# 1981–82 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1981–82 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen, beating Bayonne in the final.
The group B was won by Avenir Aturin (from Aire-sur-Adour) beating Bourgoin in the final.

## Formula

For the third time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate for the title, but played a proper championship.
In both group the two better of each pool were admitted directly to "last 16" round of knockout stage, while the classified from 3rd to 6th of each pool were admitted to a barrage.

## Group A
### Qualification round

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.
| Pool A Bayonne Béziers RRC Nice Brive La Voulte Biarritz Touloun Castres Oloron Avignon Saint-Saturnin | Pool B Grenoble Stadoceste Aurillac La Rochelle Carcassonne Romans Stade Bagnérais US Bressane Mont-de-Marsan Thuir (Thuir) |
| Pool C Dax Agen Lourdes Narbonne Bègles Boucau Albi Montauban Valence Mazamet | Pool D Angoulême Perpignan Pau Toulouse Graulhet Montferrand Tulle Tyrosse Nîmes Périgueux |

### Barrage

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Pau | Montferrand | 18-16 |
| Toulose | Narbonne | 12-19 |
| Boucau | Aurillac | 13-15 |
| Graulhet | Bègles | 3-25 |
| Romans | Brive | 9-12 |
| Carcassonne | RRC Nice | 13-11 |
| La Voulte | La Rochelle | 22-18 |
| Lourdes | Biarritz | 24-12 |

### "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. For the first time was played with home/away basis.
Remark that the clubs coming from barrage was all eliminated.
| Team 1 | Team 2 | 1st match | 2nd match |
| Agen | Pau | 15-10 | 9-12 |
| Narbonne | Angoulême | 15-18 | 24-17 |
| Perpignan | Aurillac | 16-18 | 15-9 |
| Dax | Bègles | 6-10 | 15-6 |
| Bayonne | Brive | 23-9 | 12-22 |
| Stadoceste | Carcassonne | 18-3 | 9-9 |
| Grenoble | La Voulte | 13-10 | 14-6 |
| Lourdes | Béziers | 9-6 | 6-7 |

### Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. (Single match knockout)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Agen | Narbonne | 35-6 |
| Perpignan | Dax | 33-23 |
| Bayonne | Stadoceste | 13-6 |
| Grenoble | Lourdes | 12-9 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Agen | Perpignan | 15-4 |
| Bayonne | Grenoble | 20-3 |

## Final

| Teams | Agen - Bayonne |
| Score | 18-09 |
| Date | 29 May 1982 |
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| Referee | Christian Garino |
| Line-up | |
| Agen | Jean-Louis Tolot, Jean-Louis Dupont, Daniel Dubroca, Charles Nieucel, Patrick Pujade, Jacques Gratton, Christian Béguerie, Dominique Erbani, Joël Llop, Christian Delage, Bernard Lavigne, Philippe Mothe, Philippe Sella, Jacques Lacroix, Bernard Viviès Replacements : Bernard Rivière, Bruno Tolot, Patrick Sole, Patrick Mazzer, Claude Bonnet, Jean-Michel Renaud, Éric Saphy |
| Bayonne | Pierre Dospital, Dominique Sagarzazu, Jean Garat, Daniel Barnebougle, Michel Guilleton, Pierre Destandau, Roland Pétrissans, Arnaud Gastambide, Pierre Pucheu, Pierre Alvarez, Laurent Pardo, Christian Bélascain, Patrick Perrier, Michel Paredon, Claude Uthurrisq Replacements : Alain Villacampa, Yves Cedarry, Christian Lembure, Louis Galdos, Alain Peyrelongue, Jean-Louis Pontacq |
| Scorers | |
| Agen | 4 tries Dupont, Sella, Mothe and Lacroix, 1 conversion Mothe |
| Bayonne | 3 penalties Uthurrisq |
Agen won the 7th Bouclier de Brennus, after the last victory in 1976.

## Group B

| Teams | Avenir Aturin – Bourgoin |
| Score | 16-15 |
| Venue | Montpellier |