2007–08 Top 14 season

The 2007–08 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition, operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Because France hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the competition did not begin at its normal time of August, but instead started on the last weekend in October 2007, one week after the Rugby World Cup final. The league compensated for the late start by playing on several weekends that it normally skips, namely the weekends of the 2008 Six Nations Championship and the semifinals and final of the 2007–08 Heineken Cup. The season ended on June 28, 2008, with Toulouse defeating regular-season league leader Clermont 26–20 in the final and thereby lifting the Bouclier de Brennus.

2007–08 Top 14 season
Countries	France
Champions	Toulouse (17th title)
Runners-up	Clermont
Relegated	Auch, Albi
Matches played	185
Attendance	2,188,767 (average 11,831 per match)
Highest attendance	79,779 Stade Français v Toulouse 22 March 2008
Lowest attendance	3,159 Auch v Castres 15 March 2008
Top point scorer	Brock James (Clermont) 301 points
Top try scorer	Napolioni Nalaga (Clermont) 18 tries
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

This year's edition of the Top 14 welcomed Auch and Dax, who earned promotion from Rugby Pro D2.^[1] Agen and Narbonne were relegated from the Top 14.

As in previous seasons, the top four clubs at the end of the home-and-away season advanced to a single-elimination playoff. The semifinals were held at neutral sites, with the final at Stade de France. Going into the season, the top six clubs were guaranteed of berths in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup. Since Toulouse advanced to the 2007–08 Heineken Cup final against Irish club Munster, thereby assuring a higher finish for a French team in that competition than for any team from England or Italy, the seventh-place club also earned a berth in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup. The bottom two teams were provisionally relegated to Pro D2, with the possibility of one or both of the bottom teams to be reprieved if a team above them failed a postseason financial audit. This happened in 2007-08, as Albi failed the audit, ultimately giving a reprieve to second-from bottom Dax.

This season, LNR trialled a modification to the bonus point system in both the Top 14 and Pro D2. The system to be used this season was:^[2]

• 4 points for a win.
• 2 points for a draw.
• 1 "bonus" point for winning while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent. This replaces the standard bonus point for scoring 4 tries regardless of the match result.
• 1 "bonus" point for losing by 7 points (or less).

This system was explicitly intended to prevent a losing team from earning two bonus points, as is possible under the standard system.^[2]

• Second division: 2007–08 Rugby Pro D2 season

Teams

Club City (department) Stadium Capacity Previous season Albi Albi (Tarn) Stadium Municipal d'Albi 12,000 10th Auch Auch (Gers) Stade Jacques Fouroux 7,000 Promoted from Pro D2 (champions) Bayonne Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Stade Jean Dauger 16,934 8th Biarritz Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Parc des Sports Aguiléra 15,000 Semi-finals (4th in league) Bourgoin Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère) Stade Pierre Rajon 9,441 6th Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze) Stade Amédée-Domenech 15,000 9th Castres Castres (Tarn) Stade Pierre-Fabre 11,500 11th Clermont Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) Stade Marcel-Michelin 16,574[a 1] Runners up (3rd in league) Dax Dax (Landes) Stade Maurice Boyau 16,170 Promoted from Pro D2 (runners up) Montauban Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) Stade Sapiac 11,500 7th Montpellier Montpellier (Hérault) Stade Yves-du-Manoir[a 2] 15,789 12th Perpignan Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) Stade Aimé Giral 16,593 5th Stade Français Paris, 16th arrondissement Stade Jean-Bouin[a 3] 12,000 Champions (1st in league) Toulouse Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) Stade Ernest-Wallon[a 4] 19,500 Semi-finals (2nd in league)

Albi Auch Bayonne Biarritz Bourgoin Brive Castres Clermont Dax Montauban Montpellier Perpignan Stade Français Toulouse Locations of the 2007–08 Top 14 teams

Number of teams by regions

Teams	Region or country	Team(s)
7	Occitanie	Albi, Auch, Castres, Montauban, Montpellier, Perpignan and Toulouse
4	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Bayonne, Biarritz, Brive and Dax
2	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Bourgoin and Clermont
1	Île-de-France	Stade Français

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Clermont (F)	26	20	0	6	773	380	+393	16	96	Advance to playoffs Qualified for the 2008–09 Heineken Cup
2	Toulouse (C)	26	19	0	7	723	394	+329	15	91
3	Stade Français (SF)	26	18	0	8	617	417	+200	8	80
4	Perpignan (SF)	26	17	2	7	531	392	+139	7	79
5	Castres	26	15	0	11	564	524	+40	9	69	Qualified for the 2008–09 Heineken Cup
6	Biarritz	26	13	1	12	385	339	+46	12	66
7	Montauban[a]	26	13	0	13	420	446	−26	11	63
8	Montpellier	26	14	0	12	426	490	−64	5	61
9	Bayonne	26	11	1	14	457	535	−78	8	54
10	Bourgoin	26	10	2	14	453	526	−73	8	52
11	Brive	26	10	0	16	425	514	−89	11	51
12	Albi[b] (R)	26	9	1	16	415	549	−134	10	48	Relegated to the 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2
13	Dax	26	6	1	19	314	645	−331	8	34
14	Auch (R)	26	3	0	23	336	688	−352	7	19	Relegated to the 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Montauban received a Heineken Cup berth because Toulouse advanced farther in the 2007–08 Heineken Cup than any team from England or Italy.
2. Due to financial irregularities, SC Albi were relegated to the Pro D2 for 2008-09. This saved Dax from relegation and gave them what had been Albi's place in the Challenge Cup.^[3]

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

26 October 2007 20:30

(1 BP) Dax	10–15	Toulouse

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 8,973[4]

27 October 2007 15:00

Stade Français	23–17	Clermont (1 BP)

Stade de France Attendance: 75,620[5]

27 October 2007 17:30

Biarritz	15–15	Albi

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,699[6]

27 October 2007 17:30

Bourgoin	10–8	Montauban (1 BP)

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,179[7]

27 October 2007 17:30

(1 BP) Brive	21–22	Bayonne

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 10,552[8]

27 October 2007 17:30

Castres	25–12	Auch

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,055[9]

27 October 2007 20:30

Montpellier	19–12	Perpignan (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 11,058[10]

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Round 2

2 November 2007 19:30

(1 BP) Brive	7–12	Biarritz

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 11,027[8]

3 November 2007 15:00

(1 BP) Toulouse	28–9	Stade Français

Stadium Municipal Attendance: 34,791[11]

3 November 2007 17:30

Albi	21–16	Perpignan (1 BP)

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 7,381[12]

3 November 2007 17:30

(1 BP) Auch	13–14	Bourgoin

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 4,066[13]

3 November 2007 17:30

Clermont	33–20	Montpellier

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,495[14]

3 November 2007 17:30

Montauban	15–12	Castres (1 BP)

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 7,458[15]

3 November 2007 20:30

(1 BP) Bayonne	27–0	Dax

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 14,022[16]

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Round 3

23 November 2007 20:30

(1 BP) Stade Français	46–6	Bayonne

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,968[17]

24 November 2007 15:00

Biarritz	6–18	Toulouse

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 10,817[6]

24 November 2007 17:30

Dax	16–6	Auch

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 6,150[4]

24 November 2007 17:30

(1 BP) Montauban	43–14	Brive

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,339[15]

24 November 2007 17:30

Montpellier	25–9	Castres

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 8,895[10]

24 November 2007 17:30

Perpignan	3–3	Bourgoin

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,860[18]

25 November 2007 20:30

(1 BP) Albi	6–12	Clermont

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,417[12]

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Round 4

30 November 2007 20:30

Stade Français	22–19	Dax (1 BP)

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,541[17]

1 December 2007 15:00

(1 BP) Bayonne	10–14	Biarritz

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 14,025[16]

1 December 2007 17:30

Auch	19–13	Montauban (1 BP)

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 4,055[13]

1 December 2007 17:30

(1 BP) Brive	6–9	Montpellier

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 7,899[8]

1 December 2007 17:30

Castres	0–16	Perpignan

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,785[9]

1 December 2007 17:30

(1 BP) Toulouse	33–12	Albi

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,524[19]

1 December 2007 20:30

(1 BP) Bourgoin	14–20	Clermont

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 7,452[7]

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Round 5

21 December 2007 19:00

(1 BP) Auch	11–17	Biarritz

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 4,980[13]

21 December 2007 21:00

Clermont	21–17	Toulouse (1 BP)

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,837[14]

22 December 2007 17:30

(1 BP) Bayonne	35–8	Perpignan

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 12,346[16]

22 December 2007 17:30

Castres	32–17	Bourgoin

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,560[9]

22 December 2007 17:30

Dax	19–27	Brive

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 6,242[4]

22 December 2007 17:30

Montpellier	19–14	Albi (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 9,950[10]

22 December 2007 20:30

Montauban	24–16	Stade Français

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 9,053[15]

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Round 6

4 January 2008 20:30

Biarritz	10–8	Montauban (1 BP)

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,664[6]

5 January 2008 17:30

Albi	24–17	Dax (1 BP)

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 5,865[12]

5 January 2008 17:30

Bourgoin	15–10	Bayonne (1 BP)

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,351[7]

5 January 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Clermont	26–6	Auch

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 12,827[14]

5 January 2008 17:30

Perpignan	23–19	Brive (1 BP)

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,644[18]

5 January 2008 20:30

Stade Français	33–6	Montpellier

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,452[17]

6 January 2008 21:00

(1 BP) Toulouse	44–23	Castres

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 14,228[19]

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Round 7

25 January 2008 20:30

Auch	3–34	Toulouse (1 BP)

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 6,681[13]

25 January 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Brive	25–6	Albi

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,389[8]

26 January 2008 15:05

Biarritz	21–8	Perpignan

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,928[6]

26 January 2008 17:30

Bourgoin	16–31	Stade Français

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 7,803[7]

26 January 2008 17:30

Castres	15–14	Clermont (1 BP)

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,545[9]

26 January 2008 17:30

Montauban	12–11	Dax (1 BP)

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,082[15]

26 January 2008 17:30

Montpellier	37–13	Bayonne

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 10,068[10]

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Round 8

1 February 2008 20:30

Perpignan	23–3	Montauban

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,433[18]

2 February 2008 17:30

Bayonne	25–10	Auch

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 10,954[16]

2 February 2008 17:30

Brive	26–13	Castres

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,844[8]

2 February 2008 17:30

Dax	15–14	Bourgoin (1 BP)

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 5,522[4]

2 February 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Toulouse	35–13	Montpellier

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 14,995[19]

2 February 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Albi	18–23	Stade Français

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 7,866[12]

3 February 2008 21:00

Clermont	12–9	Biarritz (1 BP)

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,390[14]

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Round 9

8 February 2008 20:30

Stade Français	36–7	Brive

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 9,250[17]

9 February 2008 15:00

(1 BP) Auch	14–19	Albi

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 3,482[13]

9 February 2008 15:00

Biarritz	13–7	Dax (1 BP)

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 9,193[6]

9 February 2008 15:00

Bourgoin	23–17	Montpellier (1 BP)

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 4,886[7]

9 February 2008 15:00

(1 BP) Castres	37–17	Bayonne

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,650[9]

9 February 2008 15:00

Perpignan	18–17	Clermont (1 BP)

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,290[18]

9 February 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Montauban	12–16	Toulouse

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 9,054[15]

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Round 10

15 February 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Montpellier	14–18	Biarritz

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 11,309[10]

16 February 2008 15:05

(1 BP) Toulouse	41–15	Perpignan

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,931[19]

16 February 2008 17:30

Albi	33–8	Bourgoin

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 5,929[12]

16 February 2008 17:30

Bayonne	25–18	Montauban (1 BP)

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,989[16]

16 February 2008 17:30

Dax	8–17	Castres

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 5,767[4]

16 February 2008 17:30

Stade Français	15–12	Auch (1 BP)

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,641[17]

16 February 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Brive	9–11	Clermont

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 13,072 [8]

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Round 11

22 February 2008 20:00

Castres	16–47	Stade Français (1 BP)

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 8,836[9]

23 February 2008 17:30

Bayonne	31–13	Albi

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,396[16]

23 February 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Clermont	40–13	Montauban

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 13,120[14]

23 February 2008 17:30

Montpellier	18–13	Dax (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 10,780[10]

23 February 2008 17:30

Perpignan	28–23	Auch (1 BP)

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,470[18]

23 February 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Toulouse	51–3	Brive

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 15,648[19]

24 February 2008 15:00

Bourgoin	35–15	Biarritz

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,876[7]

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Round 12

29 February 2008 20:30

Montauban	14–6	Montpellier

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,130[15]

1 March 2008 15:00

Biarritz	9–6	Stade Français (1 BP)

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 11,522[6]

1 March 2008 17:30

Albi	6–33	Castres (1 BP)

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 8,983[12]

1 March 2008 17:30

Auch	20–30	Brive

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 4,032[13]

1 March 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Clermont	27–3	Bayonne

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,587[14]

1 March 2008 17:30

Perpignan	10–10	Dax

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,140[18]

1 March 2008 20:30

Bourgoin	30–23	Toulouse (1 BP)

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 7,861[7]

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Round 13

7 March 2008 20:30

Castres	26–19	Biarritz (1 BP)

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,506[9]

8 March 2008 17:30

Albi	15–25	Montauban (1 BP)

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,492[12]

8 March 2008 17:30

Brive	29–13	Bourgoin

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 8,488[8]

8 March 2008 17:30

Dax	22–40	Clermont (1 BP)

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 6,760[4]

8 March 2008 17:30

Montpellier	29–24	Auch (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 8,968[10]

8 March 2008 18:30

Bayonne	10–25	Toulouse

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 14,018[16]

8 March 2008 21:00

Stade Français	12–23	Perpignan

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,792[17]

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Round 14

14 March 2008 20:30

Albi	13–8	Biarritz (1 BP)

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,167[12]

15 March 2008 15:00

Auch	15–36	Castres (1 BP)

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 3,159[13]

15 March 2008 15:00

Bayonne	20–18	Brive (1 BP)

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 9,645[16]

15 March 2008 15:00

Montauban	16–11	Bourgoin (1 BP)

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,147[15]

15 March 2008 15:00

(1 BP) Toulouse	58–5	Dax

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 14,066[19]

15 March 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Perpignan	27–6	Montpellier

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,380[18]

16 March 2008 15:00

(1 BP) Clermont	50–12	Stade Français

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,804[14]

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Round 15

21 March 2008 20:30

Biarritz	10–0	Brive

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,206[6]

22 March 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Bourgoin	36–0	Auch

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 4,832[7]

22 March 2008 17:30

Castres	21–7	Montauban

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 8,016[9]

22 March 2008 17:30

Dax	11–6	Bayonne (1 BP)

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 8,903[4]

22 March 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Perpignan	45–7	Albi

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,981[18]

22 March 2008 18:30

Montpellier	17–56	Clermont (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 13,230[10]

22 March 2008 21:00

(1 BP) Stade Français	29–0	Toulouse

Stade de France Attendance: 79,779[5]

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Round 16

28 March 2008 20:30

Toulouse	12–6	Biarritz (1 BP)

Stadium Municipal Attendance: 35,188[11]

29 March 2008 15:05

Bayonne	14–36	Stade Français (1 BP)

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 13,189[16]

29 March 2008 17:30

Auch	16–10	Dax (1 BP)

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 3,882[13]

29 March 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Castres	12–17	Montpellier

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 6,642[9]

29 March 2008 17:30

Brive	14–7	Montauban (1 BP)

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 9,289[8]

29 March 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Clermont	52–17	Albi

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 13,295[14]

29 March 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Bourgoin	9–10	Perpignan

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 7,224[7]

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Round 17

11 April 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Dax	9–13	Stade Français

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 8,839[4]

12 April 2008 15:00

Perpignan	20–18	Castres (1 BP)

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 11,653[18]

12 April 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Albi	13–20	Toulouse

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 9,251[12]

12 April 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Biarritz	20–0	Bayonne

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 13,044[6]

12 April 2008 17:30

Montauban	30–19	Auch

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 5,553[15]

12 April 2008 17:30

Montpellier	20–14	Brive (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 10,022[10]

12 April 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Clermont	36–7	Bourgoin

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,771[14]

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Round 18

18 April 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Bourgoin	12–14	Castres

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 8,000[7]

19 April 2008 15:00

Toulouse	11–23	Clermont

Stadium Municipal Attendance: 36,000[20]

19 April 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Albi	25–12	Montpellier

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,000[12]

19 April 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Biarritz	26–3	Auch

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 8,500[6]

19 April 2008 17:30

Brive	30–0	Dax

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 9,193[8]

19 April 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Perpignan	38–13	Bayonne

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 12,407[18]

19 April 2008 20:30

Stade Français	25–18	Montauban (1 BP)

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 10,000[17]

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Round 19

25 April 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Montpellier	9–12	Stade Français

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 13,103[10]

26 April 2008 17:30

Auch	15–36	Clermont (1 BP)

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 6,000[13]

26 April 2008 17:30

Bayonne	19–19	Bourgoin

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 11,500[16]

26 April 2008 17:30

Dax	12–9	Albi (1 BP)

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 5,000[4]

26 April 2008 18:30

Montauban	19–13	Biarritz (1 BP)

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 7,500[15]

26 April 2008 20:30

Brive	7–16	Perpignan

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 10,347[8]

26 April 2008

Castres	P–P	Toulouse

• Game postponed due to Toulouse playing in Heineken Cup semi-finals on the same date. Game to be rescheduled for 7 May 2008.

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Round 20

2 May 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Clermont	28–35	Castres (1 BP)

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 16,574[14]

2 May 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Toulouse	73–12	Auch

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,574[19]

3 May 2008 15:05

Perpignan	16–3	Biarritz

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 14,517[18]

3 May 2008 17:30

Albi	21–18	Brive (1 BP)

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 7,000[12]

3 May 2008 17:30

Bayonne	19–16	Montpellier (1 BP)

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 12,000[16]

3 May 2008 17:30

Dax	20–16	Montauban (1 BP)

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 5,000[4]

3 May 2008 20:30

Stade Français	34–20	Bourgoin

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 8,939[17]

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Round 19 (rescheduled game)

7 May 2008 18:30

Castres	6–16	Toulouse

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 10,000[9]

• Rescheduled from 26 April 2008.

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Round 21

9 May 2008 21:00

(1 BP) Biarritz	11–16	Clermont

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 12,500[6]

10 May 2008 15:00

(1 BP) Auch	19–23	Bayonne

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 5,000[13]

10 May 2008 15:00

Stade Français	43–20	Albi

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 9,000[17]

10 May 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Bourgoin	50–14	Dax

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 6,000[7]

10 May 2008 18:30

Montauban	28–22	Perpignan (1 BP)

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 7,000[21]

11 May 2008 17:00

(1 BP) Castres	41–10	Brive

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 7,500[9]

11 May 2008 19:00

Montpellier	17–15	Toulouse (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 15,789[10]

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Round 22

16 May 2008 20:00

Brive	11–3	Stade Français

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 13,869[22]

17 May 2008 15:00

Clermont	29–15	Perpignan

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 14,800[14]

17 May 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Albi	29–0	Auch

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 6,000[12]

17 May 2008 17:30

Bayonne	27–16	Castres

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 13,000[16]

17 May 2008 17:30

Montpellier	12–6	Bourgoin (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 9,000[a 5]

17 May 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Toulouse	28–6	Montauban

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,870[24]

17 May 2008 18:35

Dax	17–12	Biarritz (1 BP)

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 8,000[4]

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Round 23

23 May 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Clermont	38–7	Brive

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,000[14]

24 May 2008 15:05

Biarritz	20–0	Montpellier

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 6,500[6]

24 May 2008 20:30

Auch	9–6	Stade Français (1 BP)

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 5,000[13]

24 May 2008 20:30

Bourgoin	18–13	Albi (1 BP)

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 5,000[7]

24 May 2008 20:30

(1 BP) Castres	38–16	Dax

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 8,500[9]

24 May 2008 20:30

Montauban	15–12	Bayonne (1 BP)

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,000[15]

24 May 2008

(1 BP) Perpignan	P - P	Toulouse

• Game postponed due to Toulouse playing in Heineken Cup final on the same date. Game to be rescheduled for 3 June 2008.

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Round 24

30 May 2008 19:00

Auch	13–25	Perpignan

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 6,000[13]

30 May 2018 21:00

Brive	15–12	Toulouse (1 BP)

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 14,868[8]

31 May 2008 15:05

(1 BP) Stade Français	44–15	Castres

Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 7,443[17]

31 May 2008 17:30

Albi	13–6	Bayonne (1 BP)

Stadium Municipal d'Albi Attendance: 10,000[12]

31 May 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Biarritz	30–10	Bourgoin

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 6,000[6]

31 May 2008 17:30

Dax	16–36	Montpellier (1 BP)

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 4,500[4]

31 May 2008 20:30

Montauban	18–16	Clermont (1 BP)

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 8,000[15]

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Round 23 (rescheduled game)

3 June 2008 21:00

(1 BP) Perpignan	50–6	Toulouse

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 7,889[18]

• Rescheduled from 24 May 2008.

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Round 25

6 June 2008 20:30

Montpellier	12–8	Montauban (1 BP)

Stade Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 12,348[10]

7 June 2008 15:05

Stade Français	22–18	Biarritz (1 BP)

Stade de France Attendance: 79,644[5]

7 June 2008 17:30

Bayonne	36–8	Clermont

Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 13,051[16]

7 June 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Brive	40–26	Auch

Stade Amédée-Domenech Attendance: 10,931[8]

7 June 2008 17:30

Castres	20–16	Albi (1 BP)

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,500[9]

7 June 2008 17:30

(1 BP) Toulouse	57–17	Bourgoin

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,796[19]

7 June 2008 20:30

Dax	10–21	Perpignan

Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 15,000[4]

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Round 26

14 June 2008 15:15

Auch	12–23	Montpellier

Stade Jacques Fouroux Attendance: 6,000[13]

14 June 2008

(1 BP) Biarritz	30–34	Castres

Parc des Sports Aguiléra Attendance: 7,000[6]

14 June 2008 15:15

Bourgoin	22–19	Brive (1 BP)

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 7,000[7]

14 June 2008 15:15

(1 BP) Clermont	95–7	Dax

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,827[14]

14 June 2008 15:15

Montauban	24–17	Albi (1 BP)

Stade Sapiac Attendance: 6,500[15]

14 June 2008 15:15

Perpignan	23–19	Stade Français (1 BP)

Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 13,517[18]

14 June 2008 15:15

Toulouse	35–28	Bayonne (1 BP)

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 19,400[25]

Knock-out stages

Semi-finals

21 June 2008 17:00

Clermont	21 – 7	Perpignan
Tries: Nalaga (2) 23' c, 47' m Con: James (1/2) Pen: James (2/3) 21', 40' Drop: James (1/1) 10'	Report	Try: N. Laharrague 63' c Con: Montgomery (1/1)

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,042[26]

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22 June 2008 15:15

Toulouse	31 – 13	Stade Français
Tries: Médard 44' c Jauzion (2) 56' c, 60' m Con: Élissalde (1/1) Kunavore (1/2) Pen: Élissalde (2/2) 20', 22' Kunavore (1/1) 48' Drop: Fritz (1/1) 77'	Report	Try: Fillol 73' c Con: Hernández (1/1) Pen: Hernández (2/2) 24', 52'

Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Attendance: 33,147[26]

Final

Main article: 2007–08 Top 14 Final

Clermont

Toulouse

28 June 2008 21:00

Clermont	20 – 26	Toulouse
Tries: Rougerie 20' c Zirakashvili 80' c Con: James (2/2) Pen: James (2/2) 13', 69'		Tries: Servat 17' c Médard 60' c Con: Élissalde (2/2) Pen: Élissalde (2/3) 33', 56' Kunavore (1/1) 74' Courrent (1/1) 79'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 79,275[26] Referee: Eric Darrière

CLERMONT AUVERGNE: FB 15 Benoît Baby  65' RW 14 Aurélien Rougerie (c) OC 13 Gonzalo Canale  52' IC 12 Marius Joubert LW 11 Napolioni Nalaga FH 10 Brock James SH 9 Pierre Mignoni N8 8 Elvis Vermeulen  62' OF 7 Alexandre Audebert BF 6 Julien Bonnaire RL 5 Thibaut Privat  66' LL 4 Jamie Cudmore  56' TP 3 Laurent Emmanuelli  52' HK 2 Mario Ledesma  68' LP 1 Davit Zirakashvili Replacements: HK 16 John Smit  68' PR 17 Thomas Domingo  52' LK 18 Loïc Jacquet  66' LK 19 Christophe Samson  56' N8 20 Sam Broomhall  62' CE 21 Seremaia Bai  52' FB 22 Anthony Floch  65' Coach: Vern Cotter

TOULOUSE: FB 15 Maxime Médard RW 14 Yves Donguy OC 13 Maleli Kunavore  78' IC 12 Yannick Jauzion LW 11 Cédric Heymans FH 10 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde  62' SH 9 Byron Kelleher N8 8 Shaun Sowerby  76' OF 7 Thierry Dusautoir  56' BF 6 Jean Bouilhou (c) RL 5 Fabien Pelous  65' LL 4 Patricio Albacete TP 3 Omar Hasan HK 2 William Servat  78' LP 1 Daan Human  56' Replacements: PR 16 Jean-Baptiste Poux  56' HK 17 Alberto Vernet Basualdo  78' LK 18 Romain Millo-Chluski  65' FL 19 Grégory Lamboley  76' N8 20 Finau Maka  56' FH 21 Valentin Courrent  78' CE 22 Florian Fritz  62' Coach: Guy Novès

Leading scorers

• Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers Rank Player Club Points 1 Brock James Clermont 301 2 Richard Dourthe Bayonne 245 3 Juan Martín Hernández Stade Français 227 4 Romain Teulet Castres 221 5 Fabien Fortassin Montauban 212 6 Benjamin Boyet Bourgoin 191 7 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Toulouse 155 8 Frédéric Couzier Auch 140 9 Andre Hough Albi 134 10 Luciano Orquera Brive 122 [27]

Top try scorers Rank Player Club Tries 1 Napolioni Nalaga Clermont 18 2 Maxime Médard Toulouse 14 3 Aurélien Rougerie Clermont 12 4 Takudzwa Ngwenya Biarritz 8 Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet Bayonne 8 5 Vincent Clerc Toulouse 7 Yves Donguy Toulouse 7 Julien Saubade Stade Français 7 6 Yoan Audrin Montauban 6 Yannick Jauzion Toulouse 6 Mario Ledesma Clermont 6 Davit Zirakashvili Clermont 6 [27]

Attendances

The league has seen a major increase in attendance in recent years. In 2006-07, per-game attendance averaged 10,549,^[28] up from 9,288 in 2005–06^[29] and 7,255 in 2004–05,^[30] when the league consisted of 16 teams instead of its current 14. The 2005-06 and 2006-07 totals are skewed to some degree because Stade Français drew over 79,000 fans to each of the two fixtures they played at Stade de France in both seasons. However, even if the Stade de France fixtures are not included, per-game attendance was 8,549 in 2005-06^[29] and 9,267 in 2006-07,^[28] both well above the 2004-05 figures.

The final average attendance for the 2007-08 regular season was 11,106, another increase from the previous season. The LNR also reported that league-wide season ticket sales were up by 11% from 2006-07.^[31] The most-attended matches were the three Stade Français matches played at Stade de France, each of which drew more than 75,000, and Toulouse's three games at Stadium Municipal, each of which drew at least 30,000.^[32]

• Attendances do not include the semi-finals or final as these are at neutral venues.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Albi	13	93,351	7,181	10,000	5,865	55%
Auch	13	62,337	4,795	6,681	3,159	69%
Bayonne	13	161,135	12,395	14,025	9,645	73%
Biarritz	13	115,573	8,890	13,044	6,000	59%
Bourgoin	13	82,464	6,343	8,000	4,832	67%
Brive	13	136,768	10,521	14,868	7,899	70%
Castres	13	102,095	7,853	10,000	6,560	68%
Clermont	13	189,327	14,564	16,574	12,827	88%
Dax	13	94,656	7,281	15,000	4,500	45%
Montauban	13	90,816	6,986	9,054	5,553	61%
Montpellier	13	144,520	11,117	15,789	8,895	70%
Perpignan	13	153,181	11,783	14,517	7,889	71%
Stade Français	13	323,069	24,851	79,779	7,443	79%
Toulouse	13	272,011	20,924	36,000	14,066	88%

See also

• 2007–08 Heineken Cup
• 2007–08 Rugby Pro D2 season

Notes

1. Capacity of Stade Marcel-Michelin up to 16,574 from 16,334 the previous season.
2. Montpellier moved into a new stadium this season having previously based at Stade Sabathé.
3. Stade Français would also play three home games at the 81,338 capacity Stade de France.
4. Toulouse would also play three home games at the 35,575 capacity Stadium Municipal.
5. Surprisingly there is no information available online for Montpellier's home attendance against Bourgoin on 17 May 2008, despite all other home games being accounted for. However, using figures acquired from the Sur la touche website, who state Montpellier's seasonal average attendance at 11,118, this game had a crowd of around 9,000.^[23]