2005–06 Top 14 season
2005–06 Top 14 season Countries France Date 25 August 2005 – 10 June 2006 Champions Biarritz (5th title)Runners-up Toulouse Relegated Toulon , Pau Matches played 185 Attendance 1,922,393 (average 10,391 per match) Highest attendance 79,604 Stade Français v Biarritz 4 March 2006 Lowest attendance 4,163 Agen v Brive 27 August 2005 Top point scorer Cédric Rosalen (Narbonne) 328 pointsTop try scorer Rupeni Caucaunibuca (Agen) 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).[ 1] However, that record was short-lived when 79,604 spectators attended the Round 17 match between Stade Français and Biarritz Olympique .[ 2]
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
Club
City (department)
Stadium
Capacity
Previous season
Agen
Agen (Lot-et-Garonne )
Stade Armandie
13,000
7th
Bayonne
Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques )
Stade Jean Dauger
16,934
12th
Biarritz
Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques )
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
15,000
Champions
Bourgoin
Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère )
Stade Pierre Rajon [ a 1]
9,441
Semi-finals (3rd in league)
Brive
Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze )
Stade Amédée-Domenech
15,000
9th
Castres
Castres (Tarn )
Stade Pierre-Fabre
11,500
6th
Clermont
Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme )
Stade Marcel-Michelin
16,334
8th
Montpellier
Montpellier (Hérault )
Stade Sabathé
8,000
11th
Narbonne
Narbonne (Aude )
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié
12,000
10th
Pau
Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques )
Stade du Hameau
14,000
13th
Perpignan
Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales )
Stade Aimé Giral
16,593
5th
Stade Français
Paris , 16th arrondissement
Stade Jean-Bouin [ a 2]
12,000
Runners up (2nd in league)
Toulon
Toulon (Var )
Stade Mayol
13,700
Promoted from Pro D2 (champions)
Toulouse
Toulouse (Haute-Garonne )
Stade Ernest-Wallon [ a 3]
19,500
Semi-finals (4th in league)
Locations of the 2005–06 Top 14 teams
Number of teams by regions
Table
Fixtures & Results
Round 1
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,079[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,249[ 4]
Narbonne 26–20 Stade Français
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,873[ 5]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,907[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,873[ 7]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,604[ 8]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 10,444[ 9]
Round 2
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,937[ 10]
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 9,081[ 11]
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,449[ 12]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,330[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,981[ 14]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 4,163[ 15]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,486[ 16]
Round 3
Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,030[ 15]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,101[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,585[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,059[ 5]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,336[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,996[ 4]
Perpignan 16–12 Stade Français
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,291[ 8]
Round 4
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,840[ 11]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 14,464[ 16]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,279[ 14]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 5,424
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,141[ 13]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,707[ 9]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,592[ 10]
Round 5
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,239[ 3]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 5,965
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,508[ 8]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,594[ 15]
Biarritz 7–14 Stade Français
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 6,383[ 10]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 4,904[ 7]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,283[ 4]
Round 6
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 6,286
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,703[ 16]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,832[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,124[ 14]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,770[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,371[ 6]
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,783[ 11]
Round 7
Stade Français 25–10 Castres
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 6,448[ 11]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,168[ 8]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 9,362[ 15]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,612[ 10]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,371[ 3]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 5,628[ 5]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,100[ 4]
Round 8
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,639[ 16]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 6,481
Clermont 23–12 Stade Français
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 12,671[ 13]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 9,601[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,219[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,767[ 7]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,087[ 14]
Round 9
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,388[ 10]
Stade Français 29–15 Toulouse
Stade de France Attendance: 79,502[ 17]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,770[ 14]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,685[ 15]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,811[ 8]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,352[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,559[ 4]
Round 10
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,173[ 6]
Bourgoin 29–16 Stade Français
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 9,017
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 12,055[ 9]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,699[ 16]
Montpellier 19–17 Perpignan
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,510[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,290[ 5]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,298[ 13]
Round 11
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 13,850[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,372[ 14]
Stade Français 27–19 Bayonne
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,978[ 11]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,579[ 10]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 5,219[ 15]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 5,785[ 8]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,915[ 4]
Round 12
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,225[ 3]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 6,810
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,374[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 7,244[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,478[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,014[ 5]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,218[ 4]
Round 13
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 15,989[ 16]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,746[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,492[ 14]
Stade Français 45–13 Montpellier
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 6,995[ 11]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,046[ 10]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 4,506[ 15]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,416[ 8]
Round 14
Stade Français 36–24 Narbonne
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,079[ 11]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 5,957
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,536[ 16]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 9,000[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 4,801[ 14]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,126[ 10]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,325[ 15]
Round 15
Toulon 11–24 Stade Français
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,408[ 3]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,518[ 8]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,708[ 4]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,341[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,114[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,335[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,578[ 5]
Round 16
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,170[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 8,395[ 5]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,579[ 3]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,529[ 8]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 9,280[ 15]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 11,517[ 6]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,822[ 4]
Round 17
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 11,247[ 13]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 5,857
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,565[ 16]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,321[ 14]
Stade Français 21–16 Biarritz
Stade de France Attendance: 79,604[ 17]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,691[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,484[ 6]
Round 18
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 4,482[ 10]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 5,175
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 12,156[ 16]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,513[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,665[ 14]
Stade Français 23–16 Perpignan
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,990[ 11]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,114[ 9]
Round 19
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 9,294[ 4]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,013[ 3]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,662[ 8]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,894[ 15]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,103[ 10]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,695[ 5]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,698[ 7]
Round 20
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,841[ 16]
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 22,621[ 12]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 11,778[ 13]
Castres 10–11 Stade Français
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,809[ 14]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,062[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,311[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,206[ 7]
Round 21
Stade Français 28–15 Clermont
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,961[ 11]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 8,642[ 15]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 12,707[ 10]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,963[ 8]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,978[ 3]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,723[ 5]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,789[ 4]
Round 22
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 8,094[ 12]
Toulouse 15–0 Stade Français
Stade Municipal Attendance: 35,439[ 18]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,231[ 13]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 10,521[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,349[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,376[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,640[ 5]
Round 23
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,510[ 14]
Stade Français 33–7 Bourgoin
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 9,998[ 11]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,617[ 10]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,671[ 15]
Perpignan 42–20 Montpellier
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,913[ 8]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,703[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,342[ 4]
Round 24
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 6,451
Bayonne 28–11 Stade Français
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 9,800[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 9,080[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,654[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 10,773[ 5]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,624[ 3]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,854[ 16]
Round 25
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,233[ 10]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 12,051[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,183[ 14]
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,782[ 11]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,716[ 15]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,745[ 8]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,736[ 16]
Round 26
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 24,790[ 12]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,115[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 7,043[ 6]
Montpellier 24–43 Stade Français
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,251[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 8,664[ 5]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,051[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,627[ 4]
Knock-out stages
Semi-finals
Stade Français 9–12 Toulouse
Final
Leading scorers
Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.
Top points scorers
[ 20]
Top try scorers
[ 20]
Attendances
Attendances do not include the semi-finals or final as these are at neutral venues.
Club
Home Games
Total
Average
Highest
Lowest
% Capacity
Agen
13
90,087
6,930
9,362
4,163
53%
Bayonne
13
118,595
9,123
12,055
7,114
54%
Biarritz
13
81,805
6,293
12,707
4,482
42%
Bourgoin
13
118,412
9,109
24,790
5,175
68%
Brive
13
112,902
8,685
11,915
6,100
58%
Castres
13
80,394
6,184
9,510
4,801
54%
Clermont
13
143,688
11,053
13,850
9,000
68%
Montpellier
13
73,807
5,677
6,585
4,904
71%
Narbonne
13
95,297
7,331
10,773
5,628
61%
Pau
13
86,913
6,686
11,517
5,101
48%
Perpignan
13
148,913
11,455
12,662
5,785
69%
Stade Français
13
249,041
19,157
79,604
6,448
73%
Toulon
13
158,958
12,228
13,408
10,624
89%
Toulouse
13
227,107
17,470
35,439
12,156
83%
See also
Notes
References
External links
Governing body National teams
Other notable teams Competitions
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