1967–68 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1967-68
Countries	France
Champions	Lourdes (8th title)
Runners-up	Touloun
← 1966-67 1968-69 →

The 1967-68 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools.The first four of each pool, were qualified for the "last 32".

The Lourdes won the Championship 1967-68 after beating the Toulon in the final. The two teams tied the match (9-9) after overtime and Lourdes was declared champion for the greatest number of tries scored.

Context

Il 1988 saw the "équipe de France" obtained his firs Grand Chelem in the 1968 Five Nations Championship.

The final of the championship was delayed of 3 weeks for the riot of the évènements de Mai 1968

The French rugby lost Guy Boniface (Mont-de-Marsan) and Jean-Michel Capendeguy (Saint-Jean-de-Luz), dead in car accidents,

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won en 1968 by the Narbonne that beat Dax in the final (14-6).

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to next round

Pool 1

Bayonne
US Bressane
Chambéry
Figeac
Foix
Montauban
Quillan
Tulle

Pool 2

Albi
Bègles
Montferrand
Pau
Périgueux
Saint-Girons
Vichy
Vienne

Pool 3

Biarritz
Condom
Graulhet
Grenoble
Limoges
Racing
SBUC
Touloun

Pool 4

Avignon
Cognac
Dax
La Rochelle
Mazamet
Saint-Claude
Toulouse
Valence

Pool 5

Béziers
Brive
Carmaux
Castelsarrasin
Chalon
Lyon OU
Saint-Junien
Stadoceste

Pool 6

Aurillac
Stade Beaumontois
Dijon
La Voulte
Oyonnax
Paris Université Club
Mont-de-Marsan
Toulouse Olympique EC

Pool 7

Pool 8

Agen
Cahors
Carcassonne
Lannemezan
Lourdes
Romans
Saint-Sever
Tyrosse

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Grenoble	Vichy	11-6
Graulhet	Condom	11-0
Touloun	La Rochelle	12-6
Bayonne	Montferrand	10-8
Narbonne	Oloron	6-3
Dax	Auch	17-9
Montauban	Dijon	9-6
Romans	Tulle	14-9
Lourdes	Valence	19-5
La Voulte	Quillan	15-6
Mont-de-Marsan	Bègles	16-8
Pau	Agen	6-0
Stadoceste	Angoulême	14-6
Béziers	Lannemezan	0-0
Brive	Toulouse Olympique EC	11-3
Toulouse	Carmaux	14-12

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Grenoble	Graulhet	14-3
Touloun	Bayonne	20-13
Narbonne	Dax	9-0
Montauban	Romans	11-6
Lourdes	La Voulte	47-9
Mont-de-Marsan	Pau	8-3
Stadoceste	Béziers	6-0
Brive	Toulose	22-9

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Grenoble	Touloun	3-18
Narbonne	Montauban	30-0
Lourdes	Mont-de-Marsan	9-3
Stadoceste	Brive	22-12

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Touloun	Narbonne	14-9
Lourdes	Stadoceste	15-6

Final

Teams	Lourdes - Toulon
Score	9-9
Date	16 June 1968
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Charles Durant
Line-up
Lourdes	Jean Bourdette, René Trucco, Pierre Doumecq, Guy Cazenave, Jean-Pierre Massebœuf, Serge Dunet, Michel Hauser, Michel Crauste, Jean-Henri Mir, Jean Gachassin, André Campaes, Michel Arnaudet, Raymond Halçaren, Jean-Pierre Latanne, Bertrand Fourcade
Touloun	Noël Vadella, Georges Fabre, Arnaldo Gruarin, Jean-Pierre Mouysset, André Herrero, Jean-Pierre Monnet, Christian Carrère, Daniel Hache, Louis Irastorza, Paul Bos, Jean-Pierre Carreras, Roger Fabien, Blaise Salvarelli, Basile Moraitis, Bernard Labouré
Scorers
Lourdes	2 tries Latanne, 1 drop Gachassin
Touloun	2 penaltys and 1 drop Labouré

The facts of May 1968 retarded of three weeks of this match.

As conseguence, was changed the rules: in case of equity at the end of over time, will be declared champion Lourdes that score 2 tries against none. This is also because the national team had to start for the 1968 France rugby union team tour to Nez Zealand.

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