2003–04 Top 16 season

The 2003-04 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2003-05. The competition was played by 16 teams. In the first stage, two pools of 8 played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8" to play for the title, the other 4 to a relegation tournament.

2003–04 Top 16 season
Countries France
ChampionsStade Français (12th title)
Runners-upUSA Perpignan
RelegatedUS Colomiers and US Montauban

First round

(3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss)

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Bourgoin14905352280+7232
2 Brive14816357301+5631
3 Castres14815297281+1631
4 Stade Français14707299263+3628
5 Agen14707292268+2328
6 Pau14617281343-6227
7 Montferrand14518226278-5225
8 Colomiers144010238327-8922

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Toulouse141004371319+5434
2 Perpignan14905357284+7332
3 Biarritz14806335273+6230
4 Béziers14806274275-130
5 Montpellier14608285288-326
6 Narbonne14608296303-3726
7 Grenoble14509306362-5624
8 Montauban144010216336-12022

Relegation Pool

The teams total sum of the points obtained in the first round and the points obtained in the matches played with the 4 teams from the other group (home and away).

Clubs AGE COL GRE MTB MFR MPL NAR PAU
SU Agen 12-16 22-0 44-3 43-21
US Colomiers 25-16 9-9 25-32 70-19
FC Grenoble 19-19 26-10 15-26 40-29
US Montauban 32-10 19-23 19-22 46-12
Montferrand 44-3 47-10 34-7 45-14
Montpellier 33-14 27-18 26-13 34-7
RC Narbonne 43-35 38-16 28-19 29-18
Pau 81-17 34-23 16-0 68-26


Home victory Drawn Home losses
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Montferrand2211110476400+7645
2 Montpellier2211011457459-244
3 Agen2210111491436+5543
4 Pau2210111546558-1243
5 Narbonne2210012514617-11342
6 FC Grenoble228113458408-15039
7 Clomiers227114434513-7937
8 Montauban226115374515-14135

Top 8

Two Pool of 4 teams. The first two of each pool were qualified for semifinals. Them and the third also qualified for 2004–05 Heineken Cup

Pool A

8 May 2004
AS Béziers 15-19 Castres Olympique

14 May 2004
Castres Olympique 15-26 USA Perpignan

15 May 2004
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 33-10 AS Béziers

21 May 2004
AS Béziers 8-27 USA Perpignan

29 May 2004
USA Perpignan 45-6 AS Béziers

5 June 2004
Castres Olympique 38-09 AS Béziers

12 June 2004
AS Béziers 28-22 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

12 June 2004
USA Perpignan 23-7 Castres Olympique

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 USA Perpignan650117074+9616
2 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu63034147137+1012
3 Castres Olympique6303130126+412
4 AS Béziers610575185-1108

Pool B

7 May 2004
Stade Français 13-6 Biarritz

8 May 2004
Brive 9-29 Tolouse

15 May 2004
Tolouse 18-24 Stade Français

15 May 2004
Biarritz 38-11 Brive

22 May 2004
Stade Français 34-10-27 Brive

26 May 2004
Biarritz 25-26 Tolouse

29 May 2004
Brive 24-19 Stade Français

30 May 2004
Tolouse 25-18 Biarritz

5 June 2004
Biarritz 25-12 Stade Français

5 June 2004
Tolouse 21-8 Brive

12 June 2004
Brive 20-37 Biarritz

12 June 2004
Stade Français 49-17-7 Tolouse

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Stade Français6402151100+5114
2 Tolouse6402136133+314
3 Biarritz6303149107+4212
4 Brive610582178-968

Semifinals

19 June 2004
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 21 - 31 Stade Français
Stade Gerland, Lyon

20 June 2004
USA Perpignan 18 - 16 Tolouse
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Final

2004-06-26
Perpignan 20 38 Stade Français
Tries Bomati 68'
Edmonds 77'
Con Giannantonio (2) 68', 77'
Pen Giannantonio (2) 5', 29'
Tries Bergamasco 53'
Corleto 60'
Con Domínguez 53'
Skrela 60'
Pen Domínguez (5) 7', 14', 25', 42', 46'
Skrela 57'
Drops Dominici 30'
Domínguez 33'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,722
Referee: Joël Jutge
FB15 Diego Giannantonio
RW14 Pascal Bomati
OC13 David Marty 64'
IC12 Christophe Manas
LW11 Dan Luger 34'
FH10 Manny Edmonds
SH9 Ludovic Loustau
N88 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis 51' to 61'
OF7 Bernard Goutta (c)
BF6 Grégory Le Corvec 52'
RL5 Christophe Porcu 52'
LL4 Colin Gaston
TP3 Nicolas Mas
HK2 Michel Konieck 58'
LP1 Perry Freshwater
Replacements:
HK16 Nicolas Grelon 58'
PR17 Alejandro Moreno
LK18 Mick O'Driscoll 52'
N819 Scott Robertson 52'
SH20 Jérôme Fillol
WG21 David Janin 34'
FH22 Nicolas Laharrague 64'
Coach:
Olivier Saïsset
FB15 Ignacio Corleto 66' to 76' 78'
RW14 Juan Martín Hernández
OC13 Stéphane Glas
IC12 Brian Liebenberg
LW11 Christophe Dominici
FH10 Diego Domínguez 55'
SH9 Agustín Pichot 78'
N88 Patrick Tabacco
OF7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF6 Pierre Rabadan 52'
RL5 Mike James
LL4 David Auradou (c)
TP3 Pieter de Villiers
HK2 Mathieu Blin 55'
LP1 Sylvain Marconnet 62'
Replacements:
HK16 Benoît August 55'
PR17 Pablo Lemoine 62'
LK18 Arnaud Marchois
FL19 Christophe Moni 52'
SH20 Grégory Mahé 78'
FH21 David Skrela 55'
WG22 Thomas Lombard 78'
Coach:
Nick Mallett

See also

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