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 1977–78
Countries France
Number of teams80 teams
ChampionsBéziers (7th title)
Runners-upMontferrand

Formula

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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

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Group A

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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

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The teams qualified are here listed:

Knockout stage

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"Last 32"

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Béziers Thuir 29-15
Oloron US Bressane 19-10
Perpignan Auch 26-7
Biarritz Aurillac 23-9
Romans Boucau 24-3
Toulouse Bègles 27-10
RRC Nice Saint-Jean-de-Luz 22-19
Graulhet Stade Bagnérais 11-27
Agen Tulle 16-10
Lourdes Pau 39-10
Valence Dax 12-9
Touloun Mont de Marsan 22-7
Montferrand Montauban 36-19
Bayonne Racing 29-9
Brive Stadoceste 6-0
Narbonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin 6-0

"Last 16"

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Béziers Oloron 33-11
Perpignan Biarritz 4-3
Romans Toulouse 6-18
RRC Nice Stade Bagnérais 6-22
Agen Lourdes 10-16
Valence Toulon 22-9
Montferrand Bayonne 7-0
Brive Narbonne 16-28

Quarter of finals

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Béziers Perpignan 26-3
Toulouse Stade Bagnérais 18-14
Lourdes Valence 9-15
Montferrand Narbonne 22-18

Semifinals

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Team 1 Team 2 Results
Béziers Toulose 12-9
Valence Montferrand 12-20

Final

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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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