1974–75 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1974-75
French Rugby Championship 1974-75
Countries	France
Number of teams	64
Champions	Béziers (5th title)
Runners-up	Brive
	← 1973-74 1975-76 →

The 1974-75 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Brive in the final.

Formula[]

For the last time the "elite" were formed of 64 clubs (will be reduced to 40) . The clubs were divided in 8 pools and the first four of each pool were qualified for knockout stages.

The last three of each pool (24 clubs) will be relegated in the future "Grouo B"

The knockout stages, will be played with single match rounds.

Qualification round[]

The clubs classified in the four 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 A

Béziers
Touloun
Castres
Cahors
Gaillac

Pool B

Narbonne
Racing
Lourdes
Valence
Montauban
Le Creusot
Grenoble

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Stadoceste
Aurillac
Bayonne
Montchanin
Périgueux
Albi
Oyonnax

Pool G

Pool H

Agen
Dax
Toulouse
Romans
Quillan

Knockout stages[]

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers		25-6
Touloun	Toulose	16-9
Stadoceste	Romans	19-15
Pau		20-4
Montferrand	La Rochelle	14-6
Racing	Mont-de-Marsan	40-0
RRC Nice		6-15
Aurillac	Bayonne	20-6
Brive	Montchanin	4-0
Bègles	Stade Bagnérais	3-9
	Lourdes	10-19
Dax	US Bressane	10-6
Narbonne		9-3
Lyon OU	Valence	21-4
Agen	Vichy	17-9
Perpignan		19-0

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Toulon	13-7
Stadoceste	Pau	11-3
Montferrand	Racing	4-7
	Aurillac	6-0
Brive	Stade Bagnérais	35-13
Lourdes	Dax	35-13
Narbonne	Lyon OU	14-9
Agen	Perpignan	14-9

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Stadoceste	19-4
Racing		18-7
Brive	Dax	14-9
Narbonne	Agen	9-6

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Racing	16-3
Brive	Narbonne	20-13

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - Brive
Score	13-12
Date	18 May 1975
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Jacques Saint-Guilhem
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, , Alain Paco, , Michel Palmié, , , Alain Estève, Richard Astre, , , , , , Jack Cantoni Remplaçant :
Brive	, , , , Roger Fite, Michel Yachvili, Jean-Luc Joinel, , , , , , , , Remplaçants : ,
Scorers
Béziers	1 try Séguier, 3 penalties Cabrol
Brive	1 try Pebeyre, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Puidebois

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1975 lnr.fr

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