The 1990–91 French Rugby Union Championship was 99th edition of France's top division of rugby union. Bègles-Bordeaux were champions after beating Toulose in the final.
It was the club's second bouclier de Brennus after their first win in 1969.
Formula The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in 20 pools of four. The two best from each pool (a total of 40 clubs) were admitted to group A to play for the title. In the second round the 40 clubs of group A were divided in five pools of eight. The first three of each pool and the best fourth place team advanced to the knockout stage.
Group A qualification round to knockout stage The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.
Pool 1 Béziers Toulouse Auch Bayonne RRC Nice Chalon Périgueux Romans Pool 2 Biarritz Narbonne Toulon Grenoble Le Creusot Lourdes SBUC Oloron Pool 3 Bègles-Bordeaux Nîmes Brive Perpignan US Colomiers Rodez Montauban Bergerac Pool 4 Stadoceste Dax Mont-de-Marsan Agen Castres Cognac Bourgoin-Jallieu Hagetmau Pool 5 Racing Montferrand Montpellier RC Montchanin Pau Mazamet La Rochelle US Bressane
"Last 16" phase In bold are the clubs qualified for the quarter finals.
Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd matchPerpignan Béziers 15-9 3-27 Biarritz Nîmes13-10 12-18 Montpellier RC Stadoceste 18-9 3-18 Toulon Bègles-Bordeaux 18-9 6-22 Mont-de-Marsan Narbonne 15-12 0-51 Brive Toulouse 9-9 12-15 Dax Montferrand 9-15 38-22 Auch Racing 18-15 3-43
Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match Béziers Nîmes 30-17 Stadoceste Bègles-Bordeaux 8-19 Narbonne Toulouse 6-24 Dax Racing 6-18
Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 ResultsBéziers Bègles-Bordeaux 12-13 Toulouse Racing 13-12
Final
FB 15 Marc Geneste RW 14 Marc SallefranqueOC 13 Régis Frentzel IC 12 Philippe SouléLW 11 William TéchoueyresFH 10 Christophe Reigt SH 9 Bernard Laporte (c)N8 8 Jean-Jacques Alibert OF 7 Sébastien ConchyBF 6 Michel Courtiols RL 5 Christophe MougeotLL 4 André Berthozat TP 3 Philippe Gimbert HK 2 Vincent Moscato LP 1 Serge Simon Substitutions:PR 16 Laurent Vergé LK 17 Éric Michaud N8 18 François Labat SH 19 Patrick Tauzin FH 20 Christian Delage CE 21 Thomas ClamensCoach: Yves Appriou FB 15 Stéphane Ougier RW 14 Jean-Michel RancouleOC 13 Michel Marfaing IC 12 Pierre Bondouy LW 11 David BertyFH 10 Philippe Rougé-Thomas SH 9 Jérôme Cazalbou N8 8 Albert Cigagna (c)OF 7 Bruno Dalla-Riva BF 6 Olivier Marin RL 5 Jean-Marie CadieuLL 4 Hugues Miorin TP 3 Claude Portolan HK 2 Patrick Soula LP 1 Gérard Portolan Substitutions:HK 16 Éric Jamin PR 17 Joël Garcias LK 18 Bruno Coumes LK 19 Hervé Lecomte SH 20 Philippe Carbonneau CE 21 Éric Bonneval Coach: Jean-Claude Skrela
References
External links Compte rendu finale 1991 lnr.fr finale 1991 finalesrugby.com