1971–72 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1971-1972
French Rugby Championship 1971-1972
Countries	France
Number of teams	64
Champions	Béziers (3rd title)
Runners-up	Brive
	← 1970-71 1972-73 →

The 1971-72 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 Béziers won the Championship beating Brive in the final, holding his title..

Qualification round[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking

Pool 1[]

Pool 2[]

Touloun
La Rochelle
US Bressane
Grenoble
Tyrosse
Quillan
Mazamet (promoted from second division)

Pool 3[]

Brive
Perpignan
Dijon
Bayonne
Périgueux
Chalon (promoted from second division)
Oyonnax

Pool 4[]

Agen
Castres
(promoted from second division)

Pool 5[]

Toulouse
Pau
Vichy
Graulhet
Romans
Gaillac
(Decazeville) (promoted from second division)

Pool 6[]

Montferrand
Bègles
Stade Bagnérais
Montchanin
Rodez (Rodez)
(Castelsarrasin) (promoted from second division)

Pool 7[]

Dax
Racing
Aurillac
Lourdes
(Condom)
(promoted from second division)

Pool 8[]

Narbonne
Lyon OU
Mont-de-Marsan
Valence
Biarritz
Cognac
Auch
Bourgoin-Jallieu (promoted from second division)

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Montauban	30-3
Dijon	Lyon OU	12-6
Dax	Bayonne	19-14
Mont-de-Marsan	La Rochelle	23-16
Narbonne		27-3
Stadoceste	Racing	14-0
Stade Bagnérais	Montferrand	11-4
		24-12
Touloun		8-3
US Bressane		15-11
Agen	Grenoble	10-9
Perpignan	Vichy	18-10
Béziers	Valence	23-3
Bègles	Castres	17-4
Toulouse	Aurillac	16-6
Pau		17-4

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Dijon	21-12
Dax	Mont-de-Marsan	32-9
Narbonne	Stadoceste	13-12
Stade Bagnérais		6-15
Touloun	US Bressane	34-0
Agen	Perpignan	10-9
Béziers	Bègles	11-7
Toulose	Pau	4-13

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Dax	13-9
Narbonne		24-10
Touloun	Agen	6-4
Béziers	Pau	40-4

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Narbonne	9-7
Toulon	Béziers	6-19

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - Brive
Score	9-0
Date	21 May 1972
Venue	Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee	Georges Domercq
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, , , , Alain Estève, , , , Richard Astre, , , , , , Jack Cantoni
Brive	, Michel Yachvili, , , , , , Roger Fite, Marcel Puget, , , , Michel Marot, ,
Scorers
Béziers	1 try, 1 conversion and 1 drop Cabrol
Brive

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1972 lnr.fr

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