2005–06 Top 14 season

The 2005–06 Top 14 competition was the 107th French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) and the 1st using the name Top 14. Previously the league was known as Top 16 but the restructuring of the league at the end of the 2004–05 season meant that it shrank from 16 to 14 clubs. Toulon were the only promoted team having won the 2004–05 Pro D2.

2005–06 Top 14 season
Countries	France
Date	25 August 2005 – 10 June 2006
Champions	Biarritz (5th title)
Runners-up	Toulouse
Relegated	Toulon, Pau
Matches played	185
Attendance	1,922,393 (average 10,391 per match)
Highest attendance	79,604 Stade Français v Biarritz 4 March 2006
Lowest attendance	4,163 Agen v Brive 27 August 2005
Top point scorer	Cédric Rosalen (Narbonne) 328 points
Top try scorer	Rupeni Caucaunibuca (Agen) 17 tries
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the season attendance records in the league were broken with 79,502 spectators attending the Round 9 clash between Stade Français and Toulouse at the Stade de France, shattering the attendance record for any regular league season game in France (not just rugby union).^[1] However, that record was short-lived when 79,604 spectators attended the Round 17 match between Stade Français and Biarritz Olympique.^[2]

The regular season finished in late May 2006, with Biarritz finishing at the top of the ladder. The semi-finals and final were contested in June, with Biarritz defeating Toulouse to claim back-to-back titles, and their fifth overall. Two teams were relegated with newly promoted Toulon, who had easily the poorest record in top 14 with just 3 wins from 26 games, being the first to go down, followed by Pau who were much more competitive but not quite good enough to stay up, finishing 3 points from safety. Both clubs would drop to the 2006–07 Pro D2.

Teams

Club City (department) Stadium Capacity Previous season Agen Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) Stade Armandie 13,000 7th Bayonne Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Stade Jean Dauger 16,934 12th Biarritz Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Parc des Sports Aguiléra 15,000 Champions Bourgoin Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère) Stade Pierre Rajon[a 1] 9,441 Semi-finals (3rd in league) Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze) Stade Amédée-Domenech 15,000 9th Castres Castres (Tarn) Stade Pierre-Fabre 11,500 6th Clermont Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) Stade Marcel-Michelin 16,334 8th Montpellier Montpellier (Hérault) Stade Sabathé 8,000 11th Narbonne Narbonne (Aude) Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié 12,000 10th Pau Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Stade du Hameau 14,000 13th Perpignan Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) Stade Aimé Giral 16,593 5th Stade Français Paris, 16th arrondissement Stade Jean-Bouin[a 2] 12,000 Runners up (2nd in league) Toulon Toulon (Var) Stade Mayol 13,700 Promoted from Pro D2 (champions) Toulouse Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) Stade Ernest-Wallon[a 3] 19,500 Semi-finals (4th in league)

Agen Bayonne Biarritz Bourgoin Brive Castres Clermont Montpellier Narbonne Pau Perpignan Stade Français Toulon Toulouse Locations of the 2005–06 Top 14 teams

Number of teams by regions

Teams	Region or country	Team(s)
5	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Agen, Bayonne, Biarritz, Brive and Pau
	Occitanie	Castres, Montpellier, Narbonne, Perpignan and Toulouse
2	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Bourgoin and Clermont
1	Île-de-France	Stade Français
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Toulon

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Biarritz (C)	26	19	0	7	694	350	+344	14	90	Advance to playoffs Qualified for the 2006–07 Heineken Cup
2	Stade Français (SF)	26	19	0	7	633	437	+196	13	89
3	Toulouse (F)	26	19	0	7	713	427	+286	12	88
4	Perpignan (SF)	26	18	0	8	671	398	+273	12	84
5	Agen	26	15	0	11	655	540	+115	10	70	Qualified for the 2006–07 Heineken Cup
6	Bourgoin	26	14	0	12	591	516	+75	11	67
7	Castres	26	13	0	13	685	559	+126	14	66
8	Clermont	26	14	0	12	577	569	+8	7	63
9	Brive	26	10	1	15	431	553	−122	9	51
10	Narbonne	26	11	0	15	533	775	−242	3	47
11	Montpellier	26	9	0	17	574	659	−85	10	46
12	Bayonne	26	8	1	17	514	669	−155	9	43
13	Pau (R)	26	9	0	17	476	790	−314	4	40	Relegated to the 2006–07 Rugby Pro D2
14	Toulon (R)	26	3	0	23	332	837	−505	7	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

19 August 2005

Toulon	10–20	Biarritz

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,079[3]

20 August 2005

Brive	15–10	Bourgoin

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,249[4]

20 August 2005

Narbonne	26–20	Stade Français

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,873[5]

20 August 2005

Pau	16–28	Clermont

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,907[6]

20 August 2005

Montpellier	16–34	Castres

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,873[7]

20 August 2005

Perpignan	34–9	Agen

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,604[8]

20 August 2005

Bayonne	12–26	Toulouse

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 10,444[9]

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Round 2

26 August 2005

Biarritz	29–8	Perpignan

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,937[10]

27 August 2005

Stade Français	31–3	Toulon

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 9,081[11]

27 August 2005

Bourgoin	37–9	Bayonne

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,449[12]

27 August 2005

Clermont	29–23	Montpellier

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,330[13]

27 August 2005

Castres	36–6	Narbonne

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,981[14]

27 August 2005

Agen	19–13	Brive

Stade Armandie Attendance: 4,163[15]

27 August 2005

Toulouse	52–9	Pau

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,486[16]

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Round 3

2 September 2005

Agen	29–25	Biarritz

Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,030[15]

3 September 2005

Pau	18–29	Bourgoin

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,101[6]

3 September 2005

Montpellier	12–24	Toulouse

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,585[7]

3 September 2005

Narbonne	34–28	Clermont

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,059[5]

3 September 2005

Toulon	9–16	Castres

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,336[3]

3 September 2005

Brive	19–19	Bayonne

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,996[4]

4 September 2005

Perpignan	16–12	Stade Français

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,291[8]

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Round 4

9 September 2005

Stade Français	37–24	Agen

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,840[11]

10 September 2005

Toulouse	64–22	Narbonne

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 14,464[16]

10 September 2005

Castres	18–23	Perpignan

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,279[14]

10 September 2005

Bourgoin	17–3	Montpellier

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 5,424

10 September 2005

Clermont	64–12	Toulon

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,141[13]

10 September 2005

Bayonne	44–16	Pau

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,707[9]

10 September 2005

Biarritz	43–5	Brive

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,592[10]

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Round 5

16 September 2005

Toulon	15–18	Toulouse

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,239[3]

17 September 2005

Narbonne	15–29	Bourgoin

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 5,965

17 September 2005

Perpignan	34–25	Clermont

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,508[8]

17 September 2005

Agen	40–16	Castres

Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,594[15]

17 September 2005

Biarritz	7–14	Stade Français

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 6,383[10]

17 September 2005

Montpellier	33–0	Bayonne

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 4,904[7]

17 September 2005

Brive	34–10	Pau

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,283[4]

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Round 6

23 September 2005

Bourgoin	40–21	Toulon

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 6,286

24 September 2005

Toulouse	30–22	Perpignan

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,703[16]

24 September 2005

Clermont	37–24	Agen

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,832[13]

24 September 2005

Castres	13–19	Biarritz

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,124[14]

24 September 2005

Bayonne	47–21	Narbonne

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,770[9]

24 September 2005

Pau	21–12	Montpellier

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,371[6]

24 September 2005

Stade Français	25–17	Brive

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,783[11]

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Round 7

30 September 2005

Stade Français	25–10	Castres

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 6,448[11]

1 October 2005

Perpignan	27–3	Bourgoin

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,168[8]

1 October 2005

Agen	16–33	Toulouse

Stade Armandie Attendance: 9,362[15]

1 October 2005

Biarritz	9–0	Clermont

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,612[10]

1 October 2005

Toulon	19–14	Bayonne

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,371[3]

1 October 2005

Narbonne	26–19	Pau

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 5,628[5]

1 October 2005

Brive	18–14	Montpellier

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,100[4]

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Round 8

8 October 2005

Toulouse	26–20	Biarritz

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,639[16]

8 October 2005

Bourgoin	33–6	Agen

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 6,481

8 October 2005

Clermont	23–12	Stade Français

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 12,671[13]

8 October 2005

Bayonne	15–33	Perpignan

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 9,601[9]

8 October 2005

Pau	31–28	Toulon

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,219[6]

8 October 2005

Montpellier	36–13	Narbonne

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,767[7]

8 October 2005

Castres	48–14	Brive

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,087[14]

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Round 9

14 October 2005

Biarritz	29–10	Bourgoin

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,388[10]

15 October 2005

Stade Français	29–15	Toulouse

Stade de France Attendance: 79,502[17]

15 October 2005

Castres	41–8	Clermont

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,770[14]

15 October 2005

Agen	26–12	Bayonne

Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,685[15]

15 October 2005

Perpignan	40–14	Pau

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,811[8]

15 October 2005

Toulon	8–3	Montpellier

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,352[3]

15 October 2005

Brive	12–10	Narbonne

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 6,559[4]

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Round 10

11 November 2005

Pau	26–23	Agen

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,173[6]

12 November 2005

Bourgoin	29–16	Stade Français

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 9,017

12 November 2005

Bayonne	10–9	Biarritz

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 12,055[9]

12 November 2005

Toulouse	29–24	Castres

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,699[16]

12 November 2005

Montpellier	19–17	Perpignan

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,510[7]

12 November 2005

Narbonne	37–19	Toulon

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,290[5]

12 November 2005

Clermont	15–11	Brive

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,298[13]

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Round 11

18 November 2005

Clermont	28–22	Toulouse

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 13,850[13]

19 November 2005

Castres	29–16	Bourgoin

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,372[14]

19 November 2005

Stade Français	27–19	Bayonne

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,978[11]

19 November 2005

Biarritz	33–16	Pau

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,579[10]

19 November 2005

Agen	41–10	Montpellier

Stade Armandie Attendance: 5,219[15]

19 November 2005

Perpignan	33–0	Narbonne

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 5,785[8]

19 November 2005

Brive	21–16	Toulon

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,915[4]

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Round 12

2 December 2005

Toulon	12–25	Perpignan

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,225[3]

3 December 2005

Bourgoin	22–11	Clermont

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 6,810

3 December 2005

Bayonne	11–34	Castres

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,374[9]

3 December 2005

Pau	9–32	Stade Français

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 7,244[6]

3 December 2005

Montpellier	18–21	Biarritz

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,478[7]

3 December 2005

Narbonne	27–25	Agen

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,014[5]

3 December 2005

Brive	10–9	Toulouse

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,218[4]

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Round 13

23 December 2005

Toulouse	29–19	Bourgoin

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 15,989[16]

23 December 2005

Clermont	37–15	Bayonne

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,746[13]

23 December 2005

Castres	66–8	Pau

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,492[14]

23 December 2005

Stade Français	45–13	Montpellier

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 6,995[11]

23 December 2005

Biarritz	59–10	Narbonne

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,046[10]

23 December 2005

Agen	30–0	Toulon

Stade Armandie Attendance: 4,506[15]

23 December 2005

Perpignan	24–6	Brive

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,416[8]

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Round 14

6 January 2006

Stade Français	36–24	Narbonne

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,079[11]

7 January 2006

Bourgoin	19–14	Brive

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 5,957

7 January 2006

Toulouse	13–19	Bayonne

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,536[16]

7 January 2006

Clermont	27–13	Pau

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 9,000[13]

7 January 2006

Castres	52–28	Montpellier

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 4,801[14]

7 January 2006

Biarritz	57–12	Toulon

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,126[10]

7 January 2006

Agen	33–14	Perpignan

Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,325[15]

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Round 15

27 January 2006

Toulon	11–24	Stade Français

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,408[3]

27 January 2006

Perpignan	3–17	Biarritz

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,518[8]

27 January 2006

Brive	18–16	Agen

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,708[4]

28 January 2006

Bayonne	22–33	Bourgoin

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,341[9]

28 January 2006

Pau	13–27	Toulouse

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,114[6]

28 January 2006

Montpellier	42–13	Clermont

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,335[7]

28 January 2006

Narbonne	41–10	Castres

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,578[5]

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Round 16

18 February 2006

Montpellier	33–20	Bourgoin

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,170[7]

18 February 2006

Narbonne	27–19	Toulouse

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 8,395[5]

18 February 2006

Toulon	14–36	Clermont

Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,579[3]

18 February 2006

Perpignan	34–3	Castres

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,529[8]

18 February 2006

Agen	12–8	Stade Français

Stade Armandie Attendance: 9,280[15]

18 February 2006

Pau	21–18	Bayonne

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 11,517[6]

18 February 2006

Brive	8–15	Biarritz

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,822[4]

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Round 17

3 March 2006

Clermont	15–20	Perpignan

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 11,247[13]

4 March 2006

Bourgoin	35–13	Narbonne

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 5,857

4 March 2006

Toulouse	53–0	Toulon

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 13,565[16]

4 March 2006

Castres	19–26	Agen

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,321[14]

4 March 2006

Stade Français	21–16	Biarritz

Stade de France Attendance: 79,604[17]

4 March 2006

Bayonne	44–14	Montpellier

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,691[9]

4 March 2006

Pau	16–15	Brive

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,484[6]

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Round 18

10 March 2006

Biarritz	17–9	Agen

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 4,482[10]

11 March 2006

Bourgoin	52–13	Pau

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 5,175

11 March 2006

Toulouse	13–5	Montpellier

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 12,156[16]

11 March 2006

Clermont	30–9	Narbonne

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,513[13]

11 March 2006

Castres	43–11	Toulon

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 5,665[14]

11 March 2006

Stade Français	23–16	Perpignan

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,990[11]

11 March 2006

Bayonne	17–11	Brive

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 7,114[9]

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Round 19

17 March 2006

Brive	22–28	Stade Français

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 9,294[4]

18 March 2006

Toulon	13–15	Bourgoin

Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,013[3]

18 March 2006

Perpignan	15–13	Toulouse

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,662[8]

18 March 2006

Agen	42–3	Clermont

Stade Armandie Attendance: 6,894[15]

18 March 2006

Biarritz	18–14	Castres

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,103[10]

18 March 2006

Narbonne	27–15	Bayonne

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,695[5]

18 March 2006

Montpellier	41–36	Pau

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,698[7]

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Round 20

24 March 2006

Toulouse	19–7	Agen

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,841[16]

25 March 2006

Bourgoin	15–18	Perpignan

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 22,621[12]

25 March 2006

Clermont	6–16	Biarritz

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 11,778[13]

25 March 2006

Castres	10–11	Stade Français

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,809[14]

25 March 2006

Bayonne	43–16	Toulon

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 8,062[9]

25 March 2006

Pau	28–24	Narbonne

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,311[6]

25 March 2006

Montpellier	24–13	Brive

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,206[7]

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Round 21

7 April 2006

Stade Français	28–15	Clermont

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,961[11]

8 April 2006

Agen	24–20	Bourgoin

Stade Armandie Attendance: 8,642[15]

8 April 2006

Biarritz	29–20	Toulouse

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 12,707[10]

8 April 2006

Perpignan	54–13	Bayonne

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,963[8]

8 April 2006

Toulon	16–20	Pau

Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,978[3]

8 April 2006

Narbonne	19–15	Montpellier

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 7,723[5]

8 April 2006

Brive	23–18	Castres

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,789[4]

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Round 22

14 April 2006

Bourgoin	36–22	Biarritz

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 8,094[12]

15 April 2006

Toulouse	15–0	Stade Français

Stade Municipal Attendance: 35,439[18]

15 April 2006

Clermont	28–26	Castres

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 10,231[13]

15 April 2006

Bayonne	19–25	Agen

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 10,521[9]

15 April 2006

Pau	15–12	Perpignan

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,349[6]

15 April 2006

Montpellier	65–0	Toulon

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,376[7]

15 April 2006

Narbonne	32–22	Brive

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 6,640[5]

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Round 23

28 April 2006

Castres	24–44	Toulouse

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,510[14]

29 April 2006

Stade Français	33–7	Bourgoin

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 9,998[11]

29 April 2006

Biarritz	53–7	Bayonne

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,617[10]

29 April 2006

Agen	22–11	Pau

Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,671[15]

29 April 2006

Perpignan	42–20	Montpellier

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,913[8]

29 April 2006

Toulon	33–9	Narbonne

Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,703[3]

29 April 2006

Brive	29–14	Clermont

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,342[4]

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Round 24

5 May 2006

Bourgoin	23–24	Castres

Stade Pierre Rajon[12] Attendance: 6,451

6 May 2006

Bayonne	28–11	Stade Français

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 9,800[9]

6 May 2006

Pau	26–20	Biarritz

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 9,080[6]

6 May 2006

Montpellier	44–19	Agen

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 5,654[7]

6 May 2006

Narbonne	25–13	Perpignan

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 10,773[5]

6 May 2006

Toulon	13–20	Brive

Stade Mayol Attendance: 10,624[3]

7 May 2006

Toulouse	26–11	Clermont

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,854[16]

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Round 25

12 May 2006

Biarritz	57–7	Montpellier

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 5,233[10]

13 May 2006

Clermont	22–10	Bourgoin

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 12,051[13]

13 May 2006

Castres	30–23	Bayonne

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,183[14]

13 May 2006

Stade Français	42–26	Pau

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,782[11]

13 May 2006

Agen	58–24	Narbonne

Stade Armandie Attendance: 7,716[15]

13 May 2006

Perpignan	52–0	Toulon

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,745[8]

13 May 2006

Toulouse	37–27	Brive

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,736[16]

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Round 26

27 May 2006

Bourgoin	12–37	Toulouse

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 24,790[12]

27 May 2006

Bayonne	19–24	Clermont

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,115[9]

27 May 2006

Pau	25–27	Castres

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 7,043[6]

27 May 2006

Montpellier	24–43	Stade Français

Stade Sabathé Attendance: 6,251[7]

27 May 2006

Narbonne	12–34	Biarritz

Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié Attendance: 8,664[5]

27 May 2006

Toulon	21–50	Agen

Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,051[3]

27 May 2006

Brive	14–42	Perpignan

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,627[4]

Knock-out stages

Semi-finals

2 June 2006

Biarritz	12–9	Perpignan

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 27,000[19]

3 June 2006

Stade Français	9–12	Toulouse

Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 30,000[19]

Final

2006-06-10

Biarritz	40–13	Toulouse
Tries Gobelet 45' Bobo 48' Traille 61' August 70' Harinordoquy 73' Con Yachvili (3) 46', 49', 62' Pen Yachvili (3) 1', 24', 31'		Try Lamboley 64' Con Élissalde 65' Pen Élissalde 30' Drop Michalak 6'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 79,474 Referee: Didier Mené

FB 15 Nicolas Brusque  55' RW 14 Jean-Baptiste Gobelet OC 13 Philippe Bidabé IC 12 Damien Traille  75' LW 11 Sireli Bobo FH 10 Julien Peyrelongue SH 9 Dimitri Yachvili  71' N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy OF 7 Thierry Dusautoir BF 6 Serge Betsen  63' RL 5 Olivier Olibeau  50' LL 4 Jérôme Thion TP 3 Benoît Lecouls  41'  72' HK 2 Benoît August (c)  73' LP 1 Petru Bălan  72' Replacements: HK 16 Benjamin Noirot  73' PR 17 Census Johnston  41' LK 18 David Couzinet  50' N8 19 Thomas Lièvremont  63' SH 20 Julien Dupuy  71' FH 21 Benjamin Dambielle  55' CE 22 Federico Martín Aramburú  75' Coach: Patrice Lagisquet

FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud RW 14 Vincent Clerc  55' OC 13 Yannick Jauzion IC 12 Florian Fritz LW 11 Cédric Heymans FH 10 Frédéric Michalak  58' SH 9 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde N8 8 Finau Maka  69' OF 7 Jean Bouilhou BF 6 Yannick Nyanga  55' RL 5 Trevor Brennan LL 4 Fabien Pelous  47' TP 3 Omar Hasan  61' HK 2 Yannick Bru (c)  61' LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux  47'  61' Replacements: HK 16 Virgile Lacombe  61' PR 17 Daan Human  47' LK 18 Romain Millo-Chluski  47' FL 19 Grégory Lamboley  55' N8 20 Isitolo Maka  69' FH 21 Jean-Frédéric Dubois  58' FB 22 Xavier Garbajosa  55' Coach: Guy Novès

Leading scorers

• Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers Rank Player Club Points 1 Cédric Rosalen Narbonne 328 2 Romain Teulet Castres 300 3 Richard Dourthe Bayonne 295 4 Lionel Beauxis Pau 243 5 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Toulouse 241 6 Maxime Petitjean Brive 213 7 François Gelez Agen 196 8 Stephen Jones Clermont 193 9 David Aucagne Montpellier 190 10 Dimitri Yachvili Biarritz 192 [20]

Top try scorers Rank Player Club Tries 1 Rupeni Caucaunibuca Agen 17 2 Sireli Bobo Biarritz 14 3 Vincent Clerc Toulouse 11 Anthony Forest Bourgoin 11 Cédric Heymans Toulouse 11 4 Laurent Arbo Montpellier 10 5 Philippe Bidabé Biarritz 9 Florian Fritz Toulouse 9 Laloa Milford Castres 9 Julien Saubade Stade Français 9 [20]

Attendances

• Attendances do not include the semi-finals or final as these are at neutral venues.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Agen	13	90,087	6,930	9,362	4,163	53%
Bayonne	13	118,595	9,123	12,055	7,114	54%
Biarritz	13	81,805	6,293	12,707	4,482	42%
Bourgoin	13	118,412	9,109	24,790	5,175	68%
Brive	13	112,902	8,685	11,915	6,100	58%
Castres	13	80,394	6,184	9,510	4,801	54%
Clermont	13	143,688	11,053	13,850	9,000	68%
Montpellier	13	73,807	5,677	6,585	4,904	71%
Narbonne	13	95,297	7,331	10,773	5,628	61%
Pau	13	86,913	6,686	11,517	5,101	48%
Perpignan	13	148,913	11,455	12,662	5,785	69%
Stade Français	13	249,041	19,157	79,604	6,448	73%
Toulon	13	158,958	12,228	13,408	10,624	89%
Toulouse	13	227,107	17,470	35,439	12,156	83%

See also

• 2005–06 Heineken Cup
• 2005–06 Rugby Pro D2 season

Notes

1. Bourgoin would also play two games at the 35,616 capacity Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne.
2. Stade Français would also play two games at the 81,338 capacity Stade de France.
3. Toulouse would also play one game at the 35,575 capacity Stadium Municipal.

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External links

• (in French) Ligue Nationale de Rugby – Official website
• Top 14 on Planetrugby.com