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Cotter to quit coaching Top14 Club Clermont

Sunday 26 May 2013

New Zealander coach Vern Cotter has revealed that he will quit coaching Top 14 Rugby Club Clermont at the end of next season.
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Castres stun Clermont to reach Top14 final

Saturday 25 May 2013

Top 14 underdogs Castres completed a miserable week for Clermont by defeating the favourites 25-9 in Nantes on Saturday to reach the French Top 14 final against Toulon.
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Wilkinson boots Toulon into Top 14 final

Saturday 25 May 2013

Heineken Cup champions Toulon booked a place in the Top14 Rugby final when they beat Toulouse 24-9 in their Top 14 Semi-final held in Nantes.
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Toulon & Clermont return to action in Top14

Friday 24 May 2013

Heineken Cup champions Toulon and beaten finalists Clermont face little rest after their hard-fought title battle, the two teams back in action this weekend in the fight for the Top 14 crown.
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Brive promoted back into Top1 14 Rugby

Monday 20 May 2013

Brive won promotion back into the French Top 14 Rugby tournament after they beat Pro D2 rivals Pau 30-10 on Sunday.
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O'Gara retires from playing rugby to coach Racing

Saturday 18 May 2013

Ireland's record points scorer Ronan O'Gara has announced that he will retire from playing rugby and take up a coaching role at French Top 14 side Racing Metro.
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Kockott kicks Castres into Top 14 Rugby Semis

Saturday 11 May 2013

South African scrum-half Rory Kockott kicked 17 points as Castres beat Montpellier 25-12 to reach the French Top 14 semi-finals on Saturday.
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Toulouse set up Toulon Top 14 Semi-final

Saturday 11 May 2013

Two-time Top 14 Rugby defending champions Toulouse powered past Racing Metro 33-19 on Friday to set-up a French Top 14 semi-final duel against Toulon in a repeat of last year's championship match.
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Berbizier to leave Racing-Metro in June

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Pierre Berbizier will officially leave Racing-Metro at the end of June having been essentially fired in March, the former France
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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
Wilkinson almost hung up his playing boots
Wilkinson leads Toulon rout of Stade in Top14
Wilkinson's team-mates convinced him to stay on
Toulon & Clermont suffer Top14 Rugby losses

What is the Top 14 ?

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.

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Castres down Toulon to win Top 14 Rugby title