The 1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen beating Béziers in the final.
Formula The "elite" (group A) were formed by five pools of eight clubs.
Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams.
Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams.
Qualification round
Group A
The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.
Pool 1 Béziers Valence Perpignan Pau Montchanin Toulouse Lavelanet Tulle Pool 2 Montferrand Brive Aurillac Bègles La Rochelle Mont-de-Marsan Chambéry Saint-Girons Pool 3 Narbonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin La Voulte Biarritz Oloron Bayonne Lyon OU Vichy Pool 4 Dax Romans RRC Nice US Bressane Touloun Racing Bourgoin-Jallieu Marmande Pool 5 Agen Lourdes Stade Bagnérais Montauban Saint-Jean-de-Luz Stadoceste Mérignac Périgueux
Group B
The teams qualified are here listed:
Stade Beaumontois Cahors Carcassonne Castres Graulhet Le Creusot Mimizan
Knockout stages
"Last 32" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Graulhet 28-6 Saint-Jean-de-Luz Stade Bagnérais 12-6 Montferrand Stade Beaumontois 62-18 Perpignan Biarritz 48-3 Béziers Mimizan 37-8 Montauban La Voulte 27-6 Lourdes Castres 15-6 Valence La Rochelle 16-6 Agen Le Creusot 23-6 RRC Nice Pau 7-6 Romans Carcassonne 17-6 Aurillac Toulon11-7 Narbonne Cahors 30-12 Bègles US Bressane 9-9 Dax Montchanin 21-7 Oloron Avignon Saint-Saturnin 13-8
"Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Saint-Jean-de-Luz 24-7 Montferrand Perpignan 18-3 Béziers Montauban 21-7 Lourdes Valence 21-3 Agen RRC Nice 12-12 Romans Aurillac 18-15 Narbonne Bègles 9-6 Dax Oloron 14-9
Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Montferrand 3-0 Béziers Lourdes 29-6 Agen Romans 9-7 Narbonne Dax 20-8
Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Brive Béziers 12-21 Agen Narbonne 22-6
Final
Teams Agen - Béziers Score 13-10 (after over-time, 10-10 at the end of regular time) Date 23 May 1976 Venue Parc des Princes, ParisReferee Michel Messan Line-up Agen Patrick Sole, René Bénésis, Daniel Dubroca, Alain Buzzighin, Alain Plantefol, Christian Conte, Serge Lassoujade, Charles Nieucel, Alain Laclau, Christian Viviès, Yves Fongaro, Jean-Louis Bernès, Jean-Michel Mazas, Jacques Lacroix, Michel Morlaas Remplaçants : Gérard Guidi, Henri Cazaubon Béziers Armand Vaquerin, Christian Prax, Alain Paco, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Christian Pesteil, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, Noël Séguier, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Gabriel Cosentino, Claude Casamidjana, Jack CantoniRemplaçant : Christian Ferrer Scorers Agen 1 try Plantefol, 2 penalties Mazas, 1 drop Cazaubon Béziers 1 try Paco, 2 penalties Cabrol
References
External links Compte rendu finale de 1976 lnr.fr