1976–77 French Rugby Union Championship


The 1976–77 French Rugby Union Championship was won by [AS AS Béziers Hérault|Béziers Hérault|Béziers] beating Perpignan in the final.

Formula

The "elite" were formed by five pools of eight clubs.
Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams.
Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams.

Qualification Round

Group A

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

Group B

The teams qualified are here listed:

Knockout stages

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1Team 2Match allerMatch retour
BéziersAlbi62-643-9
GraulhetDax7-312-19
SallesBayonne14-108-25
ToulounMontchanin30-1353-9
RRC NiceChambéry15-1518-12
ToulouseBègles13-416-7
Biarritz Le Creusot6-335-12
BriveMérignac18-98-9
PerpignanAurillac32-929-10
AgenTulle27-1912-6
NarbonneAuch45-948-9
US BressaneLa Voulte18-123-12
RomansMontauban23-74-7
LourdesRodez40-019-14
MontferrandTyrosse33-1734-16
Stade BagnéraisStadoceste16-126-0

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1Team 2Results
BéziersDax47-3
BayonneToulon13-6
RRC NiceToulose17-6
Biarritz Brive19-10
PerpignanAgen21-10
NarbonneLa Voulte17-7
RomansLourdes16-10
MontferrandStade Bagnérais33-15

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1Team 2Results
BéziersBayonne18-16
RRC NiceBiarritz19-17
PerpignanNarbonne19-4
RomansMontferrand16-13

Final

Béziers won le Bouclier de Brennus for the fifth time in the '70s.
Three players in the match were also members of the French team that won Grand Slam in 1977 with "équipe de France" : Alain Paco and Michel Palmié of Béziers and Jean-François Imbernon of USAP.