1973–74 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1973-74
Countries	France
Number of teams	64
Champions	Béziers (4th title)
Runners-up	Narbonne

The 1973-74 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Narbonne in the final.

Formula

The 64 clubs are divided in two groups.

Group A with the 32 better of the previous season, divided in 4 pools of 8. The best 6 of each pools were qualified to knockout stages.
Group B, with the other 32 teasm, divided in 4 pools of 8. The first two of each pools were qualified to knock-on stage.

Qualification round

Group A

The clubs classified in the six first places of each pool (24 clubs on 32) were qualified for the knockout stages.

The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.

Pool 1

Agen
Stadoceste
Toulouse
Bayonne
Avignon Saint-Saturnin
Saint-Girons
Aurillac
Dijon

Pool 2

Narbonne
Montferrand
Dax
Biarritz
Vichy
Lourdes
Graulhet
Boucau

Pool 3

Béziers
La Rochelle
La Voulte
Pau
Touloun
Bègles
Valence
Castres

Pool 4

Brive
Stade Bagnérais
Lavelanet
US Bressane
Racing
Perpignan
Stade Beaumontois
Grenoble

Group B

The clubs classified in the two first places of each pool (8 clubs on 32) were qualified for the knockout stages.

The teams qualified are here listed:

Albi
Mérignac
Mont-de-Marsan
Montauban

Montchanin
RRC Nice
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Tulle

Knockout stages

(Single match stage)

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	US Bressane	9-3
Montchanin	Lavelanet	0-8
RRC Nice	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	22-3
La Rochelle	La Voulte	9-3
Brive	Saint-Girons	32-3
Albi	Toulose	12-10
Racing	Mont-de-Marsan	27-11
Perpignan	Montferrand	17-6
Narbonne	Lourdes	9-6
Biarritz	Tulle	14-10
Montauban	Touloun	9-14
Stadoceste	Bayonne	16-7
Agen	Bègles	24-9
Pau	Mérignac	18-15
Saint-Jean-de-Luz	Dax	3-15
Stade Bagnérais	Vichy	10-18

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Lavelanet	15-6
RRC Nice	La Rochelle	22-12
Brive	Albi	41-0
Racing	Perpignan	6-10
Narbonne	Biarritz	28-8
Toulon	Stadoceste	12-16
Agen	Pau	21-24
Dax	Vichy	16-6

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	RRC Nice	6-0
Brive	Perpignan	25-15
Narbonne	Stadoceste	16-9
Pau	Dax	13-8

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Brive	19-10
Narbonne	Pau	15-9

Final

Teams	Béziers - Narbonne
Score	16-14
Date	12 May 1974
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Francis Palmade
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Christian Prax, Alain Paco, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Yvan Buonomo, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, Paul Cieply, Gabriel Constantino, Joseph Navarro, Jack Cantoni, Jean-Pierre Pesteil,
Narbonne	Jean-Pierre Hortoland, Pierre Salettes, Raymond Canaguier, Jean-Marie Spanghero, Claude Spanghero, Alain Montlaur, André Belzons, Walter Spanghero, Gérard Sutra, Jo Maso, Daniel Dumas, François Sangalli, Gérard Viard, Henri Ferrero, Jean-Michel Benacloï, Patrick Taurines,
Scorers
Béziers	1 try Navarro, 1 penalty Cabrol, 3 drops Astre (2) and Cabrol (1)
Narbonne	2 tries Belzons and Sangalli, 2 penalties Bénacloï

Narbonnw started very well, with two tries, a drop by Henri Cabrol, but Walter Spanghero and his fellow lost the title in the last seconds.

Béziers won the 3rd of six titles of a collection in the 1970s. Narbonne had to wait until 1979 to win his second "Bouclier de Brennus",

To remark that this was the final playerd in the new Parc des Princes.

gollark: Hmm, it's 1.8 million ish.

gollark: This year contained COVID-19, see.

gollark: Anyway, more than a million (I think?) people died to COVID-19 this year, which is actually quite bad.

gollark: No, it's -3 SWU.

gollark: My "incorrect mathematical proof generator" proves this.

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1974 lnr.fr

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