The 1987–88 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen that beat Stadoceste (Tarbes) in the final.
Formula
The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. . The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title In the second round the 32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight. The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage
Group A Qualification to knockout stage
The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.
Pool 1 Touloun Agen Grenoble Stadoceste Béziers Lourdes Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pau Pool 2 Dax Bègles-Bordeaux Graulhet Perpignan Aurillac Valence Auch Tulle Pool 3 Racing Toulouse Bayonne Montferrand Bourgoin-Jallieu Biarritz Romans Montchanin Pool 4 Narbonne Brive Mont-de-Marsan Tyrosse Stade Bagnérais RRC Nice Marmande Hyères
Knockout stages
"Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match Bayonne Racing 15-9 6-28 Grenoble Agen6-3 10-14 Bègles-Bordeaux Mont-de-Marsan 7-13 10-0 Perpignan Narbonne 12-21 12-24 Tyrosse Touloun 9-13 16-49 Graulhet Toulouse 9-13 12-25 Montferrand Brive 12-15 13-24 Stadoceste Dax 3-0 21-6
Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Racing 22-15 Bègles-Bordeaux Narbonne 20-26 Touloun Toulose 21-9 Brive Stadoceste 6-13
Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Narbonne 19-9 Toulon Stadoceste 12-31
Final
Teams Agen - Stadoceste Score 9-3 Date 28 May 1988 Venue Parc des Princes, ParisReferee Guy Maurette Line-up Agen Grégoire Lascubé, Daniel Dubroca, Laurent Seigne, Patrick Pujade, Bernard Mazzer, Jacques Gratton, Dominique Erbani, Michel Capot, Pierre Berbizier, Pierre Montlaur, Éric Gleyze, Gérald Mayout, Philippe Sella, Bernard Lacombe, Philippe BérotReplacements : Franck Vatbled, Éric Gayraud, Philippe Benetton, Éric Tolot, Patrick Schattel, Bruno Tolot StadocesteMichel Crémaschi, Philippe Dintrans, Philippe Capdevielle, Philippe Pélissier, Alain Maleig, Thierry Janeczek, Andries van Heerden, Pierre Arthapignet, Michel Hondagné, Jean-Paul Trille, Éric Berdeu, Yves Crabe, Bruno Labat, Jacques Schneider, Vincent Romulus Replacements : Jean-Pierre Laroche, Alain Teulé, Louis-Charles Régent, Bertrand Renaux, Thierry Gaye, Philippe Jouanolou Scorers Agen 2 penalties Bérot, 1 drop Montlaur Stadoceste 1 penalty Trille
References
External links Compte rendu finale 1988 lnr.fr