1967–68 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1967-68
French Rugby Championship 1967-68
Countries	France
Champions	Lourdes (8th title)
Runners-up	Touloun
	← 1966-67 1968-69 →

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[]

Bayonne
US Bressane
Figeac
Foix
Montauban
Quillan

Pool 2[]

Albi
Bègles
Montferrand
Pau
Périgueux
Vichy

Pool 3[]

Biarritz
Graulhet
Grenoble
Limoges
Racing
SBUC
Touloun

Pool 4[]

Avignon
Cognac
Dax
La Rochelle
Mazamet
Toulouse
Valence

Pool 5[]

Pool 6[]

Pool 7[]

Pool 8[]

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
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
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
Grenoble	Touloun	3-18
Narbonne	Montauban	30-0
Lourdes	Mont-de-Marsan	9-3
Stadoceste	Brive	22-12

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
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 .

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Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

1967–68 French Rugby Union Championship

Contents

Context[]

Qualification round[]

Pool 1[]

Pool 2[]

Pool 3[]

Pool 4[]

Pool 5[]

Pool 6[]

Pool 7[]

Pool 8[]

"Last 32"[]

"Last 16"[]

Quarter of finals[]

Semifinals[]

Final[]

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