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

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 Biarritz3222010907549+35816104
2 Stade Français322228915668+24711103
3 Bourgoin312029882680+2021296
4 Toulouse3119012893597+2961894
5 Perpignan3018111688583+1051286
6 Castres3017310704678+261084
7 Agen3016113674568+1061177
8 Clermont3016212745647+98977
9 Brive3014115668745-77866
10 Narbonne3013215588755-167763
11 Montpellier3012018628765-1371462
12 Bayonne3012315587763-176660
13 Pau3111218651728-771159
14 Grenoble307221580842-2624210
15 Béziers306321600876-276388
16 Auch307023503736-233379

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

11 June 2005
Stade Français 34-37 Biarritz Olympique
Try: Christophe Dominici
Con: David Skrela
Pen: David Skrela 8
Drop: Brian Liebenberg
Try: Jean-Baptiste Gobelet
Con: Dimitri Yachvili 9
Pen: -
Drop: Julien Peyrelongue
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Jean-Christophe Gastou

Stade Français Paris: 1.Rodrigo Roncero, 2.Mathieu Blin, 3.Pieter de Villiers, 4.David Auradou, 5.Mike James, 6.Pierre Rabadan, 7.Rémy Martin, 8.Shaun Sowerby, 9.Agustín Pichot, 10.David Skrela, 11.Christophe Dominici, 12. Brian Liebenberg, 13.Stéphane Glas, 14.Julien Arias, 15.Juan Martín Hernández - Replacements: Benjamin Kayser, Sylvain Marconnet, Olivier Brouzet, Mauro Bergamasco, Mirco Bergamasco, Olivier Sarramea, Jérôme Fillol
Biarritz Olympique: 1. Petru Balan, 2.Benoît August, 3.Denis Avril, 4.Jérôme Thion, 5.David Couzinet, 6.Serge Betsen, 7.Imanol Harinordoquy, 8.Thomas Lièvremont, 9.Dimitri Yachvili, 10.Julien Peyrelongue, 11.Jean-Baptiste Gobelet, 12.Damien Traille, 13.Guillaume Bousses, 14.Philippe Bidabé, 15.Nicolas Brusque - Replacements: Jean-Michel Gonzales, Benoît Lecouls, Olivier Olibeau, Didier Chouchan, Julien Dupuy, Federico Martín Aramburú, Benjamin Dambielle


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