1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship

none France Toulouse 12 Castres Auch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade Bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse 1993–94 1995–96 The 1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 32 clubs, divided into 4 pools. After the preliminary round, the top four of each pool, were admitted to the "top 16", also divided into 4 pools. The top two of each pool were admitted to the quarter-finals. Châteaurenard, Saint-Paul lès Dax, Cannes and Tyrosse were the newcomers. Le Toulouse won the title beating Castres in the final. It was their 12th French Championship. In this year Toulouse did the double winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir. At the end of the season the first division of the French Championship reduced to 20 clubs, relegating Auch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse, to second division. Preliminary round Pool 1 Pos Team Points 1 Perpignan 35 2 Toulouse 33 3 Narbonne 32 4 Montpellier 32 5 Auch 30 6 Graulhet 22 7 Châteaurenard 22 8 Périgueux 18 Pool 2 Pos Team Points 1 Brive 34 2 Bourgoin-Jallieu 33 3 Racing Paris 32 4 Castres 31 5 Nice 31 6 Montferrand 29 7 Tarbes 18 8 Saint-Paul 16 Pool 3 Pos Team Points 1 Dax 34 2 Bègles-Bordeaux 34 3 Agen 32 4 Nîmes 30 5 Biarritz 29 6 Pau 27 7 Avenir Valencien 21 8 Cannes 17 Pool 4 Pos Team Points 1 Grenoble 33 2 Rumilly 32 3 Toulon 32 4 Colomiers 30 5 Stade Bordelais 30 6 Bayonne 28 7 Dijon 23 8 Tyrosse 16 "Top 16"" The first two of each pool to "last of 8" round Pool 1 Pos Team Points 1 Perpignan 16 2 Bègles-Bordeaux 14 3 Racing Paris 9 4 Colomiers 8 Pool 2 Pos Team Points 1 Toulouse 17 2 Toulon 14 3 Brive 11 4 Nîmes 6 Pool 3 Pos Team Points 1 Dax 16 2 Castres 14 3 Rumilly 10 4 Montpellier 8 Pool 4 Pos Team Points 1 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 14 2 SU Agen 13 3 RC Narbonne 12 4 FC Grenoble 9 Last 8 apr.1996Toulouse-Agen19–6 apr.1996Bourgoin-Bordeaux-Begles37–11 apr.1996Castres-Perpignan12–12Castres won at penalty barrage 5–4 apr.1996Toulon-Dax23–8 Semifinals apr.1996Toulouse-Bourgoin16–10 apr.1996Castres-Toulon18–13 Final 6 May 1995 Toulouse 31 – 16 Castres Ougier Deylaud Deylaud (7) Deylaud Séguier Savy Savy (2) Rui Parc des Princes, Paris Daniel Pascal FB 15FRA Stéphane OugierRW 14FRA Émile NtamackOC 13FRA Philippe Carbonneau IC 12FRA Thomas Castaignède LW 11FRA David BertyFH 10FRA Christophe Deylaud SH 9 FRA Jérôme Cazalbou 35N8 8 FRA Albert Cigagna (c) OF 7 FRA Régis SonnesBF 6 FRA Didier Lacroix 76RL 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 Richard Castel 76FL 19FRA Hervé Manent CE 20FRA Olivier Carbonneau CE 21FRA Éric Artiguste 35Coach:FRA Guy Novès FB 15FRA Cyril Savy RW 14FRA Philippe EscalleOC 13FRA Alain Hyardet IC 12FRA Jean-Marc AuéLW 11FRA Christophe LucquiaudFH 10FRA Francis Rui SH 9 FRA Frédéric Séguier (c)N8 8 FRA Jean-Philippe SwiadeckOF 7 FRA Gilbert Pagès BF 6 ESP José Díaz RL 5 FRA Jean-François GourragneLL 4 FRA Guy Jeannard 67TP 3 FRA Thierry Lafforgue HK 2 FRA Christian Batut 46LP 1 FRA Laurent Toussaint Substitutions:HK 16FRA Christophe Urios 46PR 17FRA Jean-Luc Vidal LK 18FRA Colin Gaston 67FL 19FRA Frédéric Gommard CE 20FRA Nicolas Combes FB 21FRA Laurent Labit Coach:FRA Jean-Marie Barsalou Notes French Rugby Championship Category:French rugby union championship Championship