1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1975-76
French Rugby Championship 1975-76
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 team
Champions	Agen (6th title)
Runners-up	Béziers
	← 1974-75 1976-77 →

The 1975-76 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen beating Béziers in the final.

Formula[]

The "elite" (group A) were formed by five pools of eight clubs.

Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams.

Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams.

Qualification round[]

Group A[]

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

Pool 1

Béziers
Valence
Perpignan
Pau
Montchanin
Toulouse

Pool 2

Pool 3

Narbonne
Biarritz
Bayonne
Lyon OU
Vichy

Pool 4

Dax
Romans
RRC Nice
US Bressane
Touloun
Racing
Bourgoin-Jallieu

Pool 5

Group B[]

The teams qualified are here listed:

Cahors
Carcassonne
Castres

Graulhet
Le Creusot
Mimizan

Knockout Stages[]

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Graulhet	28-6
	Stade Bagnérais	12-6
Montferrand		62-18
Perpignan	Biarritz	48-3
Béziers	Mimizan	37-8
Montauban		27-6
Lourdes	Castres	15-6
Valence	La Rochelle	16-6
Agen	Le Creusot	23-6
RRC Nice	Pau	7-6
Romans	Carcassonne	17-6
Aurillac	Toulon	11-7
Narbonne	Cahors	30-12
Bègles	US Bressane	9-9
Dax	Montchanin	21-7
		13-8

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive		24-7
Montferrand	Perpignan	18-3
Béziers	Montauban	21-7
Lourdes	Valence	21-3
Agen	RRC Nice	12-12
Romans	Aurillac	18-15
Narbonne	Bègles	9-6
Dax		14-9

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Montferrand	3-0
Béziers	Lourdes	29-6
Agen	Romans	9-7
Narbonne	Dax	20-8

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Béziers	12-21
Agen	Narbonne	22-6

Final[]

Teams	Agen - Béziers
Score	13-10 (after over-time, 10-10 at the end of regular time)
Date	23 May 1976
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Michel Messan
Line-up
Agen	, , Daniel Dubroca, , , , , , , , , , , , Remplaçants : ,
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, , Alain Paco, , Michel Palmié, , , Alain Estève, Richard Astre, , , , , , Jack Cantoni Remplaçant :
Scorers
Agen	1 try Plantefol, 2 penalties Mazas, 1 drop Cazaubon
Béziers	1 try Paco, 2 penalties Cabrol

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1976 lnr.fr

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