Top14 2006/2007

[DonBilly]

Guys, I've seen this on PR it may interest you. As you may know the LNR and FFR have eventuelly found an agreement on releasing the players for the national side in this season whick will end and culminate with the Rugby World Cup.

Top 14 - Fixtures for 2006/2007

France's Top 14 season kicks off on 18 August when Biarritz play Clermont Auvergne in Biarritz. It ends with the final on 9 June 2007.

Fixtures - Preliminary Stage

Round 1

18 August

Biarritz vs Clermont Auvergne

19 August

Agen vs Bourgoin
Perpignan vs Castres
Brive vs Toulouse
Albi vs Bayonne
Montauban vs Narbonne
Stade Français vs Montpellier

Round 2

25 August

Castres vs Stade Français
Montpellier vs Agen

26 August

Bourgoin vs Brive
Toulouse vs Albi
Bayonne vs Montauban
Narbonne vs Biarritz
Clermont Auvergne vs Perpignan

Round 3

30 August

Albi vs Bourgoin
Montauban vs Toulouse
Biarritz vs Bayonne
Perpignan vs Narbonne
Stade Français vs Clermont Auvergne
Montpellier vs Castres
Agen vs Brive

Round 4

3 September 

Bourgoin vs Montauban
Toulouse vs Biarritz
Bayonne vs Perpignan
Narbonne vs Stade Français
Clermont Auvergne vs Montpellier
Brive vs Albi
Castres vs Agen

Round 5
 
8 September

Biarritz vs Bourgoin

9 September 

Perpignan vs Toulouse
Stade Français vs Bayonne
Montpellier vs Narbonne
Castres vs Clermont Auvergne
Montauban vs Brive
Agen vs Albi

Round 6

15-16 September

Bourgoin vs Perpignan
Toulouse vs Stade Français
Bayonne vs Montpellier
Narbonne vs Castres
Brive vs Biarritz
Albi vs Montauban
Clermont Auvergne vs Agen

Round 7
 
22-23 September

Stade Français vs Bourgoin
Montpellier vs Toulouse
Castres vs Bayonne
Clermont Auvergne vs Narbonne
Perpignan vs Brive
Biarritz vs Albi
Agen vs Montauban

Round 8

26 September

Bourgoin vs Montpellier
Toulouse vs Castres
Bayonne vs Clermont Auvergne
Brive vs Stade Français
Albi vs Perpignan
Montauban vs Biarritz
Narbonne vs Agen

Round 9 

29-30 September

Castres vs Bourgoin
Clermont Auvergne vs Toulouse
Narbonne vs Bayonne
Montpellier vs Brive
Stade Français vs Albi
Perpignan vs Montauban
Agen vs Biarritz

Round 10

6-7 October

Bourgoin vs Clermont Auvergne
Toulouse vs Narbonne
Brive vs Castres
Albi vs Montpellier
Montauban vs Stade Français
Biarritz vs Perpignan
Bayonne vs Agen

Round 11

13-14 October

Narbonne vs Bourgoin
Bayonne vs Toulouse
Clermont Auvergne vs Brive
Castres vs Albi
Montpellier vs Montauban
Stade Français vs Biarritz
Agen vs Perpignan

Round 12

3-4 November

Bourgoin vs Bayonne
Brive vs Narbonne
Albi vs Clermont Auvergne
Montauban vs Castres
Biarritz vs Montpellier
Perpignan vs Stade Français
Agen vs Toulouse

Round 13

10-11 November

Toulouse vs Bourgoin
Bayonne vs Brive
Narbonne vs Albi
Clermont Auvergne vs Montauban
Castres vs Biarritz
Montpellier vs Perpignan
Stade Français vs Agen

Round 14

17-18 November

Bourgoin vs Agen
Toulouse vs Brive
Bayonne vs Albi
Narbonne vs Montauban
Clermont Auvergne vs Biarritz
Castres vs Perpignan
Montpellier vs Stade Français

Round 15

24-25 November

Brive vs Bourgoin
Albi vs Toulouse
Montauban vs Bayonne
Biarritz vs Narbonne
Perpignan vs Clermont Auvergne
Stade Français vs Castres
Agen vs Montpellier

Round 16

1-2 December

Bourgoin vs Albi
Toulouse vs Montauban
Bayonne vs Biarritz
Narbonne vs Perpignan
Clermont Auvergne vs Stade Français
Castres vs Montpellier
Brive vs Agen

Round 17

22-23 December

Montauban vs Bourgoin
Biarritz vs Toulouse
Perpignan vs Bayonne
Stade Français vs Narbonne
Montpellier vs Clermont Auvergne
Albi vs Brive
Agen vs Castres


Round 18

5-6 January 2007

Bourgoin vs Biarritz
Toulouse vs Perpignan
Bayonne vs Stade Français
Narbonne vs Montpellier
Clermont Auvergne vs Castres
Brive vs Montauban
Albi vs Agen

Round 19

26-27 January 2007

Perpignan vs Bourgoin
Stade Français vs Toulouse
Montpellier vs Bayonne
Castres vs Narbonne
Biarritz vs Brive
Montauban vs Albi
Agen vs Clermont Auvergne

Round 20

23-24 March 2007

Bourgoin vs Stade Français
Toulouse vs Montpellier
Bayonne vs Castres
Narbonne vs Clermont Auvergne
Brive vs Perpignan
Albi vs Biarritz
Montauban vs Agen

Round  21

6-8 April 2007

Montpellier vs Bourgoin
Castres vs Toulouse
Clermont Auvergne vs Bayonne
Stade Français vs Brive
Perpignan vs Albi
Biarritz vs Montauban
Agen vs Narbonne

Round 22

13-14 April 2007

Bourgoin vs Castres
Toulouse vs Clermont Auvergne
Bayonne vs Narbonne
Brive vs Montpellier
Albi vs Stade Français
Montauban vs Perpignan
Biarritz vs Agen
 
Round 23

27-28 April 2007

Clermont Auvergne vs Bourgoin
Narbonne vs Toulouse
Castres vs Brive
Montpellier vs Albi
Stade Français vs Montauban
Perpignan vs Biarritz
Agen vs Bayonne
 
Round 24

4-5 May 2007

Bourgoin vs Narbonne
Toulouse vs Bayonne
Brive vs Clermont Auvergne
Albi vs Castres
Montauban vs Montpellier
Biarritz vs Stade Français
Perpignan vs Agen
 
Round 25

11-12 May 2007

Bayonne vs Bourgoin
Narbonne vs Brive
Clermont Auvergne vs Albi
Castres vs Montauban
Montpellier vs Biarritz
Stade Français vs Perpignan
Toulouse vs Agen

Round  26

26 May 2007

Bourgoin vs Toulouse
Brive vs Bayonne
Albi vs Narbonne
Montauban vs Clermont Auvergne
Biarritz vs Castres
Perpignan vs Montpellier
Agen vs Stade Français

Final Phase

Semi-finals: 1-3 June 2007

Final: 9 June 2007[/b]

 

[DonBilly]

Last week-end was played the T14 first round:

Biarritz v Clermont 29-24
Stade Français v Montpellier 52-20
Albi v Bayonne 24-12
Montauban v Narbonne 41-20
Perpignan v Castres 20-16
Agen v Bourgoin 18-6
Brive v Toulouse 9-24

The Paris team although ridiculous in their new pink jerzey was quite impressive.

 

[el_tk]

I saw the Biarritz-Clermont game repeated on Setanta. I was impressed by Clermont.

 

[DonBilly]

I watched it on Canal+ they were good in the first half, dutring the second half when they played against the wind, Biarritz controlled the game more effictively. Their forwards dominated their Clermont counterparts.

 

[DonBilly]

Results of the 2nd round:

Montpellier 26-7 Agen
Castres 16-26 Paris
Bourgoin 42- 17 Brive
Bayonne. 9-20 Montauban
Toulouse 23-0 Albi
Narbonne 25-18 Biarritz
Clermont 25 - 12 Perpignan

The current ranking:

1. Paris 9
2. Toulouse 9
3. Montauban 9
4. Bourgoin 5
5. Clermont 5
6. Biarritz 5
7. Agen 4
8. Perpignan 4
9. Albi 4
10. Montpellier 4
11. Narbonne 4
12. Castres 1
13. Bayonne 0
14. Brive 0

 

[Canadian_Rugby_Guy]

Good on Albi and Montauban getting off to strong starts, also for hiring Canadian Internationals.

 

[DonBilly]

Originally posted by Canadian_Rugby_Guy@Aug 29 2006, 03:04 AM
Good on Albi and Montauban getting off to strong starts, also for hiring Canadian Internationals.

The Canadian international players I've seen this last week-end are Mike James (with a funny moustache) and Cudmore who has been cited by Biarritz. He intentionaly hits Betsen in the face with his elbow in a ruck.

 

[tituslechmakus]

bayone got a 0-54 in the basque derby against biarritz ... what the f*** its a lot, they might be a bit silent there now !!!

 

[DonBilly]

bayone got a 0-54 in the basque derby against biarritz ... what the f*** its a lot, they might be a bit silent there now !!!
[/b]

Jean-Pierre Ellisale the Japan National coach, father of Jean-Baptiste and forlmer coach of Béziers and la Rochelle has just been named director of Rugby of the Aviron bayonnais.

 

[el_tk]

I saw Toulouse and Biarritz on Sunday. When did Biarritz get so bad? They're seriously in danger of falling out of ***le contention already.

 

[DonBilly]

I saw Toulouse and Biarritz on Sunday. When did Biarritz get so bad? They're seriously in danger of falling out of ***le contention already.
[/b]

They started training later than the other big guns, they should peak later. Last season they were a bit in trouble when the season started too. Otherwise if they follow playing like last sunday teams like Clermont, Perpignan or Bourgoin should be above them in the league table in addition of course to Paris and Toulouse and then they would not qualify for the SF.

 

[DonBilly]

Results:

8th Sept '06
Biarritz - Bourgoin : 12-6

9th Sept '06
Perpignan - Toulouse : 30-17
Montpellier - Narbonne : 33-10
Castres - Clermont : 13-9
Montauban - Brive : 21-20
Agen - Albi : 32-3
Stade Français - Bayonne : 48-29

League table
1- Stade Français 23 pts
2- Perpignan 17 pts
3- Toulouse 17 pts
4- Biarritz 14 pts
5- Montauban 14 pts
6- Agen 14 pts
7- Montpellier 13 pts
8- Bourgoin 12 pts
9- Clermont 11 pts
10- Castres 10 pts
11- Albi 9 pts
12- Brive 6 pts
13- Narbonne 4 pts
14- Bayonne 0 pt

 

[DonBilly]

Paris had a new and quite original jerzey for their game versus Bayonne:

 

[Bullitt]

I really am becoming worried about the Top 14 teams...

 

[DonBilly]

Well this is the Paris team only which have they unusual jerzeys. This is a way to create buzz and interest. They are quite successful actualy both outside the pitch and inside, they are leading the league at that point in time.

Next saturday there will be the clash of the Stades in Toulouse, it should be great Rugby.

 

[tituslechmakus]

I really am becoming worried about the Top 14 teams...
[/b]

naaaah it's only the jersey but you'll notice their strengh in eurocup when they'll have eliminated a few english team like northampton ... if you reach the finals !!!
i know they look like gays with their pink jersey ... but its only an appearance !!! they have a monstruous bench this year.
as donbilly says, its only to be noticed that they have such a colour. so don't be so worry about us, we still have 3 teams able to win the euro cup

 

[DonBilly]

There are video footages with the highlights of the latest Top14 round available at :
http://player.sports.orange.fr/7/206.phtml

 

[Bullitt]

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I really am becoming worried about the Top 14 teams...
[/b]

naaaah it's only the jersey but you'll notice their strengh in eurocup when they'll have eliminated a few english team like northampton ... if you reach the finals !!!
i know they look like gays with their pink jersey ... but its only an appearance !!! they have a monstruous bench this year.
as donbilly says, its only to be noticed that they have such a colour. so don't be so worry about us, we still have 3 teams able to win the euro cup [/b][/quote]

Still looks gay.

 

[tituslechmakus]

i know ... but they come from paris so even in black they would look like gays lol

 

[DonBilly]

i know ... but they come from paris so even in black they would look like gays lol
[/b]

Who cares anyway? As long as they play as they do.