1965–66 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1965–66 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools, The four first teams of each pool and the better for classified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".

French Rugby Championship 1965–66
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Agen (5th title)
Runners-up	Dax

The Agen won the Championship 1965–66 after beating Dax in the final and hold the title.

Context

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales thanks to his victory (9-8) against France in the last day.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won en 1966 by the Lourdes that beat Mont-de-Marsan 16 - 6.

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to next round

Pool 1 Angoulême Agen Lyon OU Périgueux Quillan AS Saint-Junien Toulouse Vienne	Pool 2 Auch Bayonne Brive Condom (Condom) Lannemezan USA Limoges Romans Vichy	Pool 3 Castres Cognac Grenoble Lourdes Mazamet Montauban Mont-de-Marsan Toulouse Olympique EC
Pool 4 Chambéry Dax Pau Perpignan Saint-Claude SBUC La Rochelle La Voulte	Pool 5 Cahors Graulhet Montferrand Narbonne Paris Université Club Saint-Sever Touloun Tyrosse	Pool 6 Aurillac Stade Beaumontois Bègles Béziers Dijon Le Creusot Racing Valence
Pool 7 Albi Biarritz Bourgoin-Jallieu Carmaux Chalon Foix Stadoceste Tulle

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Chalon	11-3
La Rochelle	Montauban	6-3
Narbonne	Pau	9-0
La Voulte	Paris Université Club	25-11
Racing	Lyon OU	9-8
Angoulême	Auch	16-3
Brive	Lourdes	6-0
Béziers	Bayonne	17-15
Dax	Limoges	16-3
Bègles	Périgueux	29-5
Stadoceste	Albi	18-6
Toulouse Olympique EC	Lannemezan	19-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Grenoble	26-16
Tulle	Aurillac	3-3
Graulhet	Stade Beaumontois	6-6
Touloun	Biarritz	14-8

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	La Rochelle	9-5
Narbonne	La Voulte	12-8
Racing	Angoulême	15-11
Brive	Béziers	12-9
Dax	Bègles	12-5
Stadoceste	Toulouse Olympique EC	10-5
Mont-de-Marsan	Tulle	16-0
Graulhet	Toulon	8-6 (a. p.)

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Narbonne	9-3
Racing	Brive	12-9
Dax	Stadoceste	19-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Graulhet	3-6

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Racing	14-8
Dax	Graulhet	11-5

Final

Teams	Agen - Dax
Score	9-8
Date	22 May 1966
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Paul Madelmont
Line-up
Agen	Marius Lagiewski, Jean-Claude Malbet, Raymond Palladin, Jacques Fort, Michel Lasserre, Michel Sitjar, Serge Viotto, Francesco Zani, Pierre Lacroix, Jean-Louis Dehez, Bernard Pomiès, Jean-Pierre Razat, Pierre Gruppi, Jean-Louis Mazas, Jean-Michel Pechambert Remplaçants : Georges Cavailles, Pierre Biémouret, Claude Salesse, Jean-Claude Soula, Serge Méricq
Dax	Jean-Michel Lucq, Léon Bérho, Christian Lasserre, Marcel Cassiède, Jean-Claude Labadie, Pierre Darbos, Gilles Benali, Claude Contis, Georges Capdepuy, Pierre Albaladejo, Jacques Bénède, Jean-Claude Sanz, Claude Dourthe, Michel Arrieumerlou, Jacques Saubesty
Scorers
Agen	1 try Lasserre, 1 penalty and 1 drop Dehez
Dax	1 try Benali, 1 conversion Saubesty, 1 drop Albaladejo

Dax line-up a very young team, with a lot of young people. Dourthe (17 years ols), Arrieumerlou (18 and half), Capdepuy (20) and Benali (18).

The final was signed by a lot of brutalities and violence.

External links

• Finale 1966 finalesrugby.com