2003–04 Top 16 season

The 2003–04 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2003–04. 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
Champions	Stade Français (12th title)
Runners-up	USA Perpignan
Relegated	US Colomiers and US Montauban
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

First round

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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Bourgoin	14	9	0	5	352	280	+72	32
2	Brive	14	8	1	5	357	301	+56	31
3	Castres	14	8	1	5	297	281	+16	31
4	Stade Français	14	7	0	7	299	263	+36	28
5	Agen	14	7	0	7	292	269	+23	28
6	Pau	14	6	1	7	281	343	−62	27
7	Montferrand	14	5	1	8	226	278	−52	25
8	Colomiers	14	4	0	10	238	327	−89	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Toulouse	14	10	0	4	371	319	+52	34
2	Perpignan	14	9	0	5	357	284	+73	32
3	Biarritz	14	8	0	6	335	273	+62	30
4	Béziers	14	8	0	6	274	275	−1	30
5	Montpellier	14	6	0	8	285	288	−3	26
6	Narbonne	14	6	0	8	296	303	−7	26
7	Grenoble	14	5	0	9	306	362	−56	24
8	Montauban	14	4	0	10	216	336	−120	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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).

Home \ Away	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Montferrand	22	11	1	10	476	400	+76	45
2	Montpellier	22	11	0	11	457	459	−2	44
3	Agen	22	10	1	11	491	436	+55	43
4	Pau	22	10	1	11	546	558	−12	43
5	Narbonne	22	10	0	12	514	617	−103	42
6	FC Grenoble	22	8	1	13	458	408	+50	39
7	Clomiers	22	7	1	14	434	513	−79	37
8	Montauban	22	6	1	15	374	515	−141	35

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

USA Perpignan	35–21	CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

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

22 May 2004

Castres Olympique	25–18	CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

28 May 2004

CS Bourgoin-Jallieu	35–26	Castres Olympique

29 May 2004

USA Perpignan	45–6	AS Béziers

4 June 2004

CS Bourgoin-Jallieu	18–13	USA Perpignan

5 June 2004

Castres Olympique	38–9	AS Béziers

12 June 2004

AS Béziers	28–22	CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

12 June 2004

USA Perpignan	23–7	Castres Olympique

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	USA Perpignan	6	5	0	1	170	74	+96	16
2	CS Bourgoin-Jallieu	6	3	0	3	147	137	+10	12
3	Castres Olympique	6	3	0	3	130	126	+4	12
4	AS Béziers	6	1	0	5	75	185	−110	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool B

7 May 2004

Stade Français	13–6	Biarritz

8 May 2004

Brive	9–29	Toulouse

15 May 2004

Toulouse	18–24	Stade Français

15 May 2004

Biarritz	38–11	Brive

22 May 2004

Stade Français	34–10	Brive

26 May 2004

Biarritz	25–26	Toulouse

29 May 2004

Brive	24–19	Stade Français

30 May 2004

Toulouse	25–18	Biarritz

5 June 2004

Biarritz	25–12	Stade Français

5 June 2004

Toulouse	21–8	Brive

12 June 2004

Brive	20–37	Biarritz

12 June 2004

Stade Français	49–17	Toulouse

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Stade Français	6	4	0	2	151	100	+51	14
2	Toulouse	6	4	0	2	136	133	+3	14
3	Biarritz	6	3	0	3	149	107	+42	12
4	Brive	6	1	0	5	82	178	−96	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semi-finals

19 June 2004

CS Bourgoin-Jallieu	21–31	Stade Français

Stade Gerland, Lyon

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20 June 2004

USA Perpignan	18–16	Toulouse

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Final

26 June 2004

Perpignan	20–38	Stade Français
Try: Bomati 68' Edmonds 77' Con: Giannantonio (2) 68', 77' Pen: Giannantonio (2) 5', 29'		Try: Bergamasco 53' Corleto 60' Con: Domínguez 53' Skrela 60' Pen: Domínguez (5) 7', 14', 25', 42', 46' Skrela 57' Drop: Dominici 30' Domínguez 33'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 79,722 Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

FB 15 Diego Giannantonio RW 14 Pascal Bomati OC 13 David Marty  64' IC 12 Christophe Manas LW 11 Dan Luger  34' FH 10 Manny Edmonds SH 9 Ludovic Loustau N8 8 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis 51' to 61' OF 7 Bernard Goutta (c) BF 6 Grégory Le Corvec  52' RL 5 Christophe Porcu  52' LL 4 Colin Gaston TP 3 Nicolas Mas HK 2 Michel Konieck  58' LP 1 Perry Freshwater Replacements: HK 16 Nicolas Grelon  58' PR 17 Alejandro Moreno LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll  52' N8 19 Scott Robertson  52' SH 20 Jérôme Fillol WG 21 David Janin  34' FH 22 Nicolas Laharrague  64' Coach: Olivier Saïsset

FB 15 Ignacio Corleto 66' to 76'  78' RW 14 Juan Martín Hernández OC 13 Stéphane Glas IC 12 Brian Liebenberg LW 11 Christophe Dominici FH 10 Diego Domínguez  55' SH 9 Agustín Pichot  78' N8 8 Patrick Tabacco OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco BF 6 Pierre Rabadan  52' RL 5 Mike James LL 4 David Auradou (c) TP 3 Pieter de Villiers HK 2 Mathieu Blin  55' LP 1 Sylvain Marconnet  62' Replacements: HK 16 Benoît August  55' PR 17 Pablo Lemoine  62' LK 18 Arnaud Marchois FL 19 Christophe Moni  52' SH 20 Grégory Mahé  78' FH 21 David Skrela  55' WG 22 Thomas Lombard  78' Coach: Nick Mallett

See also

• 2003–04 Rugby Pro D2
• 2003–04 Heineken Cup

External links

• LNR.fr