1970–71 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1970-71
Countries	France
Champions	Béziers (2nd title)
Runners-up	Toulon
	← 1969-70 1971-72 →

The 1970-71 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. The first four of each pool, were qualified for the "last 32".

'Béziers won The French Rugby Union Championship beating Toulon in the final.

For Béziers, was the first of ten title in two decades, while Touloun had to wait until 1987.

Qualification round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Pool 8

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Poitiers	19-0
Dijon	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	8-3
Stade Bagnérais	Lourdes	18-9
Pau	Biarritz	11-6
Mont de Marsan	Stadoceste	30-19
Castres	Stade Beaumontois	12-3
Agen	Aurillac	6-3
La Voulte	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	14-3
Brive	La Rochelle	14-6
Tyrosse	Bayonne	11-8
Bègles	Montferrand	12-8
Dax	Cognac	3-0
Narbonne	Périgueux	27-6
Touloun	Graulhet	8-0
Toulouse	Romans	26-6
Montauban	Grenoble	12-8

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Dijon	11-0
Stade Bagnérais	Pau	8-5
Mont de Marsan	Castres	6-5
Agen	La Voulte	17-9
Brive	Tyrosse	11-0
Bègles	Dax	0-10
Narbonne	Touloun	6-14
Toulouse	Montauban	20-12

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Stade Bagnérais	32-9
Mont de Marsan	Agen	6-14
Brive	Dax	12-9
Touloun	Toulose	8-0

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Agen	20-9
Brive	Touloun	3-6

Final

Teams	Béziers - Toulon
Score	15-9 after over-time
Date	16 May 1971
Venue	Parc municipal des sports, Bordeaux
Referee	Michel Dubernet
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, André Lubrano, Jean-Pierre Hortoland, Georges Senal, Alain Estève, Olivier Saïsset, Yvan Buonomo, Christian Pesteil, Richard Astre (cap.), Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean Sarda, Joseph Navarro, Gérard Lavagne, Jack Cantoni
Touloun	Jean-Claude Ballatore, Noêl Vadella, Arnaldo Gruarin, Michel Sappa, André Herrero (cap.), Christian Carrère, Daniel Hache, Daniel Herrero, Louis Irastorza, Paul Bos, Bernard Giabbiconi, Jean-Pierre Carreras, Gilles Delaigue, Roger Fabien, Bernard Laboure
Scorers
Béziers	2 tries Séguier, 2 penalties Cabrol, 1 drop Astre
Touloun	3 penalties Laboure

External links

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1970–71 French Rugby Union Championship

Contents

Qualification round

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Pool 8

"Last 32"

"Last 16"

Quarter of finals

Semifinals

Final

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