1985–86 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1985-1986
French Rugby Championship 1985-1986
Countries	France
Number of teams	40 teams
Champions	Toulouse
Runners-up	Agen
	← 1984-85 1986-87 →

The 1985-86 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Agen in the final.

Formula[]

The 40 clubs were divided in 4 pools of ten.

The best two teams of each pool were admitted directly to the "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[]

Toulouse
Narbonne
Béziers
Brive
Graulhet
Romans
Mont-de-Marsan
Stade Bagnérais
Lombez-Samatan

Pool 2[]

Touloun
Biarritz
Valence
Pau
Bayonne
Castres

Pool 3[]

Pool 4[]

Knockout stages[]

Barrage[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Bayonne	Pau	6-3
Béziers		10-6
Racing		4-3
Brive	Le Creusot-Montchanin	30-6
Grenoble	Aurillac	9-6
Lourdes	Romans	16-10
RRC Nice	Stadoceste	15-14
Graulhet	Valence	15-4

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Bayonne	Agen	12-6	6-31
Béziers	Nîmes	9-3	17-12
Racing	Perpignan	20-16	3-13
Brive	Touloun	12-0	3-43
Grenoble	Biarritz	9-0	9-19
Lourdes	Toulouse	9-20	3-35
RRC Nice	Montferrand	9-6	3-6
Graulhet	Narbonne	15-12	9-10

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Béziers	16-12
Perpignan	Touloun	10-15
Biarritz	Toulouse	3-16
Montferrand	Graulhet	12-15

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Toulon	38-18
Toulouse	Graulhet	21-12

Final[]

Teams	Toulouse - Agen
Score	16-06 (6-3)
Date	24 May 1986
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	André Peytavin
Line-up
Toulouse	( 66), (Daniel Santamans 66), , , Jean-Marie Cadieu, , , Albert Cigagna ( 66), , Philippe Rougé-Thomas, Guy Novès, Denis Charvet, Éric Bonneval, , Other replacement : ,
Agen	Jean-Louis Tolot, , Daniel Dubroca ( 23), , , , , Dominique Erbani, Pierre Berbizier, , , , Philippe Sella, Bernard Lacombe, Philippe Bérot Other replacement :
Scorers
Toulouse	1 try Bonneval (80), 4 penalties Gabernet (14), Lopez (36, 41, 70)
Agen	2 penalties Bérot (23, 51)

External links[]

Compte rendu finale 1986 lnr.fr

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