We now know the posters for the Top 14 semi-finals, here is the program.
Racing and Bordeaux-Bègles have validated their tickets for the top 14 semi-finals scheduled for Friday 8 and Saturday 9 June. In detail, Ciel et Blanc won (33-20) against Stade Français, while Bordeaux won at Lou (32-25). The second match delivered a breathtaking end to the match, leaving the Lyon players on the quay and in misunderstanding. “We’re still a bit in shock, I’m trying to understand how we lost this game. I can’t explain, I have to watch the game. We feel like we have the game in our hands, and in the last fifteen minutes, we cracked twice. It’s hard to explain. I don’t have all the answers. I don’t think it’s physical, we were there. UBB played well twice.” explained Dylan Cretin after the meeting
Note also that Perpignan, led next year by Frank Azéma, also saved their skin this weekend by beating Grenoble. Thirteenth in the regular phase with 43 points and despite ten victories in the top flight, the Catalans won this battle, 19-33.
Here is the updated Top 14 ranking for the 2022-2023 season. The ranking is updated at the end of each match:
Download the calendar of the Top 14 2022-2023 in PDF
Here is the entire calendar of the French rugby championship and the next final stages. You can zoom in on the images below to see the detail and also download it above:
The National Rugby League unveiled the schedule for the 2023-2024 French Top 14 Championship season on April 4. Due to the World Cup in France which takes place from September 8 to October 28, the calendar is adapted and adjusted. The championship will start as planned on August 19 with three days before the opening match of the World Cup between France and New Zealand. During the competition, the championship will obviously be on hiatus, but the Top 14 will resume the day after the Worlds final on October 29.
The 10th day will be held the weekend of December 23 with a Boxing Day and two meetings which will be held on Friday December 22 (at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.) and the five others on Saturday 23, between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. The NRL has not yet specified how the following day, the weekend of December 30, will be organized. At the start of 2024, there will be three duplicates during the Six Nations Tournament during France-Ireland (February 3, Matchday 14), France-Italy (February 24, Matchday 16) and Wales-France (9 March, 18th day). To conclude this extended schedule, the play-offs will take place on the weekend of June 18, the semi-finals on the weekend of June 22 in Lille, and the final will take place at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille on June 29.
For all the days of the Top 14, here is the established program:
As the name of the French rugby championship indicates, 14 clubs are in the elite, here is the list of clubs:
