1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

French Rugby Championship 1975–76
Organisateur:FFR
Count:6
Edition:77
Countries: France
Teams:80 team

The 1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen beating Béziers in the final.

Formula

The "elite" (group A) were formed by five pools of eight clubs.

Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams.

Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams.

Qualification round

Group A

The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.

Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3
Pool 4 Pool 5

Group B

The teams qualified are here listed:

Knockout stages

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2 Results
Brive 28-6
Saint-Jean-de-Luz 12-6
Montferrand 62-18
Perpignan 48-3
Béziers Mimizan 37-8
Montauban 27-6
Lourdes 15-6
Valence 16-6
Agen 23-6
RRC Nice 7-6
Romans 17-6
Aurillac Toulon11-7
Narbonne 30-12
Bègles 9-9
Dax Montchanin 21-7
Oloron 13-8

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2 Results
Brive 24-7
Montferrand 18-3
Béziers 21-7
Lourdes 21-3
Agen 12-12
Romans 18-15
Narbonne 9-6
Dax 14-9

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2 Results
Brive Montferrand3-0
Béziers 29-6
Agen 9-7
Narbonne 20-8

Semifinals

Team 1Team 2 Results
Béziers 12-21
Agen 22-6

Final

Teams
Score13-10 (after over-time, 10-10 at the end of regular time)
Date23 May 1976
VenueParc des Princes, Paris
RefereeMichel Messan
Line-up
Agen bgcolor=#EEEEEE
Béziers bgcolor=#EEEEEE
Scorers
Agen 1 try Plantefol, 2 penalties Mazas, 1 drop Cazaubon
Béziers1 try Paco, 2 penalties Cabrol

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