National Rugby League (France)

The French National Rugby League (French: Ligue Nationale de Rugby), known as the LNR, manages the professional rugby sector in France, by delegation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the French Rugby Federation.

LNR

organises, manages and regulates the two French rugby club divisions, Top 14 and Rugby Pro D2,
promotes and develops the professional sector of French rugby clubs, and represents it in the management of European cups,
negotiates and markets the television and partnership rights of the French Rugby Championship TOP 14 and PRO D2, and
assures the defence of the material and moral interests of professional rugby.^[1]

Data on the ownership of LNR is not available.

LNR established a third fully professional division below Pro D2; the new league launched in the 2020–21 season.^[2]

References[]

^ "Qui sommes-nous ?".
^ Mortimer, Gavin (18 August 2016). "French rugby enjoys a popularity boom as it looks to the future". Rugby World. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

External links[]

(in French) Official site
(in English) French league results

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Rugby union in France

show v t Nationale
2021–22 Teams	Albi Aubenas Vals Blagnac Bourgoin-Jallieu Chambéry Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély Dax Dijon Massy Nice Soyaux Angoulême Suresnes Tarbes Valence Romans
Seasons	2020–21
Governing body	French Rugby Federation

show v t Pro D2
2021–22 Teams	Agen Aurillac Bayonne Béziers Bourg-en-Bresse Carcassonne Colomiers Grenoble Mont-de-Marsan Montauban Narbonne Nevers Oyonnax Provence Rouen Vannes
Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

show v t Top 14
2021–22 Teams	Biarritz Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau Perpignan Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse
Early years	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Interbellum era	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39
World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
Post-war years	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

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National Rugby League (France)

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