Team	Captain	Head coach	Stadium	Capacity
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...	Adri Badenhorst	Christophe Deylaud Christophe Deylaud Christophe Deylaud is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a fly-half and as a centre....   Christian Lanta	Stade Armandie Stade Armandie Stade Armandie is a multi-purpose stadium in Agen, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of SU Agen. The stadium is able to hold 14,000 people....	14,600
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...	Pépito Elhorga Pepito Elhorga Pépito Elhorga is a French rugby player.He currently plays for Aviron Bayonnais in the Top 14 club competition, and previously played for Biarritz Olympique and SU Agen. He was a member of France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. He has 18 caps and has scored 3 tries for France.-External links:* *...	Christian Gajan	Stade Jean-Dauger Garage de la Nive Stade Jean Dauger is a multi-purpose stadium in Bayonne, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Aviron Bayonnais. After a renovation project completed in 2009, the stadium can hold 16,934, with 10,733 seated....	16,934
Biarritz Biarritz Olympique Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Aquitaine which competes in the Top 14 and the Heineken Cup...	Imanol Harinordoquy Imanol Harinordoquy Imanol Harinordoquy is a French rugby union player who typically plays as a number 8 for Biarritz at club level in the Top 14 and for France internationally...	Jack Isaac and   Jean-Michel Gonzalez Jean-Michel Gonzalez Jean-Michel Gonzalez , nicknamed Gonzo, is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a hooker and as a prop....	Parc des Sports Aguiléra Parc des Sports Aguiléra Parc des Sports Aguiléra is a multi-purpose stadium in Biarritz, France. The stadium is able to hold 15,000 people. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Biarritz Olympique....	15,000
Bordeaux Bègles		Marc Delpoux    Laurent Armand   Vincent Etcheto	Stade André Moga Stade André Moga Stade André Moga is a sports stadium in Bègles, France. It hosts the home matches of Union Bordeaux Bègles, a rugby union team who play in the Top 14 competition...	9,088
Brive CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on...	Antonie Claassen	Ugo Mola	Stade Amédée-Domenech	15,000
Castres Castres Olympique Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Midi-Pyrénées city of Castres and currently competing in the top level of the French league system.Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906...	Alexandre Albouy Alexandre Albouy Alexandre Albouy is a French rugby union player, currently playing for the Top 14 team Castres Olympique.A scrum-half, Albouy went through the different levels of Castres – his home town – youth teams before signing his first professional contract in 1998...   Sébastien Tillous-Borde Sébastien Tillous-Borde Sébastien Tillous-Borde is a French rugby union player. He plays scrum-half for his club rugby with Castres Olympique. He won his first international cap for France against Australia in 2008.-Notes:...	Laurent Labit and   Laurent Travers	Stade Pierre-Antoine Stade Pierre-Antoine Stade Pierre-Antoine is a multi-purpose stadium in Castres, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Castres Olympique. The stadium is able to hold 11,500 people.-External links:*...	11,500
Clermont ASM Clermont Auvergne Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne are a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system, ASMCA are the were the 2010 France Top 14 Champions. It is the rugby section of the multi-sport club...	Aurélien Rougerie Aurélien Rougerie Aurélien Rougerie plays on the wing and Centre for France and captains ASM Clermont Auvergne in the French Top 14.-Career:Rougerie was born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme...	Vern Cotter	Parc des Sports Marcel-Michelin Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin is a multi-purpose stadium in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of ASM Clermont Auvergne. The stadium is able to hold 18,030 people.-External links:*...	16,334
Lyon		Matthieu Lazerges   Raphaël Saint-André	Matmut Stadium Matmut Stadium Matmut Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in Vénissieux, Lyon, France with a capacity of 8,000. It is the home stadium of Lyon OU and replaced Stade Vuillermet. It opened on the 19th November 2011, with a European Challenge Cup game against RC Toulon. It was built in just three months after...	8,000
Montpellier Montpellier Hérault RC Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club is a professional French rugby union, based in Montpellier the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon. The club competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14. They originally played at Stade Sabathé but moved to the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in 2007...	Fulgence Ouedraogo Fulgence Ouedraogo Fulgence Ouedraogo is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Montpellier Hérault RC in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a flanker....	Fabien Galthié Fabien Galthié Fabien Galthié is a French rugby union coach and former player. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later on in his career, Stade Français. Galthié won 64 caps for France, including four Rugby World Cup appearances, as well as captaining the...	Stade Yves-du-Manoir Stade Yves-du-Manoir (Montpellier) Stade Yves-du-Manoir is a multi-use stadium in Montpellier, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Montpellier Hérault RC. The stadium is able to hold 14,700 spectators . Rugby League side Catalans Dragons used the venue on 5th June 2011 with their...	15,000
Perpignan USA Perpignan Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais or Unió eSportiva Arlequins de Perpinyà , generally abbreviated as USAP in both languages, is a French rugby union club that plays in the city of Perpignan in Pyrénées-Orientales. The club currently competes in the Top 14, the top level of the French...	Nicolas Mas Nicolas Mas Nicolas Mas is a Catalan/French rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the USA Perpignan club in the Top 14 French premiership. His usual position is at prop. He also plays for the French national team....	Bernard Goutta Bernard Goutta Bernard Goutta , is a retired French rugby league and rugby union player and current rugby union coach. He is now co-head coach of his former union club, USA Perpignan, following the sacking of predecessor Jacques Brunel in November 2011.Goutta began playing Rugby League at with Saint Estève XIII,...   Christophe Manas	Stade Aimé-Giral Stade Aimé Giral Stade Aimé Giral is a multi-purpose stadium in Perpignan, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of USA Perpignan...	16,593
Racing Métro	Lionel Nallet Lionel Nallet Lionel Nallet is a French rugby union player who currently plays at lock for Racing Métro 92 in the French Top 14 club competition and is a former captain of the France national team. He began his professional career with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, playing there from 1998 to 2003 before moving to...	Pierre Berbizier Pierre Berbizier Pierre Berbizier is a French former rugby union footballer, and currently head coach of Top 14 side Racing Métro. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.-Biography:Berbizier was born in Saint-Gaudens...	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir The Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir - stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France . Named in memory of French rugby player Yves du Manoir in 1928. Was the main stadium for the 1924 Summer Olympics and had a capacity of 45,000 at the time...	14,000
Stade Français	Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse is an Italian Argentine rugby union rugby player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International player of the year...	Michael Cheika Michael Cheika Michael Cheika is a former Australian rugby union player and is a Heineken Cup winning coach and entrepreneur. He is the head coach of Stade Français since his appointment in 2010. He is of Lebanese origin -Other Clubs:...	Stade Charléty Stade Sebastien Charlety Stade Sebastien Charléty, known simply as Stade Charléty or just Charléty, is a multi-use stadium in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Officially, the current capacity of the stadium is 20,000 people. The stadium opened in 1938 and was designed by French architect Bernard Zehrfuss...	20,000
			Stade de France Stade de France The Stade de France is the national stadium of France, situated just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. It has an all-seater capacity of 80,000, making it the fifth largest stadium in Europe, and is used by both the France national football team and French rugby union team for...	80,000
Toulon RC Toulonnais RC Toulonnais is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...	Joe van Niekerk Joe van Niekerk Johann "Joe" van Niekerk is a South African rugby union player, who generally plays either as a flanker or number 8...	Bernard Laporte Bernard Laporte Bernard Laporte is a rugby union coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. He is currently the head coach at Toulon, having taken over in 2011 from Philippe Saint-André, who had been named the new head coach of the France national team. Laporte himself is a former head coach of France,...	Stade Mayol Stade Mayol Stade Mayol is a multi-purpose stadium in Toulon, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of RC Toulonnais. The stadium is able to hold 13,700 people....	13,700
Toulouse Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain, also referred to as Toulouse, is a French rugby union club from Toulouse in Midi-Pyrénées. Toulouse is one of the finest rugby clubs in Europe, having won the Heineken Cup four times – in 1996, 2003, 2005 and 2010. They were also runners-up in 2004 and 2008 against London Wasps...	Thierry Dusautoir Thierry Dusautoir Thierry Dusautoir is a French rugby union player who currently plays for France at international level and Toulouse in the French Top 14 club competition. Dusautoir is a strong ball carrier with good speed and strength to get out of tackles.Dusautoir was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire...	Guy Novès Guy Novès Guy Novès is a former French rugby union footballer and current long-serving coach of Stade Toulousain. Born in Toulouse, Novès, who played on the wing, was capped six times for the France national team...	Stade Ernest-Wallon Stade Ernest-Wallon Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-purpose stadium in Toulouse, France. It is currently the home of rugby union team Stade Toulousain. The stadium was built in the late 1980s and was recently renovated. It has a capacity of 19,500. The stadium however is not always suitable for big games...	19,500
			Stadium Municipal	35,472

• Toulon was forced to find a replacement for Philippe Saint-André
  Philippe Saint-André
  Philippe Georges Saint-André is a former French rugby union footballer who earned 69 test caps for France between 1990 and 1997, 34 of them as captain. His preferred position was wing but he could also play at Fullback. After retiring, Saint-André found success as a rugby coach in both England and...
  
   once he was named to become the new head coach of the France national team
  France national rugby union team
  The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
  
  , effective 1 December. Bernard Laporte
  Bernard Laporte
  Bernard Laporte is a rugby union coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. He is currently the head coach at Toulon, having taken over in 2011 from Philippe Saint-André, who had been named the new head coach of the France national team. Laporte himself is a former head coach of France,...
  
  , a former France head coach (1999–2007), was named as Toulon's new head coach, and took over in September after Saint-André was granted an early release by Toulon.
• Perpignan sacked Jacques Delmas on 21 November, only four months after taking over from Jacques Brunel
  Jacques Brunel (rugby player)
  Jacques Brunel is a French rugby union former player who is currently the head coach of the Italian national team replacing Nick Mallet on 3 November 2011.-The beginning:...
  
  , who left to become the new head coach of Italy
  Italy national rugby union team
  The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team is also known as the Azzurri . Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and since 2000 compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland,...
  
  . The Catalans had lost seven of their 12 matches in all competitions under Delmas. Assistants Bernard Goutta
  Bernard Goutta
  Bernard Goutta , is a retired French rugby league and rugby union player and current rugby union coach. He is now co-head coach of his former union club, USA Perpignan, following the sacking of predecessor Jacques Brunel in November 2011.Goutta began playing Rugby League at with Saint Estève XIII,...
  
   and Christophe Manas were named as replacements.

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