The 2002-03 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2002-03.The competition was played by 16 team. In the first phase, two pool of 8 was Played. The first 4 of each pool was admitted to the "top 8", the tournament for the title, the other to a relegation tournament.

First round

(3 point for victories, 2 point for drawn, 1 point for losses)

Pool A

Pool B

Pool Relegation

The teams sum to the point obtained in the first round, the point obtained in the matches played with the 4 team from other group (hone and away).
Bordeaux-Begles was relegated o the Pro D2 for 2003-04 by DNACG ( federal commission for finance control of the professional clubs due to financial irregularities. Bordeaux was one of the four teams that always played in the first division of French championship after the First World War, with Toulouse, Agen and Montferrand. So Béziers was saved to relegation.

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 The 2004–05 Heineken Cup was the tenth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. T ...

Semifinals

---- ----

Final

Stade Français: Sylvain Marconnet, Benoît August, Pieter de Villiers, David Auradou, Mike James, Pierre Rabadan, Raphaël Jéchoux, Patrick Tabacco,

Fabien Galthié Fabien Galthié (; born 20 March 1969) is a French rugby union coach and former player, he is currently the head coach of the French national team. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later ...

, Diego Dominguez, Thomas Lombard, Stéphane Glas, Brian Liebenberg,

Christophe Dominici Christophe Dominici (20 May 1972 – 24 November 2020) was a French rugby union player. In a career spanning seventeen years between 1991 and 2008, he played wing for Stade Français and France, scoring a total of 25 tries in 67 international c ...

Ignacio Corleto Ignacio Saul ("Nani") Corleto (born June 21, 1978 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine rugby union player. He played as a fullback. Club career He began his rugby career in the local Club Universitario de Buenos Aires, known as CUBA, where he p ...

- ''Replacements :'' Mathieu Blin,

Pablo Lemoine Pablo Adrian Lemoine (born 1 March 1975 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan rugby union player and former head coach of the Uruguayan national rugby team and German national team. He is now the head coach of the Chile national team. Playing ca ...

Rémy Martin Rémy Martin () is a French firm that primarily produces and sells cognac. Founded in 1724 and based in the commune of Cognac, it is among the oldest cognac producers still in existence. and one of the "big four" cognac houses (along with Henne ...

, Jérôme Fillol, Cliff Mytton, Arnaud Marchois, Arthur Gomes

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...

: Benoît Lecouls,

Yannick Bru Yannick Bru (born 22 May 1973) is a French rugby union coach, currently serving as the breakdown coach on South African team Sharks. He will become the head coach at Union Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14 at the start of the 2023/24 season. Bru was ...

Patrice Collazo Patrice Collazo (born 27 April 1974) is a French rugby union footballer and is currently the Head coach of Top 14 side CA Brive. He played as a prop. Collazo has Galician ancestry. Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championshi ...

, David Gérard,

Fabien Pelous Fabien Pelous (born 7 December 1973) is a retired French rugby union footballer. A lock who also occasionally played as a number eight and flanker, he played the bulk of his professional career for Stade Toulousain, and is the all-time leader i ...

, Trevor Brennan, Jean Bouilhou, Christian Labit, Frédéric Michalak,

Yann Delaigue Yann Delaigue (born April 5, 1973 in Vienne, Isère) is a retired French international rugby union player. A highly talented player, nicknamed « Little Mozart », he played the first two matches of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. In 2001 he was part ...

, Vincent Clerc,

Yannick Jauzion Yannick Jauzion (born 28 July 1978 in Castres) is a French former rugby union footballer. Raised in Vénès, Tarn he played at centre for Stade Toulousain and the France national team. During the 2000's, Jauzion was regarded as one of the best ...

Émile Ntamack Émile "Milou" Ntamack (born 25 June 1970) is a French former rugby union footballer. He played professionally for Stade Toulousain and France, winning 46 caps. Ntamack made his French debut against Wales during the 1994 Five Nations Championshi ...

, Xavier Garbajosa, Clément Poitrenaud - ''Replacements :''

William Servat William Servat (born 9 December 1978 in Saint-Gaudens, France) is a former French rugby union footballer and is currently an assistant coach for the France national team. Servat played as a hooker for Toulouse in the Top 14 club competition and ...

, Jean-Baptiste Poux,

Grégory Lamboley Grégory Lamboley (12 January 1982) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14, the top competition of rugby in France. Lamboley has also played for the French national team. His usual position is as ...

Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Jean-Baptiste Élissalde (born 23 November 1977) is a former French rugby union player, playing either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half, and current defense coach for Montpellier in the Top 14. Biography Early life Born on 23 November 1977 i ...

, Cédric Desbrosse,

Cédric Heymans Cédric Heymans (born 20 July 1978) is a French former rugby union footballer who played mainly as a wing or a full-back for French Top 14 club Toulouse and the French national team. Known for his pace and his footwork, he started his club car ...

, Finau Maka

External links

LNR.fr
{{DEFAULTSORT:2002-03 Top 16 season Top 14 seasons

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...