1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship

French rugby championship January 2013 French Rugby Championship 1964–65 France 56 Agen 4 Brive 1963–64 1965–66 The 1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided into 7 pools. The four first teams from each pool, along with the best four teams classified fifth in the pools, qualified for the single-elimination portion of the tournament, the "last 32". Agen won the championship, beating Brive in the final. Context The 1965 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales, which lost (13–22) to France. The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Cognac, which beat Perpignan 5–3. Qualification round Teams in bold qualified for the next round. Pool 1 US Bressane Castres Graulhet Lourdes Pau Périgueux Saint-Sever Toulouse Olympique EC Pool 2 Béziers Biarritz Chalon Cognac Dijon La Rochelle Romans Saint-Girons Pool 3 Aurillac Brive Lannemezan Le Creusot Saint-Claude Carmaux Stadoceste Vienne Pool 4 Angoulême La Voulte Lyon OU Narbonne Toulouse Tulle Tyrosse Valence Pool 5 Agen Albi Chambéry Limoges Mazamet Racing AS Saint-Junien Touloun Pool 6 Condom (Condom) Dax Grenoble Montauban Perpignan Paris Université Club SBUC Mont-de-Marsan Pool 7 Auch Bayonne Bègles Cahors Foix (Foix) Montferrand Quillan Vichy Last 32 Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Cognac 8–6 Limoges Aurillac 3–0 Tulle Racing 9–5 Bègles Lourdes 12–3 La Voulte Bayonne 25–6 La Rochelle Chalon 13–12 Béziers Vichy 17–6 Angoulême Montferrand 6–0 Brive Narbonne 9–3 Toulon Dax 11–9 Graulhet Perpignan11–8 Montauban Biarritz 14–3 Mont-de-Marsan Vienne 16–9 Auch Grenoble 3–12 (see note below) Stadoceste Toulose 14–6 Périgueux Pau 11–6 Note: Grenoble beat Auch 12–3 but was disqualified, because lined a forme "rugby league" player.What does this mean? May 2019 Last 16 Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Limoges 22–3 Tulle Bègles 9–8 La Voulte La Rochelle 6–0 Béziers Angoulême 3–0 Brive Toulon 8–3 Graulhet Montauban 6–3 Mont-de-Marsan Auch 12–6 Stadoceste Périgueux 30–6 Quarterfinals Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Tulle 22–3 La Voulte Béziers 12–0 Brive Graulhet 5–0 Mont-de-Marsan Stadoceste 14–9 Semifinals Teams in bold advanced to the final. Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen La Voulte 21–14 Brive Mont-de-Marsan 14–6 La Voulte was eliminated because they had three players out for injuries in the second half. During the Brive versus Mont de Marsan match, the referee sent off one player of each team. The player from Brive, Normand, was allowed to play in the final match. Final Teams Agen – Brive Score 15-8 Date 23 May 1965 Venue Stade Gerland, LyonReferee Bernard Marie Line-up Agen Marius Lagiewski, Jean-Claude Malbet, Raymond Palladin, Jacques Fort, Michel Lasserre, Michel Sitjar, Serge Viotto, Francesco Zani, Pierre Lacroix, Jean-Claude Hiquet, Jean-Claude Soula, Jean-Pierre Razat, Pierre Gruppi, Bernard Pomiès, Jean-Louis Dehez, Serge Méricq, Georges Cavailles, Claude Salesse Brive Pierre Marsaud, Pierre Bessot, Claude Freyssinet, Jean Normand, Roger Fite, Marcel Lewin, Gérard Burguet, Jean-Pierre Delfour, Marcel Puget, Jean-Claude Roques, Serge Castiglioni, Michel Marot, Claude Besson, Pierre Besson, Pierre Villepreux Scorers Agen 2 tries by Razat and Sitjar, 2 penalties, and 1 drop by Dehez Brive 2 tries by Roques and P.Besson, and 1 conversion by Villepreux External links Compte rendu finale de 1965 lnr.fr Finale 1965 finalesrugby.com 1965 France 1965 Championship