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2004-05 Top 16 season

2004–05 Top 16 season
Countries France
ChampionsBiarritz Olympique (4th title)
Runners-upStade Français
RelegatedGrenoble
Béziers
Auch

The 2004-05 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2004-05. It was the final season under the 16 club format, as the competition became the Top 14 for the 2005-06 season. Biarritz Olympique won the championship, defeating Stade Français Paris in the final at Stade de France. FC Grenoble, Béziers and Auch were relegated to Rugby Pro D2 after the 2004-05 season.

Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Bonus points Pts
1 Biarritz 32 22 0 10 907 549 +358 16 104
2 Stade Français 32 22 2 8 915 668 +247 11 103
3 Bourgoin 31 20 2 9 882 680 +202 12 96
4 Toulouse 31 19 0 12 893 597 +296 18 94
5 Perpignan 30 18 1 11 688 583 +105 12 86
6 Castres 30 17 3 10 704 678 +26 10 84
7 Agen 30 16 1 13 674 568 +106 11 77
8 Clermont 30 16 2 12 745 647 +98 9 77
9 Brive 30 14 1 15 668 745 -77 8 66
10 Narbonne 30 13 2 15 588 755 -167 7 63
11 Montpellier 30 12 0 18 628 765 -137 14 62
12 Bayonne 30 12 3 15 587 763 -176 6 60
13 Pau 31 11 2 18 651 728 -77 11 59
14 Grenoble 30 7 2 21 580 842 -262 42 10
15 Béziers 30 6 3 21 600 876 -276 38 8
16 Auch 30 7 0 23 503 736 -233 37 9

Semi-finals

3 June 2005
Stade Français 23-18 Stade Toulousain
Try: Pichot, Villiers
Skrela 2
Con: Skrela 2
Pen: Skrela 3
Try: Elissalde, Heymans
Con: Elissalde
Pen: Elissalde
Drop: Elissalde
Bordeaux

4 June 2005
Biarritz olympique 32-27 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
Try: Gobelet, Traille
Peyrelongue, Brusque
Con: Yachvili 3
Pen: Yachvili
Drop: Peyrelongue=
Try: Papé
Anthony Forest, G.Davis
Con: Péclier 3
Pen: Péclier 2

Final

2005-06-11
Biarritz 37 – 34
(after extra time)
Stade Français
Try Gobelet 17'
Con Yachvili 17'
Pen Yachvili (9) 4', 13', 24', 36', 50', 55', 63', 69', 102'
Drop Peyrelongue 100'
Try Dominici 26'
Con Skrela 26'
Pen Skrela (8) 7', 21', 29', 33', 42', 58', 78', 90'
Drop Liebenberg 51'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,475
Referee: Jean-Christophe Gastou France
FB 15 France Nicolas Brusque
RW 14 France Philippe Bidabé Substituted off 27'
OC 13 France Guillaume Boussès
IC 12 France Damien Traille
LW 11 France Jean-Baptiste Gobelet
FH 10 France Julien Peyrelongue
SH 9 France Dimitri Yachvili
N8 8 France Thomas Lièvremont (c)
OF 7 France Imanol Harinordoquy
BF 6 France Serge Betsen
RL 5 France David Couzinet Substituted off 52'
LL 4 France Jérôme Thion Temporarily suspended from 5' to 15' 5' to 15'
TP 3 France Denis Avril Substituted off 73'
HK 2 France Benoît August Substituted off 74'
LP 1 Romania Petru Bălan
Replacements:
HK 16 France Jean-Michel Gonzalez Substituted in 74'
PR 17 France Benoît Lecouls Substituted in 73'
LK 18 France Olivier Olibeau Substituted in 52'
FL 19 France Didier Chouchan
SH 20 France Julien Dupuy
CE 21 Argentina Federico Martín Aramburú Substituted in 27'
FH 22 France Benjamin Dambielle
Coach:
France Patrice Lagisquet
FB 15 Argentina Juan Martín Hernández Substituted off 27'
RW 14 France Julien Arias
OC 13 France Stéphane Glas
IC 12 France Brian Liebenberg
LW 11 France Christophe Dominici Substituted off 73'
FH 10 France David Skrela
SH 9 Argentina Agustín Pichot
N8 8 South Africa Shaun Sowerby
OF 7 France Rémy Martin
BF 6 France Pierre Rabadan Substituted off 97'
RL 5 Canada Mike James
LL 4 France David Auradou (c) Temporarily suspended from 5' to 15' 5' to 15' Substituted off 70'
TP 3 France Pieter de Villiers Substituted off 50' Substituted in 74'
HK 2 France Mathieu Blin Substituted off 60'
LP 1 Argentina Rodrigo Roncero Temporarily suspended from 40' to 50' 40' to 50' Substituted off 74'
Replacements:
HK 16 France Benjamin Kayser Substituted in 60'
PR 17 France Sylvain Marconnet Substituted in 50'
LK 18 France Olivier Brouzet Substituted in 70'
FL 19 Italy Mauro Bergamasco Substituted in 97'
WG 20 Italy Mirco Bergamasco Substituted in 27'
CE 21 France Olivier Sarraméa Substituted in 73'
SH 22 France Jérôme Fillol
Coach:
France Fabien Galthié

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