French Rugby Union Championship 1967/68
The 1967/68 season was the 69th edition of the French Rugby Union Championship. It comprised 64 teams in the top division (today's top 14 ).
The championship was divided into two phases. It began with the group stage, in which eight teams played against each other in eight groups. The top four in each group made it to the knockout round. Sixteenth, eighth, quarter and semi-finals followed. In the final, which took place on June 16, 1968 at the Municipal Stadium in Toulouse , the two semi-final winners met and played for the Bouclier de Brennus . Here, the set FC Lourdes against RC Toulon through and won for the eighth time the championship.
Group stage
Teams are in alphabetical order, those in bold qualify for the 1/16 finals.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 |
1/16 finals
| encounter | Result |
|---|---|
| Grenoble FC - RC Vichy | 11: 6 |
| SC Graulhet - SA Condom | 11: 0 |
| RC Toulon - Stade Rochelais | 12: 6 |
| Aviron Bayonnais - AS Montferran | 10: 8 |
| RC Narbonne - FC Oloron | 6: 3 |
| US Dax - FC too | 17: 9 |
| US Montauban - Stade Dijonnais | 9: 6 |
| US Romans - SC Tulle | 14: 9 |
| Lourdes FC - Valence Sportif | 19: 5 |
| La Voulte Sportif - US Quillan | 15: 6 |
| Stade Montois - CA Bègles | 16: 8 |
| Section Paloise - SU Agen | 6: 0 |
| Stadoceste Tarbais - SC Angoulême | 14: 6 |
| AS Béziers - CA Lannemezan | 0: 0 |
| CA Brive - TOEC | 11: 3 |
| Stade Toulousain - US Carmaux | 14:12 |
Round of 16
| encounter | Result |
|---|---|
| FC Grenoble - SC Graulhet | 14: 3 |
| RC Toulon - Aviron Bayonnais | 20:13 |
| RC Narbonne - US Dax | 9: 0 |
| US Montauban - US Romans | 11: 6 |
| Lourdes FC - La Voulte Sportif | 47: 9 |
| Stade Montois - Section Paloise | 8: 3 |
| Stadoceste Tarbais - AS Béziers | 6: 0 |
| CA Brive - Stade Toulousain | 22: 9 |
Quarter finals
| encounter | Result |
|---|---|
| Grenoble FC - Toulon RC | 3:18 |
| RC Narbonne - US Montauban | 30: 0 |
| FC Lourdes - Stade Montois | 9: 3 |
| Stadoceste Tarbais - CA Brive | 22:12 |
Semifinals
| encounter | Result |
|---|---|
| RC Toulon - RC Narbonne | 14: 9 |
| FC Lourdes - Stadoceste Tarbais | 15: 6 |
final
| June 16, 1968 |
Lourdes FC | 9: 9 a.d. | RC Toulon |
Stadium Municipal , Toulouse Spectators: 28,526 Referee: Charles Durant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Attempts: Latanne (2) Dropgoals: Gachassin (1) |
(6: 0, 6: 6) Report |
Penalty kicks: Labouré (2) Dropgoals: Labouré (1) |
- Constellations
Lourdes FC: Michel Arnaudet , Jean Bourdette , André Campaes , Guy Cazenave , Michel Crauste , Pierre Doumecq , Serge Dunet , Bertrand Fourcade , Jean Gachassin , Raymond Halçaren , Michel Hauser , Jean-Pierre Latanne , Jean-Pierre Massebœuf , Jean-Henri Mir , René Trucco
RC Toulon: Paul Bos , Jean-Pierre Carreras , Christian Carrère , Roger Fabien , Georges Fabre , Arnaldo Gruarin , Daniel Hache , André Herrero , Louis Irastorza , Bernard Labouré , Jean-Pierre Monnet , Basile Moraitis , Jean-Pierre Mouysset , Blaise Salvarelli , Noël Vadella
Because of the May riots , the final had to be postponed by three weeks. At the end of regular time it was 6: 6, after extra time 9: 9. FC Lourdes was declared champions because they had two attempts and RC Toulon none. In addition, it was no longer possible to schedule a replay as the French national team was about to leave for a tour of New Zealand and South Africa. According to the usual way of counting today, Lourdes FC would have won the game 13: 9.