# 1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Castres who beat Grenoble 14–11 in the final, in a match decided by an irregular try accorded by the referee.
It was the third bouclier de Brennus for the Castres Olympique, the first after 43 year

## Formula

The championship, called "Group A" was contested by 32 clubs divided in four pools.
At the end of the first phase, the teams classified in the first four of each pool were qualified to play a "Top 16" divided in four pools of four teams.
The eight teams ranked first and second of each pool were admitted to knockout stages
At the end of the season, four club were relegated to the second division: Chalon, l'US Tyrosse, Cognac and Le Creusot.
They were replaced by Périgueux, Dijon, Lyon OU and Lourdes.

## Participants

The teams are linked according to the ranking, in 'bold the ones qualified for "Top 16"
| Pool 1 RC Toulon Bègles-Bordeaux Toulouse Dax Auch Graulhet RRC Nice Chalon | Pool 2 Agen Stadoceste Tarbais Béziers Biarritz Nîmes Rumilly Stade Bordelais Tyrosse RCS |
| Pool 3 Narbonne Grenoble Pau Montferrand Bayonne Racing Paris Bourgoin-Jallieu Cognac | Pool 4 Perpignan Castres Brive Colomiers Mon de Marsan Montpellier Le Creusot Avenir Valencien |

## Top 16

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round . All the qualified came from pool 1 and 2 of the first phase.
| Pool 1 Perpignan Brive Colomiers Biarritz | Pool 2 RC Toulon Toulouse CA Bègthe-Bordeaux Montferrand |
| Pool 3 Grenoble Narbonne Béziers Pau | Pool 4 Agen Castres Stadoceste Tarbais Dax |

## Knock Out stage
### Quarterfinals

| 16 May 1993 | Grenoble | - | Toulouse | 19 – 17 (o.t.) |
| 16 May 1993 | Agen | - | Brive | 33 - 16 |
| 23 May 1993 | Castres | - | Narbonne | 33 – 21 |
| 16 May 1993 | Toulon | - | Perpignan | 10 - 9 |

### Semifinals

| 23 May 1993 | Grenoble | - | Agen | 19 - 5 |
| 23 May 1993 | Castres | - | Toulon | 17 - 16 |

## Final

* 5 June 1993
| Castres | 14 – 11 | Grenoble |
| Try: Whetton Pen: Labit (2) Drop: Rui | | Try: Vélo Pen: Savy Hueber |
* Parc des Princes, Paris Referee: Daniel Salles
| FB | 15 | Laurent Labit |
| RW | 14 | Jean-Bernard Bergès |
| OC | 13 | Adrian Lungu |
| IC | 12 | Pascal Combes |
| LW | 11 | Christophe Lucquiaud |
| FH | 10 | Francis Rui (c) |
| SH | 9 | Cédric Tonini |
| N8 | 8 | Alain Carminati |
| OF | 7 | Gilbert Pagès |
| BF | 6 | José Díaz |
| RL | 5 | Gary Whetton |
| LL | 4 | Thierry Bourdet |
| TP | 3 | Thierry Lafforgue |
| HK | 2 | Christophe Urios |
| LP | 1 | Laurent Toussaint |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Christian Batut |
| PR | 17 | Jean-Luc Vidal |
| FL | 18 | Éric Minniti |
| N8 | 19 | Jean-Philippe Swiadeck |
| WG | 20 | Maurice Bille |
| WG | 21 | Philippe Oms |
| Coach: ||
| Alain Gaillard ||
| FB | 15 | Cyril Savy |
| RW | 14 | Philippe Meunier |
| OC | 13 | Brice Bardou |
| IC | 12 | Frédéric Vélo |
| LW | 11 | Willy Taofifénua |
| FH | 10 | Patrick Goirand |
| SH | 9 | Dominique Mazille |
| N8 | 8 | Džoni Mandić |
| OF | 7 | Hervé Chaffardon (c) |
| BF | 6 | Grzegorz Kacała |
| RL | 5 | Olivier Brouzet |
| LL | 4 | Olivier Merle |
| TP | 3 | Franck Capdeville |
| HK | 2 | Éric Ferruit |
| LP | 1 | Philippe Tapié |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Gilbert Brunat |
| PR | 17 | Arnaud Bazin |
| FL | 18 | Patrice Vacchino |
| SH | 19 | Franck Hueber |
| CE | 20 | Martial Servantes |
| FB | 21 | Xavier Cambres |
| Coach: ||
| Jacques Fouroux Michel Ringeval ||
A try of Olivier Brouzet is denied to Grenoble and the decisive try by Gary Whetton was awarded by the referee, Daniel Salles, when in fact the defender Hueber from Grenoble touched down the ball first in his try zone. This error gave the title to Castres. Salles admitted the error 13 years later . .