# 1970–71 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1970–71 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. The first four of each pool, were qualified for the "last 32".
'Béziers won The French Rugby Union Championship beating Toulon in the final.
For Béziers, was the first of ten title in two decades, while Touloun had to wait until 1987.

## Qualification round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
| Pool 1 La Voulte Touloun Aurillac Romans Angoulême Racing Oyonnax Lombez Samatan | Pool 2 Stade Bagnérais Dax Tyrosse Montferrand Vichy US Bressane Toulouse Olympique EC Lyon OU | Pool 3 Bègles Agen Stade Beaumontois Mont de Marsan Oloron Saint-Claude Sarlat Cahors |
| Pool 4 Stadoceste Grenoble Biarritz Poitiers Quillan Mauléon Tulle Paris Université Club | Pool 5 Toulouse Saint-Jean-de-Luz Cognac Périgueux Chambéry Stade Montchaninois Lavelanet Lannemezan | Pool 6 Béziers Pau Dijon La Rochelle Valence Saint-Girons Gaillac Bergerac |
| Pool 7 Brive Castres Graulhet Lourdes Boucau Fumel Libos Condom Carmaux | Pool 8 Narbonne Montauban Bayonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin Auch Perpignan Rodez Vienne | |

## "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Poitiers | 19-0 |
| Dijon | Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 8-3 |
| Stade Bagnérais | Lourdes | 18-9 |
| Pau | Biarritz | 11-6 |
| Mont de Marsan | Stadoceste | 30-19 |
| Castres | Stade Beaumontois | 12-3 |
| Agen | Aurillac | 6-3 |
| La Voulte | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 14-3 |
| Brive | La Rochelle | 14-6 |
| Tyrosse | Bayonne | 11-8 |
| Bègles | Montferrand | 12-8 |
| Dax | Cognac | 3-0 |
| Narbonne | Périgueux | 27-6 |
| Touloun | Graulhet | 8-0 |
| Toulouse | Romans | 26-6 |
| Montauban | Grenoble | 12-8 |

## "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Dijon | 11-0 |
| Stade Bagnérais | Pau | 8-5 |
| Mont de Marsan | Castres | 6-5 |
| Agen | La Voulte | 17-9 |
| Brive | Tyrosse | 11-0 |
| Bègles | Dax | 0-10 |
| Narbonne | Touloun | 6-14 |
| Toulouse | Montauban | 20-12 |

## Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Stade Bagnérais | 32-9 |
| Mont de Marsan | Agen | 6-14 |
| Brive | Dax | 12-9 |
| Touloun | Toulose | 8-0 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Agen | 20-9 |
| Brive | Touloun | 3-6 |

## Final

| Teams | Béziers - Toulon |
| Score | 15-9 after over-time |
| Date | 16 May 1971 |
| Venue | Parc municipal des sports, Bordeaux |
| Referee | Michel Dubernet |
| Line-up | |
| Béziers | Armand Vaquerin, André Lubrano, Jean-Pierre Hortoland, Georges Senal, Alain Estève, Olivier Saïsset, Yvan Buonomo, Christian Pesteil, Richard Astre (cap.), Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean Sarda, Joseph Navarro, Gérard Lavagne, Jack Cantoni |
| Touloun | Jean-Claude Ballatore, Noêl Vadella, Arnaldo Gruarin, Michel Sappa, André Herrero (cap.), Christian Carrère, Daniel Hache, Daniel Herrero, Louis Irastorza, Paul Bos, Bernard Giabbiconi, Jean-Pierre Carreras, Gilles Delaigue, Roger Fabien, Bernard Laboure |
| Scorers | |
| Béziers | 2 tries Séguier, 2 penalties Cabrol, 1 drop Astre |
| Touloun | 3 penalties Laboure |