2004–05 Top 16 season

2004–05 Top 16 season
Countries	France
Champions	Biarritz Olympique (4th title)
Runners-up	Stade Français
Relegated	Grenoble Béziers Auch
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004-05 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2004-05. It was the final season under the 16 club format, as the competition became the Top 14 for the 2005-06 season. Biarritz Olympique won the championship, defeating Stade Français Paris in the final at Stade de France. FC Grenoble, Béziers and Auch were relegated to Rugby Pro D2 after the 2004-05 season.

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Bonus points	Pts
1	Biarritz	32	22	0	10	907	549	+358	16	104
2	Stade Français	32	22	2	8	915	668	+247	11	103
3	Bourgoin	31	20	2	9	882	680	+202	12	96
4	Toulouse	31	19	0	12	893	597	+296	18	94
5	Perpignan	30	18	1	11	688	583	+105	12	86
6	Castres	30	17	3	10	704	678	+26	10	84
7	Agen	30	16	1	13	674	568	+106	11	77
8	Clermont	30	16	2	12	745	647	+98	9	77
9	Brive	30	14	1	15	668	745	-77	8	66
10	Narbonne	30	13	2	15	588	755	-167	7	63
11	Montpellier	30	12	0	18	628	765	-137	14	62
12	Bayonne	30	12	3	15	587	763	-176	6	60
13	Pau	31	11	2	18	651	728	-77	11	59
14	Grenoble	30	7	2	21	580	842	-262	42	10
15	Béziers	30	6	3	21	600	876	-276	38	8
16	Auch	30	7	0	23	503	736	-233	37	9

Semi-finals

3 june 2005

Stade Français	23-18	Stade Toulousain
Try: Pichot, Villiers Skrela 2 Con: Skrela 2 Pen: Skrela 3		Try: Elissalde, Heymans Con: Elissalde Pen: Elissalde Drop: Elissalde

Bordeaux

4 june 2005

Biarritz olympique	32-27	CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
Try: Gobelet, Traille Peyrelongue, Brusque Con: Yachvili 3 Pen: Yachvili Drop: Peyrelongue=		Try: Papé Anthony Forest, G.Davis Con: Péclier 3 Pen: Péclier 2

Stadium Municipal, Touluse

Final

11 june 2005

Stade Français	34-37	Biarritz Olympique
Try: Christophe Dominici Con: David Skrela Pen: David Skrela 8 Drop: Brian Liebenberg		Try: Jean-Baptiste Gobelet Con: Dimitri Yachvili 9 Pen: - Drop: Julien Peyrelongue

Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Jean-Christophe Gastou

Stade Français Paris: 1.Rodrigo Roncero, 2.Mathieu Blin, 3.Pieter de Villiers, 4.David Auradou, 5.Mike James, 6.Pierre Rabadan, 7.Rémy Martin, 8.Shaun Sowerby, 9.Agustín Pichot, 10.David Skrela, 11.Christophe Dominici, 12. Brian Liebenberg, 13.Stéphane Glas, 14.Julien Arias, 15.Juan Martín Hernández - Replacements: Benjamin Kayser, Sylvain Marconnet, Olivier Brouzet, Mauro Bergamasco, Mirco Bergamasco, Olivier Sarramea, Jérôme Fillol
Biarritz Olympique: 1. Petru Balan, 2.Benoît August, 3.Denis Avril, 4.Jérôme Thion, 5.David Couzinet, 6.Serge Betsen, 7.Imanol Harinordoquy, 8.Thomas Lièvremont, 9.Dimitri Yachvili, 10.Julien Peyrelongue, 11.Jean-Baptiste Gobelet, 12.Damien Traille, 13.Guillaume Bousses, 14.Philippe Bidabé, 15.Nicolas Brusque - Replacements: Jean-Michel Gonzales, Benoît Lecouls, Olivier Olibeau, Didier Chouchan, Julien Dupuy, Federico Martín Aramburú, Benjamin Dambielle

External links

LNR.fr
Table

Top 14

2015–16 Teams	Agen Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont Grenoble La Rochelle Montpellier Oyonnax Pau Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse

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Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus

Rugby union in France

Governing body

Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams

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Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series

Professional clubs	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir

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2004–05 Top 16 season

Standings

Semi-finals

Final

See also

External links