1974–75 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1974-75
Countries	France
Champions	Béziers (5th title)
Runners-up	Brive
← 1973-74 1975-76 →

The 1974-75 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Brive in the final.

Formula

For the last time the "elite" were formed of 64 clubs (will be reduced to 40) . The clubs were divided in 8 pools and the first four of each pool were qualified for knockout stages.

The last three of each pool (24 clubs) wil be relegate in the future "Grouo B"

The knockout stages, will be played with single match rounds.

Qualification round

The clubs classified in the four first places of each pool (24 clubs on 32) were qualified for the knockout stages.

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

Pool A

Béziers
Touloun
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Saint-Girons
Chambéry
Castres
Cahors
Gaillac

Pool B

Narbonne
Racing
Lourdes
Valence
Montauban
Le Creusot
Saint-Médard
Grenoble

Pool C

Brive
Bègles
Vichy
Mont-de-Marsan
Marmande
Auch
Mazamet
RC Dijon

Pool D

Montferrand
Pau
US Bressane
Lavelanet
Oloron
Angoulême
Tyrosse
SBUC

Pool E

RRC Nice
Lyon OU
Stade Bagnérais
Avignon Saint-Saturnin
Biarritz
Graulhet
Carmaux
Châteaurenard

Pool F

Stadoceste
Aurillac
Bayonne
Montchanin
Périgueux
Saint-Claude
Albi
Oyonnax

Pool G

La Voulte
Perpignan
Mérignac
La Rochelle
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Stade Beaumontois
Bergerac
US Salles(Salles)

Pool H

Agen
Dax
Toulouse
Romans
Tulle
Boucau
Castelsarrasin
Quillan

Knockout stages

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Saint-Girons	25-6
Touloun	Toulose	16-9
Stadoceste	Romans	19-15
Pau	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	20-4
Montferrand	La Rochelle	14-6
Racing	Mont-de-Marsan	40-0
RRC Nice	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	6-15
Aurillac	Bayonne	20-6
Brive	Montchanin	4-0
Bègles	Stade Bagnérais	3-9
La Voulte	Lourdes	10-19
Dax	US Bressane	10-6
Narbonne	Lavelanet	9-3
Lyon OU	Valence	21-4
Agen	Vichy	17-9
Perpignan	Mérignac	19-0

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Toulon	13-7
Stadoceste	Pau	11-3
Montferrand	Racing	4-7
Avignon Saint-Saturnin	Aurillac	6-0
Brive	Stade Bagnérais	35-13
Lourdes	Dax	35-13
Narbonne	Lyon OU	14-9
Agen	Perpignan	14-9

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Stadoceste	19-4
Racing	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	18-7
Brive	Dax	14-9
Narbonne	Agen	9-6

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Racing	16-3
Brive	Narbonne	20-13

Final

Teams	Béziers - Brive
Score	13-12
Date	18 May 1975
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Jacques Saint-Guilhem
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Christian Prax, Alain Paco, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Gérard Rousset, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Gabriel Cosentino, Claude Casamidjana, Jack Cantoni Remplaçant : Gérard Lavagne
Brive	Serge Pasquier, Patrick Louchart, Jean-Pierre Dales, Jean-Claude Rossignol, Roger Fite, Michel Yachvili, Jean-Luc Joinel, Gérard Magnac, Michel Pebeyre, Jean-Claude Roques, Jean-Jacques Gourdy, Christian Badin, Jacques Coq, Jean-Pierre Puidebois, Alain Marot Remplaçants : Pierre Balineau, Frédéric Desnoyer
Scorers
Béziers	1 try Séguier, 3 penalties Cabrol
Brive	1 try Pebeyre, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Puidebois

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1975 lnr.fr

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