# 1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 32 clubs, divided into 4 pools. After the preliminary round, the top four of each pool, were admitted to the "top 16", also divided into 4 pools. The top two of each pool were admitted to the quarter-finals.
Châteaurenard, Saint-Paul lès Dax, Cannes and Tyrosse were the newcomers.
Le Toulouse won the title beating Castres in the final. It was their 12th French Championship. In this year Toulouse did the double winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir.
At the end of the season the first division of the French Championship reduced to 20 clubs, relegating Auch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse, to second division.

## Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Perpignan | 35 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 33 |
| 3 | Narbonne | 32 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 32 |
| 5 | Auch | 30 |
| 6 | Graulhet | 22 |
| 7 | Châteaurenard | 22 |
| 8 | Périgueux | 18 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Brive | 34 |
| 2 | Bourgoin-Jallieu | 33 |
| 3 | Racing Paris | 32 |
| 4 | Castres | 31 |
| 5 | Nice | 31 |
| 6 | Montferrand | 29 |
| 7 | Tarbes | 18 |
| 8 | Saint-Paul | 16 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Dax | 34 |
| 2 | Bègles-Bordeaux | 34 |
| 3 | Agen | 32 |
| 4 | Nîmes | 30 |
| 5 | Biarritz | 29 |
| 6 | Pau | 27 |
| 7 | Avenir Valencien | 21 |
| 8 | Cannes | 17 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Grenoble | 33 |
| 2 | Rumilly | 32 |
| 3 | Toulon | 32 |
| 4 | Colomiers | 30 |
| 5 | Stade Bordelais | 30 |
| 6 | Bayonne | 28 |
| 7 | Dijon | 23 |
| 8 | Tyrosse | 16 |

## "Top 16""

The first two of each pool to "last of 8" round
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Perpignan | 16 |
| 2 | Bègles-Bordeaux | 14 |
| 3 | Racing Paris | 9 |
| 4 | Colomiers | 8 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Toulouse | 17 |
| 2 | Toulon | 14 |
| 3 | Brive | 11 |
| 4 | Nîmes | 6 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Dax | 16 |
| 2 | Castres | 14 |
| 3 | Rumilly | 10 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 8 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | CS Bourgoin-Jallieu | 14 |
| 2 | SU Agen | 13 |
| 3 | RC Narbonne | 12 |
| 4 | FC Grenoble | 9 |

## Last 8

| apr.1996 | Toulouse | - | Agen | 19–6 |
| apr.1996 | Bourgoin | - | Bordeaux-Begles | 37–11 |
| apr.1996 | Castres | - | Perpignan | 12–12 |
| apr.1996 | Toulon | - | Dax | 23–8 |

## Semifinals

| apr.1996 | Toulouse | - | Bourgoin | 16–10 |
| apr.1996 | Castres | - | Toulon | 18–13 |

## Final

* 6 May 1995
| Toulouse | 31 – 16 | Castres |
| Try: Ougier Con: Deylaud Pen: Deylaud (7) Drop: Deylaud | | Try: Séguier Con: Savy Pen: Savy (2) Drop: Rui |
* Parc des Princes, Paris Referee: Daniel Pascal
| FB | 15 | Stéphane Ougier |
| RW | 14 | Émile Ntamack |
| OC | 13 | Philippe Carbonneau |
| IC | 12 | Thomas Castaignède |
| LW | 11 | David Berty |
| FH | 10 | Christophe Deylaud |
| SH | 9 | Jérôme Cazalbou | 35' |
| N8 | 8 | Albert Cigagna (c) | |
| OF | 7 | Régis Sonnes |
| BF | 6 | Didier Lacroix | 76' |
| RL | 5 | Franck Belot |
| LL | 4 | Hugues Miorin | |
| TP | 3 | Claude Portolan | |
| HK | 2 | Patrick Soula |
| LP | 1 | Christian Califano | |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Christophe Guiter |
| PR | 17 | Pascal Lasserre | |
| FL | 18 | Richard Castel | 76' |
| FL | 19 | Hervé Manent |
| CE | 20 | Olivier Carbonneau |
| CE | 21 | Éric Artiguste | 35' |
| Coach: ||
| Guy Novès ||
| FB | 15 | Cyril Savy |
| RW | 14 | Philippe Escalle |
| OC | 13 | Alain Hyardet |
| IC | 12 | Jean-Marc Aué |
| LW | 11 | Christophe Lucquiaud |
| FH | 10 | Francis Rui |
| SH | 9 | Frédéric Séguier (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Jean-Philippe Swiadeck |
| OF | 7 | Gilbert Pagès |
| BF | 6 | José Díaz |
| RL | 5 | Jean-François Gourragne |
| LL | 4 | Guy Jeannard | 67' |
| TP | 3 | Thierry Lafforgue |
| HK | 2 | Christian Batut | 46' |
| LP | 1 | Laurent Toussaint |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Christophe Urios | 46' |
| PR | 17 | Jean-Luc Vidal |
| LK | 18 | Colin Gaston | 67' |
| FL | 19 | Frédéric Gommard |
| CE | 20 | Nicolas Combes |
| FB | 21 | Laurent Labit |
| Coach: ||
| Jean-Marie Barsalou ||