1978–79 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1978-79
Countries	France
Champions	Narbonne (2nd title)
Runners-up	Stade Bagnérais
← 1977-78 1979-80 →

The 1979-79 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Narbonne beating Stade Bagnérais in the final.

Formula

The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided into two groups (A and B) of 40.

The "élite" (group A) was formed by four pools of ten clubs. The seven better of each pool (28 teams) were qualified for knockout stages, with four teams from group B.

Qualification round

Group A

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking

Pool A

Béziers
Touloun
Graulhet
Oloron
Stade Bagnérais
La Rochelle
Aurillac
Auch
Thuir
Gaillac

Pool B

Perpignan
Brive
ASM Clermont
Romans
Carcassonne
Avignon Saint-Saturnin
US Bressane
Racing
Montauban
Mauléon

Pool C

Toulouse
RRC Nice
Mazamet
Lourdes
Pau
Agen
Stadoceste
Tulle
Castres
Mont-de-Marsan

Pool D

Narbonne
Biarritz
Bayonne
Dax
Valence
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Boucau
Bègles
Tyrosse

Group B

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking

Pool E

Grenoble
Stade Beaumontois
Avenir sportif bédarridais (Bédarrides)
Cahors
Condom (Condom)
Le Creusot
Marmande
Millau
US Salles(Salles)
US Vic-Bigorre

Pool F

Périgueux
Castelsarrasin (Castelsarrasin)
Chambéry
US La Seyne
La Voulte
Lannemezan
UA Mimizan (Mimizan)
Orthez
Paris Université
Rodez (Rodez)

Pool G

USA Limoges
Albi
Arras
US Bergerac
Carmaux
Castelnaudary
Mérignac
Nîmes
Saint-Claude
Saint-Médard

Pool H

Montchanin
Dijon
Fumel
La Teste
Lombez Samatan
Peyrehorade (P eyrehorade)
US Quillan Espéraza
Saint-Girons
SA Voiron (Voiron)
Vichy

Knockout stages

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse	Périgueux	18-10
Valence	Pau	28-4
ASM Clermont	US Bressane	15-12
Touloun	Bourgoin-Jallieu	45-21
Brive	Stadoceste	18-25
Bayonne	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	13-6
Carcassonne	Romans	18-6
Narbonne	Limoges	61-14
Biarritz	Aurillac	20-9
Mazamet	Agen	3-20
Graulhet	Dax	19-12
Perpignan	Grenoble	4-4
Béziers	Montchanin	30-3
Lourdes	Stade Bagnérais	9-18
Oloron	La Rochelle	3-0
RRC Nice	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	17-13

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse	Valence	7-3
ASM Clermont	Toulon	21-14
Stadoceste	Bayonne	10-29
Carcassonne	Narbonne	12-21
Biarritz	Agen	17-21
Graulhet	Grenoble	16-10
Béziers	Stade Bagnérais	6-9
Oloron	RRC Nice	22-23

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulose	ASM Clermont	10-12
Bayonne	Narbonne	7-18
Agen	Graulhet	13-9
Stade Bagnérais	RRC Nice	14-10

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
ASM Clermont	Narbonne	9-19
Agen	Stade Bagnérais	9-25

Final

Teams	Narbonne - Stade Bagnérais
Score	10-0
Date	27 May 1979
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Francis Palmade
Line-up
Narbonne	Guy Colomine, Pierre Salettes, Guy Martinez, Claude Spanghero, Patrick Salas, Michel Ponçot, Alain Montlaur, Yves Malquier, Guy Ramon, Lucien Pariès, Christian Trallero, Didier Codorniou, François Sangalli, Henri Ferrero, Jean-Michel Benacloï Replacements : Daniel Trévisan, Joseph Provenzale, Pierre Bouisset, André Maratuech
Bagnères	Michel Laguerre-Basse, Antranik Torossian, Michel Urtizverea, Yves Duhard, Claude Pourtal, Claude Frutos, Serge Landais, André Cazenave, Adrien Mournet, Gérard Ara, Roland Anton, Pierre Rispal, Roland Bertranne, Jean-François Gourdon, Jean-Michel Aguirre Replacementss : René Vergez, Gérard Chevallier, Michel Aragnouet, Pierre Domec, Francis Meirhaegue
Scorers
Narbonne	1 try Trallero, 2 penalties Pariés
Bagnères

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1979 lnr.fr

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