1997–98 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1997–1998 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams divided in the preliminary phase in two pools of 12. The first four team of each pool were admitted to quarters of final.

1997–98 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsStade Français (9th title)
Runners-upMontferrand
RelegatedMontpellier

Stade Français won the title beating in the final the Montferrand (that lose for 5th time the final). It was the first victory for Stade Français after 90 years, the last was in 1908.

For the first time, the final was played in the new Stade de France

Montpellier was relegated in second division. Five team was promoted from the second division in order to increase to 24 the team participating to 1998–99 championship.

Preliminary Phase

Pool 1

PosTeamPoints
1Stade toulousain46
2US Colomiers43
3RC Narbonne42
4Montferrand40
5Brive37
6Biarritz36
7Dax34
8Béziers32
9La Rochelle28
10Nice22

Pool 2

PosClubPoints
1Stade Français43
2Perpignan43
3Bègles-Bordeaux43
4Castres42
5Pau39
6Bourgoin37
7Agen37
8Toulon35
9Grenoble23
10Montpellier18

Quarters of final

may '98Bourdeaux-Begles-Stade Français31–2618–24
may '98Montferrand-Toulouse19–109–22
may '98Castres-Perpignan25–197–42
may '98Castres-Colomiers19–198–8

Semifinali

may '98Stade Français-Toulouse39–3
may '98Perpignan-Colomiers15–12

Final

16 May 1998
Stade Français 34 – 7 Perpignan
Try: Simon (18')
Mytton (28')
Bolobolo (41')
Gomes (60')
Dominici (80'+1)
Con: Dominguez (3) (18', 28', 80'+1)
Pen: Dominguez (80')
Try: Pérarnau (77')
Con: Arandiga (77')
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Joël Dumé
FB15 Arthur Gomes
RW14 Christophe Dominici
OC13 Franck Comba
IC12 Cliff Mytton
LW11 Emori Bolobolo 64'
FH10 Diego Dominguez
SH9 Christophe Laussucq
N88 Christophe Juillet
OF7 Richard Pool-Jones 72'
BF6 Marc Lièvremont
RL5 Hervé Chaffardon 62'
LL4 David Auradou 72'
TP3 Philippe Gimbert 62'
HK2 Vincent Moscato (c) 78'
LP1 Serge Simon
Substitutions:
HK16 Laurent Pedrosa 78'
PR17 Sylvain Marconnet 62'
LK18 Grant Ross 62'
LK19 Olivier Roumat 72'
FL20 Christophe Moni 72'
SH21 Ludovic Loustau
WG22 Geofrey Abadie 64'
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
FB15 Gérald Bastide
RW14 Alewyn Joubert
OC13 Didier Plana
IC12 Mathieu Barrau
LW11 Grégory Tutard
FH10 Laurent Saliès 56'
SH9 Jacques Basset 65'
N88 Thomas Lièvremont (c)
OF7 Gérard Majoral
BF6 Sylvain Deroeux 78'
RL5 Mike James
LL4 Jérôme Pradal 62'
TP3 Stéphane de Besombes
HK2 Jacques Lançon 36' 80'
LP1 Renaud Peillard 37'
Substitutions:
HK16 Michel Konieck 36' 80'
PR17 Pascal Méya 37'
LK18 Alain Fourny 62'
LK19 Olivier Olibeau 78'
SH20 Christophe Pérarnau 65'
FH21 Hervé Laporte
FB22 Gaël Arandiga 56'
Coach:
Alain Hyardet
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