# 1982–83 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1982–83 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers < beating RC Nice in the final.
The group B was won by Hagetmau beating Paris UC in the final.

## Formula

Both group are formed by 40 clubs divide in four pool of ten clubs.
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 1 RRC Nice Narbonne Agen Angoulême Oloron Tulle Boucau Carcassonne Nîmes Racing | Pool 2 Béziers Montauban Bayonne Toulouse Touloun Lourdes Biarritz La Voulte Mont de Marsan Auch |
| Pool 3 Grenoble Stadoceste Aurillac Montferrand Bègles Tyrosse Castres La Rochelle Bourgoin-Jallieu Albi | Pool 4 Pau Graulhet Perpignan Stade Bagnérais Dax US Bressane Romans Brive Avenir Aturin Valence |

### Barrage

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Perpignan | Toulon | 13-9 |
| Toulouse | Oloron | 20-9 |
| Bayonne | Tulle | 13-6 |
| Angoulême | Lourdes | 18-20 |
| Aurillac | US Bressane | 10-12 |
| Dax | Bègles | 15-16 |
| Montferrand | Stade Bagnérais | 7-3 |
| Agen | Tyrosse | 27-12 |

### "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | 1st match | 2nd match |
| Stadoceste | Perpignan | 9-3 | 11-31 |
| Béziers | Toulose | 3-0 | 12-6 |
| Bayonne | Montauban | 27-3 | 13-6 |
| Lourdes | Grenoble | 15-10 | 31-12 |
| RRC Nice | US Bressane | 47-9 | 32-21 |
| Pau | Bègles | 11-6 | 13-12 |
| Montferrand | Narbonne | 21-12 | 9-21 |
| Agen | Graulhet | 15-15 | 7-6 |

### Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Perpignan | Béziers | 0-7 |
| Bayonne | Lourdes | 13-12 |
| RRC Nice | Pau | 19-15 |
| Narbonne | Agen | 21-27 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Bayonne | 19-12 |
| RRC Nice | Agen | 18-12 |

### Final

| Teams | Béziers - RRC Nice |
| Score | 14-06 |
| Date | 28 May 1983 |
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| Referee | René Hourquet |
| Line-up | |
| Béziers | Armand Vaquerin, Diego Minaro, Jean-Louis Martin, Jean-Paul Wolff, Michel Palmié, Jean-Marc Cordier, Pierre Lacans, Jean-Michel Bagnaud, Philippe Vachier, Philippe Escande, Marc Andrieu, Patrick Fort, Fabrice Joguet, Michel Fabre, Philippe Bonhoure Replacements : Philippe Chamayou, Christian Prax, Didier Farenq, Serge Doumayrou, Éric Piazza, Jean-Paul Medina |
| RC Nice | Didier Félix, Bernard Herrero, Roger Charpentier, Jean-Paul Pelloux, Tony Catoni, Éric Buchet, Philippe Buchet, Jean-Charles Orso, François Pierre, Pierre Pédeutour, Jean Méry, Patrick Trautmann, Jean-Luc Bony, Alain Vallet, Patrick Barthélémy Replacements : Pierre Mousain, Jean-François Tordo, Christian Panzavolta, Jean-Claude Baruteau, Alain Sudre, Georges Lauribe |
| Scorers | |
| Béziers | 2 tries Vachier and Escande, 1 penalty Fort, 1 drop Escande |
| RC Nice | 1 penalty and 1 drop Pédeutour |
Another tile won by Bezièrs, the 10th in the history and 9th in last dozen of years.

## Group B
### Final

| Teams | Hagetmau – Paris UC |
| Score | 12-07 |