1989–90 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1989-1990
French Rugby Championship 1989-1990
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 teams
Champions	Racing
Runners-up	Agen
	← 1988-89 1990-91 →

Le Racing won The 1988-89 French Rugby Union Championship [after beating Agen in the final.

Le Racing won his first bouclier de Brennus from 1959

Formula[]

The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. .
The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title
In the second round th e32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight.
The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage

Group A qualification round to knockout stage[]

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

Pool 1

Dax
Grenoble
US Colomiers
Auch
Chalon
La Rochelle
Paris Université Club

Pool 2

Racing
Montferrand
Bègles-Bordeaux
Biarritz
Bayonne
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Graulhet
Voiron

Pool 3

Agen
Béziers
Touloun
Nîmes
RRC Nice
Lourdes
Cognac

Pool 4

Toulouse
Narbonne
Brive
Castres
Stadoceste
Tyrosse
Perpignan
FCS Rumilly

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Nîmes	Toulouse	6-13	3-33
Béziers	Narbonne	10-13	12-9
Castres	Racing	6-9	6-40
Brive	Grenoble	19-12	0-28
US Colomiers	Touloun	6-3	12-30
Agen	Auch	45-3	28-3
Montferrand	Bègles-Bordeaux	31-18	12-21
Biarritz	Dax	18-18	12-29

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse	Narbonne	10-9
Racing	Grenoble	27-21
Toulon	Agen	0-6
Montferrand	Dax	34-12

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulose	Racing	14-21
Agen	Montferrand	9-3

Final[]

26 May 1990

Racing Club de France	22 – 12 (after extra time)	Agen
Try: Cabannes Con: Pen: (2) Lafond		Pen: (2) Drop:

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,069
Referee: Claude Debat


FB	15	Jean-Baptiste Lafond
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12	Franck Mesnel
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Laurent Cabannes
BF	6	Xavier Blond	75'
RL	5	(c)
LL	4
TP	3		43'
HK	2
LP	1	Laurent Bénézech
Substitutions:
HK	16
PR	17		43'
FL	18		75'
SH	19
WG	20
CE	21
Coach:


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	Philippe Sella
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9	Pierre Berbizier (c)
N8	8	Dominique Erbani
OF	7	Philippe Benetton
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	Abdelatif Benazzi
TP	3
HK	2		81'
LP	1	Jean-Louis Tolot
Substitutions:
PR	16	Grégoire Lascubé	81'
LK	17
FL	18
FL	19
SH	20
CE	21
Coach:

External links[]

Compte rendu finale 1990 lnr.fr

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