1984–85 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1984–85 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Toulon in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1984–85
Countries France
Number of teams40 teams
ChampionsToulouse
Runners-upToulon

Formula

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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

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The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Knockout stages

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Barrage

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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"

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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

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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

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Team 1 Team 2 Results
Toulouse Montferrand 17-6
Toulon Lourdes 6-3

Final

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Teams Toulouse - Toulon
Score 36-22
after over-time ( 19-19 ath the end of regular time)
Date 25 may 1985
Venue Parc des Princes
Referee 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.
Toulon Manu 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,

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