1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship

1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Toulouse (12th title)
Runners-up	Castres
Relegated	Auch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade Bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

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

Pool 1

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

Pool 2

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

Pool 3

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

Pool 4

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

Pool 1

Pos	Team	Points
1	Perpignan	16
2	Bègles-Bordeaux	14
3	Racing Paris	9
4	Colomiers	8

Pool 2

Pos	Team	Points
1	Toulouse	17
2	Toulon	14
3	Brive	11
4	Nîmes	6

Pool 3

Pos	Team	Points
1	Dax	16
2	Castres	14
3	Rumilly	10
4	Montpellier	8

Pool 4

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	-	Bourdeaux-Begles	37–11
apr.1996	Castres	-	Perpignan	12–12^[1]
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 2 Drop: Deylaud		Con: Savy Pen: Savy 2 Drop: Rui

Parc des Princes, Paris

Stade Toulousain: Christian Califano, Patrick Soula, Claude Portolan, Hugues Miorin, Franck Belot, Didier Lacroix, Régis Sonnes, Albert Cigagna, Jérôme Cazalbou, Christophe Deylaud, David Berty, Thomas Castaignède, Philippe Carbonneau, Émile Ntamack, Stéphane Ougier – Replacements : Éric Artiguste, Richard Castel
Castres : Laurent Toussaint, Christian Batut, Thierry Lafforgue, Guy Jeannard, Jean-François Gourragne, José Díaz, Gilbert Pages, Jean-Philippe Swiadek, Frédéric Séguier, Francis Rui, Christophe Luscqiaud, Jean-Marc Aué, Alain Hyardet, Philippe Escalle, Cyril Savy- Replacements Christophe Urios, Colin Gaston

Notes

↑ Castres won at penalty barrage 5–4

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