1997–98 French Rugby Union Championship

1997–98 French Rugby Union Championship
1997–98 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Stade Français (9th title)
Runners-up	Montferrand
Relegated	Montpellier
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–1998 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams divided in the preliminary phase in two pools of 12. The first four team of each pool were admitted to quarters of final.

Stade Français won the title beating in the final the Montferrand (that lose for 5th time the final). It was the first victory for Stade Français after 90 years, the last was in 1908.

For the first time, the final was played in the new Stade de France

Montpellier was relegated in second division. Five teams were promoted from the second division in order to increase the 1998–99 championship to 24 teams.

Preliminary Phase[]

Pool 1[]

Pos	Team	Points
1	Stade toulousain	46
2	US Colomiers	43
3	RC Narbonne	42
4	Montferrand	40
5	Brive	37
6	Biarritz	36
7	Dax	34
8	Béziers	32
9	La Rochelle	28
10	Nice	22

Pool 2[]

Pos	Club	Points
1	Stade Français	43
2	Perpignan	43
3	Bègles-Bordeaux	43
4	Castres	42
5	Pau	39
6	Bourgoin	37
7	Agen	37
8	Toulon	35
9	Grenoble	23
10	Montpellier	18

Quarter-final[]

May '98	Bourdeaux-Begles	-	Stade Français	31–26	18–24
May '98	Montferrand	-	Toulouse	19–10	9–22
May '98	Castres	-	Perpignan	25–19	7–42
May '98	Castres	-	Colomiers	19–19	8–8

Semi-final[]

May '98	Stade Français	-	Toulouse	39–3
May '98	Perpignan	-	Colomiers	15–12

Final[]

16 May 1998

Stade Français	34 – 7	Perpignan
Try: Simon (18') (28') (41') Gomes (60') Dominici (80'+1) Con: Dominguez (3) (18', 28', 80'+1) Pen: Dominguez (80')		Try: (77') Con: (77')

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Joël Dumé


FB	15	Arthur Gomes
RW	14	Christophe Dominici
OC	13	Franck Comba
IC	12
LW	11		64'
FH	10	Diego Dominguez
SH	9	Christophe Laussucq
N8	8	Christophe Juillet
OF	7	Richard Pool-Jones	72'
BF	6	Marc Lièvremont
RL	5		62'
LL	4	David Auradou	72'
TP	3	Philippe Gimbert	62'
HK	2	Vincent Moscato (c)	78'
LP	1	Serge Simon
Substitutions:
HK	16		78'
PR	17	Sylvain Marconnet	62'
LK	18		62'
LK	19	Olivier Roumat	72'
FL	20	Christophe Moni	72'
SH	21	Ludovic Loustau
WG	22		64'
Coach:
Bernard Laporte


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12	Mathieu Barrau
LW	11
FH	10		56'
SH	9		65'
N8	8	Thomas Lièvremont (c)
OF	7
BF	6		78'
RL	5	Mike James
LL	4		62'
TP	3
HK	2		36'	80'
LP	1		37'
Substitutions:
HK	16		36'	80'
PR	17		37'
LK	18		62'
LK	19	Olivier Olibeau	78'
SH	20		65'
FH	21
FB	22		56'
Coach:

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