1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1977-78 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Montferrand in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1977-1978
Countries France
Number of teams80 teams
ChampionsBéziers (7th title)
Runners-upMontferrand

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 2Results
BéziersThuir29-15
OloronUS Bressane19-10
PerpignanAuch26-7
Biarritz Aurillac23-9
RomansBoucau24-3
ToulouseBègles27-10
RRC NiceSaint-Jean-de-Luz22-19
GraulhetStade Bagnérais11-27
AgenTulle16-10
LourdesPau39-10
ValenceDax12-9
ToulounMont de Marsan22-7
MontferrandMontauban36-19
BayonneRacing29-9
BriveStadoceste6-0
NarbonneAvignon Saint-Saturnin6-0

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2Results
BéziersOloron33-11
PerpignanBiarritz4-3
RomansToulouse6-18
RRC NiceStade Bagnérais6-22
AgenLourdes10-16
ValenceToulon22-9
MontferrandBayonne7-0
BriveNarbonne16-28

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2Results
BéziersPerpignan26-3
ToulouseStade Bagnérais18-14
LourdesValence9-15
MontferrandNarbonne22-18

Semifinals

Team 1Team 2Results
BéziersToulose12-9
ValenceMontferrand12-20

Final

Teams Béziers - Montferrand
Score 31-09
Date 20 May 1978
Venue Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee Francis Flingou
Line-up
Béziers 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 Jacques Fouilhoux, Jean-Marc Gerbaulet, Patrick Boucheix, Henri Bourdillon, Guy Gasparotto, Gérard Costes, Jean-Paul Cristina, Yves Cristina, Jean-Pierre Romeu, André Dubertrand, Joël Molenat, Michel Luciani, Jean-Michel Dubertrand, Michel Droitecourt
Remplaçants : Jacques Besson, Joseph Bravo, Jacky Brugiroux
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
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