1973–74 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1973-74
French Rugby Championship 1973-74
Countries	France
Number of teams	64
Champions	Béziers (4th title)
Runners-up	Narbonne
	← 1972-73 1974-75 →

The 1973-74 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Narbonne in the final.

Formula[]

The 64 clubs are divided in two groups.

Group A with the 32 better of the previous season, divided in 4 pools of 8. The best 6 of each pools were qualified to knockout stages.
Group B, with the other 32 teams, divided in 4 pools of 8. The first two of each pools were qualified to knock-on stage.

Qualification round[]

Group A[]

The clubs classified in the six first places of each pool (24 clubs on 32) were qualified for the knockout stages.

The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.

Pool 1

Agen
Stadoceste
Toulouse
Bayonne
Aurillac
Dijon

Pool 2

Narbonne
Montferrand
Dax
Biarritz
Vichy
Lourdes
Graulhet

Pool 3

Béziers
La Rochelle
Pau
Touloun
Bègles
Valence
Castres

Pool 4

Brive
Stade Bagnérais
US Bressane
Racing
Perpignan
Grenoble

Group B[]

The clubs classified in the two first places of each pool (8 clubs on 32) were qualified for the knockout stages.

The teams qualified are here listed:

Montchanin
RRC Nice

Knockout stages[]

(Single match stage)

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	US Bressane	9-3
Montchanin		0-8
RRC Nice		22-3
La Rochelle		9-3
Brive		32-3
Albi	Toulose	12-10
Racing	Mont-de-Marsan	27-11
Perpignan	Montferrand	17-6
Narbonne	Lourdes	9-6
Biarritz		14-10
Montauban	Touloun	9-14
Stadoceste	Bayonne	16-7
Agen	Bègles	24-9
Pau		18-15
	Dax	3-15
Stade Bagnérais	Vichy	10-18

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers		15-6
RRC Nice	La Rochelle	22-12
Brive	Albi	41-0
Racing	Perpignan	6-10
Narbonne	Biarritz	28-8
Toulon	Stadoceste	12-16
Agen	Pau	21-24
Dax	Vichy	16-6

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	RRC Nice	6-0
Brive	Perpignan	25-15
Narbonne	Stadoceste	16-9
Pau	Dax	13-8

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Brive	19-10
Narbonne	Pau	15-9

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - Narbonne
Score	16-14
Date	12 May 1974
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, , Alain Paco, , Michel Palmié, , , Alain Estève, Richard Astre, , , , , Jack Cantoni, ,
Narbonne	Jean-Pierre Hortoland, , , , Claude Spanghero, , , Walter Spanghero, , Jo Maso, Daniel Dumas, , , , , ,
Scorers
Béziers	1 try Navarro, 1 penalty Cabrol, 3 drops Astre (2) and Cabrol (1)
Narbonne	2 tries Belzons and Sangalli, 2 penalties Bénacloï

Narbonnw started very well, with two tries, a drop by , but Walter Spanghero and his fellow lost the title in the last seconds.

Béziers won the 3rd of six titles of a collection in the 1970s. Narbonne had to wait until 1979 to win his second "Bouclier de Brennus",

To remark that this was the final playerd in the new Parc des Princes.

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1974 lnr.fr

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