1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1961-62
French Rugby Championship 1961-62
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Agen (3rd title)
Runners-up	Béziers
	← 1960-1961 1962-1963 →

The 1961-62 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.

The four first teams of each pool and the better fourclassified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".

Le Agen won the Championship 1961-62 after beating the Béziers in the final.

Context[]

The 1962 Five Nations Championship was won by France.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat Pau par 14 - 9.

Qualification round[]

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Pool 1[]

Auch
Béziers
SBUC
Limoges
Lyon OU
Perpignan

Pool 2[]

Angoulême
Bayonne
Cognac
Dax
Paris Université Club
Touloun

Pool 3[]

Chalon
Dijon
Graulhet
Grenoble
Montauban
Montferrand
Romans

Pool 4[]

Pool 5[]

Brive
Le Creusot
Lourdes
Port-Vendres
Racing

Pool 6[]

Vichy
Pau
Agen
Lannemezan

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Pool 7[]

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen		14-3
Mazamet	Stadoceste	12-0
Pau	Aurillac	11-5
Racing		5-3
Dax	Perpignan	8-0
Lannemezan	Castres	3-0
La Rochelle		3-3
Toulon	Cognac	6-0
Béziers	Tyrosse	8-0
Brive	Grenoble	9-3
Cahors	Bayonne	13-9
Biarritz	Montauban	5-3
Lourdes	Angoulême	13-3
SBUC	Auch	3-0
	Mont-de-Marsan	6-6
Graulhet	Vichy	6-3

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Mazamet	11-3
Pau	Racing	8-3
Dax	Lannemezan	9-3
La Rochelle	Toulon	3-0
Béziers	Brive	15-9
Cahors	Biarritz	9-0
Lourdes	SBUC	16-3
	Graulhet	6-0

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Pau	11-3
Dax	La Rochelle	6-3
Béziers	Cahors	3-0
Lourdes		12-6

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Lourdes	6-3
Agen	Dax	8-8 (a.o.t.)

The two finalistes de 1960-61 were qualified for the semifinals, Béziers won the match for number of tries scored.

Final[]

Teams	Agen - Béziers
Score	14-11
Date	27 May 1962
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Raymond Gombeaud
Line-up
Agen	Jean-Pierre Clar, Jean-Claude Malbet, Guy Miquel, Christian Matkowski, Georges Cavailles, Michel Sitjar, , , Pierre Lacroix, Jean-Claude Hiquet, , Claude Salesse, Henri Garcia, Michel Arino,
Béziers	Jean Arnal, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Claude Vidal, André Gayraud, François Rondi, , Jean Salas, Pierre Danos, Roger Bousquet, Gilbet Folch, Michel Bernatas, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo,
Scorers
Agen	3 tries Méricq (2) and Matkowski (1), 1 conversion and 1 penalty Sitjar
Béziers	1 try Rondi, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Dedieu

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1962 lnr.fr

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