1965–66 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1965-66
French Rugby Championship 1965-66
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Agen (5th title)
Runners-up	Dax
	← 1964-65 1966-67 →

The 1965-66 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools, The four first teams of each pool and the better for classified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".

The Agen won the Championship 1965-66 after beating Dax in the final and hold the title.

Context[]

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales thanks to his victory (9-8) against France in the last day.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won en 1966 by the Lourdes that beat Mont-de-Marsan 16 - 6.

Qualification round[]

In bold the qualified to next round

Pool 1[]

Angoulême
Agen
Lyon OU
Périgueux
Quillan
Toulouse

Pool 2[]

Auch
Bayonne
Brive
(Condom)
Lannemezan
USA Limoges
Romans
Vichy

Pool 3[]

Pool 4[]

Dax
Pau
Perpignan
SBUC
La Rochelle

Pool 5[]

Pool 6[]

Aurillac
Bègles
Béziers
Dijon
Le Creusot
Racing
Valence

Pool 7[]

Albi
Biarritz
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Chalon
Foix
Stadoceste

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Chalon	11-3
La Rochelle	Montauban	6-3
Narbonne	Pau	9-0
	Paris Université Club	25-11
Racing	Lyon OU	9-8
Angoulême	Auch	16-3
Brive	Lourdes	6-0
Béziers	Bayonne	17-15
Dax	Limoges	16-3
Bègles	Périgueux	29-5
Stadoceste	Albi	18-6
	Lannemezan	19-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Grenoble	26-16
	Aurillac	3-3
Graulhet		6-6
Touloun	Biarritz	14-8

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	La Rochelle	9-5
Narbonne		12-8
Racing	Angoulême	15-11
Brive	Béziers	12-9
Dax	Bègles	12-5
Stadoceste		10-5
Mont-de-Marsan		16-0
Graulhet	Toulon	8-6 (a. p.)

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Narbonne	9-3
Racing	Brive	12-9
Dax	Stadoceste	19-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Graulhet	3-6

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Racing	14-8
Dax	Graulhet	11-5

Final[]

Teams	Agen - Dax
Score	9-8
Date	22 May 1966
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Paul Madelmont
Line-up
Agen	Marius Lagiewski, Jean-Claude Malbet, Raymond Palladin, , , Michel Sitjar, Serge Viotto, , Pierre Lacroix, , Bernard Pomiès, , Pierre Gruppi, , Jean-Michel Pechambert Remplaçants : Georges Cavailles, , Claude Salesse, ,
Dax	Jean-Michel Lucq, Léon Bérho, Christian Lasserre, Marcel Cassiède, Jean-Claude Labadie, Pierre Darbos, Gilles Benali, Claude Contis, Georges Capdepuy, Pierre Albaladejo, Jacques Bénède, Jean-Claude Sanz, Claude Dourthe, , Jacques Saubesty
Scorers
Agen	1 try Lasserre, 1 penalty and 1 drop Dehez
Dax	1 try Benali, 1 conversion Saubesty, 1 drop Albaladejo

Dax line-up a very young team, with a lot of young people. Dourthe (17 years ols), Arrieumerlou (18 and half), Capdepuy (20) and Benali (18).

The final was signed by a lot of brutalities and violence.^[1]

Notes and references[]

^ Compte rendu finale 1966 Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, sur lnr.fr

External links[]

Finale 1966 finalesrugby.com

[1] Compte rendu finale 1966 Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, sur lnr.fr

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