1988–89 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1988–89 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Toulon in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1988–89
Countries France
Number of teams80 teams
ChampionsToulouse (10th title)
Runners-upToulon

Toulouse won his 10th bouclier de Brennus, the third in the 80's.

Formula edit

  • The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. .
  • The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title
  • In the second round the 32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight.
  • The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage

Group A Qualification to knockout stage edit

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

"Last 16" edit

In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.

Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match
Agen Dax 15-15 41-15
Racing Tarbes 16-15 0-22
Bègles-Bordeaux Toulouse 3-47 15-27
Lourdes Blagnac SCR 6-10 24-9
Graulhet Grenoble 3-36 9-15
Narbonne Bayonne 39-9 24-18
Montferrand Touloun 21-17 9-29
Brive Béziers 12-22 6-32

Quarter of finals edit

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Agen Tarbes 12-9
Toulouse Lourdes 41-15
Grenoble Narbonne 13-24
Toulon Béziers 19-12

Semifinals edit

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Agen Toulouse 9-18
Narbonne Toulon 3-20

Final edit

Teams Toulouse - Toulon
Score 18-12 (15-9)
Date 27 May 1989
Venue Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee Guy Maurette
Line-up
Toulouse Serge Laïrle (Gérard Portolan 73), Patrick Soula, Claude Portolan, Hugues Miorin, Jean-Marie Cadieu, Thierry Maset (Hervé Lecomte 69), Karl Janik, Albert Cigagna, Jérôme Cazalbou, Philippe Rougé-Thomas, David Berty, Denis Charvet, Didier Codorniou, Jean-Michel Rancoule, Joël Dupuy
Not on the ground : Michel Lopez, Éric Bonneval, Thierry Savio, Bruno Coumes
Toulon Manu Diaz, Jean-Michel Casalini (Jean-Louis Raibaut 77), Yann Braendlin, Yvan Roux, Jean-Charles Orso (Jean-Pierre Alarcon 80), Éric Champ, Jean-François Tordo, Eric Melville, Jérôme Gallion, Christian Cauvy, Pascal Jehl, Alain Carbonel, Pierre Trémouille, Éric Fourniols, Jérôme Bianchi
Not on the ground : Thierry Louvet, Philippe Sauton, Thierry Ruet, Frédéric Saint-Sardos
Scorers
Toulouse 2 tries Laîrle (1) and Charvet (31), 2 conversions de Dupuy and 1 drop Charvet (11), 1 drop Dupuy (70)
Touloun 3 penalties Bianchi (15,21,58), 1 drop Cauvy (6)

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