Top 14 Rugby News, French Teams, Results & Fixtures from Top 14 Rugby

Stade need a Top 14 miracle after Racing win

Saturday 5 May 2012

Racing-Metro all but booked their place in the Top 14 play-offs and condemned Stade Francais to missing out with a 19-13 victory over their bitter rivals at Stade de France on Saturday.
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Racing & Stade in search of Top 14 play offs

Saturday 5 May 2012

The penultimate round of Top 14 Rugby will see all eyes turn to the French capital as the two Parisian clubs, Racing-Metro and Stade Francais, meet in a clash that could ensure the former's spot in the play-offs.
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Clermont pay dearly for Heineken Cup loss

Tuesday 1 May 2012

Clermont will have to do without the services of five players for the remainder of the regular season following the bruising loss to Leinster in the Heineken Cup semi-finals on Sunday.
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Top 14 Rugby club Brive sign Former Fijian captain

Wednesday 25 April 2012

Former Fijian rugby captain Dominiko Waqaniburotu signed for Top 14 side Brive on Wednesday from New Zealand outfit the Chiefs in Hamilton.
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Toulouse book Top 14 Rugby Semi-final place

Saturday 21 April 2012

Toulouse joined rivals Clermont as two of the four teams that will contest the French Top 14 semi-finals even though they were below their best form in a 30-21 home win over lowly Brive.
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Crucial Top 14 Rugby weekend for Racing & Stade

Friday 20 April 2012

Top 14 Rugby Giants in Paris Racing Metro and Stade Francais face a crucial weekend which will dictate their French Top 14 play-off hopes before the two clash in a mouth-watering derby on May 5.
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Berbizier assured of Top 14 Club Racing job

Monday 16 April 2012

Top 14 Rugby Racing Metro Director of Sport Pierre Berbizier has been given an assurance that he will be retained in his position for next season by club president Jacky Lorenzetti.
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Biarritz stuck in Top 14 rugby relegation battle

Sunday 15 April 2012

Five-time French Top 14 rugby champions Biarritz remained in a relegation dogfight on Saturday after fellow strugglers Bayonne clinched a 24-19 victory.
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Toulouse suffer shock Top 14 defeat to Perpignan

Saturday 14 April 2012

Top 14 Rugby leaders Toulouse suffered a surprise 25-10 defeat to Perpignan on Friday, piling on the misery for the French giants who crashed out of the Heineken Cup last weekend.
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Toulon to appeal Bernard Laporte ban

Friday 13 April 2012

French Rugby Rugby Club Toulon will apeal a 60-day ban imposed on Toulon sporting director Bernard Laporte by the National Rugby League (LNR)
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Kelleher quits Top 14 rugby side Stade Francais

Friday 13 April 2012

Former All Blacks scrum-half Byron Kelleher has quit French Top 14 rugby side Stade Francais a year before his contract was due to expire in 2013.
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Toulouse turn the focus back on to Top14 Rugby

Thursday 12 April 2012

Top 14 Rugby leaders Toulouse saw their hopes of capturing a fifth Heineken Cup title extinguished by outsiders Edinburgh and now turn their sights on seeking solace from a strong end to the French league season.
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Hook guides Perpignan to Bayonne Top 14 victory

Saturday 31 March 2012

Perpignan's Welsh star James Hook masterminded a crucial 47-9 hammering of Top 14 relegation rivals Bayonne on Saturday to give the 2009 champions some much-needed breathing space.
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Racing move to fifth after Castres Top14 victory

Saturday 31 March 2012

Racing-Metro leap-frogged Montpellier and Stade Francais into fifth place in the Top 14 with a bonus-point 27-16 home win over Castres on Friday.
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Toulouse to face Stade in Top 14 Rugby

Friday 30 March 2012

Top 14 leaders Toulouse travel to the Stade de France this weekend for a clash against a Stade Francais team desperate for a victory in their bid to book a play-off berth.
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Traille to miss two weeks of Top 14 Rugby

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Former France international utility back Damien Traille is to miss his club Biarritz's next two Top 14 Rugby games because of a left foot injury.
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Clermont rack up 40th consecutive home victory
Stade move into Top14 play off contention
Paris Top14 teams look to book play off places
Toulon boss Laporte slapped with 60 day ban
Former Perpignan coach takes action against club

What is the Top 14 ?

The Top 14 is at the top of the national league system of Ligue nationale de rugby. There is promotion and relegation between the Top 14 and the next level down, the Rugby Pro D2.

The 14 best (Top) rugby teams in France participate in the competition, hence the name Top 14, though the competition was previously known as the Top 16.

The first ever final took place in 1892, between two Paris-based sides, Stade Français and Racing Club, with the latter becoming the inaugural champions.

The Top 14 competition has been held on an annual basis since, with the exception being between 1915 and 1919 because of World War I.

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