1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship

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French Rugby Championship 1964–65
Countries France
Number of teams56
ChampionsAgen (4th title)
Runners-upBrive
← 1963-64
1965-66 →

The 1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided into 7 pools.

The four first teams from each pool, along with the best four teams classified fifth in the pools, qualified for the single-elimination portion of the tournament, the "last 32".

Agen won the championship, beating Brive in the final.

Context[]

The 1965 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales, which lost (13–22) to France.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Cognac, which beat Perpignan 5–3.

Qualification round[]

Teams in bold qualified for the next round.

Pool 1[]

Pool 2[]

Pool 3[]

Pool 4[]

Pool 5[]

Pool 6[]

Pool 7[]

Last 32[]

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Agen Cognac 8–6
Limoges Aurillac 3–0
Racing 9–5
Bègles Lourdes 12–3
Bayonne 25–6
La Rochelle Chalon 13–12
Béziers Vichy 17–6
Angoulême Montferrand 6–0
Brive Narbonne 9–3
Toulon Dax 11–9
Graulhet Perpignan 11–8
Montauban Biarritz 14–3
Mont-de-Marsan 16–9
Auch Grenoble 3–12 (see note below)
Stadoceste Toulose 14–6
Périgueux Pau 11–6

Note: Grenoble beat Auch 12–3 but was disqualified, because lined a forme "rugby league" player.[clarification needed]

Last 16[]

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Agen Limoges 22–3
Bègles 9–8
La Rochelle 6–0
Béziers Angoulême 3–0
Brive Toulon 8–3
Graulhet Montauban 6–3
Mont-de-Marsan Auch 12–6
Stadoceste Périgueux 30–6

Quarterfinals[]

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Agen 22–3
Béziers 12–0
Brive Graulhet 5–0
Mont-de-Marsan Stadoceste 14–9

Semifinals[]

Teams in bold advanced to the final.

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Agen 21–14
Brive Mont-de-Marsan 14–6

La Voulte was eliminated because they had three players out for injuries in the second half.

During the Brive versus Mont de Marsan match, the referee sent off one player of each team. The player from Brive, Normand, was allowed to play in the final match.

Final[]

Teams AgenBrive
Score 15-8
Date 23 May 1965
Venue Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee Bernard Marie
Line-up
Agen , Jean-Claude Malbet, , , , Michel Sitjar, , , Pierre Lacroix, , , , , , , , ,
Brive , , , , Roger Fite, , , , Marcel Puget, , , Michel Marot, , , Pierre Villepreux
Scorers
Agen 2 tries by and Sitjar, 2 penalties, and 1 drop by
Brive 2 tries by and , and 1 conversion by Villepreux

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