The 2003–04 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2003–04. The competition was played by 16 teams. In the first stage, two pools of 8 played. The first 4 of each pool were admitted to the "top 8" to play for the title, the other 4 to a relegation tournament.
First round (3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss)
Pool A
Pool B
Relegation pool The teams total sum of the points obtained in the first round and the points obtained in the matches played with the 4 teams from the other group (home and away).
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
Pool A
Pool B
Semi-finals
Final
FB 15 Diego GiannantonioRW 14 Pascal BomatiOC 13 David Marty IC 12 Christophe ManasLW 11 Dan Luger FH 10 Manny EdmondsSH 9 Ludovic LoustauN8 8 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis OF 7 Bernard Goutta (c)BF 6 Grégory Le Corvec RL 5 Christophe Porcu LL 4 Colin GastonTP 3 Nicolas MasHK 2 Michel Konieck LP 1 Perry FreshwaterReplacements:HK 16 Nicolas Grelon PR 17 Alejandro MorenoLK 18 Mick O'Driscoll N8 19 Scott Robertson SH 20 Jérôme FillolWG 21 David Janin FH 22 Nicolas Laharrague Coach: Olivier Saïsset
FB 15 Ignacio Corleto RW 14 Juan Martín HernándezOC 13 Stéphane GlasIC 12 Brian LiebenbergLW 11 Christophe DominiciFH 10 Diego Domínguez SH 9 Agustín Pichot N8 8 Patrick TabaccoOF 7 Mauro BergamascoBF 6 Pierre Rabadan RL 5 Mike JamesLL 4 David Auradou (c)TP 3 Pieter de VilliersHK 2 Mathieu Blin LP 1 Sylvain Marconnet Replacements:HK 16 Benoît August PR 17 Pablo Lemoine LK 18 Arnaud MarchoisFL 19 Christophe Moni SH 20 Grégory Mahé FH 21 David Skrela WG 22 Thomas Lombard Coach: Nick Mallett
See also 2003–04 Rugby Pro D2 season 2003–04 Heineken Cup
External links LNR.fr