1965–66 French Rugby Union Championship
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French Rugby Championship 1965-66 | |
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Number of teams | 56 |
Champions | Agen (5th title) |
Runners-up | Dax |
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[] |
Pool 2[]
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Pool 3[] |
Pool 4[] |
Pool 5[]
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Pool 6[] |
Pool 7[] |
"Last 32"[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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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 |
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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 |
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Agen | Narbonne | 9-3 |
Racing | Brive | 12-9 |
Dax | Stadoceste | 19-3 |
Mont-de-Marsan | Graulhet | 3-6 |
Semifinals[]
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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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[]
- French rugby union championship
- 1965–66 rugby union tournaments for clubs
- 1965–66 in French rugby union