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2015–16 Top 14
Countries France
Date22 August 2015 – 24 June 2016
ChampionsRacing 92 (6th title)
Runners-upToulon
RelegatedOyonnax, Agen
Matches played187
Attendance2,678,562
(average 14,324 per match)
Highest attendance99,124 (play-offs)
Toulon v Racing 92
24 June 2016
57,886 (league stage)
Toulon v Clermont
3 April 2016
Lowest attendance5,983
Racing 92 v Grenoble
12 September 2015
Tries scored840
(average 4.5 per match)
Top point scorerFrance Gaëtan Germain (Brive)
319 points
Top try scorerFiji Timoci Nagusa (Montpellier)
16 tries
Official website
www.lnr.fr

The 2015–16 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).[1] Two new teams from the 2014–15 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 this year, Agen and Pau in place of the two relegated teams, Bayonne and Lyon. Home-and-away play began on 22 August 2015 and ended on 23 May 2016. This was followed by a playoff stage involving the top six teams, culminating in the final on 24 June 2016 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. The final was moved from its traditional site of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis because of a scheduling conflict with UEFA Euro 2016.[2]

Having defeated Toulouse and table-topping Clermont en route to the final, Racing 92 won their sixth French championship title, and first since 1990, with a 29–21 win over Toulon,[3] despite playing over three-quarters of the game with 14 men after scrum-half Maxime Machenaud was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Matt Giteau.[4][5]

Teams

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Locations of the 2015–16 Top 14 teams
Club City (department) Stadium Capacity
Agen Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) Stade Armandie 14,000
Bordeaux Bègles Bordeaux (Gironde) Stade Chaban-Delmas (Bordeaux)
Matmut Atlantique 		34,700
41,458
Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze) Stade Amédée-Domenech 16,000
Castres Castres (Tarn) Stade Pierre-Antoine 11,500
Clermont Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) Stade Marcel-Michelin 19,022[a 1]
Grenoble Grenoble (Isère) Stade des Alpes[a 2] 20,068
La Rochelle La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) Stade Marcel-Deflandre 15,000
Montpellier Montpellier (Hérault) Altrad Stadium 14,700[a 3]
Oyonnax Oyonnax (Ain) Stade Charles-Mathon 12,400[a 4]
Pau Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Stade du Hameau 13,800
Racing 92 Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine) Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir[a 5] 14,000
Stade Français Paris, 16th arrondissement Stade Jean-Bouin[a 6] 20,000
Toulon Toulon (Var) Stade Mayol[a 7] 15,400
Toulouse Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) Stade Ernest-Wallon
Stadium Municipal[a 8] 		19,500
33,150

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, held this season at Camp Nou because the traditional site of Stade de France was not available in 2015–16 due to conflict with UEFA Euro 2016.

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,[7] 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.[8]

France's bonus point system operates as follows:[8]

  • 4 points for a win.
  • 2 points for a draw.
  • 1 bonus point for winning while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent. This replaces the standard bonus point for scoring 4 tries regardless of the match result.
  • 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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2015–16 Top 14 table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Clermont (SF) 26 18 1 7 735 431 304 77 33 10 4 88 Semi-final play-off place
Berth in the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup
2 Toulon (RU) 26 16 0 10 764 446 318 90 37 11 7 82
3 Montpellier (SF) 26 18 0 8 723 569 154 77 50 7 2 81 Quarter-final play-off place
Berths in the Champions Cup
4 Racing (CH) 26 18 1 7 614 522 92 63 46 5 2 81
5 Toulouse (QF) 26 16 2 8 680 393 287 80 35 7 4 79
6 Castres (QF) 26 15 0 11 650 496 154 68 36 6 5 71
7 Bordeaux (CC)[a] 26 14 2 10 552 503 49 44 44 3 4 67 Berth in the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup
8 Brive 26 13 1 12 540 545 −5 43 51 4 4 62
9 La Rochelle 26 11 0 15 553 656 −103 51 65 4 6 54
10 Grenoble 26 10 0 16 605 779 −174 60 91 4 3 47
11 Pau 26 10 1 15 420 675 −255 30 75 2 2 46
12 Stade Français 26 9 0 17 543 631 −88 50 62 2 3 41
13 Agen (R) 26 5 0 21 531 846 −315 50 94 1 5 26 Relegated to Rugby Pro D2
14 Oyonnax (R) 26 5 0 21 429 847 −418 41 96 2 2 24
Source: [citation needed]
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. ^ As 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup winners Montpellier have qualified via their league position

Relegation

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Normally, the teams that finish in 13th and 14th places in the table are relegated to Pro D2 at the end of the season. In certain circumstances, "financial reasons" may cause a higher placed team to be demoted instead. This last happened at the end of the 2009–10 season when 12th place Montauban were relegated thereby reprieving 13th place Bayonne.

Fixtures & Results

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The outline fixtures schedule was announced in May 2015.

Round 1

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21 August 2015
20:45
(1 BP) Toulon22–27Racing
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 14,612[9]
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
22 August 2015
14:45
La Rochelle6–44Clermont (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000[10]
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
22 August 2015
18:30
Bordeaux Bègles19–16Castres (1 BP)
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 19,712[11]
Referee: Romain Poite
22 August 2015
18:30
Toulouse24–7Brive
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 14,003[12]
Referee: Thomas Charabas
22 August 2015
18:30
(1 BP) Montpellier35–19Oyonnax
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 9,850[13]
Referee: Laurent Cardona
22 August 2015
18:30
(1 BP) Grenoble38–23Agen
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 12,000[14]
Referee: Cédric Marchat
23 August 2015
16:15
Stade Français34–18Pau
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 10,000[15]
Referee: Salem Attalah

Round 2

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28 August 2015
21:00
(1 BP) Clermont25–6Grenoble
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 15,987[16]
Referee: Adrien Descottes
29 August 2015
14:45
Agen9–20Toulouse
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 11,613[17]
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
29 August 2015
18:30
(1 BP) Oyonnax37–19Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 11,000[18]
Referee: Maxime Chalon
29 August 2015
18:30
Racing20–19La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 6,192[19]
Referee: Tual Trainini
29 August 2015
18:30
Pau26–16Montpellier
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 12,500[20]
Referee: Cyril Lafon
29 August 2015
20:45
Brive22–13Stade Français
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 11,224[21]
Referee: Cédric Marchat
30 August 2015
17:00
(1 BP) Castres24–9Toulon
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 10,475[22]
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz

Round 3

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5 September 2015
14:35
Oyonnax24–41Clermont (1 BP)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 14,000[23]
Referee: Cédric Marchat
5 September 2015
16:00
(1 BP) Grenoble41–15Pau
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 11,000[24]
Referee: Maxime Chalon
5 September 2015
16:00
La Rochelle21–18Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 14,867[25]
Referee: Salem Attalah
5 September 2015
16:00
Agen30–18Racing
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 7,292[26]
Referee: Adrien Descottes
5 September 2015
16:35
Toulouse37–20Castres
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 16,000[27]
Referee: Laurent Cardona
6 September 2015
16:15
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles22–24Montpellier
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 20,131
Referee: Tual Trainini
6 September 2015
21:00
Stade Français13–20Toulon
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 13,866[28]
Referee: Thomas Charabas

Round 4

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11 September 2015
20:45
Castres35–26Oyonnax
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 8,211
Referee: Tual Trainini
12 September 2015
14:45
(1 BP) Toulon45–24La Rochelle
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 12,653
Referee: Cyril Lafon
12 September 2015
18:30
Racing23–14Grenoble
Report
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 5,983
Referee: Salem Attalah
12 September 2015
18:30
(1 BP) Montpellier44–20Stade Français
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 9,875[29]
Referee: Maxime Chalon
12 September 2015
18:30
Clermont26–26Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 15,672[30]
Referee: Thomas Charabas
13 September 2015
12:30
Brive18–12Agen
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 9,891[31]
Referee: Laurent Cardona
13 September 2015
17:00
Pau9–6Toulouse (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 14,000[32]
Referee: Adrien Descottes

Round 5

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16 October 2015
19:45
Agen16–31Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 8,052
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
16 October 2015
19:45
(1 BP) Clermont35–10Pau
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 14,622
Referee: Cédric Marchat
16 October 2015
19:45
Grenoble19–30Montpellier
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 12,100
Referee: Sébastien Minery
16 October 2015
19:45
Oyonnax9–18Racing
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
16 October 2015
19:45
Stade Français22–9Castres
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 10,156
Referee: Cyril Lafon
16 October 2015
21:00
Toulouse39–22La Rochelle
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 13,129
Referee: Maxime Chalon
17 October 2015
14:45
Brive29–26Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 12,062
Referee: Salem Attalah

Round 6

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23 October 2015
19:45
Racing27–18Stade Français
Report
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 9,051
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
24 October 2015
14:00
Castres23–31Grenoble
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 8,504
Referee: Laurent Cardona
24 October 2015
14:00
(1 BP) Pau13–18Brive
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Tual Trainini
24 October 2015
14:00
(1 BP) Toulon61–3Oyonnax
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 13,262
Referee: Sébastien Minery
24 October 2015
14:30
Bordeaux Bègles12–10Toulouse (1 BP)
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 31,189
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
24 October 2015
20:45
Montpellier24–19Clermont (1 BP)
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 14,739
Referee: Cyril Lafon
25 October 2015
12:30
(1 BP) La Rochelle23–6Agen
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 14,893
Referee: Adrien Descottes

Round 7

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31 October 2015
14:00
Agen28–23Stade Français (1 BP)
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 7,571
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
31 October 2015
14:00
Bordeaux Bègles21–16La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 21,123
Referee: Cédric Marchat
31 October 2015
14:00
(1 BP) Oyonnax42–23Pau
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Thomas Charabas
31 October 2015
14:00
Racing17–14Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 6,257
Referee: Sébastien Minery
31 October 2015
14:30
Montpellier25–33Toulouse
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 13,015
Referee: Laurent Cardona
31 October 2015
20:45
(1 BP) Clermont42–13Castres
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 16,288
Referee: Maxime Chalon
1 November 2015
16:15
Grenoble33–29Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 16,700
Referee: Cyril Lafon

Round 8

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7 November 2015
14:45
(1 BP) Toulon52–8Montpellier
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 12,879
Referee: Juan Sylvestre (UAR)
7 November 2015
18:30
Brive16–3Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 11,779
Referee: Adrien Descottes
7 November 2015
18:30
(1 BP) La Rochelle38–3Oyonnax
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 14,876
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
7 November 2015
18:30
Pau33–31Agen (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Salem Attalah
7 November 2015
20:45
(1 BP) Toulouse52–12Grenoble
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 16,122
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (SARU)
8 November 2015
12:15
(1 BP) Castres34–8Racing
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 9,012
Referee: Romain Poite
8 November 2015
16:15
Stade Français14–9Clermont (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 18,395
Referee: Tual Trainini

Round 9

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27 November 2015
20:45
Montpellier25–20La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Romain Poite
28 November 2015
14:45
Racing28–13Toulouse
Report
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 11,689
Referee: Cyril Lafon
28 November 2015
18:30
Oyonnax9–34Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Cédric Marchat
28 November 2015
18:30
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles46–10Pau
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 20,663
Referee: Maxime Chalon
28 November 2015
18:30
(1 BP) Agen18–23Castres
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 8,290
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
28 November 2015
20:45
Clermont9–35Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 18,095
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
29 November 2015
16:15
(1 BP) Grenoble19–21Stade Français
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère

Round 10

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4 December 2015
20:45
Pau15–15Racing
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Sébastien Minery
5 December 2015
14:45
(1 BP) Toulon53–23Agen
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 12,341
Referee: Laurent Cardona
5 December 2015
18:30
(1 BP) Castres34–19Montpellier
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 8,532
Referee: Thomas Charabas
5 December 2015
18:30
La Rochelle33–16Grenoble
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 14,537
Referee: Tual Trainini
5 December 2015
18:30
(1 BP) Stade Français21–24Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Romain Poite
5 December 2015
20:45
(1 BP) Toulouse27–3Oyonnax
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 10,503
Referee: Adrien Descottes
6 December 2015
16:15
(1 BP) Brive21–26Clermont
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 13,543
Referee: Jérôme Garcès

Round 11

[edit]
27 December 2015
14:00
Oyonnax25–12Stade Français
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
27 December 2015
16:00
Pau15–11La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Cédric Marchat
27 December 2015
16:00
(1 BP) Montpellier45–20Agen
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 10,128
Referee: Tual Trainini
27 December 2015
16:00
Castres23–8Brive
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 10,280
Referee: Adrien Descottes
27 December 2015
16:00
Bordeaux Bègles25–19Grenoble
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 25,238
Referee: Salem Attalah
27 December 2015
18:00
(1 BP) Clermont16–20Racing
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 17,995
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
27 December 2015
21:00
(1 BP) Toulouse31–8Toulon
Report
Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 32,479
Referee: Maxime Chalon

Round 12

[edit]
2 January 2016
14:30
Agen16–33Clermont
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 8,647
Referee: Romain Poite
2 January 2016
15:00
La Rochelle25–21Castres (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sébastien Minery
2 January 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Grenoble42–17Oyonnax
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
2 January 2016
16:30
Racing23–18Bordeaux Bègles (1 BP)
Report
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 7,765
Referee: Thomas Charabas
2 January 2016
20:45
Brive19–18Montpellier (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 10,852
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
3 January 2016
17:45
Toulon21–17Pau (1 BP)
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 12,135
Referee: Cyril Lafon
3 January 2016
21:00
Stade Français18–17Toulouse (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Laurent Cardona

Round 13

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Due to the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on 13 November 2015, matches in the European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup were postponed to a later date – later announced to take place on the weekend of 8–10 January 2016. This meant the fixtures that featured those teams in their respective domestic leagues, were postponed to a later date.[33] This meant that the entire Round 13 schedule was postponed: one match was moved to mid-February, and the remaining six matches were moved to mid-March.[34]

Round 14

[edit]
29 January 2016
20:45
Brive28–6La Rochelle
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 10,586
Referee: Romain Poite
30 January 2016
14:45
(1 BP) Clermont15–19Montpellier
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 16,514
Referee: Salem Attalah
30 January 2016
18:30
Agen27–33Grenoble
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Cyril Lafon
30 January 2016
18:30
Castres19–9Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 8,608
Referee: Maxime Chalon
30 January 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Racing26–3Oyonnax
Report
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 7,109
Referee: Sébastien Minery
30 January 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Toulouse54–3Pau
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 14,027
Referee: Adrien Descottes
31 January 2016
16:15
Toulon23–16Stade Français
Report
Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 29,414
Referee: Jérôme Garcès

Round 13 rescheduled match

[edit]
14 February 2016
16:15
Bordeaux Bègles15–12Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 38,416
Referee: Romain Poite

Round 15

[edit]
19 February 2016
20:45
Stade Français32–17Brive
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 10,290
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
20 February 2016
14:45
Castres17–28Clermont
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 9,622
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
20 February 2016
18:30
Bordeaux Bègles24–19Agen (1 BP)
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 21,233
Referee: Cédric Marchat
20 February 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Montpellier16–19Pau
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 10,525
Referee: Thomas Charabas
20 February 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Grenoble35–39Racing (1 BP)
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Laurent Cardona
20 February 2016
20:45
La Rochelle28–8Toulouse
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tual Trainini
21 February 2016
16:15
Oyonnax13–44Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère

Round 16

[edit]
27 February 2016
14:30
(1 BP) Toulon44–15Brive
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 12,519
Referee: Cédric Marchat
27 February 2016
18:30
Stade Français18–33Grenoble
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 8,652
Referee: Sébastien Minery
27 February 2016
18:30
Agen31–27La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 7,767
Referee: Maxime Chalon
27 February 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Clermont44–16Oyonnax
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 14,791
Referee: Laurent Cardona
27 February 2016
18:30
Pau3–15Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Cyril Lafon
27 February 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Racing9–13Castres
Report
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 6,433
Referee: Salem Attalah
28 February 2016
16:15
(1 BP) Toulouse29–31Montpellier
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 12,831
Referee: Jérôme Garcès

Round 17

[edit]
4 March 2016
20:45
Grenoble12–45Clermont (1 BP)
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
5 March 2016
14:45
Brive21–21Toulouse
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 12,703
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
5 March 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles48–20Oyonnax
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 22,127
Referee: Tual Trainini
5 March 2016
18:30
Pau19–12Stade Français
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Romain Poite
5 March 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Racing38–13Agen
Report
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Adrien Descottes
5 March 2016
20:45
Montpellier22–19Castres (1 BP)
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 10,943
Referee: Laurent Cardona
6 March 2016
16:15
La Rochelle19–14Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 18

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11 March 2016
20:45
Toulouse13–13Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Salem Attalah
12 March 2016
14:30
Stade Français16–34Racing (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
12 March 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Castres50–6Agen
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 8,660
Referee: Thomas Charabas
12 March 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Clermont25–6Brive
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 18,100
Referee: Adrien Descottes
12 March 2016
18:30
(1 BP) La Rochelle35–16Pau
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sébastien Minery
12 March 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Toulon38–8Grenoble
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 12,832
Referee: Maxime Chalon
13 March 2016
12:00
Oyonnax10–31Montpellier (1 BP)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Cédric Marchat

Round 13 rescheduled matches

[edit]
19 March 2016
14:00
(1 BP) Stade Français33–20La Rochelle
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 9,654
Referee: Salem Attalah
19 March 2016
14:30
(1 BP) Montpellier60–7Racing
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 13,158
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
19 March 2016
18:00
Oyonnax30–28Agen (1 BP)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
19 March 2016
18:00
Pau21–16Castres (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 11,067
Referee: Maxime Chalon
20 March 2016
14:00
Grenoble26–22Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sébastien Minery
20 March 2016
16:15
Clermont32–23Toulouse
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 18,730
Referee: Cyril Lafon

Round 19

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26 March 2016
14:45
(1 BP) Racing20–21Toulon
Report
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 40,500
Referee: Laurent Cardona
26 March 2016
18:30
Agen21–45Montpellier (1 BP)
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Maxime Chalon
26 March 2016
18:30
Brive23–22Castres (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 10,892
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
26 March 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Grenoble39–23La Rochelle
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Tual Trainini
26 March 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Pau25–6Oyonnax
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 11,834
Referee: Adrien Descottes
27 March 2016
16:15
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles19–24Clermont
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 28,332
Referee: Romain Poite
27 March 2016
21:00
(1 BP) Toulouse36–3Stade Français
Report
Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 21,048
Referee: Thomas Charabas

Round 20

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1 April 2016
20:45
Montpellier19–3Brive
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 10,542
Referee: Salem Attalah
2 April 2016
14:45
Castres15–9Toulouse
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
2 April 2016
18:30
Agen26–33Pau
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 7,828
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
2 April 2016
18:30
La Rochelle21–18Stade Français (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Cyril Lafon
2 April 2016
18:30
Oyonnax20–27Grenoble
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Romain Poite
2 April 2016
20:45
Bordeaux Bègles20–28Racing
Report
Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Cédric Marchat
3 April 2016
16:15
(1 BP) Toulon18–19Clermont
Report
Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 57,886
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 21

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15 April 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Grenoble28–33Castres
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 14,700
Referee: Cyril Lafon
16 April 2016
14:45
Pau9–25Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Thomas Charabas
16 April 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Brive31–13Oyonnax
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 10,352
Referee: Sébastien Minery
16 April 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Clermont38–10Agen
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 17,465
Referee: Tual Trainini
16 April 2016
20:45
La Rochelle22–15Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
17 April 2016
14:30
Stade Français20–26Montpellier
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 11,893
Referee: Romain Poite
17 April 2016
16:15
Toulouse14–3Racing
Report
Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 28,583
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 22

[edit]
30 April 2016
14:45
(1 BP) Toulon10–12Toulouse
Report
Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 27,549
Referee: Jérôme Garcès
30 April 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Agen37–19Brive
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 7,828
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
30 April 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Castres37–6Pau
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Adrien Descottes
30 April 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Montpellier51–10Grenoble
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 10,702
Referee: Cédric Marchat
30 April 2016
18:30
Oyonnax17–16La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Maxime Chalon
30 April 2016
20:45
Bordeaux Bègles35–25Stade Français
Report
Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Laurent Cardona
1 May 2016
16:15
Racing26–20Clermont
Report
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 13,518
Referee: Salem Attalah

Round 23

[edit]
6 May 2016
20:45
Grenoble14–20Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
7 May 2016
15:00
(1 BP) La Rochelle36–10Montpellier
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
7 May 2016
15:00
Pau10–16Clermont
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 13,355
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
7 May 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Stade Français69–8Oyonnax
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Thomas Charabas
7 May 2016
16:30
Brive33–27Racing
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 11,754
Referee: Tual Trainini
8 May 2016
16:15
(1 BP) Toulouse52–19Agen
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 12,576
Referee: Laurent Cardona
8 May 2016
21:00
Toulon17–7Castres
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Romain Poite

Round 24

[edit]
21 May 2016
14:30
Agen13–52Toulon (1 BP)
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 9,728
Referee: Cyril Lafon
21 May 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Brive45–24Grenoble
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 10,048
Referee: Salem Attalah
21 May 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Castres67–20La Rochelle
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Sébastien Minery
21 May 2016
15:00
Oyonnax17–25Toulouse
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Adrien Descottes
21 May 2016
15:00
(1 BP) Racing43–13Pau
Report
Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Maxime Chalon
21 May 2016
16:35
Montpellier19–16Bordeaux Bègles (1 BP)
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 11,707
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
22 May 2016
16:15
Clermont36–10Stade Français
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 18,676
Referee: Cédric Marchat

Round 25

[edit]
27 May 2016
20:45
La Rochelle14–30Racing
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Thomas Charabas
28 May 2016
15:30
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles34–7Brive
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 26,273
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
28 May 2016
18:30
(1 BP) Pau29–12Grenoble
Report
Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 10,863
Referee: Tual Trainini
28 May 2016
18:30
Stade Français28–26Agen (1 BP)
Report
MMArena
Attendance: 9,014
Referee: Adrien Descottes
28 May 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Oyonnax20–25Castres
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Laurent Cardona
29 May 2016
16:30
Toulouse22–11Clermont
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Attendance: 18,831
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
29 May 2016
20:45
Montpellier36–21Toulon
Report
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Romain Poite

Round 26

[edit]
5 June 2016
20:45
Agen23–19Oyonnax (1 BP)
Report
Stade Armandie
Attendance: 7,409
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
5 June 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Brive46–10Pau
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 9,586
Referee: Sébastien Minery
5 June 2016
20:45
Castres35–14Stade Français
Report
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Tual Trainini
5 June 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Clermont57–8La Rochelle
Report
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Attendance: 18,679
Referee: Maxime Chalon
5 June 2016
20:45
Grenoble14–53Toulouse (1 BP)
Report
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
5 June 2016
20:45
Racing40–25Montpellier
Report
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 10,064
Referee: Salem Attalah
5 June 2016
20:45
(1 BP) Toulon44–3Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Stade Mayol
Attendance: 13,821
Referee: Cédric Marchat

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Clermont 33
4 Racing 21 4 Racing 34
5 Toulouse 16 4 Racing 29
2 Toulon 21
2 Toulon 27
3 Montpellier 28 3 Montpellier 18
6 Castres 9

Semi-final Qualifiers

[edit]
11 June 2016
20:45
Racing21–16Toulouse
Pen: Carter (6/6) 5', 13', 17', 21', 64', 75'
Goosen (1/3) 48'		ReportTry: Fickou 67' c
Con: Bézy (1/1)
Pen: Bézy (3/4) 10', 26', 43'
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 9,891
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
12 June 2016
16:15
Montpellier28–9Castres
Try: Nagusa 13' m
Willemse 52' c
Spies 75' c
Con: Catrakilis (2/3)
Pen: Catrakilis (3/3) 9', 34', 74'		ReportPen: Urdapilleta (1/2) 37'
Kockott (2/3) 49', 65'
Altrad Stadium
Attendance: 11,656
Referee: Laurent Cardona

Semi-finals

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17 June 2016
20:45
Clermont33–34 (a.e.t.)Racing
Try: Chouly 40' m
Fofana 62' c
Con: Lopez (1/1)
Pen: Parra (1/2) 33'
Lopez (3/3) 42', 46', 53'
Spedding (1/2) 87'
Drop: Lopez (1/1) 4'
James (1/1) 92'		ReportTry: Goosen 27' c
Rokocoko 47' m
Imhoff 98' c
Con: Carter (2/3)
Pen: Carter (5/6) 16', 22', 25', 50', 58'
Roazhon Park, Rennes
Attendance: 29,013
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
18 June 2016
20:45
Toulon27–18Montpellier
Try: Tuisova 32' m
Nonu 43' c
Con: Halfpenny (1/2)
Pen: Halfpenny (5/6) 3', 11', 19', 50', 64'		ReportTry: Mogg (2) 54' m, 59' c
Con: Catrakilis (1/2)
Pen: Catrakilis (2/3) 8', 14'
Roazhon Park, Rennes
Attendance: 28,937
Referee: Romain Poite

Final

[edit]

The final took place on 24 June 2016 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. The final was moved from its traditional site of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis because of a scheduling conflict with UEFA Euro 2016.[2]

24 June 2016
20:45
Toulon21–29Racing 92
Try: Gorgodze 29' m
Mermoz 71' c
Con: Halfpenny (1/2)
Pen: Halfpenny (3/3) 2', 19', 23'		ReportTry: Rokocoko 59' m
Pen: Carter (5/5) 7', 25', 40', 58', 80'
Goosen (3/4) 33', 48', 51'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 99,124
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
FB 15 Wales Leigh Halfpenny downward-facing red arrow 74'
RW 14 Fiji Josua Tuisova downward-facing red arrow 63'
OC 13 France Mathieu Bastareaud
IC 12 France Maxime Mermoz
LW 11 South Africa Bryan Habana
FH 10 Australia Matt Giteau downward-facing red arrow 63'
SH 9 France Jonathan Pélissié
N8 8 England Steffon Armitage downward-facing red arrow 52' upward-facing green arrow 52'
OF 7 Argentina Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF 6 Georgia (country) Mamuka Gorgodze downward-facing red arrow 65'
RL 5 Georgia (country) Konstantin Mikautadze downward-facing red arrow 57'
LL 4 United States Samu Manoa
TP 3 Georgia (country) Levan Chilachava downward-facing red arrow 63'
HK 2 France Guilhem Guirado (c) downward-facing red arrow 57'
LP 1 France Xavier Chiocci yellow card 50' to 60' downward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutions:
HK 16 France Jean-Charles Orioli upward-facing green arrow 57'
PR 17 France Florian Fresia upward-facing green arrow 52' downward-facing red arrow 52' upward-facing green arrow 74'
LK 18 France Romain Taofifénua upward-facing green arrow 57'
FL 19 France Virgile Bruni upward-facing green arrow 65'
CE 20 France Théo Belan upward-facing green arrow 74'
FB 21 England Delon Armitage upward-facing green arrow 63'
FH 22 France Frédéric Michalak upward-facing green arrow 63'
PR 23 Fiji Manasa Saulo upward-facing green arrow 63'
Coach:
France Bernard Laporte
FB 15 France Brice Dulin
RW 14 New Zealand Joe Rokocoko
OC 13 South Africa Johan Goosen
IC 12 France Henry Chavancy
LW 11 Argentina Juan Imhoff
FH 10 New Zealand Dan Carter
SH 9 France Maxime Machenaud Red card 19'
N8 8 New Zealand Chris Masoe downward-facing red arrow 74'
OF 7 France Yannick Nyanga
BF 6 France Wenceslas Lauret
RL 5 Argentina Manuel Carizza downward-facing red arrow 69'
LL 4 France Bernard Le Roux
TP 3 Tonga Ben Tameifuna downward-facing red arrow 63' upward-facing green arrow 75'
HK 2 France Dimitri Szarzewski (c) downward-facing red arrow 63'
LP 1 France Eddy Ben Arous downward-facing red arrow 71'
Substitutions:
HK 16 France Camille Chat upward-facing green arrow 63'
PR 17 France Khatchik Vartan upward-facing green arrow 71' downward-facing red arrow 75'
LK 18 South Africa Juandré Kruger upward-facing green arrow 69'
N8 19 France Antonie Claassen upward-facing green arrow 74'
SH 20 France Xavier Chauveau
WG 21 France Marc Andreu
CE 22 Fiji Albert Vulivuli
PR 23 France Luc Ducalcon upward-facing green arrow 63'
Coach:
France Laurent Travers
France Laurent Labit
  • The attendance was a new record for any domestic club match in the sport.[3]

Leading scorers

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Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Attendances

[edit]

By club

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  • Attendances do not include the semi-finals or final as these are at neutral venues.
Club Home
Games 		Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
Agen 13 107,349 8,258 11,613 7,174 59%
Bordeaux Bègles 13 332,437 25,572 38,416 19,712 70%
Brive 13 145,272 11,175 13,543 9,586 70%
Castres 13 120,704 9,285 10,500 8,211 81%
Clermont 13 221,614 17,047 18,730 14,622 90%
Grenoble 13 176,500 13,577 18,000 10,000 68%
La Rochelle 13 194,173 14,936 15,000 14,537 100%
Montpellier[a 9] 14 159,840 11,417 15,000 8,000 78%
Oyonnax 13 126,500 9,731 14,000 7,000 77%
Pau 13 158,919 12,225 14,000 10,500 88%
Racing 92[a 10] 14 146,452 10,461 40,500 5,983 60%
Stade Francais 13 158,193 12,169 20,000 8,652 60%
Toulon 13 246,903 18,993 57,886 12,135 85%
Toulouse 13 226,632 17,433 32,479 10,503 76%

Highest attendances

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Home club Away club Stadium Attendance
Toulon Clermont Stade Vélodrome de Marseille 57,886
Bordeaux Toulon Matmut Atlantique 38,416
Bordeaux Racing Matmut Atlantique 33,000
Bordeaux Stade Français Matmut Atlantique 25,000
Toulouse Toulon Stadium Municipal de Toulouse 32,479
Bordeaux Toulouse Stade Chaban-Delmas 31,189
Toulon Stade Français Allianz Riviera 29,414
Toulouse Racing Stadium Municipal de Toulouse 28,583
Bordeaux Clermont Stade Chaban-Delmas 28,332
Toulon Toulouse Allianz Riviera 27,549

Notes

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  1. ^ Clermont's ground capacity is up to 19,022 from 18,030 the previous season.
  2. ^ Grenoble's traditional home is Stade Lesdiguières; however, beginning in 2012–13, they moved high-demand home matches to the larger Stade des Alpes.[6] Starting in 2014–15, they became the primary tenants of Stade des Alpes.
  3. ^ Montpellier's stadium capacity is currently 15,697 which was in effect from the 2016-17 season. However, Montpellier did achieve a crowd of 15,000 in their game against Toulon on 29 May 2016 so the capacity change could have occurred some time during the 2015-16 season.
  4. ^ Although Oyonnax's home ground of Stade-Charles capacity is listed as 11,400, it was increased for the 2015-16 season by at least 1,000 due to the creation of the north-stand (which was removed the following season). The club also achieved a crowd of 14,000 during their game against Clermont on 5 September 2015, which suggests capacity may have been even more, although this may be due to temporary space being created for what was in effect, a derby game.
  5. ^ In recent years, Racing has taken occasional home matches to Stade de France, MMArena in [[ Le Mans]], and Stade Océane in Le Havre.
  6. ^ Stade Français also played one home game at the 25,000 capacity MMArena in Le Mans.
  7. ^ In recent years, Toulon has taken occasional home matches to Stade Vélodrome in Marseille and Allianz Riviera in Nice.
  8. ^ Toulouse often takes high-demand home matches to the city's largest sporting venue, Stadium Municipal. The 2015–16 season was the first since 2013 in which the stadium was available, following renovations for UEFA Euro 2016.
  9. ^ Montpellier's attendance figure includes home semi-final qualifier.
  10. ^ Racing 92's attendance figure includes home semi-final qualifier.

References

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  6. ^ "ABONNEMENTS SAISON 2013–2014" (in French). www.fcgrugby.com. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. ^ "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.
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