1967–68 French Rugby Union Championship
French Rugby Championship 1967-68 | |
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Countries | ![]() |
Champions | Lourdes (8th title) |
Runners-up | Touloun |
The 1967–68 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. The first four of each pool, were qualified for the "last 32".
The Lourdes won the Championship 1967-68 after beating the Toulon in the final. The two teams tied the match (9–9) after overtime and Lourdes was declared champion for the greatest number of tries scored.
Context[]
Il 1988 saw the "équipe de France" obtained his first in the 1968 Five Nations Championship.
The final of the championship was delayed of 3 weeks for the riot of the
The French rugby lost Guy Boniface (Mont-de-Marsan) and (), dead in car accidents,
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won in 1968 by the Narbonne that beat Dax in the final (14–6).
Qualification round[]
In bold the qualified to next round
Pool 1[]
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Pool 2[] |
Pool 3[] |
Pool 4[]
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Pool 5[] |
Pool 6[] |
Pool 7[] |
Pool 8[] |
"Last 32"[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Grenoble | Vichy | 11-6 |
Graulhet | Condom | 11-0 |
Touloun | La Rochelle | 12-6 |
Bayonne | Montferrand | 10-8 |
Narbonne | 6-3 | |
Dax | Auch | 17-9 |
Montauban | Dijon | 9-6 |
Romans | 14-9 | |
Lourdes | Valence | 19-5 |
Quillan | 15-6 | |
Mont-de-Marsan | Bègles | 16-8 |
Pau | Agen | 6-0 |
Stadoceste | Angoulême | 14-6 |
Béziers | Lannemezan | 0-0 |
Brive | 11-3 | |
Toulouse | 14-12 |
"Last 16"[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Grenoble | Graulhet | 14-3 |
Touloun | Bayonne | 20-13 |
Narbonne | Dax | 9-0 |
Montauban | Romans | 11-6 |
Lourdes | 47-9 | |
Mont-de-Marsan | Pau | 8-3 |
Stadoceste | Béziers | 6-0 |
Brive | Toulose | 22-9 |
Quarter of finals[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Grenoble | Touloun | 3-18 |
Narbonne | Montauban | 30-0 |
Lourdes | Mont-de-Marsan | 9-3 |
Stadoceste | Brive | 22-12 |
Semifinals[]
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Touloun | Narbonne | 14-9 |
Lourdes | Stadoceste | 15-6 |
Final[]
Teams | Lourdes - Toulon |
Score | 9-9 |
Date | 16 June 1968 |
Venue | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse |
Referee | Charles Durant |
Line-up | |
Lourdes | , , , , , , , Michel Crauste, , Jean Gachassin, André Campaes, , , , Bertrand Fourcade |
Touloun | , Georges Fabre, , , André Herrero, , Christian Carrère, , , , , , , , |
Scorers | |
Lourdes | 2 tries Latanne, 1 drop Gachassin |
Touloun | 2 penaltys and 1 drop Labouré |
The facts of May 1968 retarded of three weeks of this match.
As consequence, was changed the rules: in case of equity at the end of over time, will be declared champion Lourdes that score 2 tries against none. This is also because the national team had to start for the .
External links[]
- French rugby union championship
- 1967–68 rugby union tournaments for clubs
- 1967–68 in French rugby union