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French Nationale

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Established
2020 (5 years old)

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Current Season
2024-2025

Sport
Rugby

Location
France

Gender
Male

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28 Mar	SO Chambéry	25 - 0	RC Hyères		6:30pm
28 Mar	CS Bourgoin-	-	Rouen		6:30pm
28 Mar	Carcassonne	-	Stade Langon		6:30pm
28 Mar	Bourg-en-Bre	-	Narbonne		6:30pm
29 Mar	CA Périgueu	-	RC Suresnes		2:00pm
29 Mar	Olympique Ma	-	Tarbes Pyré		5:00pm
29 Mar	RC Massy	-	SC Albi		5:00pm
05 Apr	CA Périgueu	-	RC Massy		1:00pm
11 Apr	Rouen	-	RC Massy		6:00pm
11 Apr	Tarbes Pyré	-	CS Bourgoin-		5:30pm
Results
22 Mar	RC Suresnes	16 - 28	RC Massy
22 Mar	Narbonne	12 - 13	CA Périgueu
22 Mar	Stade Langon	25 - 0	RC Hyères
21 Mar	Carcassonne	36 - 14	Bourg-en-Bre
21 Mar	SC Albi	38 - 20	CS Bourgoin-
21 Mar	Tarbes Pyré	16 - 20	SO Chambéry
21 Mar	Rouen	35 - 29	Olympique Ma
08 Mar	RC Hyères	0 - 25	Tarbes Pyré
08 Mar	CS Bourgoin-	58 - 24	RC Suresnes
08 Mar	CA Périgueu	20 - 6	Carcassonne

Description

The Championnat Fédéral Nationale, also known simply as the Nationale, is the third tier of rugby union club competition division in France. Introduced in 2020, it is operated by the French Rugby Federation (FFR).

There is relegation and promotion between both the Pro D2 and Nationale 2, the fourth-level competition. Nationale conducts a play-off system similar to the one currently used in Pro D2, with the top six teams qualifying for the play-offs and the top two teams receiving byes into the semi-finals. The winner of the final earns automatic promotion to the next season's Pro D2 if they are eligible financially to do so, and the runner up conducts an access match with the 2nd bottom side from the Pro D2. The bottom two are automatically relegated to Nationale 2. The bottom two clubs of the Pro D2 and the top two of Nationale 2 then enter Nationale for the next season.

There are 26 rounds in the regular season, with each team playing each other team home and away. The two halves of the season are played in the same order, with the away team in the first half of the season at home in the second half. The semi-finals and final take place in May, with the semi-finals being held over two-legs and the final taking place at a predetermined site. At present, 14 clubs compete in the competition.


Seasons

2024-2025

Teams

Bourg-en-Bresse		CA Périgueux		Carcassonne		CS Bourgoin-Jal
Narbonne		Olympique Marcq		RC Hyères		RC Massy
RC Suresnes		Rouen		SC Albi		SO Chambéry
Stade Langonnai		Tarbes Pyréné

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