1967–68 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

French Rugby Championship 1967–68
Organisateur:FFR
Edition:69th
Countries: France
Participants:64 teams
Count:8
Runnersup:Touloun
Prevseason:1966–67

The 1967–68 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. The first four of each pool, were qualified for the "last 32".

The Lourdes won the Championship 1967-68 after beating the Toulon in the final. The two teams tied the match (9–9) after overtime and Lourdes was declared champion for the greatest number of tries scored.

Context

Il 1968 saw the "équipe de France" obtained his first Grand Chelem in the 1968 Five Nations Championship.

The final of the championship was delayed of 3 weeks for the riot of the évènements de Mai 1968 The French rugby lost Guy Boniface (Mont-de-Marsan) and Jean-Michel Capendeguy (Saint-Jean-de-Luz), dead in car accidents,

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won in 1968 by the Narbonne that beat Dax in the final (14–6).

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to next round

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Pool 8

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2 Results
Grenoble 11-6
Graulhet Condom 11-0
Touloun 12-6
Bayonne Montferrand10-8
Narbonne 6-3
Dax 17-9
Montauban Dijon9-6
Romans 14-9
Lourdes 19-5
La Voulte 15-6
Mont-de-Marsan Bègles16-8
Pau 6-0
Stadoceste 14-6
Béziers 0-0
Brive 11-3
Toulouse 14-12

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2 Results
Grenoble 14-3
Touloun 20-13
Narbonne 9-0
Montauban 11-6
Lourdes 47-9
Mont-de-Marsan Pau8-3
Stadoceste 6-0
Brive 22-9

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2 Results
Toulon 3-18
Narbonne 30-0
Lourdes 9-3
Stadoceste 22-12

Semifinals

Team 1Team 2 Results
Touloun 14-9
Lourdes 15-6

Final

Teams
Score9-9
Date16 June 1968
VenueStadium Municipal, Toulouse
RefereeCharles Durant
Line-up
Lourdes
Touloun
Scorers
Lourdes 2 tries Latanne, 1 drop Gachassin
Touloun2 penalties and 1 drop Labouré

The facts of May 1968 retarded of three weeks of this match.

As consequence, was changed the rules: in case of equity at the end of over time, will be declared champion Lourdes that score 2 tries against none. This is also because the national team had to start for the 1968 France rugby union team tour to Nez Zealand.

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