1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1992-93
Countries	France
Champions	Castres (3rd title)
Runners-up	Grenoble
Relegated	Chalon, US Tyrosse, l'Cognac and Le Creusot
← 1991-92 1993-94 →

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.^[1]

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 the ranking, in 'bold the ones qualified for "Top 16"

Pool 1

RC Toulon
Bègles-Bordeaux
Tolouse
Dax
Auch
Graulhet
RRC Nice
Chalon

Pool 2

Agen
Stadoceste Tarbais
Béziers
Biarritz
Nîmes
Rumilly
Stade Bordelais
Tyrosse RCS

Pool 3

Pool 4

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

Pool 2

Pool 3

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^[2]
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	Parc des Princes, Paris
	Try: Whetton Pen: Labit Drop: Rui		Try: Vélo Pen: Saby F.Hueber	Attendance: 45.658 Referee: Daniel Salles
': 15.Laurent Labit, 14.Jean-Bernard Bergès, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Nicolas Combes, 11.Christophe Lucquiaud, 10.Fracnis Rui, 9.Cédric Tonini, 8.Alain Carminati, 7.Gilbert Pages, 6.José Díaz, 5.Gary Whetton, 4.Thierry Bourdet, 3.Thierry Lafforgue, 2.Christophe Urios, 1.Laurent Toussaint - replacements: 16.Jean Luc Vidal, 17.Christian Batut, 18.Jean Philippe Swiadeck, 19.Éric Minniti, 20.Maurice Bille, 21.Philippe Oms				Attendance: 45.658 Referee: Daniel Salles
': 15.Cyril Savy, 14.Philippe Meunier, 13.Willy Taofifénua, 12.Frédéric Vélo, 11.Brice Bardou, 10.Patrick Goirand, 9.Dominique Mazille, 8.Džoni Mandić, 7.Hervé Chaffardon, 6.Gregory Kacala, 5.Olivier Brouzet, 4.Olivier Merle, 3.Franck Capdeville, 2.Éric Ferruit, 1.Philippe Tapié - replacements: 16.Martial Servantes, 17.Xavier Cambres, 18.Franck Hueber, 19.Patrice Vacchino, 20.Gilbert Brunat, 21.Arnaud Bazin

A try of Olivier Brouzet is denied to Grenoble^[3] 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^[4] .^[5] .^[6]

Notes and references

↑ (Escot et Rivière 2009, p. 268)
↑ the first match won by Castres (38-33) was annulled after a protest of Narbonne
↑ lacapitale_sto3554485/story.shtml "Combien de fois Bayonne s’est imposé dans la capitale ?". Midi olympique. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
↑ "Finale Castres-Grenoble 93 : l’insupportable aveu de l’arbitre Salles". rugbyolympic.com. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
↑ "Daniel Salles à propos de Castres-Grenoble en 1993 : " Je me suis trompé "". sudouest. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
↑ "Parc des Princes, Paris, 5 june 1993". LNR. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

Bibliography

Un siècle de rugby (in French) (13 ed.). Calmann-Lévy. 17 November 2010. ISBN 978-2-7021-4118-2. siècle.

External links

Compte rendu de la finale 1993 sur www.lnr.fr

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