1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship

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]

French Rugby Championship 1992-93
Countries France
Number of teams32 teams
ChampionsCastres (3rd title)
Runners-upGrenoble
RelegatedChalon, US Tyrosse, l'Cognac and Le Creusot

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

16 May 1993Grenoble-Toulouse19 – 17 (o.t.)
16 May 1993Agen-Brive33 - 16
23 May 1993Castres-Narbonne33 – 21[lower-alpha 1]
16 May 1993Toulon-Perpignan10 - 9

Semifinals

23 May 1993Grenoble-Agen19 - 5
23 May 1993Castres-Toulon17 - 16

Final

05 June 1993
Castres 14 – 11 Grenoble
Try: Whetton
Pen: Labit (2)
Drop: Rui
Try: Vélo
Pen: Savy
Hueber
Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Salles
FB15 Laurent Labit
RW14 Jean-Bernard Bergès
OC13 Adrian Lungu
IC12 Pascal Combes
LW11 Christophe Lucquiaud
FH10 Francis Rui (c)
SH9 Cédric Tonini
N88 Alain Carminati
OF7 Gilbert Pagès
BF6 José Díaz
RL5 Gary Whetton
LL4 Thierry Bourdet
TP3 Thierry Lafforgue
HK2 Christophe Urios
LP1 Laurent Toussaint
Substitutions:
HK16 Christian Batut
PR17 Jean-Luc Vidal
FL18 Éric Minniti
N819 Jean-Philippe Swiadeck
WG20 Maurice Bille
WG21 Philippe Oms
Coach:
Alain Gaillard
FB15 Cyril Savy
RW14 Philippe Meunier
OC13 Brice Bardou
IC12 Frédéric Vélo
LW11 Willy Taofifénua
FH10 Patrick Goirand
SH9 Dominique Mazille
N88 Džoni Mandić
OF7 Hervé Chaffardon (c)
BF6 Grzegorz Kacała
RL5 Olivier Brouzet
LL4 Olivier Merle
TP3 Franck Capdeville
HK2 Éric Ferruit
LP1 Philippe Tapié
Substitutions:
HK16 Gilbert Brunat
PR17 Arnaud Bazin
FL18 Patrice Vacchino
SH19 Franck Hueber
CE20 Martial Servantes
FB21 Xavier Cambres
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]

Notes

  1. the first match won by Castres (38-33) was annulled after a protest of Narbonne

References

  1. (Escot et Rivière 2009, p. 268)
  2. "Combien de fois Bayonne s'est imposé dans la capitale ?". Midi olympique. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. "Finale Castres-Grenoble 93 : l'insupportable aveu de l'arbitre Salles". rugbyolympic.com. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. "Daniel Salles à propos de Castres-Grenoble en 1993 : " Je me suis trompé "". sudouest. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. "Parc des Princes, Paris, 5 june 1993". LNR. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

Bibliography

  • Un siècle de rugby (in French) (13 ed.). Calmann-Lévy. 17 November 2010. ISBN 978-2-7021-4118-2. siècle.
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