1976–77 French Rugby Union Championship
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French Rugby Championship 1976-1977 | |
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Number of teams | 80 |
Champions | Béziers |
Runners-up | Perpignan |
The 1976-77 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Perpignan 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[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
Pool 1 |
Pool 2 |
Pool 3
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Pool 4
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Pool 5
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Group B[]
The teams qualified are here listed:
Knockout stages[]
"Last 32"[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Match aller | Match retour |
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Béziers | Albi | 62-6 | 43-9 |
Graulhet | Dax | 7-3 | 12-19 |
Salles | Bayonne | 14-10 | 8-25 |
Touloun | Montchanin | 30-13 | 53-9 |
RRC Nice | 15-15 | 18-12 | |
Toulouse | Bègles | 13-4 | 16-7 |
Biarritz | Le Creusot | 6-3 | 35-12 |
Brive | 18-9 | 8-9 | |
Perpignan | Aurillac | 32-9 | 29-10 |
Agen | 27-19 | 12-6 | |
Narbonne | Auch | 45-9 | 48-9 |
US Bressane | 18-12 | 3-12 | |
Romans | Montauban | 23-7 | 4-7 |
Lourdes | Rodez | 40-0 | 19-14 |
Montferrand | Tyrosse | 33-17 | 34-16 |
Stade Bagnérais | Stadoceste | 16-12 | 6-0 |
"Last 16"[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Béziers | Dax | 47-3 |
Bayonne | Toulon | 13-6 |
RRC Nice | Toulose | 17-6 |
Biarritz | Brive | 19-10 |
Perpignan | Agen | 21-10 |
Narbonne | 17-7 | |
Romans | Lourdes | 16-10 |
Montferrand | Stade Bagnérais | 33-15 |
Quarter of finals[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Béziers | Bayonne | 18-16 |
RRC Nice | Biarritz | 19-17 |
Perpignan | Narbonne | 19-4 |
Romans | Montferrand | 16-13 |
Semifinals[]
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Béziers | RRC Nice | 15-10 |
Perpignan | Romans | 9-6 |
Final[]
Teams | Béziers - Perpignan |
Score | 12-04 |
Date | 29 May 1977 |
Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris |
Referee | Gilbert Chevrier |
Line-up | |
Béziers | Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, , , Michel Palmié, , , Alain Estève, Richard Astre, , , , , , Jack Cantoni Remplaçant : |
Perpignan | , , , , Jean-François Imbernon, , , , , Jean Lopez, , , , , Remplaçants : , , , |
Scorers | |
Béziers | 1 try Astre, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Cabrol |
Perpignan | 1 try Fontana |
Béziers won le Bouclier de Brennus for the fifth time in the '70s.
Three players in the match were also members of the French team that won Grand Slam in 1977 with "équipe de France" : Alain Paco and Michel Palmié of Béziers and Jean-François Imbernon of USAP.
External links[]
- French rugby union championship
- 1976–77 rugby union tournaments for clubs
- 1976–77 in French rugby union