1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship

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

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.

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

Pos Team Points
1 Perpignan 35
2 Toulouse 33
3 Narbonne 32
4 Montpellier 32
5 Auch 30
6 Graulhet 22
7 Châteaurenard 22
8 Périgueux 18

Pool 2

Pos Team Points
1 Brive 34
2 Bourgoin-Jallieu 33
3 Racing Paris 32
4 Castres 31
5 Nice 31
6 Montferrand 29
7 Tarbes 18
8 Saint-Paul 16

Pool 3

Pos Team Points
1 Dax 34
2 Bègles-Bordeaux 34
3 Agen 32
4 Nîmes 30
5 Biarritz 29
6 Pau 27
7 Avenir Valencien 21
8 Cannes 17

Pool 4

Pos Team Points
1 Grenoble 33
2 Rumilly 32
3 Toulon 32
4 Colomiers 30
5 Stade Bordelais 30
6 Bayonne 28
7 Dijon 23
8 Tyrosse 16

"Top 16""

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

Pool 1

Pos Team Points
1 Perpignan 16
2 Bègles-Bordeaux 14
3 Racing Paris 9
4 Colomiers 8

Pool 2

Pos Team Points
1 Toulouse 17
2 Toulon 14
3 Brive 11
4 Nîmes 6

Pool 3

Pos Team Points
1 Dax 16
2 Castres 14
3 Rumilly 10
4 Montpellier 8

Pool 4

Pos Team Points
1 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 14
2 SU Agen 13
3 RC Narbonne 12
4 FC Grenoble 9

Last 8

apr.1996 Toulouse - Agen 19–6
apr.1996 Bourgoin - Bordeaux-Begles 37–11
apr.1996 Castres - Perpignan 12–12[1]
apr.1996 Toulon - Dax 23–8

Semifinals

apr.1996 Toulouse - Bourgoin 16–10
apr.1996 Castres - Toulon 18–13

Final

6 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
FB 15 Stéphane Ougier
RW 14 Émile Ntamack
OC 13 Philippe Carbonneau
IC 12 Thomas Castaignède
LW 11 David Berty
FH 10 Christophe Deylaud
SH 9 Jérôme Cazalbou  35'
N8 8 Albert Cigagna (c)
OF 7 Régis Sonnes
BF 6 Didier Lacroix  76'
RL 5 Franck Belot
LL 4 Hugues Miorin
TP 3 Claude Portolan
HK 2 Patrick Soula
LP 1 Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK 16 Christophe Guiter
PR 17 Pascal Lasserre
FL 18 Richard Castel  76'
FL 19 Hervé Manent
CE 20 Olivier Carbonneau
CE 21 Éric Artiguste  35'
Coach:
Guy Novès
FB 15 Cyril Savy
RW 14 Philippe Escalle
OC 13 Alain Hyardet
IC 12 Jean-Marc Aué
LW 11 Christophe Lucquiaud
FH 10 Francis Rui
SH 9 Frédéric Séguier (c)
N8 8 Jean-Philippe Swiadeck
OF 7 Gilbert Pagès
BF 6 José Díaz
RL 5 Jean-François Gourragne
LL 4 Guy Jeannard  67'
TP 3 Thierry Lafforgue
HK 2 Christian Batut  46'
LP 1 Laurent Toussaint
Substitutions:
HK 16 Christophe Urios  46'
PR 17 Jean-Luc Vidal
LK 18 Colin Gaston  67'
FL 19 Frédéric Gommard
CE 20 Nicolas Combes
FB 21 Laurent Labit
Coach:
Jean-Marie Barsalou

Notes

  1. ^ Castres won at penalty barrage 5–4