1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen beating Béziers in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1975–76
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 team
Champions	Agen (6th title)
Runners-up	Béziers

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

The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.

Pool 1 Béziers Valence Perpignan Pau Montchanin Toulouse Lavelanet Tulle	Pool 2 Montferrand Brive Aurillac Bègles La Rochelle Mont-de-Marsan Chambéry Saint-Girons	Pool 3 Narbonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin La Voulte Biarritz Oloron Bayonne Lyon OU Vichy
Pool 4 Dax Romans RRC Nice US Bressane Touloun Racing Bourgoin-Jallieu Marmande	Pool 5 Agen Lourdes Stade Bagnérais Montauban Saint-Jean-de-Luz Stadoceste Mérignac Périgueux

Group B

The teams qualified are here listed:

Stade Beaumontois Cahors Carcassonne Castres

Graulhet Le Creusot Mimizan

Knockout stages

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Graulhet	28-6
Saint-Jean-de-Luz	Stade Bagnérais	12-6
Montferrand	Stade Beaumontois	62-18
Perpignan	Biarritz	48-3
Béziers	Mimizan	37-8
Montauban	La Voulte	27-6
Lourdes	Castres	15-6
Valence	La Rochelle	16-6
Agen	Le Creusot	23-6
RRC Nice	Pau	7-6
Romans	Carcassonne	17-6
Aurillac	Toulon	11-7
Narbonne	Cahors	30-12
Bègles	US Bressane	9-9
Dax	Montchanin	21-7
Oloron	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	13-8

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	24-7
Montferrand	Perpignan	18-3
Béziers	Montauban	21-7
Lourdes	Valence	21-3
Agen	RRC Nice	12-12
Romans	Aurillac	18-15
Narbonne	Bègles	9-6
Dax	Oloron	14-9

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Montferrand	3-0
Béziers	Lourdes	29-6
Agen	Romans	9-7
Narbonne	Dax	20-8

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Béziers	12-21
Agen	Narbonne	22-6

Final

Teams	Agen - Béziers
Score	13-10 (after over-time, 10-10 at the end of regular time)
Date	23 May 1976
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Michel Messan
Line-up
Agen	Patrick Sole, René Bénésis, Daniel Dubroca, Alain Buzzighin, Alain Plantefol, Christian Conte, Serge Lassoujade, Charles Nieucel, Alain Laclau, Christian Viviès, Yves Fongaro, Jean-Louis Bernès, Jean-Michel Mazas, Jacques Lacroix, Michel Morlaas Remplaçants : Gérard Guidi, Henri Cazaubon
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Christian Prax, Alain Paco, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Christian Pesteil, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, Noël Séguier, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Gabriel Cosentino, Claude Casamidjana, Jack Cantoni Remplaçant : Christian Ferrer
Scorers
Agen	1 try Plantefol, 2 penalties Mazas, 1 drop Cazaubon
Béziers	1 try Paco, 2 penalties Cabrol

External links

• Compte rendu finale de 1976 lnr.fr