2003–04 Top 16 season

2003–04 Top 16 season
Countries  France
Champions Stade Français (12th title)
Runners-up USA Perpignan
Relegated US Colomiers and US Montauban

The 2003-04 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2003-05. The competition was played by 16 teams. In the first stage, two pools of 8 played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8" to play for the title, the other 4 to a relegation tournament.

First round

(3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss)

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Bourgoin14905352280+7232
2 Brive14816357301+5631
3 Castres14815297281+1631
4 Stade Français14707299263+3628
5 Agen14707292268+2328
6 Pau14617281343-6227
7 Montferrand14518226278-5225
8 Colomiers144010238327-8922

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Toulouse141004371319+5434
2 Perpignan14905357284+7332
3 Biarritz14806335273+6230
4 Béziers14806274275-130
5 Montpellier14608285288-326
6 Narbonne14608296303-3726
7 Grenoble14509306362-5624
8 Montauban144010216336-12022

Relegation Pool

The teams total sum of the points obtained in the first round and the points obtained in the matches played with the 4 teams from the other group (home and away).

Clubs AGE COL GRE MTB MFR MPL NAR PAU
SU Agen 12-16 22-0 44-3 43-21
US Colomiers 25-16 9-9 25-32 70-19
FC Grenoble 19-19 26-10 15-26 40-29
US Montauban 32-10 19-23 19-22 46-12
Montferrand 44-3 47-10 34-7 45-14
Montpellier 33-14 27-18 26-13 34-7
RC Narbonne 43-35 38-16 28-19 29-18
Pau 81-17 34-23 16-0 68-26


Home victory Drawn Home losses
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Montferrand2211110476400+7645
2 Montpellier2211011457459-244
3 Agen2210111491436+5543
4 Pau2210111546558-1243
5 Narbonne2210012514617-11342
6 FC Grenoble228113458408-15039
7 Clomiers227114434513-7937
8 Montauban226115374515-14135

Top 8

Two Pool of 4 teams. The first two of each pool were qualified for semifinals. Them and the third also qualified for 2004–05 Heineken Cup

Pool A

8 May 2004
AS Béziers 15-19 Castres Olympique

14 May 2004
Castres Olympique 15-26 USA Perpignan

15 May 2004
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 33-10 AS Béziers

21 May 2004
AS Béziers 8-27 USA Perpignan

29 May 2004
USA Perpignan 45-6 AS Béziers

5 June 2004
Castres Olympique 38-09 AS Béziers

12 June 2004
AS Béziers 28-22 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

12 June 2004
USA Perpignan 23-7 Castres Olympique

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 USA Perpignan650117074+9616
2 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu63034147137+1012
3 Castres Olympique6303130126+412
4 AS Béziers610575185-1108

Pool B

7 May 2004
Stade Français 13-6 Biarritz

8 May 2004
Brive 9-29 Tolouse

15 May 2004
Tolouse 18-24 Stade Français

15 May 2004
Biarritz 38-11 Brive

22 May 2004
Stade Français 34-10-27 Brive

26 May 2004
Biarritz 25-26 Tolouse

29 May 2004
Brive 24-19 Stade Français

30 May 2004
Tolouse 25-18 Biarritz

5 June 2004
Biarritz 25-12 Stade Français

5 June 2004
Tolouse 21-8 Brive

12 June 2004
Brive 20-37 Biarritz

12 June 2004
Stade Français 49-17-7 Tolouse

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Stade Français6402151100+5114
2 Tolouse6402136133+314
3 Biarritz6303149107+4212
4 Brive610582178-968

Semifinals

19 June 2004
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 21 - 31 Stade Français
Stade Gerland, Lyon

20 June 2004
USA Perpignan 18 - 16 Tolouse
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Final

2004-06-26
Perpignan 20 38 Stade Français
Tries Bomati 68'
Edmonds 77'
Con Giannantonio (2) 68', 77'
Pen Giannantonio (2) 5', 29'
Tries Bergamasco 53'
Corleto 60'
Con Domínguez 53'
Skrela 60'
Pen Domínguez (5) 7', 14', 25', 42', 46'
Skrela 57'
Drops Dominici 30'
Domínguez 33'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,722
Referee: Joël Jutge France
FB15Argentina Diego Giannantonio
RW14France Pascal Bomati
OC13France David Marty 64'
IC12France Christophe Manas
LW11England Dan Luger 34'
FH10Australia Manny Edmonds
SH9France Ludovic Loustau
N88Argentina Rimas Álvarez Kairelis 51' to 61'
OF7France Bernard Goutta (c)
BF6France Grégory Le Corvec 52'
RL5France Christophe Porcu 52'
LL4France Colin Gaston
TP3France Nicolas Mas
HK2France Michel Konieck 58'
LP1England Perry Freshwater
Replacements:
HK16France Nicolas Grelon 58'
PR17Italy Alejandro Moreno
LK18Ireland Mick O'Driscoll 52'
N819New Zealand Scott Robertson 52'
SH20France Jérôme Fillol
WG21France David Janin 34'
FH22France Nicolas Laharrague 64'
Coach:
France Olivier Saïsset
FB15Argentina Ignacio Corleto 66' to 76' 78'
RW14Argentina Juan Martín Hernández
OC13France Stéphane Glas
IC12France Brian Liebenberg
LW11France Christophe Dominici
FH10Italy Diego Domínguez 55'
SH9Argentina Agustín Pichot 78'
N88France Patrick Tabacco
OF7Italy Mauro Bergamasco
BF6France Pierre Rabadan 52'
RL5Canada Mike James
LL4France David Auradou (c)
TP3France Pieter de Villiers
HK2France Mathieu Blin 55'
LP1France Sylvain Marconnet 62'
Replacements:
HK16France Benoît August 55'
PR17Uruguay Pablo Lemoine 62'
LK18France Arnaud Marchois
FL19France Christophe Moni 52'
SH20France Grégory Mahé 78'
FH21France David Skrela 55'
WG22France Thomas Lombard 78'
Coach:
South Africa Nick Mallett

See also

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