Best and worst in the Top 14
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:52
The Ligue Nationale de Rugby, which organises professional rugby in France, has published statistics for the 2007-08 season.
Attack
Most points by a team: Clermont Auvergne: 773 points
Most points by a team in home matches: Toulouse: 506 points
Most points by a team in away matches: Clermont Auvergne: 286 points
Most tries by a team: Clermont Auvergne: 88
Most conversions by a team: Clermont Auvergne: 72
Most penalties by a team: Stade Français: 78
Most drops by a team: Stade Français: 16
Fewest points by a team: Dax: 314 points
Fewest points by a team in home matches: Auch: 183 points
Fewest points by a team in away matches: Dax: 129 points
Fewest tries by a team: Auch: 25
Fewest conversions by a team: Auch: 17
Fewest penalties by a team: Dax : 42
Fewest drops by a team: Clermont Auvergne:
1
Defence
Fewest points conceded by a team: Biarritz: 339 points
Fewest points conceded by a team in home matches: Biarritz: 125
Fewest points conceded by a team in away matches: Clermont Auvergne: 212
Fewest tries conceded by a team: Biarritz: 27
Fewest conversions conceded by a team: Biarritz: 18
Fewest penalty goals conceded by a team: Toulouse: 43
Fewest points conceded by a team: Castres: 2
Most points conceded by a team: Auch: 688
Most points conceded by a team in home matches: Auch: 290
Most points conceded by a team in away matches: Dax : 413
Most tries conceded by a team: Auch: 72
Most conversions conceded by a team: Dax : 55
Most penalty goals conceded by a team: Castres: 73
Most points conceded by a team: Montauban: 12
Match Results
Most victories: Clermont Auvergne: 20
Most draws: Perpignan and Bourgoin: 2 each
Most defeats: Auch: 23
Most bonus points: Clermont Auvergne: 16
Most bonus points for tries scored: Clermont Auvergne and Toulouse: 11
Most bonus points for close defeats: Biarritz and Montauban: 9
Fewest bonus points: Auch: 7
Fewest bonus points for tries scored: Dax and Auch: 0
Fewest bonus points for close defeats: Stade Français, Perpignan and Castres: 3
Wins & defeats
Most consecutive wins: Clermont Auvergne: 10
Most consecutive matches without defeat: 10 - Clermont Auvergne (10 wins) and Perpignan (9 wins and a draw)
Most consecutive defeats: Auch: 11
Sanctionary Cards
Most sanctionary cards: Montpellier and Albi: 22
Most yellow cards: Albi: 22
Most red cards: Montauban, Montpellier and Stade Français: 1 each
Fewest sanctionary cards: Clermont Auvergne: 4
Fewest yellow cards: Clermont Auvergne: 4
Fewest red cards:
Only Montauban, Montpellier and Stade Français received red cards
Most sanctionary cards per player: Olivier Diomandé (Montpellier), Mamuka Gorgodze (Montpellier), and Pablo Lemoine (Montauban): 3 each
Players
Most tries: Napolioni Nalaga (Clermont Auvergne):18
Most points: Brock James (Clermont Auvergne): 303 points
Most points by a kicker: Brock James (Clermont Auvergne): 293 points
Most drops scored: Juan Martin Hernández (Stade Français): 12 drops
Most matches played: Nicolas Durand (Perpignan), Mickaël Forrest (Bourgoin), Anthony Lagardère (Castres), Grégory Lamboley (Toulouse), David Roumieu (Bayonne), Brice Salobert (Auch) and Thomas Sanchou (Albi): 26 matches
Crowds
Best average crowd: Stade Français: 24 771
Best crowd for a match: 79 779 - Stade Français vs Toulouse at Stade de
France
Match records
Most points in a match: Clermont Auvergne vs Dax: 102 points (95-7)
Fewest points in a match: Perpignan vs Bourgoin: 6 points (3-3)
Biggest points' difference: 88 points (Clermont Auvergne vs Dax- 95-7)
Draws: Biarritz – Albi: 15-15, Perpignan vs Bourgoin: 3-3, Perpignan vs Dax: 10-10, Bayonne vs Perpignan: 19-19
