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2011–12 Rugby Pro D2 season

2011–12 Rugby Pro D2 season

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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).

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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]

Teams

Location of teams in Rugby Pro D2 2011–12
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Competition format

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.
  • 1 "bonus" point for losing by 7 points (or less).

Season table

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Key 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 Fédérale 1 – Bourgoin for financial reasons, and Périgueux as bottom finisher.

Updated as of 21 May 2012[4]

Results

Results table

The home team is listed in the left column.

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Home win Draw Home defeat

Promotion playoffs

All times CEST.

Semi-finals

19 May 2012
15:10
Pau16 – 14La Rochelle
Try: Vainqueur 35' c
Con: Manca (1/1)
Pen: Manca (3) 26', 33', 56'		Try: Ferrou 75' m
Pen: Fauque (3) 18', 30', 43'
Stade du Hameau, Pau
Attendance: 12,500[5]
Referee: Laurent Cardona
20 May 2012
18:00
Mont-de-Marsan24 – 20Dax
Try: Chedal 18' m
Mazzonetto 47' c
Con: Vignau-Tuquet (1/2)
Pen: Vignau-Tuquet (4) 3', 5', 26', 74'		Try: Mirande (2) 63' c, 78' c
Con: Lacoste (2/2)
Pen: Lacoste (2) 46', 66'
Stade Guy Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan
Attendance: 8,783[6]
Referee: Patrick Péchambert

Final

27 May 2012
14:00
Pau20 – 29Mont-de-Marsan
Try: Furnat 5' c
Larrieu 60' c
Con: Manca (2/2)
Pen: Manca (2) 23', 43'		Try: Jágr (2) 25' c, 45' c
Con: 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 Rebollal

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Moriarty, Ian (9 August 2012). "Bourgoin wilt under financial pressure". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    "Article 330, Section 3.2. Points "terrain"" (PDF). Règlements de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby 2008/2009, Chapitre 2 : Règlement 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.
  4. [4]
    "Pro D2 : 2011/2012 - results, fixtures, tables - Rugby - It's rugby". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  5. [5]
    "Pau – La Rochelle, Pro D2 2011-2012 – Démi-finales" (in French). L'Équipe. 2012-05-19. Archived from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  6. [6]
    "Mont-de-Marsan – Dax, Pro D2 2011-2012 – Démi-finales" (in French). L'Équipe. 2012-05-20. Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  7. [7]
    "Pau – Mont-de-Marsan, Pro D2 2011-2012 – Finale" (in French). L'Équipe. 2012-05-27. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
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