1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 32 clubs, divided into 4 pools. After the preliminary round, the top four of each pool, were admitted to the "top 16", also divided into 4 pools. The top two of each pool were admitted to the quarter finals.

1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsToulouse (12th title)
Runners-upCastres
RelegatedAuch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade Bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse

Châteaurenard, Saint-Paul lès Dax, Cannes and Tyrosse were the newcomers.

Le Toulouse won the title beating Castres in the final. It was their 12th French Championship. In this year Toulouse did the double winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir.

At the end of the season the first division of the French Championship reduced to 20 clubs, relegating Auch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse, to second division.

Preliminary round

Pool 1

PosTeamPoints
1Perpignan35
2Toulouse33
3Narbonne32
4Montpellier32
5Auch30
6Graulhet22
7Châteaurenard22
8Périgueux18

Pool 2

PosTeamPoints
1Brive34
2Bourgoin-Jallieu33
3Racing Paris32
4Castres31
5Nice31
6Montferrand29
7Tarbes18
8Saint-Paul16

Pool 3

PosTeamPoints
1Dax34
2Bègles-Bordeaux34
3Agen32
4Nîmes30
5Biarritz29
6Pau27
7Avenir Valencien21
8Cannes17

Pool 4

PosTeamPoints
1Grenoble33
2Rumilly32
3Toulon32
4Colomiers30
5Stade Bordelais30
6Bayonne28
7Dijon23
8Tyrosse16

"Top 16""

The first two of each pool to "last of 8" round

Pool 1

PosTeamPoints
1Perpignan16
2Bègles-Bordeaux14
3Racing Paris9
4Colomiers8

Pool 2

PosTeamPoints
1Toulouse17
2Toulon14
3Brive11
4Nîmes6

Pool 3

PosTeamPoints
1Dax16
2Castres14
3Rumilly10
4Montpellier8

Pool 4

PosTeamPoints
1CS Bourgoin-Jallieu14
2SU Agen13
3RC Narbonne12
4FC Grenoble9

Last 8

apr.1996Toulouse-Agen19–6
apr.1996Bourgoin-Bourdeaux-Begles37–11
apr.1996Castres-Perpignan12–12[1]
apr.1996Toulon-Dax23–8

Semifinals

apr.1996Toulouse-Bourgoin16–10
apr.1996Castres-Toulon18–13

Final

06 May 1995
Toulouse 31 – 16 Castres
Try: Ougier
Con: Deylaud
Pen: Deylaud (7)
Drop: Deylaud
Try: Séguier
Con: Savy
Pen: Savy (2)
Drop: Rui
Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Pascal
FB15 Stéphane Ougier
RW14 Émile Ntamack
OC13 Philippe Carbonneau
IC12 Thomas Castaignède
LW11 David Berty
FH10 Christophe Deylaud
SH9 Jérôme Cazalbou 35'
N88 Albert Cigagna (c)
OF7 Régis Sonnes
BF6 Didier Lacroix 76'
RL5 Franck Belot
LL4 Hugues Miorin
TP3 Claude Portolan
HK2 Patrick Soula
LP1 Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK16 Christophe Guiter
PR17 Pascal Lasserre
FL18 Richard Castel 76'
FL19 Hervé Manent
CE20 Olivier Carbonneau
CE21 Éric Artiguste 35'
Coach:
Guy Novès
FB15 Cyril Savy
RW14 Philippe Escalle
OC13 Alain Hyardet
IC12 Jean-Marc Aué
LW11 Christophe Lucquiaud
FH10 Francis Rui
SH9 Frédéric Séguier (c)
N88 Jean-Philippe Swiadeck
OF7 Gilbert Pagès
BF6 José Díaz
RL5 Jean-François Gourragne
LL4 Guy Jeannard 67'
TP3 Thierry Lafforgue
HK2 Christian Batut 46'
LP1 Laurent Toussaint
Substitutions:
HK16 Christophe Urios 46'
PR17 Jean-Luc Vidal
LK18 Colin Gaston 67'
FL19 Frédéric Gommard
CE20 Nicolas Combes
FB21 Laurent Labit
Coach:
Jean-Marie Barsalou

Notes

  1. Castres won at penalty barrage 5–4
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