2020–21 Top 14 season

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2020–21 Top 14
Countries France
Date4 September 2020 – 25 June 2021
ChampionsToulouse (21st title)
Runners-upLa Rochelle
RelegatedAgen
Bayonne
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 2020.[1] Of the 2020–21 season, some last round matches were rescheduled for 16/17 January 2021, with the playoffs and final taking place in June 2021.

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[]

2020–21 Top 14 Table · · discuss
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff. Tries for Tries against Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Toulouse (C) 26 17 1 8 767 557 +210 92 53 8 3 81
2 La Rochelle (RU) 26 17 0 9 726 452 +274 79 41 6 4 78
3 Racing (SF) 26 17 0 9 757 577 +180 82 48 6 4 78
4 Bordeaux Bègles (SF) 26 15 1 10 740 546 +216 78 41 7 3 72
5 Clermont (QF) 26 15 1 10 830 619 +211 88 61 6 5 71
6 Stade Français (QF) 26 15 0 11 701 622 +79 69 63 6 6 70
7 Castres 26 15 1 10 625 676 −51 61 63 3 5 69
8 Toulon 26 14 0 13 641 605 +36 62 53 7 4 66
9 Lyon 26 14 1 11 678 568 +110 74 56 3 4 65
10 Montpellier 26 10 0 16 579 615 –36 51 58 6 9 54
11 Brive 26 11 0 15 585 711 −126 52 78 2 5 51
12 Pau 26 9 1 16 688 752 −64 65 76 3 10 46
13 Bayonne (R) 26 10 0 16 565 796 −231 48 94 1 5 46
14 Agen (R) 26 0 0 26 315 1101 −696 30 146 0 2 2

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  2. Points difference in head-to-head matches
  3. Try differential in head-to-head matches
  4. Points difference in all matches
  5. Try differential in all matches
  6. Points scored in all matches
  7. Tries scored in all matches
  8. Fewer matches forfeited
  9. Classification in the previous Top 14 season
Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup.
Yellow background (rows 7 and Montpellier) indicates teams outside the play-offs that also earn a place in the Champions Cup.
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2021–22 European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Pink background (row 13) will qualify to the relegation play-offs.
Red background (row 14) will automatically be relegated to Rugby Pro D2.
Final table — source: [1]
Updated: 5 June 2021

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) Montpellier 23–26 Pau
Report
Altrad Stadium, Montpellier
Referee:
5 September 2020
15:15
La Rochelle 29–15 Toulon
Report
Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Referee: Romain Poite
5 September 2020
18:00
(1 BP) Lyon 23–27 Racing
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère
5 September 2020
18:00
(1 BP) Agen 22–26 Castres
Report
6 September 2020
20:45
Brive 42–23 Bayonne
Report
6 September 2020
21:00
Clermont 33–30 Toulouse (1 BP)
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 1 rescheduled match[]

21 November 2020
15:15
Stade Français 26–16 Bordeaux Bègles
Report

Round 2[]

11 September 2020
20:45
Pau 33–23 Agen
Report
11 September 2020
20:45
(1 BP) Racing 41–17 Montpellier
Report
12 September 2020
15:15
Toulouse 39–23 La Rochelle
Report
12 September 2020
18:15
Bordeaux Bègles 25–20 Brive (1 BP)
-Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee:
12 September 2020
18:15
Bayonne 21–19 Clermont (1 BP)
Report
13 September 2020
19:00
Castres 16–22 Stade Français
Report
13 September 2020
21:00
(1 BP) Toulon 36–14 Lyon
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee:

Round 3[]

2 October 2020
20:00
Brive 19–13 Pau
Report
2 October 2020
20:45
Stade Français 19–26 Bayonne
Report
3 October 2020
15:15
Clermont 31–12 Agen
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee:
4 October 2020
21:00
Toulouse 39–19 Toulon
Report
5 October 2020
20:45
Lyon 27–10 Bordeaux Bègles
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 3 rescheduled match[]

22 November 2020
21:05
La Rochelle 9–6 Racing (1 BP)
Report
17 January 2021
14:45
(1 BP) Montpellier 19–21 Castres
Report

Round 4[]

9 October 2020
20:45
Bayonne 19–36 La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
10 October 2020
18:15
Toulon 25–21 Montpellier (1 BP)
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee:
10 October 2020
18:15
Agen 3–20 Stade Français
Report
10 October 2020
18:15
Racing 24–30 Toulouse
Report
11 October 2020
21:10
Pau 29–29 Lyon
Report

Round 4 rescheduled match[]

22 December 2020
21:00
(1 BP) Castres 24–25 Brive
Report
16 January 2021
15:15
Bordeaux Bègles 16–16 Clermont
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz

Round 5[]

17 October 2020
15:30
(1 BP) Montpellier 42–13 Agen
Report
17 October 2020
15:30
Pau 29–24 Bordeaux Bègles (1 BP)
Report
17 October 2020
15:30
(1 BP) La Rochelle 62–3 Castres
Report
17 October 2020
15:35
Brive 16–36 Toulouse (1 BP)
Report
18 October 2020
17:00
(1 BP) Lyon 62–10 Bayonne
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee:
18 October 2020
21:05
Clermont 41–27 Stade Français
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee: Romain Poite

Round 5 rescheduled match[]

17 January 2021
21:05
Racing 23–29 Toulon
Report

Round 6[]

23 October 2020
20:45
Toulon 19–6 Castres
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee:
24 October 2020
15:35
Toulouse 7–16 Lyon
Report
Stade Ernest-Wallon
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
24 October 2020
18:15
Agen 15–26 Bayonne
Report
24 October 2020
18:15
(1 BP) Stade Français 25–27 Racing
Report
24 October 2020
18:15
(1 BP) Clermont 50–29 Pau
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee:
25 October 2020
17:00
(1 BP) Montpellier 30–6 Brive
Report
25 October 2020
21:05
La Rochelle 20–6 Bordeaux Bègles
Report

Round 7[]

31 October 2020
15:15
Brive 21–43 Clermont (1 BP)
Report
31 October 2020
18:15
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles 71–5 Agen
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee:
31 October 2020
18:15
Castres 28–26 Racing (1 BP)
Report
1 November 2020
17:00
Pau 24–35 La Rochelle
Report
1 November 2020
21:05
(1 BP) Stade Français 48–14 Toulouse
Report

Round 7 rescheduled match[]

21 November 2020
18:15
Bayonne 35–29 Toulon
Report
6 January 2021
18:45
Lyon 24–20 Montpellier (1 BP)
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee:

Round 8[]

6 November 2020
21:00
(1 BP) Toulon 35–19 Brive
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
7 November 2020
15:15
Toulouse 16–16 Castres
Report
7 November 2020
18:15
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles 43–19 Bayonne
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee:
7 November 2020
18:15
Racing 24–22 Pau (1 BP)
Report
8 November 2020
19:00
(1 BP) Agen 16–19 Lyon
Report
Stade Armandie
Referee: Romain Poite
8 November 2020
21:05
La Rochelle 19–10 Clermont
Report

Round 8 rescheduled match[]

6 February 2021
21:00
(1 BP) Montpellier 31–6 Stade Français
Report

Round 9[]

13 November 2020
20:45
(1 BP) Castres 29–30 Bordeaux Bègles
Report
14 November 2020
15:15
Pau 16–22 Toulouse
Report
14 November 2020
17:30
Agen 9–38 Toulon (1 BP)
Report
14 November 2020
17:45
Bayonne 29–20 Montpellier
Report
14 November 2020
18:00
(1 BP) Brive 19–23 Racing
Report
15 November 2020
21:05
(1 BP) Stade Français 35–13 La Rochelle
Report

Round 9 rescheduled match[]

5 February 2021
20:45
Clermont 26–18 Lyon
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee:

Round 10[]

27 November 2020
20:45
Castres 14–40 Clermont (1 BP)
Report
28 November 2020
15:15
Toulon 18–13 Pau (1 BP)
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee:
28 November 2020
18:15
La Rochelle 36–22 Brive
Report
28 November 2020
18:15
(1 BP) Montpellier 22–23 Bordeaux Bègles
Report
28 November 2020
18:15
(1 BP) Toulouse 63–18 Agen
Report
29 November 2020
19:00
(1 BP) Racing 43–17 Bayonne
Report
29 November 2020
21:05
Lyon 20–19 Stade Français (1 BP)
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee:

Round 11[]

4 December 2020
20:45
Clermont 15–21 Montpellier
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee:
5 December 2020
15:15
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles 12–17 Racing
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee:
5 December 2020
18:15
Lyon 22–18 La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee:
5 December 2020
18:15
(1 BP) Bayonne 20–24 Toulouse
Report
5 December 2020
18:15
Agen 6–15 Brive
Report
6 December 2020
18:00
(1 BP) Pau 13–17 Castres
Report
6 December 2020
21:05
Stade Français 24–23 Toulon (1 BP)
Report

Round 12[]

27 December 2020
14:00
La Rochelle 22–9 Montpellier
Report
27 December 2020
16:00
Brive 12–8 Lyon (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Romain Poite
27 December 2020
16:00
(1 BP) Racing 45–10 Agen
Report
27 December 2020
18:00
(1 BP) Toulouse 45–23 Bordeaux Bègles
Report
27 December 2020
19:00
Pau 29–27 Stade Français (1 BP)
Report
27 December 2020
21:00
(1 BP) Toulon 27–9 Clermont
Report
Stade Mayol
Referee:

Round 12 rescheduled match[]

7 February 2021
18:00
Castres 31–21 Bayonne
Report

Round 13[]

2 January 2021
15:15
Bordeaux Bègles 31–18 Toulon
Report
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee:
2 January 2021
17:30
Montpellier 9–16 Toulouse
Report
Altrad Stadium
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
2 January 2021
18:00
Agen 13–43 La Rochelle (1 BP)
Report
2 January 2021
18:15
(1 BP) Lyon 14–15 Castres
Report
Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Referee:
3 January 2021
18:00
(1 BP) Stade Français 51–21 Brive
Report
3 January 2021
21:05
(1 BP) Clermont 22–24 Racing
Report
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
Referee: Mathieu Raynal

Round 13 rescheduled match[]

16 January 2021
21:00
(1 BP) Bayonne 22–23 Pau
Report

Playoffs[]

Semi-final Qualifiers Semi-finals Final
1 Toulouse 24
4 Bordeaux Bègles 25 4 Bordeaux Bègles 21
5 Clermont 16 1 Toulouse 18
2 La Rochelle 8
2 La Rochelle 19
3 Racing 92 38 3 Racing 92 6
6 Stade Français 21

Semi-final Qualifiers[]

11 June 2021
20:45
Racing (3) 38–21 Stade Français (6)
Try: Fickou 5' c
Thomas 10' c
Machenaud 18' c
Zebo 29' c
Kolingar 42' c
Con: Machenaud (5/5) 6', 11', 19', 30', 43'
Pen: (1/1) 50'
 Report Try: Naivalu 47' c
Macalou 62' c
Nayacalevu 66' c
Con: (3/3) 48', 63', 67'
Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre
Referee:
12 June 2021
20:45
Bordeaux Bègles (4) 25–16 Clermont (5)
Try: Maynadier 37' c
Con: Jalibert (1/1) 38'
Pen: Jalibert (6/6) 24', 35', 50', 59', 66', 77'
 Report Try: Penaud 7' c
Con: Parra (1/1) 8'
Pen: Parra (3/3) 44', 54', 63'
Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère

Semi-finals[]

18 June 2021
20:45
La Rochelle (2) 19–6 Racing 92 (3)
Try: Retière 29' c
Con: West (1/1) 31'
Pen: West (4/4) 12', 21', 27', 53'
 Report Pen: Machenaud (2/2) 8', 14'
19 June 2021
20:45
Toulouse (1) 24–21 Bordeaux Bègles (4)
Try: Ntamack 5' m
Ramos 67' c
Con: Ramos (1/2) 69'
Pen: Ramos (4/4) 11', 18', 35', 59'
 Report Try: Lam 12' c
Cordero 54' m
Con: Jalibert (1/2) 13'
Pen: Jalibert (3/3) 44', 61', 76'

Final[]

25 June 2021
20:45
Toulouse (1) 18–8 La Rochelle (2)
Pen: Ramos (4/4) 3', 34', 64', 73'
Drop: Ramos (1/1) 9'
Kolbe (1/1) 40'
 Report Try: Priso 77' m
Pen: West (1/3) 43'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
FB 15 South Africa Cheslin Kolbe
RW 14 Argentina Juan Cruz Mallía
OC 13 Argentina Santiago Chocobares
IC 12 New Zealand Pita Ahki
LW 11 France Matthis Lebel Substituted off 74'
FH 10 France Thomas Ramos
SH 9 France Antoine Dupont Substituted off 77'
N8 8 France Selevasio Tolofua Substituted off 52'
OF 7 France François Cros
BF 6 South Africa Rynhardt Elstadt
RL 5 Australia Richie Arnold Substituted off 59'
LL 4 Australia Rory Arnold Substituted off 67'
TP 3 New Zealand Charlie Faumuina Substituted off 62'
HK 2 France Guillaume Marchand (c) Substituted off 57'
LP 1 France Cyril Baille Substituted off 62'
Substitutions:
HK 16 France Peato Mauvaka Substituted in 57'
PR 17 France Rodrigue Neti Substituted in 62'
LK 18 Samoa Joe Tekori Substituted in 59'
LK 19 France Substituted in 67'
BR 20 New Zealand Jerome Kaino Substituted in 52'
SH 21 France Alexi Balès Substituted in 77'
FB 22 France Maxime Médard Substituted in 74'
PR 23 France Dorian Aldegheri Substituted in 62'
Coach:
France Ugo Mola
FB 15 France Brice Dulin Substituted off 22'
RW 14 South Africa Dillyn Leyds
OC 13 South Africa Raymond Rhule
IC 12 France Geoffrey Doumayrou
LW 11 France Arthur Retière
FH 10 New Zealand Ihaia West Substituted off 64'
SH 9 New Zealand Tawera Kerr-Barlow Substituted off 74'
N8 8 France Grégory Alldritt Substituted off 47'
OF 7 France Kevin Gourdon
BF 6 South Africa Wiaan Liebenberg
RL 5 Australia Will Skelton
LL 4 France Romain Sazy (c) Substituted off 58'
TP 3 France Uini Atonio Substituted off 67'
HK 2 Argentina Facundo Bosch Substituted off 67'
LP 1 France Substituted off 61'
Substitutions:
HK 16 France Substituted in 67'
PR 17 France Dany Priso Substituted in 61'
LK 18 France Thomas Lavault Substituted in 58'
BR 19 New Zealand Victor Vito Substituted in 47'
SH 20 France Substituted in 74'
FH 21 France Jules Plisson Substituted in 64'
CE 22 France Jules Favre Substituted in 22'
PR 23 France Substituted in 67'
Coach:
New Zealand Jono Gibbes
Ireland Ronan O'Gara

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.

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. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  5. ^ "Classement marqueurs Top 14 2020–21". L'Équipe. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. ^ "RUGBY TOP 14 : STATISTIQUES DÉTAILLÉES SAISON 2020-2021". Ligue Nationale Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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