Wed 7 Dec 2011 | 05:04
Best Tries of the Top 14 - Top Ten so far

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The French Top 14 has produced some fantastic tries of late, particularly in the last two rounds but this is a look at the Top Ten up until then, with just under ten minutes of brilliant rugby as ranked by Canal+ TV station in France. 

We used to post these clips far more regularly in the past but that is often reliant on contributions from users, so when that dries up, so do the videos. As has been mentioned many times, if you're in a position to help out with these type of videos, please do get in touch or submit links to them and we'll share.

As always the Top Ten nature of these are subjective and probably shouldnt be looked at as 1 to 10 but rather just ten of the best. That said, the try that Toulouse scored that comes in at number one is absolutely outstanding overall.

David Smith of Toulon started and finished an excellent try against Stade Francais, while Felipe Contepomi created a piece of magic himself, that time against Clermont. The Bordeax-Begles try, scored by none other than a front rower, will definitely go down as a team try of the season.

As always, the commentary adds to the occasion and the crowds in France, particularly in the build up for that Jauzion try, make the Top 14 fascinating and incredibly exciting to watch at times.

If you have any other requests, suggestions, or contributions because you watch Top 14 regularly, don't be shy to get in touch. We'll have more great clips from the Top 14 in the next few days.

11 Comments

  • matthew
    9:52 PM 23/12/2011

    Saw the Bordeaux try here and thought to myself 'Brucebrucebruce...' for the buildup. :-)

  • rugbydump
    6:29 PM 08/12/2011

    The try you're referring to has been posted on the homepage. Absolutely incredible.

  • colombes
    4:40 PM 08/12/2011

    agree with most of comments

    canal + prefer to show long and collective tries rather very speedy tries and technic counter-attacks
    that said, i'm very confident of the french XV backline in the future, whien i watch the actual performances of young lads like fofana, chavancy, buttin, david, barraque or lesgourgues

  • katman
    3:43 PM 08/12/2011

    Great compilation. Nice to see looooong build-ups to these tries. The first one was brilliant.

  • 10:34 AM 08/12/2011

    Nice tries but can't help thinking that #8 should never have been allowed, the guy who opened the ball out was lying on the ground, it wasn't a continuation of his own movement so no real excuse for allowing it. Ruck infringements everywhere in try #6 also. Not trying to be a wet blanket, but if it's a best of....

  • crosser
    3:07 AM 08/12/2011

    Still baffles me why Jauzion didn't make the French side for the WC.

  • ando
    2:59 AM 08/12/2011

    Always love the Top 14 highlights!! Especially cool to see the build-up behind each try in these extended highlights...

  • kevtoulousaing
    2:35 AM 08/12/2011

    Forgot something: TOULOUSAING! TOULOUSAING!

    I'm very excited because I live in Mexico and I haven't seen a live game for 2 years. Getting back home for christmas, I obliged my dad to buy tickets for the Toulouse-Bayonne game. Can't wait

  • kevtoulousaing
    2:32 AM 08/12/2011

    Last phase of the Jauzion's try is good but there's a lot of crap leading to it. Typically French: Capable of the best and the worse.

  • 1:30 AM 08/12/2011

    Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Picking a favourite would be like trying to pick my favourite organ. French rugby going strong.

  • donkeyballs4000
    7:40 PM 07/12/2011

    PLEASE start submitting videos with higher resolution.

    That final phase in Jauzion's try was spectacular.