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Boudjellal given lengthy ban for referee attack

Friday 27 January 2012

The Outspoken Toulon owner and club president Mourad Boudjellal has been given a 130-day ban for using lurid language to describe the level of refereeing in a recent Top 14 Rugby match.
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Top 14 Rugby Preview - Friday and Saturday

Friday 27 January 2012

Top 14 leaders Toulouse travel to the Stade de France to take on Racing-Metro at the weekend with the Parisian club sniffing what would be an upset victory over the depleted visiting team.
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Top14 club Bayonne and Elissalde part ways

Sunday 15 January 2012

Jean-Pierre Elissalde's brief reign as coach of struggling French Top 14 club Bayonne ended on Sunday after just three matches, the Sud-Ouest newspaper
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Sheridan in talks with Top 14 Club Toulon

Friday 13 January 2012

England Prop Andrew Sheridan's early Rugby World Cup exit due to injury may have been the last time he wears an England shirt after it has been revealed that he has entered talks with Toulon.
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Montpellier lock banned for 30 days for striking

Wednesday 11 January 2012

Montpellier lock Thibault Privat has been banned for 30 days for striking Toulouse prop Daan Human in a Top 14 clash last month.
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Delpoux to coach Perpignan in Top14 Rugby

Wednesday 11 January 2012

Top 14 Rugby club Perpignan have announced that Marc Delpoux will coach the 2009 French rugby champions Perpignan with effect from next season.
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France fullback Medard extends with Toulouse

Monday 9 January 2012

French international fullback Maxime Medard has extended his contract with Top 14 rugby union side Toulouse until June 2015.
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Stade Francais retain unbeaten home record

Saturday 7 January 2012

Stade Francais maintained their unbeaten Top14 home record this season in impressive style with a 38-21 victory over fellow play-off challengers Castres on Saturday in their Top 14 clash.
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Yachvili boots Biarritz to Top14 safety

Saturday 7 January 2012

Five-time French Top 14 Rugby champions Biarritz moved out of the Top 14 relegation zone on Friday with a 15-6 win at Agen.
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Toulouse, Clermont look to stay ahead in Top14

Friday 6 January 2012

Top 14 Rugby leaders Toulouse and second-placed Clermont will both seek to consolidate their places at the head of the French Top 14 when they take on Lyon and Toulon respectively this weekend.
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Reihana and Adams extend Top14 contracts

Sunday 1 January 2012

Former All Black Bruce Reihana and South African scrum-half Heini Adams signed new two year contracts with Top 14 side Bordeaux-Begles, club president Laurent Marti announced.
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Yachvili boots Biarritz to Toulon Top 14 victory

Saturday 31 December 2011

Five-time French champions Biarritz gained a much-needed win on Saturday as they beat title hopefuls Toulon 25-6 thanks largely to 17 points from the boot of Dimitri Yachvili.
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Bordeaux-Begles stun Stade Francais in Top14

Saturday 31 December 2011

Top 14 newcomers Bordeaux-Begles stunned Stade Francais with a comprehensive 39-6 home win over the Parisian giants in league action on Saturday.
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Beauxis boots Toulouse to Top14 victory

Friday 30 December 2011

Former France fly-half Lionel Beauxis scored 30 points to take his total to 58 in the past two Top 14 matches on Friday as champions Toulouse ran out 30-15 winners over struggling Bayonne.
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Toulouse winger extends contract in Top 14

Wednesday 28 December 2011

Toulouse wing Yves Donguy has extended his contract with the club for a further two seasons through to 2014, with an optional further year, the Top 14 side said on Wednesday.
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Toulouse suffer Human Top 14 Rugby blow

Tuesday 27 December 2011

Toulouse prop Daan Human will be sidelined for the second time this season after being diagnosed with a fractured bone near his left eye socket,
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Michalak agrees three year Toulon Top 14 deal
Toulouse hit back by smashing Montpellier
James kicks Clermont to Top14 victory over Brive
Poitrenaud staying in Top14 Rugby with Toulouse
Toulouse looking to bounce back in Top14 Rugby

What is the Top 14 ?

The Top 14 is at the top of the national league system of Ligue nationale de rugby. There is promotion and relegation between the Top 14 and the next level down, the Rugby Pro D2.

The 14 best (Top) rugby teams in France participate in the competition, hence the name Top 14, though the competition was previously known as the Top 16.

The first ever final took place in 1892, between two Paris-based sides, Stade Français and Racing Club, with the latter becoming the inaugural champions.

The Top 14 competition has been held on an annual basis since, with the exception being between 1915 and 1919 because of World War I.

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