# 1978–79 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1979–79 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Narbonne beating Stade Bagnérais in the final.

## Formula

The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided into two groups (A and B) of 40.
The "élite" (group A) was formed by four pools of ten clubs. The seven better of each pool (28 teams) were qualified for knockout stages, with four teams from group B.

## Qualification round
### Group A

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
| Pool A Béziers Touloun Graulhet Oloron Stade Bagnérais La Rochelle Aurillac Auch Thuir Gaillac | Pool B Perpignan Brive ASM Clermont Romans Carcassonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin US Bressane Racing Montauban Mauléon |
| Pool C Toulouse RRC Nice Mazamet Lourdes Pau Agen Stadoceste Tulle Castres Mont-de-Marsan | Pool D Narbonne Biarritz Bayonne Dax Valence Bourgoin-Jallieu Saint-Jean-de-Luz Boucau Bègles Tyrosse |

### Group B

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
| Pool E Grenoble Stade Beaumontois Avenir sportif bédarridais (Bédarrides) Cahors Condom (Condom) Le Creusot Marmande Millau US Salles(Salles) US Vic-Bigorre | Pool F Périgueux Castelsarrasin (Castelsarrasin) Chambéry US La Seyne La Voulte Lannemezan UA Mimizan (Mimizan) Orthez Paris Université Rodez (Rodez) |
| Pool G USA Limoges Albi Arras US Bergerac Carmaux Castelnaudary Mérignac Nîmes Saint-Claude Saint-Médard | Pool H Montchanin Dijon Fumel La Teste Lombez Samatan Peyrehorade ([[P eyrehorade]]) US Quillan Espéraza Saint-Girons SA Voiron (Voiron) Vichy |

## Knockout stages
### "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Toulouse | Périgueux | 18-10 |
| Valence | Pau | 28-4 |
| ASM Clermont | US Bressane | 15-12 |
| Touloun | Bourgoin-Jallieu | 45-21 |
| Brive | Stadoceste | 18-25 |
| Bayonne | Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 13-6 |
| Carcassonne | Romans | 18-6 |
| Narbonne | Limoges | 61-14 |
| Biarritz | Aurillac | 20-9 |
| Mazamet | Agen | 3-20 |
| Graulhet | Dax | 19-12 |
| Perpignan | Grenoble | 4-4 |
| Béziers | Montchanin | 30-3 |
| Lourdes | Stade Bagnérais | 9-18 |
| Oloron | La Rochelle | 3-0 |
| RRC Nice | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 17-13 |

### "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Toulouse | Valence | 7-3 |
| ASM Clermont | Toulon | 21-14 |
| Stadoceste | Bayonne | 10-29 |
| Carcassonne | Narbonne | 12-21 |
| Biarritz | Agen | 17-21 |
| Graulhet | Grenoble | 16-10 |
| Béziers | Stade Bagnérais | 6-9 |
| Oloron | RRC Nice | 22-23 |

### Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Toulose | ASM Clermont | 10-12 |
| Bayonne | Narbonne | 7-18 |
| Agen | Graulhet | 13-9 |
| Stade Bagnérais | RRC Nice | 14-10 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| ASM Clermont | Narbonne | 9-19 |
| Agen | Stade Bagnérais | 9-25 |

## Final

| Teams | Narbonne - Stade Bagnérais |
| Score | 10-0 |
| Date | 27 May 1979 |
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| Referee | Francis Palmade |
| Line-up | |
| Narbonne | Guy Colomine, Pierre Salettes, Guy Martinez, Claude Spanghero, Patrick Salas, Michel Ponçot, Alain Montlaur, Yves Malquier, Guy Ramon, Lucien Pariès, Christian Trallero, Didier Codorniou, François Sangalli, Henri Ferrero, Jean-Michel Benacloï Replacements : Daniel Trévisan, Joseph Provenzale, Pierre Bouisset, André Maratuech |
| Bagnères | Michel Laguerre-Basse, Antranik Torossian, Michel Urtizverea, Yves Duhard, Claude Pourtal, Claude Frutos, Serge Landais, André Cazenave, Adrien Mournet, Gérard Ara, Roland Anton, Pierre Rispal, Roland Bertranne, Jean-François Gourdon, Jean-Michel Aguirre Replacementss : René Vergez, Gérard Chevallier, Michel Aragnouet, Pierre Domec, Francis Meirhaegue |
| Scorers | |
| Narbonne | 1 try Trallero, 2 penalties Pariés |
| Bagnères | |