# 1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1975–76 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen beating Béziers in the final.

## Formula

The "elite" (group A) were formed by five pools of eight clubs.
Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams.
Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams.

## Qualification round
### Group A

The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.
| Pool 1 Béziers Valence Perpignan Pau Montchanin Toulouse Lavelanet Tulle | Pool 2 Montferrand Brive Aurillac Bègles La Rochelle Mont-de-Marsan Chambéry Saint-Girons | Pool 3 Narbonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin La Voulte Biarritz Oloron Bayonne Lyon OU Vichy |
| Pool 4 Dax Romans RRC Nice US Bressane Touloun Racing Bourgoin-Jallieu Marmande | Pool 5 Agen Lourdes Stade Bagnérais Montauban Saint-Jean-de-Luz Stadoceste Mérignac Périgueux | |

### Group B

The teams qualified are here listed:
| Stade Beaumontois Cahors Carcassonne Castres | Graulhet Le Creusot Mimizan |

## Knockout stages
### "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Brive | Graulhet | 28-6 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Luz | Stade Bagnérais | 12-6 |
| Montferrand | Stade Beaumontois | 62-18 |
| Perpignan | Biarritz | 48-3 |
| Béziers | Mimizan | 37-8 |
| Montauban | La Voulte | 27-6 |
| Lourdes | Castres | 15-6 |
| Valence | La Rochelle | 16-6 |
| Agen | Le Creusot | 23-6 |
| RRC Nice | Pau | 7-6 |
| Romans | Carcassonne | 17-6 |
| Aurillac | Toulon | 11-7 |
| Narbonne | Cahors | 30-12 |
| Bègles | US Bressane | 9-9 |
| Dax | Montchanin | 21-7 |
| Oloron | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 13-8 |

### "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Brive | Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 24-7 |
| Montferrand | Perpignan | 18-3 |
| Béziers | Montauban | 21-7 |
| Lourdes | Valence | 21-3 |
| Agen | RRC Nice | 12-12 |
| Romans | Aurillac | 18-15 |
| Narbonne | Bègles | 9-6 |
| Dax | Oloron | 14-9 |

### Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Brive | Montferrand | 3-0 |
| Béziers | Lourdes | 29-6 |
| Agen | Romans | 9-7 |
| Narbonne | Dax | 20-8 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Brive | Béziers | 12-21 |
| Agen | Narbonne | 22-6 |

## Final

| Teams | Agen - Béziers |
| Score | 13-10 (after over-time, 10-10 at the end of regular time) |
| Date | 23 May 1976 |
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| Referee | Michel Messan |
| Line-up | |
| Agen | Patrick Sole, René Bénésis, Daniel Dubroca, Alain Buzzighin, Alain Plantefol, Christian Conte, Serge Lassoujade, Charles Nieucel, Alain Laclau, Christian Viviès, Yves Fongaro, Jean-Louis Bernès, Jean-Michel Mazas, Jacques Lacroix, Michel Morlaas Remplaçants : Gérard Guidi, Henri Cazaubon |
| Béziers | Armand Vaquerin, Christian Prax, Alain Paco, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Christian Pesteil, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, Noël Séguier, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Gabriel Cosentino, Claude Casamidjana, Jack Cantoni Remplaçant : Christian Ferrer |
| Scorers | |
| Agen | 1 try Plantefol, 2 penalties Mazas, 1 drop Cazaubon |
| Béziers | 1 try Paco, 2 penalties Cabrol |