1965–66 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1965-66
Countries	France
Champions	Agen (5th title)
Runners-up	Dax
← 1964-65 1966-67 →

The 1965-66 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools, The four first teams of each pool and the better for classified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".

The Agen won the Championship 1965-66 after beatingDax in the final and hold the title.

Context

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales thanks to his victory (9-8) against France in the last day.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won en 1966 by the Lourdes that beat Mont-de-Marsan 16 - 6.

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to next round

Pool 1

Angoulême
Agen
Lyon OU
Périgueux
Quillan
AS Saint-Junien
Toulouse
Vienne

Pool 2

Auch
Bayonne
Brive
Condom (Condom)
Lannemezan
USA Limoges
Romans
Vichy

Pool 3

Castres
Cognac
Grenoble
Lourdes
Mazamet
Montauban
Mont-de-Marsan
Toulouse Olympique EC

Pool 4

Chambéry
Dax
Pau
Perpignan
Saint-Claude
SBUC
La Rochelle
La Voulte

Pool 5

Pool 6

Aurillac
Stade Beaumontois
Bègles
Béziers
Dijon
Le Creusot
Racing
Valence

Pool 7

Albi
Biarritz
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Carmaux
Chalon
Foix
Stadoceste
Tulle

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Chalon	11-3
La Rochelle	Montauban	6-3
Narbonne	Pau	9-0
La Voulte	Paris Université Club	25-11
Racing	Lyon OU	9-8
Angoulême	Auch	16-3
Brive	Lourdes	6-0
Béziers	Bayonne	17-15
Dax	Limoges	16-3
Bègles	Périgueux	29-5
Stadoceste	Albi	18-6
Toulouse Olympique EC	Lannemezan	19-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Grenoble	26-16
Tulle	Aurillac	3-3
Graulhet	Stade Beaumontois	6-6
Touloun	Biarritz	14-8

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	La Rochelle	9-5
Narbonne	La Voulte	12-8
Racing	Angoulême	15-11
Brive	Béziers	12-9
Dax	Bègles	12-5
Stadoceste	Toulouse Olympique EC	10-5
Mont-de-Marsan	Tulle	16-0
Graulhet	Toulon	8-6 (a. p.)

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Narbonne	9-3
Racing	Brive	12-9
Dax	Stadoceste	19-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Graulhet	3-6

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Racing	14-8
Dax	Graulhet	11-5

Final

Teams	Agen - Dax
Score	9-8
Date	22 May 1966
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Paul Madelmont
Line-up
Agen	Marius Lagiewski, Jean-Claude Malbet, Raymond Palladin, Jacques Fort, Michel Lasserre, Michel Sitjar, Serge Viotto, Francesco Zani, Pierre Lacroix, Jean-Louis Dehez, Bernard Pomiès, Jean-Pierre Razat, Pierre Gruppi, Jean-Louis Mazas, Jean-Michel Pechambert Remplaçants : Georges Cavailles, Pierre Biémouret, Claude Salesse, Jean-Claude Soula, Serge Méricq
Dax	Jean-Michel Lucq, Léon Bérho, Christian Lasserre, Marcel Cassiède, Jean-Claude Labadie, Pierre Darbos, Gilles Benali, Claude Contis, Georges Capdepuy, Pierre Albaladejo, Jacques Bénède, Jean-Claude Sanz, Claude Dourthe, Michel Arrieumerlou, Jacques Saubesty
Scorers
Agen	1 try Lasserre, 1 penalty and 1 drop Dehez
Dax	1 try Benali, 1 conversion Saubesty, 1 drop Albaladejo

Dax line-up a very young team, with a lot of young people. Dourthe (17 years ols), Arrieumerlou (18 and half), Capdepuy (20) and Benali (18).

The final was signed by a lot of brutalities and violence.^[1]

Notes and references

↑ Compte rendu finale 1966, sur lnr.fr

External links

Finale 1966 finalesrugby.com

Top 14

2016–17 Teams	Bayonne Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont Grenoble La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse

Early years	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19

Interbellum era	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39

World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45

Post-war years	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus

Rugby union in France

Governing body

Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams

Men's	France A 7s France amateur U-20 U-18

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series

Professional clubs	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/18/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.