1980–81 French Rugby Union Championship
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French Rugby Championship 1980-81 | |
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Countries | ![]() |
Number of teams | Group A : 40 teams Group B : 40 teams |
Champions | Béziers (9th title) |
Runners-up | Stade Bagnérais |
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 |
Pool B |
Pool C
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Pool D
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"Last 32"[]
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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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 |
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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 |
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Perpignan | Béziers | 12-13 |
Stadoceste | Lourdes | 7-9 |
Montferrand | Brive | 6-3 |
Stade Bagnérais | Dax | 16-9 |
Semifinals[]
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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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 |
Pool F
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Pool G
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Pool H
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"Last 32"[]
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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US Tyrosse | ||
US Montauban | ||
"Last 16"[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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US Tyrosse | ||
US Montauban | ||
Quarter of finals[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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US Tyrosse | ||
US Montauban | ||
Semifinals[]
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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US Tyrosse | ||
US Montauban |
Final[]
Teams | US Tyrosse – US Montauban |
Score | 15-9 (after over-time) |
Venue | Agen |
External links[]
Notes and references[]
- French rugby union championship
- 1980–81 rugby union tournaments for clubs
- 1980–81 in French rugby union