2006-07 Rugby Pro D2 season
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The 2006-07 Rugby Pro D2
Rugby Pro D2
Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby union in France, below the first division, Top 14. The competition was introduced in 2000. There is relegation and promotion between both the Top 14 and Fédérale 1, the third-level competition...
is a French rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club competition. The season runs alongside the 2006-07 Top 14
2006-07 Top 14
The 2006-07 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition that ran from August 2006 through to June 2007. Biarritz were out to defend their crown, after their defeat of Toulouse in the 2005-06 Top 14 final...
competition, which is the highest club competition. At the end of the season, Auch
FC Auch Gers
Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional league system. In recent years, they have bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2...
were champions and thus automatically promoted to Top 14
2007-08 Top 14 season
The 2007-08 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition, operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby . Because France hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the competition did not begin at its normal time of August, but instead started on the last weekend in October 2007, one week...
. They were eventually followed by Dax
US Dax
Union Sportive Dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system....
who beat La Rochelle
Atlantique Stade Rochelais
Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Pro D2. They are often known simply as La Rochelle.They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre . They wear yellow and black...
in the final providing the second promotion place. Colomiers
US Colomiers
US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Fédérale 1, the third level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned promotion from Fédérale 1 at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a...
were relegated to Fédérale 1
Fédérale 1
Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group...
; Limoges
USA Limoges
USA Limoges is a French rugby union club currently competing in Fédérale 1, the top level of the French amateur rugby pyramid and one level below the professional leagues. They finished second-from-bottom in the second professional level, Rugby Pro D2, in both 2007 and 2008...
finished in a relegation spot, but were reprieved when Gaillac
UA Gaillac
Union Athlétique Gaillac is a French rugby union club currently competing in the Fédérale 3 league, the third level of the French amateur league system, after having been forcibly relegated from the second level of the French professional league due to serious financial problems...
were denied a professional license for the 2007-08 season due to serious financial problems. The 2006-07 season was also noted for Toulon
RC Toulonnais
RC Toulonnais is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
's signing of top players such as Tana Umaga
Tana Umaga
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who played for them for a period during the season.
Final table
| Key to colors | |
| Champions automatically promoted to 2007-08 Top 14 2007-08 Top 14 season The 2007-08 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition, operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby . Because France hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the competition did not begin at its normal time of August, but instead started on the last weekend in October 2007, one week... |
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| Winner of playoffs between second- through fifth-place teams for the second promotion place | |
| Remaining participants in promotion playoffs | |
| Relegated to Fédérale 1 Fédérale 1 Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group... : Gaillac due to financial issues, Colomiers as bottom finisher. |
| 2006-07 Rugby Pro D2 Table | |||||||||||
| Club | Total points | Bonus points | Match points | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auch FC Auch Gers Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional league system. In recent years, they have bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2... |
110 | 8 | 102 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 727 | 418 | +311 |
| 2 | Dax US Dax Union Sportive Dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.... |
98 | 18 | 80 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 788 | 499 | +289 |
| 3 | La Rochelle Atlantique Stade Rochelais Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Pro D2. They are often known simply as La Rochelle.They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre . They wear yellow and black... |
93 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 633 | 477 | +150 |
| 4 | Toulon RC Toulonnais RC Toulonnais is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur... |
88 | 12 | 76 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 662 | 570 | +92 |
| 5 | Béziers AS Béziers Hérault Association Sportive Béziers Hérault, often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club preparing to return to the second tier of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2. They earned promotion as 2011 Fédérale 1 champions... |
83 | 9 | 74 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 692 | 549 | +143 |
| 6 | Lyon OU Lyon OU Lyon Olympique Universitaire or LOU is a French rugby union team that competes in the Top 14, the first level of the country's professional league system. They earned their spot in the Top 14 by winning the 2010–11 title of the second-tier Pro D2.... |
79 | 13 | 66 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 595 | 489 | +106 |
| 7 | Oyonnax Oyonnax Rugby Union sportive Oyonnax Rugby is a French rugby union club from Oyonnax in the Ain département of the région Rhône-Alpes, currently competing in the second level of the French league system . They play at Stade Charles-Mathon... |
70 | 6 | 64 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 499 | 580 | -81 |
| 8 | Pau Section Paloise Section Paloise is a French rugby union club from Pau in Pyrénées-Atlantiques currently competing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.-History:... |
68 | 16 | 52 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 617 | 625 | -8 |
| 9 | Mont-de-Marsan Stade Montois Stade Montois is a French rugby union team that plays in the 2011–12 season in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black... |
61 | 11 | 50 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 555 | 662 | -107 |
| 10 | Gaillac UA Gaillac Union Athlétique Gaillac is a French rugby union club currently competing in the Fédérale 3 league, the third level of the French amateur league system, after having been forcibly relegated from the second level of the French professional league due to serious financial problems... |
60 | 10 | 50 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 548 | 657 | -109 |
| 11 | Racing Métro Racing Metro 92 Paris Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council... |
58 | 14 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 594 | 656 | -62 |
| 12 | Bordeaux-Bègles Bordeaux Rugby Métropole Union Bordeaux Bègles is a French rugby union team currently preparing to join the Top 14, the first level of the country's professional league system. They earned their Top 14 place by winning the promotion playoffs that followed the 2010–11 season in the second-level Rugby Pro D2... |
58 | 10 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 480 | 583 | -103 |
| 13 | Tarbes Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby is a French rugby union team that currently takes part in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.... |
56 | 8 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 510 | 675 | -165 |
| 14 | Grenoble FC Grenoble Football Club de Grenoble Alpes Rugby is a French rugby union club which, until recently, competed in the top level of the French league system. They play at Stade Lesdiguières . They wear red and blue.-History:... |
55 | 11 | 44 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 506 | 600 | -94 |
| 15 | Limoges USA Limoges USA Limoges is a French rugby union club currently competing in Fédérale 1, the top level of the French amateur rugby pyramid and one level below the professional leagues. They finished second-from-bottom in the second professional level, Rugby Pro D2, in both 2007 and 2008... |
54 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 614 | 776 | -162 |
| 16 | Colomiers US Colomiers US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Fédérale 1, the third level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned promotion from Fédérale 1 at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a... |
40 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 491 | 697 | -206 |