French Rugby Union Championship 1989/90
The 1989/90 season was the 91st 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 26, 1990 in the Parc des Princes in Paris , the two semi-final winners met and played for the Bouclier de Brennus . The Racing Club de France prevailed against the SU Agen and won the championship title for the fifth time.
Group stage
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Round of 16
encounter | First leg | Return leg | total |
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RC Nîmes - Toulousain Stadium | 6:13 | 3:33 | 9:46 |
AS Béziers - RC Narbonne | 10:13 | 12: | 922:22 |
Castres Olympique - Racing Club de France | 6: 9 | 6:40 | 12:49 |
CA Brive - FC Grenoble | 19:12 | 0:28 | 19:40 |
US Colomiers - RC Toulon | 6: 3 | 12:40 | 18:43 |
SU Agen - FC too | 45: | 328: | 373: | 6
AS Montferrand - CA Bègles-Bordeaux | 31:18 | 12:21 | 43:39 |
Biarritz Olympique - US Dax | 18:18 | 12:29 | 30:47 |
Quarter finals
encounter | Result |
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Stade Toulousain - RC Narbonne | 10: | 9
Racing Club de France - FC Grenoble | 27:21 |
RC Toulon - SU Agen | 0: 6 |
AS Montferrand - US Dax | 34:12 |
Semifinals
encounter | Result |
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Stade Toulousain - Racing Club de France | 14:21 |
SU Agen - AS Montferrand | 9: 3 |
final
May 26, 1990 |
Racing Club de France | 22:12 a.d. | SU Agen |
Parc des Princes , Paris Spectators: 45,069 Referee: Claude Debat |
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Attempts: Cabannes (1) Abadie (1) Elevations: Pouyau (1) Penalty kicks : Pouyau (2) Lafond (1) Abadie (1) |
(3: 3, 9: 9) Report |
Penalty kicks: Montlaur (2) Campan (1) Dropgoals: Montlaur (1) |
- Constellations
Racing Club de France:
Starting grid: Geoffrey Abadie , Laurent Benezech , Éric Blanc , Xavier Blond , Laurent Cabannes , Christophe Deslandes , Jean-Pierre Genet , Philippe Guillard , Jean-Baptiste Lafond , Franck Mesnel , Jean-Philippe Saffore , Didier Pouyau , Patrick Serrière , Michel Tachdjian , Philippe Voisin Substitutes
: Karim Abbou , Eric Dalle , Murray Dawson , Philippe Dubreuille , Stéphane Jourdan , Jean-Luc Pelaez
SU Agen: Starting
grid: Abdelatif Benazzi , Philippe Benetton , Philippe Berbizier , Pierre Berbizier , Olivier Campan , Dominique Erbani , Éric Gleyze , Jacques Gratton , Bernard Lacombe , Bernard Mazzer , Pierre Montlaur , Patrick Schattel , Laurent Seigne , Philippe Sella , Jean-Louis Tolot Substitutes
: Philippe Bernies , Guillaume Bouic , Grégoire Lascubé , Frédéric Maffre , Michel Murat , Patrick Pujade