1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1992-93
Countries	France
Number of teams	32 teams
Champions	Castres (3rd title)
Runners-up	Grenoble
Relegated	Chalon, US Tyrosse, l'Cognac and Le Creusot

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 to 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

Narbonne
Grenoble
Pau
Montferrand
Bayonne
Racing Paris
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Cognac

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[lower-alpha 1]
16 May 1993	Toulon	-	Perpignan	10 - 9

Semifinals

23 May 1993	Grenoble	-	Agen	19 - 5
23 May 1993	Castres	-	Toulon	17 - 16

Final

05 June 1993

Castres	14 – 11	Grenoble
Try: Whetton Pen: Labit (2) Drop: Rui		Try: Vélo Pen: Savy Hueber

Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Daniel Salles


FB	15	Laurent Labit
RW	14	Jean-Bernard Bergès
OC	13	Adrian Lungu
IC	12	Pascal Combes
LW	11	Christophe Lucquiaud
FH	10	Francis Rui (c)
SH	9	Cédric Tonini
N8	8	Alain Carminati
OF	7	Gilbert Pagès
BF	6	José Díaz
RL	5	Gary Whetton
LL	4	Thierry Bourdet
TP	3	Thierry Lafforgue
HK	2	Christophe Urios
LP	1	Laurent Toussaint
Substitutions:
HK	16	Christian Batut
PR	17	Jean-Luc Vidal
FL	18	Éric Minniti
N8	19	Jean-Philippe Swiadeck
WG	20	Maurice Bille
WG	21	Philippe Oms
Coach:
Alain Gaillard


FB	15	Cyril Savy
RW	14	Philippe Meunier
OC	13	Brice Bardou
IC	12	Frédéric Vélo
LW	11	Willy Taofifénua
FH	10	Patrick Goirand
SH	9	Dominique Mazille
N8	8	Džoni Mandić
OF	7	Hervé Chaffardon (c)
BF	6	Grzegorz Kacała
RL	5	Olivier Brouzet
LL	4	Olivier Merle
TP	3	Franck Capdeville
HK	2	Éric Ferruit
LP	1	Philippe Tapié
Substitutions:
HK	16	Gilbert Brunat
PR	17	Arnaud Bazin
FL	18	Patrice Vacchino
SH	19	Franck Hueber
CE	20	Martial Servantes
FB	21	Xavier Cambres
Coach:
Jacques Fouroux Michel Ringeval

A try of Olivier Brouzet is denied to Grenoble[2] 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[3] .[4] .[5]

Notes

the first match won by Castres (38-33) was annulled after a protest of Narbonne

References

(Escot et Rivière 2009, p. 268)
"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. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. 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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[2] the first match won by Castres (38-33) was annulled after a protest of Narbonne

[Escot-1] (Escot et Rivière 2009, p. 268)

[3] "Combien de fois Bayonne s'est imposé dans la capitale ?". Midi olympique. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

[4] "Finale Castres-Grenoble 93 : l'insupportable aveu de l'arbitre Salles". rugbyolympic.com. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

[5] "Daniel Salles à propos de Castres-Grenoble en 1993 : " Je me suis trompé "". sudouest. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.

[lnr-6] "Parc des Princes, Paris, 5 june 1993". LNR. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

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