2006-07 Top 14 season

2006-07 Top 14 season

The 2006-07 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition that ran from August 2006 through to June 2007. Biarritz were out to defend their crown, after their defeat of Toulouse in the 2005-06 Top 14 final. Both Albi and Montauban were promoted from Rugby Pro D2, whilst Toulon and Pau were relegated from the Top 14.cite web | title=lnr.fr | work=Top 14 . Les clubs | url=http://lnr.fr/Menus.asp?CR=16354&CSR=75697&CSSR=75698&Cle=76232 | accessdate=30 July | accessyear=2006]

Stade Français, who had topped the table at the end of the home-and-away season, lifted the Bouclier de Brennus as Top 14 champions with a 23-18 win over Clermont at Stade de France.

* Second division: 2006-07 Rugby Pro D2 season

Table

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The seventh-place team would have received a Heineken Cup place "if" a French club had advanced farther in that season's Heineken Cup than any club from England or Italy. However, the quarterfinal losses of Biarritz and Stade Français, the last two remaining French sides in the 2006-07 Heineken Cup, to English sides Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers, meant that the "extra" Heineken Cup place would go to England. (The remaining two semifinalists were another English side, eventual winners London Wasps, and Welsh side Llanelli Scarlets.)

The 2007-08 Heineken Cup was in doubt earlier this season. French clubs announced plans to boycott the competition, and the English PRL clubs joined them, demanding a financial stake in the competition from the RFU. However, recent negotiations have ensured that top teams from both countries will now play.

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Stade Français jumped out to an early lead, winning their first nine matches. Although they faded somewhat as the season went on, they held on to top the regular-season ladder. Toulouse and Clermont each entered the final week with a chance to top the ladder, but Stade Français' win over Agen (without a bonus point) made it impossible for Clermont to overtake them, while Toulouse failed to secure the bonus point in their win over Bourgoin that would have made it possible for them to pip the Parisians for the top seed. The last playoff berth came down to the last round between Biarritz and Perpignan, with Biarritz securing fourth place in style with a bonus-point win over Castres.

The final Heineken Cup berth came down to the last round as well, with Bourgoin holding off the challenge of Top 14 newcomers Montauban.

The relegation battle came down to the last week. Narbonne had been assured of the drop after Round 25, while any of six other clubs were in mathematical danger of the drop going into the final week. In the end, Agen, who were next-to-last entering the final week, were consigned to the drop by Stade Français.

Results

Rounds 1 to 5

Round 1
* 18 August Biarritz 2924 Clermont (1 BP)
* 19 August Stade Français (1 BP) 5220 Montpellier
* 19 August Albi 2412 Bayonne
* 19 August Agen 186 Bourgoin
* 19 August Montauban (1 BP) 4120 Narbonne
* 19 August Perpignan 2016 Castres (1 BP)
* 19 August Brive 924 Toulouse

Round 2
* 25 August Castres 1626 Stade Français
* 25 August Montpellier 267 Agen
* 26 August Bourgoin (1 BP) 4217 Brive
* 26 August Toulouse (1 BP) 230 Albi
* 26 August Bayonne 920 Montauban
* 26 August Narbonne 2518 (1 BP) Biarritz
* 26 August Clermont 2512 Perpignan

Round 3
* 30 August Albi 2118 (1 BP) Bourgoin
* 30 August Montauban (1 BP) 1924 Toulouse
* 30 August Biarritz (1 BP) 540 Bayonne
* 30 August Perpignan (1 BP) 456 Narbonne
* 30 August Stade Français (1 BP) 4513 Clermont
* 30 August Montpellier 2016 (1 BP) Castres
* 30 August Agen 2216 (1 BP) Brive

Round 4
* 3 September Bourgoin (1 BP) 3522 Montauban
* 3 September Toulouse 203 Biarritz
* 3 September Bayonne 920 Perpignan
* 3 September Narbonne 2433 Stade Français
* 3 September Clermont (1 BP) 557 Montpellier
* 3 September Brive 63 (1 BP) Albi
* 3 September Castres 3126 (1 BP) Agen Round 5
* 8 September Biarritz 126 (1 BP) Bourgoin
* 9 September Perpignan 3017 Toulouse
* 9 September Stade Français (1 BP) 4829 Bayonne
* 9 September Montpellier (1 BP) 3310 Narbonne
* 9 September Castres (1 BP) 913 Clermont
* 9 September Montauban 2120 (1 BP) Brive
* 9 September Agen (1 BP) 323 Albi

Rounds 6 to 10

Round 6
* 15 September Bourgoin 223 Perpignan
* 16 September Toulouse (1 BP) 1216 Stade Français
* 16 September Bayonne 2520 (1 BP) Montpellier
* 16 September Narbonne (1 BP) 3917 Castres
* 16 September Brive (1 BP) 1421 Biarritz
* 16 September Albi 1210 (1 BP) Montauban
* 16 September Clermont 203 Agen

Round 7
* 22 September Montpellier 99 Toulouse
* 23 September Stade Français (1 BP) 4127 Bourgoin
* 23 September Castres (1 BP) 3915 Bayonne
* 23 September Clermont (1 BP) 430 Narbonne
* 23 September Perpignan (1 BP) 2413 Brive
* 23 September Biarritz 206 Albi
* 23 September Agen 139 (1 BP) Montauban

Round 8
* 26 September Bourgoin 253 Montpellier
* 26 September Toulouse (1 BP) 353 Castres
* 26 September Bayonne 2413 Clermont
* 26 September Brive 621 Stade Français
* 26 September Albi 167 Perpignan
* 26 September Montauban 1913 (1 BP) Biarritz
* 26 September Narbonne 3318 Agen Round 9
* 30 September Agen 2018 (1 BP) Biarritz
* 30 September Castres 1816 (1 BP) Bourgoin
* 30 September Narbonne 2512 Bayonne
* 30 September Montpellier (1 BP) 1217 Brive
* 30 September Perpignan (1 BP) 1318 Montauban
* 30 September Stade Français 2512 Albi
* 30 September Clermont (1 BP) 469 Toulouse

Round 10
* 6 October Montauban 159 (1 BP) Stade Français
* 7 October Biarritz 2510 Perpignan
* 7 October Albi 159 (1 BP) Montpellier
* 7 October Bayonne 1915 (1 BP) Agen
* 7 October Brive 2215 (1 BP) Castres
* 7 October Toulouse 4034 (1 BP) Narbonne
* 7 October Bourgoin (1 BP) 2228 Clermont

Rounds 11 to 15

Round 11
* 14 October Bayonne 920 Toulouse
* 14 October Castres (1 BP) 1619 Albi
* 14 October Clermont (1 BP) 443 Brive
* 14 October Montpellier 1917 (1 BP) Montauban
* 14 October Narbonne (1 BP) 2023 Bourgoin
* 14 October Agen (1 BP) 613 Perpignan
* 14 October Stade Français 2216 (1 BP) Biarritz
** For the second consecutive year, this fixture is played at France's national stadium, Stade de France in Saint-Denis. Also for the second consecutive year, this fixture sets a record for the largest crowd ever to see a regular-season league match in any French sport. The official attendance of 79,619 breaks last year's record of 79,604.

Round 12
* 3 November Albi 627 Clermont
* 4 November Perpignan 1110 (1 BP) Stade Français
* 4 November Biarritz (1 BP) 4411 Montpellier
* 4 November Bourgoin (1 BP) 3910 Bayonne
* 4 November Brive 2321 (1 BP) Narbonne
* 4 November Montauban 1515 Castres
* 4 November Agen 2416 Toulouse

Round 13
* 10 November Toulouse 2515 Bourgoin
* 11 November Stade Français 318 Agen
* 11 November Bayonne (1 BP) 296 Brive
* 11 November Castres (1 BP) 1216 Biarritz
* 11 November Montpellier (1 BP) 1215 Perpignan
* 11 November Narbonne (1 BP) 5012 Albi
* 11 November Clermont 2716 Montauban

Round 14
* 17 November Montpellier 2513 Stade Français
* 18 November Clermont 2517 Biarritz
* 18 November Bayonne 159 (1 BP) Albi
* 18 November Bourgoin 3118 Agen
* 18 November Narbonne 3733 (1 BP) Montauban
* 18 November Toulouse (1 BP) 2629 Brive
* 18 November Castres 1913 (1 BP) Perpignan

Round 15
* 24 November Stade Français (1 BP) 4318 Castres
* 24 November Albi 1313 Toulouse
* 25 November Agen 149 Montpellier
* 25 November Biarritz 4214 Narbonne
* 25 November Brive 283 Bourgoin
* 25 November Montauban 1718 Bayonne
* 25 November Perpignan (1 BP) 3215 Clermont

Rounds 16 to 20

Round 16
* 1 December Bayonne (1 BP) 1115 Biarritz
* 2 December Bourgoin 3611 Albi
* 2 December Toulouse 3021 Montauban
* 2 December Narbonne 1519 Perpignan
* 2 December Clermont 2917 Stade Français
* 2 December Castres 5113 Montpellier
* 2 December Brive 1916 Agen

Round 17
* 22 December Agen 209 Castres
* 23 December Montauban 2617 Bourgoin
* 23 December Montpellier 1831 (1 BP) Clermont
* 23 December Perpignan (1 BP) 3630 (1 BP) Bayonne
* 23 December Stade Français (1 BP) 410 Narbonne
* 23 December Albi 193 Brive
* 23 December Biarritz (1 BP) 1618 Toulouse

Round 18
* 5 January Bourgoin 90 Biarritz
* 6 January Toulouse 1612 (1 BP) Perpignan
* 6 January Albi 166 Agen
* 6 January Brive (1 BP) 1116 Montauban
* 6 January Clermont 3023 (1 BP) Castres
* 6 January Narbonne 329 Montpellier
* 6 January Bayonne 2927 (1 BP) Stade Français

Round 19
* 26 January Montpellier (1 BP) 3917 Bayonne
* 27 January Agen 2218 (1 BP) Clermont
* 27 January Castres (1 BP) 6214 Narbonne
* 27 January Biarritz 156 Brive
* 27 January Montauban (1 BP) 1519 Albi
* 27 January Perpignan 169 (1 BP) Bourgoin
* 27 January Stade Français 2220 (1 BP) Toulouse (at Stade de France)
** For the fourth time in four fixtures at Stade de France, and the second time this season, Stade Français set an all-time attendance record for a regular-season league match in French sport, drawing 79,741.

Round 20
* 23 March Albi 1023 Biarritz
* 24 March Bourgoin 1919 Stade Français
* 24 March Bayonne 1912 (1 BP) Castres
* 24 March Brive 2222 Perpignan
* 24 March Montauban 2212 Agen
* 24 March Toulouse 2810 Montpellier
* 24 March Narbonne (1 BP) 2629 (1 BP) Clermont

Rounds 21 to 26

Round 21
* 6 April Montpellier 197 Bourgoin
* 7 April Castres 1935 (1 BP) Toulouse
* 7 April Stade Français 1813 (1 BP) Brive
* 7 April Agen (1 BP) 1926 Narbonne
* 7 April Clermont (1 BP) 6124 (1 BP) Bayonne
* 7 April Perpignan 203 Albi
* 7 April Biarritz 99 Montauban

Round 22
* 13 April Biarritz 177 Agen
* 14 April Albi (1 BP) 1621 Stade Français
* 14 April Bayonne 168 Narbonne
* 14 April Bourgoin 3219 Castres
* 14 April Montauban 1229 Perpignan
* 14 April Brive 2516 Montpellier
* 15 April Toulouse 247 Clermont Round 23
* 27 April Narbonne 1041 (1 BP) Toulouse
* 28 April Perpignan 1523 Biarritz
* 28 April Agen 1616 Bayonne
* 28 April Clermont (1 BP) 459 Bourgoin
* 28 April Montpellier 2314 Albi
* 28 April Stade Français 2417 (1 BP) Montauban
* 28 April Castres 1715 (1 BP) Brive

Round 24
* 4 May Perpignan (1 BP) 3118 Agen
* 5 May Biarritz 2213 Stade Français
* 5 May Albi 1912 (1 BP) Castres
* 5 May Bourgoin (1 BP) 4411 Narbonne
* 5 May Montauban 1312 (1 BP) Montpellier
* 5 May Toulouse (1 BP) 4728 (1 BP) Bayonne
* 5 May Brive 2822 (1 BP) Clermont

Round 25
* 11 May Toulouse (1 BP) 470 Agen
* 12 May Bayonne 1811 (1 BP) Bourgoin
* 12 May Castres 2513 Montauban
* 12 May Clermont (1 BP) 706 Albi
* 12 May Narbonne 2142 (1 BP) Brive
* 12 May Montpellier (1 BP)3929 (1 BP) Biarritz
* 13 May Stade Français 1211 (1 BP) Perpignan

Round 26
* 26 May Albi (1 BP) 290 Narbonne
* 26 May Agen 518 Stade Français
* 26 May Biarritz (1 BP) 3217 Castres
* 26 May Bourgoin (1 BP) 2021 Toulouse
* 26 May Brive (1 BP) 69 Bayonne
* 26 May Montauban (1 BP) 1921 Clermont
* 26 May Perpignan 149 (1 BP) Montpellier

Knock-out stages

emi-finals

* 1 June Stade Français 186 Biarritz at Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
* 2 June Toulouse 1520 Clermont at Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Final

* 9 June Stade Français 2318 Clermont at Stade de France

Notes

References

* " [http://www.lnr.fr/ Ligue Nationale de Rugby] ". "lnr.fr". Accessed July 30, 2006.
* " [http://www.planet-rugby.com/Tournaments/Top_14/story_52594.shtml Top 14 - Fixtures for 2006/2007] ". "planet-rugby.com". Accessed July 30, 2006.

ee also

* 2006-07 Heineken Cup
* 2006-07 Rugby Pro D2 season

External links

* [http://www.lnr.fr/ Ligue Nationale de Rugby] - Official website
* [http://www.planet-rugby.com/Tournaments/Top_14/index.shtml Top 14] on Planetrugby.com


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