2005-06 Rugby Pro D2 season
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The 2005-06 season of the Pro D2 (the second French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
domestic rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club competition) ran from August 2005 to June 2006.
The top two teams gained promotion to the Top 14 whilst the bottom three teams were relegated to Fédérale 1
Fédérale 1
Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group...
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Standings
| Club | Points | Bonus points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montauban US Montauban US Montauban were a French rugby union club, which competed in the Top 14 competition between 2007 and 2010, after being promoted from Rugby Pro D2 for the 2006-07 season... |
117 | 15 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 823 | 432 | 391 |
| 2 | Albi SC Albi Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Their last time in the Top 14 was for 2009–10 after... |
98 | 12 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 650 | 494 | 156 |
| 3 | Dax US Dax Union Sportive Dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.... |
90 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 712 | 488 | 224 |
| 4 | Auch FC Auch Gers Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional league system. In recent years, they have bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2... |
88 | 16 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 657 | 505 | 152 |
| 5 | Béziers AS Béziers Hérault Association Sportive Béziers Hérault, often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club preparing to return to the second tier of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2. They earned promotion as 2011 Fédérale 1 champions... |
86 | 14 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 729 | 629 | 100 |
| 6 | Tarbes Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby is a French rugby union team that currently takes part in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.... |
84 | 10 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 685 | 588 | 97 |
| 7 | Bordeaux Bordeaux Rugby Métropole Union Bordeaux Bègles is a French rugby union team currently preparing to join the Top 14, the first level of the country's professional league system. They earned their Top 14 place by winning the promotion playoffs that followed the 2010–11 season in the second-level Rugby Pro D2... |
72 | 8 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 593 | 631 | |
| 8 | La Rochelle Atlantique Stade Rochelais Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Pro D2. They are often known simply as La Rochelle.They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre . They wear yellow and black... |
66 | 6 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 560 | 600 | |
| 9 | Oyonnax Oyonnax Rugby Union sportive Oyonnax Rugby is a French rugby union club from Oyonnax in the Ain département of the région Rhône-Alpes, currently competing in the second level of the French league system . They play at Stade Charles-Mathon... |
64 | 6 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 519 | 583 | |
| 10 | Colomiers US Colomiers US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Fédérale 1, the third level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned promotion from Fédérale 1 at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a... |
63 | 7 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 535 | 662 | |
| 11 | Mont-de-Marsan Stade Montois Stade Montois is a French rugby union team that plays in the 2011–12 season in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black... |
56 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 631 | 651 | |
| 12 | Lyon Lyon OU Lyon Olympique Universitaire or LOU is a French rugby union team that competes in the Top 14, the first level of the country's professional league system. They earned their spot in the Top 14 by winning the 2010–11 title of the second-tier Pro D2.... |
55 | 11 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 484 | 579 | |
| 13 | Racing Paris Racing Metro 92 Paris Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council... |
54 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 538 | 715 | |
| 14 | Aix Pays d'Aix RC Pays d'Aix RC is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional system. They arrived in Pro D2 for the 2009–10 season after earning promotion from the top amateur league, Fédérale 1.... |
53 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 527 | 672 | |
| 15 | Aurillac Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne is a French rugby union club, which play in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. The club currently play at the Stade Jean Alric, which has a capacity of around 10,000. The club was founded in 1904... |
51 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 558 | 669 | |
| 16 | Tyrosse | 30 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 495 | 798 | |