Bourgoin only avoided a bankruptcy filing in 2009 by players agreeing to large wage cuts, and Brive, whose 2009–10 wage bill was €7.2 million, announced that they would cut their budget by 40% for the 2010–11 season. Top 14 "Allez, je me casse" : quand Bastareaud apprend la défaite du PSG.

The final, played in front of 78,000, saw Stade Français win their first championship since 1908. If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Since the 2008-09 season, the Top 14 regular season and playoff quarter-finals and playoff semi-finals have been televised by Canal+. It would also see Toulon and Lyon OU win their first championship games. Only at age 15 do youths have the opportunity to attend special sporting schools, but places in such institutions are limited. Changes affecting the Top 14 are:[5], On 13 March 2017, the Top 14 was rocked by the announcement that Racing 92 and Stade Français planned to merge into a single club effective with the 2017–18 season. [13], Over recent years, the Top 14 has seen the economic strength of its clubs rise significantly. Throughout the August–June competition there are breaks during the season, as there are also European club fixtures (from 2014–15, Champions Cup and Challenge Cup) that are played during the rugby season, as well as the Six Nations Championship, in which many top French players are involved, as well as a few players from the other European powers. He cited the following statistics from that season to make his point:[29], While the JIFF policy worked on one level—the number of foreign players recruited into the Top 14 went from 61 for 2011–12 to 34 for 2014–15—clubs quickly found a way around the rules. All Top 14 clubs that do not qualify for the Champions Cup automatically qualify for the Challenge Cup. Retrouvez toute l'actualité du Top 14 : articles, résultats, calendrier et classement sur L'Équipe. This error gave the title to Castres. [23] Since then, the cap has risen still further, to €10 million starting in 2013–14 and continuing through 2015–16. Round-up: A superb second half performance saw Toulouse secure a 27-27 draw with Stade Francais in the Top 14 at the Stade de France. Read more. In an interview with British rugby journalist Gavin Mortimer, Labit pointed out that France has no organized team sport in its educational system at the primary level—children must join an outside club in order to play sports. By Eurosport • 22/03/2014 at 23:49. First, the French government repealed the law known as DIC (Droit à l'Image Collectif) on 1 July 2010. During this time the final was usually held in various stadia around Paris with the exception of 1903 and 1909, when it was held in Toulouse, as SOE Toulouse and Stade Toulousain were finalists respectively. [24], At the same time as LNR announced the salary cap, it also announced new rules requiring a minimum percentage of French players on club rosters.

[26], While the most visible critics of the change in policy were wealthy club owners such as Mourad Boudjellal of Toulon and Max Guazzini of Stade Français, concern had been growing in French rugby circles that some smaller clubs might fold completely. 14/09 à 12:08. The teams finishing third through to sixth in the table play quarter-finals, hosted by the No. Lourdes were also the champions of the 1968 season, but due to the May 1968 events, the finale was played three weeks behind normal schedule. There is a promotion and relegation system between the Top 14 and Pro D2. It was broken again on 14 October 2006 with 79,619 as the same two opponents met, and a fourth time on 27 January 2007, with 79,741 for another Stade Français-Toulouse match. The schedule may be adjusted somewhat in World Cup years; this was especially true in the 2007–08 season, which ran up against the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. Stade Français won with 10 points, Olympique de Paris was second with 8. Toulouse is the most successful club in the competition with 20 titles. In 2013–14, the play-off involved said Top 14 club and the seventh-placed club in the English Premiership. Stade Français Paris - Aviron Bayonnais, LOU Rugby - Union Bordeaux-Bègles, Montpellier Hérault Rugby - Castres Olympique, Les demi-finales 2020/2021 du TOP 14 auront lieu dans la métropole de Lille le week-end du 19 juin, CHAMPIONS CUP | Le Stade Toulousain et le Racing 92 dans le dernier carré, TOP 14 - J2 | Les résultats de la 2e journée, TOP 14 - J1 | Les résultats de la 1ère journée, Accéder aux statistiques de la dernière journée. The Racing Club defeated Stade Français four points to three to win the first ever title, though the stadistes got their revenge the following year in a repeat of the final. (See above for the "offensive" bonus point.