1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1961-62
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Agen (3rd title)
Runners-up	Béziers
	← 1960-1961 1962-1963 →

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1961-62 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.

Association Sportive Béziers Hérault, often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club currently playing in the second level of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2. They earned their most recent promotion as 2011 Fédérale 1 champions, but the club also won 11 Top 14 titles since its establishment in 1911.

Context

The 1962 Five Nations Championship was won by France.

The 1962 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 17 November. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The France national rugby union team competes annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams. Ten former French players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat Pau par 14 - 9.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was a rugby union club competition that was played in France between 1931 and 2003 under different names. It is named after former player Yves du Manoir.

Stade Montois is a French rugby union team that currently is playing in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.

Section Paloise Béarn Pyrénées[sɛk.sjɔ̃ pa.lwaz be.aʁn pi.ʁe.ne], commonly called Pau[po], is a French rugby union club from Pau in Pyrénées-Atlantiques competing in Top 14, the highest level of the French league system. They most recently earned promotion by winning the championship of the second-level Rugby Pro D2 in 2015, nine years after having been relegated from the top flight.

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Pool 1 Auch Béziers SBUC Carmaux Limoges Lyon OU Marmande Perpignan Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées most recently playing in the promotion-eligible pool of Fédérale 1. In recent years, they have mainly bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2. In a five-year stretch between 2003 and 2004 and 2007–08, they were either promoted or relegated four times—promoted to the then-Top 16 as champions of Pro D2 in 2004, relegated in 2005, promoted as Pro D2 champions again in 2007, and relegated as bottom finisher in 2008. Founded in 1891, the club plays at Stade Patrice Brocas ; its players wear red and white. Stade Bordelais are a French rugby union club, based in Bordeaux. The club was established in 1889. Bordelais were a major force in the French championship during the 1900s. Until 2005-06, the senior team competed in the second level of domestic competition, the Pro D2, but was merged with the senior team of CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde into Union Stade Bordelais-CA Bègles Bordeaux Gironde or USBCABBG. The club only keeps youth teams and a women's team that currently plays in the Second Division. USA Limoges is a French rugby union club currently competing in Fédérale 1, the top level of the French amateur rugby pyramid and one level below the professional leagues. They finished second-from-bottom in the second professional level, Rugby Pro D2, in both 2007 and 2008. In 2007, they received a reprieve from relegation to the amateur ranks during the close season when another Pro D2 club, UA Gaillac, were denied a professional license due to financial problems. However, they would have no such luck in 2008, as all clubs above them on the league table passed their required financial audits. The club, founded in 1902, play their home matches at Parc municipal de Beaublanc. They wear blue and red.	Pool 2 Angoulême Bayonne Bergerac Cognac Dax Paris Université Club Toulouse Olympique EC Touloun Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente is a French rugby union club from Angoulême, currently playing in the second level of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2. Union Sportive Cognaçaise is a French rugby union club, based in Cognac in the Charente département. They play at the Parc des Sports, and wear white and red. Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system. In the coming 2018-2019 season, they will play in third-level Fédérale 1.	Pool 3 Chalon Chambéry Dijon Graulhet Grenoble Montauban Montferrand Romans
Pool 4 Albi Aurillac Bègles Cahors Mont-de-Marsan Narbonne Stadoceste Toulouse	Pool 5 Brive Le Creusot Lourdes Foix Tulle La Voulte Port-Vendres Racing	Pool 6 Vichy Hendaye Saint-Girons Pau Agen Saint-Sever Lannemezan Vienne
Multi bandeau\|Portail sport\| Pool 7 La Rochelle Tyrosse Mazamet Biarritz Périgueux Castres AS Saint-Junien Saint-Claude

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Vienne	14-3
Mazamet	Stadoceste	12-0
Pau	Aurillac	11-5
Racing	Chambéry	5-3
Dax	Perpignan	8-0
Lannemezan	Castres	3-0
La Rochelle	La Voulte	3-3
Toulon	Cognac	6-0
Béziers	Tyrosse	8-0
Brive	Grenoble	9-3
Cahors	Bayonne	13-9
Biarritz	Montauban	5-3
Lourdes	Angoulême	13-3
SBUC	Auch	3-0
Tulle	Mont-de-Marsan	6-6
Graulhet	Vichy	6-3

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Mazamet	11-3
Pau	Racing	8-3
Dax	Lannemezan	9-3
La Rochelle	Toulon	3-0
Béziers	Brive	15-9
Cahors	Biarritz	9-0
Lourdes	SBUC	16-3
Tulle	Graulhet	6-0

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Pau	11-3
Dax	La Rochelle	6-3
Béziers	Cahors	3-0
Lourdes	Tulle	12-6

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Lourdes	6-3
Agen	Dax	8-8 (a.o.t.)

The two finalistes de 1960-61 were qualified for the semifinals, Béziers won the match for number of tries scored.

Final

Teams	Agen - Béziers
Score	14-11
Date	27 May 1962
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Raymond Gombeaud
Line-up
Agen	Jean-Pierre Clar, Jean-Claude Malbet, Guy Miquel, Christian Matkowski, Georges Cavailles, Michel Sitjar, Louis Echave, Francesco Zani, Pierre Lacroix, Jean-Claude Hiquet, Serge Méricq, Claude Salesse, Henri Garcia, Michel Arino, Jean-Pierre Razat
Béziers	Jean Arnal, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Claude Vidal, André Gayraud, François Rondi, Roger Gensane, Jean Salas, Pierre Danos, Roger Bousquet, Gilbet Folch, Michel Bernatas, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo, Paul Dedieu
Scorers
Agen	3 tries Méricq (2) and Matkowski (1), 1 conversion and 1 penalty Sitjar
Béziers	1 try Rondi, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Dedieu

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1962 lnr.fr

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1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship

Contents

Context

Qualification round

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

"Last 32"

"Last 16"

Quarter of finals

Semifinals

Final

External links

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