1987–88 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1987–88 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen that beat Stadoceste (Tarbes) in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1987–88
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 teams
Champions	Agen
Runners-up	Stadoceste

Formula

• The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. .
• The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title
• In the second round the 32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight.
• The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage

Group A Qualification to knockout stage

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.

Pool 1 Touloun Agen Grenoble Stadoceste Béziers Lourdes Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pau	Pool 2 Dax Bègles-Bordeaux Graulhet Perpignan Aurillac Valence Auch Tulle
Pool 3 Racing Toulouse Bayonne Montferrand Bourgoin-Jallieu Biarritz Romans Montchanin	Pool 4 Narbonne Brive Mont-de-Marsan Tyrosse Stade Bagnérais RRC Nice Marmande Hyères

Knockout stages

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Bayonne	Racing	15-9	6-28
Grenoble	Agen	6-3	10-14
Bègles-Bordeaux	Mont-de-Marsan	7-13	10-0
Perpignan	Narbonne	12-21	12-24
Tyrosse	Touloun	9-13	16-49
Graulhet	Toulouse	9-13	12-25
Montferrand	Brive	12-15	13-24
Stadoceste	Dax	3-0	21-6

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Racing	22-15
Bègles-Bordeaux	Narbonne	20-26
Touloun	Toulose	21-9
Brive	Stadoceste	6-13

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Narbonne	19-9
Toulon	Stadoceste	12-31

Final

Teams	Agen - Stadoceste
Score	9-3
Date	28 May 1988
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Guy Maurette
Line-up
Agen	Grégoire Lascubé, Daniel Dubroca, Laurent Seigne, Patrick Pujade, Bernard Mazzer, Jacques Gratton, Dominique Erbani, Michel Capot, Pierre Berbizier, Pierre Montlaur, Éric Gleyze, Gérald Mayout, Philippe Sella, Bernard Lacombe, Philippe Bérot Replacements : Franck Vatbled, Éric Gayraud, Philippe Benetton, Éric Tolot, Patrick Schattel, Bruno Tolot
Stadoceste	Michel Crémaschi, Philippe Dintrans, Philippe Capdevielle, Philippe Pélissier, Alain Maleig, Thierry Janeczek, Andries van Heerden, Pierre Arthapignet, Michel Hondagné, Jean-Paul Trille, Éric Berdeu, Yves Crabe, Bruno Labat, Jacques Schneider, Vincent Romulus Replacements : Jean-Pierre Laroche, Alain Teulé, Louis-Charles Régent, Bertrand Renaux, Thierry Gaye, Philippe Jouanolou
Scorers
Agen	2 penalties Bérot, 1 drop Montlaur
Stadoceste	1 penalty Trille

External links

• Compte rendu finale 1988 lnr.fr