1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1977-1978
French Rugby Championship 1977-1978
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 teams
Champions	Béziers (7th title)
Runners-up	Montferrand
	← 1976-77 1978-79 →

The 1977-78 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Montferrand 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

Touloun
Perpignan
Brive
Stadoceste
Montauban
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Albi

Pool 3

RRC Nice
Biarritz
Toulouse
US Bressane
Aurillac
Mazamet

Pool 4

Romans
Bayonne
Graulhet
Stade Bagnérais
La Rochelle
Montchanin
Rodez

Pool 5

Narbonne
Montferrand
Valence
Dax
Carcassonne
US Salles

Group B[]

The teams qualified are here listed:

Mont de Marsan
Pau

Racing
Thuir

Knockout stage[]

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Thuir	29-15
	US Bressane	19-10
Perpignan	Auch	26-7
Biarritz	Aurillac	23-9
Romans		24-3
Toulouse	Bègles	27-10
RRC Nice		22-19
Graulhet	Stade Bagnérais	11-27
Agen		16-10
Lourdes	Pau	39-10
Valence	Dax	12-9
Touloun	Mont de Marsan	22-7
Montferrand	Montauban	36-19
Bayonne	Racing	29-9
Brive	Stadoceste	6-0
Narbonne		6-0

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers		33-11
Perpignan	Biarritz	4-3
Romans	Toulouse	6-18
RRC Nice	Stade Bagnérais	6-22
Agen	Lourdes	10-16
Valence	Toulon	22-9
Montferrand	Bayonne	7-0
Brive	Narbonne	16-28

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Perpignan	26-3
Toulouse	Stade Bagnérais	18-14
Lourdes	Valence	9-15
Montferrand	Narbonne	22-18

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Toulose	12-9
Valence	Montferrand	12-20

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - Montferrand
Score	31-09
Date	20 May 1978
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Francis Flingou
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, , , Michel Palmié, , , Alain Estève, Richard Astre, , , , , , Jack Cantoni Remplaçants : Pierre Lacans,
Montferrand	, , , , , , , , Jean-Pierre Romeu, , , , , Michel Droitecourt Remplaçants : , ,
Scorers
Béziers	5 tries Paco, Martin, Séguier, Fabre and 1 penalty try, 4 conversions Cabrol (2) and Cantoni (2), 1 penalty Cabrol
Montferrand	1 try Molenat, 1 conversion Romeu, 1 drop Droitecourt

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1978 lnr.fr

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