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2005–06 Top 14 season

FieldValue
imageRugbyTop14Logo.png
countriesFrance
date25 August 2005 – 10 June 2006
championsBiarritz
count5
runnersupToulouse
relegatedToulon, Pau
matches185
attendance1922393
highest attendance79,604
Stade Français v Biarritz
4 March 2006
lowest attendance4,163
Agen v Brive
27 August 2005
top point scorerFrance Cédric Rosalen (Narbonne)
328 points
top try scorerFiji Rupeni Caucaunibuca (Agen)
17 tries
prevseason[2004–05](2004-05-top-16-season)
nextseason[2006–07](2006-07-top-14-season)

Stade Français v Biarritz 4 March 2006 Agen v Brive 27 August 2005 328 points 17 tries

The 2005–06 Top 14 competition was the 107th French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) and the 1st using the name Top 14. Previously the league was known as Top 16 but the restructuring of the league at the end of the 2004–05 season meant that it shrank from 16 to 14 clubs. Toulon were the only promoted team having won the 2004–05 Pro D2.

During the season attendance records in the league were broken with 79,502 spectators attending the Round 9 clash between Stade Français and Toulouse at the Stade de France, shattering the attendance record for any regular league season game in France (not just rugby union). However, that record was short-lived when 79,604 spectators attended the Round 17 match between Stade Français and Biarritz Olympique.

The regular season finished in late May 2006, with Biarritz finishing at the top of the ladder. The semi-finals and final were contested in June, with Biarritz defeating Toulouse to claim back-to-back titles, and their fifth overall. Two teams were relegated with newly promoted Toulon, who had easily the poorest record in top 14 with just 3 wins from 26 games, being the first to go down, followed by Pau who were much more competitive but not quite good enough to stay up, finishing 3 points from safety. Both clubs would drop to the 2006–07 Pro D2.

Teams

ClubCity (department)StadiumCapacityPrevious season
AgenAgen (Lot-et-Garonne)Stade Armandie13,0007th
BayonneBayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)Stade Jean Dauger16,93412th
BiarritzBiarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)Parc des Sports Aguiléra15,000Champions
BourgoinBourgoin-Jallieu (Isère)Stade Pierre Rajon9,441Semi-finals (3rd in league)
BriveBrive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze)Stade Amédée-Domenech15,0009th
CastresCastres (Tarn)Stade Pierre-Fabre11,5006th
ClermontClermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme)Stade Marcel-Michelin16,3348th
MontpellierMontpellier (Hérault)Stade Sabathé8,00011th
NarbonneNarbonne (Aude)Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié12,00010th
PauPau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)Stade du Hameau14,00013th
PerpignanPerpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales)Stade Aimé Giral16,5935th
Stade FrançaisParis, [16th arrondissement](16th-arrondissement-of-paris)Stade Jean-Bouin12,000Runners up (2nd in league)
ToulonToulon (Var)Stade Mayol13,700Promoted from [Pro D2](2004-05-rugby-pro-d2-season) (champions)
ToulouseToulouse (Haute-Garonne)Stade Ernest-Wallon19,500Semi-finals (4th in league)

Number of teams by regions

TeamsRegion or countryTeam(s)
5Nouvelle-AquitaineAgen, Bayonne, Biarritz, Brive and Pau
OccitanieCastres, Montpellier, Narbonne, Perpignan and Toulouse
2Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesBourgoin and Clermont
1Île-de-FranceStade Français
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurToulon

Table

Qualified for the 2006–07 Heineken Cup

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Knock-out stages

Semi-finals

Final

Bobo 48' Traille 61' August 70' Harinordoquy 73' Con Yachvili (3) 46', 49', 62' Pen Yachvili (3) 1', 24', 31' Con Élissalde 65' Pen Élissalde 30' Drop Michalak 6'

FRA Patrice Lagisquet
FRA Guy Novès

Leading scorers

  • Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers

RankPlayerClubPoints
1FRA Cédric RosalenNarbonne328
2FRA Romain TeuletCastres300
3FRA Richard DourtheBayonne295
4FRA Lionel BeauxisPau243
5FRA Jean-Baptiste ÉlissaldeToulouse241
6FRA Maxime PetitjeanBrive213
7FRA François GelezAgen196
8WAL Stephen JonesClermont193
9FRA David AucagneMontpellier190
10FRA Dimitri YachviliBiarritz192

Top try scorers

RankPlayerClubTries
1FIJ Rupeni CaucaunibucaAgen17
2FIJ Sireli BoboBiarritz14
3FRA Vincent ClercToulouse11
FRA Anthony ForestBourgoin11
FRA Cédric HeymansToulouse11
4FRA Laurent ArboMontpellier10
5FRA Philippe BidabéBiarritz9
FRA Florian FritzToulouse9
SAM Laloa MilfordCastres9
FRA Julien SaubadeStade Français9

Attendances

  • Attendances do not include the semi-finals or final as these are at neutral venues.
ClubHome
GamesTotalAverageHighestLowest% Capacity
Agen1390,0876,9309,3624,16353%
Bayonne13118,5959,12312,0557,11454%
Biarritz1381,8056,29312,7074,48242%
Bourgoin13118,4129,10924,7905,17568%
Brive13112,9028,68511,9156,10058%
Castres1380,3946,1849,5104,80154%
Clermont13143,68811,05313,8509,00068%
Montpellier1373,8075,6776,5854,90471%
Narbonne1395,2977,33110,7735,62861%
Pau1386,9136,68611,5175,10148%
Perpignan13148,91311,45512,6625,78569%
Stade Français13249,04119,15779,6046,44873%
Toulon13158,95812,22813,40810,62489%
Toulouse13227,10717,47035,43912,15683%

Notes

References

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