Grenoble claimed the automatic promotion spot as league champions, and Mont-de-Marsan earned the second promotion spot by winning a playoff among the next four teams. Béziers and Périgueux finished in the two bottom spots, which would normally lead to automatic relegation to Fédérale 1. However, Béziers were spared the drop when Bourgoin were forcibly relegated to Fédérale 1 for financial reasons.[1]
The top team at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away), is declared champion and earns a spot in the next Top 14 season. Teams ranked second to fifth compete in promotion playoffs, with the semifinals being played at the home ground of the higher-ranked team. The final is then played on neutral ground, and the winner earned the second ticket to the next Top 14.
The LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions. It trialled a new system in 2007–08 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match,[2] a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons.[3]
France's bonus point system operates as follows:[3]
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.
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External linksedit
(in French) Ligue Nationale de Rugby – Official website
(in French) Midi Olympique
(in French) Match Attd
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The 2011 12 Rugby Pro D2 was the second level French rugby union club competition behind the Top 14 for the 2011 12 season It ran alongside the 2011 12 Top 14 competition both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby LNR 2011 12 Pro D2Countries FranceDateAugust 2011 27 May 2012ChampionsGrenobleRunners upPauPromotedGrenobleMont de MarsanRelegatedBourgoinPerigueuxMatches played243Top point scorerMaxime Petitjean 406 Official websitewww wbr lnr wbr fr 2010 112012 13 Grenoble claimed the automatic promotion spot as league champions and Mont de Marsan earned the second promotion spot by winning a playoff among the next four teams Beziers and Perigueux finished in the two bottom spots which would normally lead to automatic relegation to Federale 1 However Beziers were spared the drop when Bourgoin were forcibly relegated to Federale 1 for financial reasons 1 Contents 1 Teams 2 Competition format 3 Season table 4 Results 4 1 Results table 5 Promotion playoffs 5 1 Semi finals 5 2 Final 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksTeams edit nbsp nbsp Aix en Provence nbsp Albi nbsp Auch nbsp Aurillac nbsp Bourgoin nbsp Carcassonne nbsp Narbonne nbsp Dax nbsp Grenoble nbsp La Rochelle nbsp Mt de Marsan nbsp Beziers nbsp Oyonnax nbsp Pau nbsp Perigueux nbsp Tarbesclass notpageimage Location of teams in Rugby Pro D2 2011 12 Club City StadiumPays d Aix RC Aix en Provence Bouches du Rhone Stade Maurice DavidSC Albi Albi Tarn Stadium Municipal d AlbiFC Auch Auch Gers Stade du MouliasStade Aurillacois Aurillac Cantal Stade Jean AlricAS Beziers Herault Beziers Herault Stade de la MediterraneeBourgoin Jallieu Bourgoin Jallieu Isere Stade Pierre RajonUS Carcassonne Carcassonne Aude Stade Albert DomecUS Dax Dax Landes Stade Maurice BoyauFC Grenoble Grenoble Isere Stade LesdiguieresLa Rochelle La Rochelle Charente Maritime Stade Marcel DeflandreStade Montois Mont de Marsan Landes Stade Guy BonifaceRC Narbonne Narbonne Aude Parc des Sports Et de l AmitieOyonnax Rugby Oyonnax Ain Stade Charles MathonSection Paloise Pau Pyrenees Atlantiques Stade du HameauCA Perigueux Perigueux Dordogne Stade Francis RongierasTarbes Pyrenees Rugby Tarbes Hautes Pyrenees Stade Maurice TrelutCompetition format editThe top team at the end of the regular season after all the teams played one another twice once at home once away is declared champion and earns a spot in the next Top 14 season Teams ranked second to fifth compete in promotion playoffs with the semifinals being played at the home ground of the higher ranked team The final is then played on neutral ground and the winner earned the second ticket to the next Top 14 The LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions It trialled a new system in 2007 08 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match 2 a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons 3 France s bonus point system operates as follows 3 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 Season table edit2011 12 Rugby Pro D2 TableClub Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Diff Bonus points Points Head to head1 Grenoble 30 22 1 7 727 398 329 15 1052 Pau 30 19 1 10 602 536 66 9 873 Stade Montois 30 19 0 11 569 453 116 8 844 Dax 30 18 3 9 590 508 82 6 845 La Rochelle 30 18 0 12 667 563 104 9 816 Carcassonne 30 17 2 11 659 616 43 9 817 Albi 30 14 0 16 659 616 43 16 728 Oyonnax 30 14 1 15 594 589 5 11 699 Bourgoin 30 14 0 16 620 671 51 10 6610 Auch 30 14 1 15 489 557 68 7 6511 Aix en Provence 30 12 1 17 658 681 23 13 6312 Tarbes 30 13 0 17 561 646 85 9 6113 Aurillac 30 12 2 16 570 610 40 8 6014 Narbonne 30 12 0 18 550 654 104 11 5915 Beziers 30 9 0 21 499 673 174 10 4616 Perigueux 30 7 0 23 516 713 197 13 41Key to colors Champions automatically promoted to Top 14 Winner of playoffs between second through fifth place teams for the second promotion place Remaining participants in promotion playoffs Two teams relegated to Federale 1 Bourgoin for financial reasons and Perigueux as bottom finisher Updated as of 21 May 2012 4 Results editResults table edit The home team is listed in the left column Summary table of results Clubs AIX ALB AUC AUR BEZ BOU CAR DAX GRE MDM NAR OYO PAU PER ROC TARAix 35 27 33 23 18 18 20 13 23 25 22 26 29 36 17 15 24 16 29 36 39 13 27 9 19 8 31 17 39 32Albi 19 16 14 12 23 10 34 6 41 17 10 13 33 9 19 18 14 15 35 22 25 3 25 6 27 9 31 15 35 29Auch 28 10 15 9 20 19 21 13 25 15 15 10 6 24 6 13 15 9 14 12 39 17 14 17 25 22 21 25 25 22Aurillac 19 28 32 25 20 21 19 13 36 17 20 15 26 14 6 6 26 12 18 3 18 9 18 19 15 9 35 14 37 18Beziers 18 16 18 15 23 6 28 20 18 11 13 18 6 15 11 16 19 11 27 21 13 35 20 30 21 13 26 34 10 15Bourgoin 13 19 47 18 25 10 29 15 9 3 33 30 27 12 23 29 23 20 24 23 21 26 23 16 18 21 21 9Carcassonne 24 20 25 19 22 18 28 21 47 45 18 25 34 20 16 43 25 30 6 12 21 19 34 16 24 20 28 16 27 21Dax 25 18 15 9 18 18 24 19 23 11 28 12 23 23 20 13 21 16 38 14 27 9 24 15 12 6 22 13Grenoble 39 9 55 10 42 3 27 13 47 15 30 13 17 12 18 16 22 16 32 26 24 9 24 18 34 6 35 3 21 3Mont de Marsan 9 6 24 3 8 3 40 3 16 6 27 22 20 15 15 6 12 16 28 18 43 0 27 16 26 0 22 13 19 16Narbonne 16 9 32 25 9 12 29 12 20 13 39 32 12 14 18 22 12 40 9 13 24 20 15 6 21 19 28 22 29 14Oyonnax 31 19 18 19 15 13 29 12 43 19 25 12 13 13 18 22 23 6 34 12 22 16 26 0 43 7 25 18 13 9Pau 31 22 37 14 16 3 40 20 25 16 26 10 28 18 9 9 18 16 24 15 32 3 26 14 17 12 28 27Perigueux 39 38 33 27 9 11 22 15 33 26 18 25 7 39 23 18 9 11 19 27 21 9 13 20 16 22 32 20 21 22La Rochelle 35 3 25 6 34 25 26 16 22 3 33 19 22 9 21 13 18 16 24 15 54 10 26 16 13 6 23 17 41 7Tarbes 22 20 22 19 32 22 11 12 18 26 23 16 16 25 23 16 15 9 15 16 19 13 17 6 18 17 32 26 21 15 Home win Draw Home defeatPromotion playoffs editAll times CEST Semi finals edit 19 May 201215 10Pau16 14La RochelleTry Vainqueur 35 cCon Manca 1 1 Pen Manca 3 26 33 56 Try Ferrou 75 mPen Fauque 3 18 30 43 Stade du Hameau Pau Attendance 12 500 5 Referee Laurent Cardona 20 May 201218 00Mont de Marsan24 20DaxTry Chedal 18 mMazzonetto 47 cCon Vignau Tuquet 1 2 Pen Vignau Tuquet 4 3 5 26 74 Try Mirande 2 63 c 78 cCon Lacoste 2 2 Pen Lacoste 2 46 66 Stade Guy Boniface Mont de Marsan Attendance 8 783 6 Referee Patrick Pechambert Final edit 27 May 201214 00Pau20 29Mont de MarsanTry Furnat 5 cLarrieu 60 cCon Manca 2 2 Pen Manca 2 23 43 Try Jagr 2 25 c 45 cCon Vignau Tuquet 2 2 Pen Vignau Tuquet 3 4 13 34 Arrayet 2 67 73 Stade Chaban Delmas Bordeaux Attendance 23 928 7 Referee Jean RebollalSee also edit2011 12 Top 14 seasonReferences edit Moriarty Ian 9 August 2012 Bourgoin wilt under financial pressure ESPN Scrum Retrieved 13 September 2012 French try out new bonus point system Planet Rugby com 2007 06 27 Archived from the original on 2007 09 29 Retrieved 2007 08 13 a b Article 330 Section 3 2 Points terrain PDF Reglements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2008 2009 Chapitre 2 Reglement sportif du Championnat de France Professionnel in French Ligue Nationale de Rugby Archived from the original PDF on 2012 02 17 Retrieved 2008 08 27 Pro D2 2011 2012 results fixtures tables Rugby It s rugby Itsrugby co uk Retrieved 2011 11 07 Pau La Rochelle Pro D2 2011 2012 Demi finales in French L Equipe 2012 05 19 Archived from the original on May 21 2012 Retrieved 2012 06 07 Mont de Marsan Dax Pro D2 2011 2012 Demi finales in French L Equipe 2012 05 20 Archived from the original on May 22 2012 Retrieved 2012 06 07 Pau Mont de Marsan Pro D2 2011 2012 Finale in French L Equipe 2012 05 27 Archived from the original on May 30 2012 Retrieved 2012 06 07 External links edit in French Ligue Nationale de Rugby Official website in French Midi Olympique in French Match 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