2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 season
Encyclopedia
Agen
SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne
Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne is a French rugby union club based in Agen in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. They currently play in the top flight of French professional rugby, Top 14; they were most recently promoted after winning the 2010 title in the second-level Pro D2. Agen also...

, who had been a favorite for promotion ever since they were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season, finally lived up to the expectations and dominated the championship from the start, finishing with a comfortable 11-point margin over 2nd-placed Lyon
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....

 and thus earning promotion to the 2010–11 Top 14 season
2010–11 Top 14 season
The 2010–11 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby . Home-and-away play began on August 13, 2010 and continued through April 2011. The regular season was followed by a three-round playoff starting in May that involved the top...

. Lyon and 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...

 made the most of the home ground advantage to qualify for the promotion final with victories over 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:...

 and 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...

, respectively, and faced each other in the final. In a highly entertaining match, La Rochelle, despite having lost both confrontations against Lyon during the regular season, triumphed 32–26 and earned to right to accompany Agen in the Top 14 after eight years spent in Pro D2.

The two newly promoted teams, Aix-en-Provence and Lannemezan, were not able to rival the other teams and from early on in the season occupied the bottom two places that they were to keep until the end. Lannemezan in particular finished with only three wins out of thirty games (one of which against arch-rivals 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....

), amounting to 19 points, the poorest record in the Pro D2 since the introduction of the bonus points.

However, in a new twist of events, Montauban
US Montauban
US Montauban were a French rugby union club, which competed in the Top 14 competition between 2007 and 2010, after being promoted from Rugby Pro D2 for the 2006-07 season...

, who were already relegated to Pro D2 for financial reasons (thus saving Bayonne
Aviron Bayonnais
Aviron Bayonnais is a French rugby union club from Bayonne in Pyrénées-Atlantiques that currently competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition...

's spot in the Top 14), failed their audit on June 10, and were further 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...

. Their decision not to appeal the DNACG's ruling also meant that Aix would be reprieved and compete again in Pro D2 for the next year.

Competition format

The top team at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away), is declared champion and earns a spot in the next Top 14 season. Teams ranked second to fifth compete in promotion playoffs, with the semifinals being played at the home ground of the higher-ranked team. The final is then played on neutral ground, and the winner earned the second ticket to the next Top 14.

The LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system
Rugby union bonus points system
The Rugby union bonus points system is a method of deciding table points from a rugby union match. It was implemented in order to encourage attacking play throughout a match, to discourage repetitive goal-kicking, and to reward teams for "coming close" in losing efforts...

 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, 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.

France's bonus point system operates as follows:
  • 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 7 points (or less).

Season table

Key to colors
     Champions automatically promoted to Top 14
     Winner of playoffs between second- through fifth-place teams for the second promotion place
     Remaining participants in promotion playoffs
     Bottom two teams 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...


2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Diff Bonus points Points Head-to-head
1 Lyon
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....

30 21 2 7 705 448 +257 13 101
2 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:...

30 19 4 7 767 505 +262 15 99
3 Albi
SC Albi
Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Their last time in the Top 14 was for 2009–10 after...

30 19 3 8 674 524 +150 10 92
4 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...

30 18 0 12 667 467 +200 14 86
5 Bordeaux-Bègles 30 18 1 11 727 578 +149 10 84
6 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...

30 16 2 12 566 559 +7 11 79
7 Aurillac
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne is a French rugby union club, which play in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. The club currently play at the Stade Jean Alric, which has a capacity of around 10,000. The club was founded in 1904...

30 15 1 14 603 585 +18 8 70
8 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...

30 13 3 14 579 539 +40 11 69 Oyonnax–Pau 5–5
Oyonnax 36–33
9 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:...

30 15 0 15 630 628 +2 9 69
10 Carcassonne
US Carcassonne
Union Sportive Carcassonnaise are a French rugby union club based in Carcassonne. US Carcassonne currently compete in the Pro D2 of French rugby. The club were established in 1899. They play in black and yellow colours and at the Stade Albert-Domec...

30 12 2 16 612 608 +4 14 66
11 Aix-en-Provence
Pays d'Aix RC
Pays d'Aix RC is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional system. They arrived in Pro D2 for the 2009–10 season after earning promotion from the top amateur league, Fédérale 1....

30 14 1 15 586 650 −64 5 63
12 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....

30 13 1 16 579 674 −95 8 62
13 Narbonne
RC Narbonne
Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée is a French rugby union club that play in the second-level Rugby Pro D2, after finishing at the bottom of the 2006-07 Top 14 table....

30 13 0 17 576 767 −191 8 60
14 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....

30 10 1 19 591 652 −61 13 55 Dax 6–4
15 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...

30 10 4 16 488 678 −190 7 55
16 Saint-Étienne
CA Saint-Étienne Loire Sud Rugby
Club Athlétique de Saint-Étienne Loire Sud Rugby, CASE Loire Sud Rugby, or simply CASE, is a French rugby union club from Saint-Étienne in the Loire département. They are currently competing in Fédérale 1, having been relegated from Rugby Pro D2 at the end of the 2010–11 season.-History:The club...

30 1 1 28 434 922 −488 11 17


Key

The score of the game is given by the middle (third and fourth) columns. The first and last columns indicate the number of tries scored by the home and the away team, respectively. A blue border indicates that the team has earned an attacking bonus point (i.e. has scored at least three more tries than its opponent), a yellow one that the team has earned a defensive bonus point (defeat by 7 points or less). If a team earns both bonus points, this will be indicated by a green border.
Round

<>mall>27–29 August
0 Bordeaux-Bègles 15 20 Colomiers 1
0 Grenoble 9 12 Mont-de-Marsan 0
1 Auch 25 26 Carcassonne 1
2 Aurillac 36 13 Dax 1
1 Lyon 22 9 Aix-en-Provence 0
3 Narbonne 34 29 Tarbes 2
6 Albi 45 19 Saint-Étienne 1
1 Pau 20 19 Oyonnax 1
Round

<>mall>4 and 5 September
1 Saint-Étienne
} 7
47 Oyonnax 6
1 Colomiers
} 16|| 12 || Mont-de-Marsan ||0
|-
|2 || Pau|| 22 || 16 || Auch ||1
|-
|1 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 22 || 15 || Aurillac ||0
|-
|1 || Tarbes || 25 || 19|| Grenoble || 1
|-
|1|| Carcassonne || 19 || 21 || Lyon ||0
|-
|0|| Aix-en-Provence || 18 || 11 || Narbonne || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
|1|| Dax || 13 || 28 || Albi || 3
|}
|}
Round

<>mall>11 and 12 September
4 Mont-de-Marsan 35
} 11
Auch 1
2 Oyonnax
} 26 || 9 || Bordeaux-Bègles|| 0
|-
|3|| Grenoble || 31 || 18 ||Carcassonne || 0
|-
|3 || Lyon || 28 || 13 || Dax || 1
|-
|3|| Aurillac || 36 || 9 || Aix-en-Provence || 0
|-
|0|| Tarbes || 24 || 30 || Albi || 2
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
|3|| Colomiers || 33 || 19 ||Pau || 1
|-
|2|| Narbonne || 15 || 24 || Saint-Étienne || 0
|}

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Round

18 and 19 September
1 Aurillac
} 28|| 16|| width="110px"|Pau ||1
|-
|1 || Grenoble || 16|| 16 || Bordeaux-Bègles ||1
|-
|3 || Oyonnax|| 33 || 9 || Carcassonne ||0
|-
|4 || Dax || 31 || 16 || Colomiers ||1
|-
|2 || Auch || 29 || 12|| Aix-en-Provence || 0
|-
|4 || Albi || 34 || 8 || Narbonne ||1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
|4 || Saint-Étienne || 38 || 43 || Tarbes || 3
|-
|0 || Mont-de-Marsan || 15 || 22 || Lyon || 1
|-
|}
|}
Round

<>mall>25 and 26 September
2 Narbonne
} 24
} 13 || width="110px"|Mont-de-Marsan || 2
|-
|4 || Carcassonne || 30 || 6 || Aurillac || 0
|-
|1|| Dax || 26 || 14 || Oyonnax || 2
|-
|3 || Aix-en-Provence || 21 || 36 || Grenoble || 5
|-
|0 || Tarbes || 18 || 14 || Auch || 1
|-
|2 || Colomiers || 23 || 23 || Saint-Étienne || 2
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
|2 || Pau || 18 || 22 || Albi || 1
|-
|0 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 18 || 12 || Lyon || 0
|}

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Round

9 and 10 October
1 Albi
} 22|| 17|| width="110px"|Mont-de-Marsan ||1
|-
|1 || Pau || 17|| 12 || Narbonne ||0
|-
|1 || Saint-Étienne|| 16 || 48 || Bordeaux-Bègles ||6
|-
|1 || Auch || 19 || 17 || Dax ||1
|-
|2 || Aix-en-Provence || 29 || 3|| Colomiers || 0
|-
|3 || Oyonnax || 20 || 25 || Aurillac ||1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
|1 || Carcassonne || 13 || 12 || Tarbes || 0
|-
|5 || Lyon || 39 || 20 || Grenoble || 2
|}
|}
Round

<>mall>16 and 17 October
8 Mont-de-Marsan 60
} 10
Saint-Étienne 1
0 Tarbes 21
} 22 || Pau || 1
|-
| 2 || Narbonne || 36 || 29 || Carcassonne || 2
|-
| 1 || Dax || 14 || 30 || Aix-en-Provence || 3
|-
| 1 || Aurillac || 22 || 9 || Lyon || 0
|-
| 0 || Auch || 18 || 15 || Oyonnax || 0
|-
| 5 || Grenoble || 36 || 6 || Colomiers || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 5 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 47 || 9 || Albi || 0
|}

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Round

23 and 24 October
2 Mont-de-Marsan
} 17 || 26 || width="110px"|Tarbes || 2
|-
| 1 || Aix-en-Provence || 17 || 19 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|-
| 3 || Oyonnax || 28 || 10 || Narbonne || 1
|-
| 3 || Lyon || 27 || 8 || Auch || 1
|-
| 0 || Colomiers || 6 || 19 || Aurillac || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 1 || Saint-Étienne || 19 || 26 || Pau || 2
|-
| 2 || Carcassonne || 23 || 19 || Dax || 2
|-
| 0 || Grenoble || 18 || 12 || Albi || 0
|}
|}
Round

<>mall>30 and 31 October
1 Carcassonne
} 16
12 Mont-de-Marsan 0
1 Pau
} 25 || 15 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 0
|-
| 5 || Dax || 37 || 11 || Saint-Étienne || 1
|-
| 2 || Albi || 21 || 10 || Oyonnax || 1
|-
| 1 || Narbonne || 25 || 19 || Grenoble || 1
|-
| 3 || Lyon || 25 || 18 || Colomiers || 0
|-
| 0 || Aurillac || 15 || 6 || Auch || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 1 || Tarbes || 20 || 9 || Aix-en-Provence || 0
|}
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Round 1

6 and 7 November
1 Mont-de-Marsan
} 22 || 6 || width="110px"|Aix-en-Provence || 0
|-
| 3 || Pau || 19 || 32|| Carcassonne || 4
|-
| 1 || Oyonnax || 14 || 0 || Tarbes || 0
|-
| 2 || Narbonne || 32 || 27|| Lyon || 3
|-
| 1 || Auch || 22 || 19 || Grenoble || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 1|| Colomiers || 19 || 20|| Albi ||1
|-
| 4 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 36 || 17 || Dax || 2
|-
| 0 || Saint-Étienne || 15 || 19 || Aurillac || 1
|}
|}
Round 1

>small>20 and 21 November
3 Mont-de-Marsan 28
} 0
Pau 0
1 Carcassonne
} 19 || 14 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|-
| 2 || Tarbes || 26 || 6 || Dax || 0
|-
| 0 || Aix-en-Provence || 9 || 3 || Saint-Étienne || 0
|-
| 0 || Aurillac || 18 || 23 || Narbonne || 2
|-
| 1 || Grenoble || 19 || 16 || Oyonnax || 1
|-
| 0 || Colomiers || 12 || 6 || Auch || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 1 || Albi || 20 || 15 || Lyon || 0
|}

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Round 1

27 and 28 November
2 Aix-en-Provence
} 24 || 17 || width="110px"|Carcassonne || 1
|-
| 5 || Lyon || 39 || 13 || Tarbes || 1
|-
| 6 || Grenoble || 43 || 6 || Saint-Étienne || 0
|-
| 0 || Auch || 12 || 6 || Narbonne || 0
|-
| 0 || Oyonnax || 12 || 12 || Colomiers || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 2 || Albi || 26 || 16 || Aurillac || 1
|-
| 1 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 20 || 13 || Mont-de-Marsan || 1
|-
| 0 || Dax || 9 || 12 || Pau || 0
|}
|}
Round 1

>small>4 and 5 December
1 Colomiers
} 13
12 Tarbes 0
3 Narbonne 27
} 28 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|-
| 3 || Pau || 28 || 26 || Aix-en-Provence || 1
|-
| 8 || Carcassonne || 50 || 14 || Saint-Étienne || 2
|-
| 2 || Auch || 32 || 32 || Albi || 2
|-
| 0 || Aurillac || 15 || 16 || Grenoble || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 0 || Mont-de-Marsan || 24 || 13 || Dax || 1
|-
| 0 || Oyonnax || 9 || 9 || Lyon || 0
|}

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Round 1

11 and 12 December
0 Pau
} 3 || 15 || width="110px"|Lyon || 0
|-
| 2 || Tarbes || 27 || 16 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|-
| 1 || Aix-en-Provence || 20 || 6 || Oyonnax || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 0 || Carcassonne || 15 || 22 || Albi || 1
|-
| 1 || Mont-de-Marsan || 17 || 6 || Aurillac || 0
|-
| 1 || Dax || 13 || 23 || Grenoble || 2
|-
| 0 || Saint-Étienne || 9 || 10 || Auch || 1
|-
| 1 || Colomiers || 19 || 24 || Narbonne || 2
|}
|}
Round 1

>small>18 and 19 December
0 Oyonnax
} 15
9 Mont-de-Marsan 0
3 Bordeaux-Bègles
} 28 || 23 || Auch || 2
|-
| 4 || Carcassonne || 32 || 9 || Colomiers || 0
|-
| 0 || Narbonne|| 12 || 18 || Dax || 0
|-
| 2 || Albi || 23 || 6 || Aix-en-Provence || 0
|-
| 3 || Tarbes || 28 || 21 || Aurillac || 2
|-
| 5 || Lyon || 37 || 0 || Saint-Étienne || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 3 || Grenoble || 21 || 13 || Pau || 1
|}

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Round 1

8 and 9 January
1 Oyonnax
} 17 || 13 || width="110px"|Pau || 1
|-
| 2 || Colomiers || 15 || 19 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|-
| 1 || Aix-en-Provence || 16 || 34 || Lyon || 4
|-
| 1 || Carcassonne || 10 || 16 || Auch || 1
|-
| 3 || Tarbes || 27 || 8 || Narbonne || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 0 || Dax || 24 || 15 || Aurillac || 0
|-
| 1 || Saint-Étienne || 13 || 16 || Albi || 1
|-
| 3 || Mont-de-Marsan || 30 || 19 || Grenoble || 3
|}
|}
Round 1

>small>15 and 16 January
0 Lyon
} 15
12 Carcassonne 0
0 Albi 21 24 Dax 3
3 Oyonnax
} 30 || 10 || Saint-Étienne || 1
|-
| 4 || Narbonne || 50 || 22 || Aix-en-Provence || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 3 || Auch || 27 || 18 || Pau || 0
|-
| 1 || Mont-de-Marsan || 19 || 6 || Colomiers || 0
|-
| 3 || Aurillac || 25 || 16 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|-
| 5 || Grenoble || 37 || 10 || Tarbes || 1
|}

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Round 1

22 and 23 January; 20 March
2 Auch
} 24 || 15 || width="110px"|Mont-de-Marsan || 0
|-
| 8 || Pau || 60 || 12 || Colomiers || 0
|-
| 0 || Carcassonne || 18 || 22 || Grenoble || 3
|-
| 1 || Aix-en-Provence || 31 || 12 || Aurillac || 0
|-
| 6 || Albi || 45 || 18 || Tarbes || 2
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 3 || Dax || 29 || 36 || Lyon || 3
|-
| 4 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 35 || 7 || Oyonnax || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 0 || Saint-Étienne || 12 || 14 || Narbonne ||
|}
|}
Round 1

>small>29 and 30 January
3 Lyon 25 18 Mont-de-Marsan 0
3 Pau
} 28
13 Aurillac 1
0 Carcassonne
} 12 || 12 || Oyonnax || 0
|-
| 0 || Aix-en-Provence || 9 || 9 || Auch || 0
|-
| 2 || Tarbes || 32 || 24 || Saint-Étienne || 3
|-
| 0 || Narbonne || 6 || 3 || Albi || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 1 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 25 || 22 || Grenoble || 1
|-
| 0 || Colomiers || 12 || 9 || Dax || 0
|}

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Round 2

5 and 6 February
3 Mont-de-Marsan 34 6 Narbonne 0
2 Saint-Étienne 18 24 Colomiers 2
2 Albi 26 29 Pau 2
5 Aurillac 41 21 Carcassonne 2
2 Oyonnax
} 18 || 12 || Dax || 0
|-
| 10 || Grenoble || 67 || 18 || Aix-en-Provence || 2
|-
| 0 || Auch || 15 || 12 || Tarbes || 0
|-
| 0 || Lyon || 21 || 13 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|}
|}
Round 2

>small>19 and 20 February
1 Narbonne 22
} 24
Pau 2
4 Bordeaux-Bègles 27 3 Saint-Étienne 0
0 Tarbes
} 15 || 10 || Carcassonne || 1
|-
| 0 || Dax || 18 || 13 || Auch || 1
|-
| 2 || Aurillac || 30 || 25 || Oyonnax || 1
|-
| 0 || Colomiers || 12 || 18 || Aix-en-Provence || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 0 || Grenoble || 12 || 12 || Lyon || 0
|-
| 1 || Mont-de-Marsan || 22 || 10 || Albi || 1
|}

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Round 2

26 and 27 February
3 Pau 24
} 27 || width="110px"|Tarbes || 2
|-
| 4 || Carcassonne || 39 || 5 || Narbonne || 1
|-
| 3 || Lyon || 33 || 8 || Aurillac || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 2 || Albi || 27 || 8 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|-
| 1 || Saint-Étienne || 10 || 31 || Mont-de-Marsan || 4
|-
| 3 || Aix-en-Provence || 28 || 13 || Dax || 1
|-
| 0 || Oyonnax || 15 || 12 || Auch || 0
|-
| 1 || Colomiers || 22 || 22 || Grenoble || 1
|}
|}
Round 2

>small>5 and 6 March
1 Tarbes
} 22
18 Mont-de-Marsan 0
5 Pau 48
} 25 || Saint-Étienne || 1
|-
| 0 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 18 || 23 || Aix-en-Provence || 1
|-
| 0 || Dax || 21 || 21 || Carcassonne || 0
|-
| 1 || Narbonne || 25 || 24 || Oyonnax || 2
|-
| 1 || Auch || 25 || 18 || Lyon || 0
|-
| 5 || Aurillac || 37 || 24 || Colomiers || 4
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 1 ||width="110px"| Albi || 16 || 16 || width="110px"| Grenoble || 1
|}

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Round 2

11 and 12 March
3 Aix-en-Provence 23
} 0 || Tarbes || 0
|-
| 1 || Oyonnax || 14 || 15 || Albi || 2
|-
| 5 || Grenoble || 34 || 15 || Narbonne || 2
|-
| 0 || Auch || 18 || 6 || Aurillac || 0
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 2 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 18 || 14 || Pau || 1
|-
| 1 ||width="110px"| Mont-de-Marsan || 17 || 13 || width="110px"| Carcassonne || 1
|-
| 1 || Saint-Étienne || 10 || 16 || Dax || 1
|-
| 1 || Colomiers || 22 || 19 || Lyon || 1
|}
|}
Round 2

>small>25 and 26 March
0 Aix-en-Provence
} 30
} 15 || width="110px"| Mont-de-Marsan || 0
|-
| 1 || Carcassonne || 16 || 22 || Pau || 1
|-
| 2 || Dax || 24 || 26 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 2
|-
| 0 || Tarbes || 15 || 19 || Oyonnax || 1
|-
| 2 || Aurillac || 21 || 18 || Saint-Étienne || 2
|-
| 5 || Albi || 34 || 15 || Colomiers || 0
|-
| 7 || Lyon || 45 || 12 || Narbonne || 2
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 3 || Grenoble || 37 || 6 || Auch || 0
|}

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Round 2

2 and 3 April
1 Pau 16
} 22 || width="110px"| Mont-de-Marsan || 3
|-
| 4 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 40 || 23 || Carcassonne || 2
|-
| 2 || Dax || 26 || 7 || Tarbes || 1
|-
| 2 || Narbonne || 23 || 26 || Aurillac || 1
|-
| 1 || Oyonnax || 19 || 26 || Grenoble || 2
|-
| 4 || Auch || 37 || 7 || Colomiers || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 1 || Saint-Étienne || 22 || 29 || Aix-en-Provence || 2
|-
| 1 || Lyon || 25 || 12 || Albi || 0
|}
|}
Round 2

>small>9 and 10 April
5 Pau 40
} 20
Dax 2
2 Carcassonne
} 26 || 12 || Aix-en-Provence || 2
|-
|1|| Tarbes || 8 || 15 || Lyon || 0
|-
|1|| Narbonne || 34 || 28 || Auch || 1
|-
|2|| Colomiers || 20 || 13 || Oyonnax || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
|0|| Aurillac || 6 || 6 || Albi || 0
|-
|1||width="110px"| Mont-de-Marsan || 23 || 13 || width="110px"| Bordeaux-Bègles || 1
|-
|2|| Saint-Étienne || 15 || 42 || Grenoble || 6
|}

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Round 2

15 and 16 April
2 Tarbes
} 20 || 20 || width="110px"| Colomiers || 1
|-
| 5 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 41 || 17 || Narbonne || 2
|-
| 0 || Dax || 12 || 19 || Mont-de-Marsan || 1
|-
| 0 || Albi || 21 || 22 || Auch || 1
|-
| 1 || Grenoble || 13 || 10 || Aurillac || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 2 || Aix-en-Provence || 26 || 19 || Pau || 2
|-
| 1 || Saint-Étienne || 7 || 23 || Carcassonne || 2
|-
| 0 || Lyon || 18 || 19 || Oyonnax || 1
|}
|}
Round 2

>small>30 April and 1 May
1 Lyon
} 19
} 9 || Pau || 0
|-
| 2 ||width="110px"| Aurillac || 21 || 28 || width="110px"| Mont-de-Marsan || 3
|-
| 7 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 50 || 23 || Tarbes || 2
|-
| 5 || Albi || 31 || 5 || Carcassonne || 1
|-
| 6 || Oyonnax || 39 || 29 || Aix-en-Provence || 4
|-
| 4 || Auch || 34 || 19 || Saint-Etienne || 1
|-
| 1 || Narbonne || 23 || 17 || Colomiers || 1
|---- style="border-top:2px solid grey;"
| 4 || Grenoble || 31 || 24 || Dax || 2
|}

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Round 3

8 May
7 Mont-de-Marsan 48
} 24 || width="110px"| Oyonnax || 3
|-
| 0 || Pau || 6 || 22 || Grenoble || 3
|-
| 2 || Auch || 29 || 27 || Bordeaux-Bègles || 3
|-
| 5 || Colomiers || 35 || 15 || Carcassonne || 2
|-
| 8 || Dax || 60 || 17 || Narbonne || 2
|-
| 0 || Aix-en-Provence || 24 || 25 || Albi || 1
|-
| 4 || Aurillac || 35 || 21 || Tarbes || 3
|-
| 1 || Saint-Etienne || 14 || 23 || Lyon || 2
|}
|}

Semi-finals

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Final

Top points scorers

Player Team Points
  Gerard Fraser
Gerard Fraser
Gerard Fraser is a rugby player who currently plays flyhalf for the Union Bordeaux Bègles. He was born in Rangiora ....

 
Bordeaux  392
  Frédéric Manca  Albi
SC Albi
Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Their last time in the Top 14 was for 2009–10 after...

 
384
  Antoine Lescamel  Aix-en-Provence
Pays d'Aix RC
Pays d'Aix RC is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional system. They arrived in Pro D2 for the 2009–10 season after earning promotion from the top amateur league, Fédérale 1....

 
369
  Pierre-Alexandre Dut  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...

 
306
  Christopher Ruiz  Narbonne
RC Narbonne
Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée is a French rugby union club that play in the second-level Rugby Pro D2, after finishing at the bottom of the 2006-07 Top 14 table....

 
304
  Maxime Petitjean  Aurillac
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne is a French rugby union club, which play in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. The club currently play at the Stade Jean Alric, which has a capacity of around 10,000. The club was founded in 1904...

 
267
  Antoine Vignau-Tuquet  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...

 
266
  Fabien Fortassin  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....

 
237


Top try scorers

Player Team Tries
  Timoci Matanavu  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...

 
19
  Vunga Lilo
Vunga Lilo
Vungakoto "Vunga" Lilo is a rugby union footballer who plays for Bordeaux and previously Bristol. He plays as a fullback.-External links:*...

 
Bordeaux  13
  Dave Vainqueur  Albi
SC Albi
Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Their last time in the Top 14 was for 2009–10 after...

 
13
  Jone Daunivucu
Jone Daunivucu
Jone Daunivucu is a Fijian rugby union player.-Career:He is a former captain of the Fiji national sevens team. His knowledge of the game and discipline on-field allowed coach Waisale Serevi to give him the captaincy for the 2005-06 IRB World series...

 
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:...

 
12
  Benoit Lazzarotto  Carcassonne
US Carcassonne
Union Sportive Carcassonnaise are a French rugby union club based in Carcassonne. US Carcassonne currently compete in the Pro D2 of French rugby. The club were established in 1899. They play in black and yellow colours and at the Stade Albert-Domec...

 
10
  Sofiane Guitoune  Albi
SC Albi
Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Their last time in the Top 14 was for 2009–10 after...

 
9
  Bruno Hiriart  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:...

 
9
  Wylie Human
Wylie Human
Wylie Human is a South African rugby union winger. He has played for several Super 14 teams including the Stormers, the Sharks and the Lions. He has also played for Bath and Northampton Saints, and is currently plying his trade with French second division side FC Grenoble.-External links:* *...

 
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:...

9


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