1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1964-65
Countries	France
Champions	Agen (4th title)
Runners-up	Brive
← 1963-64 1965-66 →

The 1964-65 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.

The four first teams of each pool and the better four classified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".

Le Agen won the Championship 1964-65 after beating Brive in the final.

Context

The 1965 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales nevertheless a lost (13-22) against France.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Cognac that beat Perpignan 5 - 3.

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to 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

Pool 7

Auch
Bayonne
Bègles
Cahors
Foix (Foix)
Montferrand
Quillan
Vichy

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for 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	Perpignan	11-8
Montauban	Biarritz	14-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Vienne	16-9
Auch	Grenoble	3-12
Stadoceste	Toulose	14-6
Périgueux	Pau	11-6

Grenoble beat Auch 12 - 3 but was disqualified, bauause lined a forme "rugby league" player.

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for 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

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for 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

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	La Voulte	21-14
Brive	Mont-de-Marsan	14-6

The two semifinals are signed by problems: La Voulte was eliminated beaause end the match with three players out for injuries in the second half.

During Brive-Mont de Marsn, the referee send off ome player of each team.

But the player of Brive (Normand) woolnd not banned for the final, that he will play.

Final

Teams	Agen - Brive
Score	15-8
Date	23 maggio 1965
Venue	Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee	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 Razat and Sitjar, 2 penaltys and 1 drop Dehez
Brive	2 tries Roques and P.Besson, 1 conversion Villepreux

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