1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Montferrand in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1977–78
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 teams
Champions	Béziers (7th title)
Runners-up	Montferrand

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

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

Pool 1 Béziers Lourdes Agen Bègles Auch Tyrosse Le Creusot Vichy	Pool 2 Touloun Perpignan Brive Stadoceste Montauban Bourgoin-Jallieu AS Mérignac Albi	Pool 3 RRC Nice Biarritz Toulouse US Bressane Aurillac Stade Beaumontois Mazamet Chambéry
Pool 4 Romans Bayonne Graulhet Oloron Stade Bagnérais La Rochelle Montchanin Rodez	Pool 5 Narbonne Montferrand Valence Dax Tulle Carcassonne La Voulte US Salles

Group B

The teams qualified are here listed:

Avignon Saint-Saturnin Boucau Mont de Marsan Pau

Racing Saint-Jean-de-Luz Thuir

Knockout stage

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Thuir	29-15
Oloron	US Bressane	19-10
Perpignan	Auch	26-7
Biarritz	Aurillac	23-9
Romans	Boucau	24-3
Toulouse	Bègles	27-10
RRC Nice	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	22-19
Graulhet	Stade Bagnérais	11-27
Agen	Tulle	16-10
Lourdes	Pau	39-10
Valence	Dax	12-9
Touloun	Mont de Marsan	22-7
Montferrand	Montauban	36-19
Bayonne	Racing	29-9
Brive	Stadoceste	6-0
Narbonne	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	6-0

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Oloron	33-11
Perpignan	Biarritz	4-3
Romans	Toulouse	6-18
RRC Nice	Stade Bagnérais	6-22
Agen	Lourdes	10-16
Valence	Toulon	22-9
Montferrand	Bayonne	7-0
Brive	Narbonne	16-28

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Perpignan	26-3
Toulouse	Stade Bagnérais	18-14
Lourdes	Valence	9-15
Montferrand	Narbonne	22-18

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Toulose	12-9
Valence	Montferrand	12-20

Final

Teams	Béziers - Montferrand
Score	31-09
Date	20 May 1978
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Francis Flingou
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, Jean-Louis Martin, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Christian Pesteil, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Henri Mioch, Jean-Luc Rivallo, Michel Fabre, Jack Cantoni Remplaçants : Pierre Lacans, Francis Lugans
Montferrand	Jacques Fouilhoux, Jean-Marc Gerbaulet, Patrick Boucheix, Henri Bourdillon, Guy Gasparotto, Gérard Costes, Jean-Paul Cristina, Yves Cristina, Jean-Pierre Romeu, André Dubertrand, Joël Molenat, Michel Luciani, Jean-Michel Dubertrand, Michel Droitecourt Remplaçants : Jacques Besson, Joseph Bravo, Jacky Brugiroux
Scorers
Béziers	5 tries Paco, Martin, Séguier, Fabre and 1 penalty try, 4 conversions Cabrol (2) and Cantoni (2), 1 penalty Cabrol
Montferrand	1 try Molenat, 1 conversion Romeu, 1 drop Droitecourt

External links

• Compte rendu finale de 1978 lnr.fr