1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1975-76
Countries  France
Champions Agen (6th title)
Runners-up Béziers
1974-75
1976-77

The 1975-76 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen beating Béziers 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

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

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Group B

The teams qualidied are here listed:

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 Toulon11-7
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

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