1982–83 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1982–83 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers < beating RC Nice in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1982–83
Countries	France
Number of teams	Group A : 40 teams Group B : 40 teams
Champions	Béziers (10th title) Group B : Hagetmau
Runners-up	RC Nice Group B : Paris UC

The group B was won by Hagetmau beating Paris UC in the final.

Formula

Both group are formed by 40 clubs divide in four pool of ten clubs.

In both group the two better of each pool were admitted directly to "last 16" round of knockout stage, while the classified from 3rd to 6th of each pool were admitted to a barrage.

Group A

Qualification round

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

Pool 1 RRC Nice Narbonne Agen Angoulême Oloron Tulle Boucau Carcassonne Nîmes Racing	Pool 2 Béziers Montauban Bayonne Toulouse Touloun Lourdes Biarritz La Voulte Mont de Marsan Auch
Pool 3 Grenoble Stadoceste Aurillac Montferrand Bègles Tyrosse Castres La Rochelle Bourgoin-Jallieu Albi	Pool 4 Pau Graulhet Perpignan Stade Bagnérais Dax US Bressane Romans Brive Avenir Aturin Valence

Barrage

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Toulon	13-9
Toulouse	Oloron	20-9
Bayonne	Tulle	13-6
Angoulême	Lourdes	18-20
Aurillac	US Bressane	10-12
Dax	Bègles	15-16
Montferrand	Stade Bagnérais	7-3
Agen	Tyrosse	27-12

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Stadoceste	Perpignan	9-3	11-31
Béziers	Toulose	3-0	12-6
Bayonne	Montauban	27-3	13-6
Lourdes	Grenoble	15-10	31-12
RRC Nice	US Bressane	47-9	32-21
Pau	Bègles	11-6	13-12
Montferrand	Narbonne	21-12	9-21
Agen	Graulhet	15-15	7-6

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Béziers	0-7
Bayonne	Lourdes	13-12
RRC Nice	Pau	19-15
Narbonne	Agen	21-27

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Bayonne	19-12
RRC Nice	Agen	18-12

Final

Teams	Béziers - RRC Nice
Score	14-06
Date	28 May 1983
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	René Hourquet
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Diego Minaro, Jean-Louis Martin, Jean-Paul Wolff, Michel Palmié, Jean-Marc Cordier, Pierre Lacans, Jean-Michel Bagnaud, Philippe Vachier, Philippe Escande, Marc Andrieu, Patrick Fort, Fabrice Joguet, Michel Fabre, Philippe Bonhoure Replacements : Philippe Chamayou, Christian Prax, Didier Farenq, Serge Doumayrou, Éric Piazza, Jean-Paul Medina
RC Nice	Didier Félix, Bernard Herrero, Roger Charpentier, Jean-Paul Pelloux, Tony Catoni, Éric Buchet, Philippe Buchet, Jean-Charles Orso, François Pierre, Pierre Pédeutour, Jean Méry, Patrick Trautmann, Jean-Luc Bony, Alain Vallet, Patrick Barthélémy Replacements : Pierre Mousain, Jean-François Tordo, Christian Panzavolta, Jean-Claude Baruteau, Alain Sudre, Georges Lauribe
Scorers
Béziers	2 tries Vachier and Escande, 1 penalty Fort, 1 drop Escande
RC Nice	1 penalty and 1 drop Pédeutour

Another tile won by Bezièrs, the 10th in the history and 9th in last dozen of years.

Group B

Final

Teams	Hagetmau – Paris UC
Score	12-07

External links

• Compte rendu finale 1983 lnr.fr