| French Rugby Championship 1977–78 | |
| Organisateur: | FFR |
| Countries: |  France |
| Teams: | 80 teams |
| Count: | 7 |
| Runnersup: | Montferrand |
The 1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Montferrand in the final.
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.
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
| Pool 1 | Pool 2
| Pool 3 | |
| Pool 4 | Pool 5
|
The teams qualified are here listed:
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Béziers | 29-15 | ||
| Oloron | 19-10 | ||
| Perpignan | 26-7 | ||
| Biarritz | 23-9 | ||
| Romans | 24-3 | ||
| Toulouse | 27-10 | ||
| RRC Nice | 22-19 | ||
| Stade Bagnérais | 11-27 | ||
| Agen | 16-10 | ||
| Lourdes | 39-10 | ||
| Valence | 12-9 | ||
| Touloun | 22-7 | ||
| Montferrand | 36-19 | ||
| Bayonne | 29-9 | ||
| Brive | 6-0 | ||
| Narbonne | 6-0 |
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Béziers | 33-11 | ||
| Perpignan | 4-3 | ||
| Toulouse | 6-18 | ||
| Stade Bagnérais | 6-22 | ||
| Lourdes | 10-16 | ||
| Valence | Toulon | 22-9 | |
| Montferrand | 7-0 | ||
| Narbonne | 16-28 |
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Béziers | 26-3 | ||
| Toulouse | 18-14 | ||
| Valence | 9-15 | ||
| Montferrand | 22-18 |
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Béziers | 12-9 | ||
| Montferrand | 12-20 |
| Teams | Béziers - Montferrand | |
| Score | 31-09 | |
| Date | 20 May 1978 | |
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris | |
| Referee | Francis Flingou | |
| Line-up | ||
| Béziers | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, Jean-Louis Martin, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Christian Pesteil, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Henri Mioch, Jean-Luc Rivallo, Michel Fabre, Jack Cantoni Remplaçants : Pierre Lacans, Francis Lugans |
| Montferrand | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| Scorers | ||
| Béziers | 5 tries Paco, Martin, Séguier, Fabre and 1 penalty try, 4 conversions Cabrol (2) and Cantoni (2), 1 penalty Cabrol | |
| Montferrand | 1 try Molenat, 1 conversion Romeu, 1 drop Droitecourt |