Some exiled Englishmen were namely, who founded the first Rugby Club in France - more precisely in Le Havre - in the 1870s and exported the sport from their home country. However Rugby rules should be, played until some years later after uniform which laid the cornerstone for the today's popular sport in France. At the turn of the century, nearly thirty years after its creation, the sport was even briefly Olympic and of course France won gold.
You will play Rugby Union in France in various competitions. The highest level is the so-called top 14, which was introduced in the season 2001/2002 as a top 16. Where, by the Ligue national de Rugby organised League fight and playback 14 (formerly 16) teams to the Championship. The national champion is determined at the end of each season through the play-offs, which also largely decide with which teams in the European competitions may participate. Also, the top descend the last two teams to 14 next season in Pro D2.
The just now called Pro D2 is the second class of the game in the Rugby Union in France. Here 16 - as formerly in the top teams 14 - to the rise. This bestowed automatically becomes the first of the League season - the places two to five play in playoffs for the second ticket to the Premier League. The last two teams rise - as well as already in the top 14 - the next season going off and find themselves in the fédérale 1.
While the football is considered the dominant sport in large parts of the country, the South West distinguishes itself above all, but also not just, by his particular enthusiasm for rugby. Nationwide, there are more than one and a half thousand clubs with over 200,000 players. Also the attendance climbed over the past decade to some percent upward, so that Rugby Union in France is now a serious competitor to other popular sports. Sports enthusiasts should use so, if they stay once in France, the possibility to admire this fast-paced sport - albeit perhaps in a television broadcast on the State-owned France 2 channel.
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