1984–85 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1984-85 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Toulon in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1984-85
Countries France
Number of teams40 teams
ChampionsToulouse
Runners-upToulon

Formula

The 40 clubs were divided in four pools of ten.

The two best team in each pool were admitted directly into "last 16", while the teams classified from 3rd to 6th played a barrage.

Qualification round

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Knockout stages

Barrage

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2Results
BayonneOloron15-10
GraulhetMont-de-Marsan12-18
BriveBoucau17-9
GrenoblePerpignan22-13
AurillacMontauban21-17
Bourgoin-JallieuStadoceste19-9
TyrosseDax3-0
La VoulteHyères14-9

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 21st match2nd match
ToulouseBayonne15-910-3
BéziersMont-de-Marsan35-199-6
MontferrandBrive23-628-31
AgenGrenoble27-169-9
ToulounAurillac21-632-15
RRC NiceBourgoin-Jallieu6-928-15
LourdesTyrosse6-1222-6
Biarritz La Voulte3-1029-12

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1Team 2Results
ToulouseBéziers21-0
MontferrandAgen13-12
ToulounRRC Nice19-9
LourdesBiarritz13-9

Semifinals

Team 1Team 2Results
ToulouseMontferrand17-6
ToulounLourdes6-3

Final

Teams Toulouse - Toulon
Score 36-22
after over-time ( 19-19 ath the end of regular time)
Date 25 may 1985
Venue Parc des Princes
Referee Yves Bressy
Line-up
Toulouse Christian Breseghello, Daniel Santamans, Claude Portolan, Gérard Portolan (Jean-Michel Giraud 46), Jean-Marie Cadieu (Karl Janik 71), Thierry Maset, Karl Janik (Hervé Lecomte 71), Albert Cigagna, Michel Lopez, Philippe Rougé-Thomas, Guy Novès, Denis Charvet, Éric Bonneval, Jean-Michel Rancoule, Serge Gabernet
Other replacement : Serge Laïrle, Thierry Grolleau, Thierry Merlos, Laurent Husson.
Toulon Manu Diaz, Bernard Herrero, Yann Braendlin, Patrick Occhini, Marc Pujolle, Éric Champ, Gilbert Doucet, Philippe Coulais, Jérôme Gallion, Christian Cauvy (Christian Salvarelli 64), Thierry Fournier, Alain Carbonel, Patrice Blachères (Christian Cauvy 64), Pascal Jehl, Jérôme Bianchi (Gilles Fargues 45)
Other replacement : Laurent Gueit, Yvan Roux, Bernard Capitani, Jean-Luc Charlier.
Scorers
Toulouse 6 tries Bonneval (51, 83), Charvet (54, 70, 109) and C. Portolan (94), 3 conversions Lopez (54, 70, 109) and 2 penalties Lopez (38, 86)
Toulon 2 tries Fournier (24) and Gallion (67), 1 conversion Bianchi (24) and 3 penalties Bianchi (15, 36), Cauvy (100) and 1 drop Cauvy (64)

It was the first Bouclier de Brennus won by Toulouse from 1947,

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