1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship

none August 2026 France Toulouse 15 Montferrand Nice, Béziers 1998–99 1999–00 The 1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 24 teams divided in the preliminary phase into three pools of 8. The first five teams from each pool and the best 6th placed were admitted to second round. The other played a relegation tournament divided in two pools. Toulouse won the title, beating Montferrand in the finalhttps://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1999/06/01/toulouse-s-adjuge-une-petite-finale-du-championnat-de-france-de-rugby_3548558_1819218.html Toulouse s'adjuge une « petite » finale du championnat de France de rugby Eric Collier Le Monde 1 June 1999 9 August 2026 fr (marking their 6th loss in the final). First round Pool 1 Pos Team Points 1 Stade Français 34 2 Biarritz 34 3 Narbonne 32 4 Castres 32 5 Bourgoin 29 6 Toulon 28 7 Aurillac 21 8 Nîmes 14 Pool 2 Pos Team Points 1 Perpignan 342Montferrand 33 3 Agen 324 Dax 31 5 Bègles-Bordeaux 29 6Béziers 28 7 Auch 20 8 Nice 17 Pool 3 Pos Team Points 1 Toulouse 38 2 Brive 36 3 Pau 33 4 Grenoble 30 5 Colomiers 26 6 Périgueux 23 7 Racing Paris 20 8 La Rochelle 18 Béziers and Toulon had both 28 points. The "best 6th" was Toulon due to having less "red Cards" during the season. Second round The first of each pools were qualified to quarter of finals Pool 1 Pos Team Points 1 Toulouse 15 2 Bourgoin 13 3 Biarritz 10 4 Agen 10 Pool 2 Pos Team Points 1 Colomiers 16 2 Stade Français 12 3 Narbonne 10 4 Pau 10 Pool 3 Pos Team Points 1 CA Bègles-Bordeaux 14 2 Castres 14 3 Perpignan 12 4 Dax 8 Pool 4 Pos Team Points 1 Montferrand 14 2 Grenoble 12 3 Toulon 12 4 Brive 10 Grenoble was 2nd due to having less "red cards" during the season . Quarters of final 15 mayBordeaux-Begles-Bourgoin8–1415 mayToulouse-Stade Français51–1916 mayMontferrand-Castres28–2716 mayColomiers-Grenoble15–29 Semifinals 22 mayMontferrand-Grenoble26–1722 mayToulouse-Bourgoin26–17 Final 29 May 1999 Toulouse 15 – 11 Montferrand StensnessDesbrosse Marfaing Marfaing Nadau Merceron (2) Stade de France, Saint-Denis Gérard Borréani FB 15FRA Stéphane OugierRW 14FRA Xavier Garbajosa OC 13FRA Cédric Desbrosse 72IC 12FRA Émile Ntamack LW 11FRA Michel MarfaingFH 10NZL Lee Stensness SH 9 FRA Jérôme Cazalbou N8 8 FRA Sylvain Dispagne 39OF 7 FRA Christian Labit 77BF 6 FRA Didier Lacroix RL 5 FRA Franck Belot (c)LL 4 FRA Fabien Pelous TP 3 FRA Franck Tournaire 72HK 2 FRA Yannick Bru LP 1 FRA Christian Califano Substitutions:HK 16FRA Patrick Soula PR 17FRA Jean-Louis Jordana 72LK 18FRA Hugues Miorin 39FL 19FRA Matthieu Lièvremont 77SH 20FRA Jérôme Fillol FH 21FRA Christophe Deylaud CE 22FRA Pierre Bondouy 72Coach:FRA Guy Novès FB 15FRA Nicolas Nadau 78 RW 14FRA Jimmy Marlu OC 13FRA Jérôme Morante IC 12FRA Tony Marsh LW 11FRA David BoryFH 10FRA Gérald Merceron 67SH 9 FRA Stéphane Castaignède 80+3N8 8 FRA David Courteix OF 7 FRA Jean-Marc Lhermet (c) 67BF 6 FRA Arnaud Costes RL 5 FRA Christophe Sarraute 59LL 4 FRA David BarrierTP 3 FRA Fabrice Heyer HK 2 FRA Olivier Azam 67LP 1 FRA Emmanuel Menieu 80+1Substitutions:HK 16FRA Patrick Laurent-Varange 67PR 17FRA Christophe Duchêne 80+1LK 18FRA Olivier Merle 59FL 19FRA Jérôme Bonvoisin 67SH 20FRA Christophe Larrue 80+3FH 21FRA Éric Nicol 67FB 22FRA Olivier Toulouze 78Coach:FRA Christophe Mombet Relegation Pools Pool 1 Pos Team Points 1 Auch 14 2 Racing Paris 14 3 Nîmes 10 4 Béziers 10 Béziers was classified last for worst point difference in the direct matches (Nîmes-Béziers 15–5; 36–37), and was relegated in Pro D2. Pool 2 Pos Team Points 1 Aurillac 15 2 Périgueux 11 3 La Rochelle 9 4 Nice 5 (ranking after 5 on 6) RC Nice was relegated in Pro D2. References French Rugby Championship Category:French rugby union championship Championship