantique Stade Rochelais 30th 17th 0 13 540: 443 + 97 13 81
    6th AS Béziers 30th 17th 2 11 556: 505 + 51 9 81
    7th SU Agen (T) 30th 17th 2 11 575: 430 + 145 9 81
    8th. FC Grenoble 30th 16 2 12 506: 454 + 52 9 77
    9. US Oyonnax 30th 16 0 14th 612: 545 + 67 9 73
    10. Section Paloise 30th 14th 0 16 533: 576 - 43 13 69
    11. Stade Aurillacois (F) 30th 14th 0 16 609: 691 - 82 10 66
    12. USB-CABBG 30th 12 1 17th 468: 526 - 58 11 61
    13. RC Narbonne (T) 30th 12 1 17th 503: 626 - 123 7th 57
    14th Tarbes Pyrénées rugby 30th 8th 1 21st 428: 721 - 293 11 45
    15th USA Limoges 30th 5 2 23 340: 791 - 451 7th 31
    16. Blagnac SCR (F) 30th 4th 2 24 469: 756 - 287 7th 27

    The points are distributed as follows:

    • 4 points if you win
    • 2 points if there is a tie
    • 0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
    • 1 bonus point more than the opponent for three successful attempts
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Semifinals

    date encounter Result
    June 15, 2008 Stade Montois - Lyon Olympique Universitaire 12: 06
    June 15, 2008 Racing Métro 92 - Atlantique Stade Rochelais 23:17

    final

    date encounter Result
    June 21, 2008 Racing Métro 92 - Stade Montois 23:32

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