Overview
- RC Vannes, which beat Provence 18-14 on Saturday, June 6, 2026, secured automatic promotion to the Top 14 for next season.
- Scrum-half Michael Ruru set up both tries and fly-half Maxime Lafage added a conversion and penalties that built the margin Vannes held to the end.
- The win completes a rapid recovery for Vannes after last season's relegation and caps a dominant Pro D2 campaign that included a 48-7 semi-final win over Oyonnax.
- Provence, coached by Philippe Saint-André, must now pursue promotion in an access play-off against Top 14 side Perpignan, with reporting consistent about the fixture but differing on the exact date.
- The final was played at Stade Ernest-Wallon in Toulouse and follows French rules that grant the Pro D2 champion automatic promotion while the runner-up faces the 13th-placed Top 14 club in a promotion/relegation match.