2007–08 Top 14 season

2007–08 Top 14 season

Countries	France
Champions	Toulouse
Runners-up	Clermont
Relegated	Albi Auch
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007-08 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition, operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Because France hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the competition did not begin at its normal time of August, but instead started on the last weekend in October 2007, one week after the Rugby World Cup final. The league compensated for the late start by playing on several weekends that it normally skips, namely the weekends of the 2008 Six Nations Championship and the semifinals and final of the 2007-08 Heineken Cup. The season ended on June 28, 2008, with Toulouse defeating regular-season league leader Clermont 26–20 in the final and thereby lifting the Bouclier de Brennus.

This year's edition of the Top 14 welcomed Auch and Dax, who earned promotion from Rugby Pro D2.^[1] Agen and Narbonne were relegated from the Top 14.

As in previous seasons, the top four clubs at the end of the home-and-away season advanced to a single-elimination playoff. The semifinals were held at neutral sites, with the final at Stade de France. Going into the season, the top six clubs were guaranteed of berths in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup. Since Toulouse advanced to the 2007-08 Heineken Cup final against Irish club Munster, thereby assuring a higher finish for a French team in that competition than for any team from England or Italy, the seventh-place club also earned a berth in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup. The bottom two teams were provisionally relegated to Pro D2, with the possibility of one or both of the bottom teams to be reprieved if a team above them failed a postseason financial audit. This happened in 2007-08, as Albi failed the audit, ultimately giving a reprieve to second-from bottom Dax.

This season, LNR trialled a modification to the bonus point system in both the Top 14 and Pro D2. The system to be used this season was:^[2]

4 points for a win.
2 points for a draw.
1 "bonus" point for winning while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent. This replaces the standard bonus point for scoring 4 tries regardless of the match result.
1 "bonus" point for losing by 7 points (or less).

This system was explicitly intended to prevent a losing team from earning two bonus points, as is possible under the standard system.^[2]

Second division: 2007-08 Rugby Pro D2 season

Popularity

The league has seen a major increase in attendance in recent years. In 2006-07, per-game attendance averaged 10,549,^[3] up from 9,288 in 2005-06^[4] and 7,255 in 2004-05,^[5] when the league consisted of 16 teams instead of its current 14. The 2005-06 and 2006-07 totals are skewed to some degree because Stade Français drew over 79,000 fans to each of the two fixtures they played at Stade de France in both seasons. However, even if the Stade de France fixtures are not included, per-game attendance was 8,549 in 2005-06^[4] and 9,267 in 2006-07,^[3] both well above the 2004-05 figures.

The final average attendance for the 2007-08 regular season was 10,966, another increase from the previous season. The LNR also reported that league-wide season ticket sales were up by 11% from 2006-07.^[6] The most-attended matches were the three Stade Français matches played at Stade de France, each of which drew more than 75,000, and Toulouse's home opener in Round 2 against Montpellier, which drew 34,791 at Stadium Municipal.^[7]

Table

Key to colors
	League champions; receive a place in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup.
	Remaining participants in playoffs also receive places in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup.
	Fifth and sixth place also receive automatic Heineken Cup berths.
	Seventh place receives a Heineken Cup berth because Toulouse advanced farther in the 2007-08 Heineken Cup than any team from England or Italy.
	Relegated to Rugby Pro D2—Albi due to financial issues, Auch as bottom finisher.

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Bonus points	Points
2007-08 Top 14 Table
1	Clermont	26	20	0	6	773	380	16	96
2	Toulouse	26	19	0	7	723	394	15	91
3	Stade Français	26	18	0	8	617	417	8	80
4	Perpignan	26	17	2	7	531	392	7	79
5	Castres	26	15	0	11	564	524	9	69
6	Biarritz	26	13	1	12	385	339	12	66
7	Montauban	26	13	0	13	420	446	11	63
8	Montpellier	26	14	0	12	426	490	5	61
9	Bayonne	26	11	1	14	457	535	8	54
10	Bourgoin	26	10	2	14	453	526	8	52
11	Brive	26	10	0	16	425	514	11	51
12	Albi	26	9	1	16	415	549	10	48
13	Dax	26	6	1	19	314	645	8	34
14	Auch	26	3	0	23	336	688	7	19

If clubs are level on competition points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Head-to-head competition points earned.
Points differential in head-to-head matches.
Difference between tries scored and tries conceded in head-to-head matches.
Points differential in all matches.
Difference between tries scored and tries conceded in all matches.
Number of points scored in all matches.
Number of tries scored in all matches.
Final classification in the last Top 14 regular season.
Fewer red cards issued during the season.

Albi's relegation

Due to financial irregularities, SC Albi were relegated to the Pro D2 for 2008-09. This saved Dax from relegation and gave them what had been Albi's place in the Challenge Cup.^[8]

Schedule and results

From the official Top 14 site. Within each weekend, matches are listed in the following order:

By date.
If matches are held on the same day, by kickoff time.
Otherwise, in alphabetic order of home club.

All times CET.

Rounds 1 to 5

Round 1

26 October, 20:30 — Dax (1 BP) 10 - 15 Toulouse
27 October, 15:00 — Stade Français 23 - 17 (1 BP) Clermont (at Stade de France)
27 October, 17:30 — Biarritz 15 - 15 Albi
27 October, 17:30 — Bourgoin 10 - 8 (1 BP) Montauban
27 October, 17:30 — Brive (1 BP) 21 - 22 Bayonne
27 October, 17:30 — Castres 25 - 12 Auch
27 October, 20:30 — Montpellier 19 - 12 (1 BP) Perpignan

Round 2

2 November, 19:30 — Brive (1 BP) 7 - 12 Biarritz
3 November, 15:00 — Toulouse (1 BP) 28 - 9 Stade Français
3 November, 17:30 — Albi 21 - 16 (1 BP) Perpignan
3 November, 17:30 — Auch (1 BP) 13 - 14 Bourgoin
3 November, 17:30 — Clermont 33 - 20 Montpellier
3 November, 17:30 — Montauban 15 - 12 (1 BP) Castres
3 November, 20:30 — Bayonne (1 BP) 27 - 0 Dax

Round 3

23 November, 20:30 — Stade Français (1 BP) 46 - 6 Bayonne
24 November, 15:00 — Biarritz 6 - 18 Toulouse
24 November, 17:30 — Dax 16 - 6 Auch
24 November, 17:30 — Montauban (1 BP) 43 - 14 Brive
24 November, 17:30 — Montpellier 25 - 9 Castres
24 November, 17:30 — Perpignan 3 - 3 Bourgoin
25 November, 20:30 — Albi (1 BP) 6 - 12 Clermont

Round 4

30 November, 20:30 — Stade Français 22 - 19 (1 BP) Dax
1 December, 15:00 — Bayonne (1 BP) 10 - 14 Biarritz
1 December, 17:30 — Auch 19 – 13 (1 BP) Montauban
1 December, 17:30 — Brive (1 BP) 6 – 9 Montpellier
1 December, 17:30 — Castres 0 – 16 Perpignan
1 December, 17:30 — Toulouse (1 BP) 33 – 12 Albi
1 December, 20:30 — Bourgoin (1 BP) 14 – 20 Clermont

Round 5

21 December, 19:00 — Auch (1 BP) 11–17 Biarritz
21 December, 21:00 — Clermont 21–17 (1 BP) Toulouse
22 December, 17:30 — Bayonne (1 BP) 35–8 Perpignan
22 December, 17:30 — Castres 32–17 Bourgoin
22 December, 17:30 — Dax 19–27 Brive
22 December, 17:30 — Montpellier 19–14 (1 BP) Albi
22 December, 20:30 — Montauban 24 - 16 Stade Français

Rounds 6 to 10

Round 6

4 January, 20:30 — Biarritz 10–8 (1 BP) Montauban
5 January, 17:30 — Albi 24–17 (1 BP) Dax
5 January, 17:30 — Bourgoin 15–10 (1 BP) Bayonne
5 January, 17:30 — Clermont (1 BP) 26–6 Auch
5 January, 17:30 — Perpignan 23–19 (1 BP) Brive
5 January, 20:30 — Stade Français 33–6 Montpellier
6 January, 21:00 — Toulouse (1 BP) 44–23 Castres

Round 7

25 January, 20:30 — Auch 3–34 (1 BP) Toulouse
25 January, 20:30 — Brive (1 BP) 25–6 Albi
26 January, 15:05 — Biarritz 21–8 Perpignan
26 January, 17:30 — Bourgoin 16–31 Stade Français
26 January, 17:30 — Castres 15–14 (1 BP) Clermont
26 January, 17:30 — Montauban 12–11 (1 BP) Dax
26 January, 17:30 — Montpellier 37–13 Bayonne

Round 8

1 February, 20:30 — Perpignan 23–3 Montauban
2 February, 17:30 — Bayonne 25–10 Auch
2 February, 17:30 — Brive 26–13 Castres
2 February, 17:30 — Dax 15–14 (1 BP) Bourgoin
2 February, 17:30 — Toulouse (1 BP) 35–13 Montpellier
2 February, 20:30 — Albi (1 BP) 18–23 Stade Français
3 February, 21:00 — Clermont 12–9 (1 BP) Biarritz

Round 9

8 February, 20:30 — Stade Français 36–7 Brive
9 February, 15:00 — Auch (1 BP) 14–19 Albi
9 February, 15:00 — Biarritz 13–7 (1 BP) Dax
9 February, 15:00 — Bourgoin 23–17 (1 BP) Montpellier
9 February, 15:00 — Castres (1 BP) 37–17 Bayonne
9 February, 15:00 — Perpignan 18–17 (1 BP) Clermont
9 February, 20:30 — Montauban (1 BP) 12–16 Toulouse

Round 10

15 February, 20:30 — Montpellier (1 BP) 14–18 Biarritz
16 February, 15:05 — Toulouse (1 BP) 41–15 Perpignan
16 February, 17:30 — Albi 33–8 Bourgoin
16 February, 17:30 — Bayonne 25–18 (1 BP) Montauban
16 February, 17:30 — Dax 8–17 Castres
16 February, 17:30 — Stade Français 15–12 (1 BP) Auch
16 February, 20:30 — Brive (1 BP) 9–11 Clermont

Rounds 11 to 15

Round 11

22 February, 20:00 — Castres 16–47 (1 BP) Stade Français
23 February, 17:30 — Bayonne 31–13 Albi
23 February, 17:30 — Clermont (1 BP) 40–13 Montauban
23 February, 17:30 — Montpellier 18–13 (1 BP) Dax
23 February, 17:30 — Perpignan 28–23 (1 BP) Auch
23 February, 17:30 — Toulouse (1 BP) 51–3 Brive
24 February, 15:00 — Bourgoin 35–15 Biarritz

Round 12

29 February, 20:30 — Montauban 14–6 Montpellier
1 March, 15:00 — Biarritz 9–6 (1 BP) Stade Français
1 March, 17:30 — Albi 6–33 (1 BP) Castres
1 March, 17:30 — Auch 20–30 Brive
1 March, 17:30 — Clermont (1 BP) 27–3 Bayonne
1 March, 17:30 — Perpignan 10–10 Dax
1 March, 20:30 — Bourgoin 30–23 (1 BP) Toulouse

Round 13

7 March, 20:30 — Castres 26–19 (1 BP) Biarritz
8 March, 17:30 — Albi 15–25 (1 BP) Montauban
8 March, 17:30 — Brive 29–13 Bourgoin
8 March, 17:30 — Dax 22–40 (1 BP) Clermont
8 March, 17:30 — Montpellier 29–24 (1 BP) Auch
8 March, 18:30 — Bayonne 10–25 Toulouse
8 March, 21:00 — Stade Français 12–23 Perpignan

Round 14

14 March, 20:30 — Albi 13–8 (1 BP) Biarritz
15 March, 15:00 — Auch 15–36 (1 BP) Castres
15 March, 15:00 — Bayonne 20–18 (1 BP) Brive
15 March, 15:00 — Montauban 16–11 (1 BP) Bourgoin
15 March, 15:00 — Toulouse (1 BP) 58–5 Dax
15 March, 20:30 — Perpignan (1 BP) 27–6 Montpellier
16 March, 15:00 — Clermont (1 BP) 50–12 Stade Français

Round 15

21 March, 20:30 — Biarritz 10–0 Brive
22 March, 17:30 — Bourgoin (1 BP) 36–0 Auch
22 March, 17:30 — Castres 21–7 Montauban
22 March, 17:30 — Dax 11–6 (1 BP) Bayonne
22 March, 17:30 — Perpignan (1 BP) 45–7 Albi
22 March, 18:30 — Montpellier 17–56 (1 BP) Clermont
22 March, 21:00 — Stade Français (1 BP) 29–0 Toulouse (at Stade de France)

Rounds 16 to 20

Round 16

28 March, 20:30 — Toulouse 12–6 (1 BP) Biarritz
29 March, 15:05 — Bayonne 14–36 (1 BP) Stade Français
29 March, 17:30 — Auch 16–10 (1 BP) Dax
29 March, 17:30 — Brive 14–7 (1 BP) Montauban
29 March, 17:30 — Castres (1 BP) 12–17 Montpellier
29 March, 17:30 — Clermont (1 BP) 52–17 Albi
29 March, 20:30 — Bourgoin (1 BP) 9–10 Perpignan

Round 17

11 April, 20:30 — Dax (1 BP) 9–13 Stade Français
12 April, 15:00 — Perpignan 20–18 (1 BP) Castres
12 April, 17:30 — Albi (1 BP) 13–20 Toulouse
12 April, 17:30 — Biarritz (1 BP) 20–0 Bayonne
12 April, 17:30 — Montauban 30–19 Auch
12 April, 17:30 — Montpellier 20–14 (1 BP) Brive
12 April, 20:30 — Clermont (1 BP) 36–7 Bourgoin

Round 18

18 April, 20:30 — Bourgoin (1 BP) 12–14 Castres
19 April, 15:00 — Toulouse 11–23 Clermont
19 April, 17:30 — Albi (1 BP) 25–12 Montpellier
19 April, 17:30 — Biarritz (1 BP) 26–3 Auch
19 April, 17:30 — Brive 30–0 Dax
19 April, 17:30 — Perpignan (1 BP) 38–13 Bayonne
19 April, 20:30 — Stade Français 25–18 (1 BP) Montauban

Round 19

25 April, 20:30 — Montpellier (1 BP) 9–12 Stade Français
26 April, 17:30 — Auch 15–36 (1 BP) Clermont
26 April, 17:30 — Bayonne 19–19 Bourgoin
26 April, 17:30 — Dax 12–9 (1 BP) Albi
26 April, 18:30 — Montauban 19–13 (1 BP) Biarritz
26 April, 20:30 — Brive 7–16 Perpignan
7 May, 18:30 — Castres 6–16 Toulouse (rescheduled because of Toulouse's appearance in the Heineken Cup semifinals on 26 April)

Round 20

2 May, 20:30 — Clermont (1 BP) 28–35 (1 BP) Castres
2 May, 20:30 — Toulouse (1 BP) 73–12 Auch
3 May, 15:05 — Perpignan 16–3 Biarritz
3 May, 17:30 — Albi 21–18 (1 BP) Brive
3 May, 17:30 — Bayonne 19–16 (1 BP) Montpellier
3 May, 17:30 — Dax 20–16 (1 BP) Montauban
3 May, 20:30 — Stade Français 34–20 Bourgoin

Rounds 21 to 26

Round 21

9 May, 21:00 — Biarritz (1 BP) 11–16 Clermont
10 May, 15:00 — Auch (1 BP) 19–23 Bayonne
10 May, 15:00 — Stade Français 43–20 Albi
10 May, 17:30 — Bourgoin (1 BP) 50–14 Dax
10 May, 18:30 — Montauban 28–22 (1 BP) Perpignan
11 May, 17:00 — Castres (1 BP) 41–10 Brive
11 May, 19:00 — Montpellier 17–15 (1 BP) Toulouse

Round 22

16 May, 20:30 — Brive 11–3 Stade Français
17 May, 15:00 — Clermont 29–15 Perpignan
17 May, 17:30 — Albi (1 BP) 29–0 Auch
17 May, 17:30 — Bayonne 27–16 Castres
17 May, 17:30 — Montpellier 12–6 (1 BP) Bourgoin
17 May, 17:30 — Toulouse (1 BP) 28–6 Montauban
17 May, 18:35 — Dax 17–12 (1 BP) Biarritz

Round 23

23 May, 20:30 — Clermont (1 BP) 38–7 Brive
24 May, 15:05 — Biarritz 20–0 Montpellier
24 May, 20:30 — Auch 9–6 (1 BP) Stade Français
24 May, 20:30 — Bourgoin 18–13 (1 BP) Albi
24 May, 20:30 — Castres (1 BP) 38–16 Dax
24 May, 20:30 — Montauban 15–12 (1 BP) Bayonne
3 June, 21:00 — Perpignan (1 BP) 50–6 Toulouse (rescheduled due to Toulouse's appearance in the Heineken Cup final on 24 May)

Round 24

30 May, 19:00 — Auch 13–25 Perpignan
30 May, 21:00 — Brive 15–12 (1 BP) Toulouse
31 May, 15:05 — Stade Français (1 BP) 44–15 Castres
31 May, 17:30 — Albi 13–6 (1 BP) Bayonne
31 May, 17:30 — Biarritz (1 BP) 30–10 Bourgoin
31 May, 17:30 — Dax 16–36 (1 BP) Montpellier
31 May, 20:30 — Montauban 18–16 (1 BP) Clermont

Round 25

6 June, 20:30 — Montpellier 12–8 (1 BP) Montauban
7 June, 15:05 — Stade Français 22–18 Biarritz (1 BP) (at Stade de France)
7 June, 17:30 — Bayonne 36–8 Clermont
7 June, 17:30 — Brive (1 BP) 40–26 Auch
7 June, 17:30 — Castres 20–16 (1 BP) Albi
7 June, 17:30 — Toulouse (1 BP) 57–17 Bourgoin
7 June, 20:30 — Dax 10–21 Perpignan

Round 26

14 June, 15:15 — Auch 12–23 Montpellier
14 June, 15:15 — Biarritz (1 BP) 30–34 Castres
14 June, 15:15 — Bourgoin 22–19 (1 BP) Brive
14 June, 15:15 — Clermont (1 BP) 95–7 Dax
14 June, 15:15 — Montauban 24–17 (1 BP) Albi
14 June, 15:15 — Perpignan 23–19 (1 BP) Stade Français
14 June, 15:15 — Toulouse 35–28 (1 BP) Bayonne

Semi-finals

2007-06-21
17:00

Clermont	21 – 7	Perpignan
Tries: Nalaga (2) 23' c, 47' m Con: James (1/2) Pen: James (2/3) 21', 40' Drop: James (1/1) 10'	(Report)	Try: N. Laharrague 63' c Con: Montgomery (1/1)

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

2007-06-22
15:15

Toulouse	31 – 13	Stade Français
Tries: Médard 44' c Jauzion (2) 56' c, 60' m Con: Elissalde (1/1) Kunavore (1/2) Pen: Elissalde (2/2) 20', 22' Kunavore (1/1) 48' Drop: Fritz (1/1) 77'	(Report)	Try: Fillol 73' c Con: Hernández (1/1) Pen: Hernández (2/2) 24', 52'

Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux

Final

Main article: 2007-08 Top 14 Final

2008-06-28
21:00

Clermont	20 – 26	Toulouse
Tries: Rougerie 20' c Zirakashvili 80' c Con: James (2/2) Pen: James (2/2) 13', 69'		Tries: Servat 17' c Médard 60' c Con: Elissalde (2/2) Pen: Elissalde (2/3) 33', 56' Kunavore (1/1) 74' Courrent (1/1) 79'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Eric Darrière


CLERMONT AUVERGNE:
FB	15	Benoît Baby	65'
RW	14	Aurélien Rougerie (c)
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale	52'
IC	12	Marius Joubert
LW	11	Napolioni Nalaga
FH	10	Brock James
SH	9	Pierre Mignoni
N8	8	Elvis Vermeulen	62'
OF	7	Alexandre Audebert
BF	6	Julien Bonnaire
RL	5	Thibaut Privat	66'
LL	4	Jamie Cudmore	56'
TP	3	Laurent Emmanuelli	52'
HK	2	Mario Ledesma	68'
LP	1	Davit Zirakashvili
Replacements:
HK	16	John Smit	68'
PR	17	Thomas Domingo	52'
LK	18	Loïc Jacquet	66'
LK	19	Christophe Samson	56'
N8	20	Sam Broomhall	62'
CE	21	Seremaia Bai	52'
FB	22	Anthony Floch	65'
Coach:
Vern Cotter


TOULOUSE:
FB	15	Maxime Médard
RW	14	Yves Donguy
OC	13	Maleli Kunavore	78'
IC	12	Yannick Jauzion
LW	11	Cédric Heymans
FH	10	Jean-Baptiste Élissalde	62'
SH	9	Byron Kelleher
N8	8	Shaun Sowerby	76'
OF	7	Thierry Dusautoir	56'
BF	6	Jean Bouilhou (c)
RL	5	Fabien Pelous	65'
LL	4	Patricio Albacete
TP	3	Omar Hasan
HK	2	William Servat	78'
LP	1	Daan Human	56'
Replacements:
PR	16	Jean-Baptiste Poux	56'
HK	17	Alberto Vernet Basualdo	78'
LK	18	Romain Millo-Chluski	65'
FL	19	Grégory Lamboley	76'
N8	20	Finau Maka	56'
FH	21	Valentin Courrent	78'
CE	22	Florian Fritz	62'
Coach:
Guy Novès

Notes and references

↑ "Top 14 . Les clubs". Ligue Nationale de Rugby. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
1 2 "French try out new bonus point system". Planet-Rugby.com. 2007-06-27. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
1 2 Ligue Nationale de Rugby. "Affluence totale par club: TOP 14 - 26 premières journées - Saison 2006-2007" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
1 2 Ligue Nationale de Rugby. "Affluence totale par club: TOP 14 - 26 premières journées - Saison 2005-2006" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
↑ Ligue Nationale de Rugby. "Affluence totale par club: TOP 16 - 30 premières journées - Saison 2004-2005" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
↑ Agence France-Presse (2008-06-27). "Top 14 the 'cash cow' of the French". RugbyRugby.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
↑ Ligue Nationale de Rugby. "TOP 14: Les affluences club/club, journée/journée" (in French). Archived from the original on 2008-03-29. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
↑ European Rugby Cup. "Albi Could Miss Out on Europe Following Appeal Decision". Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

(French) "Ligue Nationale de Rugby". lnr.fr. Accessed August 13, 2007.

External links

(French) Ligue Nationale de Rugby - Official website
Top 14 on Planetrugby.com

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