1984–85 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1984-85
Countries	France
Number of teams	40 teams
Champions	Toulouse
Runners-up	Toulon

The 1984-85 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Toulon in the final.

Formula

The 40 clubs were divided in four pools of ten.

The two best team in each pool were admitted directly into "last 16", while the teams classified from 3rd to 6th played a barrage.

Qualification round

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

Pool 1

Pool 2

Agen
Biarritz
Dax
Hyères
Oloron
Boucau
Bègles-Bordeaux
Romans
Valence
La Rochelle

Pool 3

Pool 4

RRC Nice
Touloun
Graulhet
Perpignan
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Mont-de-Marsan
Castres
Nîmes
Tulle
Albi

Knockout stages

Barrage

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Bayonne	Oloron	15-10
Graulhet	Mont-de-Marsan	12-18
Brive	Boucau	17-9
Grenoble	Perpignan	22-13
Aurillac	Montauban	21-17
Bourgoin-Jallieu	Stadoceste	19-9
Tyrosse	Dax	3-0
La Voulte	Hyères	14-9

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Toulouse	Bayonne	15-9	10-3
Béziers	Mont-de-Marsan	35-19	9-6
Montferrand	Brive	23-6	28-31
Agen	Grenoble	27-16	9-9
Touloun	Aurillac	21-6	32-15
RRC Nice	Bourgoin-Jallieu	6-9	28-15
Lourdes	Tyrosse	6-12	22-6
Biarritz	La Voulte	3-10	29-12

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse	Béziers	21-0
Montferrand	Agen	13-12
Touloun	RRC Nice	19-9
Lourdes	Biarritz	13-9

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Toulouse	Montferrand	17-6
Touloun	Lourdes	6-3

Final

Teams	Toulouse - Toulon
Score	36-22 after over-time ( 19-19 ath the end of regular time)
Date	25 may 1985
Venue	Parc des Princes
Referee	Yves Bressy
Line-up
Toulouse	Christian Breseghello, Daniel Santamans, Claude Portolan, Gérard Portolan (Jean-Michel Giraud 46), Jean-Marie Cadieu (Karl Janik 71), Thierry Maset, Karl Janik (Hervé Lecomte 71), Albert Cigagna, Michel Lopez, Philippe Rougé-Thomas, Guy Novès, Denis Charvet, Éric Bonneval, Jean-Michel Rancoule, Serge Gabernet Other replacement : Serge Laïrle, Thierry Grolleau, Thierry Merlos, Laurent Husson.
Toulon	Manu Diaz, Bernard Herrero, Yann Braendlin, Patrick Occhini, Marc Pujolle, Éric Champ, Gilbert Doucet, Philippe Coulais, Jérôme Gallion, Christian Cauvy (Christian Salvarelli 64), Thierry Fournier, Alain Carbonel, Patrice Blachères (Christian Cauvy 64), Pascal Jehl, Jérôme Bianchi (Gilles Fargues 45) Other replacement : Laurent Gueit, Yvan Roux, Bernard Capitani, Jean-Luc Charlier.
Scorers
Toulouse	6 tries Bonneval (51, 83), Charvet (54, 70, 109) and C. Portolan (94), 3 conversions Lopez (54, 70, 109) and 2 penalties Lopez (38, 86)
Toulon	2 tries Fournier (24) and Gallion (67), 1 conversion Bianchi (24) and 3 penalties Bianchi (15, 36), Cauvy (100) and 1 drop Cauvy (64)

It was the first Bouclier de Brennus won by Toulouse from 1947,

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1985 lnr.fr

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