2018–19 Rugby Pro D2 season

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2018–19 Pro D2
Countries France
Date17 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsBayonne (1st title)
Runners-upBrive
PromotedBayonne, Brive
RelegatedMassy, Bourg-en-Bresse
Matches played245
Attendance1,357,695
(average 5,542 per match)
Highest attendance17,958 (final)
Bayonne v Biarritz
26 May 2019
16,207 (league)
Bayonne v Biarritz
4 April 2019
Lowest attendance1,131
Massy v Provence
15 February 2019
Top point scorerFrance Thomas Laranjeira (Brive)
300 points
Top try scorerFiji Josaia Raisuqe (Nevers)
15 tries
Official website
www.lnr.fr

The 2018–19

second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2018–19 season. It ran alongside the 2018–19 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby
(LNR).

On 29 March 2019, Massy became the first side to be relegated, a narrow home defeat against Montauban condemning them to the drop with four games still left to play.[1] The other relegation spot was much more keenly fought, going all the way to the last round, when on 5 May 2019 Bourg-en-Bresse were the second team to go down, despite winning their final game, just 1 point behind 14th placed Aurillac.[2] Massy and Bourg-en-Bresse drop to Fédérale 1.

The promotion play-off final was between Brive (1st in the league stage) and Bayonne (3rd). As they had topped the league stage, Brive were slight favourites to make an instant return to the Top 14, while Bayonne had had two tough games including a memorable 38-34 semi-final away against league runners up, Oxonnax, who like Brive had also hoped to make an instant return to the Top 14.[3] In the final held at the Stade du Hameau, Pau, Bayaonne shaded a close game, 21–19, to win their first ever Pro D2 title and return to the Top 14 after an absence of two seasons.[4]

Defeated finalists Brive had a second shot at promotion when they faced

Grenoble, in the relegation playoff. Brive won 28–22 to take Grenoble's place and join Bayonne in the 2019–20 Top 14.[5] Grenoble and bottom club, Perpignan, would be relegated to the 2019–20 Rugby Pro D2
.

Teams

Changes in the lineup from 2017–18 were:

  • Grenoble
    won the Top 14/Pro D2 playoff to secure the second promotion place.
  • The two bottom finishers in 2017–18, Narbonne and Dax, were relegated from Pro D2 to Fédérale 1.
  • The bottom finisher in the 2017–18 Top 14 season, Brive was relegated to Pro D2. Oyonnax lost the Top 14/Pro D2 playoff and were therefore relegated.
  • Provence won the promotion group in the 2017–18 Fédérale 1 season; Bourg-en-Bresse won the play-offs for the second promotion place. Since the 2015–16 season, the promotion process has been separate from the play-offs for the traditional Fédérale 1 championship prize, Trophée Jean-Prat.

Number of teams by regions

Teams Region or country Team(s)
5  Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mont-de-Marsan, and Soyaux Angoulême
4  Occitanie
Colomiers, and Montauban
3  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Aurillac, Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax
1  Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Nevers
 Brittany Vannes
 Île-de-France Massy
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence

Competition format

The regular season uses a double round-robin format, in which each team plays the others home and away.

The LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system 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,[6] 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.[7]

France's bonus point system operates as follows:[8]

  • 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 5 points (or less). The required margin had been 7 points or less until being changed in advance of the 2014–15 season.

Starting with the 2017–18 season, Pro D2 conducts a play-off system identical to the one currently used in Top 14, with the top six teams qualifying for the play-offs and the top two teams receiving byes into the semi-finals. The winner of the play-offs earns the league championship and automatic promotion to the next season's Top 14; the runner-up enters a play-off with the second-from-bottom Top 14 team, with the winner of that play-off taking up the final place in Top 14.[9]

This replaced the previous system in which the top team at the end of the regular season was declared champion, also earning a Top 14 place, while the second- through fifth-place teams competed in promotion play-offs. The play-off semi-finals were played at the home ground of the higher-ranked team. The final was then played on neutral ground, and the winner earned the second ticket to the next Top 14.

Promotion

Pro D2 to Top 14

As noted above, both promotion places will be determined by play-offs from 2017 to 2018 forward, with the winner of the Pro D2 play-offs earning promotion and the runner-up playing the second-from-bottom Top 14 team for the next season's final Top 14 place.

Fédérale 1 to Pro D2

At the same time, LNR and the French Rugby Federation (FFR) changed the promotion process from Fédérale 1 to Pro D2. For three seasons (2017–18 to 2019–20), only one team will be promoted to Pro D2 through the Fédérale 1 competition. The second promotion place will be a "wild card" granted by LNR to a club that meets the following criteria:[9]

  • must be located in northern France (with the dividing line running approximately from La Rochelle to Lyon)
  • have a long-term development plan
  • location in an area that can demographically and economically support a fully professional club

Starting with the 2020–21 season, LNR will create a third professional league, slotting between Pro D2 and Fédérale 1 in the league system.[9]

Relegation

Normally, the teams that finish in 15th and 16th places in the table are relegated to Fédérale 1 at the end of the season. In certain circumstances, "financial reasons" may cause a higher-placed team to be demoted instead, or bar a Fédérale 1 team from promotion.

Table

2018–19 Rugby Pro D2 Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brive (PO) 30 19 1 10 816 556 +260 6 7 91 Semi-final promotion play-off
2 Oyonnax 30 17 1 12 811 633 +178 10 7 87
3 Bayonne (C, P) 30 17 1 12 719 537 +182 6 7 83 Quarter-final promotion play-off place
4 Vannes 30 17 1 12 671 619 +52 3 7 80
5
Mont-de-Marsan
30 16 1 13 681 599 +82 6 6 78
6
Nevers
30 16 1 13 653 589 +64 6 6 78
7 Biarritz 30 15 1 14 776 638 +138 5 7 74
8 Béziers 30 17 1 12 563 602 −39 2 2 74
9 Soyaux Angoulême 30 14 1 15 614 646 −32 5 5 68
10 Provence 30 15 0 15 682 730 −48 3 5 68
11 Carcassonne 30 14 0 16 629 703 −74 3 6 65
12 Montauban 30 13 1 16 568 678 −110 3 7 64
13
Colomiers
30 13 0 17 534 594 −60 4 6 61
14 Aurillac 30 13 0 17 552 702 −150 3 6 61
15 Bourg-en-Bresse (R) 30 13 1 16 586 777 −191 4 2 60 Relegation to Fédérale 1
16 Massy (R) 30 5 1 24 499 751 −252 1 6 29
Source: [10]
Rules for classification: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

17 August 2018
20:00
Bourg-en-Bresse19–19Vannes
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: François Bouzac
17 August 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
33–10Massy
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
17 August 2018
20:00
Montauban16–12Carcassonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
17 August 2018
20:00
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 5,801
Referee: Régis Guatelli
17 August 2018
20:00
Nevers (1 BP)
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 7,890
Referee: Luc Ramos
18 August 2018
20:45
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 12,480
Referee: Thierry Mallet
19 August 2018
14:15
Colomiers
28–26Provence (1 BP)
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
19 August 2018
16:15
Aurillac20–19Oyonnax (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Vivien Praderie

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Round 2

23 August 2018
20:45
Montauban16–15Biarritz (1 BP)
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Cédric Clavé
24 August 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Provence48–18Aurillac
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
24 August 2018
20:00
Carcassonne18–15Soyaux Angoulême (1 BP)
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
24 August 2018
20:00
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 8,244
Referee: Laurent Millotte
24 August 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Nevers
53–13Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
24 August 2018
20:00
Stade de la Méditerranée

Attendance: 5,688
24 August 2018
20:30
Oyonnax30–29Vannes (1 BP)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: François Bouzac
26 August 2018
14:15
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 10,904
Referee: Mathieu Noirot

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Round 3

30 August 2018
20:45
Biarritz33–33Brive
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 5,466
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
31 August 2018
20:00
Bourg-en-Bresse18–16Provence (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 4,294[13]
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
31 August 2018
20:00
Massy12–21Bayonne
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 2,612[14]
Referee: Luc Ramos
31 August 2018
20:00
Aurillac19–16Carcassonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 2,500[15]
Referee: Regis Guatelli
31 August 2018
20:00
Soyaux Angoulême29–23Montauban
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 7,000[16]
Referee: Nicolas Datas
31 August 2018
20:00
Nevers
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,702[17]
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
31 August 2018
20:30
(1 BP)
Colomiers
18–19Oyonnax
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 3,200[18]
Referee: Thierry Mallet
2 September 2018
14:15
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
35–14Béziers
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 4,302
Referee: François Bouzac

[19]


Round 4

6 September 2018
20:45
Oyonnax18–16Bayonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
7 September 2018
20:00
Soyaux Angoulême23–13Aurillac
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
7 September 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Provence38–23Vannes
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Cédric Clave
7 September 2018
20:00
Colomiers (1 BP)
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
7 September 2018
20:00
Nevers
17–6Massy
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 6,857[20]
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
7 September 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Biarritz46–9Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 3,950
Referee: David Beun[21]
7 September 2018
20:30
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Luc Ramos
9 September 2018
14:15
Brive27–6Béziers
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 7,873
Referee: Vivien Praderie

[22]


Round 5

20 September 2018
20:45
(1 BP) Vannes9–11Brive
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,231[23]
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
21 September 2018
20:00
Bourg-en-Bresse21–32Carcassonne
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 4,432[24]
Referee: Nicolas Datas
21 September 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Massy19–20Soyaux Angoulême
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,751[25]
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
21 September 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 7,413[26]
Referee: François Bouzac
21 September 2018
20:00
Colomiers
27–10Biarritz
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 3,600[27]
Referee: Benoit Rousselet
21 September 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Nevers
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 2,500[28]
Referee: Laurent Millotte
21 September 2018
20:30
(1 BP)
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 5,089[29]
Referee: Thierry Mallet
23 September 2018
14:15
Stade Guy-Boniface
Attendance: 5,010[30]
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy

[31]


Round 6

27 September 2018
20:45
Biarritz22–6Bayonne
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 10,086[32]
Referee: Luc Ramos
28 September 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Brive36–14Aurillac
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 10,379[33]
Referee: Cédric Clave
28 September 2018
20:00
Mont-de-Marsan (1 BP)
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 8,000[34]
Referee: Vivien Praderie
28 September 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Oyonnax49–16Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 9,955[35]
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
28 September 2018
20:00
Massy6–21Vannes
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Régis Guatelli
28 September 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Nevers
39–17Provence
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,075[36]
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
28 September 2018
20:30
(1 BP) Carcassonne47–13Béziers
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 5,000[37]
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
30 September 2018
14:15
Colomiers
Report[dead link]
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 5,000[38]
Referee: Mathieu Noirot

[39]


Round 7

4 October 2018
20:45
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Laurent Millotte
5 October 2018
20:00
Aurillac28–15Montauban
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 2,500[40]
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
5 October 2018
20:00
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 7,207[41]
Referee: Nicolas Datas
5 October 2018
20:00
Bourg-en-Bresse22–18Massy (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 4,137
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
5 October 2018
20:00
Provence28–25Carcassonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
5 October 2018
20:00
Colomiers
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,071[42]
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
5 October 2018
20:30
Mont-de-Marsan
20–13Biarritz
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 6,520
Referee: Thierry Mallet
7 October 2018
14:15
Brive31–18Soyaux-Angoulême
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 7,831[43]
Referee: David Beun

[44]


Round 8

11 October 2018
20:45
Mont-de-Marsan
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,347
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
12 October 2018
20:00
Carcassonne22–10Bayonne
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
12 October 2018
20:00
Colomiers
30–24Béziers
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Régis Guatelli
12 October 2018
20:00
Massy30–19Brive
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Nicolas Datas
12 October 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Montauban37–19Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
12 October 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Soyaux-Angoulême42–12Vannes
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
12 October 2018
20:30
Biarritz28–24Aurillac (1 BP)
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 5,512
Referee: François Bouzac
14 October 2018
14:15
(1 BP) Oyonnax46–23Provence
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 6,678
Referee: Mathieu Noirot

[45]


Round 9

26 October 2018
20:45
Brive15–3Montauban
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 8,193
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
27 October 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 2,867
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
27 October 2018
20:00
Colomiers (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 4,629
Referee: Laurent Millotte
27 October 2018
20:00
Massy29–20Biarritz
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 2,157
Referee: David Beun
27 October 2018
20:00
Mont-de-Marsan
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
27 October 2018
20:00
Vannes39–22Carcassonne
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,731
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
27 October 2018
20:30
Nevers
19–16Oyonnax (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Cédric Cleve
28 October 2018
14:15
(1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 8,454
Referee: Vivien Praderie

[46]


Round 10

1 November 2018
20:45
(1 BP)
Colomiers
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 5,992
Referee: Luc Ramos
2 November 2018
20:00
Aurillac13–9Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 3,689
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
2 November 2018
20:00
Nevers
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 9,270
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
2 November 2018
20:00
Carcassonne22–14Massy
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Régis Guatelli
2 November 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Oyonnax29–12Soyaux-Angoulême
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
2 November 2018
20:00
Vannes12–9Béziers (1 BP)
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 8,234
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
2 November 2018
20:30
Biarritz29–13Provence
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 4,657
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
4 November 2018
14:15
Montauban14–25Bayonne
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Benoit Rousselet

[47]


Round 11

8 November 2018
20:45
Carcassonne19–14Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Thierry Mallet
9 November 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 8,134
Referee: Keith Allent[48]
9 November 2018
20:00
Colomiers
19–17Aurillac (1 BP)
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nicolas Datas[49]
9 November 2018
20:00
Massy21–32Oyonnax
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,840
Referee: François Bouzac
9 November 2018
20:00
Mont-de-Marsan
16–13Vannes (1 BP)
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 4,352
Referee: Cédric Marchat
9 November 2018
20:00
Nevers
22–19Montauban (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,203
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
9 November 2018
20:30
Provence17–15Béziers (1 BP)
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
11 November 2018
14:15
(1 BP) Soyaux-Angoulême31–15Biarritz
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sébastien Boyer[49]

[50]


Round 12

15 November 2018
20:45
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 5,438[51]
Referee: Cédric Clave
16 November 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 3,202
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
16 November 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Bourg-en-Bresse31–6Soyaux-Angoulême
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 4,661[52]
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
16 November 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Nevers
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 3,700[53]
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
16 November 2018
20:00
Provence16–38Massy (1 BP)
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 4,000[54]
Referee: Vivien Praderie
16 November 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Vannes27–28Montauban
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,360[55]
Referee: David Beun
16 November 2018
20:30
Biarritz21–16Carcassonne (1 BP)
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
18 November 2018
14:15
Brive21–20Oyonnax (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 7,859
Referee: Cédric Marchat

[56]


Round 13

29 November 2018
20:45
Mont-de-Marsan
19–14Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
30 November 2018
20:00
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 7,413
Referee: Laurent Millotte
30 November 2018
20:00
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 5,035
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
30 November 2018
20:00
Massy18–27Aurillac (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,823[54]
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
30 November 2018
20:00
Montauban28–23Provence (1 BP)
Report[dead link]
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Luc Ramos
30 November 2018
20:00
Colomiers (1 BP)
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Thierry Mallet
30 November 2018
20:30
(1 BP) Oyonnax23–27Biarritz
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 6,389[57]
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
2 December 2018
14:15
(1 BP)
Nevers
41–10Carcassonne
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,147
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy

[58]


Round 14

6 December 2018
20:45
Provence22–20Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 4,812[59]
Referee: François Bouzac
7 December 2018
20:00
Aurillac17–23Vannes
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Cédric Clave
7 December 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
Report[dead link]
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nicolas Datas
7 December 2018
20:00
Colomiers
0–6Bayonne
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: David Beun
7 December 2018
20:00
Montauban15–9Massy
Report[dead link]
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
7 December 2018
20:00
Nevers
13–12Soyaux-Angoulême (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 6,485
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
7 December 2018
20:30
(1 BP) Biarritz21–23Béziers
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Laurent Millotte
9 December 2018
14:15
Carcassonne13–21Oyonnax
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vivien Praderie

[60]


Round 15

13 December 2018
20:45
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 4,456
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
14 December 2018
18:00
(1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
14 December 2018
18:00
(1 BP) Brive52–14Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 7,218
Referee: Vivien Praderie
14 December 2018
18:00
Colomiers
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,211[61]
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy
14 December 2018
18:00
Soyaux-Angoulême36–20Provence
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
14 December 2018
18:00
Vannes37–23Biarritz
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,835[62]
Referee: Régis Guatelli
14 December 2018
20:30
Mont-de-Marsan
30–14Carcassonne
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
16 December 2018
14:15
(1 BP) Oyonnax51–14Montauban
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Thomas Chérèque

[63]


Round 16

20 December 2018
20:45
Mont-de-Marsan (1 BP)
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 5,132
Referee: François Bouzac
21 December 2018
20:00
Carcassonne39–35Aurillac (1 BP)
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
21 December 2018
20:00
(1 BP) Montauban18–20Béziers
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Nicolas Datas
21 December 2018
20:00
(1 BP)
Nevers
32–6Vannes
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 6,485
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
21 December 2018
20:00
Provence21–16Bayonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
21 December 2018
20:00
Soyaux-Angoulême8–8Massy
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: David Beun
21 December 2018
20:30
Colomiers
9–6Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Thierry Mallet
23 December 2018
14:15
Bourg-en-Bresse21–17Oyonnax (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 9,853
Referee: Stéphane Boyer

[64]


Round 17

10 January 2019
20:45
Brive36–26Biarritz
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 7,097[65]
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
11 January 2019
20:00
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 7,650
Referee: Sébastien Minery
11 January 2019
20:00
Massy20–29Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,196[66]
Referee: Cédric Clave
11 January 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Colomiers
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Laurent Millotte
11 January 2019
20:00
Vannes43–29Provence
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 6,644[67]
Referee: Thierry Mallet
11 January 2019
20:30
(1 BP)
Nevers
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Sam Grove White
13 January 2019
14:15
Aurillac13–10Soyaux-Angoulême (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 2,153[68]
Referee: Régis Guatelli
13 January 2019
14:15
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 6,306[69]
Referee: Vivien Praderie

[70]


Round 18

17 January 2019
20:45
Nevers
23–17Bayonne
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,325[71]
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
18 January 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Biarritz36–12Massy
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 4,000[72]
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
18 January 2019
20:00
Carcassonne23–20Vannes (1 BP)
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,500[73]
Referee: Nicolas Datas
18 January 2019
20:00
Mont-de-Marsan
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,200[74]
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
18 January 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Montauban27–3Aurillac
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 4,350[75]
Referee: François Bouzac
18 January 2019
20:00
Provence12–11Bourg-en-Bresse (1 BP)
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 3,800[76]
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
18 January 2019
20:30
Oyonnax23–13Béziers
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 5,895[77]
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
20 January 2019
14:15
Soyaux Angoulême11–23Brive
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 6,500[78]
Referee: Stéphane Boyer

[79]


Round 19

24 January 2019
20:45
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Luc Ramos
25 January 2019
20:00
Colomiers (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 1,506
Referee: David Beun
25 January 2019
20:00
Bourg-en-Bresse29–27Biarritz (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 5,368[80]
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
25 January 2019
20:00
Carcassonne5–20Montauban
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 3,000[81]
Referee: Cédric Clave
25 January 2019
20:00
Nevers (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,280[82]
Referee: Vivien Praderie
25 January 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
16–20Provence
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 4,180
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
25 January 2019
20:30
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 5,184
Referee: Sébastien Minery
27 January 2019
14:15
(1 BP) Vannes24–16Soyaux Angoulême
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 6,776[83]
Referee: Ludovic Carillo

[84]


Round 20

7 February 2019
20:45
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 5,106
Referee: Thierry Mallet
8 February 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 7,607
Referee: Julien Castaignede
8 February 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Brive37–13Massy
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 6,887
Referee: Régis Guatelli
8 February 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Colomiers
25–3Vannes
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
8 February 2019
20:00
Nevers
20–16Biarritz (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,430
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
8 February 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Provence51–6Montauban
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Laurent Millotte
8 February 2019
20:30
(1 BP) Soyaux Angoulême41–15Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
10 February 2019
14:00
(1 BP) Aurillac19–3Béziers
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 1,955
Referee: Thomas Chérèque

[85]


Round 21

14 February 2019
21:00
(1 BP)
Nevers
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
15 February 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Biarritz48–22Soyaux Angoulême
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nicolas Datas
15 February 2019
20:00
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 5,123
Referee: François Bouzac
15 February 2019
20:00
Bourg-en-Bresse15–21Bayonne
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
15 February 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Massy13–14Provence
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,131[86]
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
15 February 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
36–8Aurillac
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 4,203
Referee: Cédric Clave
15 February 2019
20:30
(1 BP) Vannes37–6Oyonnax
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,191[87]
Referee: Pierre Baptiste Nuchy
17 February 2019
14:15
Montauban28–26Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 6,000[88]
Referee: Luc Ramos

[89]


Round 22

21 February 2019
20:00
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 8,707
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
22 February 2019
20:00
Aurillac31–18Massy
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 2,015
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
22 February 2019
20:00
Colomiers
29–19Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Julien Castaignede
22 February 2019
20:00
Mont-de-Marsan
16–10Montauban
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 4,452
Referee: Régis Guatelli
22 February 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Oyonnax38–10Carcassonne
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 5,283
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
22 February 2019
20:00
Provence23–13Biarritz
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
22 February 2019
20:30
(1 BP) Brive61–14Vannes
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 7,253
Referee: Vivien Praderie
24 February 2019
14:15
(1 BP)
Nevers
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: David Beun

[90]


Round 23

28 February 2019
20:45
Montauban19–19Oyonnax
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
1 March 2019
20:00
Bourg-en-Bresse31–27Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cédric Clave
1 March 2019
20:00
Carcassonne21–20Biarritz (1 BP)
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
1 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Colomiers
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 6,838
Referee: Luc Ramos
1 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Provence20–21Soyaux Angoulême
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Manuel Bottino
1 March 2019
20:00
Vannes26–12Massy
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 6,655[91]
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
1 March 2019
20:30
Aurillac41–27Bayonne
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 3,026
Referee: Thierry Mallet
3 March 2019
14:15
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 7,290[92]
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy

[93]


Round 24

14 March 2019
20:45
Mont-de-Marsan
17–13Bayonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 6,379
Referee: Vivien Praderie
15 March 2019
20:00
Nevers (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 6,853
Referee: Pablo Deluca[94]
15 March 2019
20:00
Colomiers
23–19Montauban (1 BP)
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
15 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Massy24–27Béziers
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,403[95]
Referee: Nicolas Datas
15 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Oyonnax46–6Aurillac
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 5,397[96]
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
15 March 2019
20:00
Soyaux Angoulême23–19Carcassonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: François Bouzac
15 March 2019
20:30
(1 BP) Brive45–14Provence
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 7,084
Referee: Laurent Millotte
17 March 2019
20:30
(1 BP) Biarritz31–32Vannes
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 4,000[97]
Referee: Julien Castaignede

[98]


Round 25

21 March 2019
20:45
(1 BP)
Nevers
28–31Brive
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,430
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy
22 March 2019
20:00
Aurillac36–10Provence
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 2,000[99]
Referee: Luc Ramos
22 March 2019
20:00
Mont-de-Marsan (1 BP)
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 4,500[100]
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
22 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Montauban31–10Soyaux Angoulême
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 4,600[101]
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
22 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Oyonnax45–10Massy
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 5,566[102]
Referee: David Beun
22 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Vannes28–11Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 6,499[103]
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
22 March 2019
20:30
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 8,278[104]
Referee: Régis Guatelli
24 March 2019
14:51
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 6,722[105]
Referee: Pablo Deluca

[106]


Round 26

28 March 2019
20:45
Nevers
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 4,550[107]
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
29 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Bourg-en-Bresse31–6Aurillac
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 6,146[108]
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
29 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Colomiers
27–9Carcassonne
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,500[109]
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
29 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Massy19–22Montauban
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,550[110]
Referee: François Bouzac
  • Massy are relegated.[1]
29 March 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Soyaux Angoulême28–0Béziers
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
29 March 2019
20:00
Vannes23–18Bayonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 9,169[111]
Referee: Cédric Clave
29 March 2019
20:30
(1 BP) Biarritz51–14Oyonnax
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 5,000[112]
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
31 March 2019
14:15
Mont-de-Marsan (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 8,884[113]
Referee: Thierry Mallet

[114]


Round 27

4 April 2019
20:45
(1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 16,207
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
5 April 2019
20:00
Aurillac14–11Brive (1 BP)
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
5 April 2019
20:00
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 5,263
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
5 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Carcassonne45–10Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Vivien Praderie
5 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Colomiers
31–7Massy
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Luc Ramos
5 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Montauban20–25Vannes
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Nicolas Datas
5 April 2019
20:30
Nevers
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 7,664
Referee: Mathieu Noirot
7 April 2019
14:15
Mont-de-Marsan
26–23Soyaux Angoulême (1 BP)
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 5,441
Referee: Laurent Millotte

[115]


Round 28

11 April 2019
20:45
Nevers
15–15Béziers
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,500[116]
Referee: Vivien Praderie
12 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Colomiers
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy
12 April 2019
20:00
Bourg-en-Bresse25–20Montauban (1 BP)
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
12 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Brive54–7Carcassonne
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 8,421
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
12 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,453[117]
Referee: Ludovic Carrillo
12 April 2019
20:00
Vannes25–5Aurillac
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 8,000[118]
Referee: Régis Guatelli
12 April 2019
20:30
Soyaux Angoulême22–18Bayonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
14 April 2019
14:15
Provence29–23Oyonnax (1 BP)
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 5,032[119]
Referee: Cédric Clave

[120]


Round 29

25 April 2019
20:45
Oyonnax10–22Brive
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 8,356
Referee: Luc Ramos
26 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Aurillac16–17Biarritz
Report
Stade Jean Alric
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Mattieu Noirot
26 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 9,321
Referee: Stéphane Boyer
26 April 2019
20:00
Stade de la Méditerranée
Attendance: 7,591
Referee: Hervé Lasausa Lespy Labaylette
26 April 2019
20:00
Carcassonne33–24Provence
Report
Stade Albert Domec
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Thomas Chérèque
26 April 2019
20:00
(1 BP)
Mont-de-Marsan
48–22Bourg-en-Bresse
Report
Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 5,333
Referee: Jonathan Gasnier
26 April 2019
20:00
Nevers (1 BP)
Report
Stade Sapiac
Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Benoît Rousselet
28 April 2019
14:15
Colomiers
15–8Soyaux Angoulême
Report
Stade Michel Bendichou
Attendance: 4,000[121]
Referee: Nicolas Datas

[122]


Round 30

5 May 2019
14:30
(1 BP) Biarritz62–21Montauban
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: François Bouzac
5 May 2019
14:30
(1 BP) Bourg-en-Bresse27–6Béziers
Report
Stade Marcel-Verchère
Attendance: 8,772
Referee: Flavien Hourquet
  • Bourg-en-Bresse are relegated.[2]
5 May 2019
14:30
Brive20–18Bayonne (1 BP)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 12,107
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy
5 May 2019
14:30
Massy20–7Carcassonne
Report
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Attendance: 1,420[123]
Referee: Thierry Mallet
5 May 2019
14:30
Nevers
28–26Aurillac (1 BP)
Report
Stade du Pré Fleuri
Attendance: 7,500[124]
Referee: Mathieu Delpy
5 May 2019
14:30
Colomiers
Report
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Laurent Millotte
5 May 2019
14:30
Soyaux Angoulême23–33Oyonnax
Report
Stade Chanzy
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Vivien Praderie
5 May 2019
14:30
Mont-de-Marsan
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,949[125]
Referee: Mathieu Noirot

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Promotion Playoffs

Semi-final Qualifiers Semi-finals Final
2 Oyonnax 34
3 Bayonne 32 3 Bayonne 38
6
Nevers
26 3 Bayonne 21
1 Brive 19
1 Brive 40
4 Vannes 50 4 Vannes 20
5
Mont-de-Marsan
10

Semi-final Qualifiers

11 May 2019
20:45
Stade Jean Dauger
Attendance: 10,007
Referee: Maxime Chalon[127]
12 May 2019
14:15
Mont-de-Marsan (5)
Report
Stade de la Rabine
Attendance: 7,949
Referee: Cédric Marchat[128]

[129]


Semi-finals

18 May 2019
18:30
Oyonnax (2)34–38Bayonne (3)
Report
Stade Charles-Mathon
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Pierre Brousset
19 May 2019
14:15
Brive (1)40–20Vannes (4)
Report
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Attendance: 12,100
Referee: Ludovic Cayre

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Final

26 May 2019
14:00
Bayonne (3)21–19Brive (1)
Report
Stade du Hameau, Pau
Attendance: 17,958
Referee: Adrien Descottes

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Relegation playoff

The team finishing in 13th place of the Top 14 faces the runner-up of Pro D2, with the winner of this match playing in the 2019–20 Top 14 and the loser in the 2019–20 Pro D2.

2 June 2019
15:15
Brive
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Tual Trainini[132]

Attendances

  • Attendances do not include the final as this is held at a neutral venue. Also does not include the relegation playoff game.
Club Home
Games
Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
Aurillac 15 44,646 2,976 6,300 1,506 33%
Bayonne 16 145,008 9,063 16,207 7,207 54%
Béziers 15 82,053 5,470 7,591 2,867 29%
Biarritz 15 83,793 5,586 10,086 3,950 37%
Bourg-en-Bresse 15 87,245 5,816 9,853 4,137 51%
Brive 16 136,700 8,544 12,107 6,887 53%
Carcassonne 15 36,500 2,433 5,000 1,500 24%
Colomiers 15 60,200 4,013 5,000 3,200 35%
Massy 15 24,877 1,658 2,612 1,131 52%
Mont-de-Marsan 15 75,364 5,024 6,520 4,180 30%
Montauban 15 78,450 5,230 7,500 4,000 42%
Nevers 15 107,022 7,135 7,500 6,485 95%
Oyonnax 16 102,789 6,424 11,500 4,000 56%
Provence 15 70,594 4,706 6,000 3,500 81%
Soyaux Angoulême 15 84,500 5,633 8,000 3,000 70%
Vannes 16 119,996 7,500 9,169 6,499 79%

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Note that the capacity of Stade Maurice David increased from 5,000 to 6,000 at the end of October 2018 due to the construction of a new 1,000 capacity stand.

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