French Rugby Union Championship 1988/89
The 1988/89 season was the 90th edition of the French Rugby Union Championship. It comprised 32 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 four groups. The four best placed in each group (16 teams in total) made it to the knockout round. This was followed by the eighth, quarter and semi-finals. In the final, which took place on May 27, 1989 in the Parc des Princes in Paris , the two semi-final winners met and played for the Bouclier de Brennus . Here sat Stade Toulousain against RC Toulon through and won for the tenth time the championship.
Group stage
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Round of 16
encounter | First leg | Return leg | total |
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SU Agen - US Dax | 15:15 | 41:15 | 56:30 |
Racing Club de France - Stadoceste Tarbais | 16:15 | 0:22 | 16:37 |
CA Bègles-Bordeaux - Stade Toulousain | 3:47 | 15:27 | 18:74 |
Lourdes FC - Blagnac SCR | 6:10 | 24: | 930:19 |
SC Graulhet - FC Grenoble | 3:36 | 9:15 | 12:51 pm |
RC Narbonne - Aviron Bayonnais | 39: | 924:18 | 63:27 |
AS Montferrand - RC Toulon | 21:17 | 9:29 | 30:46 |
CA Brive - AS Béziers | 12:22 | 6:32 | 18:54 |
Quarter finals
encounter | Result |
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SU Agen - Stadoceste Tarbais | 12: | 9
Stade Toulousain - FC Lourdes | 41:15 |
FC Grenoble - RC Narbonne | 13:24 |
RC Toulon - AS Béziers | 19:12 |
Semifinals
encounter | Result |
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SU Agen - Stade Toulousain | 9:18 |
RC Narbonne - RC Toulon | 3:20 |
final
May 27, 1989 |
Stade Toulousain | 18:12 | RC Toulon |
Parc des Princes , Paris Spectators: 49,370 Referee: Guy Maurette |
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Attempts: Laïrle (1) Charvet (1) Elevations: Dupuy (2) Penalty kicks: Charvet (1) Dupuy (1) |
(15: 9) Report |
Penalty kicks : Bianchi (3) Dropgoals : Cauvy (1) |
- Constellations
Stade Toulousain: Starting
grid: David Berty , Jean-Marie Cadieu , Jérôme Cazalbou , Denis Charvet , Albert Cigagna , Didier Codorniou , Joël Dupuy , Karl Janik , Serge Laïrle , Thierry Maset , Hugues Miorin , Claude Portolan , Jean-Michel Rancoule , Philippe Rougé -Thomas , Patrick Soula Substitutes
: Éric Bonneval , Bruno Coumes , Hervé Lecomte , Michel Lopez , Gérard Portolan , Thierry Savio
RC Toulon:
Starting grid: Jérôme Bianchi , Yann Braendlin , Alain Carbonel , Jean-Michel Casalini , Christian Cauvy , Éric Champ , Manu Diaz , Éric Fourniols , Jérôme Gallion , Pascal Jehl , Éric Melville , Jean-Charles Orso , Yvan Roux , Jean- François Tordo , Pierre Trémouille
Substitutes: Jean-Pierre Alarcon , Thierry Louvet , Jean-Louis Raibaut , Thierry Ruet , Frédéric Saint-Sardos , Philippe Sauton