1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 32 clubs, divided into 4 pools. After the preliminary round, the top four of each pool, were admitted to the "top 16", also divided into 4 pools. The top two of each pool were admitted to the quarter-finals.

1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsToulouse (12th title)
Runners-upCastres
RelegatedAuch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade Bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse

Châteaurenard, Saint-Paul lès Dax, Cannes and Tyrosse were the newcomers.

Le Toulouse won the title beating Castres in the final. It was their 12th French Championship. In this year Toulouse did the double winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir.

At the end of the season the first division of the French Championship reduced to 20 clubs, relegating Auch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse, to second division.

Preliminary round

Pool 1

PosTeamPoints
1Perpignan35
2Toulouse33
3Narbonne32
4Montpellier32
5Auch30
6Graulhet22
7Châteaurenard22
8Périgueux18

Pool 2

PosTeamPoints
1Brive34
2Bourgoin-Jallieu33
3Racing Paris32
4Castres31
5Nice31
6Montferrand29
7Tarbes18
8Saint-Paul16

Pool 3

PosTeamPoints
1Dax34
2Bègles-Bordeaux34
3Agen32
4Nîmes30
5Biarritz29
6Pau27
7Avenir Valencien21
8Cannes17

Pool 4

PosTeamPoints
1Grenoble33
2Rumilly32
3Toulon32
4Colomiers30
5Stade Bordelais30
6Bayonne28
7Dijon23
8Tyrosse16

"Top 16""

The first two of each pool to "last of 8" round

Pool 1

PosTeamPoints
1Perpignan16
2Bègles-Bordeaux14
3Racing Paris9
4Colomiers8

Pool 2

PosTeamPoints
1Toulouse17
2Toulon14
3Brive11
4Nîmes6

Pool 3

PosTeamPoints
1Dax16
2Castres14
3Rumilly10
4Montpellier8

Pool 4

PosTeamPoints
1CS Bourgoin-Jallieu14
2SU Agen13
3RC Narbonne12
4FC Grenoble9

Last 8

apr.1996Toulouse-Agen19–6
apr.1996Bourgoin-Bordeaux-Begles37–11
apr.1996Castres-Perpignan12–12[1]
apr.1996Toulon-Dax23–8

Semifinals

apr.1996Toulouse-Bourgoin16–10
apr.1996Castres-Toulon18–13

Final

06 May 1995
Toulouse31 – 16Castres
Try: Ougier
Con: Deylaud
Pen: Deylaud (7)
Drop: Deylaud
Try: Séguier
Con: Savy
Pen: Savy (2)
Drop: Rui
Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Pascal
FB15France Stéphane Ougier
RW14France Émile Ntamack
OC13France Philippe Carbonneau
IC12France Thomas Castaignède
LW11France David Berty
FH10France Christophe Deylaud
SH9France Jérôme Cazalboudownward-facing red arrow 35'
N88France Albert Cigagna (c)
OF7France Régis Sonnes
BF6France Didier Lacroixdownward-facing red arrow 76'
RL5France Franck Belot
LL4France Hugues Miorin
TP3France Claude Portolan
HK2France Patrick Soula
LP1France Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK16France Christophe Guiter
PR17France Pascal Lasserre
FL18France Richard Castelupward-facing green arrow 76'
FL19France Hervé Manent
CE20France Olivier Carbonneau
CE21France Éric Artigusteupward-facing green arrow 35'
Coach:
France Guy Novès
FB15France Cyril Savy
RW14France Philippe Escalle
OC13France Alain Hyardet
IC12France Jean-Marc Aué
LW11France Christophe Lucquiaud
FH10France Francis Rui
SH9France Frédéric Séguier (c)
N88France Jean-Philippe Swiadeck
OF7France Gilbert Pagès
BF6Spain José Díaz
RL5France Jean-François Gourragne
LL4France Guy Jeannarddownward-facing red arrow 67'
TP3France Thierry Lafforgue
HK2France Christian Batutdownward-facing red arrow 46'
LP1France Laurent Toussaint
Substitutions:
HK16France Christophe Uriosupward-facing green arrow 46'
PR17France Jean-Luc Vidal
LK18France Colin Gastonupward-facing green arrow 67'
FL19France Frédéric Gommard
CE20France Nicolas Combes
FB21France Laurent Labit
Coach:
France Jean-Marie Barsalou

Notes

  1. Castres won at penalty barrage 5–4
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