1985–86 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1985–86 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Agen in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1985–86
Countries France
Number of teams40 teams
ChampionsToulouse
Runners-upAgen

Formula

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The 40 clubs were divided in 4 pools of ten.

The best two teams of each pool were admitted directly to the "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

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Pool 2

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Pool 3

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Pool 4

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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 Pau 6-3
Béziers Hagetmau 10-6
Racing Oloron 4-3
Brive Le Creusot-Montchanin 30-6
Grenoble Aurillac 9-6
Lourdes Romans 16-10
RRC Nice Stadoceste 15-14
Graulhet Valence 15-4

"Last 16"

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match
Bayonne Agen 12-6 6-31
Béziers Nîmes 9-3 17-12
Racing Perpignan 20-16 3-13
Brive Touloun 12-0 3-43
Grenoble Biarritz 9-0 9-19
Lourdes Toulouse 9-20 3-35
RRC Nice Montferrand 9-6 3-6
Graulhet Narbonne 15-12 9-10

Quarter of finals

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Agen Béziers 16-12
Perpignan Touloun 10-15
Biarritz Toulouse 3-16
Montferrand Graulhet 12-15

Semifinals

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Team 1 Team 2 Results
Agen Toulon 38-18
Toulouse Graulhet 21-12

Final

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Teams Toulouse - Agen
Score 16-06 (6-3)
Date 24 May 1986
Venue Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee André Peytavin
Line-up
Toulouse Gérard Portolan (Serge Laïrle 66), Serge Laïrle (Daniel Santamans 66), Claude Portolan, Jean-Michel Giraud, Jean-Marie Cadieu, Thierry Maset, Karl Janik, Albert Cigagna (Hervé Lecomte 66), Michel Lopez, Philippe Rougé-Thomas, Guy Novès, Denis Charvet, Éric Bonneval, Jean-Michel Rancoule, Serge Gabernet
Other replacement : Thierry Palisson, Laurent Husson
Agen Jean-Louis Tolot, Jean-Louis Dupont, Daniel Dubroca (Patrice Boué 23), Patrick Pujade, Bernard Mazzer, Jacques Gratton, Bernard Delbreil, Dominique Erbani, Pierre Berbizier, Christian Delage, Éric Gleyze, Philippe Mothe, Philippe Sella, Bernard Lacombe, Philippe Bérot
Other replacement : Jean-Yves Belléard
Scorers
Toulouse 1 try Bonneval (80), 4 penalties Gabernet (14), Lopez (36, 41, 70)
Agen 2 penalties Bérot (23, 51)
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