2004–05 Top 16 season

2004–05 Top 16 season

Countries	France
Champions	Biarritz Olympique (4th title)
Runners-up	Stade Français
Relegated	Grenoble Béziers Auch
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts
1	Stade Français	30	21	2	7	858	613	+245	11	99
2	Biarritz	30	20	0	10	838	488	+350	16	96
3	Bourgoin	30	20	2	8	855	648	+207	12	96
4	Toulouse	30	19	0	11	875	574	+301	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	Clermont	30	16	2	12	745	647	+98	9	77
8	Agen	30	16	1	13	674	568	+106	11	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	30	10	2	18	605	715	−110	11	55
14	Grenoble	30	7	2	21	580	842	−262	10	42
15	Béziers	30	6	3	21	600	876	−276	8	38
16	Auch	30	7	0	23	503	736	−233	9	37

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semi-finals

3 June 2005

Stade Français	33-18	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

Stadium Municipal, Touluse

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



FB	15	Nicolas Brusque
RW	14	Philippe Bidabé		27'
OC	13	Guillaume Boussès
IC	12	Damien Traille
LW	11	Jean-Baptiste Gobelet
FH	10	Julien Peyrelongue
SH	9	Dimitri Yachvili
N8	8	Thomas Lièvremont (c)
OF	7	Imanol Harinordoquy
BF	6	Serge Betsen
RL	5	David Couzinet		52'
LL	4	Jérôme Thion	5' to 15'
TP	3	Denis Avril		73'
HK	2	Benoît August		74'
LP	1	Petru Bălan
Replacements:
HK	16	Jean-Michel Gonzalez		74'
PR	17	Benoît Lecouls		73'
LK	18	Olivier Olibeau		52'
FL	19	Didier Chouchan
SH	20	Julien Dupuy
CE	21	Federico Martín Aramburú		27'
FH	22	Benjamin Dambielle
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet



FB	15	Juan Martín Hernández		27'
RW	14	Julien Arias
OC	13	Stéphane Glas
IC	12	Brian Liebenberg
LW	11	Christophe Dominici		73'
FH	10	David Skrela
SH	9	Agustín Pichot
N8	8	Shaun Sowerby
OF	7	Rémy Martin
BF	6	Pierre Rabadan		97'
RL	5	Mike James
LL	4	David Auradou (c)	5' to 15'	70'
TP	3	Pieter de Villiers		50' 74'
HK	2	Mathieu Blin		60'
LP	1	Rodrigo Roncero	40' to 50'	74'
Replacements:
HK	16	Benjamin Kayser		60'
PR	17	Sylvain Marconnet		50'
LK	18	Olivier Brouzet		70'
FL	19	Mauro Bergamasco		97'
WG	20	Mirco Bergamasco		27'
CE	21	Olivier Sarraméa		73'
SH	22	Jérôme Fillol
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

External links

LNR.fr
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National Rugby League
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2023–24	Bayonne Bordeaux Castres Clermont La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Oyonnax Pau Perpignan Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse
Former	Agen Albi Auch Aurillac Béziers Biarritz Bourgoin-Jallieu Brive Colomiers Dax Dijon Grenoble Montauban Mont-de-Marsan Narbonne Nîmes Paris Université Périgueux Rumilly

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Women's	Women's 7's

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International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series
Professional clubs	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Nationale Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir
Hosted events	2007 Rugby World Cup 2023 Rugby World Cup 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup France Sevens France Women's Sevens