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right The 2005-06 TOP 14 is a French domestic rugby union club competition that will run from August of 2005 to June of 2006. The 2005-06 season saw attendance records broken.The round nine clash between Stade Français and Stade Toulousain was played at Stade de France, the game shattered the attendance record for any regular league season game in France (not just rugby union), attracting 79,502 people to the game. However, the round 17 match between Stade Français and Biarritz Olympique, broke this again with 79,604. The regular season finished in late May of 2006, with Biarritz finishing at the top of the ladder. The semi-finals and final were contested in June. Biarritz ran out 40 to 13 winners over Toulouse, claiming back to back titles.

Table

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Bonus points Points
Biarritz Olympique 26 19 0 7 694 350 14 90
Stade Français 26 19 0 7 633 437 13 89
Stade Toulousain 26 19 0 7 713 427 12 88
USA Perpignan 26 18 0 8 671 398 12 84
SU Agen 26 15 0 11 655 540 10 70
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 26 14 0 12 591 516 11 67
Castres Olympique 26 13 0 13 685 559 14 66
ASM Clermont 26 14 0 12 577 569 7 63
CA Brive 26 10 1 15 431 553 9 51
RC Narbonne 26 11 0 15 533 775 3 47
Montpellier RC 26 9 0 17 574 659 10 46
Aviron Bayonnais 26 8 1 17 514 669 9 43
Section Paloise 26 9 0 17 476 790 4 40
RC Toulonnais 26 3 0 23 332 837 7 19

Results

Rounds 1 to 5

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5

Rounds 6 to 10

Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10

Rounds 11 to 15

Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15

Rounds 16 to 20

Round 16 Round 17 Round 18 Round 19 Round 20

Rounds 21 to 26

Round 21 Round 22 Round 23 Round 24
  • 5 May Bourgoin 23–24 Castres
  • 6 May Bayonne 28–11 Stade Français
  • 6 May Pau 26–20 Biarritz
  • 6 May Montpellier 44–19 Agen
  • 6 May Narbonne 22–13Perpignan
  • 6 May Toulon 13–20 Brive
  • 7 May Toulouse 26–11 Clermont
Round 25
  • 12 May Biarritz 57–7 Montpellier
  • 13 May Clermont 22–10 Bourgoin
  • 13 May Castres 30–23 Bayonne
  • 13 May Stade Français 42–26 Pau
  • 13 May Agen 58–24 Narbonne
  • 13 May Perpignan 52–0 Toulon
  • 13 May Toulouse 37–27 Brive
Round 26
  • 27 May Bourgoin 12–37 Toulouse
  • 27 May Bayonne 19–24 Clermont
  • 27 May Pau 25–27 Castres
  • 27 May Montpellier 24–43 Stade Français
  • 27 May Narbonne 12–34 Biarritz
  • 27 May Toulon 21–50 Agen
  • 27 May Brive 14–42 Perpignan

Knock-out stages

Semi-finals

  • 2 June Biarritz Olympique 12–9 USA Perpignan
  • 3 June Stade Français 9–12 Stade Toulousain
Teams
  • Biarritz Olympique
  • *Nicolas Brusque, Jean-Baptiste Gobelet, Philippe Bidabé, Federico Martin Aramburu, Sireli Bobo,- (o) Julien Peyrelongue, (m) Julien Dupuy, Imanol Harinordoquy, Thomas Lièvremont (cap), Serge Betsen, Olivier Olibeau, Jérôme Thion, Benoît Lecouls, Benoît August, Petru Balan
  • *Replacements : Thierry Dusautoir (45’), Cencus Johnston (41’), Olivier Noirot (79’)
  • USA Perpignan
  • *Julien Laharrague, Christophe Manas, David Marty, Gavin Hume, Mathieu Bourret, (o) Manuel Edmonds, (m) Nicolas Durand, Bernard Goutta (cap), Ovidiu Tonita, Grégory Le Corvec, Nathan Hines, Colin Gaston, Nicolas Mas, Michel Konieck, Perry Freshwater
  • *Replacements : Nicolas Laharrague (73’), Scott Robertson (60’), Viliami Vaki (72’), Marius Tincu (53’), Vincent Debaty (49’)

Final

Teams Biarritz OlympiqueStade Toulousain
Score 40–13 (Half-time: 9–6)
Date 10 June 2006
Location Stade de France Paris
Referee Didier Mené
Teams
Biarritz Olympique Nicolas Brusque, Jean-Baptiste Gobelet, Philippe Bidabé, Damien Traille , Sireli Bobo,- (o) Julien Peyrelongue, (m) Dimitri Yachvili, Imanol Harinordoquy, Thierry Dusautoir , Serge Betsen, Olivier Olibeau, Jérôme Thion, Benoît Lecouls, Benoît August (cap.), Petru Balan
Replacements: Julien Dupuy, Federico Martin Aramburu, Cencus Johnston, Benjamin Noirot, David Couzinet, Thomas Lièvremont, Benjamin Dambielle

Stade Toulousain Clément Poitrenaud, Vincent Clerc, Florian Fritz, Yannick Jauzion, Cédric Heymans, (o) Frédéric Michalak, (m) Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, Jean Bouilhou , Finau Maka, Yannick Nyanga, Trevor Brennan, Fabien Pelous, Omar Hasan, Yannick Bru (cap.), Jean-Baptiste Poux
Replacements: Virgile Lacombe , Daan Human , Romain Millo-Chluski , Grégory Lamboley, Isitolo Maka , Jean-Frédéric Dubois , Xavier Garbajosa

Points
Biarritz Olympique 5 tries by Harinordoquy (73'), August (70'), Traille (61'), Bobo (48'), Gobelet (45'), 3 conversions by Yachvili (46') (49') (62'), 3 penalties by Yachvili (1'), (24'), (31')
Stade Toulousain 1 try by Lamboley (64'), 1 conversion by Elissalde (65'), 1 penalty by Elissalde (30'), 1 drop goal by Michalak (6')
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Top point scorers

# Name Club Points
1 Cédric Rosalen RC Narbonne 328
2 Romain Teulet Castres Olympique 300
3 Richard Dourthe Aviron Bayonnais 295
4 Lionel Beauxis Section Paloise 243
5 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde Stade Toulousain 241
6 Maxime Petitjean CA Brive 213
7 François Gelez SU Agen 196

Top try scorers

# Name Club Tries
1 Rupeni Caucaunibuca SU Agen 17
2 Sireli Bobo Biarritz Olympique 14
3 Cédric Heymans Stade Toulousain 11
3 Anthony Forest CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 11
3 Vincent Clerc Stade Toulousain 11
6 Laurent Arbo Montpellier RC 10
6 Philippe Bidabé Biarritz Olympique 9
6 Laloa Milford Castres Olympique 9
6 Florian Fritz Stade Toulousain 9
6 Julien Saubade Stade Français 9

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