Top 14 Rugby News, French Teams, Results & Fixtures from Top 14 Rugby

O'Gara retires from playing rugby to coach Racing

Saturday 18 May 2013

Ireland's record points scorer Ronan O'Gara has announced that he will retire from playing rugby and take up a coaching role at French Top 14 side Racing Metro.
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Kockott kicks Castres into Top 14 Rugby Semis

Saturday 11 May 2013

South African scrum-half Rory Kockott kicked 17 points as Castres beat Montpellier 25-12 to reach the French Top 14 semi-finals on Saturday.
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Toulouse set up Toulon Top 14 Semi-final

Saturday 11 May 2013

Two-time Top 14 Rugby defending champions Toulouse powered past Racing Metro 33-19 on Friday to set-up a French Top 14 semi-final duel against Toulon in a repeat of last year's championship match.
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Berbizier to leave Racing-Metro in June

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Pierre Berbizier will officially leave Racing-Metro at the end of June having been essentially fired in March, the former France
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Clermont set new record in Top 14 Rugby

Sunday 5 May 2013

Heineken Cup finalists Clermont established a new French record of 60 successive home wins in all competitions on Saturday as they ended their Top 14 regular season with a 67-3 thrashing of Bordeaux-Begles.
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Top 14 Play off picture will be cleared up

Friday 3 May 2013

Both may have already secured a Top 14 play-off berth but home advantage will be at stake when Racing-Metro host Castres at the Stade Colombes on Saturday.
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Kiwi Delany signs two year Clermont deal

Monday 22 April 2013

Former Chiefs fly-half Mike Delany has signed a two-year deal with French Top 14 leaders Clermont just two weeks after arriving as a medical joker, his club said Monday.
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French side Lyon appoint Aussie Lane as coach

Saturday 20 April 2013

Experienced Australian coach Tim Lane has been appointed manager of French second-tier rugby side Lyon on Saturday.
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Jonny Wilkinson puts pen to paper with Toulon

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Former England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson has signed a new one-year contract with French Top 14 Rugby club Toulon.
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Wilkinson miss sees Toulon draw with Clermont

Monday 15 April 2013

World Cup winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson hit the post with a match-winning penalty attempt with the final kick of the game as Top 14 leaders Toulon were held to a 26-26 draw at home by Clermont.
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Montpellier boost Top14 play off hopes

Sunday 14 April 2013

Montpellier bounced back from their Heineken Cup quarter-final exit last week to edge Toulouse 10-8 and boost their French Top 14 play-off hopes on Saturday.
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Biarritz rugby players released from quarantine

Saturday 13 April 2013

Biarritz's players were allowed out of quarantine following a mumps scare on Friday, giving them two days to prepare for their next Top 14 clash with Perpignan.
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Wilkinson almost hung up his playing boots

Tuesday 2 April 2013

England's World Cup winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson admitted on Monday there had been times during the present season that he had thought of brigning down the curtain on his hugely successful career.
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Wilkinson leads Toulon rout of Stade in Top14

Sunday 31 March 2013

Jonny Wilkinson kicked 17 points for Toulon as the Top 14 Rugby leaders ended a four-match losing streak away from home on Saturday with a 43-11 rout of Stade Francais.
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Wilkinson's team-mates convinced him to stay on

Saturday 30 March 2013

Former England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson says that he went to his team mates to ask for advice before re-signing with French Top 14 Rugby club Toulon.
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Toulon & Clermont suffer Top14 Rugby losses

Sunday 24 March 2013

French Top 14 Rugby leaders Toulon and second-placed Clermont slumped to shock defeats on Saturday as the runaway title rivals came unstuck in the Basque country.
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Cedric Heymans to join Toulouse as coach
Former All Black Delany joins Clermont in Top14
Toulon's Boudjellal slams French Rugby Federation
Michalak ruled out of Top 14 Rugby for three weeks
Toulouse cancel all training due to mumps scare

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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Castres stun Clermont to reach Top14 final