1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship

none August 2026 France Toulouse 14 Bourgoin Nîmes, Périgueux, PUC, Dijon 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams Stade Toulousain won their 14th title, beating Bourgoin in the final. Preliminary round The 20 team were divided in the preliminary phase in two pools of 10. The first eight team of each pool were admitted to "Round of 16". The last two were relegated in second division. Pool 1 Pos Team Pts 1 Bourgoin 45 2 Agen 43 3 Toulouse 42 4 Dax 42 5 Castres 40 6 Biarritz 37 7 Grenoble 32 8 Béziers 30 9 Nîmes 25 10 Périgueux 24 Pool 2 Pos Team Pts 1 Brive 43 2 Montferrand 41 3 Perpignan 41 4 Pau 39 5 Bègles-Bordeaux 38 6 Narbonne 38 7 Toulon 38 8 Colomiers 36 9 Paris Université Club 24 10 Dijon 22 Last 16 may ‘97Toulouse-Narbonne24–22 may ‘97Brive-Colomiers31–36 may ‘97Grenoble-Agen27–27 may ‘97Perpignan-Bordeaux-Begles26–29 may ‘97Bourgoin-Beziers23–14 may ‘97Pau-Castres23–20 may ‘97Montferrand-Toulon12–6 may ‘97Dax-Biarritz22–18 Last 8 may ‘97Toulouse-Colomiers21–12 may ‘97Agen-Bordeaux-Begles22–18 may ‘97Bourgoin-Pau24–18 may ‘97Montferrand-Dax22–18 Semifinals may ‘97Toulouse-Agen23–16 may ‘97Bourgoin-Montferrand21–17 Final 31 May 1997 Toulouse 12 – 6https://www.liberation.fr/sports/1997/06/02/rugby-toulouse-au-stade-annalesquatre-titres-consecutifs-un-record-mais-une-finale-a-oublier_208170/ Rugby: Toulouse au stade annalesQuatre titres consécutifs, un record, mais une finale à oublier. Philippe Rochette Libération 2 June 1997 9 August 2026 fr Bourgoin Deylaud (3) Deylaud Geany (2) Parc des Princes, Paris Daniel Gillet FB 15FRA Stéphane OugierRW 14FRA Michel Marfaing OC 13FRA Nicolas Martin 80+2IC 12FRA Thomas Castaignède LW 11FRA David BertyFH 10FRA Christophe Deylaud (c)SH 9 FRA Jérôme Cazalbou N8 8 FRA Sylvain Dispagne OF 7 FRA Régis SonnesBF 6 FRA Didier Lacroix RL 5 FRA Franck BelotLL 4 FRA Hugues Miorin TP 3 FRA Jean-Louis Jordana 66HK 2 FRA Patrick Soula LP 1 FRA Christian Califano Substitutions:HK 16FRA Philippe Capelleri PR 17FRA Pascal Lasserre 66LK 18FRA David Couzinet FL 19FRA Jean-Marie Bisaro SH 20FRA Julien Tilloles CE 21FRA Olivier Carbonneau 80+2FB 22FRA Xavier Garbajosa Coach:FRA Guy Novès FB 15NZL Nigel Geany RW 14FRA Laurent Leflamand OC 13FRA Alexandre Péclier IC 12FRA Stéphane Glas 24LW 11FRA Ludovic SaunierFH 10FRA Gilles Cassagne SH 9 FRA Dominique Mazille N8 8 FRA Pierre Raschi 72OF 7 FRA Michel Malafosse BF 6 FRA Alexandre Chazalet RL 5 FRA Jean Daudé 59LL 4 FRA Marc Cécillon (c) TP 3 NZL David Morgan 51HK 2 FRA Jean-Pierre Sanchez LP 1 FRA Philippe Vessiller Substitutions:HK 16FRA Jean-François Martin-Culet PR 17FRA Laurent Gomez 51LK 18FRA Frédéric Nibelle 59N8 19FRA Julien Frier 72SH 20FRA Nicolas Guilhot CE 21FRA Pascal Fernandez 24WG 22FRA Laurent Belligoi Coach:FRA Michel Couturas References French Rugby Championship Category:French rugby union championship Championship