1971–72 French Rugby Union Championship

none September 2026 French Rugby Championship 1971–72 France 64 BéziersRugbyArchive, France - National Championship, Season: 1971/72 http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/31?Stagione=1971%2F72 rugbyarchive.net 30 September 2026 3 Brive 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. The first four of each pool, were qualified for the "last 32". The Béziers won the Championship beating Brive in the final, holding his title. Qualification round In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking Pool 1 Béziers Stadoceste Lavelanet Montauban Poitiers Bergerac Soustons (promu) Angoulême Pool 2 Touloun La Rochelle US Bressane Grenoble Tyrosse Oloron Quillan Mazamet (promoted from second division) Pool 3 Brive Perpignan Dijon Bayonne Périgueux Chalon (promoted from second division) Fumel Libos Oyonnax Pool 4 Agen Castres Chambéry Avignon Saint-Saturnin Saint-Jean-de-Luz Marmande (promoted from second division) Tulle Sarlat Pool 5 Toulouse Pau Vichy Saint-Claude Graulhet Romans Gaillac Decazeville (Decazeville) (promoted from second division) Pool 6 Montferrand Stade Beaumontois Bègles Stade Bagnérais Montchanin Boucau Rodez (Rodez) Castelsarrasin (Castelsarrasin) (promoted from second division) Pool 7 Dax La Voulte Racing Aurillac Lourdes Condom (Condom) Mauléon Pamiers (promoted from second division) Pool 8 Narbonne Lyon OU Mont-de-Marsan Valence Biarritz Cognac Auch Bourgoin-Jallieu (promoted from second division) "Last 32" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Montauban 30-3 Dijon Lyon OU 12-6 Dax Bayonne 19-14 Mont-de-Marsan La Rochelle 23-16 Narbonne Saint-Claude 27-3 Stadoceste Racing 14-0 Stade Bagnérais Montferrand 11-4 Stade Beaumontois Lavelanet 24-12 Touloun Chambéry 8-3 US Bressane La Voulte 15-11 Agen Grenoble 10-9 Perpignan Vichy 18-10 Béziers Valence 23-3 Bègles Castres 17-4 Toulouse Aurillac 16-6 Pau Avignon Saint-Saturnin 17-4 "Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Dijon 21-12 Dax Mont-de-Marsan 32-9 Narbonne Stadoceste 13-12 Stade Bagnérais Stade Beaumontois 6-15 Touloun US Bressane 34-0 Agen Perpignan 10-9 Béziers Bègles 11-7 Toulose Pau 4-13 Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Dax 13-9 Narbonne Stade Beaumontois 24-10 Touloun Agen 6-4 Béziers Pau 40-4 Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Narbonne 9-7 Toulon Béziers 6-19 Final Teams Béziers - Brive Score 9-0 Date 21 May 1972 Venue Stade Gerland, LyonReferee Georges Domercq Line-up Béziers Armand Vaquerin, Hélïos Vaquerin, Jean-Louis Martin, Georges Senal, Alain Estève, Olivier Saïsset, Yvan Buonomo, André Buonomo, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean Sarda, Joseph Navarro, Gérard Lavagne, Jack Cantoni Brive Jean-Claude Rossignol, Michel Yachvili, Jean-Pierre Dales, Joël Merlaud, Jacques Genois, Marcel Lewin, Daniel Boulpiquante, Roger Fite, Marcel Puget, Jean-Claude Roques, Pierre Besson, Daniel Marty, Michel Marot, Jean-Pierre Puidebois, Alain Marot Scorers Béziers 1 try, 1 conversion and 1 drop Cabrol Brive References External links Compte rendu finale de 1972 lnr.fr 1972 France Championship