1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship

1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries  France
Champions Tolouse (14th title)
Runners-up Montferrand
Relegated Nice, Béziers

The 1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 24 teams divided in the preliminary phase into three pools of 8. The first five teams from each pool and the best 6th placed were admitted to second round. The other played a relegation tournament divided in two pools.

Tolouse won the title, beating Montferrand in the final (that lose for 6th time the final).

First Round

Pool 1

Pos Team Points
1 Stade Français 34
2 Biarritz 34
3 Narbonne 32
4 Castres 32
5 Bourgoin 29
6 Toulon 28
7 Aurillac 21
8 Nîmes 14

Pool 2

Pos Team Points
1 Perpignan 34
2Montferrand 33
3 Agen 32
4 Dax 31
5 Bègles-Bordeaux 29
6Béziers 28
7 Auch 20
8 Nice 17

Pool 3

Pos Team Points
1 Tolouse 38
2 Brive 36
3 Pau 33
4 Grenoble 30
5 Colomiers 26
6 Périgueux 23
7 Racing Paris 20
8 La Rochelle 18

Béziers and Toulon had both 28 points. The "best 6th" was Toulon due to having less "red Cards" during the season.

Second round

The first of each pools were qualified to quarter of finals

Pool 1

Pos Team Points
1 Tolouse 15
2 Bourgoin 13
3 Biarritz 10
4 Agen 10

Pool 2

Pos Team Points
1 Colomiers 16
2 Stade Français 12
3 Narbonne 10
4 Pau 10

Pool 3

Pos Team Points
1 CA Bègles-Bordeaux 14
2 Castres 14
3 Perpignan 12
4 Dax 8

Pool 4

Pos Team Points
1 Montferrand 14
2 Grenoble 12
3 Toulon 12
4 Brive 10

Grenoble was 2nd due to having less "red cards" during the season .

Quarters of final

15 mayBourdeaux-Begles-Bourgoin8–14
15 mayToulouse-Stade Français51–19
16 mayMontferrand-Castres28–27
16 mayColomiers-Grenoble15–29

Semifinals

22 mayMontferrand-Grenoble26–17
22 mayToulouse-Bourgoin26–17

Final

29 May 1999
Toulouse 15 – 11 Montferrand
Try: Stensness
Desbrosse
Con: Marfaing
Pen: Marfaing
Try: Nadau
Pen: Merceron (2)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Gérard Borréani
FB 15France Stéphane Ougier
RW 14France Xavier Garbajosa
OC 13France Cédric Desbrosse  72'
IC 12France Émile Ntamack
LW 11France Michel Marfaing
FH 10New Zealand Lee Stensness
SH 9 France Jérôme Cazalbou
N8 8 France Sylvain Dispagne  39'
OF 7 France Christian Labit  77'
BF 6 France Didier Lacroix
RL 5 France Franck Belot (c)
LL 4 France Fabien Pelous
TP 3 France Franck Tournaire  72'
HK 2 France Yannick Bru
LP 1 France Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK 16France Patrick Soula
PR 17France Jean-Louis Jordana  72'
LK 18France Hugues Miorin  39'
FL 19France Matthieu Lièvremont  77'
SH 20France Jérôme Fillol
FH 21France Christophe Deylaud
CE 22France Pierre Bondouy  72'
Coach:
France Guy Novès
FB 15France Nicolas Nadau  78'
RW 14France Jimmy Marlu
OC 13France Jérôme Morante
IC 12France Tony Marsh
LW 11France David Bory
FH 10France Gérald Merceron  67'
SH 9 France Stéphane Castaignède  80+3'
N8 8 France David Courteix
OF 7 France Jean-Marc Lhermet (c)  67'
BF 6 France Arnaud Costes
RL 5 France Christophe Sarraute  59'
LL 4 France David Barrier
TP 3 France Fabrice Heyer
HK 2 France Olivier Azam  67'
LP 1 France Emmanuel Menieu  80+1'
Substitutions:
HK 16France Patrick Laurent-Varange  67'
PR 17France Christophe Duchêne  80+1'
LK 18France Olivier Merle  59'
FL 19France Jérôme Bonvoisin  67'
SH 20France Christophe Larrue  80+3'
FH 21France Éric Nicol  67'
FB 22France Olivier Toulouze  78'
Coach:
France Christophe Mombet

Relegation Pools

Pool 1

Pos Team Points
1 Auch 14
2 Racing Parigi 14
3 Nîmes 10
4 Béziers 10

Béziers was classified last for worst point difference in the direct matches (Nîmes-Béziers 15–5 ; 36–37), and was relegated in Pro D2.

Pool 2

Pos Team Points
1 Aurillac 15
2 Périgueux 11
3 La Rochelle 9
4 Nice 5

(ranking after 5 on 6)

RC Nice was relegated in Pro D2.

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