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The Top 14 (French pronunciation: [tɔp katɔʁz]) is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the France National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism of LNR.
The 2023–24 Top 14 competition is the 125th French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Format
Club: short name of the club, with a [+] if a dedicated category exists for the club; Full name: official name of the club (using English capitalization rules) Town: name of the town where or near the club is located, followed by the French department; Status of the club: league in which the club currently plays
Toggle Fixtures and results subsection. 6.1 Round 1. 6.2 ... The 2021–22 Top 14 competition was the 123rd French domestic rugby union club competition operated by ...
Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby, below the first division, Top 14.At present, 16 clubs compete in the competition. Beginning in 2017–18, Pro D2 adopted a playoff system identical to that used by the Top 14, with the first and second-placed teams receiving byes into the semifinals, where they await winners of quarterfinals that involve the third- through sixth-place teams. [1]
In the 2019 Rugby World Cup, France lost to Wales 20–19 in the quarter-finals. The French rugby team recorded a perfect season in 2022, having won all 13 matches. [16] During France's home 2023 Rugby World Cup, they lost to South Africa, the eventual victors, 28–29 in the quarter-finals.
The 2020–21 Top 14 competition is the 122nd French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). After play was suspended following the 17th matchday of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, the season was officially cancelled without any winner or promotion/relegation on 6 May 2020. [1]
Stade Rochelais (French pronunciation: [stad ʁɔʃlɛ]), commonly called La Rochelle, is a French professional rugby union club based in La Rochelle, France that competes in the Top 14. Founded in 1898 and wearing yellow and black, the club's first-team plays its home matches at Stade Marcel-Deflandre.