1981–82 French Rugby Union Championship

none September 2026 French Rugby Championship 1981–82 France Group A : 40 teamsGroup B : 40 teams AgenRugbyArchive, France - National Championship, Season: 1981/82 http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/31?Stagione=1981%2F82 rugbyarchive.net 30 September 2026 (7th title) Group B : Aire-sur-Adour Bayonne Group B : Bourgoin 1980–81 1982–83 The 1981–82 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen, beating Bayonne in the final. The group B was won by Avenir Aturin (from Aire-sur-Adour) beating Bourgoin in the final. Formula For the third time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate for the title, but played a proper championship. In both group the two better of each pool were admitted directly to "last 16" round of knockout stage, while the classified from 3rd to 6th of each pool were admitted to a barrage. Group A Qualification round The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round. Pool A Bayonne Béziers RRC Nice Brive La Voulte Biarritz Touloun Castres Oloron Avignon Saint-Saturnin Pool B Grenoble Stadoceste Aurillac La Rochelle Carcassonne Romans Stade Bagnérais US Bressane Mont-de-Marsan Thuir (Thuir) Pool C Dax Agen Lourdes Narbonne Bègles Boucau Albi Montauban Valence Mazamet Pool D Angoulême Perpignan Pau Toulouse Graulhet Montferrand Tulle Tyrosse Nîmes Périgueux Barrage In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Pau Montferrand 18-16 Toulose Narbonne 12-19 Boucau Aurillac 13-15 Graulhet Bègles 3-25 Romans Brive 9-12 Carcassonne RRC Nice 13-11 La Voulte La Rochelle 22-18 Lourdes Biarritz 24-12 "Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. For the first time was played with home/away basis. Remark that the clubs coming from barrage was all eliminated. Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match Agen Pau 15-10 9-12 Narbonne Angoulême 15-1824-17 Perpignan Aurillac 16-1815-9 Dax Bègles 6-1015-6 Bayonne Brive 23-912-22 Stadoceste Carcassonne 18-39-9 Grenoble La Voulte 13-1014-6 Lourdes Béziers 9-66-7 Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. (Single match knockout) Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Narbonne 35-6 Perpignan Dax 33-23 Bayonne Stadoceste 13-6 Grenoble Lourdes 12-9 Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Perpignan 15-4 Bayonne Grenoble 20-3 Final Teams Agen - Bayonne Score 18-09 Date 29 May 1982 Venue Parc des Princes, ParisReferee Christian Garino Line-up Agen Jean-Louis Tolot, Jean-Louis Dupont, Daniel Dubroca, Charles Nieucel, Patrick Pujade, Jacques Gratton, Christian Béguerie, Dominique Erbani, Joël Llop, Christian Delage, Bernard Lavigne, Philippe Mothe, Philippe Sella, Jacques Lacroix, Bernard VivièsReplacements : Bernard Rivière, Bruno Tolot, Patrick Sole, Patrick Mazzer, Claude Bonnet, Jean-Michel Renaud, Éric Saphy Bayonne Pierre Dospital, Dominique Sagarzazu, Jean Garat, Daniel Barnebougle, Michel Guilleton, Pierre Destandau, Roland Pétrissans, Arnaud Gastambide, Pierre Pucheu, Pierre Alvarez, Laurent Pardo, Christian Bélascain, Patrick Perrier, Michel Paredon, Claude Uthurrisq Replacements : Alain Villacampa, Yves Cedarry, Christian Lembure, Louis Galdos, Alain Peyrelongue, Jean-Louis Pontacq Scorers Agen 4 tries Dupont, Sella, Mothe and Lacroix, 1 conversion Mothe Bayonne 3 penalties Uthurrisq Agen won the 7th Bouclier de Brennus, after the last victory in 1976. Group B Teams Avenir Aturin – Bourgoin Score 16-15 Venue Montpellier References External links Compte rendu finale de 1982 lnr.fr 1982 France Championship