1976–77 French Rugby Union Championship
{{short description|none}}
{{unreferenced|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox rugby union season
| image =
| name = French Rugby Championship 1976–77
| size =
| organisateur = FFR
| edition= 78
| logo =
| countries = {{flag|France}}
| date =
| conunt=6
| teams = 80
| matches =
| champions = Béziers
| runnersup = Perpignan
| relegated =
| prevseason = 1975–76
| nextseason =1977–78
}}
The 1976–77 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Perpignan in the final.
Formula
The "elite" (group A) were formed by five pools of eight clubs.
Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams.
Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams.
Qualification Round
= Group A=
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
| width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="5" |
| valign="top" align="left"
| width="33%" | Pool 1 | width="33%" | Pool 2 | width="33%" | Pool 3 |
| valign="top" align="left"
| width="33%" | Pool 4 | width="33%" | Pool 5 | width="33%" | |
= Group B =
Knockout stages
= "Last 32" =
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| class="wikitable"
! Team 1!! Team 2 !! Match aller !! Match retour | |||
| Béziers | Albi | align="center" | 62-6 | 43-9 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Graulhet | Dax | align="center" |7-3 | 12-19 |
| Salles | Bayonne | align="center" |14-10 | 8-25 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Touloun | Montchanin | align="center" |30-13 | 53-9 |
| RRC Nice | Chambéry | align="center" | 15-15 | 18-12 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Toulouse | Bègles | align="center" | 13-4 | 16-7 |
| Biarritz | Le Creusot | align="center" | 6-3 | 35-12 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Brive | Mérignac | align="center" | 18-9 | 8-9 |
| Perpignan | Aurillac | align="center" | 32-9 | 29-10 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Agen | Tulle | align="center" | 27-19 | 12-6 |
| Narbonne | Auch | align="center" |45-9 | 48-9 |
| bgcolor="white" | La Voulte | align="center" |18-12 | 3-12 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Romans | Montauban | align="center" | 23-7 | 4-7 |
| Lourdes | Rodez | align="center" | 40-0 | 19-14 |
| bgcolor="white" | Tyrosse | align="center" | 33-17 | 34-16 |
| Stade Bagnérais | Stadoceste | align="center" | 16-12 | 6-0 |
{{Clear}}
= "Last 16" =
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| class="wikitable"
! Team 1!! Team 2 !! Results | ||
| Béziers | Dax | align="center" | 47-3 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Bayonne | Toulon | align="center" |13-6 |
| RRC Nice | Toulose | align="center" |17-6 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Biarritz | Brive | align="center" |19-10 |
| Perpignan | Agen | align="center" | 21-10 |
| bgcolor="white"
| Narbonne | La Voulte | align="center" | 17-7 |
| Romans | Lourdes | align="center" | 16-10 |
| bgcolor="white" | Stade Bagnérais | align="center" | 33-15 |
{{Clear}}
= Quarter of finals =
= Semifinals =
Final
| align="left" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 0 0 0; border: 1px solid #999; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; background-color: #DDDDDD" |
| width="150" valign="top" |Teams |
| valign="top" | Score
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 12-04 |
| valign="top" | Date
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 29 May 1977 |
| valign="top" | Venue
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Parc des Princes, Paris |
| valign="top" |Referee
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Gilbert Chevrier |
| valign="top" | Line-up
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| |
| valign="top" | Béziers
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE |Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, Jean-Louis Martin, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Jean-Luc Meiser, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Jean-Luc Rivallo, Michel Fabre, Jack Cantoni |
| valign="top" | Perpignan
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE | Patrick David, Yves Brunet, Michel Izquierdo, Paul Goze, Jean-François Imbernon, Roland Genis, Jacques Tisseyre, Jean-Louis Got, Yves Ballaneda, Jean Lopez, Gérard Mérou, Jean-Pierre Garcia, Richard Lecoq, Claude Fontana, Gérald Porical |
| valign="top" | Scorers
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| |
| valign="top" | Béziers
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE|1 try Astre, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Cabrol |
| valign="top" | Perpignan
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 1 try Fontana |
{{Clear}}
Béziers won le Bouclier de Brennus for the fifth time in the '70s.
Three players in the match were also members of the French team that won Grand Slam in 1977 with "équipe de France" : Alain Paco and Michel Palmié of Béziers and Jean-François Imbernon of USAP.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071102125656/http://www.lnr.fr/Menus.asp?CR=16354&CSR=16382&Cle=59821 Compte rendu finale de 1977 lnr.fr]
{{Top 14}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1976-77 French Rugby Union Championship}}