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Clermont keep Top 14 pressure on Toulouse

Saturday 11 February 2012

Clermont kept up the pressure on runaway Top 14 leaders Toulouse with a bonus-point 31-13 victory over Racing-Metro on Saturday.
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Toulouse and Montpellier shrug off Top 14 rivals

Saturday 11 February 2012

Top 14 Rugby Champions Toulouse shrugged off the absence of their internationals to open up an 11-point lead at the top of the French Top 14 with a 20-15 win at Biarritz on Friday as Montpellier won 22-11 at home against Perpignan.
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'Lack of communication' led to Chabal sacking

Friday 3 February 2012

Sebastien Chabal's career may have come to an end after his Top 14 Rugby club Racing-Metro effectively sacked him due to a "lack of communication".
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Chabal quits Top 14 Rugby Club Racing-Metro

Friday 3 February 2012

Former France loose forward Sebastien Chabal has split from his Top 14 Rugby Club Racing-Metro 92 according to the Paris Club.
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Castres, Lyon, Toulon get Top 14 victories

Saturday 28 January 2012

Stuggling French rugby giants Biarritz's relegation worries increased on Saturday after a 29-23 defeat to Castres in their Top 14 clash.
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Top 14 Toulon's owner Boudjellal to appeal ban

Saturday 28 January 2012

Top 14 Rugby Club Toulon's owner and president Mourad Boudjellal has said that he will appeal the 130-day ban that was handed down to him after he used using lurid language to describe the level of refereeing in a recent Top 14 game.
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Boudjellal given lengthy ban for referee attack

Friday 27 January 2012

The Outspoken Toulon owner and club president Mourad Boudjellal has been given a 130-day ban for using lurid language to describe the level of refereeing in a recent Top 14 Rugby match.
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Top 14 Rugby Preview - Friday and Saturday

Friday 27 January 2012

Top 14 leaders Toulouse travel to the Stade de France to take on Racing-Metro at the weekend with the Parisian club sniffing what would be an upset victory over the depleted visiting team.
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Top14 club Bayonne and Elissalde part ways

Sunday 15 January 2012

Jean-Pierre Elissalde's brief reign as coach of struggling French Top 14 club Bayonne ended on Sunday after just three matches, the Sud-Ouest newspaper
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Sheridan in talks with Top 14 Club Toulon

Friday 13 January 2012

England Prop Andrew Sheridan's early Rugby World Cup exit due to injury may have been the last time he wears an England shirt after it has been revealed that he has entered talks with Toulon.
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Montpellier lock banned for 30 days for striking

Wednesday 11 January 2012

Montpellier lock Thibault Privat has been banned for 30 days for striking Toulouse prop Daan Human in a Top 14 clash last month.
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Delpoux to coach Perpignan in Top14 Rugby

Wednesday 11 January 2012

Top 14 Rugby club Perpignan have announced that Marc Delpoux will coach the 2009 French rugby champions Perpignan with effect from next season.
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France fullback Medard extends with Toulouse

Monday 9 January 2012

French international fullback Maxime Medard has extended his contract with Top 14 rugby union side Toulouse until June 2015.
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Stade Francais retain unbeaten home record

Saturday 7 January 2012

Stade Francais maintained their unbeaten Top14 home record this season in impressive style with a 38-21 victory over fellow play-off challengers Castres on Saturday in their Top 14 clash.
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Yachvili boots Biarritz to Top14 safety

Saturday 7 January 2012

Five-time French Top 14 Rugby champions Biarritz moved out of the Top 14 relegation zone on Friday with a 15-6 win at Agen.
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Toulouse, Clermont look to stay ahead in Top14

Friday 6 January 2012

Top 14 Rugby leaders Toulouse and second-placed Clermont will both seek to consolidate their places at the head of the French Top 14 when they take on Lyon and Toulon respectively this weekend.
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Reihana and Adams extend Top14 contracts
Yachvili boots Biarritz to Toulon Top 14 victory
Bordeaux-Begles stun Stade Francais in Top14
Beauxis boots Toulouse to Top14 victory
Toulouse winger extends contract in Top 14

What is the Top 14 ?

The Top 14 is at the top of the national league system of Ligue nationale de rugby. There is promotion and relegation between the Top 14 and the next level down, the Rugby Pro D2.

The 14 best (Top) rugby teams in France participate in the competition, hence the name Top 14, though the competition was previously known as the Top 16.

The first ever final took place in 1892, between two Paris-based sides, Stade Français and Racing Club, with the latter becoming the inaugural champions.

The Top 14 competition has been held on an annual basis since, with the exception being between 1915 and 1919 because of World War I.

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Bobo helps Racing past Top 14 strugglers Lyon