1986–87 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1986–87 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulon that beat Racing Paris in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1986–87
Countries France
Number of teams40 teams
ChampionsToulon (2nd title)
Runners-upRacing Paris

Formula

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The 40 clubs were divided in 4 pools of ten.

The first five of pool 1 and 2 and the first three of pool 3 and 4, were qualified for knock out stages.

This formula will be used only for this year.

Qualification round

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

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Knock out stages

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"Last 16"

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round . All the qualified, came from pool 1 and 2.

Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match
Hyères Toulon 9-37 12-21
Béziers Lourdes 19-9 9-18
Stadoceste Agen 21-21 6-15
Stade Bagnérais Montferrand 12-16 6-28
Bourgoin-Jallieu Racing 12-9 3-22
Le Creusot-Montchanin Brive 15-15 15-26
Dax Toulouse 18-9 6-29
Valence Graulhet 9-9 9-27

Quarter of finals

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 result
Toulon Béziers 15-9
Agen Montferrand 13-12
Racing Brive 22-19
Toulouse Graulhet 20-9

Semifinals

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Team 1 Team 2 result
Toulon Agen 18-16
Racing Toulose 10-9

Final

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Teams Toulon - Racing
Score 15-12
Date 2 May 1987
Venue Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee Jean-Claude Doulcet
Line-up
Toulon Manu Diaz, Bernard Herrero, Yann Braendlin, Marc Pujolle, Jean-Charles Orso, Éric Champ, Thierry Louvet, Eric Melville, Jérôme Gallion, Christian Cauvy, Pascal Jehl, Pierre Trémouille, Alain Carbonel, Éric Fourniols, Jérôme Bianchi
Replacements : David Jaubert, Yvan Roux, Henri Chapus, Fabrice Fargues, Hervé Jegou
Racing Eugenio Stefan, Jean-Pierre Genet, Murray Dawson, Michel Tachdjian, Patrick Serrière, Laurent Cabannes, Xavier Blond, Claude Atcher, Gérald Martinez, Franck Mesnel, Yvon Rousset, Éric Blanc, Renaud Authié, Jean-Baptiste Lafond, Didier Pouyau
Replacements : Philippe Guillard, Franck Hélière, Jean-François Impinna, Vincent Lelano, Laurent Rouyres
Scorers
Toulon 1 try Jaubert, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Bianchi, 1 drop Trémouille
Racing 1 try Genet, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Pouyau

Toulon won his second Bouclier de Brennus, after the first in 1931, and after 4 final lost (1948, 1968, 1971 and 1985).

The team of Racing play the match wearing a pink papillon.

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