1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship

none September 2026 French Rugby Championship 1977–78 France 80 teams BéziersRugbyArchive http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/31?Stagione=1977%2F78 rugbyarchive.net 18 September 2026 7 Montferrand 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Montferrand in the final. Formula 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 Group A In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking Pool 1 Béziers Lourdes Agen Bègles Auch Tyrosse Le Creusot Vichy Pool 2 Touloun Perpignan Brive Stadoceste Montauban Bourgoin-Jallieu AS Mérignac Albi Pool 3 RRC Nice Biarritz Toulouse US Bressane Aurillac Stade Beaumontois Mazamet Chambéry Pool 4 Romans Bayonne Graulhet Oloron Stade Bagnérais La Rochelle Montchanin Rodez Pool 5 Narbonne Montferrand Valence Dax Tulle Carcassonne La Voulte US Salles Group B The teams qualified are here listed: Avignon Saint-Saturnin Boucau Mont de Marsan Pau Racing Saint-Jean-de-Luz Thuir Knockout stage "Last 32" 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" 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 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 Team 1 Team 2 Results Béziers Toulose 12-9 Valence Montferrand 12-20 Final Teams Béziers - Montferrand Score 31-09 Date 20 May 1978 Venue Parc des Princes, ParisReferee 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 MontferrandJacques 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 DroitecourtRemplaçants : 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 References External links Compte rendu finale de 1978 lnr.fr 1978 France Championship