1984–85 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1984-85
French Rugby Championship 1984-85
Countries	France
Number of teams	40 teams
Champions	Toulouse
Runners-up	Toulon
	← 1983-84 1985-86 →

The 1984-85 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Toulon in the final.

Formula[]

The 40 clubs were divided in four pools of ten.

The two best team in each pool were admitted directly into "last 16", while the teams classified from 3rd to 6th played a barrage.

Qualification round[]

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Knockout stages[]

Barrage[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Bayonne		15-10
Graulhet	Mont-de-Marsan	12-18
Brive		17-9
Grenoble	Perpignan	22-13
Aurillac	Montauban	21-17
Bourgoin-Jallieu	Stadoceste	19-9
Tyrosse	Dax	3-0
		14-9

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Toulouse	Bayonne	15-9	10-3
Béziers	Mont-de-Marsan	35-19	9-6
Montferrand	Brive	23-6	28-31
Agen	Grenoble	27-16	9-9
Touloun	Aurillac	21-6	32-15
RRC Nice	Bourgoin-Jallieu	6-9	28-15
Lourdes	Tyrosse	6-12	22-6
Biarritz		3-10	29-12

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse	Béziers	21-0
Montferrand	Agen	13-12
Touloun	RRC Nice	19-9
Lourdes	Biarritz	13-9

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse	Montferrand	17-6
Touloun	Lourdes	6-3

Final[]

Teams	Toulouse - Toulon
Score	36-22 after over-time ( 19-19 ath the end of regular time)
Date
Venue	Parc des Princes
Referee	Yves Bressy
Line-up
Toulouse	, Daniel Santamans, , ( 46), Jean-Marie Cadieu ( 71), , ( 71), Albert Cigagna, , Philippe Rougé-Thomas, Guy Novès, Denis Charvet, Éric Bonneval, , Other replacement : , , , .
Toulon	, , , , , Éric Champ, Gilbert Doucet, , Jérôme Gallion, ( 64), , , ( 64), , ( 45) Other replacement : , , , .
Scorers
Toulouse	6 tries Bonneval (51, 83), Charvet (54, 70, 109) and C. Portolan (94), 3 conversions Lopez (54, 70, 109) and 2 penalties Lopez (38, 86)
Toulon	2 tries Fournier (24) and Gallion (67), 1 conversion Bianchi (24) and 3 penalties Bianchi (15, 36), Cauvy (100) and 1 drop Cauvy (64)

It was the first Bouclier de Brennus won by Toulouse from 1947,

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1985 lnr.fr

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