1997–98 French Rugby Union Championship

1997–98 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries  France
Champions Stade Français (9th title)
Runners-up Montferrand
Relegated Montpellier

The 1997–1998 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams divided in the preliminary phase in two pools of 12. The first four team of each pool were admitted to quarters of final.

Stade Français won the title beating in the final the Montferrand (that lose for 5th time the final). It was the first victory for Stade Français after 90 years, the last was in 1908.

For the first time, the final was played in the new Stade de France

Montpellier was relegated in second division. Five team was promoted from the second division in order to increase to 24 the team participating to 1998–99 championship.

Preliminary Phase

Pool 1

Pos Team Points
1 Stade toulousain 46
2 US Colomiers 43
3 RC Narbonne 42
4 Montferrand 40
5 Brive 37
6 Biarritz 36
7 Dax 34
8 Béziers 32
9 La Rochelle 28
10 Nice 22

Pool 2

Pos Club Points
1 Stade Français 43
2 Perpignan 43
3 Bègles-Bordeaux 43
4 Castres 42
5 Pau 39
6 Bourgoin 37
7 Agen 37
8 Toulon 35
9 Grenoble 23
10 Montpellier 18

Quarters of final

may '98Bourdeaux-Begles-Stade Français31–2618–24
may '98Montferrand-Toulouse19–109–22
may '98Castres-Perpignan25–197–42
may '98Castres-Colomiers19–198–8

Semifinali

may '98Stade Français-Toulouse39–3
may '98Perpignan-Colomiers15–12

Final

16 May 1998
Stade Français 34 – 7 Perpignan
Try: Simon (18')
Mytton (28')
Bolobolo (41')
Gomes (60')
Dominici (80'+1)
Con: Dominguez (3) (18', 28', 80'+1)
Pen: Dominguez (80')
Try: Pérarnau (77')
Con: Arandiga (77')
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Joël Dumé
FB 15France Arthur Gomes
RW 14France Christophe Dominici
OC 13France Franck Comba
IC 12New Zealand Cliff Mytton
LW 11Fiji Emori Bolobolo  64'
FH 10Italy Diego Dominguez
SH 9 France Christophe Laussucq
N8 8 France Christophe Juillet
OF 7 England Richard Pool-Jones  72'
BF 6 France Marc Lièvremont
RL 5 France Hervé Chaffardon  62'
LL 4 France David Auradou  72'
TP 3 France Philippe Gimbert  62'
HK 2 France Vincent Moscato (c)  78'
LP 1 France Serge Simon
Substitutions:
HK 16France Laurent Pedrosa  78'
PR 17France Sylvain Marconnet  62'
LK 18New Zealand Grant Ross  62'
LK 19France Olivier Roumat  72'
FL 20France Christophe Moni  72'
SH 21France Ludovic Loustau
WG 22France Geofrey Abadie  64'
Coach:
France Bernard Laporte
FB 15France Gérald Bastide
RW 14South Africa Alewyn Joubert
OC 13France Didier Plana
IC 12France Mathieu Barrau
LW 11France Grégory Tutard
FH 10France Laurent Saliès  56'
SH 9 France Jacques Basset  65'
N8 8 France Thomas Lièvremont (c)
OF 7 France Gérard Majoral
BF 6 France Sylvain Deroeux  78'
RL 5 Canada Mike James
LL 4 France Jérôme Pradal  62'
TP 3 France Stéphane de Besombes
HK 2 France Jacques Lançon  36'  80'
LP 1 France Renaud Peillard  37'
Substitutions:
HK 16France Michel Konieck  36'  80'
PR 17France Pascal Méya  37'
LK 18France Alain Fourny  62'
LK 19France Olivier Olibeau  78'
SH 20France Christophe Pérarnau  65'
FH 21France Hervé Laporte
FB 22France Gaël Arandiga  56'
Coach:
France Alain Hyardet
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