2020–21 Top 14 season

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2020–21 Top 14
Countries France
Date4 September 2020 – 26 June 2021
Official website
www.lnr.fr/rugby-top-14

The 2020–21 Top 14 competition is the 122nd French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). After play was suspended following the 17th Matchday of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, the season was officially cancelled without any winner or promotion/relegation on 6 May.[1]

Teams

Number of teams by regions

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

Competition format

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,[2] 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.[3]

France's bonus point system operates as follows:[3]

  • 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

Template:2020–21 Top 14 Table

Relegation

Starting from the 2017–18 season forward, only the 14th placed team will be automatically relegated to Pro D2. The 13th placed team will face the runner-up of the Pro D2 play-off, with the winner of that play-off taking up the final place in Top 14 for the following season.[4]

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

4 September 2020
20:45
(1 BP) Montpellier23–26Pau
Report
Altrad Stadium, Montpellier
Referee: Tual Trainini
5 September 2020
15:15
La Rochelle29–15Toulon
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Referee: Romain Poite
5 September 2020
18:00
(1 BP) Lyon23–27Racing
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
5 September 2020
18:00
(1 BP) Agen22–26Castres
Report
Stade Armandie
Referee: Maxime Chalon
6 September 2020
20:45
Brive42–23Bayonne
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Adrien Descottes
6 September 2020
21:00
Clermont33–30Toulouse (1 BP)
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 2

11 September 2020
20:45
Pau33–23Agen
Report
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
11 September 2020
20:45
(1 BP) Racing41–17Montpellier
Report
Paris La Défense Arena
Referee: Thomas Charabas
12 September 2020
15:15
Toulouse39–23La Rochelle
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Referee: Tual Trainini
12 September 2020
18:15
Bordeaux Bègles25–20Brive (1 BP)
-Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee: Luc Ramos
12 September 2020
18:15
Bayonne21–19Clermont (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean Dauger
Referee: Vincent Blasco Baqué
13 September 2020
19:00
Castres16–22Stade Français
Report
Stade Pierre-Fabre
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
13 September 2020
21:00
(1 BP) Toulon36–14Lyon
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee: Laurent Cardona

Round 3

2 October 2020
20:0
Brive19–13Pau
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Pierre Brousset
2 October 2020
20:45
Stade Français19–26Bayonne
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Vivien Praderie
3 October 2020
15:15
Clermont31–12Agen
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
4 October 2020
21:00
Toulouse39–19Toulon
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
5 October 2020
20:45
Lyon27–10Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 4

9 October 2020
20:45
Bayonne19–36La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean Dauger
Referee: Luc Ramos
10 October 2020
18:15
Toulon25–21Montpellier (1 BP)
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee: Adrien Descottes
10 October 2020
18:15
Agen3–20Stade Français
Report
Stade Armandie
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
10 October 2020
18:15
Racing24–30Toulouse
Report
Paris La Défense Arena
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz
11 October 2020
21:10
Pau29–29Lyon
Report
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Maxime Chalon

Round 5

17 October 2020
15:30
(1 BP) Montpellier42–13Agen
Report
Altrad Stadium
Referee: Laurent Cardona
17 October 2020
15:30
Pau29–24Bordeaux Bègles (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Vincent Blasco Baque
17 October 2020
15:30
(1 BP) La Rochelle62–3Castres
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
17 October 2020
15:35
Brive16–36Toulouse (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Sebastien Minery
18 October 2020
17:00
(1 BP) Lyon62–10Bayonne
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee: Tual Trainini
18 October 2020
21:05
Clermont41–27Stade Français
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Romain Poite

Round 6

23 October 2020
20:45
ToulonvCastres
Stade Mayol
24 October 2020
15:15
ToulousevLyon
Stade Ernest-Wallon
24 October 2020
18:15
AgenvBayonne
Stade Armandie
24 October 2020
18:15
Stade FrançaisvRacing
Stade Jean-Bouin
24 October 2020
18:15
ClermontvPau
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
25 October 2020
17:00
MontpelliervBrive
Altrad Stadium
25 October 2020
21:05
La RochellevBordeaux Bègles
Stade Marcel-Deflandre

Round 1 rescheduled match

TBD
Stade FrançaisvBordeaux Bègles
Stade Jean-Bouin

Round 3 rescheduled match

TDB
La RochellevRacing
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
TDB
MontpelliervCastres
Altrad Stadium

Round 4 rescheduled match

TBD
CastresvBrive
Stade Pierre-Fabre
TBD
Bordeaux BèglesvClermont
Stade Chaban-Delmas

Round 5 rescheduled match

TBD
RacingvToulon
Paris La Défense Arena

See also

Notes

  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

  1. ^ "Top 14 - Pro D2 : les présidents d'accord pour ne pas attribuer de titre". L'Equipe. 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Mortimer, Gavin (18 August 2016). "French rugby enjoys a popularity boom as it looks to the future". Rugby World. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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