1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

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.

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

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

Group B

The teams qualified are here listed:

Knockout stage

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 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

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2 Results
Béziers 33-11
Perpignan 4-3
Toulouse 6-18
Stade Bagnérais 6-22
Lourdes 10-16
Valence Toulon22-9
Montferrand 7-0
Narbonne 16-28

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2 Results
Béziers 26-3
Toulouse 18-14
Valence9-15
Montferrand 22-18

Semifinals

Team 1Team 2 Results
Béziers 12-9
Montferrand 12-20

Final

TeamsBéziers - Montferrand
Score31-09
Date20 May 1978
VenueParc des Princes, Paris
RefereeFrancis 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
Montferrandbgcolor=#EEEEEE
Scorers
Béziers 5 tries Paco, Martin, Séguier, Fabre and 1 penalty try, 4 conversions Cabrol (2) and Cantoni (2), 1 penalty Cabrol
Montferrand1 try Molenat, 1 conversion Romeu, 1 drop Droitecourt

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