National Rugby League (France)

The French National Rugby League (French: Ligue Nationale de Rugby), known as the LNR, manages the professional rugby sector in France, by delegation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the French Rugby Federation.

LNR

organises, manages and regulates the two French rugby club divisions, Top 14 and Rugby Pro D2,
promotes and develops the professional sector of French rugby clubs, and represents it in the management of European cups,
negotiates and markets the television and partnership rights of the French Rugby Championship TOP 14 and PRO D2, and
assures the defence of the material and moral interests of professional rugby.[1]

Data on the ownership of LNR is not available.

LNR has long-term plans to establish a third fully professional division below Pro D2; the new league is scheduled to launch in the 2020–21 season.[2]

It remains difficult to see the naming of the LNR as anything other than yet another attempt by French rugby union to marginalise French rugby league - something which has continued unabated since the 1930s.

References

https://www.lnr.fr/ligue-nationale-rugby/qui-sommes-nous
Mortimer, Gavin (18 August 2016). "French rugby enjoys a popularity boom as it looks to the future". Rugby World. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

External links

(in French) Official site
(in English) French league results

Rugby union in France

Governing body

Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams

Men's	France A 7s France amateur U-20 U-18
Women's	Women's 7's

Other notable teams

French Barbarians

Competitions

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 France Sevens France Women's Sevens

Pro D2
2020–21 Teams	Aurillac Béziers Biarritz Carcassonne Colomiers Grenoble Mont-de-Marsan Montauban Nevers Oyonnax Perpignan Provence Rouen Soyaux Angoulême Valence Romans Vannes
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

Top 14
2020–21 Teams	Agen Bayonne Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse
Early years	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Interbellum era	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39
World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
Post-war years	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

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National Rugby League (France)

See also

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