2005–06 Top 14 season Countries France Date 25 August 2005 – 10 June 2006 Champions Biarritz (5th title)Runners-up Toulouse Relegated Toulon ,Pau Matches played 185 Attendance 1,922,393 (average 10,391 per match) Highest attendance 79,604 Stade Français v Biarritz 4 March 2006 Lowest attendance 4,163 Agen v Brive 27 August 2005 Top point scorer Cédric Rosalen (Narbonne) 328 pointsTop try scorer Rupeni Caucaunibuca (Agen) 17 tries
The2005–06 Top 14 competition was the 107thFrench domesticrugby union club competition operated by theLigue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) and the 1st using the name Top 14. Previously the league was known as Top 16 but the restructuring of the league at the end of the2004–05 season meant that it shrank from 16 to 14 clubs.Toulon were the only promoted team having won the2004–05 Pro D2 .
During the season attendance records in the league were broken with 79,502 spectators attending the Round 9 clash betweenStade Français andToulouse at theStade de France , shattering the attendance record forany regular league season game in France (not just rugby union).[ 1] However, that record was short-lived when 79,604 spectators attended the Round 17 match between Stade Français andBiarritz Olympique .[ 2]
The regular season finished in late May 2006, withBiarritz finishing at the top of the ladder. The semi-finals and final were contested in June, with Biarritz defeating Toulouse to claim back-to-back titles, and their fifth overall. Two teams were relegated with newly promoted Toulon, who had easily the poorest record in top 14 with just 3 wins from 26 games, being the first to go down, followed byPau who were much more competitive but not quite good enough to stay up, finishing 3 points from safety. Both clubs would drop to the2006–07 Pro D2 .
Club City (department) Stadium Capacity Previous season Agen Agen (Lot-et-Garonne )Stade Armandie 13,000 7th Bayonne Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques )Stade Jean Dauger 16,934 12th Biarritz Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques )Parc des Sports Aguiléra 15,000 Champions Bourgoin Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère )Stade Pierre Rajon [ a 1] 9,441 Semi-finals (3rd in league) Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze )Stade Amédée-Domenech 15,000 9th Castres Castres (Tarn )Stade Pierre-Fabre 11,500 6th Clermont Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme )Stade Marcel-Michelin 16,334 8th Montpellier Montpellier (Hérault )Stade Sabathé 8,000 11th Narbonne Narbonne (Aude )Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié 12,000 10th Pau Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques )Stade du Hameau 14,000 13th Perpignan Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales )Stade Aimé Giral 16,593 5th Stade Français Paris ,16th arrondissement Stade Jean-Bouin [ a 2] 12,000 Runners up (2nd in league) Toulon Toulon (Var )Stade Mayol 13,700 Promoted fromPro D2 (champions) Toulouse Toulouse (Haute-Garonne )Stade Ernest-Wallon [ a 3] 19,500 Semi-finals (4th in league)
Locations of the 2005–06 Top 14 teams
Number of teams by regions [ edit ] Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,079[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,249[ 4]
Narbonne 26–20 Stade Français
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,873[ 5]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,907[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,873[ 7]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,604[ 8]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 10,444[ 9]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,937[ 10]
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 9,081[ 11]
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,449[ 12]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,330[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,981[ 14]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 4,163[ 15]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,486[ 16]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,030[ 15]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,101[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,585[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,059[ 5]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,336[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,996[ 4]
Perpignan 16–12 Stade Français
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,291[ 8]
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,840[ 11]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 14,464[ 16]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,279[ 14]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 5,424
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,141[ 13]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,707[ 9]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,592[ 10]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,239[ 3]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 5,965
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,508[ 8]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,594[ 15]
Biarritz 7–14 Stade Français
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 6,383[ 10]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 4,904[ 7]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,283[ 4]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 6,286
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,703[ 16]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,832[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,124[ 14]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,770[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,371[ 6]
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,783[ 11]
Stade Français 25–10 Castres
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 6,448[ 11]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,168[ 8]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 9,362[ 15]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,612[ 10]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,371[ 3]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 5,628[ 5]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,100[ 4]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,639[ 16]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 6,481
Clermont 23–12 Stade Français
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 12,671[ 13]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 9,601[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,219[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,767[ 7]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,087[ 14]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,388[ 10]
Stade Français 29–15 Toulouse
Stade de France Attendance: 79,502[ 17]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,770[ 14]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,685[ 15]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,811[ 8]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,352[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,559[ 4]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,173[ 6]
Bourgoin 29–16 Stade Français
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 9,017
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 12,055[ 9]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,699[ 16]
Montpellier 19–17 Perpignan
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,510[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,290[ 5]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,298[ 13]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 13,850[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,372[ 14]
Stade Français 27–19 Bayonne
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,978[ 11]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,579[ 10]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 5,219[ 15]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 5,785[ 8]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,915[ 4]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,225[ 3]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 6,810
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,374[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 7,244[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,478[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,014[ 5]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,218[ 4]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 15,989[ 16]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,746[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,492[ 14]
Stade Français 45–13 Montpellier
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 6,995[ 11]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,046[ 10]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 4,506[ 15]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,416[ 8]
Stade Français 36–24 Narbonne
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,079[ 11]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 5,957
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,536[ 16]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 9,000[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 4,801[ 14]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,126[ 10]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,325[ 15]
Toulon 11–24 Stade Français
Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,408[ 3]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,518[ 8]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,708[ 4]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,341[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,114[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,335[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,578[ 5]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,170[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 8,395[ 5]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,579[ 3]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,529[ 8]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 9,280[ 15]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 11,517[ 6]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,822[ 4]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 11,247[ 13]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 5,857
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,565[ 16]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,321[ 14]
Stade Français 21–16 Biarritz
Stade de France Attendance: 79,604[ 17]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,691[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,484[ 6]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 4,482[ 10]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 5,175
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 12,156[ 16]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,513[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,665[ 14]
Stade Français 23–16 Perpignan
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,990[ 11]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,114[ 9]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 9,294[ 4]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,013[ 3]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,662[ 8]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,894[ 15]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,103[ 10]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,695[ 5]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,698[ 7]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,841[ 16]
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 22,621[ 12]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 11,778[ 13]
Castres 10–11 Stade Français
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,809[ 14]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,062[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,311[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,206[ 7]
Stade Français 28–15 Clermont
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,961[ 11]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 8,642[ 15]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 12,707[ 10]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,963[ 8]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,978[ 3]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,723[ 5]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,789[ 4]
Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 8,094[ 12]
Toulouse 15–0 Stade Français
Stade Municipal Attendance: 35,439[ 18]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,231[ 13]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 10,521[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,349[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,376[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,640[ 5]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,510[ 14]
Stade Français 33–7 Bourgoin
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 9,998[ 11]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,617[ 10]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,671[ 15]
Perpignan 42–20 Montpellier
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,913[ 8]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,703[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,342[ 4]
Stade Pierre Rajon[ 12] Attendance: 6,451
Bayonne 28–11 Stade Français
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 9,800[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 9,080[ 6]
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,654[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 10,773[ 5]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,624[ 3]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,854[ 16]
Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,233[ 10]
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 12,051[ 13]
Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,183[ 14]
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,782[ 11]
Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,716[ 15]
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,745[ 8]
Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,736[ 16]
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 24,790[ 12]
Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,115[ 9]
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 7,043[ 6]
Montpellier 24–43 Stade Français
Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,251[ 7]
Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 8,664[ 5]
Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,051[ 3]
Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,627[ 4]
Stade Français 9–12 Toulouse
Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. 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 90,087 6,930 9,362 4,163 53% Bayonne 13 118,595 9,123 12,055 7,114 54% Biarritz 13 81,805 6,293 12,707 4,482 42% Bourgoin 13 118,412 9,109 24,790 5,175 68% Brive 13 112,902 8,685 11,915 6,100 58% Castres 13 80,394 6,184 9,510 4,801 54% Clermont 13 143,688 11,053 13,850 9,000 68% Montpellier 13 73,807 5,677 6,585 4,904 71% Narbonne 13 95,297 7,331 10,773 5,628 61% Pau 13 86,913 6,686 11,517 5,101 48% Perpignan 13 148,913 11,455 12,662 5,785 69% Stade Français 13 249,041 19,157 79,604 6,448 73% Toulon 13 158,958 12,228 13,408 10,624 89% Toulouse 13 227,107 17,470 35,439 12,156 83%
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