# 1969–70 French Rugby Union Championship
## Formula

The 1969–70 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".
The club of La Voulte Sportif (now merged into ROC La Voulte-Valence) won the competition beating Montferrand (now known as ASM Clermont Auvergne) in the final. La Voulte won le Bouclier de Brennus at his first final, while 'Montferrand lost their fourth final of four.

## Qualification round

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

## "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Agen | Angoulême | 27-3 |
| Stade Beaumontois | La Rochelle | 8-3 |
| Auch | Dax | 11-3 |
| Racing | Bègles | 26-13 |
| La Voulte | Bayonne | 9-3 |
| Graulhet | Quillan | 13-12 |
| Brive | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 8-6 |
| Béziers | Lannemezan | 29-6 |
| Montferrand | Périgueux | 18-6 |
| Narbonne | Tyrosse | 9-3 |
| Pau | Dijon | 24-17 |
| Vichy | Stadoceste | 12-9 |
| Grenoble | Toulon | 17-12 |
| Cognac | Condom | 16-3 |
| Toulouse | Mont de Marsan | 41-6 |
| Biarritz | Lourdes | 16-15 |

## "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Agen | Stade Beaumontois | 16-13 |
| Auch | Racing | 8-3 |
| La Voulte | Graulhet | 24-3 |
| Brive | Béziers | 17-9 |
| Montferrand | Narbonne | 12-3 |
| Pau | Vichy | 8-0 |
| Grenoble | Cognac | 8-6 |
| Toulouse | Biarritz | 20-5 |

## Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Agen | Auch | 19-0 |
| La Voulte | Brive | 18-8 |
| Montferrand | Pau | 14-11 |
| Grenoble | Toulose | 12-5 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Montferrand | Grenoble | 11-3 |
| La Voulte | Agen | 9-3 |

## Final

| Teams | La Voulte - Montferrand |
| Score | 3 - 0 |
| Date | 17 May 1970 |
| Venue | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse |
| Referee | Francis Galonnier |
| Line-up | |
| La Voulte | Jean-Claude Noble, André Laréal, Roger Cance, Nicolas De Grégorio, Michel Savitsky, Paul Digonnet, André Duboué, André Faillon, Lilian Camberabero, Guy Camberabero, Serge Deguerce, Renaud Vialar, Michel Vusec, Lionel Vialar, André Roux |
| Montferrand | Guy Pujol, Jacques Rougerie, Marcel Thomas, Robert Boisson, Henri Bourdillon, Alain Périn, Yvan Lasserre, Bernard Combeuil, Jacques Pineau, Guy Darbas, Jean-Jacques Desvernois, Paul Cieply, Jean-Claude Jeammes, Louis Coudeyre, Gilbert Prat |
| Scorers | |
| La Voulte | 1 try Renaud Vialar |
| Montferrand | |