2016–17 Pro D2 |
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Countries | France |
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Date | 25 August 2016 – 21 May 2017 |
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Champions | Oyonnax |
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Promoted | Agen |
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Relegated | Bourgoin, Albi |
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Matches played | 480 |
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Official website |
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www.lnr.fr |
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The 2016–17 Rugby Pro D2 was the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2016–17 season. It ran alongside the 2016–17 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).
Teams
Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne | Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) | Stade Armandie | 14,000 |
SC Albi | Albi (Tarn) | Stadium Municipal d'Albi | 13,000 |
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne | Aurillac (Cantal) | Stade Jean Alric | 9,000 |
AS Béziers Hérault | Béziers (Hérault) | Stade de la Méditerranée | 18,500 |
Biarritz Olympique | Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) | Parc des Sports Aguiléra | 15,000 |
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu | Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère) | Stade Pierre Rajon | 10,000 |
US Carcassonne | Carcassonne (Aude) | Stade Albert Domec | 10,000 |
US Colomiers | Colomiers (Haute-Garonne) | Stade Michel Bendichou | 11,400 |
US Dax | Dax (Landes) | Stade Maurice Boyau | 16,170 |
US Montauban | Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) | Stade Sapiac | 12,600 |
Stade Montois | Mont-de-Marsan (Landes) | Stade Guy Boniface | 22,000 |
RC Narbonne | Narbonne (Aude) | Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié | 12,000 |
Oyonnax Rugby | Oyonnax (Ain) | Stade Charles-Mathon | 11,400 |
USA Perpignan | Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) | Stade Aimé Giral | 16,600 |
Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente | Angoulême (Charente) | Stade Chanzy | 6,000 |
Rugby Club Vannes | Vannes (Morbihan) | Stade de la Rabine | 9,500 |
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Location of teams in
2016–17 Rugby Pro D2 Changes in the lineup from 2015–16 were:
- Lyon won the 2015–16 Pro D2 title and were thereby automatically promoted to the Top 14. Bayonne won the promotion playoffs to secure the second promotion place.
- The bottom finisher in 2015–16, Provence Rugby was relegated from Pro D2 to Fédérale 1. Tarbes was also relegated for financial reasons.
- The two bottom finishers in the 2015–16 Top 14 season, Oyonnax and Agen, were relegated to Pro D2.
- Soyaux Angoulême and Vannes won the Fédérale 1 promotion playoffs. The 2015–16 season was the first in which the promotion playoffs were separated from those for the traditional Fédérale 1 championship prize, Trophée Jean-Prat.
Competition format
The top team at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away), is declared champion and earns a spot in the next Top 14 season. Teams ranked second to fifth compete in promotion playoffs, with the semifinals being played at the home ground of the higher-ranked team. The final is then played on neutral ground, and the winner earns the second ticket to the next Top 14.
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,[1] 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.[2]
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 less). The required margin had been 7 points or less until being changed in advance of the 2014–15 season.
The 2016–17 season was the last for the then-current Pro D2 promotion system. From 2017 to 2018 forward, Pro D2 will institute a playoff system identical to the one currently used in Top 14, with the top six teams qualifying for the playoffs and the top two teams receiving byes into the semifinals. The league championship and automatic promotion place will go to the winner of the playoffs; the runner-up will enter a playoff with the second-from-bottom Top 14 team, with the winner of that playoff taking up the final place in Top 14 for the following season.[4]
Table
2016–17 Rugby Pro D2 season Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
1 | Oyonnax (C) | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 790 | 637 | +153 | 7 | 7 | 90 | Automatically promoted to Top 14 |
2 | Agen | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 780 | 624 | +156 | 5 | 6 | 87 | Winner of the promotion play-offs |
3 | Montauban | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 726 | 533 | +193 | 6 | 4 | 86 | Qualified for promotion play-offs |
4 | Mont-de-Marsan | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 738 | 588 | +150 | 6 | 9 | 83 |
5 | Biarritz | 30 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 730 | 637 | +93 | 5 | 4 | 81 |
6 | Perpignan | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 744 | 589 | +155 | 9 | 4 | 79 | |
7 | Colomiers | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 760 | 593 | +167 | 5 | 3 | 78 |
8 | Aurillac | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 689 | 712 | −23 | 5 | 5 | 70 |
9 | Carcassonne | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 648 | 642 | +6 | 3 | 3 | 64 |
10 | Béziers | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 694 | 667 | +27 | 7 | 4 | 63 |
11 | Vannes | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 659 | 735 | −76 | 2 | 7 | 61 |
12 | Narbonne | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 616 | 746 | −130 | 3 | 0 | 61 |
13 | Soyaux Angoulême | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 565 | 686 | −121 | 2 | 5 | 61 |
14 | Dax | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 647 | 845 | −198 | 1 | 6 | 59 |
15 | Albi | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 641 | 781 | −140 | 1 | 4 | 57 | Relegation to Fédérale 1 |
16 | Bourgoin | 30 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 452 | 864 | −412 | 1 | 6 | 17[a] |
Source:
[6]Rules for classification: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.
(C) Champion
Notes:
- ^ 8 points deducted for financial irregularities[5]
Relegation
Normally, the teams that finish in 15th and 16th places in the table are relegated to Fédérale 1 at the end of the season. In certain circumstances, "financial reasons" may cause a higher-placed team to be demoted instead, or prevent one of the two finalists in Fédérale 1 from promotion.
Fixtures
Round 1
Round 2
Stade Chanzy Referee: Julien Castaignède |
Round 3
Round 4
Stade Chanzy Referee: Vivien Praderie |
Round 5
Stade Chanzy Referee: Ludovic Cayre |
Round 6
Stade Chanzy Referee: Laurent Millotte |
Round 7
Stade Chanzy Referee: Ludovic Carrillo |
Round 8
Round 9
Stade Chanzy Referee: Mathieu Noirot |
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Stade Chanzy Referee: Cédric Clavé |
Round 13
Round 14
Stade Chanzy Referee: Ludovic Carrillo |
Round 15
Stade Chanzy Referee: Julien Castaignède |
Round 16
Round 17
Stade Chanzy Referee: Vivien Praderie |
Round 18
Round 19
Stade Chanzy Referee: Thierry Mallet |
Round 20
Round 21
Stade Chanzy Referee: Ludovic Carrillo |
Round 22
Round 23
Stade Chanzy Referee: Mathieu Noirot |
Round 24
Round 25
Stade Chanzy Referee: Luc Ramos |
Round 26
Round 27
Stade Chanzy Referee: Sébastien Cloute |
Round 28
Round 29
Stade Chanzy Referee: Mathieu Delpy |
Round 30
Play–offs
The highest ranked team at the end of the regular season, Oyonnax Rugby, earned automatic promotion to the Top 14 as champion de France de PRO D2 2017.
Semi–finals
The semi–finals followed a 2 v 5, 3 v 4 system, with the higher ranked team playing at home.
Montauban | 24–13 | Mont-de-Marsan |
Try: Swanepoel 7' m Ascarat 57' c Con: Bosviel (1/2) 57' Pen: Bosviel (3/4) 31', 48', 79' Drop: Bosviel (1/1) 6' | Report | Try: Negrotto 63' c Con: Loustalot (1/1) 64' Pen: James (2/3) 15', 40' |
Final
The winners of the semi–finals played off for the second promotion spot to the Top 14.
Leading scorers
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.
Top points scorers | Top try scorers - As of matches played on 29 January 2017[7]
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Number of teams by regions
Teams | Region or country | Team(s) |
7 | Occitanie | Albi, Béziers, Carcassonne, Colomiers, Montauban, Narbonne, and Perpignan |
5 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Agen, Biarritz, Dax, Mont-de-Marsan, and Soyaux Angoulême |
3 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Aurillac, Bourgoin, and Oyonnax |
1 | Brittany | Vannes |
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Article 330, Section 3.2. Points "terrain" et points de bonus" (PDF). Statuts et Reglements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2014/2015, Chapitre 2 : Règlement sportif des championnats profesionnels (in French). Ligue Nationale de Rugby. p. 166. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ^ Mortimer, Gavin (18 August 2016). "French rugby enjoys a popularity boom as it looks to the future". Rugby World. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "PROD2, Bourgoin - Retrait de 8 points". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (Press release) (in French). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Classement PRO D2". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "Rugby Pro D2 Top Try Scorers". lnr.fr. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
External links
- (in French) Ligue Nationale de Rugby – Official website
- (in French) Midi Olympique
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