High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2012–13 Top 14 competition is a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from the 2011–12 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 this year, Grenoble and Stade Montois in place of the two relegated teams, CA Brive and Lyon OU. Home-and-away play began on August 17, 2012 and will continue through to 5 May 2013. The regular season will be followed by a three-round playoff starting in May that will involve the top six teams, culminating in the final at the Stade de France.