1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

French Rugby Championship 1992–93
Organisateur:FFR
Edition:94
Countries: France
Teams:32 teams
Champions:Castres
Count:3
Runnersup:Grenoble
Relegated:Chalon, US Tyrosse, Cognac and Le Creusot
Prevseason:1991–92
Nextseason:1993–94

The 1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Castres who beat Grenoble 14–11 in the final, in a match decided by an irregular try accorded by the referee.[1]

It was the third bouclier de Brennus for the Castres Olympique, the first after 43 year

Formula

The championship, called "Group A" was contested by 32 clubs divided in four pools.

At the end of the first phase, the teams classified in the first four of each pool were qualified to play a "Top 16" divided in four pools of four teams.

The eight teams ranked first and second of each pool were admitted to knockout stages

At the end of the season, four club were relegated to the second division: Chalon, l'US Tyrosse, Cognac and Le Creusot.

They were replaced by Périgueux, Dijon, Lyon OU and Lourdes.

Participants

The teams are linked according to the ranking, in bold the ones qualified for "Top 16"

Pool 1 Pool 2
Pool 3 Pool 4

Top 16

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round . All the qualified came from pool 1 and 2 of the first phase.

Pool 1 Pool 2
Pool 3 Pool 4

Knock Out stage

Quarterfinals

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width=9016 May 1993width=170Agenwidth=20-width=170Brivewidth=12533 - 16width=125
width=9023 May 1993width=170Castreswidth=20-width=170Narbonnewidth=12533 – 21 width=125
width=9016 May 1993width=170Toulonwidth=20-width=170Perpignanwidth=12510 - 9width=125

Semifinals

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width=9023 May 1993width=170Castreswidth=20-width=170Toulonwidth=12017 - 16width=130

Final

FB 15 Laurent Labit
RW 14 Jean-Bernard Bergès
OC 13
IC 12 Pascal Combes
LW 11 Christophe Lucquiaud
FH 10 Francis Rui (c)
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Gilbert Pagès
BF 6
RL 5 Gary Whetton
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Substitutions:
HK 16
PR 17
FL 18
N8 19
WG 20 Maurice Bille
WG 21 Philippe Oms
Coach:
Alain Gaillard
FB 15
RW 14 Philippe Meunier
OC 13
IC 12 Frédéric Vélo
LW 11 Willy Taofifénua
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8 Džoni Mandić
OF 7 Hervé Chaffardon (c)
BF 6
RL 5 Olivier Brouzet
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Substitutions:
HK 16
PR 17
FL 18
SH 19
CE 20
FB 21
Coach:
Jacques Fouroux
Michel Ringeval
A try of Olivier Brouzet is denied to Grenoble[2] and the decisive try by Gary Whetton was awarded by the referee, Daniel Salles, when in fact the defender Hueber from Grenoble touched down the ball first in his try zone. This error gave the title to Castres. Salles admitted the error 13 years later[3] .[4] .[5]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: fr. Richard. Escot . Jacques. Rivière . Un siècle de rugby . . 2010 . 13th . 978-2-7021-4118-2 . 268 .
  2. News: Combien de fois Bayonne s'est imposé dans la capitale ?. Simon Valzer. 3 January 2013. Midi olympique. 21 August 2013.
  3. Web site: Finale Castres-Grenoble 93 : l'insupportable aveu de l'arbitre Salles . https://archive.today/20121209053340/http://rugbyolympic.com/article.php3?id_article=1054 . dead . 9 December 2012 . Pierre Salviac . 12 December 2006 . rugbyolympic.com . 12 June 2014 .
  4. Web site: Daniel Salles à propos de Castres-Grenoble en 1993 : " Je me suis trompé ". Frédéric Cormary. 1 June 2013. sudouest. 24 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Parc des Princes, Paris, 5 June 1993. Nicolas Lavalée. 28 December 2004. LNR. 24 October 2012.

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