1981–82 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1981-82
Countries	France
Champions	Agen (7th title) Group B : Aire-sur-Adour
Runners-up	Bayonne Group B : Bourgoin
← 1980-81 1982-83 →

The 1981-82 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen< beating Bayonne in the final.

The group B was won by Avenir Aturin (from Aire-sur-Adour) beating Bourgoin in the final.

Formula

For the third time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate for the title, but played a proper championship.

In both group the two better of each pool were admitted directly to "last 16" round of knockout stage, while the classifeid from 3rd to 6th of each pool were admitted to a barrage.

Group A

Qualification round

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted directly to "last 16" round.

Pool A

Bayonne
Béziers
RRC Nice
Brive
La Voulte
Biarritz
Touloun
Castres
Oloron
Avignon Saint-Saturnin

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Angoulême
Perpignan
Pau
Toulouse
Graulhet
Montferrand
Tulle
Tyrosse
Nîmes
Périgueux

Barrage

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Pau	Montferrand	18-16
Toulose	Narbonne	12-19
Boucau	Aurillac	13-15
Graulhet	Bègles	3-25
Romans	Brive	9-12
Carcassonne	RRC Nice	13-11
La Voulte	La Rochelle	22-18
Lourdes	Biarritz	24-12

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. For the first time was played with home/away basis.

Remark that the clubs coming from barrage was all eliminated.

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Agen	Pau	15-10	9-12
Narbonne	Angoulême	15-18	24-17
Perpignan	Aurillac	16-18	15-9
Dax	Bègles	6-10	15-6
Bayonne	Brive	23-9	12-22
Stadoceste	Carcassonne	18-3	9-9
Grenoble	La Voulte	13-10	14-6
Lourdes	Béziers	9-6	6-7

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. (Single match knockout)

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Narbonne	35-6
Perpignan	Dax	33-23
Bayonne	Stadoceste	13-6
Grenoble	Lourdes	12-9

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Perpignan	15-4
Bayonne	Grenoble	20-3

Final

Teams	Agen - Bayonne
Score	18-09
Date	29 May 1982
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Christian Garino
Line-up
Agen	Jean-Louis Tolot, Jean-Louis Dupont, Daniel Dubroca, Charles Nieucel, Patrick Pujade, Jacques Gratton, Christian Béguerie, Dominique Erbani, Joël Llop, Christian Delage, Bernard Lavigne, Philippe Mothe, Philippe Sella, Jacques Lacroix, Bernard Viviès Replacements : Bernard Rivière, Bruno Tolot, Patrick Sole, Patrick Mazzer, Claude Bonnet, Jean-Michel Renaud, Éric Saphy
Bayonne	Pierre Dospital, Dominique Sagarzazu, Jean Garat, Daniel Barnebougle, Michel Guilleton, Pierre Destandau, Roland Pétrissans, Arnaud Gastambide, Pierre Pucheu, Pierre Alvarez, Laurent Pardo, Christian Belascain, Patrick Perrier, Michel Paredon, Claude Uthurrisq Replacements : Alain Villacampa, Yves Cedarry, Christian Lembure, Louis Galdos, Alain Peyrelongue, Jean-Louis Pontacq
Scorers
Agen	4 tries Dupont, Sella, Mothe and Lacroix, 1 conversion Mothe
Bayonne	3 penalties Uthurrisq

Agen won the 7th Bouclier de Brennus, after the last victory in 1976.

Group B

Teams	Avenir Aturin – Bourgoin
Score	16-15
Venue	Montpellier

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1982 lnr.fr

Top 14

2014–15 Teams	Bayonne Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont Grenoble La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Oyonnax Racing Métro Stade Français Toulon Toulouse

The origins	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19

Between the wars	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39

During the second world war	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45

After the second world war	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus

Rugby union in France

Governing body

Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams

Men's	France A 7s France amateur U-20 U-18

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series Sevens Grand Prix Series

Professional Club	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir