1980–81 French Rugby Union Championship

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French Rugby Championship 1980-81
Countries	France
Number of teams	Group A : 40 teams Group B : 40 teams
Champions	Béziers (9th title)
Runners-up	Stade Bagnérais
← 1979-80 1981-82 →

The 1980-81 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Stade Bagnérais in the final.

Formula[]

For the second time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate to win the title, but played a proper championship.

The group A, like the group B was divided in four pools of ten clubs.

The eight better of each pool were qualified for the knockout stages.

Group A[]

Qualification round[]

In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered according to the ranking.

Pool A Bayonne Pau Valence Béziers Nîmes Aurillac Mazamet	Pool B Romans Agen Toulouse Dax Carcassonne Narbonne Albi RRC Nice Périgueux Auch
Pool C Touloun Perpignan Montferrand Angoulême Biarritz Stadoceste Castres Montchanin	Pool D Grenoble Lourdes Graulhet Brive Bègles Stade Bagnérais US Bressane La Rochelle

"Last 32"[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Nîmes	25-6
Valence	Thuir	13-10
Béziers	Carcassonne	29-6
Grenoble	Aurillac	6-12
Bayonne	Castres	14-12
Graulhet	Stadoceste	9-21
Lourdes	Biarritz	23-9
Pau		22-3
Toulon	RRC Nice	6-15
Montferrand	Bègles	9-4
	Brive	12-15
Toulouse	Narbonne	12-6
Agen	Albi	21-10
Angoulême	Stade Bagnérais	12-24
Dax		42-21
Romans	US Bressane	21-9

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Valence	28-7
Béziers	Aurillac	22-10
Bayonne	Stadoceste	12-18
Lourdes	Pau	25-9
RRC Nice	Montferrand	9-15
Brive	Toulose	24-23
Agen	Stade Bagnérais	6-23
Dax	Romans	19-9

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Béziers	12-13
Stadoceste	Lourdes	7-9
Montferrand	Brive	6-3
Stade Bagnérais	Dax	16-9

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Lourdes	35-9
Montferrand	Stade Bagnérais	3-6

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - Stade Bagnérais
Score	22-13
Date	25 May
Venue	Parc des Princes
Referee	Jean-Pierre Bonnet
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, , Alain Estève, Michel Palmié, , Pierre Lacans, , , , Marc Andrieu, , , , Replacements : , , Bernard Teissier, ,
Bagnères	, , , , , , Albert Cigagna, , , , , , Roland Bertranne, Jean-François Gourdon, Jean-Michel Aguirre Replacements : , , , , , Jean-Louis Carrère
Scorers
Béziers	2 tries Andrieu and Fabre, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Fort, 2 drops Pesteil
Bagnères	2 tries Gourdon, 1 conversion and 1 penalty Aguirre

Béziers held their title of French Champions and won the fourth Bouclier de Brennus in five years. Stade Bagnérais lost the second final, after the one in .

Group B[]

Qualification round[]

In bold the teams qualified for knockout stages, ordered according to the ranking.

Pool E Arras Bourgoin Dijon Le Creusot Paris Université	Pool F Cognac (Decazeville) Limoges Racing Rodez(Rodez) Stade Foyen (Sainte-Foy-la-Grande)
Pool G US Montauban Cahors (Foix) Lannemezan	Pool H US Tyrosse Mauléon Mont de Marsan Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade) (Vic-en-Bigorre)

"Last 32"[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
US Tyrosse
US Montauban

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
US Tyrosse
US Montauban

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
US Tyrosse
US Montauban

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
US Tyrosse
US Montauban

Final[]

Teams	US Tyrosse – US Montauban
Score	15-9 (after over-time)
Venue	Agen

External links[]

• Compte rendu finale de 1981 lnr.fr

Notes and references[]