1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship

none April 2019 France Toulouse 13 Brive Nîmes, Périgueux, PUC, Dijon 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams in the first division ("A1") In the "A1" group were abstent historical clubs like Béziers, Biarritz, Tarbes, and FC Lourdes. The teams were divided in two pool of 10, and the first 4 were directly qualified to the "Last 16" round, while the ranked from 5th to 8th were admitted to a "barrage" with eight teams from "A2" group. Stade Toulousain won their 13th title winning the final against CA Brive, who lost their 4th final. Four team were relegated to lower level: Bayonne, Racing club de France, Montpellier, RC Nice et FCS Rumilly that were replaced by Béziers, Biarritz, Périgueux, Dijon, and Paris Université Club. Stade Toulousain won his 14th title beating in the final the Bourgoin, at his first final. Preliminary round Pool 1 Pos Team Points 1 Toulouse 43 2 Grenoble 41 3 Toulon 40 4 Narbonne 38 5 Agen 36 6 Perpignan 36 7 Nîmes 34 8 Nice 33 9 Bayonne 32 10 Racing club de France 27 Pool 2 Pos Team Points 1 CA Brive 42 2 Bourgoin 41 3 Castres 38 4 Bordeaux-Begles 38 5 Montferrand 38 6 Pau 36 7 Dax 36 8 Colomiers 34 9 Rumilly 33 10 Montpellier 24 Barrage may ‘96Nice-ES Catalane9–12 may ‘96Biarritz-Montferrand3–40 may ‘96Dax-Lourdes49–13 may ‘96Beziers-Perpignan18–31 may ‘96Auch-Colomiers9–24 may ‘96Agen-Dijon35–3 may ‘96PUC-Pau28–54 may ‘96Périgueux-Nîmes18–15 Last 16 may ‘96Toulouse-ES Catalane27–16 may ‘96Narbonne-Montferrand23–20 may ‘96Dax-Grenoble28–14 may ‘96Toulon-Perpignan16–15 may ‘96Brive-Colomiers24–18 may ‘96Agen-Bordeaux-Begles25–18 may ‘96Castres-Pau6–14 may ‘96Périgueux-Bourgoin12–26 Last 8 may ‘96Toulouse-Narbonne12–9 may ‘96Dax-Toulon25–11 may ‘96Brive-Agen13–12 may ‘96Pau-Bourgoin21–18 Semifinals may '96Toulouse-Dax36–23 may '96Brive-Pau23–21 Final 1 June 1996 Toulouse 20 – 13 Brive Berty DeylaudCastaignède (2) DeylaudCastaignède R.Paillat S.Paillat S.Paillat (2) Parc des Princes, Paris Patrick Thomas FB 15FRA Stéphane OugierRW 14FRA Émile Ntamack (c)OC 13FRA Philippe Carbonneau IC 12FRA Thomas Castaignède LW 11FRA David BertyFH 10FRA Christophe Deylaud 76SH 9 FRA Jérôme Cazalbou 79N8 8 FRA Sylvain Dispagne OF 7 FRA Hervé ManentBF 6 FRA Didier Lacroix 63RL 5 FRA Franck BelotLL 4 FRA Hugues Miorin TP 3 FRA Claude Portolan HK 2 FRA Patrick Soula LP 1 FRA Christian Califano Substitutions:HK 16FRA Christophe Guiter PR 17FRA Pascal Lasserre FL 18FRA Jean-Luc Cester FL 19FRA Richard Castel 63CE 20FRA Olivier Carbonneau 79CE 21FRA Éric Artiguste 76FB 22FRA Ugo Mola Coach:FRA Guy Novès FB 15FRA Sébastien Paillat RW 14FRA Sébastien Carrat 16OC 13FRA Romuald Paillat IC 12FRA Jean-Marie SoubiraLW 11FRA Christophe LucquiaudFH 10FRA Alain Penaud (c) SH 9 FRA Sébastien Bonnet N8 8 FRA Thierry Labrousse 73OF 7 FRA Alain Carminati BF 6 BEL Loïc Van der Linden RL 5 FRA Laurent BonventreLL 4 FRA Éric Alégret 76TP 3 FRA Richard Crespy HK 2 FRA Vincent Moscato LP 1 FRA Didier Casadeï Substitutions:PR 16FRA Sotele Puleoto PR 17FRA Arnaud Boudie LK 18FRA Yvan Manhès 76N8 19FRA François Duboisset 73SH 20FRA Bruno Marty WG 21FRA Didier Faugeron 16FB 22FRA Alain Guettache Coach:FRA Laurent Seigne French Rugby Championship Category:French rugby union championship Championship