# 1974–75 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1974–75 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Brive in the final.

## Formula

For the last time the "elite" were formed of 64 clubs (in later years reduced to 40). The clubs were divided in 8 pools and the first four of each pool were qualified for knockout stages.
The last three of each pool (24 clubs) will be relegated in the future "Group B"
The knockout stages, will be played with single match rounds.

## Qualification round

The clubs classified in the four first places of each pool (24 clubs on 32) were qualified for the knockout stages.
The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.
| Pool A Béziers Touloun Saint-Jean-de-Luz Saint-Girons Chambéry Castres Cahors Gaillac | Pool B Narbonne Racing Lourdes Valence Montauban Le Creusot Saint-Médard Grenoble | Pool C Brive Bègles Vichy Mont-de-Marsan Marmande Auch Mazamet RC Dijon |
| Pool D Montferrand Pau US Bressane Lavelanet Oloron Angoulême Tyrosse SBUC | Pool E RRC Nice Lyon OU Stade Bagnérais Avignon Saint-Saturnin Biarritz Graulhet Carmaux Châteaurenard | Pool F Stadoceste Aurillac Bayonne Montchanin Périgueux Saint-Claude Albi Oyonnax |
| Pool G La Voulte Perpignan Mérignac La Rochelle Bourgoin-Jallieu Stade Beaumontois Bergerac US Salles(Salles) | Pool H Agen Dax Toulouse Romans Tulle Boucau Castelsarrasin Quillan | |

## Knockout stages
### "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Saint-Girons | 25-6 |
| Touloun | Toulose | 16-9 |
| Stadoceste | Romans | 19-15 |
| Pau | Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 20-4 |
| Montferrand | La Rochelle | 14-6 |
| Racing | Mont-de-Marsan | 40-0 |
| RRC Nice | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 6-15 |
| Aurillac | Bayonne | 20-6 |
| Brive | Montchanin | 4-0 |
| Bègles | Stade Bagnérais | 3-9 |
| La Voulte | Lourdes | 10-19 |
| Dax | US Bressane | 10-6 |
| Narbonne | Lavelanet | 9-3 |
| Lyon OU | Valence | 21-4 |
| Agen | Vichy | 17-9 |
| Perpignan | Mérignac | 19-0 |

### "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Toulon | 13-7 |
| Stadoceste | Pau | 11-3 |
| Montferrand | Racing | 4-7 |
| Avignon Saint-Saturnin | Aurillac | 6-0 |
| Brive | Stade Bagnérais | 35-13 |
| Lourdes | Dax | 35-13 |
| Narbonne | Lyon OU | 14-9 |
| Agen | Perpignan | 14-9 |

### Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Stadoceste | 19-4 |
| Racing | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 18-7 |
| Brive | Lourdes | 14-9 |
| Narbonne | Agen | 9-6 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Racing | 16-3 |
| Brive | Narbonne | 20-13 |

## Final

| Teams | Béziers - Brive |
| Score | 13-12 |
| Date | 18 May 1975 |
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| Referee | Jacques Saint-Guilhem |
| Line-up | |
| Béziers | Armand Vaquerin, Christian Prax, Alain Paco, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Gérard Rousset, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Gabriel Cosentino, Claude Casamidjana, Jack Cantoni Remplaçant : Gérard Lavagne |
| Brive | Serge Pasquier, Patrick Louchart, Jean-Pierre Dales, Jean-Claude Rossignol, Roger Fite, Michel Yachvili, Jean-Luc Joinel, Gérard Magnac, Michel Pebeyre, Jean-Claude Roques, Jean-Jacques Gourdy, Christian Badin, Jacques Coq, Jean-Pierre Puidebois, Alain Marot Remplaçants : Pierre Balineau, Frédéric Desnoyer |
| Scorers | |
| Béziers | 1 try Séguier, 3 penalties Cabrol |
| Brive | 1 try Pebeyre, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Puidebois |