The 1984–85 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Toulon in the final.
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 Toulouse Béziers Montauban Stadoceste Tyrosse Aurillac Narbonne Carcassonne Racing Avenir Aturin Pool 2 Agen Biarritz Dax Hyères Oloron Boucau Bègles-Bordeaux Romans Valence La Rochelle Pool 3 Lourdes Montferrand Brive Bayonne Grenoble La Voulte Pau Club olympique Creusotin Stade Bagnérais Angoulême Pool 4 RRC Nice Toulon Graulhet Perpignan Bourgoin-Jallieu Mont-de-Marsan Castres Nîmes Tulle Albi
Knockout stages
Barrage In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Bayonne Oloron 15-10 Graulhet Mont-de-Marsan 12-18 Brive Boucau 17-9 Grenoble Perpignan 22-13 Aurillac Montauban 21-17 Bourgoin-Jallieu Stadoceste 19-9 Tyrosse Dax 3-0 La Voulte Hyères 14-9
"Last 16"
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match Toulouse Bayonne 15-9 10-3 Béziers Mont-de-Marsan 35-19 9-6 Montferrand Brive 23-6 28-31 Agen Grenoble 27-16 9-9 Toulon Aurillac 21-6 32-15 RRC Nice Bourgoin-Jallieu 6-9 28-15 Lourdes Tyrosse 6-12 22-6 Biarritz La Voulte 3-10 29-12
Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Toulouse Béziers 21-0 Montferrand Agen 13-12 Toulon RRC Nice 19-9 Lourdes Biarritz 13-9
Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Toulouse Montferrand 17-6 Toulon Lourdes 6-3
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 PrincesReferee 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. ToulonManu 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,
References
External links Compte rendu finale de 1985 lnr.fr