1971–72 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1971-1972
Countries	France
Number of teams	64
Champions	Béziers (3rd title)
Runners-up	Brive

The 1971-72 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. The first four of each pool, were qualified for the "last 32".

The Béziers won the Championship beating Brive in the final, holding his title..

Qualification round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking

Pool 1 Béziers Stadoceste Lavelanet Montauban Poitiers Bergerac Soustons (promu) Angoulême	Pool 2 Touloun La Rochelle US Bressane Grenoble Tyrosse Oloron Quillan Mazamet (promoted from second division)	Pool 3 Brive Perpignan Dijon Bayonne Périgueux Chalon (promoted from second division) Fumel Libos Oyonnax
Pool 4 Agen Castres Chambéry Avignon Saint-Saturnin Saint-Jean-de-Luz Marmande (promoted from second division) Tulle Sarlat	Pool 5 Toulouse Pau Vichy Saint-Claude Graulhet Romans Gaillac Decazeville (Decazeville) (promoted from second division)	Pool 6 Montferrand Stade Beaumontois Bègles Stade Bagnérais Montchanin Boucau Rodez (Rodez) Castelsarrasin (Castelsarrasin) (promoted from second division)
Pool 7 Dax La Voulte Racing Aurillac Lourdes Condom (Condom) Mauléon Pamiers (promoted from second division)	Pool 8 Narbonne Lyon OU Mont-de-Marsan Valence Biarritz Cognac Auch Bourgoin-Jallieu (promoted from second division)

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Montauban	30-3
Dijon	Lyon OU	12-6
Dax	Bayonne	19-14
Mont-de-Marsan	La Rochelle	23-16
Narbonne	Saint-Claude	27-3
Stadoceste	Racing	14-0
Stade Bagnérais	Montferrand	11-4
Stade Beaumontois	Lavelanet	24-12
Touloun	Chambéry	8-3
US Bressane	La Voulte	15-11
Agen	Grenoble	10-9
Perpignan	Vichy	18-10
Béziers	Valence	23-3
Bègles	Castres	17-4
Toulouse	Aurillac	16-6
Pau	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	17-4

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Dijon	21-12
Dax	Mont-de-Marsan	32-9
Narbonne	Stadoceste	13-12
Stade Bagnérais	Stade Beaumontois	6-15
Touloun	US Bressane	34-0
Agen	Perpignan	10-9
Béziers	Bègles	11-7
Toulose	Pau	4-13

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Dax	13-9
Narbonne	Stade Beaumontois	24-10
Touloun	Agen	6-4
Béziers	Pau	40-4

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Brive	Narbonne	9-7
Toulon	Béziers	6-19

Final

Teams	Béziers - Brive
Score	9-0
Date	21 May 1972
Venue	Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee	Georges Domercq
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Hélïos Vaquerin, Jean-Louis Martin, Georges Senal, Alain Estève, Olivier Saïsset, Yvan Buonomo, André Buonomo, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean Sarda, Joseph Navarro, Gérard Lavagne, Jack Cantoni
Brive	Jean-Claude Rossignol, Michel Yachvili, Jean-Pierre Dales, Joël Merlaud, Jacques Genois, Marcel Lewin, Daniel Boulpiquante, Roger Fite, Marcel Puget, Jean-Claude Roques, Pierre Besson, Daniel Marty, Michel Marot, Jean-Pierre Puidebois, Alain Marot
Scorers
Béziers	1 try, 1 conversion and 1 drop Cabrol
Brive

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1972 lnr.fr

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1971–72 French Rugby Union Championship

Qualification round

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Pool 8

"Last 32"

"Last 16"

Quarter of finals

Semifinals

Final

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