1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship
Appearance
French Rugby Championship 1975–76 | |
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Countries | ![]() |
Number of teams | 80 team |
Champions | Agen (6th title) |
Runners-up | Béziers |
The 1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen beating Béziers in the final.
Formula
[edit]The "elite" (group A) were formed by five pools of eight clubs.
Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams.
Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams.
Qualification round
[edit]Group A
[edit]The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.
Pool 1 |
Pool 2 |
Pool 3 |
Pool 4 |
Pool 5 |
Group B
[edit]The teams qualified are here listed:
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Knockout stages
[edit]"Last 32"
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Brive | Graulhet | 28-6 |
Saint-Jean-de-Luz | Stade Bagnérais | 12-6 |
Montferrand | Stade Beaumontois | 62-18 |
Perpignan | Biarritz | 48-3 |
Béziers | Mimizan | 37-8 |
Montauban | La Voulte | 27-6 |
Lourdes | Castres | 15-6 |
Valence | La Rochelle | 16-6 |
Agen | Le Creusot | 23-6 |
RRC Nice | Pau | 7-6 |
Romans | Carcassonne | 17-6 |
Aurillac | Toulon | 11-7 |
Narbonne | Cahors | 30-12 |
Bègles | US Bressane | 9-9 |
Dax | Montchanin | 21-7 |
Oloron | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 13-8 |
"Last 16"
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Brive | Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 24-7 |
Montferrand | Perpignan | 18-3 |
Béziers | Montauban | 21-7 |
Lourdes | Valence | 21-3 |
Agen | RRC Nice | 12-12 |
Romans | Aurillac | 18-15 |
Narbonne | Bègles | 9-6 |
Dax | Oloron | 14-9 |
Quarter of finals
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Brive | Montferrand | 3-0 |
Béziers | Lourdes | 29-6 |
Agen | Romans | 9-7 |
Narbonne | Dax | 20-8 |
Semifinals
[edit]Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Brive | Béziers | 12-21 |
Agen | Narbonne | 22-6 |
Final
[edit]Teams | Agen - Béziers |
Score | 13-10 (after over-time, 10-10 at the end of regular time) |
Date | 23 May 1976 |
Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris |
Referee | Michel Messan |
Line-up | |
Agen | Patrick Sole, René Bénésis, Daniel Dubroca, Alain Buzzighin, Alain Plantefol, Christian Conte, Serge Lassoujade, Charles Nieucel, Alain Laclau, Christian Viviès, Yves Fongaro, Jean-Louis Bernès, Jean-Michel Mazas, Jacques Lacroix, Michel Morlaas Remplaçants : Gérard Guidi, Henri Cazaubon |
Béziers | Armand Vaquerin, Christian Prax, Alain Paco, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Christian Pesteil, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, Noël Séguier, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Gabriel Cosentino, Claude Casamidjana, Jack Cantoni Remplaçant : Christian Ferrer |
Scorers | |
Agen | 1 try Plantefol, 2 penalties Mazas, 1 drop Cazaubon |
Béziers | 1 try Paco, 2 penalties Cabrol |