# Élite 2

Élite 2 Féminine is the second tier of national women's rugby union competition in France. Called Élite 2 since 2018 or Élite 2 Armelle-Auclair from 2004 to 2018. From this competition you can be promoted to Élite 1 Féminine.

## History

From 2004 to 2018, the Elite 2 championship bears the name of Armelle Auclair, a French rugby union player who tragically died on July 13, 2002, in Mauléon-Licharre, at the age of 28.

## League

Since 2021, the championship is composed of two phases:
* The main season where the 10 clubs play each other home and away throughout the season.
* The post-season playoffs contested between the top four teams ranked clubs 1st to 4th.

## 2023–24 teams

| Club | Coach | Stadium | Capacity |
| RC Toulon Provence Méditerranée | Stéphane Gamonet & Baptiste Roffinella | Stade Léo-Lagrange / Stade Guy-Moquet | 2,800 / 200 |
| Stade Rochelais | Alexandre Barès & Florian Ninard | Plaine des Jeux Colette Besson | |
| USAP XV | | Stade Roger Ramis | |
| Valkyries Normandie RC | Jean-François Mouton and Cyrille Lloza | Stade Jean-Mermoz | 2,800 |
| Union des Bords de Marne | Earvin Journot | Stade Octave Lapize / Parc du Tremblay | |
| USA Limoges | | | |
| US Joué | Antoine Ruel, Sebastian Ungureanu & Kenny Daamouche | Stade Pierre-Albaladejo | |
| US Dax | Christophe Lebert & Chris Ndombi | Stade Colette-Besson / Stade Maurice-Boyau | 500 / 7,262 |
| Rugby Clermont La Plaine | Jéremy Catalan & Florent Très | Stade Camille-et-Edmond-Leclanché | |
| CA Brive | | Brive-la-Gaillarde |

## Champions

2000-09
| Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up |
| 2004 | ESP Bruges Blanquefort | 12-6 | Stade Rennais |
| 2005 | Montpellier RC | 14-11 | Stade Rennais |
| 2006 | Lille Métropole RC Villeneuvois | 14-9 | ES Nanterre |
| 2007 | RC Lons | 10–3 | Pachys d'Herm |
| 2008 | RF Dijon Bourgogne | 13-13 (2 tries to 1) | Rugby Sassenage Isère |
| 2009 | Saint-Orens RF | 13-13 (5 tries to 3) | AC Bobigny 93 |
2010-19
| Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up |
| 2010 | CSM Gennevilliers | 8-0 | RC Chilly-Mazarin |
| 2011 | Lille Métropole RC villeneuvois | 31-15 | Stade Bordelais |
| 2012 | Stade Bordelais | 29-20 | AS Bayonne |
| 2013 | RC La Valette-Le Revest-La Garde-Le Pradet | 18-12 | Ovalie Romagnatoise CA |
| 2014 | AS Bayonne | 16-15 | Avenir Fonsorbais Rugby Féminin |
| 2015 | Stade Toulousain | 16-13 | AS Bayonne |
| 2016 | Ovalie Romagnatoise Clermont Auvergne | 29-7 | Lyon OU |
| 2017 | AS Bayonne | 34-10 | FC Grenoble |
| 2018 | FC Grenoble | 6-5 | Lons RF |
| 2019 | Lyon OU | 22–13 | RC Chilly-Mazarin |
2020-29
| Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Attendance | Ref | Highlights |
| 2020 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 | Season interrupted by COVID-19 |
| 2022 | Valkyries Normandie RC | 8-7 | Stade Rochelais | | | | |
| 2023 | Stade Français Paris | 22-3 | Stade Rochelais | | | | |
| 2024 | Stade Rochelais | 30-19 | RC Toulon Provence Méditerranée | | | | |

## Winners & runners-up

* Current Élite 2 Féminine participating clubs indicated in bold
| Club | Wins | Runners-up | Winning Seasons | Last Win |
| AS Bayonne | 2 | 2 | 2014 2017 | 2017 |
| Lille Métropole RC Villeneuvois | 2 | 0 | 2006 2011 | 2011 |
| FC Grenoble Amazones | 1 | 2 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Stade Rochelais | 1 | 2 | 2024 | 2024 |
| Lons Rugby Féminin Béarn Pyrénées | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2007 |
| Stade Bordelais | 1 | 1 | 2012 | 2012 |
| Stade Toulousain | 1 | 1 | 2015 | 2015 |
| Ovalie Romagnatoise Clermont Auvergne | 1 | 1 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Lyon Olympique Universitaire | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
| ES Bruges Blanquefort | 1 | 0 | 2004 | 2004 |
| RF Dijon Bourgogne | 1 | 0 | 2008 | 2008 |
| Saint-Orens Rugby Féminin | 1 | 0 | 2009 | 2009 |
| CSM Gennevilliers | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 |
| RC Valettois Revestois | 1 | 0 | 2013 | 2013 |
| Valkyries Normandie RC | 1 | 0 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Stade Français Paris | 1 | 0 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Montpellier RC | 1 | 1 | 2005 | 2005 |
| Stade Rennais Rugby | 0 | 2 | | |
| RC Chilly-Mazarin | 0 | 2 | | |
| Racing Nanterre Rugby | 0 | 1 | | |
| Pachys d'Herm | 0 | 1 | | |
| AC Bobigny 93 Rugby | 0 | 1 | | |
| RC Toulon Provence | 0 | 1 | | |