1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1992-93
French Rugby Championship 1992-93
Countries	France
Number of teams	32 teams
Champions	Castres (3rd title)
Runners-up	Grenoble
Relegated	Chalon, US Tyrosse, l'Cognac and Le Creusot
	← 1991-92 1993-94 →

The 1992-93 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Castres who beat Grenoble 14-11 in the final, in a match decided by an irregular try accorded by the referee.^[1]

It was the third bouclier de Brennus for the Castres Olympique, the first after 43 year

Formula[]

The championship, called "Group A" was contested by 32 clubs divided in four pools.

At the end of the first phase, the teams classified in the first four of each pool were qualified to play a "Top 16" divided in four pools of four teams.

The eight teams ranked first and second of each pool were admitted to knockout stages

At the end of the season, four club were relegated to the second division: Chalon, l'US Tyrosse, Cognac and Le Creusot.

They were replaced by Périgueux, Dijon, Lyon OU and Lourdes.

Participants[]

The teams are linked according to the ranking, in 'bold the ones qualified for "Top 16"

Pool 1

RC Toulon
Bègles-Bordeaux
Tolouse
Dax
Auch
Graulhet
RRC Nice
Chalon

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Top 16[]

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

Pool 1

Pool 2

RC Toulon
Tolouse
CA Bègthe-Bordeaux
Montferrand

Pool 3

Pool 4

Knock Out stage[]

Quarterfinals[]

16 May 1993	Grenoble	-	Toulouse	19 – 17 (o.t.)
16 May 1993	Agen	-	Brive	33 - 16
23 May 1993	Castres	-	Narbonne	33 – 21^[a]
16 May 1993	Toulon	-	Perpignan	10 - 9

Semifinals[]

23 May 1993	Grenoble	-	Agen	19 - 5
23 May 1993	Castres	-	Toulon	17 - 16

Final[]

05 June 1993

Castres	14 – 11	Grenoble
Try: Whetton Pen: Labit (2) Drop:		Try: Pen:

Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Salles


FB	15	Laurent Labit
RW	14
OC	13	Adrian Lungu
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	(c)
SH	9
N8	8	Alain Carminati
OF	7
BF	6	José Díaz
RL	5	Gary Whetton
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutions:
HK	16
PR	17
FL	18
N8	19
WG	20
WG	21
Coach:


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	Willy Taofifénua
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	(c)
BF	6	Grzegorz Kacała
RL	5	Olivier Brouzet
LL	4	Olivier Merle
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutions:
HK	16	Gilbert Brunat
PR	17
FL	18
SH	19
CE	20
FB	21
Coach:
Jacques Fouroux

A try of Olivier Brouzet is denied to Grenoble^[2] and the decisive try by Gary Whetton was awarded by the referee, , when in fact the defender from Grenoble touched down the ball first in his try zone. This error gave the title to Castres. Salles admitted the error 13 years later^[3] .^[4] .^[5]

Notes[]

^ the first match won by Castres (38-33) was annulled after a protest of Narbonne

References[]

^ Escot, Richard; Rivière, Jacques (2010). Un siècle de rugby (in French) (13th ed.). Calmann-Lévy. p. 268. ISBN 978-2-7021-4118-2.
^ "Combien de fois Bayonne s'est imposé dans la capitale ?". Midi olympique. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
^ "Finale Castres-Grenoble 93 : l'insupportable aveu de l'arbitre Salles". rugbyolympic.com. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^ "Daniel Salles à propos de Castres-Grenoble en 1993 : " Je me suis trompé "". sudouest. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
^ "Parc des Princes, Paris, 5 june 1993". LNR. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

Bibliography[]

Un siècle de rugby (in French) (13 ed.). Calmann-Lévy. 17 November 2010. ISBN 978-2-7021-4118-2. siècle.

External links[]

Compte rendu de la finale 1993 sur www.lnr.fr

[2] the first match won by Castres (38-33) was annulled after a protest of Narbonne

[Escot-1] Escot, Richard; Rivière, Jacques (2010). Un siècle de rugby (in French) (13th ed.). Calmann-Lévy. p. 268. ISBN 978-2-7021-4118-2.

[3] "Combien de fois Bayonne s'est imposé dans la capitale ?". Midi olympique. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

[4] "Finale Castres-Grenoble 93 : l'insupportable aveu de l'arbitre Salles". rugbyolympic.com. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

[5] "Daniel Salles à propos de Castres-Grenoble en 1993 : " Je me suis trompé "". sudouest. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.

[lnr-6] "Parc des Princes, Paris, 5 june 1993". LNR. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

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