1978–79 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

French Rugby Championship 1978–79
Organisateur:	FFR
Edition:	80
Countries:	France
Teams:	80 teams
Count:	2

The 1979–79 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Narbonne beating Stade Bagnérais in the final.

Formula

The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided into two groups (A and B) of 40.

The "élite" (group A) was formed by four pools of ten clubs. The seven better of each pool (28 teams) were qualified for knockout stages, with four teams from group B.

Qualification round

Group A

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking

Pool A Béziers Touloun Graulhet Oloron Stade Bagnérais La Rochelle Aurillac Auch Thuir Gaillac	Pool B Perpignan Brive ASM Clermont Romans Carcassonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin US Bressane Racing Montauban Mauléon
Pool C Toulouse RRC Nice Mazamet Lourdes Pau Agen Stadoceste Tulle Castres Mont-de-Marsan	Pool D Narbonne Biarritz Bayonne Dax Valence Bourgoin-Jallieu Saint-Jean-de-Luz Boucau Bègles Tyrosse

Group B

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking

Pool E Grenoble Stade Beaumontois Avenir sportif bédarridais (Bédarrides) Cahors Condom (Condom) Le Creusot Marmande Millau US Salles(Salles)	Pool F Périgueux Castelsarrasin (Castelsarrasin) Chambéry US La Seyne La Voulte Lannemezan UA Mimizan (Mimizan) Orthez Paris Université Rodez (Rodez)
Pool G USA Limoges Albi Arras US Bergerac Carmaux Castelnaudary Mérignac Nîmes Saint-Claude Saint-Médard	Pool H Montchanin Dijon Fumel La Teste Lombez Samatan Peyrehorade (P eyrehorade) US Quillan Espéraza Saint-Girons SA Voiron (Voiron) Vichy

Knockout stages

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse		18-10
Valence		28-4
ASM Clermont		15-12
Touloun		45-21
	Stadoceste	18-25
Bayonne		13-6
Carcassonne		18-6
Narbonne		61-14
Biarritz		20-9
	Agen	3-20
Graulhet		19-12
	Grenoble	4-4
Béziers		30-3
	Stade Bagnérais	9-18
Oloron		3-0
RRC Nice		17-13

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse		7-3
ASM Clermont	Toulon	21-14
	Bayonne	10-29
	Narbonne	12-21
	Agen	17-21
Graulhet		16-10
	Stade Bagnérais	6-9
	RRC Nice	22-23

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
	ASM Clermont	10-12
	Narbonne	7-18
Agen		13-9
Stade Bagnérais		14-10

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
	Narbonne	9-19
	Stade Bagnérais	9-25

Final

Teams	Narbonne - Stade Bagnérais
Score	10-0
Date	27 May 1979
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Francis Palmade
Line-up
Narbonne	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
Bagnères	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
Scorers
Narbonne	1 try Trallero, 2 penalties Pariés
Bagnères

External links

• Compte rendu finale de 1979 lnr.fr