2015–16 Top 14 season
The 2015–16 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from the 2014–15 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 this year, Agen and Pau in place of the two relegated teams, Bayonne and Lyon. Home-and-away play began on 22 August 2015 and ended on 23 May 2016. This was followed by a playoff stage involving the top six teams, culminating in the final on 24 June 2016 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. The final was moved from its traditional site of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis because of a scheduling conflict with UEFA Euro 2016.
| 2015–16 Top 14 | |
|---|---|
| Countries | France |
| Date | 22 August 2015 – 24 June 2016 |
| Champions | Racing 92 (6th title) |
| Runners-up | Toulon |
| Relegated | Oyonnax, Agen |
| Matches played | 187 |
| Attendance | 2,678,562 (average 14,324 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 99,124 (play-offs) Toulon v Racing 92 24 June 2016 57,886 (league stage) Toulon v Clermont 3 April 2016 |
| Lowest attendance | 5,983 Racing 92 v Grenoble 12 September 2015 |
| Tries scored | 840 (average 4.5 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Gaëtan Germain (Brive) 319 points |
| Top try scorer | Timoci Nagusa (Montpellier) 16 tries |
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Having defeated Toulouse and table-topping Clermont en route to the final, Racing 92 won their sixth French championship title, and first since 1990, with a 29–21 win over Toulon, despite playing over three-quarters of the game with 14 men after scrum-half Maxime Machenaud was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Matt Giteau.