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2021–22 Top 14 season

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2021–22 Top 14
Countries France
Date4 September 2021 - 5 June 2022
ChampionsMontpellier (1st title)
Runners-upCastres
RelegatedBiarritz
Official website
www.lnr.fr/rugby-top-14

The 2021–22 Top 14 competition was the 123rd French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).

Teams

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Club City (department) Stadium Capacity Previous season
Biarritz Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Parc des Sports Aguiléra 15,000 Promoted from Pro D2 (play-off accession and 3rd in league)
Bordeaux Bègles Bordeaux (Gironde) Stade Chaban-Delmas[a 1] 33,500 Semi-finals (4th in league)
Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze) Stade Amédée-Domenech 13,979 11th
Castres Castres (Tarn) Stade Pierre-Fabre 12,500 7th
Clermont Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) Stade Marcel-Michelin 19,022 Quarter-finals (5th in league)
La Rochelle La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) Stade Marcel-Deflandre 16,000 2nd
Lyon Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) Matmut Stadium de Gerland 25,000 9th
Montpellier Montpellier (Hérault) Altrad Stadium 15,697 10th
Pau Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Stade du Hameau 18,324 12th
Perpignan Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) Stade Aimé Giral 14,593 Promoted from Pro D2 (champions and 1st in league)
Racing Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) Paris La Défense Arena 30,681 Semi-finals (3rd in league)
Stade Français Paris, 16th arrondissement Stade Jean-Bouin 20,000 Quarter-finals (6th in league)
Toulon Toulon (Var) Stade Mayol[a 2] 18,200 8th
Toulouse Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) Stade Ernest-Wallon[a 3] 18,784 1st

Number of teams by region

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Teams Region or country Team(s)
5  Nouvelle-Aquitaine Biarritz, Bordeaux Bègles, Brive, La Rochelle, Pau
4  Occitanie Castres, Montpellier, Perpignan, Toulouse
2  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Clermont, Lyon
 Île-de-France Racing, Stade Français
1  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Toulon

Competition format

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The top six teams at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away) enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of France. This consists of three rounds: the teams finishing third to sixth in the table play quarter-finals (hosted by the third and fourth placed teams). The winners then face the top two teams in the semi-finals, with the winners meeting in the final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

The LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions. It trialled a new system in 2007–08 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match,[1] a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons.[2]

France's bonus point system operates as follows:[2]

  • 4 points for a win.
  • 2 points for a draw.
  • 1 bonus point for scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent. This replaces the standard bonus point for scoring 4 tries regardless of the opponent scoring.
  • 1 bonus point for losing by 5 points (or fewer). The margin had been 7 points until being changed prior to the 2014–15 season.

Table

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2021–22 Top 14 table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Castres (RU) 26 17 1 8 565 529 +36 5 1 76 Semi-final play-off places and
qualified for the Champions Cup
2 Montpellier (CH) 26 15 2 9 619 503 +116 4 6 74
3 Bordeaux Bègles (SF) 26 15 1 10 610 484 +126 5 5 72 Quarter-final play-off places and
qualified for the Champions Cup
4 Toulouse (SF) 26 15 0 11 638 432 +206 6 5 71
5 La Rochelle (QF) 26 15 0 11 640 466 +174 6 5 71
6 Racing (QF) 26 16 0 10 661 568 +93 4 2 70
7 Clermont 26 14 0 12 649 557 +92 6 4 66 Qualified for the Champions Cup
8 Toulon 26 13 2 11 572 504 +68 4 5 65
9 Lyon[b] 26 13 0 13 637 558 +79 6 6 64 Qualified for the Champions Cup
10 Pau 26 11 1 14 568 664 −96 1 3 50
11 Stade Français 26 11 0 15 544 651 −107 2 4 50
12 Brive 26 9 1 16 453 631 −178 4 4 46
13 Perpignan 26 9 0 17 491 664 −173 2 5 43 Relegation play-off[a]
14 Biarritz (R) 26 5 0 21 449 885 −436 1 3 24 Relegated to Rugby Pro D2
Source: Top 14
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  2. Points difference in head-to-head matches
  3. Try differential in head-to-head matches
  4. Points difference in all matches
  5. Try differential in all matches
  6. Points scored in all matches
  7. Tries scored in all matches
  8. Fewer matches forfeited
  9. Classification in the previous Top 14 season
    Notes:
  1. ^ Contest a play-off with the runners-up of the 2020–21 Rugby Pro D2 season for a place in the 2022–23 Top 14 season
  2. ^ Lyon received a berth for winning the 2021–22 European Rugby Challenge Cup

Relegation

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From the 2017–18 season, only the 14th placed team is automatically relegated to the Pro D2. The 13th placed team play the runner-up of the Pro D2 play-off, with the winner taking up the final place in the Top 14 for the following season.[3]

Fixtures and results

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Round 1

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4 September 2021
14:05
(1 BP) Brive36–15Perpignan
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Adrien Marbot
4 September 2021
14:05
Castres16–12Pau (1 BP)
Report
Stade Pierre-Fabre
Referee: Pierre Brousset
4 September 2021
18:15
Stade Français21–36Racing
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Romain Poite
4 September 2021
21:05
Toulon24–24Montpellier
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee: Adrien Descottes
5 September 2021
21:05
(1 BP) La Rochelle16–20Toulouse
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Referee: Jonathan Dufort

Round 2

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11 September 2021
15:00
Montpellier37–19Brive
Report
Altrad Stadium
Referee: Benoit Rousselet
11 September 2021
15:00
Perpignan33–20Biarritz
Report
Stade Aimé Giral
Referee: Laurent Cardona
11 September 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Clermont30–34Castres
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Referee: Cedric Marchat
11 September 2021
15:00
Pau21–17Lyon (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Vincent Blasco Basque
12 September 2021
21:05
(1 BP) Toulouse41–10Toulon
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Referee: Luc Ramos

Round 3

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18 September 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Brive30–13Pau
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Vivien Praderie
18 September 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Lyon47–3Perpignan
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee: Sebastien Minery
18 September 2021
17:00
(1 BP) Montpellier15–17Toulouse
Report
Altrad Stadium
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
18 September 2021
21:05
Clermont23–22La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Referee: Pierre Brousset
19 September 2021
19:05
(1 BP) Toulon38–5Stade Français
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 4

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25 September 2021
15:00
Stade Français34–10Castres
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Luc Ramos
25 September 2021
15:00
Pau23–22Montpellier (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
25 September 2021
17:00
Racing24–20Lyon (1 BP)
Report
Paris La Défense Arena
Referee: Adrien Descottes
25 September 2021
21:00
Perpignan12–9Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Stade Aimé Giral
Referee: Pierre Brousset
26 September 2021
21:05
Toulouse27–15Clermont
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Referee: Maxime Chalon

Round 5

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2 October 2021
15:00
Perpignan14–29Pau
Report
Stade Aimé Giral
Referee: Romain Poite

Round 6

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9 October 2021
15:00
Biarritz5–40Lyon (1 BP)
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Referee: Cedric Marchat
9 October 2021
17:00
(1 BP) Toulouse38–10Pau
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Referee: Adrien Marbot
9 October 2021
21:05
Toulon13–9Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee: Jonathan Dufort

Round 7

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16 October 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Perpignan22–23Stade Français
Report
Stade Aimé Giral
Referee: Laurent Cordona
16 October 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Pau33–37Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
16 October 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Castres38–20Biarritz
Report
Stade Pierre-Fabre
Referee: Maxime Chalon
16 October 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Brive6–8La Rochelle
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Romain Poite
16 October 2021
17:00
(1 BP) Montpellier20–22Clermont
Report
Altrad Stadium
Referee: Sebastien Minery
16 October 2021
21:05
Toulon20–27Racing
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee: Vincent Blasco Basque
17 October 2021
21:05
Lyon25–19Toulouse
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee: Luc Ramos

Round 8

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23 October 2021
15:00
Stade Français23–18Lyon (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Jonathan Dufort
23 October 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Biarritz37–9Brive
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Referee: Luc Ramos
23 October 2021
15:00
(1 BP) Clermont42–20Pau
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
23 October 2021
21:00
(1 BP) Toulouse41–0Castres
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
24 October 2021
21:05
(1 BP) La Rochelle39–6Toulon
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Referee: Pierre Brousset

Round 9

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30 October 2021
15:00
Toulon13–9Biarritz (1 BP)
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee: Laurent Cardona
30 October 2021
15:00
Castres23–22Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Pierre-Fabre
Referee: Adrien Marbot
30 October 2021
15:00
Pau18–9Stade Français
Report
Stade de Hameau
Referee: Maxime Chalon
30 October 2021
17:00
Montpellier30–8Lyon
Report
Altrad Stadium
Referee: Romain Poite

Round 10

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6 November 2021
14:45
Pau33–21Biarritz
Report
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
6 November 2021
14:45
(1 BP) Toulouse37–15Perpignan
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Referee: Maxime Chalon
6 November 2021
17:00
Brive12–10Racing (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Cedric Marchat

Relegation playoff

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The team finishing in 13th place faces the runner-up of the Pro D2, with the winner of this match playing in the 2022–23 Top 14 and the loser in the 2022–23 Pro D2.

12 June 2022
17:45
Mont-de-Marsan16–41Perpignan
Try: Laousse Azpiazu 4' c
Con: Coly (1/1) 4'
Pen: Coly (3/3) 11', 31', 40+2'
ReportTry: Jaminet 18' c
de la Fuente 56' c
Dubois 68' c
Tedder 75' m
Con: Jaminet (3/4) 18', 56', 68'
Pen: Jaminet (5/5) 8', 22', 36', 51', 54'
Stade Guy Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan
Referee: Thomas Charabas

Playoffs

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Semi-final Qualifiers Semi-finals Final
1 Castres 24
4 Toulouse 33 4 Toulouse 18
5 La Rochelle 28 1 Castres 10
2 Montpellier 29
2 Montpellier 19
3 Bordeaux Bègles 36 3 Bordeaux Bègles 10
6 Racing 92 16

Semi-final Qualifiers

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11 June 2022
21:05
Toulouse (4)33–28La Rochelle (5)
Try: Fouyssac 9' c
Dupont 13' m
Mallía 62' m
Ntamack 69' c
Con: Ramos (2/4) 8', 70'
Pen: Ramos (3/3) 18', 29', 36'
ReportTry: Liebenberg 25' c
Alldritt 56' c
Bourgarit 79' c
Favre 80' c
Con: West (4/4) 26', 57', 80', 80+1'
Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
Attendance: 18,784
Referee: Romain Poite
12 June 2022
21:05
Bordeaux Bègles (3)36–16Racing 92 (6)
Try: Cordero (2) 20' m, 54' c
Seuteni 47' c
Woki 58' c
Lam 80' c
Con: Lucu (3/4) 48', 55', 60'
Trinh-Duc (1/1) 80+1'
Pen: Lucu (1/2) 5'
ReportTry: Spring 39' c
Con: Le Garrec (1/1) 40'
Pen: Le Garrec (2/3) 7', 43'
Machenaud (1/1) 57'
Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Attendance: 27,279[4]
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Semi-finals

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17 June 2022
21:05
Castres (1)24–18Toulouse (4)
Try: Arata 43' c
Dumora 77' m
Con: Urdapilleta (1/2) 44'
Pen: Urdapilleta (4/4) 21', 27', 40+1', 70'
ReportTry: Lebel 2' c
Ntamack 47' m
Con: Ramos (1/2) 3'
Pen: Ramos (2/4) 17', 60'
Allianz Riviera, Nice
Attendance: 35,114[5]
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
18 June 2022
21:05
Montpellier (2)19–10Bordeaux Bègles (3)
Try: Rattez 6' c
Con: Paillaugue (1/1) 7'
Pen: Aprasidze (2/2) 70', 79'
Drop: Garbisi (1/1) 13'
Bouthier (1/1) 40'
ReportTry: Jalibert 16' c
Con: Lucu (1/1) 17'
Pen: Lucu (1/1) 6'
Allianz Riviera, Nice
Attendance: 34,844[6]
Referee: Pierre Brousset

Final

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24 June 2022
20:45
Castres (1)10–29Montpellier (2)
Try: Botitu 75' c
Con: Dumora (1/1) 75'
Pen: Dumora (1/2) 34'
ReportTry: Vincent 6' m
Verhaeghe 10' c
Bouthier 12' m
Con: Paillaugue (1/3) 10'
Pen: Paillaugue (2/2) 21', 39'
Garbisi (1/1) 68'
Pollard (1/1) 77'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,245
Referee: Tual Trainini
FB 15 France Julien Dumora
RW 14 France Geoffrey Palis
OC 13 France Thomas Combezou
IC 12 Fiji Vilimoni Botitu
LW 11 Fiji Filipo Nakosi
FH 10 Argentina Benjamín Urdapilleta
SH 9 Uruguay Santiago Arata
N8 8 New Zealand Teariki Ben-Nicholas
OF 7 Australia Nick Champion de Crespigny
BF 6 France Mathieu Babillot (c)
RL 5 Australia Tom Staniforth
LL 4 France Florent Vanverberghe
TP 3 France Wilfrid Hounkpatin
HK 2 France Gaëtan Barlot
LP 1 France Quentin Walcker
Substitutions:
HK 16 Tonga Paul Ngauamo
PR 17 France Wayan De Bendittis
LK 18 France Loïc Jacquet
BR 19 France Baptiste Delaporte
SH 20 France Jérémy Fernandez
CE 21 Fiji Adrea Cocagi
CE 22 France Antoine Zeghdar
PR 23 Georgia (country) Levan Chilachava
Coach:
France Pierre-Henry Broncan
FB 15 France Anthony Bouthier
RW 14 France Arthur Vincent
OC 13 France Geoffrey Doumayrou
IC 12 South Africa Jan Serfontein
LW 11 France Vincent Rattez
FH 10 Italy Paolo Garbisi
SH 9 France Benoît Paillaugue
N8 8 England Zach Mercer
OF 7 France Yacouba Camara (c)
BF 6 France Alexandre Bécognée
RL 5 France Bastien Chalureau
LL 4 France Florian Verhaeghe
TP 3 France Mohamed Haouas
HK 2 France Guilhem Guirado
LP 1 United States Titi Lamositele
Substitutions:
HK 16 Australia Brandon Paenga-Amosa
PR 17 South Africa Robert Rodgers
LK 18 France Mickaël Capelli
LK 19 South Africa Nico Janse van Rensburg
SH 20 Georgia (country) Gela Aprasidze
WG 21 France Gabriel N'Gandebe
FH 22 South Africa Handré Pollard
PR 23 England Henry Thomas
Coach:
France Philippe Saint-André

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In recent years, Bordeaux Bègles has taken occasional home matches to Matmut Atlantique.
  2. ^ In recent years, Toulon has taken occasional home matches to Stade Vélodrome in Marseille and Allianz Riviera in Nice.
  3. ^ Toulouse often takes high-demand home matches to the city's largest sporting venue, Stadium de Toulouse.

References

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  1. ^ "French try out new bonus point system". Planet-rugby.com. 27 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Article 330, Section 3.2. Points "terrain"" (PDF). Règlements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2008/2009, Chapitre 2 : Règlement sportif du Championnat de France Professionnel (in French). LNR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  3. ^ Mortimer, Gavin (18 August 2016). "French rugby enjoys a popularity boom as it looks to the future". Rugby World. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Résultat et résumé Bordeaux-Bègles - Racing 92, match en direct - Top 14 2021-2022, Barrages, dimanche 12 juin 2022".
  5. ^ "Résultat et résumé Castres - Toulouse, match en direct - Top 14 2021-2022, Demi-finales, vendredi 17 juin 2022".
  6. ^ "Résultat et résumé Montpellier - Bordeaux-Bègles, match en direct - Top 14 2021-2022, Demi-finales, samedi 18 juin 2022".