# 1984–85 French Rugby Union Championship

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

## Formula

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

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.
| Pool 1 Toulouse Béziers Montauban Stadoceste Tyrosse Aurillac Narbonne Carcassonne Racing Avenir Aturin | Pool 2 Agen Biarritz Dax Hyères Oloron Boucau Bègles-Bordeaux Romans Valence La Rochelle |
| Pool 3 Lourdes Montferrand Brive Bayonne Grenoble La Voulte Pau Club olympique Creusotin Stade Bagnérais Angoulême | Pool 4 RRC Nice Toulon Graulhet Perpignan Bourgoin-Jallieu Mont-de-Marsan Castres Nîmes Tulle Albi |

## Knockout stages
### Barrage

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"

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

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

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

## Final

| 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,