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French rugby - 2022/23
The new Top14 season gets under way on the first weekend of September.
Newly promoted Bayonne have a tough opener away to Toulon, but the big matches are surely current champions Montpellier away to European Champions La Rochelle on Saturday evening, and on Sunday evening, Bordeaux at home to Toulouse.
03/09/2022
Racing 92 v Castres Olympique
Rugby Club Toulonnais v Bayonne
CA Brive-Corrèze v Lyon LOU
Section Paloise(Pau) v USA Perpignan
Stade Français v ASM Clermont
Stade Rochelais v Montpellier Hérault Rugby
04/09/2022
Union Bordeaux-Bègles v Stade Toulousain
ProD2 begins on the last weekend of August and there'll be several teams competing for the end of season play-offs, including former French Champions Biarritz and Agen.
Newly promoted Bayonne have a tough opener away to Toulon, but the big matches are surely current champions Montpellier away to European Champions La Rochelle on Saturday evening, and on Sunday evening, Bordeaux at home to Toulouse.
03/09/2022
Racing 92 v Castres Olympique
Rugby Club Toulonnais v Bayonne
CA Brive-Corrèze v Lyon LOU
Section Paloise(Pau) v USA Perpignan
Stade Français v ASM Clermont
Stade Rochelais v Montpellier Hérault Rugby
04/09/2022
Union Bordeaux-Bègles v Stade Toulousain
ProD2 begins on the last weekend of August and there'll be several teams competing for the end of season play-offs, including former French Champions Biarritz and Agen.
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Re: French rugby - 2022/23
Thanks again for all the effort that you put in on this
As well as general interest, its often useful to know the ins and outs come European time
As well as general interest, its often useful to know the ins and outs come European time
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Agreed, Cagey Tiger. Robespierre - your posts are always interesting and informative - thanks so much.
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Cagey Tiger wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:57 am Thanks again for all the effort that you put in on this
As well as general interest, its often useful to know the ins and outs come European time
Thank you, both!
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An interesting development, doubt it will happen here though, not sure clubs think much of a lot of our refs, well the fans don't for certain lol.
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The Clubs do use the Referees for some sessions prior to the season to assist them with how new / modified rules will be managed during the game.tigerburnie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:18 pm An interesting development, doubt it will happen here though, not sure clubs think much of a lot of our refs, well the fans don't for certain lol.
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Re: French rugby - 2022/23
The new season in ProD2 begins this evening. Here are the opening fixtures:
Thursday 25th August
Biarritz v US Oyonnax
Friday 26th August
RC Massy Essonne v Rouen Normandie Rugby
Soyaux-Angoulême XV v RC Vannes
FC Grenoble v Béziers
Mont-de-Marsan v Aurillac
Colomiers Rugby v Carcassonne
Montauban v Nevers
Provence Rugby v SU Agen
Biarritz and Oyonnax, who are playing this evening, could be two of the clubs vying for promotion to the Top14. In my opinion, the level of ProD2 is very competitive and is superior to the English Championship and is a good reflection of the healthy state of the French national side.
Thursday 25th August
Biarritz v US Oyonnax
Friday 26th August
RC Massy Essonne v Rouen Normandie Rugby
Soyaux-Angoulême XV v RC Vannes
FC Grenoble v Béziers
Mont-de-Marsan v Aurillac
Colomiers Rugby v Carcassonne
Montauban v Nevers
Provence Rugby v SU Agen
Biarritz and Oyonnax, who are playing this evening, could be two of the clubs vying for promotion to the Top14. In my opinion, the level of ProD2 is very competitive and is superior to the English Championship and is a good reflection of the healthy state of the French national side.
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Re: French rugby - 2022/23
Former Tigers, Luke Hamilton and Steve Mafi are both on Oyonnax’s squad for the new season, but neither are playing this evening.
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Re: French rugby - 2022/23
Biarritz win their opening match against Oyonnax 18-14.
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Re: French rugby - 2022/23
The first round results in ProD2:
Biarritz 18 Oyonnax 14
Massy 26 Rouen 40
Soyaux/Angoulème 31 Vannes 30
Grenoble 19 Béziers 15
Colomiers 24 Carcassonne 6
Montauban 29 Nevers 20 (ex Bath winger Rokoduguni scored a try for Montauban)
Provence 17 Agen 19 (former Tigers Johnny McPhilips and Peter Betham were in the Provence starting XV)
Mont de Marsan 29 Nevers 20
The first round of the Top14 is next weekend.
Biarritz 18 Oyonnax 14
Massy 26 Rouen 40
Soyaux/Angoulème 31 Vannes 30
Grenoble 19 Béziers 15
Colomiers 24 Carcassonne 6
Montauban 29 Nevers 20 (ex Bath winger Rokoduguni scored a try for Montauban)
Provence 17 Agen 19 (former Tigers Johnny McPhilips and Peter Betham were in the Provence starting XV)
Mont de Marsan 29 Nevers 20
The first round of the Top14 is next weekend.
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Re: French rugby - 2022/23
Many thanks for all your information Robespierre. I’m hoping to catch the Bordeaux game as part of my holiday, so long as I can negotiate their website on my phone! It sounds like a good one to watch. Which players should I look out for?
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There could be a head to head of the French XV halfbacks, Lucu/Jalibert for Bordeaux/Bègles and Dupont/ Ntamack for Toulouse. The match is at 21h05 Sunday evening so the sides may not be announced until Saturday.Lutontiger wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:54 am Many thanks for all your information Robespierre. I’m hoping to catch the Bordeaux game as part of my holiday, so long as I can negotiate their website on my phone! It sounds like a good one to watch. Which players should I look out for?
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The first round of Top14 matches gets underway at 3pm and here are a few snippets of info. Zach Henry is now first choice fly half for Pau after the departure of Hastoy to La Rochelle and is in the starting XV at home to Perpignan. Former Clermont half-backs Morgan Parra and Camille Lopez are both in the starting XV for their new clubs. Parra for Stade Français against ........ Clermont!, and Lopez for Bayonne away to Toulon. Here are the fixtures:
03/09/2022
Racing 92 v Castres Olympique
Rugby Club Toulonnais v Bayonne
CA Brive-Corrèze v Lyon LOU
Section Paloise(Pau) v USA Perpignan
Stade Français v ASM Clermont
Stade Rochelais v Montpellier Hérault Rugby
04/09/2022
Union Bordeaux-Bègles v Stade Toulousain
03/09/2022
Racing 92 v Castres Olympique
Rugby Club Toulonnais v Bayonne
CA Brive-Corrèze v Lyon LOU
Section Paloise(Pau) v USA Perpignan
Stade Français v ASM Clermont
Stade Rochelais v Montpellier Hérault Rugby
04/09/2022
Union Bordeaux-Bègles v Stade Toulousain
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Re: French rugby - 2022/23
Here are the results of this weekend's first round of the Top14, in which Toulouse scraped a one point win in Bordeaux, and Bordeaux had two penalty attempts in the last few minutes, but sadly (for Bordeaux supporters!) missed them. The other big match of the opening weekend was European Champions La Rochelle's win over French champions Momtpellier 26-22.
Bordeaux/Bègles 25 Toulouse 26
Brive 27 Lyon 31
Racing92 25 Castres 19
Stade Français 24 Clermont 18
Toulon 40 Bayonne 25
Pau 16 Perpignan 14 (11 points from Zach Henry including the winning penalty in 79th minute)
La Rochelle 26 Montpellier 24
Round 2 is next weekend:
Lyon v La Rochelle
Perpignan v Brive
Castres v Stade Français
Clermont v Pau
Bayonne v Racing
Montpellier v Bordeaux/Bègles
Toulouse v Toulon
Bordeaux/Bègles 25 Toulouse 26
Brive 27 Lyon 31
Racing92 25 Castres 19
Stade Français 24 Clermont 18
Toulon 40 Bayonne 25
Pau 16 Perpignan 14 (11 points from Zach Henry including the winning penalty in 79th minute)
La Rochelle 26 Montpellier 24
Round 2 is next weekend:
Lyon v La Rochelle
Perpignan v Brive
Castres v Stade Français
Clermont v Pau
Bayonne v Racing
Montpellier v Bordeaux/Bègles
Toulouse v Toulon
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Bonjour to all who follow this thread. Below are the weekend's round two Top14 results:
Lyon 21 La Rochelle 23
Clermont 33 Pau 24
Bayonne 31 Racing 25
Castres 30 S Français 20
Perpignan 6 Brive 17
Montpellier 29 Bordeaux/Bègles 19
Toulouse 28 Toulon 8
The table after two rounds:
Toulouse 9
La Rochelle 8
Brive 6
Montpellier 5
Lyon 5
Castres 4
Clermont 4
Racing 4
SF 4
Toulon 4
Bayonne 4
Pau 4
Bordeaux/Bègles 1
Perpignan 1
Next weekend's fixtures:
Bordeaux/Bègles v Castres
Brive v Montpellier
La Rochelle v Perpignan
Racing v Lyon
SF v Bayonne
Pau v Toulouse
Toulon v Clermont
Finally, here's a reminder of the bonus point structure in France.
Victory 4 points
Defeat 0 points
Draw 2 points
1 bonus point for scoring 3 tries more than your opponents
1 bonus point for a defeat of 5 points or fewer
Lyon 21 La Rochelle 23
Clermont 33 Pau 24
Bayonne 31 Racing 25
Castres 30 S Français 20
Perpignan 6 Brive 17
Montpellier 29 Bordeaux/Bègles 19
Toulouse 28 Toulon 8
The table after two rounds:
Toulouse 9
La Rochelle 8
Brive 6
Montpellier 5
Lyon 5
Castres 4
Clermont 4
Racing 4
SF 4
Toulon 4
Bayonne 4
Pau 4
Bordeaux/Bègles 1
Perpignan 1
Next weekend's fixtures:
Bordeaux/Bègles v Castres
Brive v Montpellier
La Rochelle v Perpignan
Racing v Lyon
SF v Bayonne
Pau v Toulouse
Toulon v Clermont
Finally, here's a reminder of the bonus point structure in France.
Victory 4 points
Defeat 0 points
Draw 2 points
1 bonus point for scoring 3 tries more than your opponents
1 bonus point for a defeat of 5 points or fewer
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