# 1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.
The four first teams of each pool and the better fourclassified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".
Le Agen won the Championship 1961-62 after beating the Béziers in the final.

## Context

The 1962 Five Nations Championship was won by France.
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat Pau par 14 - 9.

## Qualification round

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase
| Pool 1 Auch Béziers SBUC Carmaux Limoges Lyon OU Marmande Perpignan | Pool 2 Angoulême Bayonne Bergerac Cognac Dax Paris Université Club Toulouse Olympique EC Touloun | Pool 3 Chalon Chambéry Dijon Graulhet Grenoble Montauban Montferrand Romans |
| Pool 4 Albi Aurillac Bègles Cahors Mont-de-Marsan Narbonne Stadoceste Toulouse | Pool 5 Brive Le Creusot Lourdes Foix Tulle La Voulte Port-Vendres Racing | Pool 6 Vichy Hendaye Saint-Girons Pau Agen Saint-Sever Lannemezan Vienne |
| Multi bandeau|Portail sport| Pool 7 La Rochelle Tyrosse Mazamet Biarritz Périgueux Castres AS Saint-Junien Saint-Claude | | |

## "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Agen | Vienne | 14-3 |
| Mazamet | Stadoceste | 12-0 |
| Pau | Aurillac | 11-5 |
| Racing | Chambéry | 5-3 |
| Dax | Perpignan | 8-0 |
| Lannemezan | Castres | 3-0 |
| La Rochelle | La Voulte | 3-3 |
| Toulon | Cognac | 6-0 |
| Béziers | Tyrosse | 8-0 |
| Brive | Grenoble | 9-3 |
| Cahors | Bayonne | 13-9 |
| Biarritz | Montauban | 5-3 |
| Lourdes | Angoulême | 13-3 |
| SBUC | Auch | 3-0 |
| Tulle | Mont-de-Marsan | 6-6 |
| Graulhet | Vichy | 6-3 |

## "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Agen | Mazamet | 11-3 |
| Pau | Racing | 8-3 |
| Dax | Lannemezan | 9-3 |
| La Rochelle | Toulon | 3-0 |
| Béziers | Brive | 15-9 |
| Cahors | Biarritz | 9-0 |
| Lourdes | SBUC | 16-3 |
| Tulle | Graulhet | 6-0 |

## Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Agen | Pau | 11-3 |
| Dax | La Rochelle | 6-3 |
| Béziers | Cahors | 3-0 |
| Lourdes | Tulle | 12-6 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Béziers | Lourdes | 6-3 |
| Agen | Dax | 8-8 (a.o.t.) |
The two finalistes de 1960-61 were qualified for the semifinals, Béziers won the match for number of tries scored.

## Final

| Teams | Agen - Béziers |
| Score | 14-11 |
| Date | 27 May 1962 |
| Venue | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse |
| Referee | Raymond Gombeaud |
| Line-up | |
| Agen | Jean-Pierre Clar, Jean-Claude Malbet, Guy Miquel, Christian Matkowski, Georges Cavailles, Michel Sitjar, Louis Echave, Francesco Zani, Pierre Lacroix, Jean-Claude Hiquet, Serge Méricq, Claude Salesse, Henri Garcia, Michel Arino, Jean-Pierre Razat |
| Béziers | Jean Arnal, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Claude Vidal, André Gayraud, François Rondi, Roger Gensane, Jean Salas, Pierre Danos, Roger Bousquet, Gilbet Folch, Michel Bernatas, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo, Paul Dedieu |
| Scorers | |
| Agen | 3 tries Méricq (2) and Matkowski (1), 1 conversion and 1 penalty Sitjar |
| Béziers | 1 try Rondi, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Dedieu |