1986–87 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1986-87
French Rugby Championship 1986-87
Countries	France
Number of teams	40 teams
Champions	Toulon (2nd title)
Runners-up	Racing Paris
	← 1985-86 1987-88 →

The 1986-87 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulon that beat Racing Paris in the final.

Formula[]

The 40 clubs were divided in 4 pools of ten.

The first five of pool 1 and 2 and the first three of pool 3 and 4, were qualified for knock out stages.

This formula will be used only for this year.

Qualification round[]

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

Pool 1

Pool 2

Toulon
Agen
Racing
Lourdes
Valence
Biarritz
Perpignan
Pau
Bayonne
Nîmes

Pool 3

Pool 4

Bourgoin-Jallieu
Le Creusot-Monchanin
Castres
Carcassonne
Voiron
Albi
Saint-Gaudens

Knock out stages[]

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round . All the qualified, came from pool 1 and 2.

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
	Toulon	9-37	12-21
Béziers	Lourdes	19-9	9-18
Stadoceste	Agen	21-21	6-15
Stade Bagnérais	Montferrand	12-16	6-28
Bourgoin-Jallieu	Racing	12-9	3-22
Le Creusot-Montchanin	Brive	15-15	15-26
Dax	Toulouse	18-9	6-29
Valence	Graulhet	9-9	9-27

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	result
Toulon	Béziers	15-9
Agen	Montferrand	13-12
Racing	Brive	22-19
Toulouse	Graulhet	20-9

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	result
Toulon	Agen	18-16
Racing	Toulose	10-9

Final[]

Teams	Toulon - Racing
Score	15-12
Date	2 May 1987
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Jean-Claude Doulcet
Line-up
Toulon	, , , , , Éric Champ, Thierry Louvet, , Jérôme Gallion, , , , , , Replacements : , , , ,
Racing	, , , , , Laurent Cabannes, Xavier Blond, , Gérald Martinez, Franck Mesnel, , , , Jean-Baptiste Lafond, Replacements : , , , ,
Scorers
Toulon	1 try Jaubert, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Bianchi, 1 drop Trémouille
Racing	1 try Genet, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Pouyau

Toulon won his second Bouclier de Brennus, after the first in 1931, and after 4 final lost (1948, 1968, 1971 and 1985).

The team of Racing play the match wearing a pink papillon.

External links[]

Compte rendu de the final de 1987 lnr.fr^{[permanent dead link]}
Retransmission de la fin de the final 1987 borcxv.sport24.com^{[permanent dead link]}

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