Rugby Pro D2

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Rugby Pro D2
Current season or competition: 2007-08 Rugby Pro D2 season

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2000
No. of teams	16
Country(ies)	France
Most recent champion(s)	Auch^[1]

Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby union in France, below the first division, Top 14. The competition was introduced in 2000. There is relegation and promotion between the Top 14 and Fédérale 1. The top club at the end of the season is automatically promoted to the Top 14; the 2nd through 5th place teams play each other for the second promotion.

The bottom two are automatically relegated to Fédérale 1. The bottom two clubs of the Top 14 and the top two of Fédérale 1 then enter the Rugby Pro D2 for the next season. There are 30 rounds in the regular season, with the semi-finals and final taking place in May. At present, 16 clubs compete in the competition.

1 Current teams
2 Champions
3 Seasons
4 Notes and references
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Current teams

(2007-08 season)

Club	Location
SU Agen	Agen
Atlantique Stade Rochelais	La Rochelle
AS Béziers Hérault	Béziers
Blagnac SCR	Blagnac
Bordeaux-Bègles	Bordeaux
FC Grenoble	Grenoble
USA Limoges	Limoges
Lyon OU	Lyon
RC Narbonne	Narbonne
Oyonnax	Oyonnax
Racing Métro	Paris
Section Paloise	Pau
Stade Aurillacois	Aurillac
Stade Montois	Mont-de-Marsan
Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby	Tarbes
RC Toulon	Toulon

UA Gaillac were scheduled to play in Pro D2 in 2007-08, but were forcibly relegated to Fédérale 1 due to financial problems, and still later dropped to Fédérale 3 after going into bankruptcy. Limoges, which had finished the 2006-07 season second from bottom, received a reprieve from relegation.

[edit] Champions

2001 Montauban
2002 Mont-de-Marsan
2003 Montpellier
2004 Auch
2005 Toulon
2006 Montauban
2007 Auch

[edit] Seasons

[edit] Notes and references

^ Since the champions are automatically promoted at the end of each season, they obviously cannot defend their title. The highest-placed team from the 2006-07 season that were not promoted are La Rochelle, who finished third.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

LNR.fr

v • d • e Rugby union in France
Governing body	Fédération Française de Rugby
National teams	France • A • 7's • France amateur • U-20 • U-19 • U-18 • U-17 • U-16 • Women's
Competitions	Ligue Nationale de Rugby (Top 14 • Pro D2) • Fédérale 1 • Fédérale 2 • Fédérale 3 • Challenge Yves du Manoir • Espoirs • Reichel A • 1er Division Féminine • 2ème Division Féminine

v • d • e Pro D2
Teams 2007-08	Agen • Aurillac • Béziers • Blagnac • Bordeaux-Bègles • Grenoble • La Rochelle • Limoges • Lyon • Mont-de-Marsan • Narbonne • Oyonnax • Pau • Racing Paris • Tarbes • Toulon
Seasons	2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09