# 1971–72 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1971–72 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 Béziers won the Championship beating Brive in the final, holding his title..

## Qualification round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
| Pool 1 Béziers Stadoceste Lavelanet Montauban Poitiers Bergerac Soustons (promu) Angoulême | Pool 2 Touloun La Rochelle US Bressane Grenoble Tyrosse Oloron Quillan Mazamet (promoted from second division) | Pool 3 Brive Perpignan Dijon Bayonne Périgueux Chalon (promoted from second division) Fumel Libos Oyonnax |
| Pool 4 Agen Castres Chambéry Avignon Saint-Saturnin Saint-Jean-de-Luz Marmande (promoted from second division) Tulle Sarlat | Pool 5 Toulouse Pau Vichy Saint-Claude Graulhet Romans Gaillac Decazeville (Decazeville) (promoted from second division) | Pool 6 Montferrand Stade Beaumontois Bègles Stade Bagnérais Montchanin Boucau Rodez (Rodez) Castelsarrasin (Castelsarrasin) (promoted from second division) |
| Pool 7 Dax La Voulte Racing Aurillac Lourdes Condom (Condom) Mauléon Pamiers (promoted from second division) | Pool 8 Narbonne Lyon OU Mont-de-Marsan Valence Biarritz Cognac Auch Bourgoin-Jallieu (promoted from second division) | |

## "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Brive | Montauban | 30-3 |
| Dijon | Lyon OU | 12-6 |
| Dax | Bayonne | 19-14 |
| Mont-de-Marsan | La Rochelle | 23-16 |
| Narbonne | Saint-Claude | 27-3 |
| Stadoceste | Racing | 14-0 |
| Stade Bagnérais | Montferrand | 11-4 |
| Stade Beaumontois | Lavelanet | 24-12 |
| Touloun | Chambéry | 8-3 |
| US Bressane | La Voulte | 15-11 |
| Agen | Grenoble | 10-9 |
| Perpignan | Vichy | 18-10 |
| Béziers | Valence | 23-3 |
| Bègles | Castres | 17-4 |
| Toulouse | Aurillac | 16-6 |
| Pau | Avignon Saint-Saturnin | 17-4 |

## "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Brive | Dijon | 21-12 |
| Dax | Mont-de-Marsan | 32-9 |
| Narbonne | Stadoceste | 13-12 |
| Stade Bagnérais | Stade Beaumontois | 6-15 |
| Touloun | US Bressane | 34-0 |
| Agen | Perpignan | 10-9 |
| Béziers | Bègles | 11-7 |
| Toulose | Pau | 4-13 |

## Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Brive | Dax | 13-9 |
| Narbonne | Stade Beaumontois | 24-10 |
| Touloun | Agen | 6-4 |
| Béziers | Pau | 40-4 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Brive | Narbonne | 9-7 |
| Toulon | Béziers | 6-19 |

## Final

| Teams | Béziers - Brive |
| Score | 9-0 |
| Date | 21 May 1972 |
| Venue | Stade Gerland, Lyon |
| Referee | Georges Domercq |
| Line-up | |
| Béziers | Armand Vaquerin, Hélïos Vaquerin, Jean-Louis Martin, Georges Senal, Alain Estève, Olivier Saïsset, Yvan Buonomo, André Buonomo, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Jean Sarda, Joseph Navarro, Gérard Lavagne, Jack Cantoni |
| Brive | Jean-Claude Rossignol, Michel Yachvili, Jean-Pierre Dales, Joël Merlaud, Jacques Genois, Marcel Lewin, Daniel Boulpiquante, Roger Fite, Marcel Puget, Jean-Claude Roques, Pierre Besson, Daniel Marty, Michel Marot, Jean-Pierre Puidebois, Alain Marot |
| Scorers | |
| Béziers | 1 try, 1 conversion and 1 drop Cabrol |
| Brive | |