French Rugby Union Championship 2008/09

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The 2008/09 season was the 110th 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 August 26, 2008 and lasted until May 16, 2009. The four best-placed teams qualified for the semi-finals. In the final, which took place on June 6, 2009 at the Stade de France , the semi-final winners played for the Bouclier de Brennus championship trophy . The USA Perpignan won the championship title for the seventh time, while ASM Clermont Auvergne failed in a final for the tenth time. The last two teams, the US Dax and Stade Montois , had to relegate to the Pro D2.

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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. USA Perpignan 26th 20th 1 5 615: 374 + 241 10 92
    2. Stade Toulousain (M) 26th 21st 0 5 594: 324 + 270 8th 92
    3. ASM Clermont Auvergne 26th 16 1 9 752: 367 + 387 17th 83
    4th Stade Français 26th 16 1 9 622: 430 + 192 12 78
    5. Biarritz Olympique 26th 15th 0 11 516: 398 + 118 11 71
    6th CA Brive 26th 13 4th 9 481: 481 ± 0 6th 66
    7th Aviron Bayonnais 26th 14th 2 10 475: 481 - 6 6th 66
    8th. US Montauban 26th 10 2 14th 485: 572 - 87 9 53
    9. RC Toulon (A) 26th 9 2 15th 409: 488 - 79 11 51
    10. Montpellier RC 26th 11 0 15th 408: 568 - 160 6th 50
    11. CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 26th 8th 2 16 451: 599 - 148 10 46
    12. Castres Olympique 26th 7th 3 16 473: 537 - 64 10 44
    13. US Dax 26th 7th 1 18th 375: 632 - 259 7th 37
    14th Stade Montois (A) 26th 5 1 20th 325: 730 - 405 7th 29

    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 for three attempts more than the opponent
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Semifinals

    May 29, 2009
    8:45 PM     		Stade Toulousain 9:19 ASM Clermont Auvergne Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas , Bordeaux
    Spectators: 33,241
    Referee: Christophe Berdos
    Penalty kicks: Élissalde (3/3) 21., 26., 31.
    		 (9:13)
    Report     		Attempts: James 12th
    incremental increases: James (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: James (2/3) 4th, 63rd
    Baby (2/2) 28th, 45th
    May 30, 2009
    4:30 p.m.     		USA Perpignan 25:21 Stade Français Stade Gerland , Lyon
    Spectators: 40,377
    Referee: Jérôme Garcès
    Attempts: Porical 24th received
    Mermoz 48th received
    Candelon 62nd received
    Elevations: Porical (2/3)
    Penalty kicks : Porical (2/6) 5th, 36th
    		 (13: 6)
    Report     		Attempts: Beauxis 50th after.
    Parisse 69th
    increased increases: Beauxis (1/2)
    Penalty kicks: Beauxis (2/4) 33rd, 55th
    Dropgoals: Beauxis (1/1) 55.

    final

    June 6, 2009
    8:45 pm     		USA Perpignan 22: 13 ASM Clermont Auvergne Stade de France , Saint-Denis
    Spectators: 79,205
    Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu
    Attempts: Marty 45th
    increments: Porical (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Porical (4/4) 40th, 49th, 61st, 64th
    Dropgoals: Hume (1/1) 15th     		(6:10)
    Report     		Attempts: Nalaga 10th
    increments: James (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: James (2/3) 19th, 55th
    15th Jérôme Porical
    14th Farid Sid
    13 David Marty Changed after 75 minutes 75.
    12 Maxime Mermoz
    11 Julien Candelon Changed after 78 minutes 78.
    10 Gavin Hume
    09 Nicolas Durand Changed after 75 minutes 75.
    08th Jean-Pierre Pérez
    07th Damien Chouly
    06th Grégory Le Corvec Changed after 57 minutes 57.
    05 Olivier Olibeau Changed after 65 minutes 65.
    04th Rimas Álvarez Kairelis
    03 Nicolas Mas ( c ) Changed after 78 minutes 78.
    02 Marius Tincu Changed after 59 minutes 59.
    01 Perry Freshwater Changed after 59 minutes 59.
    Substitute:
    16 Guilhem Guirado Substituted after 59 minutes 59.
    17th Kisi Pulu Substituted after 59 minutes 59.
    18th Gerrie Britz Substituted after 57 minutes 57.
    19th Guillaume Vilaceca Substituted after 65 minutes 65.
    20th David Mélé Substituted after 75 minutes 75.
    21st Jean-Philippe Grandclaude Substituted after 75 minutes 75.
    22nd Philip Burger Substituted after 78 minutes 78.
    23 Sebastian Bozzi Substituted after 78 minutes 78.
    15th Anthony Floch
    14th Benoît baby Changed after 79 minutes 79.
    13 Aurélien Rougerie ( c )
    12 Gonzalo Canale Changed after 77 minutes 77.
    11 Napolioni Nalaga Changed after 77 minutes 77.
    10 Brock James
    09 Pierre Mignoni
    08th Alexandre Audebert
    07th Julien Bonnaire
    06th Jamie Cudmore Changed after 50 minutes 50.
    05 Thibaut Private Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    04th Julien Pierre
    03 Martin Scelzo Changed after 31 minutes 31.
    02 Mario Ledesma Changed after 65 minutes 65.
    01 Thomas Domingo Changed after 73 minutes 73.
    Substitute:
    16 Benoit Cabello Substituted after 65 minutes 65.
    17th Laurent Emmanuelli Substituted after 73 minutes 73.
    18th Loïc Jacquet Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    19th Elvis Vermeulen Substituted after 50 minutes 50.
    20th John Senio Substituted after 79 minutes 79.
    21st Seremaia Bai Substituted after 77 minutes 77.
    22nd Brent Russell Substituted after 77 minutes 77.
    23 Dawit Sirakashvili Substituted after 31 minutes 31.

    statistics

    Most attempts made
    Surname tries team
    1. FijiFiji Napolioni Nalaga 21st ASM Clermont Auvergne
    2. FijiFiji Vilimoni Delasau 10 US Montauban
    South AfricaSouth Africa Sam Gerber 10 Aviron Bayonnais
    United StatesUnited States Takudzwa Ngwenya 10 Biarritz Olympique
    5. FranceFrance Julien Candelon 09 USA Perpignan
    FranceFrance Anthony Floch 09 ASM Clermont Auvergne
    Most points scored
    Surname Points team
    1. AustraliaAustralia Brock James 324 ASM Clermont Auvergne
    2. EnglandEngland Andy Goode 235 CA Brive
    3. FranceFrance Lionel Beauxis 212 Stade Français
    4th FranceFrance Benjamin Boyet 210 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
    5. FranceFrance Dimitri Yachvili 193 Biarritz Olympique

    Pro D2

    Logo Pro D2

    The regular season of the Pro D2 consisted of 30 game days (one first and one second round). It began on September 7, 2008 and lasted until May 17, 2009. The best-placed team, Racing Métro 92 , rose straight away. The teams in places 2 to 5 contested a playoff for the second promotion place, which SC Albi was able to secure on June 8, 2009. Two teams had to relegate to the amateur league Fédérale 1 , the US Bressane and the AS Béziers .

    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. Racing Métro 92 30th 24 0 6th 754: 469 + 285 11 107
    2. SU Agen 30th 21st 0 9 799: 543 + 256 10 94
    3. SC Albi (T) 30th 19th 2 9 569: 493 + 76 7th 87
    4th Atlantique Stade Rochelais 30th 18th 0 12 647: 499 + 148 15th 87
    5. US Oyonnax 30th 18th 1 11 605: 438 + 167 11 85
    6th Lyon Olympique Universitaire 30th 17th 1 12 600: 448 + 152 14th 84
    7th Tarbes Pyrénées rugby 30th 15th 1 14th 602: 534 + 68 11 73
    8th. Section Paloise 30th 15th 1 14th 523: 507 + 16 10 72
    9. Stade Aurillacois 30th 16 1 13 615: 653 - 38 6th 72
    10. FC Grenoble 30th 11 1 18th 416: 469 - 53 14th 60
    11. Union Bordeaux Bègles 30th 13 0 17th 591: 639 - 48 8th 60
    12. FC Also (T) 30th 11 0 19th 416: 533 - 117 9 53
    13. RC Narbonne 30th 9 3 18th 494: 672 - 178 7th 49
    14th US Colomiers (F) 30th 9 2 19th 541: 679 - 138 7th 47
    15th US Bressane (F) 30th 8th 1 21st 507: 813 - 306 9 43
    16. AS Béziers 30th 8th 2 20th 465: 755 - 290 5 41

    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 for three attempts more than the opponent
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Playoff for the second promotion place

    Semifinals

    May 23, 2009
    		 SC Albi 15:15 a.m. Atlantique Stade Rochelais Municipal Stadium , Albi

    Since there was no winner after extra time, the number of penalty kicks was used: 5 for Albi, 4 (+ 1 dropkick) for La Rochelle.

    May 24, 2009
    		 SU Agen 15:18 US Oyonnax Stade Armandie , Agen

    final

    May 31, 2009
    		 SC Albi 14:12 US Oyonnax Stade Yves-du-Manoir , Montpellier

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