1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship

1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship
1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Toulouse (14th title)
Runners-up	Bourgoin
Relegated	Nîmes, Périgueux, PUC, Dijon
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams

Stade Toulousain won their 14th title, beating Bourgoin in the final.

Preliminary round[]

The 20 team were divided in the preliminary phase in two pools of 10. The first eight team of each pool were admitted to "Round of 16". The last two were relegated in second division.

Pool 1[]

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Bourgoin	45
2	Agen	43
3	Toulouse	42
4	Dax	42
5	Castres	40
6	Biarritz	37
7	Grenoble	32
8	Béziers	30
9	Nîmes	25
10	Périgueux	24

Pool 2[]

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Brive	43
2	Montferrand	41
3	Perpignan	41
4	Pau	39
5	Bègles-Bordeaux	38
6	Narbonne	38
7	Toulon	38
8	Colomiers	36
9	Paris Université Club	24
10	Dijon	22

Last 16[]

may ‘97	Toulouse	-	Narbonne	24–22
may ‘97	Brive	-	Colomiers	31–36
may ‘97	Grenoble	-	Agen	27–27
may ‘97	Perpignan	-	Bourdeaux-Begles	26–29
may ‘97	Bourgoin	-	Beziers	23–14
may ‘97	Pau	-	Castres	23–20
may ‘97	Montferrand	-	Toulon	12–6
may ‘97	Dax	-	Biarritz	22–18

Last 8[]

may ‘97	Toulouse	-	Colomiers	21–12
may ‘97	Agen	-	Bourdeaux-Begles	22–18
may ‘97	Bourgoin	-	Pau	24–18
may ‘97	Montferrand	-	Dax	22–18

Semifinals[]

may ‘97	Toulouse	-	Agen	23–16
may ‘97	Bourgoin	-	Montferrand	21–17

Final[]

31 May 1997

Toulouse	12 – 6	Bourgoin
Pen: Deylaud (3) Drop: Deylaud		Pen: (2)

Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Gillet


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13		80+2'
IC	12	Thomas Castaignède
LW	11
FH	10	Christophe Deylaud (c)
SH	9	Jérôme Cazalbou
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	Franck Belot
LL	4	Hugues Miorin
TP	3		66'
HK	2
LP	1	Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK	16
PR	17		66'
LK	18	David Couzinet
FL	19
SH	20
CE	21		80+2'
FB	22	Xavier Garbajosa
Coach:
Guy Novès


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	Alexandre Péclier
IC	12	Stéphane Glas	24'
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Pierre Raschi	72'
OF	7
BF	6	Alexandre Chazalet
RL	5	Jean Daudé	59'
LL	4	Marc Cécillon (c)
TP	3		51'
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutions:
HK	16
PR	17		51'
LK	18		59'
N8	19	Julien Frier	72'
SH	20
CE	21		24'
WG	22
Coach:

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