2012–13 Top 14 season

2012–13 Top 14 season

Countries	France
Champions	Castres Olympique
Runners-up	Toulon
Relegated	Agen, Mont-de-Marsan
Matches played	187
Attendance	2,589,905 (average 13,850 per match)
Tries scored	664 (average 3.551 per match)
Top point scorer	Rory Kockott (376)
Top try scorer	Napolioni Nalaga (13)
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The 2012–13 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from the 2011–12 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 this year, Grenoble and Stade Montois in place of the two relegated teams, CA Brive and Lyon OU. Home-and-away play began on 17 August 2012 and continued through to 5 May 2013. The regular season was followed by a three-round playoff involving the top six sides. The final was contested at the Stade de France between Toulon and Castres; the match was won 19–14 by Castres to earn them their first title since the controversial final in 1993.

Updated 18 May 2013
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère
Sébastien Clouté
Television match official:
Philippe Bonhoure

Updated 11 June 2013

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