French Rugby Union Championship 2017/18

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The 2017/18 season was the 119th 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 consisted of 26 game days (one first and one second round). It began on August 26, 2017 and lasted until May 5, 2018. The two best-placed teams qualified directly for the semi-finals and met the winners of the quarter-finals, which were played between the third to sixth placed teams. The semi-final winners met in the final on June 2, 2018 and will play for the Bouclier de Brennus championship trophy at the Stade de France . The team in 13th place carried out a barrage against the final loser of the Pro D2 , while the team in 14th place relegated directly to the Pro D2. The defending champion was ASM Clermont Auvergne , the title won by Castres Olympique .

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  • Qualification for the semi-finals and participation in the European Rugby Champions Cup 2018/19
  • Qualification for the quarter-finals and participation in the European Rugby Champions Cup 2018/19
  • Barrage against the finalist of the Pro D2
  • Direct descent into the Pro D2

    • M = reigning master
    A = promoted

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Montpellier Hérault RC 26th 17th 0 9 752: 559 + 193 13 81
    02. Racing 92 26th 18th 0 8th 622: 478 + 144 8th 80
    03. Stade Toulousain 26th 16 1 9 719: 595 + 124 8th 74
    04th RC Toulon 26th 14th 0 12 766: 507 + 259 17th 73
    05. Lyon Olympique Universitaire 26th 15th 0 11 699: 541 + 158 10 70
    06th Castres Olympique 26th 15th 0 11 637: 624 + 13 8th 68
    07th Atlantique Stade Rochelais 26th 14th 1 11 686: 531 + 155 8th 66
    08th. Section Paloise 26th 15th 0 11 590: 584 + 6 6th 66
    09. ASM Clermont Auvergne (M) 26th 11 1 14th 629: 687 - 58 8th 54
    10. Union Bordeaux Bègles 26th 10 1 15th 557: 623 - 66 5 47
    11. SU Agen (A) 26th 10 0 16 537: 757 - 220 6th 46
    12. Stade Français 26th 9 0 17th 560: 740 - 180 6th 42
    13. US Oyonnax (A) 26th 7th 3 16 566: 823 - 257 5 39
    14th CA Brive 26th 7th 1 18th 485: 726 - 241 6th 36

    The points were distributed as follows:

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

    Final phase

    Semi-final qualification
    May 18, 2018
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		RC Toulon 19:19 a.d. Lyon Olympique Universitaire Stade Mayol
    Spectators: 18,200
    Referee: Mathieu Raynal
    Attempts: Ashton 56th
    increases: Belleau (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Belleau (2/3) 37th, 50th
    Trinh-Duc (2/2) 69th, 82nd
    		 (3: 6)
    Report     		Attempts: Arnold 64th n.erh.
    Cretin 69th ad.
    Penalty kicks: Harris (3/3) 24., 32., 93.

    Lyon Olympique Universitaire qualified for the semi-finals due to the higher number of attempts (2: 1).

    May 19, 2018
    4:15 p.m. CEST     		Stade Toulousain 11:23 Castres Olympique Stade Ernest-Wallon , Toulouse
    Spectators: 18,800
    Referee: Romain Poite
    Attempts: Ghiraldini 60th ad.
    Penalty kicks: Ramos (2/4) 16., 20.
    		 (6:13)
    Report     		Attempts: Batlle 12th
    increased , 44th increased increases: Urdapilleta (2/2)
    Penalty kicks : Kockott (2/3) 25th, 48th
    Urdapilleta (1/1) 35.
    Semifinals
    May 25, 2018
    21:00 CEST     		Montpellier Hérault RC 40:14 Lyon Olympique Universitaire Groupama Stadium , Décines-Charpieu
    Spectators: 58,664
    Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
    Attempts: Nadolo 24th,
    Dumoulin, 38th,
    Picamoles, 48th,
    Willemse 72th, of the
    increases: Pienaar (4/4)
    Penalty kicks: Pienaar (3/3) 4th, 18th, 43rd
    Steyn (1 / 1) 14.
    		 (23: 9)
    Report     		Attempts: Harris 78th n.erh.
    Increases: Harris (3/3) 10th, 23rd, 29th
    May 26, 2018
    4:45 p.m.     		Racing 92 14:19 Castres Olympique Groupama Stadium , Décines-Charpieu
    Spectators: 56,272
    Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
    Attempts: Imhoff 19th
    incremental Dupichot 25th
    incremental increments: Iribaren (2/2)
    		 (14:16)
    Report     		Attempts: Vaipulu 8th
    increments: Urdapilleta (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Urdapilleta (4/4) 11th, 33rd, 40th, 64th
    final
    June 2nd, 2018
    8:45 PM CEST     		Montpellier Hérault RC 13:29 Castres Olympique Stade de France , Saint-Denis
    Spectators: 78,442
    Referee: Jérôme Garcès
    Tries: penalty try 55th
    penalty kicks: Steyn (1/2) 12.
    Ruan Pienaar (1/3) 34th
    		 (6:19)
    Report     		Attempts: Dumora 39 th
    Mafi 76 th marks
    : Urdapilleta (2/2)
    Penalty kicks : Urdapilleta (5/5) 8th, 15th, 19th, 30th, 62nd

    Barrage

    May 12, 2018
    2:45 PM CEST     		FC Grenoble 47:22 US Oyonnax Stade des Alpes , Grenoble
    Spectators: 18,500
    Referee: Laurent Cardona
    Attempts: Visinia 8th received, 68th received
    Mélé 11th received
    Oz 33rd received
    Taumalolo 38th received
    Guillemin 65th received
    Mas 77.
    increased increases: Mélé (4/4)
    Pourteau (1/2)
    Francis (1/1)
    		 (18:10)
    Report     		Attempts: Ikpefan 21st received, 51st received
    Müller 80th received
    Elevations: Botica (2/2)
    Penalty kicks : Botica (1/1) 15.

    With the win in the Barrage, FC Grenoble rose to the top 14, while the US Oyonnax had to relegate to the Pro D2.

    Pro D2

    Logo Pro D2

    The regular season of Pro D2 consisted of 30 game days. It began on August 18, 2017 and lasted until April 13, 2018. The two best-placed teams qualified directly for the semi-finals, while the teams in places 3 to 6 played a playoff for the two other semi-finals. The winner of the final rose to the top 14, the loser of the final played a playoff against the 13th of the top 14. Two teams were relegated to the Fédérale 1 amateur league .

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  • Qualification for the semi-finals of the playoff for promotion
  • Qualification for the quarter-finals of the playoff for promotion
  • 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
    01. USA Perpignan 30th 20th 1 9 919: 571 + 348 15th 97
    02. US Montauban 30th 20th 2 8th 679: 546 + 133 8th 92
    03. FC Grenoble (T) 30th 20th 1 9 775: 667 + 108 6th 88
    04th Stade Montois 30th 17th 0 13 753: 540 + 213 16 84
    05. AS Béziers 30th 19th 1 10 756: 670 + 86 6th 84
    06th Biarritz Olympique 30th 17th 0 13 789: 694 + 95 12 80
    07th USO Nevers (F) 30th 15th 0 15th 656: 580 + 76 9 69
    08th. Aviron Bayonnais (T) 30th 14th 1 15th 732: 764 - 32 11 69
    09. US Colomiers 30th 14th 1 15th 637: 678 - 41 11 69
    10. RC Vannes 30th 12 0 18th 721: 739 - 18th 14th 62
    11. Stade Aurillacois 30th 13 1 16 641: 716 - 75 7th 61
    12. RC Massy Essonne (F) 30th 13 0 17th 633: 682 - 49 7th 59
    13. Soyaux Angoulême XV 30th 13 1 16 592: 661 - 69 5 59
    14th US Carcassonne 30th 11 0 19th 585: 767 - 182 9 53
    15th US Dax 30th 9 1 20th 602: 767 - 165 8th 46
    16. RC Narbonne 30th 7th 2 21st 547: 975 - 428 3 35

    The points are distributed as follows:

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

    Final phase

    Semi-final qualification
    April 21, 2018
    3:15 p.m. CEST     		Stade Montois 31:23 AS Béziers Stade Guy-Boniface , Mont-de-Marsan
    Referee: Adrien Descottes
    report
    April 21, 2018
    19:00 CEST     		FC Grenoble 33: 26 Biarritz Olympique Stade des Alpes , Grenoble
    Referee: Tual Trainini
    report
    Semifinals
    April 28, 2018
    6:00 PM CEST     		US Montauban 15:22 FC Grenoble Stade Sapiac , Montauban
    Referee: Thomas Charabas
    report
    April 29, 2018
    14:15 CEST     		USA Perpignan 28: 8 Stade Montois Stade Aimé-Giral , Perpignan
    Referee: Pierre Brousset
    report
    final
    May 6, 2018
    15:00 CEST     		USA Perpignan 38: 13 FC Grenoble Stade Ernest-Wallon , Toulouse
    Referee: Cyril Lafond
    report

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