1987–88 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

The 1987–88 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen that beat Stadoceste (Tarbes) in the final.

Formula

The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. .
The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title
In the second round the 32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight.
The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.

Pool 1 Touloun Agen Grenoble Stadoceste Béziers Lourdes Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pau	Pool 2 Dax Bègles-Bordeaux Graulhet Perpignan Aurillac Valence Auch Tulle
Pool 3 Racing Toulouse Bayonne Montferrand Bourgoin-Jallieu Biarritz Romans Montchanin	Pool 4 Narbonne Brive Mont-de-Marsan Tyrosse Stade Bagnérais RRC Nice Marmande Hyères

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
width=150		width=150	Racing	15-9	6-28
	Agen	6-3	10-14
Bègles-Bordeaux		7-13	10-0
	Narbonne	12-21	12-24
	Touloun	9-13	16-49
	Toulouse	9-13	12-25
Montferrand	Brive	12-15	13-24
Stadoceste		3-0	21-6

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
width=150	Agen	width=150		19-9
Toulon	Stadoceste	12-31

Teams	Agen - Stadoceste
Score	9-3
Date	28 May 1988
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Guy Maurette
Line-up
Agen	bgcolor=#EEEEEE	Grégoire Lascubé, Daniel Dubroca, Laurent Seigne, Patrick Pujade, Bernard Mazzer, Jacques Gratton, Dominique Erbani, Michel Capot, Pierre Berbizier, Pierre Montlaur, Éric Gleyze, Gérald Mayout, Philippe Sella, Bernard Lacombe, Philippe Bérot Replacements : Franck Vatbled, Éric Gayraud, Philippe Benetton, Éric Tolot, Patrick Schattel, Bruno Tolot
Stadoceste	bgcolor=#EEEEEE	Michel Crémaschi, Philippe Dintrans, Philippe Capdevielle, Philippe Pélissier, Alain Maleig, Thierry Janeczek, Andries van Heerden, Pierre Arthapignet, Michel Hondagné, Jean-Paul Trille, Éric Berdeu, Yves Crabe, Bruno Labat, Jacques Schneider, Vincent Romulus Replacements : Jean-Pierre Laroche, Alain Teulé, Louis-Charles Régent, Bertrand Renaux, Thierry Gaye, Philippe Jouanolou
Scorers
Agen	2 penalties Bérot, 1 drop Montlaur
Stadoceste	1 penalty Trille