1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship

French rugby championship

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French Rugby Championship 1964–65
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Agen (4th title)
Runners-up	Brive
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided into 7 pools.

The four first teams from each pool, along with the best four teams classified fifth in the pools, qualified for the single-elimination portion of the tournament, the "last 32".

Agen won the championship, beating Brive in the final.

Context

The 1965 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales, which lost (13–22) to France.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Cognac, which beat Perpignan 5–3.

Qualification round

Teams in bold qualified for the next round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Auch
Bayonne
Bègles
Cahors
Foix (Foix)
Montferrand
Quillan
Vichy

Last 32

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Cognac	8–6
Limoges	Aurillac	3–0
Tulle	Racing	9–5
Bègles	Lourdes	12–3
La Voulte	Bayonne	25–6
La Rochelle	Chalon	13–12
Béziers	Vichy	17–6
Angoulême	Montferrand	6–0
Brive	Narbonne	9–3
Toulon	Dax	11–9
Graulhet	Perpignan	11–8
Montauban	Biarritz	14–3
Mont-de-Marsan	Vienne	16–9
Auch	Grenoble	3–12 (see note below)
Stadoceste	Toulose	14–6
Périgueux	Pau	11–6

Note: Grenoble beat Auch 12–3 but was disqualified, because lined a forme "rugby league" player.

Last 16

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Limoges	22–3
Tulle	Bègles	9–8
La Voulte	La Rochelle	6–0
Béziers	Angoulême	3–0
Brive	Toulon	8–3
Graulhet	Montauban	6–3
Mont-de-Marsan	Auch	12–6
Stadoceste	Périgueux	30–6

Quarterfinals

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Tulle	22–3
La Voulte	Béziers	12–0
Brive	Graulhet	5–0
Mont-de-Marsan	Stadoceste	14–9

Semifinals

Teams in bold advanced to the final.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	La Voulte	21–14
Brive	Mont-de-Marsan	14–6

La Voulte was eliminated because they had three players out for injuries in the second half.

During the Brive versus Mont de Marsan match, the referee sent off one player of each team. The player from Brive, Normand, was allowed to play in the final match.

Final

Teams	Agen – Brive
Score	15-8
Date	23 May 1965
Venue	Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee	Bernard Marie
Line-up
Agen	Marius Lagiewski, Jean-Claude Malbet, Raymond Palladin, Jacques Fort, Michel Lasserre, Michel Sitjar, Serge Viotto, Francesco Zani, Pierre Lacroix, Jean-Claude Hiquet, Jean-Claude Soula, Jean-Pierre Razat, Pierre Gruppi, Bernard Pomiès, Jean-Louis Dehez, Serge Méricq, Georges Cavailles, Claude Salesse
Brive	Pierre Marsaud, Pierre Bessot, Claude Freyssinet, Jean Normand, Roger Fite, Marcel Lewin, Gérard Burguet, Jean-Pierre Delfour, Marcel Puget, Jean-Claude Roques, Serge Castiglioni, Michel Marot, Claude Besson, Pierre Besson, Pierre Villepreux
Scorers
Agen	2 tries by Razat and Sitjar, 2 penalties, and 1 drop by Dehez
Brive	2 tries by Roques and P.Besson, and 1 conversion by Villepreux

External links

Top 14

Teams

2023–24	Bayonne Bordeaux Castres Clermont La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Oyonnax Pau Perpignan Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse
Former	Agen Albi Auch Aurillac Béziers Biarritz Bourgoin-Jallieu Brive Colomiers Dax Dijon Grenoble Montauban Mont-de-Marsan Narbonne Nîmes Paris Université Périgueux Rumilly

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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

Other notable teams

French Barbarians

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International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series
Professional clubs	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Nationale Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir
Hosted events	2007 Rugby World Cup 2023 Rugby World Cup 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup France Sevens France Women's Sevens

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