Ligue Nationale de Rugby
Spectator SportsÎle-de-France, France51-200 Employees
Based in Paris, Île-de-France, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) is a mid-sized French association founded on July 24, 1998 to manage the professional rugby sector, operating under delegation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the French Rugby Federation. It functions as an organization that organizes, regulates, develops, and manages professional rugby, providing guidance to clubs as they navigate the league system. It coordinates the national professional competitions, overseeing the Top 14 and Pro D2, including their sporting and financial frameworks. It promotes the professional rugby ecosystem, represents French clubs in European competition, and negotiates and markets television and sponsorship rights for the leagues. It defends the material and moral interests of professional rugby. In 2025 it launched TOP 14 Rugby TV, a worldwide streaming service.