1990–91 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1990–91
French Rugby Championship 1990–91
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 teams
Champions	Bègles-Bordeaux (2nd title)
Runners-up	Toulose
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 French Rugby Union Championship was 99th edition of France's top division of rugby union. Bègles-Bordeaux were champions after beating Toulose in the final.

It was the club's second bouclier de Brennus after their first win in 1969.

Formula[]

The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in 20 pools of four.
The two best from each pool (a total of 40 clubs) were admitted to group A to play for the title.
In the second round the 40 clubs of group A were divided in five pools of eight.
The first three of each pool and the best fourth place team advanced to 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

Béziers
Toulouse
Auch
Bayonne
RRC Nice
Chalon
Périgueux
Romans

Pool 2

Biarritz
Narbonne
Toulon
Grenoble
Le Creusot
Lourdes
SBUC

Pool 3

Bègles-Bordeaux
Nîmes
Brive
Perpignan
US Colomiers
Rodez
Montauban

Pool 4

Pool 5

"Last 16" phase[]

In bold are the clubs qualified for the quarter finals.

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Perpignan	Béziers	15-9	3-27
Biarritz	Nîmes	13-10	12-18
Montpellier RC	Stadoceste	18-9	3-18
Toulon	Bègles-Bordeaux	18-9	6-22
Mont-de-Marsan	Narbonne	15-12	0-51
Brive	Toulouse	9-9	12-15
Dax	Montferrand	9-15	38-22
Auch	Racing	18-15	3-43

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match
Béziers	Nîmes	30-17
Stadoceste	Bègles-Bordeaux	8-19
Narbonne	Toulouse	6-24
Dax	Racing	6-18

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Bègles-Bordeaux	12-13
Toulouse	Racing	13-12

Final[]

01 June 1991

Bègles-Bordeaux	19 – 10	Toulouse
Try: Courtiols 6' 36' Con: Sallefranque 6' Pen: Sallefranque (2) Drop:		Try: Cazalbou (2) 66', 76' Con: 76'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Patrick Robin


FB	15		77'
RW	14	Marc Sallefranque
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	William Téchoueyres
FH	10
SH	9	Bernard Laporte (c)
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Michel Courtiols
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3	Philippe Gimbert
HK	2	Vincent Moscato
LP	1	Serge Simon	77'
Substitutions:
PR	16		77'
LK	17
N8	18
SH	19
FH	20		77'
CE	21
Coach:


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12		59'
LW	11
FH	10	Philippe Rougé-Thomas
SH	9	Jérôme Cazalbou
N8	8	Albert Cigagna (c)
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	Jean-Marie Cadieu
LL	4	Hugues Miorin
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1		47'
Substitutions:
HK	16
PR	17		47'
LK	18
LK	19
SH	20	Philippe Carbonneau
CE	21	Éric Bonneval	59'
Coach:
Jean-Claude Skrela

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