1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams

1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsToulouse (14th title)
Runners-upBourgoin
RelegatedNîmes, Périgueux, PUC, Dijon

Stade Toulousain won their 14th title, beating Bourgoin in the final.

Preliminary round

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The 20 team were divided in the preliminary phase in two pools of 10. The first eight team of each pool were admitted to "Round of 16". The last two were relegated in second division.

Pool 1

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Pos Team Pts
1 Bourgoin 45
2 Agen 43
3 Toulouse 42
4 Dax 42
5 Castres 40
6 Biarritz 37
7 Grenoble 32
8 Béziers 30
9 Nîmes 25
10 Périgueux 24

Pool 2

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Pos Team Pts
1 Brive 43
2 Montferrand 41
3 Perpignan 41
4 Pau 39
5 Bègles-Bordeaux 38
6 Narbonne 38
7 Toulon 38
8 Colomiers 36
9 Paris Université Club 24
10 Dijon 22

Last 16

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may ‘97 Toulouse - Narbonne 24–22
may ‘97 Brive - Colomiers 31–36
may ‘97 Grenoble - Agen 27–27
may ‘97 Perpignan - Bordeaux-Begles 26–29
may ‘97 Bourgoin - Beziers 23–14
may ‘97 Pau - Castres 23–20
may ‘97 Montferrand - Toulon 12–6
may ‘97 Dax - Biarritz 22–18

Last 8

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may ‘97 Toulouse - Colomiers 21–12
may ‘97 Agen - Bordeaux-Begles 22–18
may ‘97 Bourgoin - Pau 24–18
may ‘97 Montferrand - Dax 22–18

Semifinals

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may ‘97 Toulouse - Agen 23–16
may ‘97 Bourgoin - Montferrand 21–17

Final

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31 May 1997
Toulouse12 – 6Bourgoin
Pen: Deylaud (3)
Drop: Deylaud
Pen: Geany (2)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Gillet
FB 15   Stéphane Ougier
RW 14   Michel Marfaing
OC 13   Nicolas Martin   80+2'
IC 12   Thomas Castaignède
LW 11   David Berty
FH 10   Christophe Deylaud (c)
SH 9   Jérôme Cazalbou
N8 8   Sylvain Dispagne
OF 7   Régis Sonnes
BF 6   Didier Lacroix
RL 5   Franck Belot
LL 4   Hugues Miorin
TP 3   Jean-Louis Jordana   66'
HK 2   Patrick Soula
LP 1   Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK 16   Philippe Capelleri
PR 17   Pascal Lasserre   66'
LK 18   David Couzinet
FL 19   Jean-Marie Bisaro
SH 20   Julien Tilloles
CE 21   Olivier Carbonneau   80+2'
FB 22   Xavier Garbajosa
Coach:
  Guy Novès
FB 15   Nigel Geany
RW 14   Laurent Leflamand
OC 13   Alexandre Péclier
IC 12   Stéphane Glas   24'
LW 11   Ludovic Saunier
FH 10   Gilles Cassagne
SH 9   Dominique Mazille
N8 8   Pierre Raschi   72'
OF 7   Michel Malafosse
BF 6   Alexandre Chazalet
RL 5   Jean Daudé   59'
LL 4   Marc Cécillon (c)
TP 3   David Morgan   51'
HK 2   Jean-Pierre Sanchez
LP 1   Philippe Vessiller
Substitutions:
HK 16   Jean-François Martin-Culet
PR 17   Laurent Gomez   51'
LK 18   Frédéric Nibelle   59'
N8 19   Julien Frier   72'
SH 20   Nicolas Guilhot
CE 21   Pascal Fernandez   24'
WG 22   Laurent Belligoi
Coach:
  Michel Couturas