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
Relegation pool
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
Béziers (; ) is a city in southern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region. Every August Béziers ho ...
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
Semifinals
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Final
Stade Français
Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...
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Sylvain Marconnet,
Benoît August,
Pieter de Villiers,
David Auradou,
Mike James,
Pierre Rabadan,
Raphaël Jéchoux,
Patrick Tabacco,
Fabien Galthié,
Diego Dominguez,
Thomas Lombard,
Stéphane Glas,
Brian Liebenberg,
Christophe Dominici,
Ignacio Corleto - ''Replacements :''
Mathieu Blin,
Pablo Lemoine,
Rémy Martin
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Jérôme Fillol,
Cliff Mytton,
Arnaud Marchois,
Arthur Gomes
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
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Benoît Lecouls,
Yannick Bru,
Patrice Collazo,
David Gérard,
Fabien Pelous,
Trevor Brennan,
Jean Bouilhou,
Christian Labit
Christian Labit (born 11 February 1971) is a French rugby player. He played for both RC Narbonne and Stade Toulousain and then moved to English club Northampton Saints. He was a member of France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. Whilst at Toulouse h ...
,
Frédéric Michalak,
Yann Delaigue
Yann Delaigue (born 5 April 1973) 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 of the French Bar ...
,
Vincent Clerc,
Yannick Jauzion
Yannick Jauzion (born 28 July 1978) 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 centres ...
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Émile Ntamack,
Xavier Garbajosa,
Clément Poitrenaud - ''Replacements :''
William Servat,
Jean-Baptiste Poux,
Grégory Lamboley,
Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
Jean-Baptiste Élissalde (born 23 November 1977) is a former French Rugby Union, French rugby union player, playing either as a Scrum-half (rugby union), scrum-half or as a Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half, and most recently defense coach for Mo ...
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Cédric Desbrosse,
Cédric Heymans,
Finau Maka
External links
LNR.fr
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Top 14 seasons
France
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