French Rugby Union Championship 1995/96

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The 1995/96 season was the 97th edition of the French Rugby Union Championship. It comprised 20 teams in the top division (today's top 14 ).

The championship was divided into three phases. It began with the qualifying round, in which ten teams played against each other in two groups. The top four of both groups went straight to the knockout round, while the teams in places 5 to 8 played in a barrage with the best teams in the second division for eligibility in the knockout round . The last two in both groups were relegated; this concerned Aviron Bayonnais , Racing Club de France , FCS Rumilly and Montpellier RC .

The home game of the knockout round, in which 16 teams were still involved, resulted from the better placement in the qualifying round. The quarter-finals and the semi-finals followed the round of 16. The two semi-final winners met in the final, which took place on June 1, 1996 at the Parc des Princes in Paris , and played for the Bouclier de Brennus . Here sat Stade Toulousain against CA Brive through and won for the 13th time the championship.

Qualifying round

  • Direct qualification to the round of 16
  • Participation in the barrage
  • Relegation to the second division
    • Group 1
    team Points
    1. Stade Toulousain 43
    2. FC Grenoble 41
    3. RC Toulon 40
    4th RC Narbonne 38
    5. SU Agen 36
    6th USA Perpignan 36
    7th RC Nîmes 34
    8th. RRC Nice 33
    9. Aviron Bayonnais 32
    10. Racing Club de France 27
    Group 2
    team Points
    1. CA Brive 42
    2. CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 41
    3. Castres Olympique 38
    4th CA Bègles-Bordeaux 38
    5. AS Montferrand 38
    6th Section Paloise 36
    7th US Dax 36
    8th. US Colomiers 34
    9. FCS Rumilly 33
    10. Montpellier RC 24

    Barrage

    encounter Result
    RRC Nice - ES Catalane 09:12
    Biarritz Olympique - AS Montferrand 03:40
    US Dax - Lourdes FC 49:13
    AS Béziers - USA Perpignan 18:31
    FC Also - US Colomiers 09:24
    SU Agen - Stade Dijonnais 35: 03
    Paris Université Club - Section Paloise 28:54
    CA Périgueux - RC Nîmes 18:15

    Round of 16

    encounter Result
    Stade Toulousain - ES Catalane 27:16
    RC Narbonne - AS Montferrand 23:20
    US Dax - FC Grenoble 28:14
    RC Toulon - USA Perpignan 16:15
    CA Brive - US Colomiers 23:14
    SU Agen - CA Bègles-Bordeaux 25:18
    Castres Olympique - Section Paloise 06:14
    CA Périgueux - CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 12:26

    Quarter finals

    encounter Result
    Stade Toulousain - RC Narbonne 12: 09
    US Dax - RC Toulon 25:11
    CA Brive - SU Agen 13:12
    Section Paloise - CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 21:18

    Semifinals

    encounter Result
    Stade Toulousain - US Dax 36:23
    CA Brive - Section Paloise 23:21

    final

    June 1, 1996
    		 Stade Toulousain 20: 13 CA Brive Parc des Princes , Paris
    Spectators: 48,162
    Referee: Patrick Thomas
    Attempts: Berty (1)
    Penalty kicks : Deylaud (1)
    Castaignède (2) Dropgoals
    : Deylaud (2)
    Castaignède (1)     		(6:10)
    Report     		Attempts: R. Paillat (1)
    Elevations: S. Paillat (1)
    Penalty kicks : Paillat (2)
    Constellations

    Stade Toulousain:
    Line-up: Franck Belot , David Berty , Christian Califano , Philippe Carbonneau , Thomas Castaignède , Jerome Cazalbou , Christophe Deylaud , Sylvain Dispagne , Didier Lacroix , Hervé Manent , Hugues Miorin , Emile Ntamack , Stéphane Ougier , Claude Portolan , Patrick Soula
    substitutes : Éric Artiguste , Olivier Carbonneau , Richard Castel , Jean-Luc Cester , Christophe Guiter , Pascal Lasserre , Hugo Mola

    CA Brive:
    Line-up: Éric Alegret , Sébastien Bonnet , Laurent Bonventre , Sébastien Carrat , Alain Carminati , Didier Casadeï , Richard Crespy , Thierry Labrousse , Christophe Lucquiaud , Vincent Moscato , Romuald Paillat , Sébastien Paillat , Alain Penaud , Jean-Marie Soubira , Loïc Van Der Linden Substitutes
    : Arnaud Boudie , François Duboisset , Didier Faugeron , Alain Guettache , Yvan Manhes , Bruno Marty , Sotele Puleoto

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