1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship

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1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Toulouse (14th title)
Runners-up	Bourgoin
Relegated	Nîmes, Périgueux, PUC, Dijon
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams

Stade Toulousain won their 14th title, beating Bourgoin in the final.

Preliminary round

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The 20 team were divided in the preliminary phase in two pools of 10. The first eight team of each pool were admitted to "Round of 16". The last two were relegated in second division.

Pool 1

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Pos	Team	Pts
1	Bourgoin	45
2	Agen	43
3	Toulouse	42
4	Dax	42
5	Castres	40
6	Biarritz	37
7	Grenoble	32
8	Béziers	30
9	Nîmes	25
10	Périgueux	24

Pool 2

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Pos	Team	Pts
1	Brive	43
2	Montferrand	41
3	Perpignan	41
4	Pau	39
5	Bègles-Bordeaux	38
6	Narbonne	38
7	Toulon	38
8	Colomiers	36
9	Paris Université Club	24
10	Dijon	22

Last 16

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may ‘97 Toulouse - Narbonne 24–22

may ‘97 Brive - Colomiers 31–36

may ‘97 Grenoble - Agen 27–27

may ‘97 Perpignan - Bordeaux-Begles 26–29

may ‘97 Bourgoin - Beziers 23–14

may ‘97 Pau - Castres 23–20

may ‘97 Montferrand - Toulon 12–6

may ‘97 Dax - Biarritz 22–18

Last 8

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may ‘97 Toulouse - Colomiers 21–12

may ‘97 Agen - Bordeaux-Begles 22–18

may ‘97 Bourgoin - Pau 24–18

may ‘97 Montferrand - Dax 22–18

Semifinals

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may ‘97 Toulouse - Agen 23–16

may ‘97 Bourgoin - Montferrand 21–17

Final

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31 May 1997

Toulouse 12 – 6 Bourgoin

Pen: Deylaud (3)
Drop: Deylaud Pen: Geany (2)

Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Gillet

FB	15	France Stéphane Ougier
RW	14	France Michel Marfaing
OC	13	France Nicolas Martin	downward-facing red arrow 80+2'
IC	12	France Thomas Castaignède
LW	11	France David Berty
FH	10	France Christophe Deylaud (c)
SH	9	France Jérôme Cazalbou
N8	8	France Sylvain Dispagne
OF	7	France Régis Sonnes
BF	6	France Didier Lacroix
RL	5	France Franck Belot
LL	4	France Hugues Miorin
TP	3	France Jean-Louis Jordana	downward-facing red arrow 66'
HK	2	France Patrick Soula
LP	1	France Christian Califano
Substitutions:
HK	16	France Philippe Capelleri
PR	17	France Pascal Lasserre	upward-facing green arrow 66'
LK	18	France David Couzinet
FL	19	France Jean-Marie Bisaro
SH	20	France Julien Tilloles
CE	21	France Olivier Carbonneau	upward-facing green arrow 80+2'
FB	22	France Xavier Garbajosa
Coach:
France Guy Novès

FB	15	New Zealand Nigel Geany
RW	14	France Laurent Leflamand
OC	13	France Alexandre Péclier
IC	12	France Stéphane Glas	downward-facing red arrow 24'
LW	11	France Ludovic Saunier
FH	10	France Gilles Cassagne
SH	9	France Dominique Mazille
N8	8	France Pierre Raschi	downward-facing red arrow 72'
OF	7	France Michel Malafosse
BF	6	France Alexandre Chazalet
RL	5	France Jean Daudé	downward-facing red arrow 59'
LL	4	France Marc Cécillon (c)
TP	3	New Zealand David Morgan	downward-facing red arrow 51'
HK	2	France Jean-Pierre Sanchez
LP	1	France Philippe Vessiller
Substitutions:
HK	16	France Jean-François Martin-Culet
PR	17	France Laurent Gomez	upward-facing green arrow 51'
LK	18	France Frédéric Nibelle	upward-facing green arrow 59'
N8	19	France Julien Frier	upward-facing green arrow 72'
SH	20	France Nicolas Guilhot
CE	21	France Pascal Fernandez	upward-facing green arrow 24'
WG	22	France Laurent Belligoi
Coach:
France Michel Couturas

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