1976–77 French Rugby Union Championship

none September 2026 French Rugby Championship 1976–77 France 80 BéziersRugbyArchive http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/31?Stagione=1976%2F77 rugbyarchive.net 18 September 2026 Perpignan 1975–76 1977–78 The 1976–77 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Perpignan in the final. Formula The "elite" (group A) were formed by five pools of eight clubs. Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams. Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams. Qualification Round Group A In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking Pool 1 RRC Nice Agen Biarritz US Bressane Aurillac Stade Beaumontois Angoulême Mimizan Pool 2 Béziers Perpignan La Voulte US Salles Le Creusot Valence Pau Cahors Pool 3 Narbonne Touloun Bègles Stade Bagnérais Dax Carcassonne Racing Saint-Claude Pool 4 Lourdes Brive Toulouse Graulhet Montauban La Rochelle Avignon Saint-Saturnin Mont de Marsan Pool 5 Montferrand Bayonne Romans Stadoceste Montchanin Castres Oloron Saint-Jean-de-Luz Group B The teams qualified are here listed: Albi Auch Chambéry Mérignac Rodez Tulle Tyrosse Knockout stages "Last 32" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Match aller Match retour Béziers Albi 62-6 43-9 Graulhet Dax 7-3 12-19 Salles Bayonne 14-10 8-25 Touloun Montchanin 30-13 53-9 RRC Nice Chambéry 15-15 18-12 Toulouse Bègles 13-4 16-7 Biarritz Le Creusot 6-3 35-12 Brive Mérignac 18-9 8-9 Perpignan Aurillac 32-9 29-10 Agen Tulle 27-19 12-6 Narbonne Auch 45-9 48-9 US Bressane La Voulte 18-12 3-12 Romans Montauban 23-7 4-7 Lourdes Rodez 40-0 19-14 Montferrand Tyrosse 33-17 34-16 Stade Bagnérais Stadoceste 16-12 6-0 "Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Béziers Dax 47-3 Bayonne Toulon13-6 RRC Nice Toulose 17-6 Biarritz Brive 19-10 Perpignan Agen 21-10 Narbonne La Voulte 17-7 Romans Lourdes 16-10 Montferrand Stade Bagnérais 33-15 Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 Results Béziers Bayonne 18-16 RRC Nice Biarritz 19-17 Perpignan Narbonne 19-4 Romans Montferrand16-13 Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Béziers RRC Nice 15-10 Perpignan Romans 9-6 Final Teams Béziers - Perpignan Score 12-04 Date 29 May 1977 Venue Parc des Princes, ParisReferee Gilbert Chevrier Line-up Béziers Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, Jean-Louis Martin, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Jean-Luc Meiser, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Jean-Luc Rivallo, Michel Fabre, Jack Cantoni Remplaçant : Francis Lugans Perpignan Patrick David, Yves Brunet, Michel Izquierdo, Paul Goze, Jean-François Imbernon, Roland Genis, Jacques Tisseyre, Jean-Louis Got, Yves Ballaneda, Jean Lopez, Gérard Mérou, Jean-Pierre Garcia, Richard Lecoq, Claude Fontana, Gérald Porical Remplaçants : Alain Delmas, Paul Foussat, Jean-Pierre Lambert, Richard Masforne Scorers Béziers 1 try Astre, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Cabrol Perpignan 1 try Fontana Béziers won le Bouclier de Brennus for the fifth time in the '70s. Three players in the match were also members of the French team that won Grand Slam in 1977 with "équipe de France" : Alain Paco and Michel Palmié of Béziers and Jean-François Imbernon of USAP. References External links Compte rendu finale de 1977 lnr.fr 1977 France Championship