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Clermont set new record in Top 14 Rugby

Sunday 5 May 2013

Heineken Cup finalists Clermont established a new French record of 60 successive home wins in all competitions on Saturday as they ended their Top 14 regular season with a 67-3 thrashing of Bordeaux-Begles.
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Top 14 Play off picture will be cleared up

Friday 3 May 2013

Both may have already secured a Top 14 play-off berth but home advantage will be at stake when Racing-Metro host Castres at the Stade Colombes on Saturday.
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Kiwi Delany signs two year Clermont deal

Monday 22 April 2013

Former Chiefs fly-half Mike Delany has signed a two-year deal with French Top 14 leaders Clermont just two weeks after arriving as a medical joker, his club said Monday.
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French side Lyon appoint Aussie Lane as coach

Saturday 20 April 2013

Experienced Australian coach Tim Lane has been appointed manager of French second-tier rugby side Lyon on Saturday.
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Jonny Wilkinson puts pen to paper with Toulon

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Former England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson has signed a new one-year contract with French Top 14 Rugby club Toulon.
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Wilkinson miss sees Toulon draw with Clermont

Monday 15 April 2013

World Cup winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson hit the post with a match-winning penalty attempt with the final kick of the game as Top 14 leaders Toulon were held to a 26-26 draw at home by Clermont.
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Montpellier boost Top14 play off hopes

Sunday 14 April 2013

Montpellier bounced back from their Heineken Cup quarter-final exit last week to edge Toulouse 10-8 and boost their French Top 14 play-off hopes on Saturday.
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Biarritz rugby players released from quarantine

Saturday 13 April 2013

Biarritz's players were allowed out of quarantine following a mumps scare on Friday, giving them two days to prepare for their next Top 14 clash with Perpignan.
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Wilkinson almost hung up his playing boots

Tuesday 2 April 2013

England's World Cup winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson admitted on Monday there had been times during the present season that he had thought of brigning down the curtain on his hugely successful career.
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Wilkinson leads Toulon rout of Stade in Top14

Sunday 31 March 2013

Jonny Wilkinson kicked 17 points for Toulon as the Top 14 Rugby leaders ended a four-match losing streak away from home on Saturday with a 43-11 rout of Stade Francais.
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Wilkinson's team-mates convinced him to stay on

Saturday 30 March 2013

Former England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson says that he went to his team mates to ask for advice before re-signing with French Top 14 Rugby club Toulon.
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Toulon & Clermont suffer Top14 Rugby losses

Sunday 24 March 2013

French Top 14 Rugby leaders Toulon and second-placed Clermont slumped to shock defeats on Saturday as the runaway title rivals came unstuck in the Basque country.
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Cedric Heymans to join Toulouse as coach

Friday 22 March 2013

Former France winger Cedric Heymans will become a coach at Top 14 Rugby Club Toulouse after bringing the curtain down on his playing career in the summer.
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Former All Black Delany joins Clermont in Top14

Tuesday 19 March 2013

One cap All Black fly half Mike Delany has agreed to join Top 14 Rugby club Clermont as an injury replacement for the injured Julien Farnoux.
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Toulon's Boudjellal slams French Rugby Federation

Tuesday 19 March 2013

Top 14 leaders Toulon club president Mourad Boudjellal has slammed the French Rugby Federation, saying they should be paying the wages of Frederic Michalak and not him after the fly-half was injured playing for his country.
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Michalak ruled out of Top 14 Rugby for three weeks

Monday 18 March 2013

France and Toulon half-back Frederic Michalak faces at least three weeks on the sidelines with a dislocated shoulder, his national team boss Philippe Saint-Andre said Sunday.
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What is the Top 14 ?

 

The Top 14 is a rugby union club competition which is played in France.

The Top 14 is at the top of the national league system of Ligue nationale de rugby. There is promotion and relegation between the Top 14 and the next level down, the Rugby Pro D2.

The 14 best (Top) rugby teams in France participate in the competition, hence the name Top 14, though the competition was previously known as the Top 16.

The first ever final took place in 1892, between two Paris-based sides, Stade Français and Racing Club, with the latter becoming the inaugural champions.

The Top 14 competition has been held on an annual basis since, with the exception being between 1915 and 1919 because of World War I.

The current (2007/2008) Top 14 Rugby champions are Stade Toulousain.

Source: Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 
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French Top 14 rugby Standings
Clermont 25 18 1 6 712 415 12 86 - qualified for semi-finals
Toulon 25 17 1 7 736 435 15 85 - qualified for semi-finals
Toulouse 25 16 0 9 645 494 10 74 - qualified for play-offs
Castres 25 15 2 8 571 460 9 73 - qualified for play-offs
Racing-Metro 25 15 0 10 483 403 9 69 - qualified for play-offs
Montpellier 25 15 0 10 520 498 8 68 - qualified for play-offs
Perpignan 25 13 0 12 571 557 9 61
Stade Francais 25 12 1 12 561 639 4 54
Grenoble 25 12 0 13 473 549 6 54
Bayonne 25 11 1 13 431 576 7 53
Biarritz 25 11 1 13 453 523 6 52
Bordeaux 25 8 1 16 558 517 13 47
Agen 25 6 0 19 402 666 7 31 - relegated
Mont-de-Marsan 25 2 0 23 341 725 7 15 - relegated
(played, won, drawn, lost, points for, against, bonus points, total points)


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