1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 32 clubs, divided into 4 pools. After the preliminary round, the top four of each pool, were admitted to the "top 16", also divided into 4 pools. The top two of each pool were admitted to the quarter-finals.

1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsToulouse (12th title)
Runners-upCastres
RelegatedAuch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade Bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse

Châteaurenard, Saint-Paul lès Dax, Cannes and Tyrosse were the newcomers.

Le Toulouse won the title beating Castres in the final. It was their 12th French Championship. In this year Toulouse did the double winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir.

At the end of the season the first division of the French Championship reduced to 20 clubs, relegating Auch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse, to second division.

Preliminary round

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Pool 1

Pos Team Points
1 Perpignan 35
2 Toulouse 33
3 Narbonne 32
4 Montpellier 32
5 Auch 30
6 Graulhet 22
7 Châteaurenard 22
8 Périgueux 18

Pool 2

Pos Team Points
1 Brive 34
2 Bourgoin-Jallieu 33
3 Racing Paris 32
4 Castres 31
5 Nice 31
6 Montferrand 29
7 Tarbes 18
8 Saint-Paul 16

Pool 3

Pos Team Points
1 Dax 34
2 Bègles-Bordeaux 34
3 Agen 32
4 Nîmes 30
5 Biarritz 29
6 Pau 27
7 Avenir Valencien 21
8 Cannes 17

Pool 4

Pos Team Points
1 Grenoble 33
2 Rumilly 32
3 Toulon 32
4 Colomiers 30
5 Stade Bordelais 30
6 Bayonne 28
7 Dijon 23
8 Tyrosse 16

"Top 16""

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The first two of each pool to "last of 8" round

Pool 1

Pos Team Points
1 Perpignan 16
2 Bègles-Bordeaux 14
3 Racing Paris 9
4 Colomiers 8

Pool 2

Pos Team Points
1 Toulouse 17
2 Toulon 14
3 Brive 11
4 Nîmes 6

Pool 3

Pos Team Points
1 Dax 16
2 Castres 14
3 Rumilly 10
4 Montpellier 8

Pool 4

Pos Team Points
1 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 14
2 SU Agen 13
3 RC Narbonne 12
4 FC Grenoble 9

Last 8

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apr.1996 Toulouse - Agen 19–6
apr.1996 Bourgoin - Bordeaux-Begles 37–11
apr.1996 Castres - Perpignan 12–12[1]
apr.1996 Toulon - Dax 23–8

Semifinals

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apr.1996 Toulouse - Bourgoin 16–10
apr.1996 Castres - Toulon 18–13

Final

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6 May 1995
Toulouse31 – 16Castres
Try: Ougier
Con: Deylaud
Pen: Deylaud (7)
Drop: Deylaud
Try: Séguier
Con: Savy
Pen: Savy (2)
Drop: Rui
Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Pascal
FB 15   Stéphane Ougier
RW 14   Émile Ntamack
OC 13   Philippe Carbonneau
IC 12   Thomas Castaignède
LW 11   David Berty
FH 10   Christophe Deylaud
SH 9   Jérôme Cazalbou   35'
N8 8   Albert Cigagna (c)
OF 7   Régis Sonnes
BF 6   Didier Lacroix   76'
RL 5   Franck Belot
LL 4   Hugues Miorin
TP 3   Claude Portolan
HK 2   Patrick Soula
LP 1   Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK 16   Christophe Guiter
PR 17   Pascal Lasserre
FL 18   Richard Castel   76'
FL 19   Hervé Manent
CE 20   Olivier Carbonneau
CE 21   Éric Artiguste   35'
Coach:
  Guy Novès
FB 15   Cyril Savy
RW 14   Philippe Escalle
OC 13   Alain Hyardet
IC 12   Jean-Marc Aué
LW 11   Christophe Lucquiaud
FH 10   Francis Rui
SH 9   Frédéric Séguier (c)
N8 8   Jean-Philippe Swiadeck
OF 7   Gilbert Pagès
BF 6   José Díaz
RL 5   Jean-François Gourragne
LL 4   Guy Jeannard   67'
TP 3   Thierry Lafforgue
HK 2   Christian Batut   46'
LP 1   Laurent Toussaint
Substitutions:
HK 16   Christophe Urios   46'
PR 17   Jean-Luc Vidal
LK 18   Colin Gaston   67'
FL 19   Frédéric Gommard
CE 20   Nicolas Combes
FB 21   Laurent Labit
Coach:
  Jean-Marie Barsalou

Notes

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  1. ^ Castres won at penalty barrage 5–4