# 1990–91 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1990–91 French Rugby Union Championship was 99th edition of France's top division of rugby union. Bègles-Bordeaux were champions after beating Toulose in the final.
It was the club's second bouclier de Brennus after their first win in 1969.

## Formula

* The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in 20 pools of four.
* The two best from each pool (a total of 40 clubs) were admitted to group A to play for the title.
* In the second round the 40 clubs of group A were divided in five pools of eight.
* The first three of each pool and the best fourth place team advanced to the knockout stage.

## Group A qualification round to knockout stage

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.
| Pool 1 Béziers Toulouse Auch Bayonne RRC Nice Chalon Périgueux Romans | Pool 2 Biarritz Narbonne Toulon Grenoble Le Creusot Lourdes SBUC Oloron | Pool 3 Bègles-Bordeaux Nîmes Brive Perpignan US Colomiers Rodez Montauban Bergerac |
| Pool 4 Stadoceste Dax Mont-de-Marsan Agen Castres Cognac Bourgoin-Jallieu Hagetmau | Pool 5 Racing Montferrand Montpellier RC Montchanin Pau Mazamet La Rochelle US Bressane | |

## "Last 16" phase

In bold are the clubs qualified for the quarter finals.
| Team 1 | Team 2 | 1st match | 2nd match |
| Perpignan | Béziers | 15-9 | 3-27 |
| Biarritz | Nîmes | 13-10 | 12-18 |
| Montpellier RC | Stadoceste | 18-9 | 3-18 |
| Toulon | Bègles-Bordeaux | 18-9 | 6-22 |
| Mont-de-Marsan | Narbonne | 15-12 | 0-51 |
| Brive | Toulouse | 9-9 | 12-15 |
| Dax | Montferrand | 9-15 | 38-22 |
| Auch | Racing | 18-15 | 3-43 |

### Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | 1st match |
| Béziers | Nîmes | 30-17 |
| Stadoceste | Bègles-Bordeaux | 8-19 |
| Narbonne | Toulouse | 6-24 |
| Dax | Racing | 6-18 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Bègles-Bordeaux | 12-13 |
| Toulouse | Racing | 13-12 |

## Final

* 1 June 1991
| Bègles-Bordeaux | 19 – 10 | Toulouse |
| Try: Courtiols 6' Mougeot 36' Con: Sallefranque 6' Pen: Sallefranque (2) Drop: Reigt | | Try: Cazalbou (2) 66', 76' Con: Ougier 76' |
* Parc des Princes, Paris Referee: Patrick Robin
| FB | 15 | Marc Geneste | 77' |
| RW | 14 | Marc Sallefranque |
| OC | 13 | Régis Frentzel |
| IC | 12 | Philippe Soulé |
| LW | 11 | William Téchoueyres |
| FH | 10 | Christophe Reigt |
| SH | 9 | Bernard Laporte (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Jean-Jacques Alibert | |
| OF | 7 | Sébastien Conchy |
| BF | 6 | Michel Courtiols | |
| RL | 5 | Christophe Mougeot |
| LL | 4 | André Berthozat | |
| TP | 3 | Philippe Gimbert | |
| HK | 2 | Vincent Moscato |
| LP | 1 | Serge Simon | 77' |
| Substitutions: ||
| PR | 16 | Laurent Vergé | 77' |
| LK | 17 | Éric Michaud | |
| N8 | 18 | François Labat | |
| SH | 19 | Patrick Tauzin |
| FH | 20 | Christian Delage | 77' |
| CE | 21 | Thomas Clamens |
| Coach: ||
| Yves Appriou ||
| FB | 15 | Stéphane Ougier |
| RW | 14 | Jean-Michel Rancoule |
| OC | 13 | Michel Marfaing |
| IC | 12 | Pierre Bondouy | 59' |
| LW | 11 | David Berty |
| FH | 10 | Philippe Rougé-Thomas |
| SH | 9 | Jérôme Cazalbou |
| N8 | 8 | Albert Cigagna (c) |
| OF | 7 | Bruno Dalla-Riva |
| BF | 6 | Olivier Marin |
| RL | 5 | Jean-Marie Cadieu |
| LL | 4 | Hugues Miorin |
| TP | 3 | Claude Portolan |
| HK | 2 | Patrick Soula |
| LP | 1 | Gérard Portolan | 47' |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Éric Jamin |
| PR | 17 | Joël Garcias | 47' |
| LK | 18 | Bruno Coumes |
| LK | 19 | Hervé Lecomte |
| SH | 20 | Philippe Carbonneau |
| CE | 21 | Éric Bonneval | 59' |
| Coach: ||
| Jean-Claude Skrela ||