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Historique - le Top 14 franchit la barre des 2,9 millions de supporters

Par Willy Billiard

Il y a 199 jours

Supporters de Pau avant le match de Top 14 entre Bayonne et la Section Paloise, au stade Reale Arena de Saint-Sébastien, le 26 avril 2025. (Photo : Gaizka Iroz / AFP)

Le Top 14 a franchi un nouveau cap au cours de la saison régulière en titillant les 3 millions de spectateurs dans les stades.

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« Pour la première fois, plus de 2,9 millions de spectateurs ont assisté aux matchs de la saison régulière du championnat, portant la moyenne à 16?114 spectateurs par rencontre », affirme la Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) dans un communiqué.

Pour être exacte, on parle de 2 932 750 supporters qui se sont rendus dans les stades au fil de la saison, soit une hausse de 6% par rapport à la saison dernière où l’on parlait déjà d’un record.

« L’Union Bordeaux-Bègles se classe à la première place des affluences avec plus de 30?000 spectateurs de moyenne. Le Stade Toulousain (21?746), le RC Toulonnais (18?463), le LOU Rugby (17?900) et l’ASM Clermont Auvergne (17?837) complètent le Top 5. »

« Cette saison 2024/2025 restera comme un marqueur fort dans l’histoire du TOP 14 », a réagi Yann Roubert, le président de la LNR. « Le rugby français continue de grandir, de rassembler et de vibrer. Ces chiffres traduisent la compétitivité de nos clubs et l’attachement profond de nos territoires à leurs clubs et au rugby dans son ensemble. Merci aux supporters, aux clubs et à tous ceux qui font du TOP 14 une compétition d’exception. »

Et ce n’est pas fini ! Avec encore six rencontres avant la fin complète de la saison, ce chiffre va encore monter…

À vos agendas 📆
Le programme de la phase finale de #TOP14 est désormais connu !
Qui soulèvera le bouclier de Brennus le 28 juin ? 👀 pic.twitter.com/tbxRzPLsbB
— TOP 14 Rugby (@top14rugby) June 7, 2025

Les 8 records historiques d’affluence

Union Bordeaux-Bègles : 32 864 spectateurs de moyenne (ancien record : 28 216 en 2022/2023)
Aviron Bayonnais : 16 445 (15 931 en 2010/2011)
Castres Olympique : 10 771 (10 397 en 2018/2019)
Section Paloise : 13 141 (12 865 en 2017/2018)
ASM Clermont Auvergne : 17 837 (17 812 en 2018/2019)
LOU Rugby : 17 900 (17 710 en 2023/2024)
USA Perpignan : 13 871 (13 533 en 2023/2024)
RC Vannes : 11 265 (10 610 en 2023/2024)

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EF 3 hours ago

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Benji7 3 hours ago

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Benji7 3 hours ago

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cw 4 hours ago

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He is certainly no Skelton. His dimensions are similar to Eben at 204 cm / 120kg v 203 cm / 122kg. Though I take your point - the Boks churn out monsters in huge numbers. But we do have our own collection of monsters Tamaiti at 196 cm / 144 kg (combined 340) and Tosi at 193 / 140 kg (333) are as big as the biggest Bok monsters eg Snyder is 207cm / 130kg (337). And the point of having Vaa’i or Holland or Barrett at 4, 5 and or 6 and combined with others like Tuipulotu

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cw 5 hours ago

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JW 6 hours ago

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With PMCD and I sorry.

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